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i bought glee tonight.....I probably SHOULDN'T have as i don't get paid during vacation, but come on, it's GLEE.  I'm curious though, how half a season can cost almost as much as a full season of something - oh well.  We're already on Disc 2.....I LOVE this show

Okay, so I haven't updated in quite a while.

The holidays were good, both of them. We of course stuffed ourselves, and it was awesome to see family and all. My aunt and uncle (and aunt-by-marriage) came from Maine and Missouri respectively for Thanksgiving, and it was good to see them all. Christmas was pretty sweet. Didn't get anything too huge, just a nice new winter coat and a book and some money and giftcards. And those cute trendy calf-high boots (thanks mom) that have the fur edge, that you're meant to tuck your jeans into. Let me tell you, they are not made for girls with big calves.

But then again, most clothes aren't. Even fat-girl clothes are not designed for fat girls. Extra weight usually equals bigger arms, people, come on. Assholes.

Anyway, other things have been okay. Job still drives me crazy, I'm still psyched to have my hubby-bear home, still only have one car, RP is still awesome.

I realized today that I actually KEPT my New Year's Resolution! Gasp and awe! (Okay part of it; I didn't lose much weight.) I said that I would look into going back to school, and lo and behold, I have. I have the FAFSA done, the application filled out, my transcript from Centre, and all that's left is to get my high school transcript. I took off early the day LHS closed for Christmas, so I can't get it until they come back in 2010. Then I can turn all that poo into Motlow and see what they say. Robert's doing it too.

The tentative plan is take a couple of classes spring semester (probably catch-up courses or gen ed requirements since we've been out of school so long) to get back into the swing of it, and get our Associate's degrees there. Mine in English, probably, his maybe in Recreation. Then transfer those credits to MTSU for Bachelor's goodness. What I want to major in there, I have no effing idea, but Robert wants to do Exercise Science, to be a personal trainer eventually.

I'm kind of nervous about this, I haven't been in school for a long time, and I kinda feel like I screwed my chances up by dropping out the first time, and this is just going to blow up in my face. Not sure why I feel so negatively about it, but I'm going to try anyway. Who knows, maybe I'll be in my element again. I will just have to whip my ass back into shape study-habits-wise. I am teh lazy. Robert's ass too, 'cause he didn't study in high school in the first place.

So that's all the news I have, which isn't really much just yet. Mostly just intention. But that's where everything starts, right?

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Money is still trickling in for Everything Dies, if you haven’t gotten in on the awesome rewards available for donating you still have a few weeks left. Remember this project is now fully funded and all rewards will be mailed. Get your copies of Everything Dies before they are for sale!

How was yours dudes’s Christmas?  Mine was pretty killer.

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Leave was good, this is undeniable. It was a chance to let go of all my responsibilities I have in my active duty life and get some good rest. More importantly, it gave me some time to be with those that I truly love, even if those moments were severely limited in time. A lot for my mental fortitude got done, and it's wonderful.

However, I've noticed a flaw in this whole being homeless business. It's hard to feel a certain degree of completion when you're trying to be excited about coming home when you don't have a home. You wouldn't think it would be a big deal at all . . . I know I didn't. Yet, most of my time I felt like a guest in my own town. I was a guest in another family's house . . . just a visitor. The feeling of home was distant, but the "in the next room but doesn't care" kind of distant.

I have to be honest, when I wasn't feeling like a guest I was feeling like a stranger, an intruder perhaps. At times, perhaps a burden even. I don't know if this is the case, it probably isn't, but I certainly had moments where I didn't feel as though I belong. I'm not sure if this is normal, whether you have a home to call yours or not, but it did happen.

Hopefully, by the time I get back, I'll have a place to call my own. I'm not sure this will actually cure of the feeling of being lost in a place I've spent my entire life, but I believe it will help. I did, after all, feel quite natural when I was out on the town. Especially after my cute, Polish gas station girl and hair-cut girl remembered me. Middle TN is still my territory, and the personnel therein reminded me that I am still a part.

Anyway, this feels incoherent and nonsensical now, I believe I'll make with the stop. Jet lag is a bitch.

It has been an amazing Christmas. My favorite part of the whole thing has been getting in our jammies and bundling up in the truck to look at Christmas lights until Molly falls asleep :) Sometimes we also take hot chocolate and we almost always have one of Molly's stuffed dogs. All her dogs are now named "Nana" (from the dog in Peter Pan).

Molly, the kid who never sings, has learned Jingle Bells. Yes, I have video!

For Molly, this is the year of the outer space train station and ALL THE GAMES! Her favorite is Hungry Hungry Hippos. She also got a V-Smile Pocket with a few games and Littlest Pet Shop from Grammie. Granmahio got her a Scooby Do Trouble game, love that pop o matic bubble!

Tech gadgets galore for me and Brian this year. I think my favorite is a Dr Who USB hub...which I can plug my USB heated slippers into!

Things I feel like sharing about my hopes for the New Year. ( Read more... )

Molly slept in her room last night. We've co-slept since birth, so this is a big deal for us. She slept great, but I was up most the night. She's getting to be a big girl.