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Current Mood: ecstatic

I've been doing so much stuff, I don't even know where to start. 

Well for starters another semester is finished and I'm really close to graduating.  I think that will be one of the happiest days of my life, because this has not been easy folks.  I went to Sha'tu's graduating about a week ago and it was very inspiring.  Sha'tu received her Master's in Sociology and when she was hooded I almost cried.  I knew of the struggle it was for her to get through that and it was a true accomplishment.  So after that I wonder how emotional I’m going to be at my own graduation in December.  I also need to purchase a class ring, just to make it more real.  I didn’t get a ring in high school because I thought it was passé and I didn’t like the gaudy stones in them.  I want to get one similar to Bonnie’s because it’s small and classy.  There isn’t a stone in it so I like it even more.   

            So yall may be wonder why I’m so giddy right now.  It’s cause it’s May 24^th.  And what makes this day so special??  I am currently listening to a CD that I’ve waited four years to come out.  NIKKA COSTA!!!!  I’m listening to it an I just can’t believe it…but Ms. Costa is worth her own LJ entry so I will write about it later after I get through the CD and let all her greatness soak in.  To those that hear me talk about her all the time, I probably am good now until the next CD is about to come out. 

            A new hobby that has developed is going to professional sports events.  I’ve always liked sports but now I’m growing to love them.  I attended 2 Mavs playoff games.  I went with Bonita and Lynn.  Both of the games I went to they lost, but it was still a good experience.  The second game, Game 6 with the Suns was very sad.  Everyone thought they were going to win.  I’ve been to one Rangers game this season.  Since Bonnie works there she can hook her friends up.  So the last one it was Bonnie, Aletheia, and me.  I saw the Red Sox, and I have a new baseball crush (Manny Ramirez), lol.  Tomorrow I’m going to watch the Rangers again and this time we have Gold Club Access so I’m excited, and I’m sure I’ll update and tell yall all about that.  I’ve also been listening to the radio station The Ticket to get better sports insight and knowledge.  Now if the Stars could get off strike so I can start watching them…

            This past Sunday I hosted a Desperate Housewives soirée, in honor of the finale.  That finale show showed everyone why that is the best show on TV.  All the big secrets that they have been developing all came out in this episode.  I cooked a lot of food for the soirée.  I cooked boneless wings, Velveeta and rotel, and 3 dozen meat pies that were just great.  People also brought food and that was much appreciated.  I was in total Bree mode for this function and everything went perfectly.

            I’m also happy because I’ve found a second job with great benefits.  I’ll be working at Bath and Body Works in Lincoln Square.  Since Bath and Body is a part of Limited Brands I get a discont to all of their stores.  That includes:  Bath and Body, The Limited, Express, Express Men, Victoria Secret and White Candle Barn.  So I am very pleased because I can now work on the weekends.  Telecouncelor office is now closed Friday, Saturday and Sunday, so I need the hours.  I will be starting Summer I on May 31^st.  I’m taking 2 classes; I’m in the homestretch of getting the hell out of here. 

            Hopefully I won’t go this long in updating this journal cause there is just so much I want to say but I’ve forgotten some of what has gone on. 

Current Mood: content

So I’m sitting under the hair dryer for my new Tuesday ritual and I was thinking I should update my lj…especially now since I’m paying for it.  I guess I’ll talk about my day and anything else.  I was woken up this morning to my cell phone ringing by my sister freaking out because she thought she was going to be late to her hair appointment that I scheduled for her.  Mind you I didn’t go to bed until after 4am for some crazy reason so the early phone calls were not very fun.  Then I got up and got dressed to give a special tour at 11:15am.  Before I gave the tour I picked up a Strawberry-Pineapple Frappe from Bethany’s.  Those people that I toured were monsters…they were from some school in Irving and were supposed to be good little engineering people.  I could hardly give my tour but I didn’t care because I was still getting paid and it was their loss.  After dropping them off at Connections Café I went to visit Sha’tu.  She was in a conference and I visited with Joke for a little wile.  That was pleasant and a was able to check in with her and see how things were going.  I didn’t know that she was trying to get into Columbia University Law School.  If she makes it that will be really awesome so I wish her luck.  Then I went to the Basement of the UC to visit with the Student Governance Office and cool down from my tour.  I got to talk to a some people that I like and some people I really do not care for at all.  (I promise I’m not trying to be mean here).  I’m so glad I’m not participating in elections this semester because I need to focus on getting out of this place.  I then went to a meeting about the Student Life Initiative.  I’m going to vote for it because 1.  I won’t have to pay for it because they will start charging the fees once each building opens and 2.  it will make the university better and more traditional.  After the meeting I was very hungry so I got a chicken sandwich from The Plaza.  I also stopped by to visit Sha’tu and catch up with her.  We chatted a while and then Erica called me to tell me she was at Chili’s and asked if I would join her.  It took me a while to leave Sha’tu’s place so I called Erica back and she said she was still there, so I joined her.  I had water and Erica ordered a tripe play before I got there and a slice of cheesecake.  I got some too and it was so great.  The great thing is I had cheesecake and I’m still losing weight so I don’t know what is going on.  We left there and I had to go and take care of some business at Davis Hall.  I stopped by the TC Office and got sucked into a shift meeting.  My supervisor was disturbing me about something he kept saying in the meeting.  I’m proud of myself because I let him know how he was making me feel right there and it made me feel a lot better.  I wasn’t trying to argue but I knew that if I didn’t let him know how I felt right there it would just fester and I would probably have a bad attitude at work.  I came back to the apartment and changed and went to Student Congress Committee Meeting.  After that I came back to the apartment, fixed a small meal and have been relaxing around here.  Today was a very busy day!!!

Current Mood: restless

I haven't updated in a long time because I have been too busy.  I feel I need to write about last week so that it can be behind me.  On January 26 was a weird day.  I was in class and everybody kept calling me.  Mother, sister, friends...I was getting about 4 calls in each class, 'mind you I have 4 classes so this was getting a little annoying.  Finally I was able to call people back and I found out that a family close to my family oldest son killed himself.  Many things scare me about this family because it is freakishly parallel to my family.  The dad is a police officer, and my dad's best friend.  And his ex-wife is from Louisiana like my mother...and the same thing that happened to their son "happened" to my brother.  So yeah this brought up all kinds of suppressed memories.  I wouldn't wish this on anyone because it truly sucks.  So on that day I finally started talking to my mother and she was bawling on the phone but I still had another class.  I went to class and called into work because I felt I needed to check on my mother.  She was not doing so good when I went to visit her and I just had to tell her that it was OK not to be OK.  The services were on Feb. 1st and that was very sad.  I told my mom and sister I was so highly medicated during my brother's stuff that I 1.  didn't cry and 2.  can hardly remember it.  I needed that at that time because I was in summer school, working, and I needed to stay focused.  The most recent services when I heard people yelling and screaming his name the emotion almost came over my and I really was not even that close to this guy.  Saturday was the first day I woke up and felt refreshed since the funeral.  I only skipped the second half of Latin on Wednesday because I couldn't stand in anymore and Wednesday was a really long day for me.  Other then that I have been going full speed and I feel I need to slow down.  I can't keep going like this.  I seriously need a vacation.  But I'm glad I'm going to church tomorrow and we are going to work early so we can watch the Super Bowl.  I'll probably just go and workout and finish up some homework.