Book one down.... Mitch Albom's "The Five people you meet in heaven"

I finished the first book just a while ago for my summer reading challenge. It was a good read and a short one too at under 200 pages; if you are strapped for time it's exciting with not a lot of detail. The lack of detail was frustrating at times because it was hard to understand what was happening. But the ending was near perfect.

I recommend the story of "Eddie the maintenance guy" to just about anybody. I would think the story is appropriate for most children 10 years and older but you may want to read the war part for yourself first.

It is an interesting look at heaven and what really happens when you pass on.

Next book I'm reading is the 28 stories of AIDS in Africa.... I'm 11 pages in and captivated already... I think I might have more to say about that one than just a good read.

Canada Day... a few days late

We had a great Canada Day. I enjoyed my time off... Andrew and I went to the Confederation Building to see the things that the government had to offer and they were minimal... some stuff for small children and some older entertainers singing really old folk music... not really our cup-of-tea. So we decided to find out where the fireworks were going to be. Quiddi Viddi lake... and that is on the east end of St. John's... we live in the west end... it's easily a 30min drive. We found that and planned an "escape route."

We grabbed supper at Wendy's... and then we went mini-putting.... too much fun! We fed ducks and swans... that was also very fun... then we went down to the lake early. There was a great band playing and lots of food.... cotton candy, popcorn, moose burgers, sausage dogs, hot dogs, nachos, tatters, fries, and pizza! Then the fireworks started and they were great.

I had to work in the morning so we didn't stay out too late but it was an awesome time.













Feeding the ducks

Me and Andrew

Fireworks!!!!

Je suis finis!

Ding Dong, the witch is dead.... well maybe not but the old apartment will soon not be ours!

The bathroom is scrubbed, the kitchen clean, the fridge sparkling, the oven... well it's left the way we found it... with so much dirt baked on it just won't come off but it is as clean as it gets!, the walls are cleaned, the floors are moped and the carpet has been steam cleaned.

Let me just say that steam cleaning is not hard... we rented the machine and did it our selves saving $46.00 (that's over half the cost).

The Keys go back tomorrow and I can't wait... It has really been a thorn in our sides for a long time. I need to shower and relax... start to enjoy my summer...

I've even realized that if I wanted to go home for the summer that it just wouldn't have happened until next weekend at least. So I've made the right decision. Money isn't everything and we're having a great time.

I probably won't post again until after the weekend... and I'll have Canada Day pictures!

I'm still here!

I got my cookbook from Perri in the mail the other day and if you haven't gotten one yet, your missing out! GET ONE NOW... I love it... it's hard covered and it looks so pretty, but the best part is when your reading through the recipes almost all of them sound yummy. That's so hard to do because Andrew and I don't like pork (other than ham and bacon), onion, and celery. I just leave out the onion in the recipes that they are in. I'm not a fan of olives or most beans and peas either.... maybe we're picky but I find it easy to cook for us because we're similar!

Well this post is all over the place... I have to work 6 days in a row this week... but I have Sunday off and it's great! I'll still get paid because of the holiday and I have it off so I can enjoy Canada Day with Andrew and we can see the fireworks on the waterfront.

It's funny how you do things with no expectations and then...

You find out your a bit of a pioneer at your University.

Don't get me wrong... I'm not bragging, just a little flattered. I'm not sure how many of you have heard of Facebook but I have an account since Octoberish of 2006. I noticed that there was nowhere for my friends and I to chat on there about MUN our University. SO, I made a group and there was about 6 of us there for a week and then about 25 for a month and even then I knew most of the people in the group.

Well, after Christmas, Facebook fever hit like a wildfire in California... and now there are about 4500 people in that group.... there's only 15000 students at MUN so that's about 1/3 of the current population. (Although there are profs, future students, alumni and such so maybe it's more accurate to say 1/4 of the current population and then some "others").

A reporter from the Gazette contacted me yesterday. It seems she's doing a piece on Facebook for their next issue and she wanted to interview me being the creator of the "largest MUN group on Facebook." I kindly obliged and now I'm hoping she does a good job with the piece and takes my words and opinion in true context to what I gave her. I mean she does have poetic justice with her piece.

*NOTE* The Gazette is the School newspaper that is produced monthly by the administration at the University and slightly circulated so not many people read it but the MUSE is the Student Union's paper that is a weekly publication and widely read by the school population... so as you can tell I'm really not going to be a celeb any time soon lol.

A Quick Update... Should be back as regularly scheduled soon ;)

Well we've moved... sorta....

The U-Haul went really well we moved all our major pieces in one trip! That was very exciting. My cousin, her fiancee and a friend from home all helped...

Now we have to move out the dishes from the old kitchen... we have everything working here, 75% of stuff put away and nothing in the kitchen... not even any food really!

Plus I'm working 3 evening shifts in a row... yuk!

On a side note.... we still have to clean up the old apartment... the oven needs to be sprayed... the walls need to be washed, the carpets vacuumed and cleaned, and the floors moped. We also have a little touch up painting to do. The carpets would be done except the vacuum broke... I think it's just a belt but Andrew hasn't had time to look yet... (that's a definite "taking care of the wifey" chore).

Anywhoo... I'm off to put some stuff away, eat, pack lunch, make some sort of dinner, figure out a bus schedule and go to work... FUN!

The BIG BIG WEEKEND!

Well it's finally here! MOVING DAY(S)!

Today the new phone number, internet and DSL TV are being hooked up at the new place! So we can finally move in and be rid of this cursed apartment. We have to get "new" keys cut (See a couple of posts before for further explanation) and move in our furniture.

So obviously it's gonna take more than a day to move... Tomorrow I'm working but in the evening its back to moving things and Sunday it's the grande finale.... the U-Haul is being rented. There's just a few things you can't fit into a Hyundai Accent lol...

After we get moved into the new place and settled we still have work to do here. In our lease it says that we have to shampoo the carpets... and of course the bathroom has to be cleaned and the dreaded non-self-cleaning oven has to be cleaned (Uuurrrggg!.... I think I'd rather be shot). We also have a bit of touch-up painting to do. Living in a place for 2 years leaves a few nicks, dings and bangs... but we'd like to get our damage deposit back (so there's sneakiness involved).

We'll I'm off to shower and get down to the new place... I might not be back for a few days.... but that's ok because I'll be in my new apartment all tucked in!

Summer Reading Project....

I like to read... some may call me a geek others a nerd or a Bibliophile if they're real up-to-date on the lingo; however, I just like to read, plain and simple.

These are the books I recently bought to read this summer. I like to read true stories so 2 of these books (28 Stories of AIDS in Africa and a long way home) are true stories. About AIDS and the story of a boy soldier in Africa. I know they will rip my heart out but I still can't wait to read them. These types of books always make me thankful for what I have in my life.

The best life diet is a book that intrigued me. I'm hoping to lose some weight and maybe this will help. It has an excellent forward written by Oprah (I have read that part) and I think I'm going to enjoy it.

The Memory Keeper's Daughter is based on a true story about a Dr. that delivers his wifes' babies only to tell her their daughter (from a set of twins that was thought to be a singleton birth) died. In fact she had downs syndrome and he sent her to a home with one of his nurses. Little does he know the nurse keeps the baby. (and that's about as far as I've gotten). It's a little dry but I'm only just getting started! I'll give it a little more time yet.

The last book is the five people you meet in heaven and it's by the author who wrote Tuesday's with Morrie (Mitch Albom). I wasn't going to buy this book but I've been assured it was a great read so we'll see. It's not a long book either, only 200ish pages so on a good day it's a go!


Well I'm off to work... just thought I'd let you in on my Summer Reading.... I'd love to hear what you like to read too.... what have you challenge yourself to read this summer and why?

(I have decided to join the Summer Reading Challenge that I found... here's the badge... click on it and it'll take you to the homeblog)

Tee, You're a genius! Thanks again for that great post!

I read a post from a fellow blogger today that I absolutely adored and wholeheartedly agreed with. I wish everyone could see life like Tee, she just has an opinion so similar to my own it's scary. I have never met this woman and only seen the pics on her blog but reading her blog often gives me shivers and chills because it's so much my own thought train.

Check out her post here; it's awesome and so true!

After you read that post then you will understand my comment. (Which I am posting here)

Tee, even in my young relationship I have figured this out myself! I know that Andrew is not handy in the kitchen but he sure knows how to take care of the car (which I don't) so I feel relationships are give and take. I give him meals and he takes them, he gives me a well working machine and I drive it (lol). While it's not always this simple I have noticed when we do things for each other (gender related) or not we're happier. I love taking care of Andrew's needs; I don't do it because I have to but because I want to. I think that is the reason why at such a young age (both of us are 21) that Andrew and I have a successful relationship for almost 4 years now. We've grown with each other and are attentive to our needs individually and collectively.

You are so smart! You have voiced something I felt for a long time. We need to do things for each other even if we don't want to sometimes because gratitude is powerful thing in a relationship. I am so grateful for the things Andrew does for me and I know he is grateful for the things I do for him.

You are so right! When we are in a caring relationship everything is better. (I don't mean sex, although that is great too) but, loving, caring gestures go a long way in the run of a day.

Congrats on such a great post! Heartwarming and so true!!!

I posted my reply because it's my true feelings. I think too many people in this world are caught up in feminism instead of living their lives in ways that are true to their personal feelings and the dynamic their family has. I believe that we should all be more attentive to each other. When we do things for others altruistically we are repaid often 10 fold. I think we should all try to help others and make them happy. In a perfect world this would just be, but life isn't perfect and we need to work on it.

I just think that this is a wonderful post and Tee has such wonderful things to say. I truly enjoy reading her blog... Maybe, you should check it out too.

Stolen from a blog I stumbled upon... yesterday folks!

(Stolen from Don't Try This at Home... feel free to share and link on her page too!)

Tell Your Blogging Story

• 1. How did you start blogging?
• 2. Did you intend to be a blog w/a following? If so, how did you go about it?
• 3. What do you hope to achieve or accomplish with your blog? Have you been successful? If not, do you have a plan to achieve those goals?
• 4. Has the focus of your blog changed since you started blogging? How?
• 5. What do you know now that you wish you'd known when you started?
• 6. Do you make money with your blog?
• 7. Does your immediate or extended family know about your blog? If so, do they read it? If not, why?
• 8. What two pieces of advice would you give to a new blogger?

1. I started blogging with LiveJournal but too many of my friends were on there and I needed a place where I could be more open and not offend people or worry what others thought so I made a Blog. I've made many friends here but they are all not related to me and have noting to do with my day-to-day life.

2/3. I want to have a place where I can tell about my life and recieve feedback from others in similar situations. I've found that I use my blog to help me in day to day life situations. I am becoming a teacher so I read homeschoolers blogs to see how they make it work everyday. I am not a mother (yet) but someday I hope to be and this is my way of research almost. But, It's become much more than that. I have a place where I can vent and a few very kind people who leave very heartwarming and helpful tips for my life. I appreciate them the most. This is also a place where I can seek God in a way that I'm comfortable with and use other people's lives and testimonies and use them to enrich my own path in life. We all have a walk with God in life it's just interesting to see where others go and how they get there.

3/4. I think my blog is about me, my life, and my trials and tribulations. I use my blog as the best-friend who will never tell. All those people out there that read my blog are my best friends that have the awesome advice that only friends could offer. So I don't think the focus of my blog has changed as such, it's grown with me. As my life changes so does my blog to suit my needs. (I hope I don't sound vein, because I'm not lol... really!) The best part about my best-friends are they are miles away. They see and do many things I could never imagine and their life trials and experiences are helping to guide me through my own life.

5. When I first started blogging I wish I knew how to add pictures and headers.... that took a long time and now I think I have it pretty much under control! (Well I try anyway!)

6. I don't make money with my blog and I don't want to... it's more like my virtual diary of sorts... although I admire people who can/do make money with their site. I tried ad-sense for a while but I gave up on that... I just hated it.

7. Well I guess you know the answer to this one... no, nobody in my immediate family knows about my blog... at least I never told them. I keep this one for me... like a diary. It's humbling to think that people in china and across the world can read my blog. I prefer the close anonymity I have going with the people I follow. There are 10-15 blogs that I read almost every day... there are 2-3 that I check a couple of times a day (I really enjoy their updates) and they are the only real people that know about my blog. I would like to have a bigger following but I don't want the stress of having to post something positive all of the time. I keep this blog for the real me.... and my weightloss blog for the real real me, the one that nobody ever sees.... the dark me, the parts that hurt me. My weight is my real nemesis at times. It is a struggle.

8. For new bloggers I would suggest;
1. Keep your posts short and simple and on topic at first.
2. Join some blogrings and read what others think, you'll find they'll respond to your posts too!

Wow... what a bad week...

10:30pm go to bed because you have to work in the morning

3:00 am Sunday/Monday morning.... dizzy stumbled into the bathroom used it and went back to bed... not feeling well just not knowing why... YET!

4:30am Sunday/Monday morning... wake up again... stumble into the bathroom in a dizzy stupor with a temperature of 102.1F (YIKES) but why? my throat doesn't hurt, my ears are fine and my nose isn't stuffy.... I do have a headache, and my skin hurts (which at the time I thought were both from the fever)

5:15 call in sick

All day lay in bed dying.... the fever won't come down below 99.8F.

6:30pm made my way to the emergency room.... the verdict SINUSITIS.... a sinus infection.... he also said to stay off work until Friday and wrote a note saying the same. Along with a script for some antibiotics.

10:00ish called boss and said "yeah Chris, I'm feeling a bit better, I'll try work in the morning" (really bad idea)

6:15am.... fever back at 101.7... get ready for work anyway....

8:00am boss sent me home for the day.... good thing too because the temperature was there all day and all night...

I'm now taking Advil every 4 hours to keep my temp at 99F...ish I hope the antibiotics work soon and I can feel better.... this is really starting to suck.... I can't even muster up enough strength to shower or wash my dishes. (Gross I know....)

NOTE: other bad things that happened this weekend
1) Andrew lost his bank card
2) Andrew found his bank card after it was cancelled
3) We got locked out of our new place
4) The key we had cut to our new place was cut wrong
5) The delivery guys scraped up the wood on our "new to us" sofa bed (which prior to their help was in great shape... now it's just ok shape)
6) The company who owns our old apartment want to do an inspection tomorrow and won't let us reschedule when it's highly likely that I will still be in bed/ on the couch asleep or loafing in a feverish state because we aren't moving out until the end of the month.

My prayer for this week is that I can be healthy and everything else will go smoothly with our move.

Does anybody else have weeks like this?

May's almost over

Well I've almost made it all the way through May! Yay!

We're signing our lease on the 1st of June and I'm getting quite excited. Our plan is to be moved into our new place by June 17th. That gives us until the 30th to get everything in the old apartment cleaned and ready for inspection. Our goal is to receive 100% of the damage deposit back. This would help a lot because for the moth of June we have to pay 2 lots of rent; 1 for the new place and one for the old place. We also have 2 power bills.... YIKES!

But other than that it'll be ok. We also need a few "new" things... Since we have a second bed room/ official computer room we need to do either of two things; get another bed or move the futon into that room and buy a couch for the living room. I believe that the latter will win... We've found a very nice couch with a matching rocker for $225 at a used furniture place. We just need to acquire and move it into our new place. Hopefully it's still there Saturday when we have time to go get it.

We found some great deals on a tv/internet/home phone package too... for the first 6 months $87.00 tax in! and that includes $0.05/min long distance, call waiting, call display, voice messaging, 76 tv channels, digital music, 2 PPV movies (free! only the first 2 months though... for a grand total of 4), and I think that's it. Right now we pay $119.00 for tv/internet and another $30.00 for phone. So we're saving a bundle! Even after the first year it's $130.00/month for all 3 so that's a savings of $20.00 still! It's so great because rent in our new place is only $30.00 more a month which means moving to a bigger apartment only costs us an extra $10/month.... not too many people can say that's their moving experience (unless they downsized!).

IN NON-MOVING NEWS...

I had today off so I got my hair trimmed... no colour or anything fancy but she did dry it with a diffuser and well it looks different but I think I like it! (I'll post a pic when I take some lol)

Blah Kinda Day

Well I woke up to a drip, drip, drip... when I investigated the hot water tank in the apartment above ours had busted and the water was dripping from the light fixture in the ceiling. Yup, good morning sunshine!

So I got dressed, washed clothes, I need to wash dishes, and make lunch...

I'm also working from 3:30-11pm so it's a great Friday

I'm off tomorrow so maybe that'll go better...

OH and yesterday Andrew and I were supposed to sign the lease for our new place BUT they wanted $178 extra for signing before June 1st.... we've already paid them a holding deposit that will become a damage deposit. So I quickly changed our signing date and that was that... this is all seeming so drawn out... I wish I could just move and get it over with!!!

NOTE: I've also been updating my other site Weightloss Mandy

May 24 weekend

I don't think the US celebrates this holiday but we do (It's Queen Victoria's birthday). Well It was a great time! My Dad and Sister came in from Labrador for a week. They went to my Grampy's house on Friday and Andrew and I went out there for a BBQ on Saturday (It's about 2.5 hours away from here).

My Dad and Krystal went back yesterday and it was sad that they left but it's nice to have the place to ourselves for a while. Andrew and I have had family visiting now for about 3 months off and on!!!

Monday was the actual May 24 ceremony at Signal Hill. I took some pictures and some video (but I don't know how to get the video up here lol). I'll post some pictures below. After the 21 gun salute we ventured out to Cape Spear (It's the most easterly point in North America... the next piece of land is in Ireland!)

21 Gun Salute by the Canadian Reserves in St. John's NL
Shoreline at Cape Spear
Lighthouse at Cape Spear

Movin, Movin, Movin!

Well Andrew and I are sick of the crap that has been happening in this building... the false accusations of us ruining the bathroom, our car being broken into and last but not least while Andrew's sister was visiting (for a surgery that couldn't be done home) they accused her of attempted arson (she was in the hospital at the time).

So, We're off to adventure into the world of basement apartments... we've found a really nice one and are waiting to hear if our application was accepted. That will be after 6pm today....

I'm excited about the whole moving process really... we'll have an extra bedroom, a bigger storage room and access to a shed, deck, and free laundry (well not really free but it's included in the rent). So no more coins!!! Also it's only $15 more a month (each that is) so it's a great deal.

The not so great part... it's 15 mins away from school and we're only 5 mins now but... we'll suck it up in the name of happiness!

My New Blog Excursion

Well I've decided I need a little boost to get my buns moving in terms of my weight loss... If you are interested in checking out my adventure check out my new blog "The Incredible Adventures of Weight-loss Mandy"

Cheesy I know... and I love cheese... that may be a small part in my 80lbs overweight. Hahaha! Well I'm going to chronicle my journey there... leave me some input!

Summer Slump

Well for me summer is here... I mean I don't have school until September and I'm working...

That being said I'm finding it difficult to post meaningful information... So I thought I'd share my summer dilemma.

My Dad WAS on strike and thus I decided to stay in St. John's with Andrew for the summer and look for work here. So, I found a job 40 hrs/week and $7/hr. Well I am delighted with my job and loving the spring here with Andrew.

Now, as I have posted before the strike is over and I have turned down a job at the mines for 16/hr (16.50 on night shift) and 92 hrs bi-weekly. Basically I turned down $5000 for the summer... Am I crazy?

Have I put a price on Love? I just hope I can afford school... but I'm sticking to my decision... no truck driving... I'm going to be a cashier in a gas station and... enjoy my summer here and make minimum wage like most other students....

Just curious, what's the minimum wage where you are?! What do students make? Is it difficult to get student loans?

Friendship Friday "What do you and your friends like to do with eachother?"

I'm cheating a little and postdating (well, predating really) this post for tomorrow... I have to work and I'm worried I won't get it done on time... so

My friends and I enjoy glo-bowling. It's a hoot and only $5.00 an hour per person with shoes... so you know a good night out is only $10-15. We don't go as often as I'd like to go but when we do we always wear clothes that glow under florescent lights.

I'm not a great bowler... in fact I often scratch a ball or two per turn. One time however there was a giant turkey on the screen when Andrew (whom is quite good despite lack of experience) was hurling his balls... we later found out it was because of the strikes he accumulated... 3 in a row is a turkey but we had a good laugh anyway!

I look forward to hearing what you all do with your friends!

Friendship Friday... the how to/ all about story!

So here's the deal... each week I'll post a topic about friendship and you'll share your story on your own blog. Then you'll link your story to my Friendship Friday by posting on the Mister Linky.

I didn't really have a good plan for this week. So, for next week I have a specific topic and you have 6 days left to think about it!!!

"What is your favourite thing to do with your friends and why? Share and we'll see how many new ideas we can try with our own friends."

So remember this will be for next Friday, May 4th (I think lol)

Hopefully next week somebody will sign my Mister Linky!!! and we'll create some new friendships even if they are only "cyber friends"


P.S. Feel free to use the Friendship Friday banner I found... I found it from another site that said feel free to use the banner so I guess that makes it shareware! I'm sure I'll hear otherwise if it's not!

Friendship Friday!

Friendship Friday.... something new I wanted to start in appreciation of the friends I know in life, the ones I want to make, the ones I lost touch with and the ones I have yet to make. I think this is a fairly new linky and we have poetic justice on how we want to post it... so... this week I'm going to tell about one favourite memory with my Best Friends... Andrew (my boyfriend), Johnathon a close friend for many years and Chantelle, a friend whom I've kinda lost touch with since University....

When we were still in high school we liked to camp a lot. So for an adventure we got on our snowmobiles and went to John's cabin for the weekend. I had a great idea that I would make s'mores... you know those yummy chewy graham wafer, chocolate, and marshmallow goodnessy mess! Andrew had never tried them before and being a new couple I really wanted to impress him.... usually I'd do them in the oven but John wanted to do them in the bonfire we had... so I wrapped them up and put them in... but... the cookies burnt before the mellows melted!!! It was horrible and hilarious all at the same time. Yet... we had the innocence of children and it was probably one of the most memorable times we shared together; eating cold and burnt s'mores.
(Notice how I'm not in the picture, because I took it lol.... this was breakfast the next day!)

Just for fun!

I love James Frey and his books "million little pieces" and "my friend Leonard." I know there is serious speculation about what is true and what's not, but the fact is they are great reads either way.

I found this spoof of an excerpt of million little pieces and I thought it was great... hope you enjoy!

YAHHHHOOOOO!

BIG NEWS TODAY!

I have a job for this summer... I'm working at an Esso station (Exxon in the states I believe... they have a Tony Tiger mascot). Anyway I'm starting as a cashier with the chance to be an assistant manager/ Supervisor!

AND.....

THE STRIKE HAS ENDED!!!! now that I'm old enough to appreciate the work that these people do, I also appreciate the medical/dental/optical insurance.... even though I'm only on the pill I enjoy the low cost that the insurance brings at the drug store; there's a big difference in $3/month and $20/month.

The funny part... Dad works one shift and he's "on vacation" hahaha.... how sweet is that!

MARKS! marks! MaRkS! mArKs!

I got my marks back... 3 A's and 2 B's

Here's the scoop

Education 3952 - Assessment - A - 86%
Education 3484 - Computers - A - 87%
Education 3619 - Learning and Cognition - B - 70%
Sociology 2270 - Families - B - 73%
HKR 2005 - Stress Management - A - 80%




So I was pleased with 4/5 marks... only one surprise and that was Ed 3619... I thought I did better in that course... I must have really sucked on the exam... I went in with a 76%avg and the final was only worth 35%.... I guess we all have our weak points...

And it was a very LONG week!

Well Sunday April 15 Andrew's sister arrived... it was in the midst of final exams... I wrote my last on on Monday. She's not here for a vacation and I'm sure everyone here knows it. She had a antibiotic resistant infection in her left maxillary sinus that had to be "manually removed." Not only was she in a lot of pain from the infection (she's had it for almost 8 months now) she has swelling and pressure in her face... so you would think that surgery would fix this problem right?!

Well not so much. Thursday was the big day... she went under for her "simple" procedure at 1:30ish and it was supposed to take 1 hour... about 3 hours before we could take her home. BUT, she had complications... the anesthetic wasn't kind to her and she ended up spending the night. Then we took her home on Friday (after several tests and such to make sure she was fine) with her pain prescription and a new antibiotic to fight off further infection from the surgery (did I mention this was endoscopic... that's right no cuts)

Well she had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic and now she's in misery... the pain is worse than before the surgery and today the swelling is worse than ever before... I'm not even sure what it's from!!! I pray that she recovers quickly... she's only 25 and has so much pain and problems for that age. She is on a new antibiotic so I hope that helps.

I wish very much she was here on a vacation but the truth is... she may not be leaving very soon because she's not allowed to fly yet!

Big NEWS!

Andrew got a work term! Nothing can describe how excited I was when I found out the news. It pays well and it's in St. John's so we won't have to move for the summer...

That means I'm officially not going back to Labrador for this summer. But that is ok... I've spent the past 20 summers there and I'm ready to spend one away... I just need to get a job now... hopefully I can get one at a restaurant so I can make some extra money in tips.

That's my prayer now... that I get a half decent job soon! I just need enough money to get me through school...

God Bless!