Good news and bad news

So real quick I'd thought I'd let you all know what's going on. The good news is that I found out why I've been so tired and why I've felt crappy for the last few days. The bad news is that I have a virus. My boss made me go to Student Health Services today, and the Nurse Practitioner said this virus has been going around. So I got sent home to rest. I'm not allowed to eat anything for 24 hours, I have to drink A LOT of water, and I'm taking Promethazine. Great, isn't it? The nurse was like, "You're not taking care of yourself, and you need to. This is your body telling you to go home, get some rest, and take care of yourself." It's pretty bad when the doctor tells you you're not taking care of yourself. Anyway, so that explains why I've felt so stinkin tired lately. I think my moodiness is still a PMS symptom mixed with frustration with work and stuff. Anyway, keep me in your prayers that I'm not dying and that I'll be back to normal within the next couple of days. Love y'all!!

God bless.

Pepto

Grind

That's kinda what my life feels like right now, a grind. I'm tired. I haven't been packing or anything lately, but I'm just tired. I don't know if it's boredom from the same daily routine, my hormones from PMSing or depression or what. I can't seem to have any energy. I'm still not done unpacking, we haven't really started to decorate the apartment, and we still need to put the porch swing back together. All of that stuff really bothers me, but I just don't have the energy to do it by the time I get home from work. Those of you who have those 9-5 kind of jobs, I don't know how you do it. I honestly think I was much more active and energetic when I was at school until 8 or 9 at night. So if y'all could pray for me, I'd really appreciate it.

In other news, it has now been a week and I have yet to hear from Toolman. I've given up on it, and I just don't care anymore. I mean...I do care, it upsets me a bit, but I'm not going to mope about it. I'm just gettin on with my boring routine life. I'm also still in a financial bind because my financial aid has still not gone through. Wright State sucks! And yes, it is a Wright State problem, not a federal problem. So yeah, I need some prayers there. So maybe the combination of all this stuff has made me really moody. I've been flat out mean lately, and I'm not exactly sure why. I'm hoping it's just PMS, but I guess I'll find out within the next week.

So enough of my griping, I'm gonna go do homework and go to bed. Peace out ladies!

God bless.

Pepto

Quick update

This will probably short and scatter brained because I'm in class, and I still have to try to pay attention while writing this. I just wanted to let you know how everything is going since I didn't really get a chance to talk to anyone on Sunday because I had to meet our old landlord (who ended up being 2 1/2 hours late, but I got all of the deposit back, so it's ok). We're finally getting settled in to our new home. Our living room is unpacked and most of the kitchen is unpacked, what is most important is that they're both inhabitable now. I still haven't started unpacking the stuff from my bedroom, but I think I'll start working on that tonight. Our fourth roommate, Army Girl is already in the process of moving in and will pay her part in July's rent, so yay!! So everything with the apartment is going quite well, and I'm excited. We have a lot more space than we did in the house, it requires a lot less maintenance, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper. We've already had quite a few visitors so that's pretty cool. I think I'm really going to like living here because a) it's a really nice place and b) the roommate situation is just a lot better with these roomies. I love the girls I'm living with. They're fantastic.

So I'm still pretty tired, but not nearly as much as I have been over the last couple weeks. I've finally had a chance to settle down and have some time to just relax. It's been great, but there's still stuff that I need to get done. My class is going pretty well. Work is ok...I got a raise, and I'm making money and that's the important part. In other news, Toolman sent me a message saying we should have lunch sometime. We'll see how that goes. I'm just going to reply to his message and tell him to call me to set up a time. I'll keep y'all updated, but don't hold your breath, because I know I'm not.

So Praise the Lord, and thank you all for your prayers. They were definitely needed over the last couple weeks, and I really appreciate them. Things are finally starting to look up. I hope all is well with everyone. Keep HBM, Elvis, and Pita Pocket in your prayers with the baby, their apartment, and their trip at Alive. You're all in my prayers!! I love you ladies!

God bless!

Pepto

New Beginnings

So here I sit in my new bedroom in the basement of my new apartment, stealing wireless from the neighbors. 0:) I'm sure it's hard for you all to believe, but you're not hallucinating, I am updating for the second day straight. I just wanted to let you know that everything went ok. I didn't wreck the U-Haul, and we miraculously got the whole house loaded and unloaded in about 4 1/2 hours. We owe a HUGE thanks to Bianca who didn't actually live with us, therefore didn't need to help us and to Blue Jacket's friend Ranger (I'll just name him after his truck) who didn't even know Bianca and I until today. They were both a great help. I must say though, that two people (Blue Jacket and I) doing the work of four people packing up the house and everything was rather frustrating, but Homeslice couldn't really help her sitation.

So I'll be hittin the hay very soon. We're all totally exhausted, but we're looking forward to getting everything situated over the weekend (between the David Crowder concert, church, and everything else). Thanks for all your comments ladies! Continue to keep us in your prayers!

God bless!

Pepto

A bittersweet ending

So here I sit in my bedroom in the Roadhouse for the last night ever. It's kinda weird, and definitely a bittersweet ordeal. I have a lot of great memories in this house, but I've also been ready to get out of this house for the last few months. I'll never forget all the good memories here (especially the ones on video), but I am looking forward to our new apartment, a partially new set of roommates, and a whole slew of good memories yet to be experienced.

My apologies again for taking so long to update, but I've been busy non-stop since I last wrote. I've just been going from one thing to another and packing in between. I haven't been sleeping well at all nor have I been eating well. I'm stressed and stretched to the extreme. I'm emotional. I'm exhausted. I finally reached my breaking point today, and I feel bad for those who were in my path. I misunderstood something, and for some reason it just sparked an emotional bonfire. For those of you who were there, I'm really sorry that I just walked out on you. I hope you can understand that I'm really just under a lot of crap right now. It was good that I walked out when I did though, because I lost it once I got in the car and started to drive away. The person that was somewhat responsible (although it really wasn't his fault) called tonight to apologize which made me feel much better. If any of the rest of you felt like I was mad at you or anything, I'm sorry.

The last week has been a time of discoveries, disappointments, pride, and sadness. I've seen a different side of people, some good, some bad. Homeslice is now gone. Everytime I really think about it, it brings tears to my eyes. Even with all the rough times we had, she was still a good friend to me, and I already miss having her around, but I am very thankful that I got to enjoy the last couple of months with her here, and I was very proud to be able to be there to see her get her diploma. Blue Jacket and I have bonded. Monday night we just sat in my car talking for at least an hour or so. It was nice to have someone to share all this stuff with again. It's been awhile since I've felt close enough to someone to really let go and just talk about things. The two of us have spent the last two days packing...tons of fun. Bianca is about to dive into this mess, but I think it will be a good experience. She seems to be enjoying Bethany which is awesome. I love it when other people share the love. Then there's our brand new fourth roommate whom I shall call Army Girl. She just called yesterday (I had sent her a message about a week ago) to tell us that she wanted to live with us. It might not be until July, but it's much better than nothing at all.

So this time of transition is craziness. Saying hello to new people, and saying goodbye to old friends. Finishing my art classes, and working towards admission to Grad School, and moving into a new apartment.

I must ask for your prayers. We're moving out tomorrow, and it's going to be crazy. We have a few guys that have offered to help us in the evening, but not very many. So for a while, it's going to be pretty much just me, Blue Jacket, and Bianca loading up an entire house full of stuff. Homeslice is already in Kentucky and others just have their own lives to tend to, I guess. So just pray that we can get it all accomplished but still be able to get some rest, and pray also that we don't get hurt, and I don't wreck the U-Haul.

I know this was really scatter-brained, but that's how I've been this week. I hope all is well with all of you. I'll have a hard time keeping up with ya, because we might not have internet until early next week or so.

God bless.

Pepto

Apologies

Yes, it has been a very long time. I have committed my usual sin of procrastinating which has caused me to be extremely busy over the last few weeks getting my work done. In doing so, I have neglected my Journal Pals, and I'm sorry. Please forgive me.

So yeah, school stuff has been really hectic lately, but my grades have been fine even though I put everything off till the last minute. Praise the Lord! I've been really bad at returning phone calls, e-mails, and the like simply because I haven't really even had time to breathe. But everything is settling down now. I have one final tomorrow and then I'm done until next Monday. Some break, huh? Summer quarter will be much easier since I only have one class at a time and I'll never work past 5 pm as opposed to 7 or 8 pm every night. I'm excited about summer. I'm excited about moving into our new apartment although I'm not excited about the costs. It turns out that there was a problem with my Financial Aid, and it has not gone through yet, so I had to pay my first installment of nearly $800 on Monday. So please please be praying that my Aid goes through very soon so I can get some, if not all of that money back and avoid having to pay the next installment. So because of that beefy payment, it's going to make paying the deposit, first month's rent, start up costs for utilities, and renting a U-haul very difficult to do in the next two weeks. So I would really really appreciate some prayers there.

Although I am excited about the new changes of moving and graduating and what not, it is kinda bittersweet. Friends are moving onto different paths. My friend Writer left on Saturday. She's going to grad school in Boston in the fall, so I won't be seeing much of her. Homeslice is moving to Kentucky with her parents. I must say that although I've had my moments with her over the last year and a half, I'm really really going to miss her. This place won't be the same without her. Then there's the friends that I've made recently, most of which are younger. So a lot of them are going home for the summer, but I'll see them again in the Fall, so that's not so bad.

As far as Toolman...the real reason everyone reads. Well, I've given up. I thought things were going well and progressing, but apparently I was wrong. Everything has seemed to come to a screeching halt. Now, maybe it is because he's so busy with finals and stuff, but due to the drasticness of the change, I find that hard to believe. He didn't sit with me at Real Life for the first time since the week I was late (about 7 weeks ago) although he did sit behind me. Then afterwards, I turned around and he said, "I'm gonna go help them tear stuff down," which he always does after Real Life, but then when he's done he always comes to find me and rides with me to happy hour wherever it is. This time, he just disappeared. I had been waiting for like 20 minutes, then I realized that they were all done tearing stuff down, and he was nowhere to be found. I went on to Happy Hour by myself, and found out from a friend of his that he had programming to do. So then, I saw him online Sunday night and I messaged him to tell him about Homeslice's grad party. About 15 seconds after I messaged him, he signed off, and I haven't heard from him since even though I've seen him online quite a bit.

So there it is. I start gaining a little bit of confidence for a change...start having faith that something good might actually happen to me and look at what happens. Yeah, I know I'm throwing myself a bit of a pity party, but I feel entitled to a small one. I'm sure I'll get over it. I always do. I have to. That's the way life goes. So sorry to get everyone's hopes up over the last couple of months just to let you down, but hey...welcome to my world.

In other more important and much happier news...my congratulations and prayers go out to HBM, Elvis, and Pita Pocket!! I'm so excited for them!! Yay!!!

I must be going. I need to get some sleep if I expect to do any good on my last exam. Goodnight y'all.

Pepto