Recent Events

I haven't been on in a couple days, but here are the updates...

Wednesday I attended a Wellness Seminar for my company and we have started a Step Program. This is where we record how many steps we take a day and how much exercise we do each day. So far I thought I was doing well, but I missed the goal of 50,000 steps a week by only a little over 5,000 steps. Kind of disappointing, but I'm going to try and reach and pass that goal this week. Tonight I'm planning to go walking.

Thursday I graduated from college (again) with my Bachelors Degree in Health Care Management!!! Yay!!! It's my 2nd degree and I'm going to continue on with a Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Paralegal (this is between a Bachelors and a Masters). I'm excited and a little nervous. This is a whole new program. But hopefully this will help me in the future with job searches, so I'm not limited to managing a medical office.

This last weekend was good. I had a relaxing time, with no homework to worry about. Just think that I don't have to do homework for three weeks!!! Plus I get out early from work. I'm loving it.

Monday and Today have gone well. Have to get used to this new work schedule. I'm not usually here so early. But I think I'll be ok soon.
I'm so excited for tomorrow, Thursday, and the weekend. Tomorrow is new training at work and I get to see the Eclipse movie after work!!! Thursday I get the day off and I'm going with my pal to the Tool Concert!! :-D This weekend I shall relax. I have to work Saturday, but it's only 5 hours. Then on Monday, which we get off of work, my mom and I are going on a day trip to Red Wing, MN. I'm looking forward to it.

Wonders..

One wonders, that when you start a blog on this website, if people actually read your blog. You post it here and there on other websites, hoping just one person will read it and get some understanding of your views on life and the world. But of course, no one comments...but I'm not truly mad or upset at that. I'm just happy if someone reads these. Although, I would love a comment now and then. :-)

Now do we bloggers start our blogs to get our views out there on the Net, do it to shock people with our views, or just do it as a journal that is not really personal but we do it cause we don't want to write, we'd rather type? Regardless of our reasons, I believe blogs are a great way to give yourself a voice in the sea of people. Also, it gives the shy, reserved people a way to let their views out, when usually they keep quiet.

Now, on to myself.. I think I'll make another blog, which will be dedicated to my poetry and artwork. I think this will give people the opportunity to see a side of me they don't know about. I think it will be great and fun.

Too open about our feelings?

Tonight I heard on WCCO News that people had posted something online about the recent death of the airplane mechanic. They had said that they were glad he died because he was doing a job that they had lost in 2005.

How can they say that? I mean this man has a 12-year-old son, who is now an orphan, because 2 years ago his mom died of cancer. As a reporter said, if you said that in person, could you say that to that 12-year-old orphan?

Which brings me to my title..Are we too open about our feelings online? Is it because we feel a certain type of freedom and empowerment that we think we can say anything we want without backlash or guilt of saying it?

I may voice my opinions online and more specifically on this blog, but I know that there are certain things you DO NOT say. I'm just amazed at these posters and I shake my head at them. You should be ashamed.

Excited...

I'm so excited that my cousins are having kids. Even though they're my cousins, I kind of consider myself as Auntie Leah for these little ones, since I'm an only child. I'm so, so excited. lol. I can't wait to babysit them, to play with them, to give them toys and see their excitement at their birthday, Easter, and Christmas. I just love kids in general, lol.

Thoughts......

Have you ever worried so much that you think of the worst thing that can happen? Have you worried so much that you make yourself sick?

I used to get sick with worry about people and what they thought about me, but luckily that's changed. But I still think about the worst things that could happen. I believe this is my way to deal with things before they happen, if they happen in the ways I think about. I hope that makes sense.

For example, I would think...what would happen if I got into a car accident during a stormy night in the winter? I would think about what I would do and what may happen. Then I use this to prepare better for the winter, making sure I have supplies in case it does happen.
Or I think of a situation that would be very traumatic, like an accident or a death. Then I go over how I believe I would act. So when the situation inevitably does happen, I'll be able to cope better through those feelings.

Just a thought on my mind...

Day One...

So here I am again, starting another blog. Hopefully this one will keep going. :-)

Let's start with last Friday (June 11, 2010) and go from there. Now, for a little while, I've wanted to treat myself to a gaming system. Friday, I decided to buy and Xbox 360 Elite. So I went on the Best Buy App, for my iPhone, and the first time I tried to purchase it, there was an error. The App kicked me back to the checkout and I redid the purchase, which went through. Well, when I looked at my bank account, my checking and savings accounts were at $0.00 and my credit card was charged. It looks like I bought 2 Xboxs, instead of 1. Since I have overdraft protection, the bank took the money from my savings and credit card to make up the purchase price.

So that incident led to calling the bank and filing a claim, calling Best Buy (who luckily canceled the 2nd purchase), and caused me to almost have a heart attack. Now I'm just waiting for the charges to go through. Then I'll need to contact the bank, so they can put the money back in the right accounts....what a mess...


Due to this situation, I pretty much had no money all weekend. Our food was getting low (I live with my parents), and the parents were also low on cash. Pretty much we were almost starving yesterday (Monday, June 14). Now I'm not very religious, but yesterday I believe that I had help from God. I was so hungry, I hardly had a breakfast, no lunch, and I only had a TV dinner to look forward to at work and some wheat thins. But I believe God helped me out. If it weren't for the miracle of finding some food at work, I wouldn't have made it through the night. All I have to say is Thank You God.
But at the end of the night, I had another problem....my student loan company called and left me a message that my student loan had gone into repayment, even though I'm going back for another degree after I graduate in a week...I had sent a form to them, but evidently they didn't get it...so today (Tuesday) I had to fill out and fax another form. Let's hope they received it.

As for today, since I got paid, now I spent lots of money on groceries. So now I have so much food that I'm stuffing myself and getting a tummy ache. Oh well, I'm just happy I have food right now. Especially, since it's Law Day at work, we get free sundaes... yum....

For now, everything is going good. I just hope I don't have anything else happen this week.