Well, it's been an interesting day. 

I woke up to mom having had her Social Security application being reviewed.  This is fine, but she was asked about a former husband, my father. 

Apparently he died about 4 years ago...and no one bothered to tell me.

I went on the Net and found his obituary, so I am very sure it is true.

This is giving me all sorts of feelings...such as what kind of people are my dad's relatives to not tell me...and what sort of father he was to not keep in touch with me.  He really didn't give a crap.

So i get to work through a bunch of stuff in the next few days!  Peachy.

I don't usually go for posting anything with religious content.  I'm too afraid of offending someone.  But I got this link sent to me, and I thought it was absolutely hilarious!

http://9a4440c5.fb.joyent.us/haggadah/ultraModern2.php

If you are into social networking, which if you are reading this, I assume you are, then you will find it funny, I think.

Well, off to teach my voice lessons, as I do every Thursday.

Hi!

I am sitting back in my chair...isn't wireless a wonderful thing? 

I'm halfway through my coursework for the semester.  I completed a class on Human Growth and Development and one on "Social and Ecological Perspectives" which is all about diversity.  I have coursework yet to do in group dynamics and vocational counseling, among some other things.  I'm just plugging away at it.
I hope that I will actually be good at this stuff when I am through LOL and someone will want to hire me!

Mom is still plugging away too at trying to make some life decisions.  It has been hard for me to deflect her negativity (and deal with her control of the remote LOL) but I have to.  It will be interesting to see what happens in the future.

The other things in my life are pretty good.  Not perfect, but life never is.  I just don't have an answer to why ceasar dressing would be different in Australia!  Glad to read that my friends are doing well.

Well, it's been a long time...lots of life in between.

I have finished one semester, and I have gotten great reviews.  I am enjoying what I am learning, and not enjoying the 15-20 pg papers I have to write!  But it is a great place to go to school, and you have to be very self-motivated.  I really like my Graduate advisor...he's a doctor at the Univ of Arizona.  I just am hoping that I can get a job when I get out.

Speaking of jobs...I don't have one.  I am working on subbing, but that takes time.  I do hold a valid license for music education, so maybe I can get some income.

I am still up in the tundra.  Mom drives me crazy, in smothering...but I am lucky to have her.

I have had an interesting man come into my life.  He has given me great advice, and says he cares.  I am sure it will not lead to marriage, but I still care for him lots.  Right now we are working through some communication issues, and I am hoping that it will get resolved soon.  I do not want to give him up.   A mutual friend (i met her in the NKT chatroom long ago) introduced us...and I'm glad.

Other than that...not much.  I am hoping to catch up with friends soon.  And I plan to blog more.

I have to post a thank you to all of my friends that wished me a happy birthday.  It has been a rough 6 months, but now things are going to get better.  I know that going to school is what I should be doing, and that someone was right when they told me a while ago that I wouldn't have that job for long (LOL).  But that person *wink* has been right about quite a few things for me!  I trust that that person "sees."  And will tell me if I need to know.

Well, anyway, thanks again, and I hope this year is great for all of us!  Thinking of you all...

Hello everyone!

I have been accepted to a grad school.  It is a limited residency program (I only have to be there two weekends a semester) and I am starting a school guidance counseling master's.  It is through Prescott College, Prescott Arizona.  I am excited, but it is a long time since I wrote research papers!  I am looking forward to this, and went out there the 14th of August.  It is a cool town!  I could be ok living there too. 

I got to visit some friends in California after the college weekend.  It was a good time, although we tried to take the boat out and it didn't work.

I have given up my apartment to pay for school.  It's not the ideal that I want, as I have lost privacy and independence...but how much do I want this degree?  Very much!

Well, I hope things are going well for everyone.  Talk soon.

Well, I haven't been on in a long time...I want to update so a few of my friends can know what's going on.  

I have still not gotten a job yet.  I am somewhat (ok very) concerned...I just want to figure out what to do when I grow up!  I am seriously thinking about A) moving to a warm place, like Arizona, and/or B) going back to school, or C) getting some kind of tour guide or travel job.  I just know I do NOT want to hang around here and watch the decimation of 13 years of my life.  I am trying hard to not be bitter...but there is a tad bit of it there.

If I go back to school, I am considering getting a school guidance counseling degree, or maybe a math certification.  And maybe learning Spanish.  Gee, anything else?

I have a friend who keeps telling me to move somewhere warm (aka Arizona), and I have a girlfriend that would like me to live closer to St. Louis.  But wth?  I just don't know...Man I wish I could figure it out.  At least I applied for 4 positions today.  I just have to get off my arse.  Mom can drive me crazy; she thinks I am going to revert to being 12 years old again.  ~sigh~

Speaking of mom, the sale of my grandparents' property is going through on Thursday.  All the papers will be signed and it will be done then.  I want her to get out from under the responsibilities and move on.  She will inherit a substantial amount, also.

Well, I at least have been sorting all my bits and pieces out lately.  I have hauled a LOT to charity.  And yesterday, OMG...I had to dispense with many "science experiments" that were hanging around the fridge.  I am much happier that it is a lot more organized.  I am down to one room yet, and even the garage is clean.

On a personal note, I got to chat with Sy a few days ago...I really enjoyed catching up with him.  And my other friends are doing ok also.

I think about everyone...hope my Oz friends are doing ok!  Greetings and loving thoughts.

Andrea