Introducing.......

..........my future niece or nephew!! Baby's first picture at 8 weeks and 2 days old!

The top right "x" is the head and the bottom left "x" is the feet....the dot in the middle is the heartbeat!! :)

Good things are happening

The past couple of days have been very very good. Sunday night Jess and I did a CM party at our friend Samantha's, we had some people from work over and had a blast teaching them scrapbooking. In addition we had some pretty nice sales so that's cool, too.

Monday I worked all day and that was whatever, but, I did get a call from Bob Videtic, Senior Vice President of S and K Menswear. I had put my resume in for an internship, and, lucky for me, he's dating our department chair, and they frequently dine at Firebirds, so I already had it in good with him. I called him back yesterday and in addition to wanting me to come in to talk more about the internship, next week I will be starting a paid position ($12/hour) to go in 3 days a week and help them out with some data entry for two or three weeks. Not only is this a little extra, easy cash for me, but it will definatly get me in the door for this internship. It seems almost like a little trial period. Woo!

Also yesterday I went downtown to speak with my advisor about next semester. I can't believe next semester will be here very soon. I'm thinking of taking an intersession course to get that knocked out of the way, since I only have (drumroll please).............11 classes left to graduate! That's it! 11!!!! So if I take an intersession class, then 5 classes Spring semester, one or two over summer school, then I will only have to take 3 or 4 fall semester and I can give myself a break for once, and maybe even do another internship.

On another note, my little sister had her first doctors appointment yesterday. She told me it was mostly just paperwork, but, they told her that she is due on May 2nd, and that she just finished up her first trimester! Already!! Tomorrow she goes in for an ultrasound. Cool!

And on one final note Dell is the shit. If you ever need to buy something new buy it from there. My printer was acting all crazy and eating my paper because I may or may not have dropped it when I was moving. I talked to someone on Friday, a brand new printer arrived yesterday, and all I had to do was pack up my old one, call DHL and they came to my front door and picked it up for free. So I have a new printer that works, for free. Go Dell.

Ok time for work!

Much Better Now

It's been a while since my last update and a lot has happened. I've finally come to accept the fact that I am going to be "Aunt Jessie", as odd as that sounds. She still doesn't really fully understand how this is going to change her, but as one of my friends said, I just need to be there for her when it DOES hit her. I got to meet this kid Spencer that's the father, he's pretty cool. It was odd to think that one day he could be my brother in law, though.

Things around here are going good too. I worked my ass off for the past two weeks, talked to some creditors and worked out some payment plans, and I am happy to say that as of today I am officially caught up on my bills. (YAY!) No more bill collectors calling me. I'm going to work hard the next couple months to pay off some credit cards...I have three or four with a balance of $200 or less so I know I can do it!

Jess and I had our first Creative Memories party last weekend and it went fantastic! We had almost $600 in sales!! We also booked another party for next month off of that one. We have two parties next week as well! Looking good so far and we are having a blast doing it! Here's a pic from the party:


Yesterday Jess and I both were off in the morning so we went on this massive cleaning rampage. We cleaned the kitchen, living room, and bathroom, and Jess reorganized the laundry room and dining room to accomodate all of our stuff. I cleaned up my room really good. I took all of my summer stuff out of my closet and put it away for the winter and hung up all my sweaters and such. I then cleaned out my dresser and my desk. My room looks so freakin good and all I want to do is be in here. :) It makes it so much easier to be un stressed when you have a clean house. :-D

On another good note, tomorrow is Brian and I's TWO YEAR anniversary. I can't believe it's been that long already. I still remember the night we met like it was yesterday. I love him SO MUCH and I really, honestly can't picture my life without him. I'm so grateful to have such a wonderful boyfriend and I hope that we have many, many more years ahead of us. We are spending the day off just chilling, dinner and a movie style. In a couple of weeks we are going to Norfolk because I am an amazing girlfriend and got us 10th row tickets to see Carlos Mencia live!! Let's see what he gets me to top that! :)

Ok, time for work now! Byee!

The Real World......

Is a horrible, scary place.

I don't even know where to begin. Let's start with the fact that I'm working doubles almost every day so I can finally catch up on my late fees and everything on my credit cards. I never get to see my boyfriend or my roommate, but I guess that's what I get for shopping too much. I only have a couple more to pay though and I will actually be in a position to start paying my cards OFF. How nice would that be?

So, I'm stressed about the above situation. Now throw in a phonecall from my mom telling me that my 17 year old sister is making me "Aunt Jessica". I drop everything Friday night (including work) to drive home for support. I thought my sister would be tore to pieces over it, I know I would be and I'm four years older than her. But, she wasn't really that upset. I don't think she really understands what having a baby---becoming a MOTHER---really involves and it makes me so sad, and honestly, a little angry. This is my little sister. She hasn't even graduated high school. She's not going to get to experience all the fun things that you are supposed to experience as a young adult. Living in the dorms, going to parties, waking up one morning and decide to skip class and go to the beach with your girls just because you feel like it. She's not going to be able to goto school, at least not right away, and when she does it will take her longer since she won't be able to go full time. She's going to have to work 12-15 hour days making 8.50 and hour just to make ends meet. She's not really going to see her baby that she wants so badly that often. It's not fair. I feel so sad for her because not only will she not get to experience these things, but she has no idea about what she's going to be missing out on.

She won't listen and she's not getting it and I'm getting mad at her. I feel like such a horrible person for being mad at her. I'm supposed to be supportive but I just feel pessimistic. I know that the real world is horrible and harsh and I want to protect her, and my new neice or newphew, from that. But I don't think there is anything I can physically do to help and I feel at a loss. I honestly don't know what to do.