Someone please tell me why I agreed to go to a football game? What was I thinking?

First off, Happy Birthday to jessleyd and leenielou!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you both had fantastic days!!!

And now on to my big news, I bought a car this weekend!!! It's a brand new 2008 Dodge Avenger. Now I really have motivation to get my license, which will only be another 2 weeks at the most! After living practically my entire life being told I would never be able to drive, I'm so excited that I'm going to be able to, but it is still so surreal to me.


( A Pic of my Car! )


( And Now For Some Work-Related Stuff )

Thanks to lillbet, I tried a wonderful recipe yesterday, Chocolate Cake in a Mug! It was full of chocolate awesome!! I was actually surprised how easy and quick it was, although I did notice the lack of mugs in our house.







In other news, work is starting to become crappy. I just don't have as much enthusiasm as used to anymore. I guess all the favoritism going on, as well as promoting totally un-qualified people to managers is just getting to me. And I'm starting to feel the effects of all these 10-12+ hour shifts I've been working.

Another thing that's been bugging me is my best guy friend. Before I left to Germany, we were really close, but ever since I've come back, I've just noticed that he has changed. I still care a lot about him, but he's doing some really stupid things, and hanging out with the wrong crowd. We got into a fight a couple days ago, and I don't think things are going to be the same between us for a while. *le sigh* Time for some chocolate therapy methinks.

On a positive note, there is a guy that has been working with us for about a month now, and I can definitely see something happening between the two of us. :D

I decided to take online classes this semester and live at home. This means I'm able to work full-time and save up money!! This also means I spend practically the whole day (7am-5 or 6pm) at McDonald's. Although I do love my job, its been a bit frustruating lately. I'm schedueld for Basic Shift Management (BSM) classes in November, and am trying to stick it out until then, because they will look good on my resume. My boss makes it particularly stressful to work lately though. She lately has been playing favorites with a fellow manager, whom aslo happens to be my ex-boyfriend and a very close friend. It really drives me crazy because I have done so much for my boss and she continues to doubt my ability and refuses to let me learn anything. I learn everything on my own when she is off, but she refuses to give me a chance to show her. My friend now makes $8.00 an hour, which is .25 cents more than our assistant manager who more job responsibilities, and .50 cents more than me. When I asked my boss why, she replied that because he could open and close, etc. I was pretty upset because I know how to do these things as well, its just that I can't drive, and have to rely on my parents to get me to work and have to work around their schedules. But I can understand her reasoning. What really made me mad was that I recently found out that our Owner/Operator told this guy that he would get part of my boss' bonus plus extra pay if he tutored me on our BSM book. I was pretty much shocked. Me?? Need a tutor??? Me who graduated a year early and was ranked 2nd in my class??? Does he think I can't read??? Its not as if the book is difficult; I already have half of it done. And my friend didn't help me with any of it, he doesn't even want to go to classes anymore because he thinks it will be too difficult. He told me to just pretend that he helped me and we would split the money 50/50. I told him flat-out that I wouldn't agree to that. Its ridiculous. Otherwise though, I'm pretty happy about work, although I'm looking for another job with normal hours. lol.

I'm like the last to post this but better late than never :D

COMMENT HERE AND I WILL do most of the following:
a) Tell you why I friended you.
b) Associate you with something -- a fandom, song, color, photo, etc.
c) Tell you something I like about you.
d) Tell you a memory I have of you.
e) Ask you something I've wanted to know about you
f) Tell you my favorite userpic from your list
g) In return, you need to post this on your own LJ

Stolen from And, both Kims, and Beth.

1. I have been pretty much financially independent from my parents since I was 16. I got a job a month after my birthday and since then have paid for pretty much everything I wanted and needed, as well as helping them with bills and such if they ever needed any help.

2. I have no rythmn and am somewhat tone deaf, yet I can play the trumpet, baritone, French horn, and piano, and was in band for 5 years. I, however, cannot dance or sing whatsoever.

3. I have albinism, which is a lack of melanin in the skin, eyes, and hair. Thus, I have very light skin, platinum blonde hair, blueish-violet eyes which sometimes appear red, and am legally blind and totally nightblind. I also have a host of other vision problems associated with albinism. I didn't really have a lot of parental support with this though, and didn't really come to terms and accept my visual impairment until I was 16/17. In that short time span, I've even managed to accept the fact I need magnifiers and special computer enlargement programs to read or a white cane to get around with (especially at night.)

4. My 4 year old brother is my life! The first time I laid my eyes on him, I was overwhelmed with love. I do anything and everything to make sure he is happy and has a better life than my siblings and I did at his age, especially financially wise. (Not to say that my siblings and I had a terrible life, but there were some really low points.)

5. My mom met my step-dad when I was 3ish. We (my younger sister, mom, step-dad, and I) moved to the US about a year and half later. Until I was 11, I believed that he was my actual father. The year I was going to turn 11, my family planned our first trip back to Germany for Christmas. And on my 11th birthday, 7 months before the trip, my dad told me he was not my actual father. I was pretty much devastated, and decided that I wanted to meet my father. A few days after Christmas I got the oppurtunity. He didn't even say "hi" to me. In fact, he totally ignored me and I've cut off connections with him ever since. My step-dad is still my "daddy" and my relationship with my siblings hasn't changed at all.

6. My biggest passion is traveling. I get huge thrills about just stepping foot into another country. My goal is to travel to every country in the world, and I really plan to do my best to achieve it. I've been really lucky thus far to have lots of travel oppurtunities in Europe, and hope to extened that into Asia next summer.

7. I was a very mischievious baby and toddler. Some of my family's fondest stories include me blowing up the microwave, putting a cat in the dryer, climbing onto a horse stable, riding a tricycle down a set of stairs, etc. Once when I was six months, I climbed on to the top of an amoire and hid there for hours while my whole family as well as customers in the bar my Oma owned searched for me. To this day nobody has been able to figure out how I managed to climb to the top of it.

8. Although I very rarely speak German at home, I do randomly use it on a daily basis. If an OMG moment occurs or something, I'm know to shout "Ach du lieber Himmel" rather than "Dear Lord." Or if something is hot I'll say "heiss" which is the German for hot. Or instead of "I see" I'll say "Aso." I don't know why I do this, but I do it without thinking about it and it gets a laugh out of people at times.

9. I never wanted to have children of my own. Since I was little I've always told my parents that I wanted to adopt. And I don't mean just one or two children but several, whether from foster care, domestically, or internationally. It doesn't matter to me. I just want to give a home to all those children out there that deserve one. I've especially always wanted to adopt children with special needs.

10. I once went through a phase of obsession with England. From the time I was 13 until I was at least 15, I wanted to know eveything and anything over the country. I learned all the differences between British and American English, and wrote my own little dictionaries over them. I would make sure to include them in daily conversations, and quite often I would even speak with an English accent. I drove many of my teachers crazy because I would use British English spellings such as "colour, centre, favourite, etc." I also did a similar thing with Thailand when I was 14. I was totally interested in Thai culture and language, and started teaching myself Thai. I was very dedicated to it for a while and was even starting to be able to read and comprehend things, before I suddenly found myself with a much busier schedule. I still know how to write my name in Thai though. And I still have a soft spot for England and Thailand, but to much lesser extremes.

Well I've been back from Germany for a 2 weeks now, and been settling back into the routine of work, school, and other such mundane things. :) Germany was incredibly awesome like always. And Austria was fantastic as well. It may seem weird, but even though I only lived in Germany for 5ish years, I really think of it as my home, and hate leaving. I'm trying to study in Germany or Europe next year, but I don't know if I'll be able to afford it. *sigh* I can't wait to move back permenantly one day.

Anyway, just thought I'd post a quick update. It's nice to finally be able to talk to everyone again!!!

Well firstly a big thanks and tons of hugs to all those who have wished me a happy birthday!!! It has indeed been happy. I was surprised at work with a cake and my fellow employees sung to me in front of everyone. (My face was pretty red at that point lol.) I plan on relaxing for the remainder of the day!

And I officially quit working at my current McD's at 8am this morning. I ended up staying two exta hours just so I could say good-bye to more people. A lot of people just thought I was leaving for the summer and were pretty shocked that I quite possibly won't ever go back. I managed not to cry until I was walking to my dorm. (Yes, I do cry over everything lol)

I'm really surprised that I feel this way though. I know I was friends with a few people, but I still feel like an outsider even after working there for 9 months. I especially found it odd that the reason I almost quit several times (an evil manager by the name of Attila the Hun) was one of the reasons I didn't want to leave. We've been getting along so well lately, and I'm just completely taken aback by it. But overall, I guess these people will always hold a special place in my heart.

Anyway, I have 3 finals this Thursday, so Monday is Health Psych study day, Tuesday is Gov. study day, and Wednesday is Geology study day. Much fun. *sighs*

And Friday I'm going home!

Well I thought I'd be feeling better by now, but no. I think I set the record for sneezing yesterday, I spent practically the whole day with a box of Kleenex and watery eyes. Which means I never strayed to far from the computer. And then I couldnt sleep last night. Uugh. At least my throat is feeling better and it doesnt hurt to swallow anymore, I guess I've made some progress. :)


On the bright side, there is an International Market on campus today, which sounds fun. I'm going to cash my check try no to spend too much. Then I plan on studying the rest of the day!!! How exciting! I have exams for Geology, Health Psychology, and Government on Thursday. And tons of Macroeconomics homework that will take hours to complete. That is if I dont get distracted by CoS, which has been known to happen :)

I also watched my first episode of Doctor Who last night. Yay! I cant wait to watch more, it was totally interesting. I cant believe I've been missing out on this show. I have lots of catching up to do.

After getting off of my overnight shift, I just feel worse than before :( My throat is totally soar, and I think I have a fever, not to mention I'm exhausted after last night. And to think I have to do it all again in just over 12 hours. And work will probably be even more hectic and chaotic then. Super Girl doesnt feel too super at the moment. I guess I'll just jump into bed and hope for a recovery. Or better yet, to lose my voice, so I wont be able to work lol!!!!