Ergh!

I am so sick of getting robocalls, election adverts in the mail, and the incessant political commercials! I can't wait for this election to be over - especially if it means Obama is president. ;)

I had an interesting conversation with my mom today about what "family values" truly means, and we came to the conclusion that it must mean "mostly white, conservative, Protestant Christian, anti-gay, and anti-abortion." It certainly has little to do with the preservation of families, considering the candidate who supposedly supports "family values" is a divorced adulterer...

I was playing an online game today, and several of the other players were talking about how Obama is the antichrist! The things people say and believe! It's totally crazy.

Feeling a little homesick today, so went to lunch at Miller's Essenplatz for some "home cooking" and was not disappointed. :)

Feeling better

I've been sick the last week, but I'm starting to feel better - just in time for midterms! Yep, it's that time again. Ugh. I can't wait for the next week to be over.

I discovered that it's dreadfully expensive to send a package to Finland. Over $10 for just a few candy bars! The candy didn't cost nearly that much...

I'm having a problem at swapbot...I sent two Halloween packages and have delivery confirmation for both of them, but they haven't moved since I sent them two weeks ago! I called the post office and they said "wait and see" and "I guess you should have bought insurance." Ugh. I hate my post office so much. I have never had packages get lost like this before I started using this post office - now these are the second and third ones to go missing in a month! I think there is a thief in the post office, or someone who throws boxes away, or something. Parcel post should NOT take two weeks. I messaged my partners, but now I have the possibility of getting rated poorly, even though I DID send and can prove it. :\ If the packages did get lost, of course I will resend, but they will definitely be postmarked past the due date for the swap.

This is Nice

I feel like, for the first time in a very long time, I belong in my life. :)

I really like my DMS class. Every time I walk into the classroom, I leave thinking - yep, this is really what I want to do with my life.

I'm also really enjoying Swap-Bot and Postcrossing. I had a box full of mail today! It made me very happy indeed. :)

Wanted: Best Friend

Wouldn't life be so much simpler if we could just place want ads for best friends and have interested parties answer? I think that it would be...

I've had several "best friends" in my day. Seth and Ellen were childhood friends whose last names I don't even remember. Beth and I fought all the time until we got sick of it and each other. Then there was Erica, who kept moving and, therefore, kept falling out of touch. I have no idea where she is now; she could be anywhere in the world, literally.

Then came high school. There was Misty, who was a lot like me, and kept in touch until she went to college. Then she changed her name, her hair, her way of dress, and her friend set.

There was Kelli, who was a nice, but odd, girl who didn't really have any friends either, so we sort of gravitated toward one another. I don't know why we fell out of touch, but we did.

There was Mary. Mary was pretty and popular and wanted to be friends with ME. I couldn't understand it. She hated my boyfriend, though. Funny, after my boyfriend and I broke up, she decided that she wanted to be friends with him and completely cut me out of her life without any warning at all, and then she started heckling me in the hallway. I never understood that one.

There was Lisa. Our friendship just couldn't withstand an abusive relationship (that I was in), the distance, and my abrupt change in religion. Religion meant more to her than me. But the reason we're not friends any longer is 95% my fault. I was so wrapped up in my own pain that I wasn't there for her when she needed me, and I still regret that.

There was Shay, who would have been a life-long friend had cancer not cut her life way too short.

And then there was J, the latest one. I loved her so much - not romantically, just as friends. I could see us being friends forever. I could see me attending her wedding, I could see my (future) kid(s) calling her "Aunt J," I could see us being little old ladies writing crazy letters to one another about the fun things we used to do when we were younger. That wasn't meant to be, apparently. J has all grown up, and now she has "grown up" friends and a boyfriend, and she doesn't need me anymore.

I really have rotten luck in the friendship department, it seems. Either that, or there just aren't life-long friends like I have been led to believe. Maybe they are just a Hollywood legend too, like so many other things are.

I'm not sure what I would put in my want ad, if I could.

Wanted: Someone who doesn't treat me like I'm expendable.
Wanted: Someone who will be there for me like I'll be there for you.
Wanted: Someone who won't toss me to the curb because you don't need me any longer.

That doesn't really seem like I'm asking for too much...but apparently I am.

Yay!

I got mail! :) Specifically, I got my first official card from postcrossing, and then I got a postcard from a tag too. I was so happy to get mail, and they were both beautiful cards. They are both scanned (my scanner is actually working today, hooray!) and in my flickr account.

I did not almost get run over again at the post office, which is a good thing.

Getting up so early is hard for me, but I managed today. The class was very short, only fifty minutes once a week. I do not think I will be learning much, but then again, it is only supposed to be an introductory course. So far I am really excited about my new career choice. I think I will like it much better.

Ick

Today has been one of those days. I was up most of the night with a really bad stomachache, and I only managed to get a few hours of sleep.

Anatomy was dreadfully boring, and it looks like it will be dreadfully boring the whole quarter.

It looks like I'm going to be cheated out of $20 and I have no recourse about it. PayPal is useless if you don't pay by credit card, which I will certainly do from now on, let me assure you! I know that $20 isn't a ton of money in the scheme of things, but since I don't have a lot of money right now and won't for a while, it means a lot to me.

I was almost run over at the post office because an elderly man didn't look when he was backing out of his parking spot. He did manage to hit my calf with his bumper, which was rusty and sharp, and it tore into my jeans and my skin. My calf is now bruised and I had to get a tetanus shot at the health department.

My battery module is broken through no fault of my own and I can't find my receipt, which means that I can't send it back to be repaired and I'll have to buy a new one, which I can't afford. Ugh.

Yes, today was definitely one of those days.

Hmm

I think I am really going to like my Intro to DMS class! The professor was so nice and friendly, which is a welcome change from the rather sour professors I've had lately. Almost all of my classmates are my age or older too, so that's a definite plus.

I kind of feel like I belong here, and that makes me happy inside. :)

All of that energy I spent on worrying about stuff? I think it was wasted...

The only thing that didn't make me too happy was getting up before the sun today, but it's only one day a week this quarter, and I came home to take a nice nap. :)

I don't know why it is, but naps are almost always so much more refreshing to me than a full eight hours of sleep at night. Give me two hours to nap, and I'm ready to go!

I bought the novelization of The Dark Knight today at Walmart, so I'm really looking forward to reading it! I know that it's probably just the movie regurgitated into book form, but I loved the movie and can't wait to get a fix again before it comes out on DVD.

Also, my very first official card sent through Postcrossing was registered today! :) I dropped off a bunch more tag cards in the mailbox today and can't wait to start getting some back!