GO VOTE!

I'm ready to vote! I have done my homework and can't wait to get this election over with! I get so annoyed reading and hearing about peoples one-sided views. I really think that some people just don't have an open mind at all and only see what they want to see. It is amazing to me how two different people can watch or read the same exact thing and yet only remember the parts that they agree with and not measure things as a whole. It is sad how the media can sway peoples' opinions on things. I don't want to say who I am voting for because I don't like arguing about politics. I will say however, that I hope everyone takes a good look and really makes the right choice :) happy voting!

On another note, I had a rough day at work. Sometimes work is so emotionally exhausting. Sometimes I wonder if I am actually making a difference or if some people are just bound to fail. People really just dont know how to manage life. I really believe that we should do EVERYTHING in our power to maintain those family ties but sometimes it just kills me to see parents who choose drugs, men, and laziness over their own children. I guess you can lead a horse to water but you cant make them drink it... is that how it goes? Lately, I feel like that is totally happening with my cases. Wish I could go into detail, but I cant. I just have to internalize it and my heart breaks for some of these babies. Anyways, I have training AGAIN tomorrow. 7 steps to healthy families. It is part two. Last week was good. I am excited about the weekend... Nick finally gets a break from school. We are going shopping for Halloween costumes, and my birthday. :) Yay for birthdays, I got money today:))
Hope everyone is having a lovely week.
Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time
-E.B. (Elwyn Brooks) White,

I made it!

So I just got back from the USA 5k run. I am sooo tired. I ran most of it but had to stop and walk a good bit. I can now say with full confidence that I am so out of shape. I had a five year old boy pass me with his mother!!!!! I laughed to myself so I wouldn't cry. Also, I had some people pass me that were old enough to be my grandparents. Too bad I guess, I am just glad I finished. We had a good time. Nick is still there cleaning up for extra credit.
This happened at work the other day and I thought it was funny. I had one of my crazy parents go up to their kids school and fuss at the principal for like 30 minutes. Once the parent left the principal called me to ask what was going on and have me fax over a court order. I am not kidding, these were the exact words of this principal of an Elementary school... " Mam, let me tell ya, I hate my job, but there is no way I could EVER do yours! I don't know how you deal with these people; they would make me crazy!" All I could do was laugh. It is so nice to hear the leader of a school tell someone he has never met how much he hates his job. :)
I guess there isn't really much else to blog about... so until next time. Au revoir!

an interesting trip to the bank!

Today the funniest thing happened... I was at the bank in the drive in. A lady pulled up on the side of me. I heard her because she was screaming. "Hey, I am not a customer anymore because you people lie to me! I want my 2 dollars out of my account. I want to close my account and I BETTER get my 2 dollars! I had ten dollars and you people took 8. I have already spoken to the president of the bank and he said I can come pick up my money... I am on chemo- ther-p and I want my 2 dollars TODAY." I notice that at first the teller was trying not to giggle. She looked at me ( i was in the first lane) as if to say "this bitch is crazy". Then she had a look of panic in her eyes. I drive off and wait a little while to pull out. As i am driving down the street I see a cop heading that way turn his siren on. HE PULLED INTO THE BANK. Omg! I wanted to turn around but I had to hurry up to get to the gym on time for my class. It was pretty funny, I almost gave her two dollars, but I didn't have any cash on me. Crazy ass people.

rollin with the hommies :)....clueless

So we went to horror night at Universal last Thursday... We thought it closed at 2 and it closed at 12. We only got to go through 3 or 4 haunted houses, they were mediocre, the lines were long. I was not too impressed and I don;t feel like it was worth the drive.
This past Friday Duncan baby was super sick.... $300 worth of vet bills later, we still don't know what happened. Nick came home and Duncan pooped and threw up in like 7 different places (we have carpet people)... All I can say is that I am glad I wasn't the first one home! :) Nick scrubbed it up. We have had Duncan eating boiled chicken and rice since then, talk about annoying to cook! But we love our baby, Nick is going to make the best day.... aww.
This weekend was pretty laid back, all I did was clean and watch tv. Nothing interesting. I know my life is boring. I have court in the morning... with the mean judge. I hope I don't get my ass chewed out. I'm so nervous!
I have also been studying for the praxis test, I bought a book. I never knew how dumb I was until I started reading basic elementary crap that I should have learned in first grade... I am learning new things! Sad, I know!!! But it is kinda cool to actually understand where apostrophes go and why... I used to just place them haphazardly through my writing, not anymore!!! :) That is a little embarrassing, don't judge me! I went to public school bitches! lol
I also have my eye on a new hand bag... and it is not coach! I am so proud of myself. I want it for Christmas but I don't think I can wait that long. I will try to hold out. Peace out hommies, and I know what you are thinking... yes, I am delirious! It has been a LONG day.

Feel the burn

I did not have a great day.... I found out that my unit at work will be switching offices in about a couple of weeks. I'm going to miss the people that are not moving with us :( I think I hate change! Also, it is going to be a longer commute, I am so annoyed!!! My supervisor was looking at me wondering if I would quit. It was funny. I also worked out for 2 1/2 hours today... go me! I did this sculpting class which was neat. I think I am going to be super sore tomorrow.
Also, we are going to horror night this Thursday with Nick and his friends from work in Orlando. I am pumped, I CANT WAIT!!!!
Thanks to Jenn for the AWESOME necklaces and the wrapping paper with my babies pics on it. She also sent me a CD full of pictures... I LOVE THEM... my babies are getting so big :(. 5-7 months!!! Big things to come, I'll keep you updated as I find out more about what the future holds ;)
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.
-Isak Dinesen

Boys will be boys!

Ok, I will start out by saying that the comment "Mr. Puggle" wrote on my last post was the weirdest thing i Have ever read. I did not think that other people actually read this blog, I thought I had it set somewhat privately... I guess not! Anyways, so much stuff has happened the past couple of days it annoys me because I forget. Yesterday me and my friend went to a pet shop and it was the most disgusting thing I have ever seen.... NOBODY SHOULD HELP THESE PEOPLE STAY IN BUSINESS!! I think that it is cruel to put those poor animals in little kennels(More than one per kennel) with no interaction from humans, and they looked underfed...they all looked at me like they wanted me to just take them home. All of the white puppies had brown fur under their eyes like they had been crying. their pictures looked like mug shots above their kennels. poor babies, never again will i go in there.

yesterday I cooked! Turkey burgers (which I THOUGHT were supposed to be brown) turns out there white.... duh! I felt like such an idiot when they started cooking and I was thinking the meat was bad. Also, yesterday I found my favorite salad dressing which they never have at Publix because people buy it up so quick, I bought two bottles, expensive dressing. I went to put one of them in the pantry and it exploded all over the place when i dropped it. Greek salad dressing was ALL OVER the carpet. It still stinks!!!! Sucks, I know. I just can;t say enough how good I am in the kitchen ;) Also, the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) awards were on last night. It was my first time watching. The GLAAD is all about the public perception. They are around to make sure that gays are portrayed in a relistic light because the media can warp our perceptions of things so greatly. The opener was Kathy Griffin with her mother. It was so funny! She was doing an interview type thing.
KAthy: "So when you were growing up what did the word Gay mean?"

her mom: "oh, it was a pleasent word. It meant having a good time and being happy"
Kathy: "If you were gay now what is the woman you would most want to be with"
her mom: she says some old woman who I dont know
Kathy: :"what would you do with her"
her mom: "oh I guess go out for coffee"
Kathy: :"Do you think that your gaydar gets better or worse with age?"
her mom: "worse"

It was really funny, you would probably have to watch it. The award show really got me thinking.... I dont understand why there is so much hate in this world. Americans are supposed to be free but isnt it quite alarming that fellow gay AMERICAN citizens dont have the right to do as they choose. Marriage is a commitment and I do not understand why we say that they cant be commited to each other and gain the benefits that come with it. Did yall know that if you are homosexual you cannot adopt a child through the foster care system in Florida? Even if you are not in a relationship, there is actually a box on the application that asks you if you are homo or heterosexual. But, they do not discriminate against race or religion. It baffles my mind. So a christian child can grow up in a jewish family but not be adopted by a homosexual person or couple. It kinda sucks I guess... maybe it will change one day. And the thing that probably bothers me the most are those people in the religious community (not all) who are SO against homosexuality yet they teach that we are supposed to love thy neighbor as thyself. So contridictory... Just a thought.
Anyways on another subjest, Today work was pretty rough. I cried! Tomeka, my work friend, told me I need to work on my "wall". I also went by BCBG again today...just to look. The girls all recognized me and told me that I am always in there.... that's so sad. I have a weakness for that store. I should go work there once a month to get discounts. So I feel bad that I went. Also, I was just talking to Jamie and she said that my mother went out and bought Kali the same doll that Sara got for her birthday because she wanted it. How f'd up is that!?!?! It is like my mother lost all of her child rearing skills when she had grand babies. All that does is teach Kali she can have whatever she wants and it doesn't matter that it was Sara's birthday. When we were little you better be damn skippy we didn't get a present after someones birthday because we were jealous and wanted it too. I'm scared Kali is going to turn into me. I don't know what happened to me but I hate that part of myself. I am so happy when I have something new, something better. My closet is busting with clothes and yet I still cant seem to stop myself from shopping every week, sometimes more than once a week. I need to find a hobby that makes me as happy as shopping does, is it even a hobby? I don't know.
Now I almost forgot the dumbest thing that happened yesterday when I was going off on my tangents (sp?)(sorry for the randomness by the way). I am always telling Nick not to jump on the bed.... not like little kid jumping up and down but he stands on the floor and jumps into the bed. I have heard the wood splitting before when he has done this. So I am trying to make the bed and I asked him to come in and help me. Well what does h do, JUMP on the bed and what happens? The bed frame breaks. He completely split the damn wood in half (cherry wood). Then I start yelling at him and I told him I was going to call his mom and ask her if she ever taught him not to jump on the bed. He thinks it is so funny! So I got annoyed and went to sleep in the guest room. I am perfectly happy at around 12 when he comes in to get his electric screw driver. He proceeds to "fix" the bed and be very loud while doing it but I was so tired I fell asleep through the noise. Then when he is done (i don't even know what time it was at this point) he comes in the room to put his screw driver up and turns on the light and tells me to come to bed......and then the devil comes out in me! I was in the middle of sleeping, its the middle of the night, NO I AM NOT GETTING UP TO COME TO BED, I'M SLEEPING!!!!! WHY ARE YOU SO RUDE!!!! LOL it is funny now that I think about it, I am a bitch, but please, don't wake me up! Needless to say it is all said and done now, but boy sometimes I swear he acts like a little kid sometimes,like a little boy trapped in a mans body! Will that ever end? I kinda hope not. Gotta love him though! :) Well Im gonna cook, yee haw!

Puggles :(

So yesterday consisted of me shopping for two hours in BCBG. It was awesome. I think that has got to be my favorite store. Last night Nick and I went to a friends house from work. Tons of coworkers showed and we had a great time. I spent half the night trying to talk nick into letting me get a dog. One of my co-workers sister in law is moving to California and she told me if she dosent find a home for her dog by wed she is bringing it to a kennel. I was so sad. It is a puggle, a mmix between a pug and beagle, cute dog. It is the same size as duncan and it just seemed perfect. But Nick is NOT having it. I also did some research on these dogs and apparently they are the "hot new hybrid dog". I think it is sad that these poor dogs are being bred just because they are in right now and more and more are ending up in kennels just like this dog. Im sad we cant save her but I really hope she can still find this dog a home. :(
Me, Nick and Duncan are going on a lunch date. Hope all the fam had a good weekend of birthday parties. Jenn updated me a little and it sounds like the typical Crosbie gathering. Hope to see everyone soon!