Bob Ross

I love watching Bob Ross. He's like Jesus with a paintbrush. He takes this naked canvas, and wonderful things just appear out of thin air. Chris and I watch and sometimes I even get mad it's so amazing. I am humbled by my own insignificant talent in comparison. :(

I get my second paycheck tomorrow! And I got a $190 deposit check from Ferris for my dorm room, which I forgot I even get back!! That's the best kind of money. With that and my coming paycheck, I'll have paid off over a third of my car. Yay! :D

Work is going really well, and I got those jelly-sole-things for my shoes, so now I'm Jellin' or whatever they call it. I've learned a bunch of stuff since starting at the pharmacy, and now I'm even entering in new prescriptions and trying to read crappy doctor handwriting. I'm a pharmacist already! :D

I still adore my car, and I have to wash it often it would seem. There's a giant maple tree over my parents' driveway, and birds just sit over my car and crap on it all day (well, at least during the hours it's not parked at work). Ugh. It's a good thing I have Tom Tom too, because 69 is a mess right now, and today they closed down the entire east-bound side of it. So when I got out of work at seven and tried to get on the highway, those giant ROAD CLOSED gates were up and I was at a complete loss. But my trusty Tom Tom lead me home. *warm and fuzzy feeling*

Last night while lying in bed, I started thinking about all the funny things Beth and I did together at pharmacy school this past year. I thought about all my fellow dormmates, and some good times we had. It was perhaps the first time since moving home that I truly missed school (well, not school, but you know), and I've been home now for almost a month. That's probably a record for me.

And I just saw Bob Ross paint a waterfall in about 30 seconds. It looks real. Son of a bitch.

Mom: We went to Walmart and stuck our heads in bowls.

Mom: Oh baby, the crotch pokers are really out tonight!


Today, an old man walked through the drive-thru. There were even cars in front of him and behind him. Some people just try harder than others to be riduclous I suppose. :P

Famous title

So the house is dark right now except for my laptop screen, and I'm sitting close to the living room windows so the June bugs are trying to get in at the light. All I can hear is them buzzing against the screen and OMG IT'S SO GROSSSSS UUUUUUGH. I hate June bugs.

Let's see. My phone has been acting unusual lately. Mike has called me a few times and like, nothing has happened. :( Sorry if that's happened to any of you. :( :(

Ferris finally got my transcripts corrected, and all my grades have been updated for the year. I finished off with a cumulative GPA of a 3.25. And I'll friggin' kiss the ground that that walks on. Yessire.

This past weekend I was in Lansing visiting Mike, and he had to work for part of it so I thought I might get slightly bored either being alone in his house or hanging out with his parents. But no. Mike's guardian Sandy and I painted the entire basement together, which took all of Sunday. I had to watch some training videos for work (because I just didn't watch enough on Friday I guess) on Saturday, and then Mike and I went to the Lansing art fair for a few hours (so much fun! :D). After Mike went to work I helped Sandy at Home Depo while she got organized for our seven-hour painting session which took place the following day. Oh man. I had a really good time though. :) It's so nice to not have homework to do.

I've driven around a ton since I moved back home, and I have to admit that I really enjoy driving my car now. There have been many pathetic times in my life when I wondered if I would ever say that. But now when I drive home from work and the sun is setting and the road is stretched out in front of me, I just don't feel like crap at all. Which is something that's never happened before. In just a few short weeks, I conquered a fear that has controlled me for years.

I started my internship on Friday, but really I wasn't in the pharmacy until yesterday. Friday I watched hours of boring training videos describing "customer service" and explaining how wonderful it obviously is to work with the public and their healthcare needs. *sarcasm* Anyway, I was really scared for Monday because I knew they were expecting me to just know everything and be able to jump in, no problem. Plus my pharmacy has a drive-thru and cash register! *scary music* Both of these turned out to be no big deal, but I always fear the big unknown. After my first full day shift, several of the technicians commented that I was a really fast learner and that having me there made their day a lot less stressful. *beams* Dan the pharmacist even ordered me a white labcoat like his, instead of a blue smock like the techs wear. Because I'm a pharmacist beeechez!!

And holy crap, my feet hurt. I forgot how difficult it was to stand in nice, dressy shoes for eight hours straight.

I work an 11-7 shift everyday. My schedule doesn't have time for a whole lot of other stuff--at least not until I get adjusted to it. For now I just sleep, go to work, come home and eat, pack my lunch, pick out a work outfit, go for a bike ride, and unwind as much as I can before I have to do it again. Ugh.

Even so, it's good to be back in a pharmacy. :)

Ghetto flowers

Dad hasn't cut the grass in two weeks or so, and it's starting to look bad. The grass itself isn't really that long at all--certainly in no need of immediate cutting. But you know, the dandelions. They start out small and short, popping up all over the yard, but then the blooms die and they grow suddenly taller. They get all fuzzy, the wind blows, and inevitably they spawn thousands of new ghetto flowers everywhere. After that, the nasty, headless remains of the stalks just sort of sit there looking gross. So now our yard is like a forest of recently deceased dandelions. That, in combination with the June bugs, kind of makes me want to stay indoors.

I went to my brother's choir concert the other night, and it was Mr. and Mrs. Galbreath's last concert before retirement. Needless to say, a lot of alumni showed up, including many of which I graduated with four years ago. I thought it might be nice to see some of my old classmates (and for many of them this was the case), but overall, it just kind of reminded me of how much high school sucked complete balls. Man, am I glad that lifestage is over with.


Kroger called this morning, and apparently I haven't been doing drugs lately. So I get to work tomorrow--yay!

Allll kinds of stuff

Yay! I finally uploaded my pictures to my computer! So here's my new car, I'm so excited. I've had it for over two weeks now, the first of which I had final exams and I was still in Big Rapids. So needless to say I've done quite a bit of driving her around this week instead! I drove to Swartz Creek a few times (where my pharmacy is) and tested out the Tom Tom. Last Friday I even drove over to East Lansing and back to visit Mike, and everything runs really well. I've tackled quite a few of my driving insecurities, and although they haven't completely evaporated, I think I've made some drastic improvements. I just love my new car! :D

We finally got wireless internet hooked up thanks to Mike! :D I just hope my laptop continues to behave itself. We had quite a few problems with it last night, but today I booted it up and for some reason it worked fine. My brother isn't on his X Box right now though, so perhaps that is what's causing the problem. I don't know anything about this stuff. X_X

Today was supposed to be my first day working at the pharmacy, and man was I super nervous. I got there early and met everyone, and they started explaining to me how I would be trained. Everything was going really well and I began feeling more comfortable, but then they realized that I didn't have a drug test on file with Kroger. -_- My district coordinator was apparently supposed to take care of this for me at some point after my interview, but neglected to do so. They were really nice and apologetic, but said that I couldn't work until they had the results for my drug test on file. So pretty much after an hour and a half (and an unscheduled drug test) I had to go back home again. :( I was kinda bummed. I love being at home, but I was looking forward to having something to keep me busy. Not to mention, I'd really like to get PAID, ARGH. Oh well--they said that by Thursday my results would be in and they'd call me right away.

Mother's Day was pretty good. I bought the Mom a giant hanging basket called a Super 'Tunia, which she loved, and new earbuds for her iPod because Chris ganked her other pair. I took her out to lunch, went grocery shopping and flower shopping with her, and then we went for a bike ride after dinner. My ass kinda hurt after that, but it was a good pain.

So now I guess I'll eat the lunch I packed and just... chill. *twiddles thumbs*

Pimp my ride

I finally got my car legal! YAY! I got insurance and plates today so I can actually drive it, so that's exciting. I was hoping to get a cool arrangement of letters on my license plate so that I'd have a 'word' or something, but no such luck. Just a number, some letters, and another number I guess.

Mom made roast beef for dinner last night and it was so good, OMG. No matter how hard I try, I just cannot make mine taste as good as hers. Mmm. I ate even long after I was full--which is bad by the way and you shouldn't do that. But this was a special occasion. :P

I called my future boss today to find out when I start working--I begin next Monday at eleven. Beyond that, I have no idea what to expect. I've worked in a pharmacy for a year before, but they paid me about half as much, which usually means that I'll have to do more now. I just hope they train me or something, rather than expect me to know exactly what to do. I worry about stuff like this without reason. *smacks* As if they would throw me at patients whose lives are in my hands without telling me what to do first. Pfft.

Today I'm picking up my mom from work all by myself. DON'T LAUGH. I'm nervous.

I can't wait to get wireless internet hooked up. My computer is so much better than this one. >_<

Home :)

McDonald's: Welcome to McDonald's may I take your order?
Mike: Listen carefully. Tell Mike Jobin that I have kidnapped his daughter, and if he ever wants to see her alive again, he should bring a small vanilla milkshake to the first window!
McDonald's: ................
Mike: I don't see that on your screen for order accuracy!!



Let's see, I'm back home and that's WAY MORE AWESOME THAN MY DORM ROOM. I have tons of pictures from the house I'm living in next year which I can't wait to upload, and I also want to brag about my car, but not yet I guess. I don't have the wireless internet hooked up yet, that'll be next weekend, so I'm going to hold off until then. I moved back last night and Mike surprised me by showing up at my parents' house about two hours later. WITH A TOM TOM GPS SYSTEM FOR MY CAR, OMG. Seriously, I'm such a lucky girl! :D

Mom and Dad helped me move and it was great fun. I really missed them and it feels so good to be home. Mom made me new pajama pants!! They're so comfy. She also made chicken for dinner tonight, which was the first real food I've had in about two years. Today I cleaned my car and saw SpiderMan 3 with Mike, which I thought was really great. We saw SpiderMan 2 on our second date almost three years ago, so it was cool to see the next one together.

I'm so, so, so happy to be home. I really missed my family, my bedroom, fresh fruit, and milk. Three months of NO STUDYING WHATSOEVER. I don't think it has quite set in yet. But enough of this disjointed entry--I've been instructed to watch my brother slaughter Mike in Gears of War.

*happiness* :)

I'M DONE WITH MY FIRST YEAR OF GRADUATE SCHOOL!!

OMG!

*packs*

A last hurrah

I have one more final exam left. *cheers!* Since this time last week, I've lost three of my four remaining highlighters. For those of you that have ever had the pleasure of studying with me *cough* Shruti *cough*, you know how obsessive I am over my highlighters. Needless to say, it's probably a good thing I only have one more day to use them (before I lose the last one!).

Mike had to take the futon back to Lansing, so my old bed is back in here. It's kind of broken, and one side is being supported by my Biochemistry book and a Walgreens thermos. I LOVE DORM FURNITURE!! :D

EDIT: I just stole half a dozen pretty tulips off campus. BECAUSE I'M A BAD GIRL, MWA

I feel really unusual lately. Disoriented, paranoid, overly worried, neglected, and kind of all alone. I don't know how to describe it any better or who to talk to about it. I'm not even sure what it is or why I feel this way.

Perhaps this is just what change feels like.