I've decided to stop talking as much and do more listening and thinking...i feel that i repeat things a lot...especially when i get really excited about something...i just keep saying the same things over and over...another great thing about the new orleans trip was a time for self reflection!! For the most part...i'm pretty happy with myself. But i think listening more and knowing exactly what i want to say and how to say it will only make me a better person...something i've realized lately though....no one really listens...and i've noticed this for a while...I don't know how many times i've been trying to tell someone something and the subject was changed to something that wasn't close to what I was talking about, most of the time in the middle of a thought or comment! And this happens to me quit often...so i thought, well, maybe its just me...maybe i'm just not that interesting or what i have to say is just not that important, so i decided to pay more attention to others...and its not just me...i think as a society we are not listening, we are not valuing what others have to say!! we don't have to agree with them or even like what they say but just to listen and to put time into people is worth way more than always agreeing with them!!

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We are leaving in about 5-6 hours...i should be in bed...but i think that the later i stay up the better...that just means i'll be able to sleep more on the 13 hour trip to new orleans...i'm calling our trip..."destroying destruction"...i think its funny...but as we have found in my many blogs i'm one of the only people in the world that think i'm funny : ) but i don't mind...i'm used to it by now...i'm going to shave my legs and go to bed...then get up early and sleep on the bus : ) I have programmed the audio blog number into my phone, hopefully i will tell you what is going on with us in the next week...i hope everyone who is on spring break has a great one...if you are not on spring break...well.. i'm sorry and i hope you have a great week!!!

What a good Friday it has been!!! Got to go to the red cup this morning and chill before school!!! Then got a lot done at school...got new contacts so i can see out of both eyes...lost 4.5 lbs this month...have almost finished getting everything i need for the trip....and am hanging out with friends tonight!!! What more could you ask for!!! I'm getting truly excited about leaving on Sunday...everything seems to be working out really well...

So lets see....

today i met someone who had the same sense of humor i had...this is very rare and i dare say it will never happen again!!! I have kind of an odd sense of humor...i usually only crack myself up...but if you can't laugh at yourself, then your just to damn serious!!!

i got a tetanus shot today...my arm is just starting to feel like it may fall off! not good, not good indeed!!!

i am extremely tired...i woke up about 3:30 this morning and didn't get back to sleep until about 5:30 and then was awaken again by my alarm at 6:30...so i didn't get much sleep!! but the two hours i was awake gave me time to find the 12 hours of psychology classes that i need to take this summer...and they are all online courses....i just need to check and make sure that will work with the school i'm going to be going to and life is grand....

we leave for new orleans on sunday at "o god thirty"...which just means its really really early...i'm excited to be going...i think this will for sure be a learning experience for me, and hopefully a growing experience...

tomorrow morning pat leaves...which will be nice...i will have the house to myself for two days before i take off...then after spring break its all down hill...things always move faster after spring break...i've got a perfect plan for how next year will work...with going to school and working and all that fun jazz...i just have to wait for one element to happen and then i would be set...we'll see if it happens....i'm not to worried about it at this point...but come may, well, we'll see!!

okay...i think its my bed time...actually maybe bath time...that sounds like more fun!! hopefully i will write more before i leave and i do really intend on audio blogging while i'm gone, but i won't promise anything : )

And In Riley News:

AAAHHH!! still cute....although much much bigger!!! riley got a hair cut yesterday, its a good thing too because he needed it!!! he looks all sad in these pictures but trust me, he is not a sad puppy!!! we are now learning to sit...we've just learned to go on walks...and it looks like he will be taking his first road trip in april...he is now 5 months and 12.5 lbs... : ) and he will chew on anything you leave out....like most puppies...he's doing better in the potty training area, although still not great!!! it will come...okay, i think that is all in riley new for now : )

Happy Harry Potter Day!!! Yes, my brother, sister and i did go at 12:00 to buy the harry potter movie!!! we have done this for every harry potter thing that has come out....were we the only idiots at the store...well yes!!! : ) but it is tradition and you should never mess with a good thing!!!

Riley got a hair cut yesterday and he looks so cute : ) I will post pictures of him at some point today!!!

I hope everyone has a good tuesday...

Quote for the day
"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. " ~J.K. Rowling, "Padfoot Returns," Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2000, spoken by the character Sirius Black

Its about damn time!!! I've taken my first few steps into starting a degree in psychology...i know...most of you thought that i was only kidding when i said that was what i was going to do : ) but i found an online class that lets you start at anytime...i need 12 hours of undergrad psych classes and then will hopefully start the SNU adult studies program in the next session...i guess it will take about 2 years to finish that and then who knows...maybe on to become a doctor...we'll see though, i am getting old here : ) I've had much inner turmoil about this decision...but i think its what i should be doing....and the wheels are finally turning so that is good!!!

Anyway...tonight was one of the best church services i've ever attended...i think steve green did an awesome job and i hope we can keep up the ties with fairview baptist...

Does anyone have any idea on where i might find disposable tyvek suits? i need several of them for the new orleans trip!!! Also if anyone has anything on this list that i could borrow for a week...well, could i borrow it : )

Garden Sprayer
Nail Puller
Sledge Hammer
Small Hand Tools (i have several of these : )
Spud Bar (i have no idea what this even is)
Square Pointed Shovel

I hope everyone has a very happy Monday!!! Harry Potter 4 comes out on Tuesday!!!