Ok, so i've been going a little nuts on the collecting side of things.... i recently came across 5 sailor moon dolls still in the package. yep, i bought them... now all i need is sailor jupiter and i've got the original collection complete! how easy was that? i cant believe i even found queen beryl.... in the package! i think these will be my frist toys i havent ripped right out of the box. i think i might actualy keep them as is.... they look nicer in the box, this way they can stand up :)

my collections just keep getting up there though....

my little pony / ponyville - apx 70 all together (60 or so are from before 1992 and in wicked shape)

mr. potato heads -- about 10, i found darth tater and r2 tatoo! haha.... i need the spud trooper, and indiana jones. then i will be a happy camper.... although, i did buy an 80 peice kit and just need more bodys to go with the peices.

wizards, dragons, gargoyles -- too many, but they rock

gnomes! -- again, too many. but they also rock.

action figures -- cant forget those! have about 20 now...

so needless to say, i am in need of wall shelves.... haha. i really have no where to put anything new, and things i do have they are so cramped together you cant see them all. so that is my project this payday. organize and destroy clutter. yep. and finish xmas shoppin.... dont have much left to get thankfully!

wtf? since when do i get payday off?

sweet!

and a fat "spend it all" paycheck to boot....

so i was thinking, ROAD TRIP! but to where?
theres so many 1 nighter possiblities to choose from.... i was thinking vancouver and go to ikea, or to bellingham or seattle because i've never been and theres different stores in the states, kamloops and just for a change of scenery, or nelson/salmo to visit and shop?

too many choices.... still trying to find someone with days off to join me on this adventure.

i think i'll go regardless... if i'm by myself i probly wont go too far... but who knows?

i just have this urge to drive... get the fuck out of dodge for 2 days.

plus, i have xmas shopping that should be done now so i actualy have money in december when its needed..... (ie my birthday and new years!)

I apparently hardly have anything to write now a days....

Life has been interesting to say the least, yet familiar in uncomforting ways.

I've been living in kelowna for almost 2 years now, and i have made some dear friends in the process. I've went to and graduated from college.

I dont know why, but for some reason i've been having a hard time keeping in contact with everyone that isnt in my daily life. I haven't been too busy or anything, just too involved i guess.


Things that have happened in the past few months...

New Kitchen is finally in place --- yet the landlord found out about my kitty.... i'm still waiting to see how this unfolds....

I did my first 100% home-made costume for halloween -- Rainbow Brite -- hell yes. i'm quite proud of it.... find me on facebook to see!

I've decided to grow my hair out for the first time in years. Its almost at my sholders now, and its really pissing me off. But i'll let it grow for now, atleast for winter.... I've had long fake hair in a few times, and discovered i like it!

I quit smoking cigarettes. Yep, i sure did! been 2 weeks now, and going strong! I wish i could say i did it all on my own, but i had some help. A little purple pill named "Zyban" sure did the trick. they say to keep taking it for 7 weeks! bullshit.... i'm not paying that much. I stopped taking it 3 days ago, and i'm still good. It gave me a nasty taste in my mouth at all times. which was nice at first cause smoking made me super nautios... but now that i dont smoke anymore, i dont really need it. So its going up in the medicane cabinet for if i ever slip up.... But that shouldnt happen, i have great support from those around me.

Work has been a complete joke the last month. It's been so dead i'm literally getting paid to do nothing, which was nice at first but its getting alittle irritating. I'm sure keeping my eyes peeled to see if anything of interest pops up....


Things i'm plotting for the future....

I'm going north for new years. not really by choice, but i thought it would be nice considering i cant see everyone for xmas. so new years party better be worth my going into the frozen tundra and out of the warmish okanagan!

I have to start paying back my student loans at the end of december.... not something i wanted to do. But i figure if the finaces are right, i can pay it off faster than expected. they say 2023... i hope to have it paid in full by 2015. should be a reasonable goal....

Tattoo # 10 is going to be in the works!!! this month i sure hope!



i think i've finally run out of things to write....

<3 Manda.

Horrah!

I'm FINISHED!!! Finally....

I get my transcripts tomorrow, but my GPA is a whopping 3.95. i rocked it this year.... although, most of it was really easy. computer programs are too easy to learn...

Now is the big hunt. the city of kelowna is having a job fair for its administrative staff on thursday.... i'm going to be the first in line. fuckin rights.... starting wage of over 18 p/h **i hope i get it**

**wish**


So i've decided that until thursday, i do nothing. YAY doing nothing! although it does feel weird not having to go to school anymore...

Holy Crap! I'm almost done! yayy!!! 3 more weeks and no more college.

Thursday night we had our grad ceremony, and i graduate with honours :) :)
much better than the highschool grad too, short and painless.


The baby degu's are almost ready to go now. its amazing how much those little devils have grown, and they can still squeeze through the bars of the cage! now the trouble is finding homes for the little boogers..... poor mama moose will be so sad when they go :(
...but knowing my luck, shes already preggers again. mayhem wont leave her alone.... lol


anyways.... i should get ready for class.... and not skip in the last stretch to home base...... 15 more class days....


just 15...


i cant believe i've been in kelowna for almost a year now.

Medical Essentials (Terminology) Final Grade....

85.4%

Fuck, i rock. that class was hard. Now we start the official count down, 3 more courses to complete and my college experience is over. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

May 2nd can not come soon enough....

Everyones welcome to come to Kelowna for the shindig after school my last day :) :)


40 MORE SCHOOL DAYS!!!!

I'll finally be able to work full time again and stop being broke ass.....

I've never had this many animals in my house before.

Moose had 7 babies march 4th. 7.... so i now own 10, yes 10! degu's. crazy shit.... lastyear i didnt even know what a degu is. the babies are sooo cute, there eyes are open and they kinda wander around the house that they cant get out of....muahaha.... It's kinda sad that moose is no longer fat, she was so adorable while pregnant :) i'm keeping 2 of them, getting rid of my other adult female because she's uber jealous of the babies and trying to find homes for 5 babies.... they wont be ready to go for like 2 months though... this will be interesting, atleast there cage is fucking huge.

HOLY CRAP IVE MADE IT!

2 days left.... today for review, final exam tomorrow.... This course has been f'in hard, i tell yah.... but considering that, i have learned a great deal and have actually retained it... I have no fears about the final, which is weird.... i usually get right paniced out. Review friday made me realize that i actualy know whats going on though.

sigh.... 2 more days... then i get to go do first aid again. weeee..... mine isnt even expired, and i have to do it again.

Oh well...


My degu, Moose, is very pregnant. she should be having the babies anytime now, when you feel her belly you can feel atleast 5 little guys moving around, but degus are known to have up to 15!!!

Anyone want a pair of degu's? (yes, you must take them in pairs. they are social animals and can die of lonlyness if kept alone)


Well, mornings are long and boring but then again, so are most days..... The sun has been shining more and more, yet thismorning when i woke up it had snowed a bit.... its all gone now but damn! no more! i thought we were in spring time! well.... atleast kelowna is :)


TTFN!

Holy Crap.

I cant believe i haven't quit school yet. This class is pretty freakin tough, but i've officialy surived 4 weeks with really good marks. 90% average on all my tests. whoot... thats pretty good consitering we have a test every single day.

4 More weeks of medical terminology.... i can make it, right?

my social life has kind of hit a brick wall in the last few weeks due to having to study every night, and working every weekend. I havent had a day off in almost 3 weeks now, and its starting to make me a little bit loopy. i'm going to see if i can take this saturday off... that would be nice.

O.o

i got another degu on friday. free, again! best way to aquire pets. i named her morticia. i know, now i have 3 degu's with M names.... moose, mayhem, and morticia. they seem to get along all right now, but when i first put her in there was some fighting. thankfully degu's are very social animals.... and who knows, the squabbling may just be there freaky mating ritual haha..


anyways, back to the books of torturous definitions of medical wonder....

i mayas well be learning latin....

so, life goes on. people move on. life changes, be it for better or worse. 2007 is now gone, and lets bring on 2008 with more confidence than ever before. (a bit late, i know. but i suck for updating)


so, this year has already been one to put in the record books. my poor 3 yr old hamster artimus died last monday. he will be missed, but his replacements got here a few days before he died. and one followed shortly thereafter....

this year has been good due to the fact that i scored twice on free items. the cream of the crop, some might say.

first score - 2 degu's, a huge cage, and everything they need. free. delivered to my house.

second score - black bear hamster, 3 cages, and everything it needs. free. delivered.

how can you go wrong when people are just giving away poor defenseless rodents?!
i feel kind of like I'm starting my own gallery. now all i need is a gerbil, a guinea pig, and a bunny and i can start my own petting zoo.

for those of you who don't know what a degu is.... they are mountain squirrels native to Chile. absolutely adorable, pretty much the same as chinchillas but cuter and way friendlier.

i like my mountain squirrels, they bring great entertainment and make cute skooky noises sometimes.


as for school, i still go to college, and i still get A's. go figure....

I've successfully completed my administrative assistant portion, and have moved on to medical office administration. By the time this course is done, I'll practically be a nurse for how much terminology i know.

example of what i've been learning for the last week:

carcin/o = cancer, or cancerous
-itis = inflamation
-algia, or -dynia = pain

there are over 10 ways to say "pertaining to" in the medical industry..... cant you just pick one fucking word!!!!!!!!!!

holy.... as you can tell, lots of homework and lack of weed/money make me kind of grumpy. but, only a few months left until i can get my career started and start looking forward to a brighter future..


May can not come soon enough.....

Well, once again it's been a while since i've updated.

Everythings going so so. I'm living in Kelowna, BC attending college, and amazingly enough getting straight A's so far.

But in actuality, i hate kelowna. Theres nothing to do here unless you wanna go to the beach, or be a mall rat. The people are very clickie and i've had a hard time addapting to that, its fuckin tougher then high school. But i've made due by being a facebook whore, and watching too much TV.

I cant wait till trish comes up on the 20th.... i miss my trishums!!

anyways, i am at school killing time before class so i should go...

I forgot what its like when you move somewhere new.

i hate not knowing anyone, not knowing what to do with my time....

i'm bored, and lonely.... missing home only comes from missing friends.

i've been trying to keep myself busy, but its hard when your out of money and gas is more expencive here then fsj....

things will get better, i know this.... but for now, i just feel lost.

need to job hunt tomorrow, finding a job is always good..... that'll help me meet people. school apt is tomorrow morning.... we'll see how thats gonna go.


anyways, i think i'll take a nap to kill some time.....

why is it when i do move, i do it in 2's? weird.....

anyways, i'm going to be moving to kelowna may 25th to go to school and help out raising my neices.
yay pharmacy tech course! 8 months and guaranteed work baby.


mmmmm pills.........

anyhoo, thought some of you should know this..... it does concern you!

WEE! The oxygen bar at veronica's is up and running. anyone need to pay for air? i can sell it to you, buck a min! muahaha..... it supposedly helps with hangovers, and relaxes you. when i tried it, i got high.

we gots the tannin beds now too.... wee.... so long slow days! welcome in the busy tanners! .....it hasnt been so bad though, i figured i would have slapped somebody by now.....

anyways, i should start my cashouts seeing as theres 2 tills with separate shit i need to deal with...

Not to mention, things get worse....

I've been feeling really melodramatic lately. dont seem to want to do anything other then dissapear. i've been filling voids when they should be healing, and forgetting about concequences. i've been in my new house for a month now, and it still doesnt feel right. i figured getting out of moms would do me alot of good, but it seems that now i have more time to cloud my head of thoughts of what may come. i've been filling my time going out on random dates with random guys, some of which seem to be cool, and others are a bore. but thats life, and all it seems to be throwing me is curve balls.

i want to go to school in the fall, but cant afford living on the island for a year of being a starving artist. maybe next year, once again being put off..... although i have been painting alot again lately, at work we moved into a new store and got tanning and stuff, my boss let me paint 2 beach scences in the tanning rooms which look amazing, i didnt know i had it in me to do scenery but i guess i do. it killed a week, between working here (veronicas) and dq, i was painting in between. but the paint fumes got to me, and its not good to paint for 12 hrs by your self with millions of thoughts you dont know why there there are running aimlessly in the void of my mind.


i wish i didnt harbour grudges as badly as i do, i wish i could get over things, but the way i am doesnt allow it. fucking emotions never die with me, they seem to dissapear until someone mentions something that reminds me, then its just a fucking emotional explotion..... nothing helps, but ranting about it. yay.....



anyhoo, i do have work to do, i just had to get this out before i snapped on a customer or something.

Yay! i'm done unpacking. and i have the rats at the house now too. the only things i still have at moms are a few posters on the wall.... and my juice jug.

my room needs more posters up, but other then that i'm all settled.



Hrrmmmmm........
So how is everyone? i wont be online as often, so leave comments and i'll check when i'm at work or rachels....

Yayyyyy.... i dont live with mom anymore :P The new place is pretty nice, got most of my stuff unpacked already, and all i have left to move over is the rodents. but i gotta wait until trish finishes up with her boxes in the living room first....

First night in the new place was lastnight, i feel rested and content... and my rooms starting to look cool to boot. (note: i ran out of tacks, and i'm only half done)

Anyways, i just came up here to check my me mails, grab artimus and a few odds and ends, and get the rats ready for tonights departure.....


oh, and i start working part time at dq next week.... wee..... free icecream!

Yay! i finaly get to be back on my own and out from under my parents roof again. trish, richard and i will be renting a trailor. it should be good, i'm excited about it. i'm only working 3 days a week at the moment, but am on the lookout for another part time, or a really wicked full time. whichever i can get.


lala.... i've been sick. damn sinus infection, and a flu. gotta love nose spray, horse pills and gravol.


i should probly go to bed, gotta work tomorrow, and start packing up all of my junk and doing laundry. good thing alot of my stuff is still packed from when i moved back from edmonton.... better go through everything and throw out useless stuff.

its an idea anyways....



Later.... maybe?. i dunno if we'll have internet at the new place :P

God damn does time ever go by to damn fast. SLOW DOWN!


Anyways, i got back from kelowna on the 9th.... what should have been a 12 hr drive took almost 17 due to blizzards and roads that should have been closed..... but i made it back safe, thats all that matters.

I had a pretty good visit down south, amazingly enough. i usualy dont get along with my sister, but it wasnt too bad. My neice, Tieler, is doing awesome. she'll be 2 in march, and is already potty trained. Hhehe.... one day my sister looks over at tieler and goes "give mom a kiss" .... who does she run over to ??? none other then me.... auntie mom. she still calls me that... Reanna had her 2nd baby on the 23rd. month early, but all is going well so far. her name is Tarissa Elenore. i didnt get to see her, due to her being in an incubator and the hospital doing renovations on there baby ward. but i do have pics, and thats better then nothin.

For new years, we went to Yuk Yuks comedy club. it was pretty sweet, 3 comedians, 2 of which made me laugh my ass off. the 2 good ones came and smoked doobies with us. mmmmm hot aussie comedian......



my mind seems to be settled as far as situations before vacation go. Lastnight i went and talked with stacy, and she did a tarot reading for me that told me i'm on the right path. so i feel content again.


anyways, enough typing..... TTFN!