I dont know why I am so upset but this really bothers me. Yesterday at work, a few of my coworkers were talking and I overheard them. They were talking about another coworker whose birthday is coming up. Apparently, they want to go around and take $2 from everybody or collect, whichever, and buy him a present and throw him a birthday party of sorts. Ya know, bring food in, cake, etc. all that good stuff. So they brought it up to me and I’m like, “…why?” and they were like “hes such a hard worker”. This really hurt my feelings. Nobody even wished ME a happy birthday at work and I have been there over a year and my birthday was less then a month ago. I don’t know why this hurts my feelings or what not but to me, I get really upset because I feel like my birthday is always overlooked. Either its on Father’s Day or something is going on. Always. I guess I have this whole big ordeal about being ignored/devalued and everytime something happens that makes me feel this way, I get upset. Its some mental thing I know but I really feel that people don’t appreciate me very much. But man, its really upsetting me that these people want to honour this dude, who I like as a person, but whatever.

So, I think that the job I applied for is a no-go. They have a site you can log in to see what is going on and for the last few days nothing has been done to my application but today when I checked, it was yellow. It says it was changed today but I haven’t been notified or anything so I don’t know what that means really. I just have a feeling that it means rejection, ya know? I just hate McDonalds so much and I don’t feel that, for the hard work that I put in, I get any rewards from it. I can work my ass off but its not even worth the paycheck really. It really stresses me out, I need a new job and I can’t seem to get one.

Another thing that is stressing me out is that on June 11th, I got a baby Lionhead Rabbit for my birthday. She/He is the most adorable thing in the world but she/he hates me, or so it seems. I spend hours a day sitting next to her cage talking to her, with the door open and feeding her treats. She is fine in the cage, she will come up and eat treats out of my hand but in no way or form can I touch her without her freaking out. Meh.

Hey All!

So, I’ve been furniture shopping or… window shopping, since I haven’t actually bought any due to being broke (but thats besides the point!). And anyway, I found the most amazing site with the coolest furniture!

CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE! -
http://www.eroomservice.com

Its like SIMS 2 Furniture brought to life. Sweet! I love the whole modern look and wish I could afford furniture like it. Especially those beds *drool*. They have the coolest MODERN BEDROOM FURNITURE ever! For example:

That couch is by far the coolest couch I have ever seen. Maybe its not so cool in some of the more chic states/countries but Wisconsin is so far behind that its not even funny. Its not that expensive for the design, I think anyway. But yes, I am in love with their furniture and am visioning what masterpiece rooms I could create with it all *sigh* Here are my favorites:

http://www.eroomservice.com/furniture/link-modern-dining-table.html
http://www.eroomservice.com/furniture/tokyo-706-bedroom-set.html

In other news, I applied for a new job on Tuesday morning. Its at a Health Insurance company as a Data Entry Specialist so I hope I get it. Cross your fingers for me! I’ll be happy for even an interview! They take kids right out of high school and I’m sure I’m more qualified then them, so I don’t see why I shouldn’t get an interview… unless my luck is THAT bad. Meh.

I guess thats all I wanted to say. I just thought I’d post something to let you know that I am still alive!

I feel bad because I haven’t posted in awhile so let me update on how my life is going and so forth.

I am in my new apartment and have been for almost a month now. I like it though I get pretty lonely being here all by myself. I spend my weekends at my boyfriend’s which is only an hour away via the interstate. Not to bad though I wish I was living in that city so I could see him more often. Maybe once I graduate. I really need to clean my apartment, I’m so lazy haha. I bought some new silverware and dishes, and they are waiting for me to wash them… so it looks like I have more dirty dishes then I do. I also have to do laundry but I need to find a place that gives me quarters. Meh. I hate not having a change machine in the building. If you want to see pictures of my tiny studio apartment, go here.

Do any of you guys collect Webkinz? Yea, I know. Sort of kiddish but I don’t care. Shouldn’t surprise me that I find them adorable, because I was a big beanie baby collector and its sort of the same thing? Sort of not. I dunno. There is a virtual game that comes with them and its a lot like Neopets! Maybe thats why I like them. I’m such a dork. I’ve been spending my time playing the Webkinz games which are super easy but oh well, it entertains me.

Hmmm… this past weekend I turned 25 and I’m pretty sure I am going to have a quarter life crises soon. I just feel it. To me, it sucks that I am 25 and nowhere where I wanted to be when I turned 25. Ya know? Like, I always thought I’d be getting married (or married), graduated, have an awesome job, great car, etc. by this time. However, I don’t have any of that. I feel so behind, especially since everybody and their brother seems to be getting engaged/married lately! GRRRRR. *sigh*

My goal for June is to start eating healthier. So far, I’m off to a good start. I’ve run one mile everyday this week and I’ve managed to eat a healthy variety of foods. My goal is to lose 20lbs before 2009. Why? Because I feel like a tub-of-lard. It doesn’t help that my boyfriend is living with a girl who, physically, is like perfect. I feel self concious because of it and am now going to be focusing on looking better. Not only for that reason though, I do want to lose weight.

Ever since I began working at McDonalds, I’ve gained 20lbs which is ridiculous! I need to lose that again! I wouldn’t mind losing a bit more then 20… but I’m not going to strive for to much. When I was in high school I weighed 108lbs and I loved it but I had no boobs. Now I have huge boobs (36DD) and love them. Guess its either weigh more with boobs or weigh less with no boobs hahaha. Read the rest of this entry »

I hate moving. I hate the packing and unpacking process because it takes forever to do both and if you pack something up and then later, you realize you still need it.. you can never find it! I have my digital camera cord packed up and wanted to show off some photos but I am not digging through the 16 boxes to find it. I should have stuck it in my bin with the other chords but nooo, that would have been to easy! On Saturday my boyfriend is going to help move me into my new place. I feel bad cus he was going to go with his parents to a graduation party but he said he wanted to help me move so he canceled. I told him to go to the graduation but he insists on helping me. Meh.

I want to study abroad or go on an overseas vacation sometime. A few people I know have done it recently and I am so jealous! One of my friends is actually in Ireland right now so I have been looking up Ireland cus she keeps telling me how awesome it is. Anyway, while I was looking it up I came across this fantastic website for cheap Ireland hotels. They also had small spin offs for certain cities like, cheap Dublin hotels, cheap Cork hotels and cheap Shannon hotels. I think websites like that are fantastic because people cannot always afford to spend $2000+ on vacations. Plus, I think everybody should visit these historic places just because they are so historic!

I was checking out the Dublin website and never knew that it had so many festivals! The Maritime Festival and the Bloom 2008 Festivals are coming up shortly there. Sounds like they are these huge markets with tons of entertainment, and music going on as well. The Maritime Festival had 70,000 people last year! When I go to Ireland, someday, I am definitely going to visit the King John’s Castle in Limerick or the Tower of Shandon in Cork. Has anybody been to Ireland? Know of any other key attractions?

So, why should I someday visit Ireland? Here is my checklist:

1) Cheap Ireland Hotels!

2) The scenery! Look at those photos.. what a beautiful place!

3) The attractions! I want to visit the Trinity College (imagine the history there!), the castles, the festivities.. just the history alone is enough to make me want to go.

4) The History. I know that History isn’t my favorite subject to study, however I can still enjoy the history in some of these places. Besides, they are so beautiful.

School finished last week and so far two classes out of three have their grades posted.

• Photoshop - A
• Design Fundamentals - B
• Speech - ??

I hope I passed Speech because I didn’t pass it last time. I really suck at public speaking. Its really sad how much I suck at it really. Oh well. At least school is done for the summer! I’m happy, I was starting to get really stressed out.

This is my last week at my current apartment. I move out May 17th and I’m really sad. I hate moving, so much. I hate getting comfortable with a place and then having to move because its like.. it becomes home and then bam it gets taken away from you. I have a lot of packing to do, and a lot of cleaning as well. Eek! And then I will be at my parents for one week. That is going to suck…

I am really excited about moving to my new apartment on the 24th though! I dunno, a whole place to myself? That seems… so strange. I’m still unsure if I will get the internet though. Only $29.99/month but that just seems like a lot on my little salary.

Speaking of which, I didn’t get the CenturyTel job. They told me I didn’t have enough computer experience. Go figure.

I signed the lease to my apartment last Tuesday and wrote the $333 check, So, the apartment I am moving into is a studio apartment. It is not big at all, the person who lives there now is a single mother and the place was packed with stuff. She didn’t even have a bed for herself, she just slept on a sleeping bag on the floor. She had a full size crib in there, changing table, etc. it was just super crowded and made it look TINY. It is tiny but that made it seem matchbook sized. The bathroom is probably half the size of the apartment, or thats what it seems anyway! I am going to stick my dresser in the bathroom so that I have more floor space. Speaking of floor space, here is a floor plan that I threw together in photoshop Or at least its the photo on the left Its going to be so much fun decorating this place!

Now, today I also put in an application to work at a new place. Its an internet/phone/cable service provider and I applied to be a customer service person. Gosh, I hope I get at least an interview! I would be perfect for the job since I have a lot of knowledge of computers and have great customer service/hospitality skills. It pays $11.92/hr starting wage which is $5 more then what I make now! I would be making, roughly, $470/week. I really want the job because I really need that money. Why? Because I need to pay my bills and I need to start putting money back into my savings. How am I supposed to ever get anything nice if I am living off of crappy McDonalds salary forever?

Oh, have I ever mentioned that I work at McDonalds? Probably not since it shames me. I work at McDonalds. I am a crew trainer and I am not lovin’ it. My job that is! I make $7.50/hr which is pitiful and actually it wouldn’t be THAT bad if they actually gave me my hours. I’m supposed to be working 37hrs/week but instead they are cutting back and giving me 23. I cannot live off of 23hrs/week! I am barely scrapping by with a $275/month rent + $50 utilities a month as is! UGH. Oh and since I am talking about McDonalds let me tell you a pet peeve of mine…

When I am in the back booth taking money from the customers in drivethrough, there are a few things that irritate me.

1. I am taking money. I am not taking your order, thats what the call center is doing. They take your order from the comfort of their own homes, they live in North Dakota, you are in Wisconsin. I have no way to communicate to these people so when you come up to the window all pissed off because the call center didn’t take your order right… don’t yell at me, don’t tell me to yell at that person because I don’t know that person.

2. For the love of all things, please please please have your money ready by the time you get to the window. There is NOTHING more irritating then having to watch you dig through every bag in sight looking for your money. Oh, and do NOT get pissy at me when we tell you that we do not accept checks when your debit card isn’t working. That is why we don’t accept checks any longer… its because your broke ass bounces the checks!

3. If you come back to tell us that there is something wrong with your order, if you do that is, don’t tell the problem to me in the back booth. I take the money and its pretty much useless to tell me because I am just going to tell you to go to the next window where they will be happy to help you there because they have the food.

I get some real nutjobs somedays. This one lady yelled at me because it as 10:29AM on her clock and we had stopped serving breakfast (we stop at 10:30AM) and she felt that it was my fault. UGH.

Okay so thats all for me today. This was such a random post haha. Sorry.

In one month I will be moving out of my current apartment and back to my parents for about two weeks. That will probably not go over well. I haven’t stayed at my parents in a long time… they may drive me insane. And then I will be moving to my very own apartment with no internet, unless I can find a cheap plan! So if I vanish, that will be why.

The Kentucky Derby is in TWO weeks! I’m so excited even though I have no idea who to root for. I have no stand out favorite and that sort of sucks. I guess I will root for Pyro, I like his name and his running style suits the Derby since there are a ton of front runners this year. I hopefully will be able to watch the Derby! If I can’t.. I will cry.

I should be writing a paper for my class tomorrow but I decided to post here first. Its getting to be that time of the year when the professors are giving final projects and you are cramming all that last minute stuff into your head. I hate this time of the year! However, I think the most stressful part of it is the moving. If you are a college student who doesn’t live at home and doesn’t live in the dorms, you may know what I am talking about. The whole process of getting together with roommates and deciding if we are staying or going… sucks.

Well, all my roommates are going. Therefore, I am stuck here… 4 bedroom apartment alone? I don’t think so! I have to find a place to live and I am sort of nervous because I have never had my own place. I have always shared! But tomorrow I am going to go look at a studio apartment.  It has all utilities paid with the rent price, so thats great. However… I won’t have internet and that makes me really sad. I mean I may be able to get it later but we shall see. Ahh! Im excited! My own place! Except I have no furniture.. except for a bed, desk, bookcase, microwave, dresser, and a foldup egg chair. That may be a problem I would also need to invest in dishes lol.  Though… the place is apparently “tiny” according to my boyfriend but I just need a place to sleep. Besides, its not like I leave my room much here anyway!