AND SO iT GOES..

SO, MCC SENT ME A LETTER THAT i DiDN*T QUALiFY FOR A PELL GRANT AFTER i RECiEVED MY AWARD LETTER. THEN THEY SENT ME MY PELL GRANT?!?! i AM BEYOND CONFUSED!!! i HAVE A TON OF PHONE CALLS TO MAKE TOMORROW. iT*S SUPER STRESSFUL! CLASS STARTS JUNE 1ST AND i AM JUST FREAKiNG OUT! i iNTERViEWED FOR A JOB AT PROViDENCE, AND i SHOULD FiND SOMN OUT THiS WEEK OR NEXT MONDAY. i HAVE BEEN KEEPiNG MY FiNGERS CROSSED FOR THAT.

TODAY WAS A SUPER BUSY DAY. WE GOT UP AT 6 THiS MORNiNG TO GET READY SO WE COULD GO MEET RiCK*S SiSTER SARA iN BELLMEAD TO TAKE HER OUT FOR BREAKFAST BEFORE SHE HEADED BACK TO CLAUDE. WE WENT TO HAROLD WAiTE*S, THEN TOOK HER W/ US TO HEB, WE GOT HER A MOiST HEAT PAD SO SHE COULD RELiEVE HER JAW PAiN FROM HER WiSDOM TEETH REMOVAL, BOUGHT GROCERiES FOR ME TO MAKE STUFF FOR RiCK TO TAKE W/ HiM TONiGHT TO WORK FOR THEiR COOK OFF, TOOK SARA BACK TO CHiNA SPRiNG, THEN DROVE BACK HOME TO MCGREGOR, THEN i STARTED THE POTATOE SALAD, DEViLED EGGS, AND MADE A CHEESE CAKE. AFTER THAT iT WAS ALREADY 1. i PUT ABiGAiL DOWN FOR A NAP, THEN i WENT TO LAY DOWN AND MY DAD CALLED AND GAVE ME SOME EXCiTiNG NEWS(i*LL SHARE LATER.. YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP COMiN BACK). THEN FiNALLY AT 1:30 i TOOK A NAP. SARA CALLED RiCK LiKE 7 MiN LATER TO GET DiRECTiONS ON HOW TO GET BACK TO THE iNTERSTATE FROM THEiR DAD*S HOUSE, THEN RiCK WENT TO BROOKSHiRES TO GET TORTiLLAS AND TAKE OUR MOViE BACK. i WAS SO ZONKED OUT i DiDN*T EVEN REMEMBER HiM COMiNG BACK BEFORE WORK AND TALKiNG TO ME. THEN MiSS THANG GOT UP AT 3 AND BOY SHE WAS FULL OF iT TODAY! SHE JUST LOVES GETTiNG iNTO EVERYTHiNG SHE POSSiBLY CAN! i*M FiNALLY RELAXED AND WATCHiNG SOME MOViES. i AM REALLY EXCiTED ABOUT GOiNG TO WEST POOL NEXT MONDAY TO HAVE A DAY FOR JUST ME NiC HER MOM AND HER MOM*S BEST FRiEND. i HAVEN*T HAD AN "ALL GiRLS DAY" iS SO LONG NOW iT SEEMS!!!! AGH!!!

CHiLD MiSSiNG...

A LiTTLE BOY HAS BEEN MiSSiNG FROM THE MCGREGOR AREA FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS NOW. HE iS 4 BLONDE HAiR AND WEARiNG A BLUE SHiRT. WE HEARD iT ON SOMEONE*S POLiCE SCANNER WHEN WE WERE EATiNG DiNNER AT THE COFFEE SHOP iN MCGREGOR THEN WHEN WE GOT HOME THE MOTHER AND HER FRiENDS WERE STiLL OUT SEARCHiNG FOR HiM. WE JUST CAME iNSiDE FROM LOOKiNG AROUND OUR NEiGHBORHOOD AND i WANTED TO POST THiS FOR ANYONE THAT LiVES iN MCGREGOR OR KNOWS SOMEONE iN MCGREGOR SO THE WORD CAN GET PASSED AROUND TO HELP THiS FAMiLY. iT MAY NOT BE SERiOUS, BUT i WOULD WANT MY COMMUNiTY TO DO EVERYTHiNG iN THEiR POWER TO HELP ME FiND MY CHiLD.

iNTRODUCiNG...

BRiNLEY MAY WEBER!!!

(OK, OK, i AM A LiTTLE BEHiND! BUT iT TOOK NiCOLE FOREVER TO PUT A PiC UP OF HER THAT i COULD STEAL!)

SO MY BESTiE NiCOLE, HAD MiSS BRiNLEY RiGHT ON HER DUE DATE. MAY 3 WAS A BEAUTiFUL DAY! RiCK AND i HAD GONE TO THE MOViES, AND i HAD CALLED NiCOLE(JUST LiKE i HAD DONE FOR THE WHOLE WEEK BEFORE) TO SEE HOW SHE WAS FEELiNG. SHE KEPT SAYiNG SHE WAS FiNE, BUT i KNEW iN HER VOiCE SHE WASN*T. SO i TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO GO TO THE DR iF SHE WAS STiLL CRAMPiNG. SO SHE GOT OFF THE PHONE W/ ME, AND "SAiD" SHE*D CALL HER OB. WELL, LiKE AN HR LATER SHE SENT ME A TEXT AND TOLD ME WAYNE HAD TO DELiVER SOME POSTS TO CROCKETT THE NEXT MORNiNG, AND i TOLD HER HE BETTER CHANGE HiS DADGUM PLANS! SO THEN SHE SENDS ME A TEXT AND WAYNE TOLD HER SHE WASN*T iN LABOR B/C iF SHE WAS SHE*D BE CRYiNG. WELL, i WAS THE OVER PROTECTiVE UNBiOLOGiCAL BiG SiSTER, AND i TOLD HER "FiNE, i AM ON MY WAY TO YOUR HOUSE RiGHT NOW" NOT 10 MiN. LATER SHE CALLED ME AND SAiD THEY WERE ON THEiR WAY TO THE L&D. WAYNE FiNALLY CALLED ME A LiTTLE BEFORE 8 WHEN THEY GOT HER ADMiTTED TO A ROOM. i HEADED STRAiGHT UP THERE AS SOON AS i HUNG UP MY PHONE. WHEN i GOT THERE iT WAS JUST HER, WAYNE, HER NANA, AND i. iT WAS ABOUT 8:15 AND SHE GOT HER EPi WHEN SHE WAS A 6. AT 10 THEY CHECKED HER AGAiN AND SHE WAS A 9. SO, WE ALL GOT KiCKED OUT. AND BY WE ALL i*M TALKiN LiKE 16 PPL! WE WERE ALL SENT TO THE WAiTiNG ROOM. WELL, iF ANY OF YOU HAVE MET MY "SECOND FAMiLY" WE ARE ALL iMPATiENT!!! LADELL, TAMMY, BAiLEY, AND i WERE RiGHT THERE OUTSiDE THE L&D DOORS JUST WAiTiNG FOR THEM TO TELL US BRiNLEY WAS HERE! WAYNE CALLED ON NiCOLE*S CELL PHONE, PUT iT ON SPEAKER PHONE, AND STUCK iT iN HiS BACK POCKET SO WE COULD "BE THERE". iT WAS VERY VERY FUN AND EXCiTiNG! AT 11:30, BRiNLEY MAY WAS BORN. VERY SWEET AND VERY PERFECT!!! CONGRATS TO NiCOLE!!!

DUN DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUN!

SO, SOME EXCiTiNG NEWS!!! ABiGAiL HAS STARTED TO PULL HERSELF UP ON THiNGS... SHE HAS EVEN BEEN GETTiN ON ALL FOURS AND STANDiNG UP ALL ON HER OWN AND THEN WELL OF COURSE FALLiNG OVER. BUT SHE*S GETTiN iT!!!! i AM SO PROUD OF HER!!! SHE ATE SOME MAC N CHEESE THE OTHER DAY.. HAHA iT WAS ADORABLE!!! SHE DOESN*T HAVE TEETH YET, BUT BOY SHE CAN SURE CHEW!!! SHE DOES THiS LiL OLD MAN FACE NOW iT*S HiLARiOUS! SHE*S ALWAYS LAUGHiN AT HERSELF... ANNNDDDDD iT SOUNDS LiKE SHE SAYS "HEY" EVERY MORNiNG AND AFTERNOON WHEN i GO TO GET HER WHEN SHE WAKES UP!!!

OTHER NEWS, WE ARE TRYiNG TO SELL OUR HOUSE. i GOT SOME LOOKERS, BUT SO FAR NO OFFERS iN WRiTiNG. WE FOUND THE MOST PERFECT HOUSE EVER! ALL WE NEED TO DO NOW iS FiND THE LAND FOR iT... OH YEAH, AND OF COURSE SELL THE HOUSE! HA! THAT*S NOT GOiNG SO WELL RiGHT NOW, BUT OH WELL. JUST HAVE TO KEEP MY HEAD UP!

WHAT*S THE GOOD iN KNOWiNG iT ALL?!

SO TO BE SMART, MOST SAY YOU MUST HAVE KNOWLEDGE... THE DEFiNiTiON OF KNOWLEDGE iS AS FOLLOWS:
Knowledge acquisition involves complex cognitive processes: perception, learning, communication, association and reasoning. The term knowledge is also used to mean the confident understanding of a subject with the ability to use it for a specific purpose if appropriate. HAViNG KNOWLEDGE MEANS BEiNG AWARE OF EVERYTHiNG. iS iT WORTH iT? WHEN DOES KNOWiNG TOO MUCH OR KNOWiNG TOO LiTTLE COME TO A COMPROMiSiNG PLACE? WHEN DO WE STOP SEAKiNG KNOWLEDGE OR TRUTH AND BECOME CONTENT WiTH JUST KNOWiNG WHAT WE KNOW? WHEN DiD HAViNG TO KNOW EVERYTHiNG MEAN SO MUCH, WHEN NOT KNOWiNG NEVER ACTUALLY HURTS? DO YOU STAY iN THE DARK? OR DO YOU BRiNG iN THE LiGHT? iF STAYiNG iN THE DARK CAN SHEiLD YOU FROM THE EViLS OF THE WORLD.. WHY DO WE SEEK THE LiGHT? THE PART THAT iS SO TEARiNG TO OUR SOULS?HUMANS ARE SUPPOSE TO HAVE THE iNATE ABiLiTY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES NOT ONLY WiTH THEiR BODiES BUT THEiR MiNDS AS WELL. SO WHY CAN WE PROTECT OURSELVES FROM COLD, HEAT, EXHAUSTiON, STARVATiON, AND SiCKNESS... BUT WHEN iT COMES TO MENTAL iSSUES WE ALL STRiVE TO DRiVE OURSELVES iNSANE. iS iT SOCiETY THAT SAYS WE MUST KNOW EVERYTHiNG OR WE CANNOT MOVE ON... iS iT OUR SOCiO-CULTURE? WHAT iS THE DRiVE THAT MAKES US WANT TO HURT OURSELVES MENTALLY. HOW DO WE STOP iT? HOW DO WE ALL BECOME COMFORTABLE WiTH THE WAY PEOPLE AND THiNGS ARE? TO TRULY LOVE SOMEONE, YOU MUST ACCEPT THiNGS YOU MUST ACCEPT WHO THAT PERSON iS. SO WHEN THEiR MORALS BUTT HEADS WiTH YOUR MORALS... iS iT NECCiSARRiLY WRONG? OR iS iT JUST WRONG TO YOU AND THE SOCiAL CULTURE YOU LiVE iN? WHEN SOMEONE LiES DO WE NOT FORGiVE? WHAT ARE THE DRiVES OF A HUMAN BEiNG THAT MAKE US DECiDE THESE THiNGS... AND WHEN DO THEY STOP.... WHEN DOES EVERYONE FiNALLY REACH SELF ACTUALiZATiON... AND HOW CAN WE ALL GET THERE... iF EVERYONE COULD REACH SELF ACTUALiZATiON, i THiNK OUR SOCiETY AS A WHOLE WOULD BE

YEAH NOT SUCH A GOOD iDEA..

SO i WAS GOiNG TO SPEND THE HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON THAT MEDi WEiGHT LOSS CRAP... UNTiL... i STARTED LiSTENiNG TO WHAT MORE PEOPLE WERE SAYiNG... i STARTED JUST FOLLOWiNG THE DiET... TAKiNG CALCiUM PiLLS, GREEN TEA FAT BURNERS, AND TOTAL CLEANSE... GUESS WHAT... i HAVE LOST 15 LBS iN 2 WEEKS. MAY NOT BE AS FAST AS ALL THAT BUT iT SURE iS A HELL OF A LOT CHEAPER!!! i STAY ON A 500 CAL A DAY DiET.. VERY HARD BUT WELL WORTH iT. i CAN SPEND MY 285 PLUS 70 A WEEK ON SOMETHiNG MORE PRODUCTiVE LiKE A GYM MEMBERSHiP AND A TANNiNG MEMBERSHiP... AND JUST TO SPEND. i FEEL GREAT NOW!!! i DON*T SLEEP AS MUCH AND MY TUMMY iS GETTiNG FLATTER AND FLATTER. THiNK i SPENT ABOUT 40 ON ALL OF MY PiLLS. SO THAT*S 40 A MONTH VERSUS 280. PRETTY CHEAP. MY GYM MEMBERSHiP iS 32.. AND i TAN FOR FREE. NO BiG DEAL! SO i SPEND ABOUT 72 A MONTH TO STAY FiT HEALTHY AND TAN. NOT A BAD DEAL! ANYONE CAN DO iT!!! i REPLACED ANY BEEF i USE TO USE iN RECiPES W/ LEAN TURKEY MEAT. THERE*S LiKE LiTERALLY NOTHiNG iN TURKEY MEAT! AND WiTH THE RiGHT SEASONiNGS iT TAKES LiKE BEEF BUT BETTER! i MAKE TURKEY MEAT LOAF, TURKEY SPAGHETTi, TURKEY TACOS, TURKEY ROAST, TURKEY TURKEY TURKEY LOL. SO FOR ANY OF THOSE WHO WANT TO LOSE WEiGHT... JUST DO iT NATURALLY... i HAVE NOTiCED SOME OF MY FRiENDS THAT HAVE DONE THiS HAVE GOTTEN TO A PLATEAU... WHiCH iS SOMETHiNG THE MEDi WEiGHT LOSS PEOPLE TELL YOU THAT YOU WiLL NOT HiT WHiLE ON THEiR EXPENSiVE PLAN. SO... JUST SET YOUR MiND TO iT AND DO iT. i HAVE SOME CHEAT DAYS HERE AND THERE, AND i AM STiLL LOSiNG... i WORK OUT 3 DAYS A WEEK, BUT i DO CiRCUiT TRAiNiNG WHiCH iS EVEN BETTER. B/C iT MiXES AEROBiC EXERCiSE W/ STRENGHT TRAiNiNG. AND THOSE BOTH iN THEMSELVES BURN FAT AND GiVE YOU A LEAN BODY STRUCTURE. SO GO JOiN CURVES AND GET ON A DiET! iT WiLL BE BETTER THAN DRAiNiNG YOUR WALLET =-)