It is officially 5 weeks till I leave Seattle to start law school. Where has the time gone? It seems to be flying by so quickly. It is at this very moment in my life, that I have realized that people go through stages or times when they are really interested in things, websites, activities, etc. They engage themself in the activity as much as they can because it is something new, and something that they enjoy. After some time, the excitement begins to fizzle, and something else comes along that sucks up your time, which then results in not being able to keep up with the first exciting thing or activity. Unfortunately this is what I have felt has happened with my page. I am now going off to law school and am definitely not going to have the time to read about others and write at all during my first year. My intentions were pretty good when I first signed up for this, there were definitely more entries, but one thing I am grateful for are the people I have met. I will always wonder what everyone is up to and how each of you are doing. Sometimes, I feel bad about not having the time to post on here, as if I am neglecting it somehow. For those who have continued to visit with me during this "off" time, I sincerely appreciate you and if you would like to keep in touch with me, please feel free to email me. I promise I will get back to you but it might take me some time. My email is jennthread_77@yahoo.com

 

I wish everyone the best of luck always, take care and remember to smile!

 

Jen :)

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone.

 

First I want to thank everyone for their kind words in their last comments on my last post about getting accepted into law school. It really made my day and makes me that much more excited to begin this new adventure. Here is a quickie update since my last post. I heard from 2 of the remaining 3 schools last week and it did not really matter that they said no. I have been on cloud nine since learning of my acceptance. At first, I was feeling pretty overwhelmed with how much I have to do between now and when my classes start. At this point though, I can safely say that I have come back down to earth and put my head back on straight. I still feel the pressure and anxiety of having so much to do before classes start but maybe I am not letting it get to me as much as I was a week ago. I don't want it to consume and wear me out, so now I am allowing myself to be more laid back and looking forward to the adventure of everything. I am used to being a busy bee anyways.

 

I have pretty much given up on the 3rd school, simply because I was told by the admissions office that I would not hear anything until July. With classes starting in August, that is ridiculous, and even more so because it is in Detroit. Not that I have anything against Detroit, but to only allow a month to find a place to live, rent a truck, move all my stuff, drive all the way over there is absurd! Not to mention that I am also not to crazy about the winters there. Yeah I would much rather live in Houston where it is warm.

 

Trying to line up a place to live is always kind of tough when you are unfamiliar with a new city. I have been in email communication with a few interested parties, but also with some strange ones.  It really surprises me that some people have so much difficulty in compiling a sentence together. It is like they have left crucial portions of a sentence out on purpose, but have still typed enough of the sentence to understand what they are trying to say. I decided that I don't really want to live with someone like that. I am a perfectionist and before I send a reply or post something, I always re-read over it for any errors or whatever. I am definitely going to visit Houston to see some places before I commit to anything.

 

My mom is visiting this weekend and today is my Friday. I am very much looking forward to having tomorrow off, because it is not very often that I get a day off during the business week. I have a bunch of errands planned and I get to finally see my mom. I have not seen her since Christimas and she has not seen me in person since my weight loss. It is going to be wonderful to wake up and not have to go to work. I can't wait!!

She leaves on Monday, and I unfortunately am back to work that day. Then on Tuesday I have jury duty, which I won't mind so much since I will be getting paid for it by my employer, paid to sit around and wait a long time sounds pretty neat to me.

 

I hope everyone has a terrific Friday and a great weekend.  Ciao!

 

Jen :)

 

 

Hey spacers,

 

Well it is completely official now, I got my first acceptance letter into law school in Saturday's mail. I am so in, and regardless of what the other three schools that I am still waiting to hear something from, I will still be going to law school. This is something which I have dreamt about and it is finally here. I do not think I can express how truly excited I am through words, but just know that this is HUGE for me. I am totally trying to take it one day at a time and not overwhelm myself but my mind and thoughts make it difficult to not think of the whole picture. There is going to be a lot of change and adjustment. I think the biggest one or maybe the one that is going to be the most difficult is going to be leaving my boyfriend. I do not think it will be the end of us, but it is going to hard to adjust back to being in a long distance relationship. For those of you who don't know, we did the long distance thing many years ago for three years while we attended college, but to go back to that after living in the same city for so long, will definitely be extremely difficult. So that's my news. Time for me to get out of here, so have a good evening.

 

Jen :) 

Last night I wrote about my friend's list and how some people have not written anything in quite some time, how I hope all is well with them, etc. . As I was walking to my bus stop last night with my entry fresh in my head, I realized that I meant to include something in the blog which I did not. What I meant to say was that for me, the quantity of the number of friends I have is not as important as the quality of the friends I have. I think this is a great philosophy to live by.

 

Why is it always the case that you think of what you wanted to say or meant to include after the fact?. Whether it is posting a blog on here or having a conversation with someone, I often find I don't always include all of what I wanted to say. I am sure I am not the only one who does this, but I find it a little frustrating. I think there are many factors that could affect this, but the more reasonable ones (I think) are rushing through something/not allowing enough time for something, or just being tired (writing at the end of a work day, etc.). It makes me feel kind of silly that I think of these things after the fact, but oh well. 

 

Another beautiful day here in Seattle. I love this weather, and can't wait for it to be summer. I actually went outside this weekend in shorts and a T-shirt, been a long time since I did not need a long sleeve shirt or a jacket.

 

I overslept this morning, and got to work without being completely awake yet. I was so groggy, and don't think I woke all the way up till about 9:30.

 

Going to go for a run tonight, still kind of nursing my knee some from when I injured it a couple weeks ago. Soi far it has been ok, not hurting much or sore, but running downhill is extra strain on it, so I try and avoid that, but that is a challenge since I live between some hills.

 

Have a good evening everyone and happy early hump day!

 

Jen :)

 

 

Hey spacers,

 

As some of you know I have been away for some time. My entries had been few and far in between, but I am hoping to write more now that I have more free time and sshhh, work is not as busy for me as it used to be.  During my absence, I did not keep up with most of my friends listed, I barely had the time to write my own blogs, much less visit and read about the happenings of all my friend's lives. Much to my dismay now that I back, most of my friends have kind of trickled off, meaning that they too have not had the time to post much either. I am not complaning about it or anything like that, but I do miss these people and do wonder what they are up to and how they are doing. I have debated whether I should edit my friends list, but am undecided just in case they do re-appear.  People lose touch all the time, and people make new friends, but sometimes, it is neat to hold onto the good ones that you really connect with if that is all possible.  Time for me to head out. Have a good evening everyone!

 

Jen :)

Hey spacers!

 

Happy almost Friday. Today during work, one of my co-workers showed me the neatest thing, and I just have to share with everyone. Some of you may have already known about such a thing, as I am a little behind when it comes to cool things on the web. There is a web tool created by Microsoft, that allows you to see an aerial view of anywhere in the world and it is in color. Now I believe Google and/or Yahoo has something similar to this, but I have not seen any aerial views which are in color, only views in black and white. This is definitely worth checking out. The web address is www.local.live.com

 

When you go to the website, you have a choice between road and aerial views, the road view is not that exiciting. The feature that is even more exciting is the ability to move the screen where-ever you want it to go, just click on the screen somewhere and move your mouse in the desired direction. It is too cool.

Enjoy!

 

Jen :)

I was leaving a comment on a friend's page earlier today when I started to wonder how do people find the time each day or week to post so much on here? I mean here I am living my life just like everyone else, I work 40 hours a week and have other commitments in my life that occupy my time. The days seem to be flying by so quickly this year already. I am not trying to insult anyone and say that they have too much free time on their hands or anything similar, but I just wonder how you do it, or maybe the better question is where do you find the time?

 

I still have not heard anything more from the other 4 law schools. I am getting pretty anxious as I just want to know so I can start making the necessary preparations, mentally and physically.

 

I am such a girl sometimes because I love to shop for clothes, which I have been buying a lot of lately since losing so much weight and as a reward for that as well as cleaning out my closet and dressers. It is so much fun. I recently heard or read somewhere that shopping fills some sort of empty void in one, and it made me wonder whether that applies to me. Do I have an emtpy void that only shopping can fill? I know I am just thinking out loud here but it is the end of the day for me and I don't really care whether I am making any sense or not. :)-

 

Time for me to shutdown the computer, so have a good night all.

 

Jen :)

 

 

Hey fellow spacers!

 

Rejection always sucks, no matter how you look at it. I was still waiting to hear from the one law school that I really wanted to go to as of yesterday. We're talking, this is my total dream school. Well, I got a letter yesterday and they "regret to inform me that my request for admission has been denied". Ugh, what a bummer. I had an adventurous time getting home yesterday due to the immigration protest occupying the streets of downtown Seattle. The buses just weren't going to be able to get through the crowd. When I finally do get home, there is this stinking letter. What are you gonna do? I am trying to keep my happy face on, and my spirits up, because I really don't want to be in a bad mood, but it is still quite the bummer. However though, I still have 4 other schools which I have not heard from yet, so I am keeping my fingers crossed. I will keep everyone informed.

 

I missed my bus this morning and totally started off on the wrong foot. I was pretty crabby when I got to work this morning and I did not really care that I was a minute or two late. I totally hustled from my bus stop to work, but my legs can only move so fast in heels.  Sometimes, I wonder why do I even bother hustling. So what if I am a few minutes late, and so what if it gets marked down what time I get here, nothing ever gets done about it, as far as I know. If you ask me, if all seems pretty silly to me or maybe it just is not worth me hustling as it makes me crabby.

 

I am glad today is Tuesday, and I can't wait to get home today. It is nice just laying on my couch watching TV. I have already figured out what I want to do this evening. Tomorrow night is my boyfriend and I's dinner date, and I get to cook something for him.  One time, I did not like what he had me make so much, and after making something, you're supposed to sit down and enjoy the food, but I did not really care for it.  Again, what are you gonna do?

Well it is about time for me to leave, so have a good evening everyone!

 

Jen :)

Here it is at the end of the work day for me on Monday. I really dislikes Mondays, as it is hard to shift back to work mode from the weekend. Today has been an alright kind of day. Last week was good and bad, the week went by really quick it seemed. I think I am getting burned out and so need a vacation or maybe just another job. I usually do not like to talk about people behind their back, but.. I am getting so sick of my supervisor. She is a total waste. I know I deserve better and can definitely find better, so it makes me wonder why do I stay? I got together with a friend yesterday for coffee, who used to work here as well. So she knows how dysfunctional this place is and the crap that goes on, etc. We chalked it up to it being within my comfort zone, that you get comfortable somewhere, make friends and both make it really hard to leave, especially after working here for some time. There was a change of something indirectly relating to me last week, it does not really affect me, but the person who it was rewarded to should have been me, since I have more seniority, but no I was completely passed over without a second thought about it. Needless to say it irked me so much, that I am so done with this sh*t hole. I am pretty damn tolerant but I have had enough. Once I find out from the rest of the law schools I applied to whether I got accepted or not, I am definitely not sticking around here any more. If law school does not work out, then I am going to go back to school to get my paralegal degree.

 

 

Some people bug me so much, and there are so many weirdos out there in the world. Why is it that sometimes right off the bat shortly after meeting someone, that they can start to annoy you? For instance, I went to a poker/birthday party Saturday night tournament style. It was a lot of fun, but there was this one girl, who I just wanted to disappear into thin air. The fact that this was her first time playing poker and the fact that she won $80, where as I got eliminated from the first round might have had something to do with it, but who knows. Maybe I am just a sore loser, and was envious of her.  However, when you're playing poker, I think one should try their best to stay with it, and keep track of when it is your turn to bet, so that it does not take forever. Then don't sound like a mindless idiot, by saying "oh it is me, my turn, whatever"... ahhhhgggg.

 

This is kind of random, but today at work I wonder why is it that our papertowels with which to dry our hands are supersoft, but our toliet paper is like sandpaper. Go figure!

 

I injured my knee about a week ago, too much running and running to hard/fast. So I've been resting some and have not gone running since a week ago last Friday. I totally miss it but talked with the hostess of the poker party Sat. night and she said I should run every other day. Knees are complicated and I don't want to seriously re-injure it so I am going to wait another week before starting again. Plus when I do start I am going to take it easy and only run half the distance of what I usually do. Surprisingly though, with being completely inactive this past week, I have not really put much weight back on, so that is a good thing.

 

Time for me to go home now. Hope all is well with everyone.

Jen :)

Do you ever feel like your life is the same each and every day. You know the scene from the movie Groundhog day where Bill Murray wakes up and the same day repeats itself over and over again. Well that is kind of how I have been feeling lately. Maybe it is because work is really busy, and time seems to be going by so quickly. It is already the middle of March. Where has this year gone so far? I think I am just a little cranky right now.

 

Things have been good for me. I am all done with my law school applications and am just waiting to hear something, whether good or bad.

 

I have officially lost 28.8 pounds, and am loving it. Exercising has become part of my regular routine each week and I find myself more irritable when I do not exercise. Great stress reliever and beneficial to my health.  I am now even more obssesed with shopping.. :)

 

My boyfriend came up with the idea to have a dinner date each week. I think it is a fantastic idea. Each week we alternate between cooking and finding a recipe/buying the fixings.  So tonight, is my night to prepare whatever it is that he wants, but it is great since I don't have to go to the store to buy anything. Last week when it was my turn to come up with a recipe, we had cheeseburgers. The night before while I was running, I smelled someone grilling something delicious and that is how I got the idea. Needless to say, the burgers were yummy.  I wonder what we are having for dinner tonight.

It is almost time for me to leave work, but I thought I would write a little something to let whomever know that I am still alive. I promise to write more soon and more often. In the meantime, I hope all is well with everyone.

 

Jen :)

 

My goodness, it has been a long time since I wrote last. I almost don't even know where to begin. Life is good at this point in time. It is a new year and I am embracing it so far. I am sure I have had some interesting thoughts since I last logged on but all of them seem to escape me at the moment, but I will share everything which has happened since the last time I was on here. Nothing too exciting happened between Thanksgiving and my birthday. I had the best birthday ever, my boyfriend did an awesome job of making me feel so special. He spent the night, made me breakfast that morning, got me my favorite coffee drink from Starbucks, decorated my bed with balloons (which I love!), and gave me a ride to work. Then I got to work and one of the gals bought me a german chocolate cake. They sent out an email about it and so many people came by to wish me happy birthday. Work was busy, but my day had started off so well and I was already in good spirits with it being my birthday, that I just took it really easy that day, laidback and relaxed. Got home from work, and opened my gifts from my family with them on the phone and that was wonderful. Got a call from my boyfriend and he asked what I wanted to do for dinner and at that point, I was thinking of doing some takeout from somewhere since I was kind of tired. Decided against that later and we went out to eat his treat to a semi fancy restaurant. Had a wonderful dinner, ate too much because everything was so good. Came back to my apt as I wanted to watch the season finale of a reality show (my birthday, I can do what I want). He left to go take care of some things, and returned some time later with dessert, a lemon poppy seed cake with fresh strawberries and a 28 candle stuck in it. Then after eating the cake some, he then asked if I was ready for my gift, and I thought there's more, wow!.. So I sit here enjoying and loving my new 17 in' flat screen monitor. You would think that having this would cause me to be on the computer or here more, but alas tis not true. Fabulous birthday!!

 

The time between my birthday and when I was scheduled to fly home for Christmas whirled by so quickly. Before I knew it I was on a plane flying home, and I was very excited to see my family. I took the red eye Thursday evening and arrived in Tampa Friday morning (whew, what a long day that was).  I was home only until the following Tuesday and so it was a busy and packed visit. Got to see all my family a couple of times, had great visits with and it was very difficult to leave. I do miss home and it is always an emotional rollercoaster going to visit and then leaving to come back here. *Sigh*  but then again, this is a decision that I made (to move out here away from my family) a couple of years ago, not much more to say about that..

 

I got one of my law school applications submitted, including my personal statement, and it is the one that I have been working tediously on for the past couple of months. I am very much of a perfectionist and it took some time, but now I have a concrete base for my personal statement and I think the rest of the applications will be finished in no time.

 

My new years was alright, I did not do much but had a few friends over to watch the fireworks at the Space needle from my apt. balcony, though there were hardly any. The show lasted all about five minutes, so lame! Enjoyed having that Monday off though.

 

I will have two of my credit cards paid off next month and then can finally get that gym membership I've been wanting. With it being winter and the fact that it gets dark about 4:00 here, makes it kind of difficult to exercise outdoors, even though that is what I prefer. Plus there is a new gym about 4-5 blocks from my apt. and I can warm up by a brisk walk or job to there.

 

For one of my Christmas gifts was a 515 piece puzzle, which have been working on some and am making some progress. I love puzzles and I can not remember the last time I did one. My boyfriend and I just celebrated our Christmas last Friday since I was out of town and that was awesome. He got me a great stereo and I got him a truck bed tool box thing for his relatively new truck.   

 

And here it is the 5th day of January, and I have started a diet, which I am happy to say I have lost 7 & 1/2 pounds so far. It feels great. I can't wait till I shed some more. I just officially bought myself two 2006 calendars, one for work, one for home.  I watched the two college football games this week, went to a bar last night to watch the Texas/USC game, and really wanted a beer to drink but I only drank water. Good girl! Looking forward to watching the pro games this weekend (go bucs!)

 

As I said before, life is great right now. My tummy is growling some so I am going to go eat some dinner and then veg on the couch for the rest of the night.  See ya!

 

 

Jen :)

 

Hello everyone!

 

I hope everyone had a terrific Thanksgiving and a great weekend. These past 4 days have gone by so quickly. I so do not want to go to work tomorrow, but alas duty calls. It is very hard to believe that this Thursday will be the 1st day of December. Where has this year gone?  I am excited for it to be so close to December though. My birthday is coming up soon and Christmas (my favorite holiday) will be here before we all know it. I watched the most awesome football game today and you would know why if you had the pleasure of checking out the Seattle Seahawks vs. the NY Giants game. Holy moley is all I have to say. Even if you are not a fan of football, you definitely would have enjoyed the game.

 

This weekend was a pretty busy one for me, went out every night since Wednesday, and I definitely feel pretty un-stressed at this moment. Was a bit hungover some Saturday morning, but sleeping till 2:00 PM definitely relieves that. I don't really have much more to write about, no new "food" for thought as I am a little tired at the moment. I promise I will write more regularly from now on. Good night and sweet dreams.

 

Jen :)

 

 

 

Good Morning/Afternoon everyone,

 

I wanted to let everyone know that I am still alive, just have been busy with some other things. I celebrated my anniversary with my boyfriend this past weekend, and was pretty busy most of last week. I know I have not written anything for some time, and I promise to get back with that soon. I am pretty close to being finished with my personal statement. Last week I had complete and total writer's block, so I took a break from it. I hope all is well with everyone, and I will catch up with everyone later. Until then, take care.

 

Jen :)

 

P.S. I can not believe there is another hurricane/tropical storm brewing in the Carribean. Ugh...

Hi everyone!

 

Yesterday at work, I was on a mission to find out something. After speaking with many people and going in circles, I finally decided to let it rest and I would deal with it the following day. I decided this because I had spent far too much time trying to determine where it might be and not really getting anywhere. During my travels, I realized something that is present at my workplace. There is a huge disconnect between so many of the co-workers. Some are right in what they say, some are wrong in what they say and others just plain ole' do not have a clue. Yes it may sound like I am venting some, but in fact I am not. This is more of just sharing an observation that I have never noticed before and this Friday will be my 3 year anniversary of working at this place.  I work at a medium size law firm with about fifty attorneys and about 30 or so support staff. I am baffled by the lack of knowledge of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.

 

Work was very busy today and I had the kind of day where certain things absolutely have to get done today because of some sort of meeting, deposition, or something or another tomorrow. When people are so busy, that they have no spare time to get things done in advance, they must adopt this work style of waiting until the absolute last minute to get things done. This is so not me! I have never been a procrastinator and I do not want to become one in my professional life. Sometimes, I do not have a choice about this those, which is a direct result of the procrastinating work style that others have no choice but to accept. I feel like I am getting sucked in to this sort of thing and I am so fighting to stay out of it. It is needless to say quite frustrating and creates a lot of unnecessary stress in my life. I know some would say that I let it stress me out but when it happens more than it should, it starts to wear on you...

 

Ok this totally sounds like I am venting now, but I am curious if anyone has ever experienced either situation I have described above. What is your preferred work style? Do you have one or are you so busy you are unable to choose, etc.?

 

Goodnight, all.

 

Jen :)

 

 

 

 

I've been away for a while and I appreciate everyone still visiting me. I feel loved, and I thank you. I am doing marvelous (I love that word). My personal statement is pretty much 90% done and I am proud of myself for that. I just have some more minor revisions and then I should be pretty good to go from there. My mom and stepfather are still kind of in town visiting though they are not staying with me anymore. They are visiting his mom about 60 miles north of Seattle. They stayed with me this past weekend, flying in on Saturday and we had a great time. It is kind of weird to still have her be out here but to not see her. I mean I talk to her on the phone still but that does not compare to in person. They are leaving Thursday morning (I am sad). For those of you who do not know, my mom and I are very close. She is my best friend in so many ways but yet still my mother. We talk everyday and I appreciate her so much.

 

Work is busy and the usual though I am happy to report I got my internet back but only for some work related thing. However I will not be surfing around for other non-work related purposes as I sort of got in a little trouble recently and I do not want to put my position in jeopardy. Time for me to buckle down and not bend the privilege given to me.

 

A week from tomorrow is my boyfriend and I's 7 year anniversary, hard to believe it is already here as it seemed like just a little time ago that it was a month away. Time is going by so fast this year.

 

I hopefully will start to get back into the swing of things blogging more with my personal statement being so closed to being finished. I will have to work on my applications though but those won't take as much time to complete as my personal statement. Have a great evening!

 

Jen :)

Hey everybody!

 

In honor of my hard work and dedication to my personal statement and the progress I have made so far, I decided to write a little something new. I am definitely more than halfway done and I am really proud of myself thus far. In this writing process and editing, I am definitely learning more and more about myself. For instance, when the best time of day for me to write and brainstorm is which ironically is in the morning before work. This is rather funny to myself considering I am so not a morning person. It takes some time for my brain to wake up even if my body is fully awake. My solution to a sleepy brain is to read something for about 10 minutes or so before I start writing. Another thing I have discovered about myself recently is that I do not mind getting up at a sort of insane hour provided I have had plenty of sleep the night before. I am trying to train myself to going to bed about 10 or 10:30, which is somewhat difficult for me to accept since there are some TV shows which I like that come on about 10. Darn TV networks. Plus it is sometimes fun to stay up late, but not so fun the next morning when you are dragging due to lack of sleep. My day seems to start off much better when I do not have to scramble around in the morning to get to work on time. I know everyone has had days like these and they totally suck. I like to take my time and not feel rushed in the morning. I remember quite a few years ago, my mom would tell me the time she would get up for work and it was totally outrageous. I could never understand why she would get up 2 or 2 and a half hours before she would have to leave the house to go to work. At that time in my life, I would sleep as long as I possibly could, till the very last minute till I absolutely had to get up. I now finally understand and it amuses me that I am starting to follow in her footsteps. I guess this is part of getting older and I have to say that it is not so bad.

 

I hope that everyone is having a good week so far. I am curious what is new with all my spacers and I am grateful for your frequent visits even though I am not blogging as much as I did before. I sincerely appreciate it. Take care.

 

Jen :)

 

 

P.S. I am not going to take credit for this, as I was given this suggestion by Hennessey. If you have ever had your blog entry eaten by spaces, you know that it can not be retrieved. This is so darn frustrating and then to have to replicate and re-create the masterpiece is just wrong. The good news is that this can be avoided if you just select your entire blog entry, copy and paste it into Microsoft Word, notepad, or word pad, then you will still have a copy of it, in case spaces craps out. When I paste it into Word, the font size is huge (I don't know why), so I just select all of it (ctrl A) and make it to normal size (12). Don't thank me, but thank Hennessey instead. I do this every time now, and it rocks! :)

Howdy everyone!!

 

I know, I know I have not written anything in a while. I have some more important things going on in my life right now that is taking up more of my time. The way I think about these things though is the more time I spend on taking care of them, the quicker I will get them all done and taken care of and the quicker I will be back to my old blogging self. So on that note, please continue to visit with me, even though I will not be blogging as much as I usually do. To all my readers, I am not going away, just taking a little hiatus to get some things done.

 

I am totally doing the whole multi-tasking thing right now. I am watching the Falcons/Eagles football game on TV (it is actually halftime right now, but I think this still counts). I am cooking some chicken on my George Foreman grill (I do not think I could live without my george), I am doing laundry, and I am also typing out this blog. How impressed are ya?!?

 

Here is a little of what has been going on with me since I last blogged. Next month to the day is my 7 year anniversary with my boyfriend. Holy moley!! I have already started thinking about what would be a great way to celebrate. I went to a bar in the ghetto this past Friday, had a good time, stayed out late, was driving so I did not drink that much (which I usually don't regardless of driving or not). Saturday afternoon, slept late, went to the Seattle Mariners' game, good game, but they lost. Oh well. Went to a honky tonk country type bar Saturday night, met some great people, had good conversation, etc. Sunday, I did some cleaning/organization of my apartment and I came across a $100 bill that my dad had given me for my college graduation 4 years ago. That was so kick ass, since I am pretty broke until my next payday. I don't know why I had not cashed or deposited it before this, but I would not have discovered it if I had not been cleaning. it is funny how things work out.

 

One of the things I am going to take care of on my little hiatus is writing my personal statement. For those of you who do not know already, I want to be a lawyer and am in the process of applying to law schools in the next month or two. I have applied to schools in the past and have already written a personal statement, and this time I am going to use the same topic but just frame it and use a different perspective. So I need to do some fine tuning, and such. I have kind of slacked off on this and really really need to get to it, but I find it tough to do, and alas, I have to give up the time I would normally devote to spending on here. Believe it or not, I am actually pretty excited to work on it, since I enjoy writing.

 

Last week during my lunch I was reading the newspaper, and I just want to say that it sickens me that the September 11 low interest loans that were supposed to help those business directly affected by the collaspe of the towers, were given out to businesses who were not directly affected. For instance, there was a pet grooming business here in Seattle (yes a pet grooming business), which was approved for a loan which did not even exist on Sept. 11, 2001. It absolutely appalls me that no one is willing to take responsibility as the Small Business Association in charge of the two programs handing out the loans is sidestepping the plate. Yes the banks have incentive to approve these loans, but they are just small potatoes compared to the SBA.  Another business approved was a hair salon. I mean how could something like this so easily fall through the cracks? This is horrible, but the worst part about it (at least I think it is the worst part) is the fact that of the  19,000 loans approved, fewer than 11% went to business in New York & Washington D.C.  Here is the web link, if anyone is interested in reading the whole article. http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=washlaxloans09&date=20050909&query=9/11+loans

 

If you have trouble accessing the article, please let me know and I will copy and paste the article into a separate blog entry.

 

I am getting hungry now, so I think I will go and eat some dinner. Hope everyone is doing well. Take care!

 

Jen :)

 

 

 

 

Hello everyone,

 

I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend and I would love to know what everyone did. I had a wonderful and relaxing 3 day weekend even though I did not do very much. I do not think I even changed out of my PJ'S yesterday, it was so great!

 

Without going into the situation too much, what is everyone's opinion about putting some pressure on someone to get a straight answer out of them? Do you think it is wrong, right, or unfair? Do you think it could lead to some unpleasant repercussions? Do you think you have every right to put some pressure on someone when they are being so vague and non-committal.  Do you think you should just leave it as it is and not try to squeeze an answer out of them? Have you ever been in a situation where someone put some pressure on you to get an answer, or have you ever put pressure on someone to get an answer out of them?

 

As you probably already figured out, I had a little situation like this with my boyfriend this past weekend. I was out doing my own thing at this music festival and he had mentioned earlier in the week about how he wanted to go on this particular day. So I spoke to him about mid afternoon and asked when he was going to show up so I could coordinate what concerts I was going to see and plan accordingly. He was pretty vague about when he was going to show up so I put the pressure on him to get an straight answer. Well the situation kind of backfired on me.

 

After reading what I just typed above and after catching some of the coverage on the destruction Katrina caused on the TV,  I feel very silly & selfish for complaining about this sort of stuff. I am still alive, and have a roof over my head. I have food in my fridge, a bed to sleep in and a man who loves me so dearly. I can reach my family at a moment's notice. It is hard not to think about how much you truly take for granted in lieu of Katrina's wrath. I know a lot of people have written about this and there is only so much you can say. It is difficult not to talk about it as it makes me really sad but thankful at the same time. I guess the best thing is to just take it one day at a time and to realize that life will go on.

 

Take care and god bless!

Jen :)

 

 

 

 

Good Morning everyone,

 

I work at a law firm and one of the attorneys sent this funny email around. I could not resist sharing as some of them are quite funny. Enjoy!

 

The Guys' Rules

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down.

Finally, the guys' side of the story.
(I must admit, it's pretty good.)

We always hear the rules from the female side.

Now here are the rules from the male side.
These are our rules!
Please note...these are all numbered "1" ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl.  If it's up, put it down.  We need it up, you need it down.  You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports.
It's like the full moon or the changing of the tides.  Let it be.

1. Shopping is NOT a sport.
And no, we are never going to think of it that way.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one: Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work! Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it.
That's what we do.  Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem.
See a doctor.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days.

1. If you won't dress like the Victoria's Secret girls,
don't expect us to act like soap opera guys.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways
and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.

 

1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done.  Not both.

If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.

 

1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials.

1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color.  Pumpkin is also a fruit.  We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," we will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to,
expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear
is fine...Really.

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape.  Round is a shape.

1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight; but did you know men really don't mind that?
It's like camping.