Killing time before class

So it's an eventful week. ;) Monday was class of course & then Bibke Study here in Community with a lot of girls I enjoy. Tuesday-yesterday, I went to dinner at my cousin & her husband Corey's apartment here in Pullman. They had peppers.... mmmmm. :) Today after class I'm going to The Community Action Center to see if I can volunteer there as part of my poverty (HD 403) class. Tonight is Intervarsity-yay! Oh, we get a room this week-last week we froze on top of the library. Yep, it was cold. Tomorrow I have a quiz... oh, I have a quiz. Good thing I'm writing it now... I'm almost forgot. Heh. Is anything eventful happening Friday? Hmmmm. Maybe Annie & I will go to WinCo? No se. I guess I'll see.
I still need to go to The Rock and see if I can live there... it's an all girls Christian house in the middle of Greek row right off campus, actually it's just downish the road from us.

Cherize & Kim came to visit on Sunday & Monday-Yay! It was tons of fun! We did all kinds of random things like get lost in Moscow. To be fair it was Cherize's first time in Idaho and the rest of us aren't much better 'cause at least I have no sense of direction. :D It was great to see then and they put up with the trucks & the heater clanking at about the same time-5AMish.

My hair looks good today thanks to Annie-kutos girlie. :)

I guess I'll post...

So I'm in Pullman at school. It's almost the end of the third week. Weird... it still seems weird to me. No se why. I'm here and things are different and yet the same. My profs are like my instructers at YVC, but some different. I have more papers to write, more tests. They still are all in the same week... grrrr. I'm still listening to Christian music in the background-PLR in fact just like at home. It's surreal. I don't know. I still go to school with a whole bunch of the kids I went to high school with. I just don't see them very often, if at all. Except Margaret of course. ;) I'm more involved with Christian groups-CRU and CCF. I could go on for quite a while, but I won't.
Tonight Annie, Margaret & I are going to CRU. I have a quiz tomorrow in HD 302 and a paper due in HD 304. Then I get to read A LOT of chapters in 7 of my books to be ready for next week. And I have one paper due on Tuesday along with a quiz, oh and a quiz and three tests separated into Thursday & Friday. (quiz & one test Thursday, 2 tests on Friday). Isn't school fun. ;) :P to my profs. You'd think they'd confer to each other since they're all HD profs and decide not to stress us out, but no. :P to all of them.
Well life will go on, I guess....

Time is racing...

It's sooo crazy that I will be leaving for school in 13 days not counting today which is almost over anyways. I'm offically done with my online STARS class... I turned in my last assignment earlier this afternoon:) Yay! One more day of Anthro and then the last test-no comprehensive final thank the Lord. I already packed up a whole bunch of stuff and it's a good thing I guess 'cause my 'rents want to take me to Lincoln City on the 12th-15th. I haven't been there in forever so it'll be fun... it just means I have to be packed by the 11th 'cause we're pullin' out on the 16th. I can't even tell what I'm feeling... I want to leave. It just shouldn't be in 13 days... weird. Basically that's the vib I'm getting...weird. Maybe if so many things weren't still up in the air I'd feel better about going 4 hours away from home until Thanksgiving... oh well, God's in charge as always.

Waiting

Waiting sucks. I really hate it. Inbetween times, waiting... they're overrated. I'm so ready to be done at yvc, but I'm not. Anthropology is such a waste of my life... evolution of humans... the only good part is my funny teacher Mr. Anderson. He has such lame jokes, I swear. On the bright side, I've only said something totally & completely blonde once.... ;) I wonder when I'll stop doing that. Probably never, but one can hope. My online class - STARS. Yeah, I took the same exact class sophomore year of high school so it's a waste of my life too... the only difference is that I get college credit this time. I just wish it was July 3oth. That's a good date. My cousin Ellie's wedding, only one week of school & work left, I'll be done with therapy... yep, it looks like a good date. Oh well, back to the STARS class, joy.
This is like writting in my diary 'cause no one's posted or anything since May. Meh. It's all good.

Yay:)

I got a letter from the DVR today saying that I qualify for financial assistance for school! It says I'm in Category 1- individuals with most severe disabilities:) I hoped my cerebal palsy & seizures would help me finish my education. Too bad I applied too late and am therefore on the waitlist:( But my counselor Daphne Martin will call me when I come off the waitlist so she can send WSU money. It probably won't happen until spring semester 2007, but better late than never:)
Thank you Lord... for answered prayers:)

Cell

Yesterday a little girl called my cell phone (and Annie's) five times. I only answered once, but not before I listened to the voice messages spoken in spanish... actually make that three messages in spanish. I tried to tell her that she had the wrong number the one time I answered, but I don't think she understood me 'cause she kept talking... I evenually hung up on her... I felt bad. We weren't getting anywhere though. Today I listened to another message. I understood pero, grasis and mi mama. The rest was definitely over my head. *shrug* It was fun to listen to 'cause it sounds so smooth and pretty.

In other news, I have my first final tomorrow in feature writing... it'll be easy... knock on wood...and I'm a goin' to the chapel to see my cousin get married at 7PM tomorrow at St. Paul's I believe... meh. I have to give up my bedroom for my aunt & uncle:(

A day in the life of Sally

Today Mexican President Fox came to visit Naches... Val and I drove by the protest against him on 40th & Washington ... we beeped our horn to support them. She was way excited.... don't really understand, but whatever:) We also went to see Stick It which is quite a good movie in my opinion. The main character shares my last name...that doesn't hurt;)
The quarter's over in 6 days!!!! I'm so ready to be done. Actually I'm more than ready to be done, but it's all the same.
In other news I'm getting a laptop in a few days.... it's comin' to the house in the mail and I got a cell phone for this summer & the next two years at least... while I'm away at school:)
Gonna go write two papers & stuff so ttyl.

Needing to vent

So today in like a half hour I go to classess to turn in two papers and do a debate about immigration. I was writing my paper for Ethnic Studies last night 'cause it was last on the list of things to do. My teachers are plotting against me by making everything due on on the same freaking day! So last night of course the computer totally froze up as I was about to write a supporting paragraph in the middle of the paper-the rest was written thank God. It evenually printed. So this morning dad was comparing me to his stupid 5th graders by saying that since they leave everything until the last minute blah blah blah and how they tell him their dog ate it, the printer ran out of ink etc etc. Hello I'm totally different than his stupid 5th graders! I have 4 different teachers and tons more work to do! When I have more than one paper plus other stuff to do something is going to have to be last. Anyways, I gotta go to class so ttyl.

Annoyed

I got my hair cut at SuperCuts this morning. My hair is too short! Short hair requires maintanence that I don't want to give it. I have better things to do with my time than make sure my hair doesn't flip out and look retarded. Grrrr. Plus it's too short and thick to put in a ponytail. (yes she thinned it) Plus it's different lengths which would've been cute just a little longer.... Grrrr. Hopefully it'll grow an inch or two real fast.
I saw Annie & Cherize at work:) I would've stopped to say hi and make fun of you guys, but Julie had other things she needed to do.
I signed up for summer classes today. I'm taking physical anthro and a child development class. Just 7 more credits and I'll be done:) Does Annie or Cherize still have an anthro book they want to let me buy?

Seattle

I went to Seattle yesterday for my doctor appointment and MRI. I swear Dr. Vlcek is gettin' skinner each time I see him... anyways he said that we're going to try and increase my Keppra and if that doesn't work we're going to go a new medication that starts with a T and ends with an l and if that doesn't work we'll go back to keppra and Tegretol. I wonder if it's possible to get through all that by August. I guess we'll find out, eh?
Now on to the MRI. It was interesting. I went into a tunnel thing and a machine made lound beepy and clicky noises. Oh and I had to lye perfectly still. It wasn't too hard though. I just closed my eyes and pretended I was in bed. I got to have those squishy ear plugs in so that my hearing wouldn't be damaged more than it already is. It only took half an hour.
After we were done at the Swedish Medical Center we went to Nordstroms! I got two pais of sandles:) Tevas and Keens. I'm totally excited! They're the only store that lets me get my two different sizes for the price of one. They kept the left foot 10 and the right foot 8 1/2 for the Keens and the left foot 9 and the right foot 7 for the Tevas:)
That was my day in a nutshell. Yep.

YESYESYESYESYES!!!

I got accepted to WSU fall semester 2006! Yay! I'm soooooo excited!

Fun with the Martinez Kids :)

Yesterday I got to hang out with Danny-8th grade, Maudi-7th grade and Pablo-4th grade.
Background: I was Pablo's mentor @ Orcas summer of '03. He and his siblings mentioned above attend/attended the after school program at WPC. They are Trailseekers. Their older brother Jesse raised them (he's 19), their dad is long gone and their mom is hooked on drugs. As a family they were locked in a bad cycle for a long time. They would live in an apartment/house for 3-4 months and then get evicted for not paying rent. The last time it happened in late January their mom abandanded them so they called Greg. For about a month they were living with a family member-I think. Then there was a hearing 'cause the kids are now a part of the system. When Greg showed up he was met by about 6 people from WPC who offered support/whatever he needed. The kids were going to be split up so the Chronisters volunteered to become their foster parents. (Jesse lives on his own & works fulltime.) Because they are now foster parents they have to go to two day long classes. Yesterday was one of them. So we took the kids for the day. I taught 'em how to play Apples to Apples, we watched Harry Potter #4, they played on the computer and we went to Randall Park to feed the ducks and ended up playing tag. My dad played too:) It's a miracle from heaven that these kids are so normal, smart, funny etc! Seriously, if you saw them you'd never guess. It's so awesome that they have a safe place to live now. Plus they have all kinds of new clothes and they get to shower regularly... stuff we take for granted. It makes me so happy to see them at church because they're finally getting what they deserve-a regular family life with all the fringe benefits.

And the news gets better. . .

Interject sarcasm.
This evening-like an hour and a halfish ago I listened to a message from Dr. Vlcek's receptionist that stated no driving for 6 months. Not really unexpected, but still sad. Just before that I talked to my boss (Roberta) who I called on Sunday so she could take my shift on Monday and not expect me on Tuesday, called my back. She said that she'd talked with her boss Shelly and they agreed that I need Dr. Vlcek to sign a paper to say that I can work by myself again. Roberta also said that she won't be telling the moms about my seizure. Does anyone else see a problem? So if you went into the future and you left your kids in a daycare while you worked (you too Margaret-I have a bet to win), you'd want to know if the employee taking care of your kids had had a seizure recently right? Of course. That's a no duh. So tomorrow I'm calling both Shelly and Roberta. I know the Chalet can't fire me, but if I can't work the hours Roberta needs me because the moms don't want me working alone with their kids, which is understandable- I'll quit so she can find someone else who can work the hours.
Just so everybody knows: no sad faces etc etc 'cause although I'm sad and this sucks majorly, it's all for my good. Okay so it isn't convincing quite yet. . . it will be. . . evenually:)
If you look on the upside I won't be wasting money on gas and maybe there will be interesting people on the Yakima bus. I've only ridden the bus in Yakima once to Kid's Castle this past summer with the kids at work and Roberta. It was actually kind of fun. Plus I could get a pass for the 6 months.

I need a title don't I. . .

On Valentine's Day I got this hilarious card from Banana girl! It has a REALLY ugly old man in a tutu on the front. He's standing on a trampline. On the inside it says ". . . and the search for Mr. Right continues." Heeheehee! Isn't that funny? I showed it to Aaron who said he should never see anything like it ever again. Later I had a conversation with Josh. He tried to tell me that all girls hate Valentine's Day if they're boyfriendless. I never got that. It's like those girls think that being miserable will do something. . . or telling everyone they hate Valentine's Day will get them a boyfriend somehow. Oh and I was talking to some other people who called it singles awareness day which spells SAD. How is that better? Personally I think people over play Valentine's Day. You get candy no matter what so I don't see what the problem is. It's just a day like any other really with the added bonus of candy. How can that make it a horrible day? I guess I'll just never get it.

Puzzeled

Today at 11:30-12:00 a gay couple & a lesbian couple got "married" in YVC's HUB. I'm puzzeled as to why YVC. I mean out of all the places in Yakima to get "married" they chose YVC. Anyway that was just weird and unexpected. It's not the first thing you'd expect to see upon walking into the HUB for Bible Study.
Otherwise life is regular & ordinary as usual. At work today I managed to break the phone. Don't ask me how I did it. I'm talented. I believe I pressed a button I wasn't suppose to on accident. Don't ask me how that broke the phone; it just did. It's the story of my life. :D
I get to write a paper this weekend, do summary questions & practice my presentation for nutrition.
It's Josh's b-day on Sunday. Anna & I made him a party in a box along with a little help from Aaron. :) We had a good time as usual:D
I was going to go visit my cousin, his wife & their two & a half month old baby next weekend with mi familia but I have to work Monday:(

Group Projects... grrrrr

I happen to REALLY dislike group projects in which the teacher chooses your group members. Mostly because I've never ever been in a group where someone besides me does any of the work! This time is no different. For nutrition we're doing a research project on different issues according to what group you're in. My group is doing Weight Issues/Energy Metabolism with vitamin B somewhere in there. It wouldn't be so hard except that we must get all of our research materials from scientific journals (which are next to impossible to understand), and they have to be studies of large numbers of people. Why doesn't Sarah just shoot me now and end my misery? I don't mind group projects when you can pick your group. That way you know if your group members are going to actually do any work so if they don't you dig your own grave. Unfortunately teachers have never seen it that way. They have extreme tunnel vision because all they see is that you'll meet/interact with classmates you otherwise wouldn't. But as a precaution they tell you that you get to grade your group members at the end. How 'bout in the mean time when I'm doing all the work?! Bet they never thought of that! It's like they blocked out their own group project experiences. (I refuse to believe that they all had great experiences because it's Murphy's Law that that'll never happen.) To top it off we have to write abstracts & summaries on the studies we find and then present it infront of the class. . . I HATE talking infront of groups of people!

ordinary as usual

Not a lot has happened since the beginning of the quarter, but then my life is pretty boring like that:)
On the 6th at work 4 yr old Mark told me that I can't do anthing right 'cause I'm just a woman. From the mouths of babes. . .
In math we gets points for easy things. . . like sending Mr. Jenck our email address and going to the bank and getting info on their different loan options:)
I babysat for an 18 month old this past Wednesday. He slept most of the time so I read.
Yesterday I filled out a paper and paid money so I can graduate after summer quarter.
I have my first big project in nutrition due on Thursday so I've been working on that a lot.
Tomorrow we're having a party for our minister of worship who's moving to Colorado at the end of the month:( In case people don't know my church is falling apart over the issue of divorce. I'm abandoning ship once college is over.

Back to School. . .

Today was the first day of school. . . sadness. It seemed like Christmas Break was just going to keep going on, but alas it didn't. Mr. Jenck for Math 102 is funny and interesting. He reminds me of Mr. Walker:) Mrs. Harrelson for Chicana/o art & culture should be teaching high school 'cause that's her teaching style. On the upside we get to read interesting books:) I read three chapters of one of the books already 'cause it was a real good read:) Too bad we have to write a paper on it later. . . oh well. Sarah in Nutrition is really nice:) Both Chicana/o & Nutrition are going to be a lot of work reading, nightly homework, papers, projects and weekly quizes/tests. (Definitely different from last quarter.)
It's snowing as I write this and my car's gas gauge is broken, the steering wheel is tight and it doesn't excellerate smoothly. . . so a trip to an auto shop will hopefully be in the near future. I gotta talk to my Daddy tonight. Oh and do a significant amount of homework:(

Only one more final to go. . .

Yes! I'm sooo ready to be done! I had my speech final today which I'm sure I did well on because the class is so easy and if you don't do well you belong back in junior high. (This class was high school all over again.) We had a group final for heaven's sake. Now I get to buckle down and prepare for the math final which is Wednesday. And then I get to tell Mr. Lopez goodbye forever and ever!!!!! He is such a HORRIBLE math teacher! I think he's worse than Berube was for the WV grads who might remember him. That's saying something.
In other news, my cousin Kate (pronounced Katie) got married this past Saturday. My new cousin-in-law is pretty awesome. Plus I actually "danced" at the reception:) And I got to know my cousin Ellie's fiance. Cory's a real nice guy:)
It is soooooo cold here in Yakavegas! I think it's too cold to snow. This morning I discovered much to my dismay that when it gets REALLY cold outside the water in my car door freezes and the driver's door doesn't latch when shut. That made for an interesting start to the day to say the least. Plus as I was trying to shut it one of the many times, I slammed my pointer finger on my right hand in it. So it hurts and is a nice purpleypink color.

Hospital rooms are REALLY small. . .

just in case you didn't know;) So as most of you know I went to Seattle's Swedish Medical Hospital for an EEG. I don't really know what that stands for. It means they monitor your brain activity to see if you're having seizures. I've had two EEGs before but they were short 20 minute ones. This one was 48 hours to the minute. I was stuck in a regular size hospital room (Hence the title), attached to the wall by a cord or as I called it a leash. It wasn't all bad. the leash was long enough to walk the length of the room and to the bathroom. And my mom was with me most of the time. We played cards, read and watch tv. . . plus my dad got me a portable dvd player so I watched Shrek 2 and Lois & Clark the Advertures of Superman season one. Oh and I did homework. :D The nurses were nice especially Audree-Rose, Criss and Janet. Oh and Colleen, but she's not a nurse. I forget what she is. . . no matter. And Greg the IV guy. He had a good sense of humor:) Anyways, I had wires stuck to my head via glue stuff that's water soluable which I'm still trying to get out of my hair after three washes. . . Oh and I was video taped for the entire 48 hours so I mostly had to stay on my bed so I was on film. . . my 15 minutes plus of fame ;) And the diagenoses is. . . the dead weight feeling is not caused by seizure but by my cerebral palsy. Translation-they can't really do anything for me. Strangely that doesn't bug me too much. As I was lying in bed Monday night I realized that this really isn't in my control 'cause whatever's gonna happen is gonna happen. End of story. It's going to be okay. My doc is going to decrease my baclofen and get me some physical therapy. I went to physical therapy at Memorial through 4th grade and at school through 7th grade, but this kind will be do it yourself 5 minutes in the morning 5 minutes at night stuff I can do in the comfort of my own home or wherever which is definitly better:)