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We finally got the kitchen around 1, and all the ladies went in and unpacked as much as they needed and began cooking. Mom knew that I was feeling bad, so she told me to find our cabins and unpack our clothes and such. She gave my cousin Patricia the key to unlock the bunkhouse and all the cabins, and I agreed to follow her and just plah-kay myself down in whichever one of the cabins I choose. So, Pat, Jerry (Bernadine's youngest) and I dissembarked. I was in my little car (which reeked of rotten watermelon) and Pat and Jerry were in Pat's big diesel truck. They lead and I followed through the twisting labyrinth that is Chicot State Park. Finally we came upon Cabins 1-5. So, we parked on the side of the road and went over to cabin 1 to try and unlock it. It wouldn't unlock. We tried again. Still, no go. We went over to cabin 2 and faced the same thing.

So...we left my car parked where it was and went back to the front office. Pat explained our problem and then returned to the truck laughing. Turns out, there are 5 cabins behind the kitchen (where we were originally)...... so, we went and got my car, and then went back to the group area. We trekked back to the 'cabins'. It was pathetic. They were little rooms, each with six bunk beds and an AC. That was it. There was a separate building that had mens and womens shower stalls and toilets (two of each). We were told that all these facilities were self contained (meaning furnished with everything you would need)... they aren't. The beds are almost entirely bare. The kitchen, though full of pots and pans, had no seasonings, plates, forks, knives, spoons or glasses. When we told Mom, she was so disappointed and frustrated, she looked like she might cry. I know for a fact that she wanted to. We tried to make light of it, and assure her that we could handle it anyway, but she was still upset by it. Still, they were busy making the gumbo and potato salad for that night, so she had something to occupy herself with... otherwise, she would've thought about it too much and been more upset. You know how that is.

Technically, we got this place at a great deal. It isn't cheap by any means, but it's cheap in comparison for what we want. But still, the pictures of the cabins online are the pictures of plush places, with sofas and beds and flat screen TVs. Not wall-to-wall bunk beds and communal bathrooms. Mom's worked hard to pull this together, and it's upsetting to see so little be supplied considering how much she's put into it.

Most easily put, I hate this place. I'm still sick, though not feverish, so at least that isn't a worry. But still. I'm the type of person that likes my own space. Bunk beds are confining. And the fact that I can't have privacy in a shower... That's just my own private hell. If I were perfectly healthy, I would hate this place.

We've managed to borrow sleeping bags from those that came more prepared. Still. It just isn't what we'd thought it'd be.

Oh well. I'm absolutely exhausted, and it's terribly freezing in here. Goodnight, Sunshines =..=

You Are "Across the Universe"

You are spiritual, deep, and at peace. You try to keep life in perspective. You can't help but realize how small you are in the universe. You're just thankful you exist. You tend to be a stream of consciousness thinker. You just let your thoughts flow, even when they don't make sense initially. You trust your intuition to guide you. You know that whatever is in your heart is right and true.

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The Bad News. Still haven’t gotten all of the Nexus primed and we still haven’t gotten around to calling the flooring guy.

The Good News. My Dad painted all upstairs and all of the trim ^..^ Today he wants to finish priming the rest of the house.

The Bad News. My Dad thinks he broke 2 of his toes while he was mowing the lawn. He didn’t get the chance to cut the back yard because of the rain.

The Good News. He got the whole front yard cut! That’s something!

The Bad News. Comcast is being a total ass again, and we don’t have internet at my house.

The Good News. Mom and Dad are switching to satellite...as soon as they figure out what to go with.

I think I sound like an America’s Funniest Home Videos bit, so I’m gonna stop now =..= So…it’s been weird. Although, my routine hasn’t been very disturbed really. It’s just a very good thing I have the internet at work.

So, today, Dad’s hoping to prime his little heart out, and then when I get home (after we all eat) I want to help out a bit. The Labor Day weekend will help a bit if only because we’ll be able to do more ^..^ I ended up ordering those other end tables that I wanted (please, God, don’t let this sale fall through as well), but only because Dad gave me $100. I was shocked when he did, because I didn’t think we had much money to spare, but evidently his social security check came in and he was feeling generous. Don’t I have the best Dad in the world?

So...I placed the order for 2 end tables this morning. I’m hoping it’s processed and shipped soon. I’m hoping that all the painting will be done by Labor Day. Then we’ll have all next week to worry about the flooring. I’ve decided not to put so much hope into getting so much done in one day. Dad still needs to worry about mowing the rest of the yard and all before it rains again, not to mention the time it takes for the paint to dry. But, I gotta say, until I saw that paint on the upstairs, I felt like it would never happen and now I’m actually excited. But it always goes slower than you want it to...I just have to remember not to let myself get depressed. Oh, and those shelves that Dad was supposed to put up in my room and never did? Yeah, those are gonna go in my back room, and I think I’ll probably turn that into a library/computer/guest room thing. Guess it’s almost a good thing he never got around to putting those up.

I need to get more sharpies...Meh

Well, Lunch is almost over. I’ll write (or VP) later, Sunshines.

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I fixed us some Raman noodle (spiced up with a bit of Mrs. Dash), but he didn’t want his. Said he didn’t think his stomach could handle it. So it was just me eating. I watched a bit of The Soup with him, but he wanted to go lay down then, so I just turned off the TV (to give him the chance to fall asleep) and washed the dishes. I figured, Mom wouldn’t want to come home to a dirty kitchen and all. So, Twin-san, if you got on WoW tonight and wondered why I wasn’t there, this is why -.- Gomen ne. Oh, and in case you didn’t know, Ceire has mail. Gomen about that too =.=’

Luckily, Mom’s Christmas gift came in today. I wrapped it right away when I got home, so her gift is already wrapped. So’s Tiffany’s now that I think of it. But I ran out of tape right after that, so Alley and Scamp’s gifts are still unwrapped...which is good, ‘cause I haven’t finished stuffing that huge box that Scamp’s gift is in with packing. I need to pack it tighter so that there won’t be any spaces for the thing to move around.

Speaking of Scamp, we’ve been talking a bit about getting together for Thanksgiving….but it looks like we’re at an impasse here. Mom wants them to come down the week before Dad comes home, because (since we live here around Dad’s kin) Dad’s family always expect us to celebrate Thanksgiving with them. But Alex’s birthday is on the 11th which is the day Mom had planned. I mentioned something about maybe them coming down the Sunday before Dad comes in and her just getting her birthday present (which is totally separate from her Christmas present ^.^) a little early. But I think we’ve decided to tell our parents to work it out. Either way, I am bringing her her gift…if I have to come down the weekend before her birthday and spend and give it to her myself, then so be it. But one way or another, I want to give it to her myself.

In a related note, Scamp mentioned that Billy was cockney (not sure if I’m spelling that right or not, but hey, I spell ‘em like I sound ‘em out ^.^), and that they actually had a sort of language that they used as a way of confusing the local authorities because the cops back then didn’t like the cockney people overly much. Something to do with a lot of the words rhyme or something...it wasn’t overly clear -.- But anyway. I was thinking that’d be a great idea for my Knaves. Knaves in my story are a type of Rogue character. They’re can be anything from simple pick-pockets and thieves to master assassins. And of course it follows that, like in EverQuest, they have they’re own sort of language. In EQ they called it Theives’ Cant or some other such. But I was thinking that what Scamp’s told me of Cockney sounds perfect for the basis of a language for my Knaves. In theory at least. I’ve yet to put the idea into practicality.

Completely off subject here….there are flies in my house. I’m not talking about little buzzers either. No no no. These are big flies. There are at least 6 of them; 1 in the kitchen, 2 in my room, and 3 in the bathroom. They’ve been bugging the living hell out of me if only because I cannot figure out how they got here! I don’t leave my door open, so how’d they get in? They’re really bothering me too, because they’ll sit there on the wall forever to the point where you’ll be like “oh well, at least they’re not buzzing about me in that aggravating fashion.” And then they’ll be all buzzing about as if they’ve got a score to settle!

Ok. I’m too tired to go on, so that means this entry’s done for the night…..’night!

Beware, for I am: Calm

Ok, so today was trying but ok. Only a few things to touch on.

This morning, Nicole showed around 7:30ish and let me in. She said she’d have a key made for me that way I wouldn’t be locked out like that again. So, I worked from 7:30 – 11 and then went home and came back at 2 and worked till 5. I don’t think I’ll be doing that Monday. This week we’ve had a relatively light load of charts to log (only 166 for the whole week), but Monday is always our busiest day. So, I’ll be pulling the early morning crap later in the week.

Oh yeah. After coming home and eating, I’d gotten really sleepy. It was probably a mixture of the rainy weather and the fact that I hadn’t eaten quickly enough. So, when I went back to work I was noticeably tired. I went down stairs to make copies, and the doctor was there. He was talking to the receptionist, and I didn’t really want to interrupt. He stopped and said, “Hi, Tracie. You didn’t even say ‘Hi.’ To me.”

So I told him. “Sorry. I’m on autopilot right now.”

And he said, “That can be dangerous.” And I replied,

“Only if the pilot’s smoking weed in the cabin.”

*beat*

“...Wow...”

It takes a lot to actually stump the good doctor, so I found it very amusing. I swear the words were out of my mouth before I even had time to think. “Only if the pilot’s smoking weed in the cabin.” ? WTF, mates?

Uh...oh yeah. In other news. I was delighted as a giddy-teenage-fan-girl when I realized that not only Threshold, but also Supernatural was coming to DVD box set soon. Please pardon my drooling. I would’ve preordered them already if it weren’t for the sufficient lack of funds. But pay day is next week, so no worries there. And Mom gave me the money I’d used to pay for her medicine while I was in town. With gas being so high and all, I figured there was no use in making two trips, so I just picked up the stuff for her. Didn’t know it’d be that expensive though. But still. All’s well. As soon as I can get the DVDs that is -.- Threshold’s released on the 22nd of this month, and Supernatural comes out September 5...for all my fellow freaks who may be interested. I literally cannot wait to buy both of them. Seriously. I mean, I’ve already had to ditch the taped episodes of Threshold because I wore them down. And what sold it for me on the Supernatural disc deal? They have a gag reel! Any DVD that has a gag reel is worth watching if only for the gag reel, people! (Watch the Pirates of the Caribbean one! It’s a hoot! “Is that a plane?”)

Ok...what else? Oh yeah. The web site is taking forever to upload those pics of MechaCon. Seriously. It’s just weird that it does that. I never noticed it before this though.../shrugs Oh well. It’ll happen when it happens na no da.

Also, tonight’s episode of The Soup was so uplifting. I mean, it made me all giggly and that made me think “Oh! I should post!” Because I never feel like posting when I’m depressed because I don’t think anyone will want to read it or they wont care, but when I feel good...I think no one but me will care, but at least I still do! So yeah. Oh, and I so agree the Lou should’ve won that contest. Wait was the dancing one with Fergie? Man that was really whacked. How can they call that girl talented. She’s just a hoochie really. Ah well. In this country they award anyone and say their talented. Geesh.

Oh, another thing. So, this morning’s Angel was the one where they throw Spike into the Angel mix, right? Well, I’ve never really watched Buffy, ok? I’ve heard tale of this Spike creature. I’ve seen friends go gaga talking about him, and I’ve looked at pictures of him online...I had to say, I didn’t think there was much to him. I mean, sure. Ok. He’s not a whimp, obviously. And he has good grooming habits what with what it must’ve taken to get his hair like that and all. But honestly, he wasn’t overly appealing to look at, right? …This morning, I heard him talk...and I realized what the obsession was about. It’s the accent. Face it, guys. An accent used the right way makes girls bibbidy. Usually and more specifically, British accents, Cajun accents, European accents, and occasionally Austrailian and Kiwi accents. I now understand what the attraction is, ladies. And all I can say is, give the boy more lines. I want to hear him talk. Thank you. That’s all.

If there was anything else, I’ve forgotten it. So, g’night everyone.

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Beware, for I am: Groggy

Ok, so I haven’t posted in a while. Anyone wanna guess why?....right. Why guess when I’m sure to be telling you anyway -.- Work’s been work is all. I get home and I’m just super tired. The boss lady wants the storage room to be in tip-tip shape by September because we’re being ‘audited’ although not in the sense that most people get audited. This is someone from another clinic coming to look at ‘how we do things’. Of course, what with 200+ charts coming in every week, and the 5,000+ that were all ready there, getting all of them into their proper place is nigh-on impossible. I spent two full hours (without a break) in that hot room yesterday before I came home. And I feel I can say with absolute certainty that what Secret says about it’s deodorant being tough enough to stand a man’s job is nothing but hog wash. When I got home yesterday, I positively reeked =___=

Speaking of ‘when I got home’ a few things happened yesterday when I got home. The most notable is that Mom had a migraine. She used to be plagued with them, and now they come and go but they don’t bother her near as much. I reckon it was from cutting the grass in the blazing heat of the noon-day sun. So, shortly after I got home and showered, she took a pill and went to bed. She’s yet to stir from that room a’hers and I’m figuring that’s best left alone. She could use the rest.

In other news, I talked with Chibi and Reiko yesterday. I was surprised to get a call from Chibi, and she was on her cell phone no less. We’ve decided to get together Saturday around noon. I called Reiko’s place, but she wasn’t there. Listened to her Dad for about 20 minutes telling me about how she never listens to him, and he’s pretty much decided not to get on that ‘emotional rollercoaster’ with her and all that jazz. Then about fifteen minutes later, I get a call from Reiko on her bf’s cell phone. They’re at the mall and evidently her mom had called her to tell her I’d called (man...that sounds weird). She said she’d come over with bf in tow Saturday around 10ish to just hang out and then we’d head over to Chibi’s after that. That reminds me, I need to buy a lasagna...I had mentioned making a lasagna at Chibi’s instead of ordering pizza because we all love lasagna; and, last time I made one neither Chibi nor Reiko got to eat any of it. So yeah. Guess I'll have to grab a few movies from my collection and bring 'em on over. Oh, that reminds me. I cannot forget to bring Chibi's Firefly back -.-''''

All that blathering was basically to say that we’re having a Sloth’s Con. Saturday. Whoopee.

Also, I just got an e-mail saying that it’s my Ebay Anniversary. So, a year ago today was when I started Ebay-ing (that’s like baying at the moon, only it costs more ^_^). Go me.

Well, that’s all (at least all I can think of) for this morning. Ja, till later.

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Your LiveJournal Pirate Crew LiveJournal Username Fifteen men on a dead man's chest! Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum! Ew... How unsanitary. *dances a jig on a dead man's chest* Cutlass or pistol? Cutlass Pistol Torpedo Heat vision What is the name of your pirate ship? Where is your secret pirate base? Jolly Pirate Island Treasure Island Pleasure Island Island of Doom Gilligan's Island Windfall Island What kind of loot do you prefer? Pieces of eight! Bling! Babes! Booze! Crowns and scepters! Target giftcards! What do you and your crew prefer to be called? Freebooters! Swashbucklers! Corsairs! Seadogs! Desperados! Pirates, of course! Parrot or monkey? Parrot Monkey Unicorn Kitten T-Rex Argh! Ahoy, matey! Avast! Shiver me timbers! I'll see you to Davy Jones! Argh! Ack! Gah! *thud*   Your capable first mate nutmeggy Your bumbling cabin boy with a heart of gold amai_tenshi The aloof, yet honorable, pirate with a mysterious past lastingtwilight Is always the first one into the fray green_goblin70 Is the naval officer who ruthlessly pursues your ship _guinevere_ Is the comical pirate who is always drunk on grog radric Is currently in Davy Jones's locker tinhuviel The amount of money you make as a pirate $45,481   This Fun Quiz created by Lynn at BlogQuiz.Net

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PS: TGIF =_______=’’’’’

Beware, for I am: Drained

What a day. I literally buzzed through work. I did everything so fast and with this boundless energy. I was only tired when I sat down in my car and it was like “Phew…” Then I got home and showered and lounged about. After letting the tenseness settle out of my system, I wrote Twin-san a e-mail and then got to work proofing my next chapter for the EQ Saga. It’s ready and I’ve already loaded the document up to FF.net, but I reminded myself that I don’t want to post it till the 10th. I quickly realized it was like 11:30, so I could just wait a while, and then post it ^___^

So yeah. That’s all that’s happened today. I’m happy with the next chapter. Especially the ending. So that was my day. Later!

Lasagna...goo~ood.

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Intellectual main girl: You are the character that can almost see into the future. There are the dumb blondes all around you pointing out the odvious, the ditzy lead girl, the sorcoress warning them all, yet only you seem to get it. In the story you warn everyone almost subconsiouly of impeeding danger but they never seem to notice.cloths: normal school girl cloths, your not the darkest one, but you would be wearing darker cloths then most of the regular blonde characters... or deeper colored.eyes: dark brown or hazel.ambition: to be a kid and live your life, but it never turns out that way. You always know more then everyone else but no one gives you the time of day.
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