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Happy BURN Day

Here's my little husky (not so little anymore, he'll be 4 this year!!) in the snow!! He loves it!!

11/11/1990. Fortunately I don't remember this day, just what my family has told me. It can either be considered the best, or the worst day of my life, depending on how I look at it. I'm on vacation with my family in Cape Cod. I'm four years old. My aunt, uncle, mom, dad, older sister and I are eating at a restaurant. They order coffee, they've been obsessed with coffee even before the Starbucks craze! The waitress, whom I have been told is middle-aged, brings the coffee and all the cups on a tray to our table. As she does so, a fork or spoon falls on the ground, I'm not even sure who dropped it, maybe it was me? maybe it was the table behind us? I don't know, I'm going to have to ask my parents about this. As the waitress goes to pick up the utensil, she drops the whole tray, hot coffee pot and all, on me. From there it's chaos.  My whole family is freaking out, I don't really think I was crying or screaming, just in shock. I was wearing a Mickey Mouse shirt I think (we go to Florida every year!). People in the restaurant bring over a bucket of ice and pour it on me. Which I don't believe is too smart. My coffee soaked shirt had to be cut off of me because some of it was stuck/melted to my skin. By the time the ambulance arrives I'm in complete shock. Most of my back and my right arm is burned. I have 3rd degree burns on about 1/3 of my body. Some of my skin has bubbled/blistered. I spent time in the hospital in Cape Cod, then they release me. When I check-in at the hospital in Connecticut, they tell my family that the hospital in Cape Cod has released me too early and I need to stay there for around a week. I've seen videos of them putting special burn bandages on me and I'm screaming and crying. My mom tells me I had to soak in a certain antibiotic type bath and they had to peel the dead skin off of me, I also screamed and cried when they did that. In preschool I had to make sure no one sat near my right side. Even as I got older some girls (bitches), would call me melt arm. Although it bothered me somewhat, I just kept in mind that the August after I graduated high school I would start collecting lawsuit money. When I turned 18, I would be collecting it the rest of my life. For the four years (college years) after I graduated high school, I got a large lump some in August to pay for my college. Each month I get a certain amount of money. My back has no visible scar, sometimes when I get sunburnt the skins gets irritated and bumpy, and my arm has a pretty decent scar, but people don't really notice it unless I point it out. My parents said they took me to Schneiders (sp) burn center to see what can be done about my scar. They said when they got there they realized how fortunate we were. There were children who's faces have been burnt, who's fingers were melted together. I've considered getting surgery to cover up the burn. They could insert a bag under my arm, fill it with fluid to stretch the skin and then cut the burn out, then I would have a scar that's just a straight line. I think it's stupid, why would I go through all that just to have another scar. A couple years ago, on 11/11, my mom said to me, "Happy Burn Day". Now we kind of joke about it. Every now and again I wonder if the waitress ever thinks about me. I hope she knows I'm okay. I think it's probably something she'd never forget. I wish there was a way to contact her. I would jokingly thank her. I would tell her that I'm fine, and that she didn't ruin my life because I actually don't even remember the event. My parent's said for a while I was scared of restaurants, but I'm not anymore. Somedays, I don't even think about my burn. I honestly think, if I could go back in time, I would want my parent's to go into that restaurant again. I wouldn't change anything about that day....

snow & black thongs!

This pic was taken when I was on vacation in Virginia Beach. It was taken in North Carolina, we took a day trip down to outer banks and went jet skiing!! It was awesome!! 

Well since work was canceled I slept until 2!! I didn't feel like going to my blood donation appointment and now I feel horrible about it! I just watched t.v. and relaxed until my boyfriend got out of work. We went and bought a snow tube and went sledding with Jenn and her boyfriend, Bobby. It was pretty fun, but it was freezing and snow kept getting into my eyes and they still feel sensitive even though I got my lasik eye surgery almost a year ago!! This is the last month I have to pay my lasik eye loan!! yay!! We also watched the movie "the strangers" it was an alright movie. I plugged my ears a lot, which is what I do during scary movies. 

Well since today was pretty boring I would like to share a story about something that happened to me about 5 or 6 years ago. So you know how when you work at a place that has a dress code, you pretty much only have a few pairs of pants you can wear to your job. Well that's how I am! So one day I wake up late for work, I rush to get dressed, and go! Well I am up front ringing out customer all morning and then I finally get a break. So I go to the back of the store to use the bathroom and right when I get back there, before I can even go, the guy up front pages me to come back up to the front of the store.... well I get up there and I see that he is holding something in his hand. When I reach the counter and asks me "is this yours?" I look in his hand and there was the black, lace thong that I wore the last time I wore those pants!! I wanted to die, I just said "yes" took them and put them in my pocket. (they were one of my favorite, I couldn't deny them being mine!!) I was kind of embarrassed but this kind of thing happens to me all the time, so I was pretty accustomed to it by then! lol

Well I told my mom how I wanted to save my money to get a dog and she said no. There is still a pretty good chance I am going to get one anyways, so told me no about the husky and now she and my father love him so, I think it will all work out! Tomorrow I work 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and then I have to write a paper and study for my class I have tomorrow night @ 7. 

Off to shower, read, & then sleep....

Chihuahuas & Sugar Gliders

This the view we had from our timeshare hotel last August when we went to West Palm Beach. The hotel is gorgeous and so is the water. Josh and I had googles and we went swimming and saw some beautiful fish & stingrays! When we were swimming back to our beach area I noticed a little fish trying to eat my belly button ring and I freaked out! I thought he was going to bite me! He followed me for a long time, then disappeared for a while and then found me again! Eventually he left me alone! 

So today I went to TJ Maxx with my sister Jenn, she needed to return a necklace. I ended up shopping but I only bought three shirts, I was going to buy four but when I got to the counter, my white tank top had stains on it! I ended up buying two tube/halter tops (you can choose how to wear it) and  a really cute tank top! I am so excited for summer!! Of course currently we are having a huge snow storm! My work got canceled for tomorrow which is exciting. My dad reminded me how if my work is closed then I won't get paid. I don't mind because I know either way, every month on the 16th I get money that gets directly deposited into my account and now that I am not buying a house until the fall, I can spend money and not have to worry about it. Plus I'll be getting my taxes back soon. Also I believe I sold both of my sugar gliders which is cool. One guy I talked to doesn't know whether he wants a boy or a girl but he already has a boy so I am telling him he should probably get a girl. Also my friend Anna's male sugar glider just died, like literally less than 24 hours ago, so she wants to buy my male one so that her female doesn't get lonely. So I am going to sell the female to the guy who wanted the male for the male price of 150$ and also sell the one to my friend for 150$. And I am getting like 300$ back from taxes so I am really excited! yay. My boyfriend and I are saving some money because we really want to go on vacation!

Also I am saving because in the next couple months I want to get a chihuahua! Like a really tiny one! I am really excited for this because I have been wanting one for a long time now! I don't want to spend more than $1200 for one. Also I am scared for how he/she will be when I go away to Florida in July. I will have to see if my older sister can take car of him. The good thing about them is that they're tiny. Also in Virginia Beach, a lot of hotels allow dogs! There's this really nice hotel we stayed at last year that allowed dogs and it was actually really clean, cleaner and nicer than some of the hotels we stayed at that didn't allow dogs, which is funny because you would expect a hotel that allows dogs to be scummy! I want a black and brown one and I think I want a short hair! We already have a beagle/foxhound type of dog, that my older sister brought home, and a husky that I bought. I think a chihuahua will fit right in!

I see an infomercial for bare minerals and how great it is! I had it and I think it fucking sucked! I hate powder makeup. It looks awful. I'm more of a tinted moisturizer kind of girl! Also I love Burt's Bees! It's my all time favorite chapstick. I have been using it for probably 5 years now and I will never ever buy any other chapstick, it works awesomely! I watched the series finale of Girls Next Door today and I saw at the end a preview of Kendra's new show and I am really excited it looks so good! I love her she's so funny! 

Off to read and then sleep, I have read more books in the past two months then I did all last year. I love it....

The weekend! It's almost over =(

This picture was taking in September 2008 when I went to 

Cape Cod with my parent's. Neither of my sisters went with me. It was almost like I was an only child, which today I wished I was for a hot second. 

On Friday I went shopping with my aunt because she has a blind date next Wednesday or Thursday. I went shopping at Hollister I bought either five or six tank tops/tube tops and sweatpants capri things. I love Hollister clothes they're my favorite. I saw these really cute white pants, but they only had them in size 11 and also this really cute white shirt, but they only had it in size 9!! I might go back with my boyfriend in a few weeks and see if they have more sizes out. Then later that night I went to Walmart with Josh and we met up with Ernest there! ( I know how exciting!!) I bought new bras because my 36 C's made me look like I had four boobs!! Then we played Wii (outdoor adventure and Wii sports) for the rest of the night and Josh kept getting mad because I was doing better than him in bowling, he would literally restart the game when he was doing bad!! 

Then today (not Sunday but Saturday since I am writing at 3 a.m. but haven't slept yet I still consider it Saturday) I went and got my eyelashes done, and went to Walmart to buy deodorant because I forgot to buy it the day before and had none, and there were kids from the school I work at selling girl scout cookies and of course I had to buy some how annoying!! I bought some for me and Josh so that's ok! Then went I got home from my eyelashes/walmart trip, my sister, Jenn, called and asked if I wanted to watch a movie with her, and that is where the trouble began. 

She comes homes and I finish watching my show and then pass her the remote and tell her to start looking for a movie, and then she starts clicking through the channels. So annoying because we never watch movies that are on t.v., just the ones ondemand. So I tell her to give me the remote back because I was getting pissed, plus I was having a little anxiety. She would not give it back, I started getting firmer in my asking for it back. Then she starts laughing and saying that I am acting like a child. So I am like "you're acting just as childish as I am about this situation." Meanwhile she is still not fucking giving me the remote back. So I start getting like hardcore anxiety, like shaking and my throat is starting to like hurt. So I tell her I don't want to watch a movie anymore and eventually she gives me the remote back. Needless to say, I needed to take a xanax after that. 

Let me tell you a little bit about my little sister Jenn. The other day she would not let our older sister, Tara, have a CD to burn. Saying that everyone takes them on her. When I ask her to have something of hers, like some kind of food she bought or something she flips out saying how she bought it, blah blah blah. Even if we don't save something that my mom has made for her she flips out. I mean she literally writes her name on things in the fridge that are hers and gets all pissed if you ask her for some. Which would be fine, but let me tell you a little about me, I share. I am not a spoiled brat, for instance after Jenn wouldn't let Tara have a CD, I let Tara have one of mine. Whenever I have shoes or something I don't want anymore I give them to Jenn. Jenn was wearing my shirt the other day without fucking asking me. She borrows my stuff all the time. I share ice cream with her whenever she asks. I used to take her to get facials with me all the time when I went, when I used to go shopping I used to buy her stuff all the time (although I would make her carry all the bags lol) but still. And after all of that, she had the nerve to criticize my spending habits, after I used to buy her shit all the time! I bought my jeep and my mustang, my parent's bought her her car. One time my parent's wanted to borrow her car for a trip down to Virginia Beach because our van (we have one with a t.v. and stuff so the roof is a little high) was too big to fit in the parking, and she wouldn't let them saying that she didn't want to put miles on her car! How rude. In the summer when I have my jeep and my mustang on insurance, I let my dad take my jeep whenever he needs to.  I can't even believe we were raised buy the same parents! It's insane! Like she wants them to pay for her college, but not only that, the month before she goes to college she wants to quit work and she expects my parents to give her money, and pay for her cell phone bill and pay for her car insurance. And the sad thing is, if she is bitchy enough they will do it. I literally gave my parents $30,000 and you don't see my bitching about it. She just doesn't know how to appreciate anything and it's so annoying.... wow I can't believe how long I just bitched about her for. I almost feel bad, almost.

So after Josh came over and we played Wii for a little bit, then me, him and my mom ordered Chinese food, and then we all agreed upon and rented Burn After Reading. Well here's how that went.... my  mom was on the phone and the computer the whole time, and Josh fell asleep after about 15 minutes. There I was stuck watching it, I didn't really even like it. Then when there is about 30 minutes left of the movie, my mom starts asking questions about what's going on lol. I also talked to some guy today who might want to buy one of my sugar gliders, which makes me sad because I really wanted to sell them together so they wont get lonely. But he already has one so.... I don't know what to do. I really need to sell them though. I might meet up with him during the week so he can meet them. 

Well I have nothing to do Sunday (aka today I guess). It's suppose to snow Sunday night which will be cool because maybe I won't have work on Monday or if the kids have a delayed opening at least I get to go in an hour later! I am suppose to be donating blood also on Monday at the church down the street from my house. Oh and also my dad and I just bought an Xbox 360 which I am excited about.

casino & eye lash extensions

This is a picture from the Neptune Festival in Virginia Beach, although this one was not part of the display of sand sculptures, I thought it was pretty.

Well my day off went by fast. I don't think I accomplished anything on my to-do list. I called the eye doctor. I looked up dentists online and didn't even call. I called the school and asked when the last day to drop classes is. I called the mortgage loan place, actually I called two places. I decided that maybe I should wait until the fall when I work full time to invest in a home. Plus I most definitely don't have enough money to do it right now. I was told I would need 20% down and the first six months of payment in the bank because of my debt to income ratio. So in the fall I will have a higher income and a smaller debt! It will work out perfectly. Plus my credit score will be better! Tomorrow I'm going to the casino for my aunt's 50th birthday! It's going to be fun. She is going to freak out because my uncle, aka her brother, got her a whole bunch of "over the hill" stuff. She is not a very humorous woman. She gets mad when she comes over and our dogs come near her. I don't know if I am really going to gamble because I don't really want to waste money, since I never win. But I get a free $5 slot play, so maybe I will play just a little. I might get a new outfit for the occasion, but I haven't decided yet. I have to stop at my "eye lash lady's" work, to get my aunt a gift certificate. We both get eye lash extensions put on professionally, it's so much easier and more convenient then wearing mascara. It only cost $35 dollars a week. When you first get them on, it cost $295. I got them done in August 2007 for my trip to Jamaica with my boyfriend, it was my mom's idea, needless to say I loved them and have been getting them ever since! It kinda sucked when I first got them because when I went jet skiing, I got so much salt water in my eyes and I wasn't sure how or if I could wipe them. Now I am still a little cautious with them, but I am so used to them now, that when I got lasik eye surgery and had to have them off for a month, it was so weird. I hated it. Even the kids at the school I work at noticed when they weren't on! I will have to upload an image of them so you can see how great they really are!

Off to shower and then sleep....

Now I need a xanax!

This picture was taken in August 2007 when I to upstate New York with my parent and sister. We stayed on the New York side, but also went over to the Canadian side, it was pretty cool! 

Work today was alright, I was pretty tired. Then I came home, at a vegetarian chicken sandwich w/ cheese lol. It was good! My younger sister and I then went to starbucks (Iced green tea is my jam!) and then came home and studied together for our sign language test. I think I did pretty good on that, I got a 104 on my last exam!

Well no work tomorrow yay! I have to call a NEW real estate agent because mine sucks. I also have to call a Statefarm mortgage agent. I have to call a NEW dentist because mine was rude to me. I also have to find a new eye doctor because mine sucked! I don't know why but for some reason, all these people have pissed me off somehow in the past year and it's time to upgrade them!

Real Estate agent: has not returned my emails. Said she was going to call last week to set up times to go see homes and then never did. Tries to "push" buying  a condo on me. (I'm investing, not moving out of my parent's house yet!)

Mortgage agent: has attitude, lectures me on my past mistakes, saying when I got lump sums of my annuity I should have saved it (which I should have, because I'd be able to buy a house with cash right now, but who is she to lecture me!!). On the paperwork from the court it says 200,000 paid to probate, and she tried to tell me that my parent's probably took that money from me because they figured they were raising me (when obviously probate is probate court, that bitch!)

Dentist: One doctor visit I sat in the waiting room for a half hour, then rechecked in with them to remind them that I was still there, then waited for another half hour, I got up again to see what the fuck was going on because now I am pissed, I hate fucking waiting. So I go up to the check-in window and remind then yet again that I am fucking waiting. You know what they say "oh we forgot to tell you that he (the dentist) can't see you today because he is with a different patient." Now WTF is up with that, but it doesn't end there! THEN when I go back in about 4 months (not the rescheduled visit from the past experience, I just like to go three times a year), I was not even, NOT EVEN, 5 minutes late, and they tell me they can't take me because I am late! Tell me that's not fucked up!

Eye doctor: He didn't really suck that bad, but his receptionist did, and whoever files the visits to the insurance company sucked because they said I wasn't covered when obviously I fucking am, I am not stupid, I go to school to be on my parents insurance!

Also tomorrow I have to go to school and drop 3 out of the 4 classes I am taking at school. They all suck. The only one I like is Sign Language. They other ones are so annoying. Like for two of my classes I have the same teacher, and I have had her in the past, and we're doing the same things we did in the other classes in the new classes! It's so annoying. Plus she wants us to do hours of observation at a school, which I can not do, because I work at a school! I tried telling her this, and so she told me I only had to do 5 hours of observations! How the fuck does that help! It doesn't. Plus I did the same observations last time I had her fucking class!!!!

Well I'm pretty tired and now kind anxious and pissed off from recapping all these past events so I am off to take a xanax, read and then go to bed!!

Continued....

So my older sister is hardcore in debt. She has to give her whole check to my dad to help her pay off all her credit card debt which she has a lot of. She likes this girl and will do anything for her so she was always charging stuff and planning and paying for vacations and then the girl would ditch her, which has happened more than once!! We all don't really like the girl so much because of this reason. Soo last weekend, a.k.a. Valentine's day weekend, my sister has claimed that her job has lost everyone's check at work. Well needless to say my parents don't believe her, so my mom investigated in her room while she was away at the girl's house babying the girls dog. When she was in there, she found weed!! lol Not that my parents would even care! But my mom got caught out and my sister flipped out! Like hardcore, saying she is going to move out, blah, blah, blah. I feel bad, but she shouldn't lie. Her and my younger sister (only sometimes with the younger one) are so rude and mean to our parents and I feel horrible. My mom is like my best friend!

As for the rest of the night:  My boyfriend and I got Chili's salads today, watched Burn Noticed, relaxed and then he was tired and still a little sick so he went home to bed and I just watched t.v. over the screaming of my sister.

Time to feed the sugar gliders and sleep!