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Friday, December 17, 2004
9:44PM - I can't get my head 'round you
Human Biology is over and done with and I couldn't be happier. I did so shitty on the final exam. I didnt study but about an hour and that was it. I really didn't put 100% into it because I knew everyone else would do so bad. Therefore, he would curve all the grades and I would end up with an A. Thank you, Dr. Sepe. For that was exactly how it turned out. I should have gotten no more than a 60 on that exam. I think I answered 1 question fully out of 20. I emailed him today to ask him what I got and sure enough I got a 95 on the final therefore giving me a high A for the class. Not that it matters much since an 4.0 is a 4.0 is a 4.0.
( My adventure to Northern Italy, all done in a little over 24 hours. VERY LONG!! x-posted )
It was definitely an adventure of sorts but we had a good time. We are planning to go back up in January or February and stop off in a few places like Florence, Pisa, Siena, and Venice.
Current mood:  accomplished Current music: Frou Frou - Details
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
3:47PM
Finals week is rapidly approaching and I feel overwhelmed. You say, "But Melanie, you only have one class!" In which I reply, "Yes, I know..."
Which brings me to next point of complete respect for all college students out there taking on full loads and passing. I think this has been a good transition for me into the life of a college student.
I am very good at getting excited by a new idea and overloading myself. Hence, I burn out very quickly.
My husband, upon looking back, told me he didn't think I would complete my first semester back and either drop out or fail. At first, I have to say, it upset me. Does he have no trust and support for me in my ventures? But, upon pondering the idea, he was right to think that. Thank god, I showed everyone including myself that they were all wrong and I can cross that finish line. With all A's I might add.
It's a small step into a huge race but I am slowly making my way. I will be that last marathon runner finally crossing the finish line after everyone has already gone home and the cleaning crew is picking up the trash. But that is okay by me.
Some days I feel I am still faking everyone out and in a few days the glue is going to peel back from that mask of intelligence and I will become that person I was two years ago. A year ago even. So you passed three classes and are doing well on your fourth. Do you really think you are going to make it into nursing school and stay high enough in the game to keep treading along? Sure its easy to stay top of the class when military members are your peers and you have the upper hand of no full time job to comply with. What happens when I'm enrolled in one of the top ten schools for nursing. Am I getting in over my head?
I did so well on this midterm that I am afraid I am going to end with a fizzle. I have no doubts I will end up with an A in this class as well but to me, at this point, its more than that pen mark on the white paper. Did I learn the material? Let's just say for argument sake that I do get accepted to nursing school. Will I have learned all the material needed to feel comfortable and not feel like I've been swept away by a tidal wave? That is the main reason why on my list of things to accomplish in 2005 is to read my science textbooks again and learn the things not covered in class. (Over half of the textbooks in my case) I feel like I will have to work twice as hard to be on the same playing field as the peers I will encounter in nursing school.
My whole life I have stayed on the side lines for fear of failure. I'm having to step up to the plate for the first time in my life and prove to myself I can make it home. Or die trying. And that would almost be as rewarding for me because I actually hit the ball and ran by myself for the first time in my life.
Current mood:  cold
Sunday, December 5, 2004
11:53PM - Shall we liquefy, oh, you and I?
One night, George W. Bush is tossing restlessly in his White House bed. He awakens to see George Washington standing by him. Bush asks him, "George, what's the best thing I can do to help the country?" "Set an honest and honorable example, just as I did," Washington advises, then fades away.
The next night, Bush is astir again and sees the ghost of Thomas Jefferson moving through the darkened bedroom. Bush calls out, Tom, please! What is the best thing I could do to help the country?" "Respect the Constitution, as I did," Jefferson advises, and dims from sight. The third night, sleep is still not in the cards for Bush. He wakes to see the ghost of F. D. R. hovering over his bed. Bush whispers, "Franklin, what is the best thing I could do to help the country?" "Help the less fortunate, just as I did," FDR replies, and fades into the mists.
Bush isn't sleeping well the fourth night when he sees another figure moving in the shadows. It is Abraham Lincoln's ghost. "Abe, what is the best thing I can do right now, to help the country?" Bush pleads. Abe thinks for a second, smiles, and says "Go see a play."
Hey, did you hear about the new corduroy pillows?
( Read more... )
The corduroy joke is definitely the ne plus ultra of jokes.
Current mood:  giggly Current music: Garden State Soundtrack
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Stupid me, I have two brand new copies of The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown.
If anyone is interested, I will ship one copy to you for free. Any takers? Anyone?
Crossposted
Sunday, November 14, 2004
6:15PM
I've really been focusing on my weaknesses lately. I know something like that brings you down but I feel if I don't think about those said weaknesses, I'll never be able to correct them. Times like these make me wish I still talked to my old therapist.
One of my weaknesses is worrying. I worry far too much. I worry about noises I hear outside at night. I worry one day Marzipan will stop breathing so I periodically check to see if her belly is still moving up and down. I worry every time I walk down stairs that I am going to fall and break a leg. That starts me thinking on whether I would be able to drive myself to the hospital or would Donovan have to drive me. I worry that at any second while driving someone might hit me. That my breaks won't work properly when I'm trying to slow down. I worry that my class has been canceled or moved and no one bothered to tell me. That someone changed my clocks and I'm either late for class or really early. With the days shortening, its usually the first. That I won't hear my alarm for work. That I get the scheduling wrong and don't come in when I am supposed to. I worry that my house is going to fill up with propane and kill us all. I worry that I am going to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. That my credit card won't work while I am trying to purchase something. I worry that I have something on my face in public. Or in my teeth. I worry that people don't like me. That I am not going to get this job because he didn't like me or I'm not qualified. I am over qualified. I worry that I will lose my wedding ring and have to explain it to Donovan. I worry about getting raped and what I would do in that situation. I worry that I will spill some liquid in my laptop and it won't work anymore. That people won't like their christmas gifts. That they don't get their christmas gifts. That I mislabeled them. That I wrapped the wrong thing.
Speaking of which, I worry about Christmas. As it gets closer, I am afraid it's going to be anticlimactic. That Allie won't make her flight. That I will have to work the whole time she is visiting. That we won't be able to go to Amsterdam for New Year's. That we will run out of money before we are able to get our christmas presents. That his bonus won't come, and we won't have a christmas.
Current mood:  nervous Current music: Frou Frou
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
11:29AM
I was reading old journals and it got me thinking:
List 3 books and 3 CDs that are your favorite at this point in your life.
Come on, have some fun!
I'll start:
Right now, because my taste changes quickly
CD:
Frou Frou - Details Interesting side note: "the name Frou Frou was decided upon when Francophile Sigsworth noticed the phrase in a Baudelaire poem. Apparently, when uttered in French, the phrase is meant to approximate the swishing of skirts as they swirl about the legs of comely dancing women, as in a burlesque performance"
Garden State Soundtrack - especially the two songs by The Shins
And my own compliation CD with groups such as Something for Rockets, Melee, Shannon Wright, The Blow, The Softies...its a good mix
Books:
Travels by Michael Crichton: his memoir
Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
Oh and on the same subject: I am always looking for brilliant new music so if anyone is interested in swapping mixed cds let me know!
Current mood: intimidated Current music: The Perfect Tragedy
11:18AM
I know, I know, A lot of people are sick of talking about it but I thought I should add the front page of the Daily Mirror in England just to show Americans how Europeans see us.
X-posted like mad
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
I found this picture on my computer from September when my in-laws were in town. Its taken in Capri and that's a relatively normal sized lemon (thats right, I said lemon!) for the area.
( See the pic )
( Oh, Stacey, I found this pic. Good times!! )
Peace
Current mood:  contemplative Current music: Frou Frou
Friday, October 8, 2004
talk about hectic...i dont know how to feel. school is okay. finals are next week it shouldnt be too bad but on wednesday (the start of my three finals) marzipan heads into a three hour surgery. her first of two. let me back up first..
our anniversary was a couple days ago. two years and its pretty unbelievable. the day itself was pretty shitty. we spent 3 hours in a vet's lab getting xray work for marzipan. she had been limping for a while and they thought that maybe it was hip dysplasia. she was all sedated from them doing odd positions with her hips..it was really tough on me. so we headed home with x-rays in hand and started looking up hip dysplasia online. of course we thought the worse so the day ended shitty. the next day we headed to our vet so she could have a look. she immediatly saw CHP (canine hip dysplasia) and wanted to bring in a specialist who would do the surgery if that was decided. we came back in an hour and met him at our vets office. he was looking at the x-rays when we walked in and said, :wow this is a rare case:
we headed to the exam room to talk and discuss options. he told us she is such a rare case because she has an extra verterbre in her back. rarely seen but he assures us its okay and he's dealt with it before. also the hip dysplasia. he starts messing with her knee on the side that was limping. he had a suspicion that something was wrong there too. sure enough, she has a torn ligament. so, most importantly, at this time, she needs surgery ASAP for the knee. so on the day my finals start, she heads into surgery. its quite an extensive surgery lasting probably around 4 hours give or take. recovery time is 2 months of hardly any activity except for a electrode machine to stimulate her leg muscle. after she recoveres from this, we start planning for her surgery in january for her CHP. that one seems a lot more serious to me becuase of bone grafts and shaping the hip, but actually is a lot less. surgery is shorter, recovery time is a lot shorter, the body will accept that surgery a lot better.
for the few people reading my journal, you probably have never met my dog. she is really my first and only born child at this point. she is spoiled and for good reason. she has had so many problems since she was born. she had mange as a pup and has food allergies and just broke out in a rash right before all this happened.
our friends all make fun of us here and make fun of her. a lot of people think we should put her down because she is just a dog. that makes me so upset. i bet stacey would understand. maybe a few others but im sure only a few. she is only 1 1/2 years old. i cant imagine putting her down. when we got her as a puppy of six months, i fell in love with her immediately. I thought to myself then, "wow, i cant imagine the day i am going to have to let her go, its going to hurt so much" and i had to face that in a small sense this week. and one last thing that amazes me about her. it took us two months to even get her to the vet because she never tells us when she is hurting or in pain. she makes no noise about anything. the vet was pressing into her knee where the torn ligament is, he was moving her leg in odd positions and never once did she make any noise. she showed us she was in pain by her face and body movements but she didnt whimper once.
we used to babysit a dog (actually its marzipan's black boyfriend here) of donovan's boss when he would go out of town. if you yelled at that dog it would whimper and cry. if you looked at him funny he would whimper. cute dog but a wimp!
oh and another side note..talk about a shitty anniversary, we were supposed to go to florence and siena for a weekend getaway and now thats out of the question. :(
anywho- on top of all this i have to get this paper written this weekend for biology. i have put it off so much. well, i've also neglected our dirty house and so i'm off to do a little before studying for a quiz today. ciao!
Current mood: worried
Wednesday, July 28, 2004
I have had some really fucked up dreams lately. I dont really know what to attribute them to but I would like to find out. Mostly its been about morte.
A few days ago I had a dream that was pretty messed up but the only part that I can translate from my brain i will share.
Mallory, Sara, and I were at a hotel of some sort. I was standing at the window that was very similar to the windows in the hotel rooms in Lost in Translation. Except we were on the first floor. I was casually looking out the window and it was like I went back in time to the 19th century. I watched as a man and his son (I'm not really sure how I know that...) were looking over on their wife/mom who was laying on a slab of wood right outside of our window. I called the girls over right as the huband took out a large knife and proceeded to behead the woman. I started to walk away because mostly I was bored and they called me back. And we continued to watch until she was dead. I remember contemplating about the lack of blood.
I woke up a little freaked at how not freaked I was in the dream. Never once did I think to call the cops. And I walked away because...I WAS BORED!! Holy shit.
The dream that I woke up with this morning was along the same lines but WAY more fucked and therefore impossible to translate. It was a dream of life and death. One part I do remember was that some father figure in my life (possibly my grandfather) had died and my sister had just given birth and was waiting to die. She knew she was going to, she just wasnt sure when. She wasnt even sick. It was just her time. She was dying in a large open area with a lot of people around. Like a forum of some sort. At one point, I burst into tears for both of them. I remember walking around with the baby and seeing Greg Williams. My sister was laying in a big bed with windows to the outside that I could see her and she walked out and said, "I havent had my period yet, so I think I might be pregnant one more time before I die." And I walked away and thought to myself, "I thought it can sometimes take a while before having your period after having a kid" and shrugged my shoulders and walked away.
I have realized lately that I have a lot of thoughts in my dreams. I do that a lot in real life so it makes sense. I remember my thoughts more than anything else about my dreams.
Current mood:  restless Current music: Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday, July 21, 2004
12:07AM
well, I have started using this journal again. mostly because the things i talk about on my other journal, i dont want getting back to family members. I have found some new friends on here and words could get around that i dont want around. People on here talk to family and there are things that should be kept from them.
Things have been pretty crazy lately. my little sis, mallory, and her friend, sara, have been here since the 6th of july and will be here until the 31st. fun trip but tons of stress. and unfortunately a lot of that stress is not from them but them being here adds to it. both of our cars have been having problems. it makes taking them to tourist sites somewhat of a problem. as soon as they got here, our piece of shit car when in the shop because dono broke the windsheild trying to kill a hornet. add on top of that brake work and an oil change and you've got a few days in the shop. so, we were down to our toyota and stupid me (save all applause until the end) hit a curb and popped a tire.
soooooo i put the spare on and picked up the other car from the shop. unfortunately still with things wrong with it. that is unless smoke coming from the tire is, as they say in italian, normale. i dont think so though.
with donovan gone for two weeks adds even more to the stress equation. all that equaled up leaves you with one stressed melanie.
having them here makes me want to wait to have kids...haha. cooking and cleaning for two more people is a lot of work.
well, im done rambling. just thought i would....well, re-deflower this journal again. ha. i'm off.
i miss donovan
Current mood:  depressed
Sunday, April 18, 2004
12:38AM
I never thought brunettes were that pretty until i met anna. She is a goddess. It might have something to do with the fact that the first time i met her i was trashed..or the fact that she reminds me of an old friend...i dont know but there is something about her. She looked exceptionaly hot last weekend at ilaria's birthday party. That is when this picture was snapped.
Current mood:  awake
Saturday, April 17, 2004
I was looking around the internet and found this story thanks to yahoo news!
Man Pleads Guilty in Mistaken 'Rape Fantasy'
Thu Apr 1, 7:21 AM ET Add Oddly Enough - Reuters to My Yahoo!
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A California man has pleaded guilty to residential burglary after he set up a meeting with a woman on a rape fantasy Internet chat page, but instead broke into a different woman's apartment.
Michael Todd Howard, 35, pleaded guilty in a court in San Diego on Tuesday in return for an expected sentence of one year in jail and probation, prosecutors said.
According to court documents, last September, Howard broke into the home of a woman with whom he thought he had set up an encounter on what was described as a "rape fantasy" chat site. After he entered the wrong apartment, he hit and struggled with the 25-year-old woman inside, who told law enforcement officials she thought she was going to be killed.
The victim stopped the attack by yelling and attacking Howard's testicles. Howard then asked for the name the victim used in the chat room and she responded by saying she had never visited a chat room and did not have a personal computer.
As a part of the plea deal, prosecutors dropped charges of intent to commit rape, false imprisonment and possession of illegal drugs. Howard will be sentenced next month.
Very Random! And something else very random (to stay on topic)...i think the picture looks like a grown Kelly Doyle-Mace. And if she is going to look like that..she will be one sexy momma!! just a thought.
Current mood:  horny Current music: Alison Krauss
i did www.googlism.com just to see what would come up.
This was the best one by far:
melanie is the kind of cock lovin sorority slut your mother should have warned you about
how did they know?? wow, maybe the internet does know everything after all. :)
Current mood: hungover but happy Current music: dido - here with me (thanks to itunes)
Friday, April 16, 2004
Since i asked questions, now i must answer...
Ask me any 3 questions you want..make it interesting..and i will answer them..(why do i feel like i am setting myself up) and then you do the same on your journal.
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Sadly, sometimes I feel better off not knowing the whole truth or even ANY of the truth in this case. Living my life in a little bubble where pain does not occur and corruption doesn't happen. Knowing the truth only causes dilemma. I want to scream to the whole world, "DON'T YOU KNOW THE TRUTH?? DON'T YOU SEE THE LIES??" and yet most of the world lives in the bubble, for I see no changes as of yet. And what kills me the most upon finding out these slanderous lies...he runs our fuckin' country.
Current mood:  discontent Current music: The Rasmus
Wednesday, March 17, 2004
5:52PM
Okay, I said I was never posting again but a couple people asked to see my photos and one person even scared me into doing (i'm not naming any names) so i broke that vow to myself. It wouldnt be the first time.
( Come take a look, its in a book, its reading rainbow... ) And as always you can view all our photos of Italy at www.photoisland.com with signon name: yellowmellie and guest password: stuprich. Have a wonderful day.
Saturday, March 13, 2004
8:55PM
We have been in Naples, Italy for over 4 months now and we just got internet access in our house. Which means we finally have a 678 number. Its so nice. No more calling cards and punching in long ass codes to connect. That chapter of my life is done. I have spent all day today looking up all the stores I dont have here (like Gap, Banana Republic, Target) just to see what i have been missing. Not too much apparently but oh well.
I've been volunteering at the elementary school for the 1st and 2nd grades. Mostly reading one-on-one with kids and helping the teachers out. Its been so great for me and it gives me something to do during the day. Days im there makes me wish i stayed in school and became a teacher. im really considering going back to school. maybe not to be a teacher but something. at least start by getting the basics over with. its pretty ironic that the year i think about starting is the year all my high school friends graduate. hmm..
well, this is the END for me on this thing called livejournal. another chapter closed. i still like to read so i keep caught up on old friends though. every once in a while.
well arrivederci and good night.
PS if anyone is interested in looking at pics from italy, heres the info:
www.photoisland.com
guest signin:
yellowmellie
password:
stuprich
Current mood:  cheerful Current music: in the shadows - the rasmus
Monday, February 16, 2004
oh, my long lost friend livejournal...
The books i have read since Dec 6th, 2003:
i have a new found obsession with memoirs.
(Those of you who know me from high school pretty much know i wouldnt be caught dead reading a book back then...how times have changed!)
The Notebook
nicholas sparks
4 Stars: A love story so sweetly told. I cried horribly the entire second half of the book. Oh my god, so incredibly delightful!
Nappy: Growing up Black and Female in America
aliona l. gibson
2 Stars: Good writing style but i didnt agree with most of her stereotypes and opinions.
Sunnyvale: The Rise and Fall of a Silicon Valley Family
jeff goodell
3 Stars: A family of drugs, alcohol, computers and coping.
Out of Africa
isak dinesen
3 Stars: Made me want to go on a safari, which is definitely on our list of places to go. When picking up the book, i didnt even know it was the same Out of Africa that was made into a movie. Changed my perspective.
Ten Thousand Sorrows
elizabeth kim
4 Stars: A girl from Hong Kong who at a young age watched her mother die and her spend the rest of her childhood from one abusive enviroment to another. Also the story tells of her coping through another culture and learning from it.
A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland Indiana
haven kimmel
4 Stars: A fun delightful story of childhood. It was the first memoir i read and so i feel a weird sort of attachment to the story for introducing me to something so wonderful.
Paper Daughter: A Memoir
m. elaine mar
3 Stars: A girl from Hong Kong who moves to Denver with her family and trying to cope with a lost culture and coming into a new one. I wish elaine mar and elizabeth kim (writer of ten thousand sorrows) had known each other during there time of transition. So alike its almost as if i read ten thousand sorrows all over again.
Best Kept Secret
sandra brown
2 Stars: its a mystery and love story wrapped up in one. All of her books are the same except with name and job changes. They are all about a headstrong girl not looking for love and then suddenly finds herself in that position and by the end of the book she has given in. All the same, all shamelessly cheesy, but i guess its my "easy reading." its definitely a one-nighter.
The Crush
sandra brown
2 Stars: Another long one-nighter
Paris to the Moon
adam gopnik
2 Stars: A family picking up and moving from new york to paris, france and what they go through and what paris is going through at the same time. I could relate to a lot of the family adjusting but he filled the pages (him being a journalist explains it) with stories and facts and i kept thinking he needs to get back to the main story at hand. i guess you could say he is a wanderer.
Only Girl in the Car
kathy dobie
3 Stars: A girl finding herself and who she really is through trial and error with sex. Its an interesting view point and she does a great job telling it. I really related to this story through what i went through trying to find myself through sex.
The Kiss: A Memoir
kathryn harris
3 Stars: Frightening yet intriguing is about all i can say. About a girl who begins to know her father at a young adult and then begins a taboo relationship of sex and fantasy. Enough said.
The Underachiever's Diary
benjamin anastas
1 Star: Not very impressive. Its a story of a Ben who achevieves his own desires by becoming the worlds laziest and works hard to keep the title "underachvier"
Poisonwood Bible
barbara kingsolver
4 Stars: Recommended by my mother-in-law, it took me a while to get into this one. But once it, it traps your mind until the last page. Brillant, exciting. Another one tempting me into Africa. About a family who ventures into the Congo as missionaries that was supposed to last a year but had their lives wrapped up a lot more than they ever thought.
Nothing to Fall Back On: The life and times of a perpetual optimist
betsy carter
3 Stars: Fire, Face Surgery, Hysterectomy, Divorce, Getting Fired, Breast Cancer..the list goes on..but it doesnt stop betsy from living life and keeping her head up. A breeze to read and enjoyable. You can't help but to feel sorry for all that she goes through.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas & Other American Stories
hunter s. thompson
3 Stars: After much begging and pleading from my husband to read this one, I finally did. It's .... different. Only Hunter Thompson can get away with this shit!
Red Carpet Diaries: COnfessions of a Glamour Boy
steven cojocaru
2 Stars: It was...enjoyable. Did bring me back to senior year when jeff tried on a prom dress..i still remember (for some odd reason) him bragging the fact that he was a size 6.
Less than Zero
bret easton ellis
2 Stars: Made me glad im not rich living in hollywood. This one is a fiction story about life in the hollywood hills. tells of drugs, money, cars, houses..all the things that make you who you are in that area. One guy realizes its not what everyone thinks it is.
Im also in the middle of a couple books:
Darkling I Listen: The last days and death of john keats
john evangelist walsh
To the Summit: A woman's journey to the mountain to find her soul
margo chisholm & ray bruce
right now in the book she is just coming off as a whiny little BITCH..but we will see
Leadership
rudolph w giuliani
i admire this man so much. thats all i will say.
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
well its been almost two weeks that we have been in dirty italy and what can i say?
(these odd computer keys do get on my nerves over here)
first of all, we were left for a total of three hours at the airport upon arriving here on the 6th of December. with no names and phone numbers it was a very aggrevating time. it would have been longer if it hadnt been for a nice canadian, joanne, who gracially drove us and our 4 suitcases, 4 carryons, and a crate with our dog to our hotel 30 min away. that just began the journey.
in the last two weeks we have (in no particular order):
-found our new home, which is very nice. its has three bedrooms, a study, fireplace, huge kitchen with pantry, a two car garage, and a yard (and yes i do call a little patch of grass the size of my backseat of my car a yard) most of it is concrete but there are a few places for a garden and the such. we have a beautiful balcony. its really quite heavenly compared to where we stayed in atlanta.
-donovan got sick and ended up going to the clinic for help in which they diagnosed him with strep but were completely wrong
-i got sick and ended up going to the emergency room where first they wouldnt take me and secondly told me i had pharyngitis and all i had to do was take tylenol, motrin, cough medicine, and cough drops to get better along with sleep and water. we just spent two hours in the emergency room for that? my god. i dont want to see what that bill is going to look like.
-found out we have to pay the $4000 hotel bill (for one month) and the $1000 rental car bill upfront and then they will reimburse us. WHAT?
not to mention i have spent the last two weeks held up in our hotel room while he works. i have read book after book. read one book A GIRL NAMED ZIPPY in one afternoon (which i recommend) and could not put down A POISONWOOD BIBLE until i finished the last page. i also have watched more news than i know what to do with in my small brain. turns out we have three english speaking, oh im sorry four english speaking tv stations here. three of them are world news; CNN, BBC World, CSNBC. the fourth station is some bible thumping station that is so much a riot and even more a joke i cant begin to watch it. im so caught up in world news, its quite scary. though if you asked me the first thing about US news i would be lost more than likely. saturdays though we get a break from news to watch late night shows during the day. Conan comes on back to back quite a few times with no commercials and we did see the end of one Leno episode. that was VERY nice to see a little bit of current events that didnt involve deaths, presidents, or weather. on any given night you can, if you are lucky, catch soft porn on any of the local channels. most of the time after about 10 or 11. most are english speaking dubbed in whatever language. most of the channels are either french, german, or italian. but others come and go.
i did get a digital camera two days ago only to find out my mother-in-law bought us one for christmas. oops. i think she is able to take it back though. its so nice. as soon as i can i will post some pics from around here. im staying in a very nice hotel outside of the city. its basically vacation when its cold and the pool is not filled. but i am proud to say we have probably 5 different types of palm trees just in our small courtyard. some are very pretty.
part of me loves being here and part of me wants to go home. christmas is going to be very lonely with just my husband and i not even exchanging presents. there have been a lot of things we have had and will have to do that would be a lot easier if we were in the states. i have for the last couple months been struggling with abnormal test results at the gyn and need to do further, more indepth tests. this is all very scary and new to me and is tough when you are in a foreign country. also legal things with our banks, cars, blah blah has been tough with us not able to do things in person. but i am putting one foot in front of the other, holding my head up high, and enjoying a new and exciting experience.
Current mood: cold
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