•Type Like A Girl•

I love thunderstorms. The electricity that is in the air, followed by the sparks and flashes as the lightning crashes across a darkened sky. I love how the rain pours down, in what seems like buckets, and how some of the raindrops sting as they pelt against tender skin. I love the roar of the thunder and how it rumbles and vibrates the earth. I love how the sky becomes dark and it’s as if some great power is sweeping over me, and I can feel the storm coming and it’s energy as it brings unusual things to the surface. I like watching the water as it falls off buildings, or down streams and creates little rivers out of even the smallest ditch. I love the weather. The rain.

Of course, I don’t care for Tornados at all. I’ve been through way too many of them, and I still hate them and yes…. they scare me. I’m not afraid to admit that should a Tornado Warning be near, and I hear sirens, that something inside of me panics and I start to get nervous, I get scared. So. Very. Scared. And at the same time, I like watching shows about Tornados, and who am I kidding… I would love to chase a storm or two. Maybe I’m crazy, or maybe it’s just the thrill of it all. — It’s storming here. There are Tornados but only in the surrounding cities… so far. I’m hoping that they miss us. I stood in the rain today, only briefly because there were just too many things to do, and not enough time to do them in. The rain felt wonderful. It was a cool rain, the wind was blowing a little bit, so it made the rain have even more force. It was great… if only I would have had more time this evening.

Yes, Daze. I swear… there are times that I absolutely LOVE school. I love learning new things, expanding my horizons… all that jazz. However, there are those moments (mainly when I get behind) that I absolutely HATE it. This, is one of THOSE times. I fell behind because of the car trouble (which btw, my car is in the shop… for the 2nd time, STILL). Hopefully I’ll get my car back (completely working) tomorrow. Anyway, I wasn’t able to go to the library to do part of the research assignments. SO, I’ve missed one… maybe 2 assignments. I did the current one the best that I could, however — I couldn’t do half of it. We had to look things up in a PRINT resource. So, I did it online, explained the situation, and asked if I could maybe at least receive partial credit. Guess we will see. Ugh. So, I also have to get a rough draft of a paper up on the board… I have my topic “Freedom of The Press”… but, I don’t even know where I want to begin. We have to site all of these library resources that we gather information from, etc. Just a big old pain. I’d withdraw, but I’d have to still pay 100% of tution — and, if I’m going to pay, I might as well try to make a decent grade. I’m hopeful. I was making at 98% – 99% prior to my mishaps in assignments. Maybe the professor will take pity on me! (ha!)

I need more time in the day. I’m too exhausted from work to concentrate on homework. I barely take a lunch break so doing homework then just isn’t an option… yet. I have so much to do around the house too… never enough time to do it all. Ahh well. Right?

… laughing at random bumper stickers, the ones we see.. and the ones that we would create.

… a random text on my cell, that never fails to make me smile.

… the memories of the past… the better dreams of the future.

… how you *get* me, without much effort.

… a word, a smile, a touch… just a feeling that can’t really be explained.

I’ve been a member of a BookGroup that meets at the local B&N for awhile now. It’s been a wonderful experience. I’ve opened my reading spectrum so much, and each of the women in the group have touched my live in one way or another. I am so happy that I’ve started going, and I look forward to the monthly discussions. We have become more than just a ‘BookGroup’. We have become friends. Something which is truly a treasure. We are all different ages, come from different backgrounds, have such diverse opinions, yet we all have one thing in common… our love of books.

At Christmas time, one of the ladies in my group gave us each an invitation to the Eighteenth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards. I have never been, just as some of the other ladies hadn’t been either. I was so excited to get to attend something like this!

The evening began, one of the ladies in the bookgroup, *K picked me up and we then drove to Target to meet up with the other ladies. We were all being driven by *D’s SIL so that ‘adult beverage’ consumption, and parking wouldn’t be a problem. So, *K and I met up with *D, and *C1. We arrived at the Petroleum Club, on the top floor of the Chase tower downtown. It was beautiful weather. Of course, there was the Big 12 Tournement going on downtown as well… traffic was pretty bad, but not ‘too’ bad. The ladies were all dressed up, and we were ready for some fun! 

First, they had tables set up and authors were there offering their books, and of course autographing them. It was nice to walk around and meet some of the authors who were nominated for the awards. I bought two books, and had them both authographed. The first one was by this lovely lady named Molly Levit Griffis, and the book I picked up was Paradise On The Prairie. Then I picked up Fire In Beulah by Rilla Askew. Both books I got autographed and personalized. I also ended up winning another copy of Fire In Beulah, so I just had Rilla autograph it for me, so I could give it as a gift.

We had a wonderful dinner after the signings. It came with the most delicious assortment. A salad with italian dressing started us off. Followed closely by a nice steak smothered in a mushroom dark sauce; lightly crusted chicken breast stuffed with cream cheese, spinach and sun-dried tomatos; twiced baked mashed potatos; and asparagus. Our dessert was a delicious chocolate cheese cake, drizzed with chocolate sauce and garnished with a plump strawberry and some raspberries and blueberries. To drink we had Iced Tea, Water, and coffee… of course, I had some wine from the cash bar. It was simply divine.

After dinner, they announced the awards. There were some emotional moments, as one of the authors had just passed away two days prior, so it was a heartfelt moment when his friend had accepted an award that they both won.

I can’t wait for next year. I’m going to have to try to go for sure! It did make me realize that I could become an author, even though I live in Oklahoma. I guess I had it in my mind that in order for me to ‘make it’ I’d have to move some place else. So, it was nice to see that I could make it even if I stay here… though I’m planning on moving someday. ~grins~

There are *so* many different plug-ins out there, for ‘privacy’ type posts… that I think I got lost in reading about all of them. So, I thought I’d go to the public and ask for your opinions….

What I’m wanting to be able to do is offer people to ‘register’ to my site. Then, for me to be able to do a private post where you have to be registered, and logged in to view it. But, I want to be able to only make that one post private… or maybe if I made a certain category private…. something like that.

Any ideas on what you think is the best one to use? Or what you use? etc?

Thanks for any help
~citygirl lost in blogland with so much on her mind, and not knowing where to start typing it all.

This is just goin to be a post of a few random things that I want to write about, I just don’t have the time right this moment. Work is hectic, School is stressful, Car is broken, etc. So.. with that said… I’ll come back and write about things this weekend, hopefully. Well, that is unless I drown in a gallon of tequila. Which by the way? Is looking mighty good. However, I probably will be sipping some wine and typing away. Ut-oh. Drunk Blogging… Warn the others!

• Last Saturday (03/10/07) – The Book Awards Event
• Start posting some thoughts and reflections from the past
• Get a “Read it in 2007″ challenge list gathered for myself.
• Actually “DO” my homework that was due on Monday. Umm, oops? (no, not a blog post.. but maybe if I put it here, I’ll remember?)
• Stupid people. (man, that could take forever.)
• Sort through my blogroll. I mean, I don’t read EVERYONE on that list, and there are some WebSites and not “blogs” that are in there. So, time to clean it up!
• A few other random things, here and there.

Alright, that’s it for me for now. It’s time to get things ready for work tomorrow. All that I can say is that I’m SO thankful that it’s Friday — but, I’m sad because starting Monday, I’m in a different facility. ~sighs~ 

I’ve come to a brutal realization.  

Sheesh. I can’t believe that the weekend is already over. Tomorrow morning the work week is starting again. I’m still unsure of when I’ll be at the new facility. Only information that I’m given is that I *should* know in plenty of time to say goodbye to my friends where I’m currently at. I hate that idea, honestly. I enjoy (well, as much as you can really enjoy work) the place that I’m at. The people are great (98% of them anyway); the office is nice, the location (sure, I’m only moving a block away, that’s not the point). However, the atomosphere will be different. *shrugs* I guess I’ll get used to it. I have no choice.

Friday night wasn’t too bad. I talked to a friend who had somewhat disappeared from my life for awhile. It was nice to talk to him. He’s one of those friends that I will always be freinds with. Regardless of what’s going on in either of lives, there will always be some connection there. Memories, etc. We didn’t talk for long, but it was nice to know he’s still around, and that he still remembers me. For so long, I’ve thought he forgot who I was.

Yesterday was decent to. I went to visit my parents and grandparents for awhile, and it was nice. I always enjoy the time that I get to spend with them. And, I don’t get to visit them that often, even though they live like 5 minutes from my house. I’m working on changing that. — Last night, I ended up with a migraine. Ugh. I’m so tired of the migraines. I take medicine for them, and it helps… ususally. You would think that I’d be used to them, because I’ve had them most of my life. That’s just a pain that you don’t get used to though. So, I took my medicine (ended up taking two doses) and then fell asleep. Looks like next weekend, I’ll have to have my gallon couple of glasses of wine.