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This has to be a first. I actually, upgraded to WordPress 2.7.. are you ready for it?

ALL BY MYSELF.

That’s right, I followed the guide, and haven’t had any problems…. yet.

Yay Me.

It’s late, so this probably won’t make sense.

What do you do, when you feel that you’ve met your soulmate…. but you feel that you might lose them due to things that are not under anyone’s control. Outisde influences. Complicated situations. And, all you want to do is hang on tight.

Is it selfish to hang on?

I’ve thought, many times, that I want to be a ‘popular blogger’. I’d love to make my name out there in the big bad blog world. But really, what do I have to write about? My life isn’t exciting. I work, I go to school, I squeeze in some reading, I occasionally hang out with family or friends. That’s it. I don’t have a child to write about, I could write about my dog I guess.. but who wants to read that? No one, that’s who. I don’t want to do a celebrity blog, fashion blog, or anything else like that. So.. what exactly do I blog on?

Of course, there’s still the high possibility that no one is reading this anyway, and I’m writing the empty space. “Hello, wall, how are you today?”

I’m moody, it will pass. Hang on for the ride.

Usually, this time of year is magical for me. I love the weather, the way the snow falls and makes everything… different. I love the music, the movies, the laughter, the lights, the pretty bows and wrapping paper, the decorations, the friendships, the family… the love. I love giving presents and seeing that persons face light up. I like making people happy. Every year, I look forward to Christmas.

Except, this year. For some reason, I can’t get into the Christmas Spirit. I’ve tried, I want to, but it just seems out of my grasp. I’m not sure what it is. Well, that’s not true. I kinda do know. It’s a multitude of stressful things that seem to be dive-bombing me lately. I know that I don’t have it worse than anyone else. I know that there are many, people who have much much worse than I do. But this year, I just want to curl up in a corner somewhere, pull a big blanket over me and disappear for a little while.

I’m hoping this goes away soon. I’d hate to miss out on the magic of Christmas, when I know that I’ll regret it later.

So…. it’s been awhile (as someone pointed out ~ahems~) since I’ve written anything here. So, I thought I’d give an update or a crazy post, at least.

Vegas was wonderful, for me, it was probably the best year yet. Though, last year at the Blue Man Group is giving it a run for it’s money. It was so much fun to be there with my Aunt and Uncle. We went to see the American Superstars show, and it was awesome as always! If you are ever in Vegas, really, you should check it out. It’s at the Stratosphere, and it’s so entertaining. Also, we went to play the Price Is Right show at Bally’s. It was okay, but nothing like we imagined. I probably wouldn’t do it again… the prizes weren’t all that great, especially for as much money as they made on the tickets. I really wanted to see Phantom at the Venetian, but wasn’t able to… maybe next time.

On Thursday, I woke up feeling a bit sick. I had a chill the night before, but shrugged it off to the desert coolness, and alergies that morning. Sadly, it got worse as teh day went on. By the time I was on the air plane, I had a fever. That was not a fun trip, that’s for sure. So, I’ve been sick ever since. A horrible cough, some fever off and on, and even ended up missing work Monday. It’s finally starting to ease up. The coughing fits aren’t near as often, so hopefully not much longer and I’ll be all good and new again. Wish me luck with that!

School is going okay… it’s a little rough this semester, but I know I’ll pull through it. I had a Chapter test when I came home from Vegas, that didn’t go so well. Then, I was still sick, but had a Mid-term on Thursday. Good news is that I passed that, which is much better than I expected! Now that I’m feeling better, I hope that I can get back on track with my homework.

Other things are going well for me. I’m finding happiness, and I’m excited about things. Without going too much into that, just know that I’m in a different place than I was before, and it can only get better, right? …. right.

So, that’s just a quick (or long and rambling) update from me. Who knows, I might just start doing the whole posting regularly thing. I know, shocking.

It really is a pain getting ready for traveling. Vacations are great; it’s the preparation that’s a bitch. I’m packing. And by packing, I mean that I’m throwing clothes all over the place, then re-folding them with the handy shirt folder thingy  (how’s that for technical talk, impressive, I know).  Anyway, it’s great… it makes packing look so pretty. That is until the air port security people rummage through your bags, they don’t have a handy shirt folder thingy, and they just shove it back in. Thanks.  And, by packing, I also mean that I’m thinking of everything that I could ‘possibly’ need, and trying to decide what I really could do without. The choices that are the hardest are… is the mp3 player all charged up (Check), does it have all the songs that I need on it? (I think—check), Do I take the Nintendo DS? Do I take the laptop? Cameras and camcorders, and phones, and … and… and. It’s becoming a big production. And did I remember to pack my medicine? Ugh. So much to do, and so little time.
My flight leaves at 8:15am, and thanks to the time zone change, I’ll arrive in Vegas at 9:00am. All of that sounds great, so when I’m groaning and bitching in the morning, about having to be at the air port by 6:30am… someone, please calmly remind me of HOW GREAT THIS IS!
So, I’ll either see you on the trip, or when I get back. Either way… VEGAS HERE I COME!

Lately, everytime that I find a new blog design that I want to give a try, it gives me errors. Why is it so hard to find a design, that is appealing to readers, functional for the blogger, and lets me change the masthead easily. Sure, I know what you’re saying. I could try and learn all the coding needed, and just make my own. Except, I don’t really want to.

This weekend, I’m going to take the time and update my blogroll over there ~~>. I hardly read a lot of those blogs, and I read some others that aren’t listed, so time to update it all. Know of a blog that I *have* to check out? Leave me a comment and let me know.

So, I’m out of town right now for business. Basically, I’m becoming a ‘certified’ trainer. Now, mind you, I’ve already trained two new employees, but now I’ll be certified to do it. So, my company flew me out on Sunday afternoon. Yes, mothers’ day. It kinda sucked, but my mom wasn’t feeling well anyway so it wasn’t like I had plans. Anyway, so I’m in Tennessee. I haven’t been here, since 2002. So much has changed. It’s still beautiful though. I’m sad that I haven’t had a chance to get out and about and check everything out. Hopefully I’ll get that chance in a couple of months when I come back for 5 year service award banquet. Sometimes I forget that I’ve been with my company for 5 ½ years, and then there are other times, that it seems like I’ve been with them for 50 years. I guess it’s like that with every place. The home office is really nice though. It makes me wish that I lived here and could work at corporate, instead of ‘out in the field’. I think that there are more benefits at corporate. Main on being that they can wear jeans. EVERY DAY.

Okay, as some of you may know (or if you don’t, this is a FYI), I have a new puppy. Well, he’s about 20 weeks old. He’s a miniature daschund, dark greyish black with grey dappling, one crystal blue eye and one brown eye, he is named Auzie, and he is the most adorable.puppy.EVER. No, really, he is. In fact, he’s so adorable, that I can’t help myself sometimes, I just want to pick on him. His reactions are priceless. Case in point:

The other night the puppy and I were curled up on the couch, watching The Hills (Yes, that’s right, The Hills… ). So, in the middle of a commercial, Auzie yawns. I couldn’t resist it, I put my finger on his tongue. Which of course he gently bit down on my finger, then shook his head around a little bit. But, what happened next, just left me speechless.

He looked at me, with menacing eyes, and firmly placed his tongue against my leg. He glanced up at me, not licking my leg, oh no… just held his tongue there, and I swear, I heard him say… “Don’t.Make.Me.Lick.You.I.WILL.Do.It.”