Transformation

I recently redecorated our sunday school room. Well, saying I did it is a lie, because I totally had a lot of help. Anyway, we took this sunday school room from drab paneling to brightness. Here is a picture of what it looked like before.



Yes, this horrible paneling covered three of the walls (sorry if you like paneling) and the fourth wall was brick that had been painted over in an off white color. In the picture above, the white stripes are caulk where the pieces of paneling meet up. So, after much caulking, priming, painting and clean up, here is the finished product:


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TADA!!! Now, when you walk into our sunday school room, you don't feel like you are walking into a cave. This project turned out way better than I though it would! I would like to thank all the people who helped make this wonderful room possible!!!

What does it take to be absolved??

So, over two years ago, I did something that I wasn't proud of. I think it doesn't matter because it's been over two years, right?? Well, I recently found out that my former coworkers, that I haven't worked with for two years are STILL talking about this thing. So here are my hypotheses about why they are still talking:
1)They really have nothing more interesting going on in their lives to talk about. Wow, must suck to be that boring...
2) all the people who like to create drama have left, so they are stuck with using old drama.
3) They really just miss me so much, that they have to still talk about me all the time.

So, analyzing number one, I'll say that these people always had something going on in their lives when I worked there. The staff have not changed that much, and I doubt the people have decided to just shrivel up and do nothing, so I'm going to say that this one is pretty much null.

Let's anyalyze number two. Well, I know that most of the people that still work there are the same, which means that most of the drama causers have not left. So surely, there should be plenty of drama going around; enough that they don't have to recycle drama from over two years ago, right?

So that leaves number three. Since the other two are void, I'm going to have to say this one must be true! lol. I don't really care if they miss me or not. It just bothers me that people are still talking about me and trying to drag me into stuff when I'm not even in the picture any more. There has got to be someone or something more interesting than me. Talk about that!!!

Independence?

Ok, this is something that's really been bothering me as I walk around campus lately.

When I was growing up, it was pounded into our heads that college was a time for independence. You know, a time to go out there and show the world what you're made of! To prove Mom and Dad wrong (you can live on your own with out screwing up your life). To make your own choices, and not have to answer to anybody!

Am I wrong??? Did they just teach me this and no one else.

So, here's my question. If college is all about being an independent adult, then why are so many people walking around in Dora The Explorer, Spiderman, Batman, Elmo, etc. Backpacks???? Aren't those for KIDS?

I mean honestly. Everytime I sit down and watch one of these shows with Caleb, I want to kill myself. You know they don't watch the shows. Do they do it so people will think they're cool?

Listen up Juvenile Backpack Wearers-- Those of us who are independent adults do not think you are cool! We just think you are stupid.

Really randomness

The rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book of 123(or more) pages.
2. Open the book to page 123 and find the 5th sentence
3. Post the next 3 sentences.

-The Birth Order book By Dr. Kevin Leman
-Page 123, sentence number 5 and following
.. on developing a thicker skin

"But even to be aware of hos upset you got over something that really wasn't worth it is making progress. Ingrained patterns are not changed over night. I often tell sensitive perfectionists to be sure to do nice things for themselves. AS the hair color ad puts it, 'You're worth it.'"

So, back to life plans.

What in the world do you do with a biochemistry degree?

Does anyone know, because I sure don't.

Where does all the money go?

I am not sleeping this morning because I am too nauseous to sleep. I gave it a valiant try, even tried to sleep in the chair, but it's not working for me. So I decided a much needed blog is in order.

Lately, I've been noticing where my tuition for my "high quality education goes". Here's what my tuition does:

• My tuition goes to paying a guy to blow pine needles and leaves from one side of campus to the other EVERY FREAKING DAY!
• My tuition goes to changing the flowers in the flower beds every 3 months.
• My tuition goes to pay the Janitors to sit on their butts and not do anything.
• My tuition does pay to fix the BRAND NEW student center that they built wrong.
• My tuition does pay for the Rec Center (which I don't mind paying for because it's a great facility).
  

Here is what my tuition does NOT do:

• My tuition cannot pay to update the Chemistry building, which is the third oldest building on campus. The two that are older have both been remodeled and updated. Meanwhile, we are all taking chemistry in a building that is becoming more of a health hazard by the day.
• My tuition cannot pay to clean out the vents in the science building (so we don't have the nasty junk that comes out of them on our desks every day).
• My tuition does not pay for alcohol or drug abuse awareness and prevention.
• My tuition does not pay for a more friendly campus for those who are disabled.
• My tuition does not pay for more parking for students. It's ridiculous when students that live IN the dorms have to park all the way across campus. It's also impossible to find a parking spot if you're a commuter.

I'm sure I could go on and on with a list of things my tuition does not do. The point is that I am paying a butt load of money for this "quality education" and you would think that some of that money I pay could at least go towards ACADEMIC stuff. But no....

I hate the bureaucracy of it all.

Life plans

Life is funny. I don't know why we even bother making plans when they always end up getting changed anyway. But still, I continue to make plans, because this is my nature; I am a plan maker.

So currently, here are my plans:
To finish undergraduate
Go straight to graduate school
Go out into the working world
make money
While doing all the stuff listed above, I also plan to be a wife and mother.

Here are my desires:
To have another child
To quit school altogether
To make jewelry and other crafts (maybe plan parties) for a living
To have friends

See, currently, in my plans, I have no room for another child. Being a chemistry major, you can't be pregnant and go to school. But I'm about ready to have another baby. That baby doesn't fit in my plans.

I think I am just burned out on school right now. I never have been one to finish things

I just want to let my creative juices flow instead of doing something that makes sense. But doing something that makes sense also makes money

Why is it that what you want to do and what you know you have to do always conflict?