Teefs Make You Smarter??

Life and Death

I have valium. Getting my wisdom teeth out tomorrow. Scared. Ouch.

Piercings

I think I'm going to let my tongue web piercing close up. It's obviously not recommended to have metal in your mouth when you go under and have things getting cut up in there. They didn't tell me I have to, and I could just stick a plastic retainer in there instead.... But I might as well just let it go.

School

I'm so ready to be back in my own apartment, where I live ALONE; but not ready for classes to start yet. Sigh.

Normal graduation announcements/invitations are fucking expensive, so I bought some cute (cheap) cards with hippie-ish flowers on the front that are blank inside to send out. A little early still to be thinking about that, but I saw them, they were cute and cheap, and I bought them, so there.

Communication

Get cell phone upgrade soon. What kind of phone do you suggest?

XOXO,

Ashley

P. S. I Love You

• Just read some entries from my old Livejournal. I used to be so much more hyper and obnoxious. Yikes. And I used to be even more naive than I am now. Can you imagine?...
  
• I need some new music in my life because nothing I have is cutting it anymore.
  
• I'm ready to be back in Waco.
• I need to make money and stop spending it.
• It's 2:04am. I guess I should be sleeping since I have to go to church at 8am and then hanging out with the dad's side of the family. But I don't want to sleep. Not that there's anything else to do.
• I watched this movie today that was insanely good, although I bawled through the whole thing.
• I found out today that this guy I made out with once that used to have a big crush on me is now engaged and has a baby girl. I think that's a first for me.
• That's all.

"I had become to myself a vast problem, and I questioned my soul 'Why are you sad, and why are you very distressed?' But my soul did not know what reply to give."

~Saint Augustine's Confessions

"Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more, and all good things will be yours."

~Swedish proverb

XOXO,

Ash

In Houston

I'm in Houston for 2 weeks. Here is my schedule if you want to see me:

• Monday 19: free after 5pm
• Tuesday 20:  not free
• Wednesday 21:  free after 6pm
• Thursday 22:  free after 6pm
• Friday 23:  probably not free all day
• Saturday 24:  probably not free all day
• Sunday 25:  not sure, you can come to some stupid memorial weekend party with me if you want
• Monday 26:  free all day
• Tuesday 27:  probably free after about 2 or 3p
• Wednesday 28:  not sure
• Thursday 29:  not sure
• Friday 30:  free after 5pm
• Saturday 31:  probably not free
• Sunday, June 1:  probably leaving for Waco

XOXO,

Ash

Financial Planning

Current Balance = $1,441.77

+

Anticipated library income for May = $198.40

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Anticipated income from Judy for May = $222.00 - $254.00

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Anticipated library income for summer = $1,023.00

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Anticipated library income for fall = $752

=

$3,455.17 - $3,487.17 by graduation

Of course...that's assuming I spend almost nothing until graduation....

New Job?

I applied today for a job as a psychiatric aid. I probably won't get it because they want someone full-time and I can't really do that right now, but if I did it would pay more than my library job and I wouldn't have to deal with moronic Baylor students every day. Here's to wishing, hoping, thinking, and praying. (Planning, and dreaming, his kisses will start...that won't get you into his heart!...)

XOXO,

Ash

Financial Planning

Current Balance = $989.45
+
Anticipated library income for May = $179.80
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Anticipated income from Judy for May = $182.00
+
Anticipated library income for summer = $1,023.00
+
Anticipated library income for fall = $752
=
$3,163.45 by graduation

Hopefully I can work more for Judy and maybe do other odd jobs or something and make some more money. Womp womp womp.

XOXO,
Ash

Summer Plans

Readers
I don't think any of you read this anymore. If you ever did.But you should. Feedback is good and helpful and crap. So be nice. And read. And comment.

School
So I'm staying in Waco this summer, at Baylor. I'm taking 12 hours of coursework this summer. That means 2 classes per month for two months. That means three hours of class every day, Monday through Friday. That means each class is going to be an hour and a freakin' half long.

Work
I told my boss that I would like to work about 15 hours a week. I figure that sounded pretty decent. Since the job is through the school, the max we are allowed to work here while taking summer classes is 20 hours a week. I took a couple summer classes last summer and was exhausted, so I figured I'd better not push it and work the max. If it turns out I have a lot of free time, I'm sure people will be going out of town and making plans and stuff and wanting people to work their shifts for them. Or I could just work part-time somewhere else. *shrug* But money is money, and I need that.

Math
So I figure a week is 168 hours. Minus 15 hours of classes. Minus let's estimate 15 hours of homework. Minus 48 hours for the weekend. Minus 15 hours for work. Minus 8 hours of sleep, ideally, 7 nights a week, so minus 56 hours for sleep. Minus about 10 hours wake up, shower, get ready for the day time. Leaving me about 9 hours per week of plain old free time. Sounds like fun.

XOXO,
Ash

When the Tigers Broke Free

I met with a counselor at school today. The first seven sessions are free, and after that it's only $10 a session, so I figured why not. A friend of mine has been going for awhile, and she's the one that told me I should go and recommended the guy she sees. He's nice. I was kind of tense and awkward during our session, but I talked and he asked questions and talked. We didn't resolve anything, but afterwards I felt surprisingly relieved anyway. Like I could breathe easier, literally. I'm going to see him again next week.

Here's another picture of my Baylor ring, not that I'm obsessed or anything:

I'm going to have to send it in to get the year changed to '08 since I'm graduating earlier than I thought I was when I ordered the ring. I don't want to part with it. :(

In other news, I'm sick and it sucks. But Jesse babied me all Monday night, so that was really nice. I couldn't sleep last night, Lord knows why. So I'm going to take a nap now and then wake up and study for Research Methods.

XOXO,

Ash

Getting My Baylor Ring

XOXO,

Ash

O_O

School

Finals are quickly approaching. Ashley is cowering. I have six freaking finals. Most of them are no big deal, but two one of them I need to pass with flying colors...or else. *gulp*

Thursday, May 8

-Research Methods Final, 9am

Friday, May 9

-Mythology Final, 9am

Saturday, May 10

-Psychotherapy Final, 9am

Monday, May 12

-Politics Final, 9am

-Personality Final, 2pm - VERY IMPORTANT!

Tuesday, May 13

-Yoga Final, 2pm

So there's that.

XOXO,

Ashley