Tuesday, September 27th.

It's been hectic. Kind of. So my crab that I was so excited about changing shells, Hutch, was pronounced dead. I went to lunch with Kristina, then we went to PetSmart and purchased Hutch#2. I asked the salesman if they die a lot during changing shells, he said it can be fatal. I said oh, that explains why he's dead. I got a funny look. Then I had to fill out paperowkr to purchase him. I'm pretty sure they spent more on the paper and pen to buy the thing, than I spent on him, since he was $5.29. Anyway, I took him home, buried Hutch one, and introduced Starsky to Hutch#2. Then I went to work, came home, nd Hutch #2 had already changed shells, and Starsky took his old shell! I thought it was crazy that I waited 4 months to see one change shells, and had 3 crabs change shells in a 24 hr period. Then this morning I woke up, did the baby to school thing, and a half hour of cardio. Then missed Humanities, went to English (which I was late for, and did my homework while walking to class) and went to the pet store again to buy new sand and mulch and a climbing tree for Starsky and Hutch#2. Their crabitat is pretty sick, but now I'm broke. er.

yeah

So I got home from work on saturday afternoon, and I had a swimming pool with a toilet in it in the middle of my bedroom floor. My dad was redoing the floors in my bathroom, and didn't want to put the toilet on my carpet. Average day in my life. Then I went and checked on my organic veggie garden, my green bean stalks are huge! I also put down some scallions and lettuce, soon I'm doing the starter trays for my tomatoes. I didn't have work sunday, so I went to church. Then I went and saw dolphin tale (very good) with Kristina. On the way to the theater we saw a tortoise, and she pulled over into the median so we could take pictures of it. I dont know why I never hung out with her before, she's great. We're goin to lunch today. Anyway, after the movie we went back to her house and Brandon and our old friend Allan came over. It was awkward cause we didn't have a plan, but it was nice tp catch up. We're all gonna hang out a lot more now, since all four of us are still in Ocala, and we've all been left behind by our friends to their "respective colleges" (Allan's favorite phrase) Also, my hermit crab hutch (his girlfriend is Starsky) is changing his shell, he looks so gross naked! I'm hoping tht shell changing is just a really slow exhasting process, cause he hasn't moved in 12 hours. I'm scared to touch him. I read that when they don't have a shell to hide in they play dead when a could be predator approaches, so maybe he's just really good at playing. That was my weekend. And I just finished my workout so I'm gonna go shower real quick and go meet Kristina!

9/19

Today has been a slow day. I drove Mason to school, tutored grocery shopped and picked Mason up. I need to go to the bank, but I definitely took a 2 hour nap instead. I wanted to hang out with Brandon bu he is working. I did make some more of my trail mix. Homemade trail mix is delicious, I'm obsessed recently. You can't go wrong when you make it either, you just throw stuff together. Oh, and at tutoring after we finished thesignments we looked at funny videos on youtube. It was great. And tonight I'm gonnna make a whole wheat white chicken spinach pizza for dinner, I'm excited. Also, my vegetable garden is doing well. I have green beans in the ground now, and I'm working on balancing the PH for my other fall veggies. I want to be able to eat a whole meal produced from my backyard, but I know that can't happen until I have my own place with chickens and more harvest space. Oh well. But now Dixie, my beagle best friend, is staring me down, so we're gonna head to the dog park.

Maybe this is heaven

So I was at work yesterday, and I randomly had a pretty intense conversation with one of the salesman. We were talking about religion, and he said he was raised catholic, but in adulthood he does not believe in the church, but he believes in some type of supreme being out there. I can completely respect that, since the church has been a bit twisted from time to time in history. But then we were talking about heaven and what's next after this. We joked around a little about what heaven would be like and such, and whether we would be in conscious or unconscious mind in the next life. But then he said what if there isn't anything else? What if this life is like "heaven" and this is it?It was a depressing thought for a minute, but I don't buy it at all. Once again I of course respect his opinion, it's fair to wonder. But I know there's something else. The world is too beautiful for this to be it. This world was not a coincedence. The Lord said there's more, and who am I to doubt that? Knowing there's more to this, and putting all my faith in the Lord feels right, and in history millions of hearts have agreed and been changed, and that can't be an accident. Loving God changes lives, it's just right like that. And it calls us to serve and love others as well. It just makes sense. After that conversation I finished up some social sciences homework about evolution, and continued to ponder about the after life. I left work and went to the end of the year lifeguard party at my old work, then to Denny's with a few friends after. Honestly, it was probably the best time I ever had as a lifeguard.  I feel bad for the waitress we had, but I think she was amused. Today I have to work, So I'm gonna go for a jog and get ready.

Catch up

I've never blogged, so its a good thing noone will read this. Anyway, I am currently a student at CF in ocala, no it's not a community college, it's a 4 year institution that only has a 4 year degree offered for business right now. Yeah, I know. I should've gone to a University, but I'm easily annoyed by college aged kids. Drinking and drugs and stupidity just makes me mad, and being a follower of christ, I thought it best to stay home away from all that. Plus, I was told if I go to CF it wil be paid for through my work in high school horticulture class. The two correspond, which is convenient. I, however, was the guinea pig for this, the very first person to intend completing both programs, and they lied. I got no grants I was promised. Which wouldn't be bad, if brght futures hadn't also lost my application, which my Dad has gotten angry about, and directed that anger to me, as if I work for bright futures and lost my own application. smh. But I'm working on it. But currently, I have 3 classes (I couldn't get a 4th because they were all full, another perk of community college -_-) Everyday I regret not going away for school, but I have hope it could still get better. My boyfriend also stayed home and goes to CF, but he has plans to enlist in something and do something stupid and dangerous. Don't get me wrong, I support that he wants to serve the country and has a calling for that, it just scares me. FTR, we've been together for 2 and a half years, I'm not one of those crazy "we've been dating a week and I'm planning our future now" kids. God has a plan for us, we just have to find it somehow. But now that you know what my boyfriend wants to do, I'll tell you what I want to do. I'm studying horticulture, and my immediate plan is to be a commercial landscape designer, eventually designing golf courses. But that's not my forever career, that's just to get me enough money to start my own landscaping business, specializing in pollution reducing, xeroscaping, and eco-friendly landscapes. Then, I plan to re-open my grandparents "Burton nursery" I grew up working in and be a wholesale producer/own some property and raise cows and lambs. I hope I can live in Kentucky, where my dads side of the family is from and owns countless farms and businesses and bascially the whole town of Plato, KY. But with Brandon enlisting, who knows. As you can see, I love agriculture. FFA was my life and what defined me all through high school, and now I;m trying to find myself without it. I also love fitness and nutrition and only eat all-natural. It just makes sense, but I'm always catching crap from my family and friends that I'm obsessed. But the way America's looking, health seems like a good thing to obsess over. Speaking of work-outs, I did a crazy one yesterday, Spartacus from mens health magazine. It's not bad just a lot of squatting, which isn't my strong point, so I can't feel my legs. I'm definitely wearing flats to work today, not heels. BTW I'm a receptionist at a car dealer. But I also tutor and drive a friends baby to school and back. Those are just side jobs, but those two side jobs double my weekly income from just te car dealership, so I think they're real jobs. For twwo summers I was a lifeguard at the local waterpark, but I didn't like the way everyone worked (they didn't, basically) and needed a not seasonal job, so I was happy to finally find another job. I've also recieved a Horticulture Professional license in my senior year of high school, which is I guess kind of  big deal. I was ecstatic, it wasn't easy, but it hasn't really done much for me yet. I think that's pretty much all I can say about me right now. This was kind of a background info one, the ones to follow won't be as boring, I hope.