Congratulations!

Congratulations Chris and Jessica - baby Jack is here!

Best Day E-V-E-R!

Today, the best day ever, had to be shared, even if it's only with 3 of you...

I chose to wake up just a few minutes later than usual today. I was so sleepy this morning even though I went to bed a little early last night.... I think the past few weeks are catching up with me.

That part was good, great even.

It was once I got out of bed that the fun really began...

First I went to the DMV. I had to stand in not one, but two lines. I had to get a license (pictures yay!) then I had to get a tag. Know what's fun about getting a tag? Besides nothing? Well, I brought my title, like they told me to, but that wasn't good enough because the State of Mississippi sent me a "Duplicate Title" and sent the original to my lien holder. I then had to retrieve the original title from my lien holder (lucky for me that was an option). Once I got the title I had to go back to the DMV and stand in line again. 2.5 hours and about $100.00 later I was gone. Until August...

After the DMV... I had a root canal!

I've heard it said that people would rather get a root canal than go to the DMV. While they are both painful, the DMV only hurts while you're there.

...At least I got to wear jeans

I am connected

Guess what!? I have a computer.... in my house. And not only do I have a computer... in my house, I also have the internet. If it sounds like I've been living under a rock, have no fear, I've just been technologically impaired for the past 4 months or so... and now that I have one again, I feel unstoppable! (okay, maybe not, but I at least feel as if I belong in this century, which is pretty excellent in and of itself)

Yesterday was a fabulous day when everything finally worked out and I was able to connect. I don't have a desk and I haven't really figured out the optimum place for my computer but it works and I can use it and it's mine and that's all that really matters. (The best run on sentence ever by the way)

The ironic thing, I am blogging from work.

43 Things

I'm probably a little behind, but maybe not. I've been reading up on 43 things. It's a place (a social networking group) where you can identify your goals (in a public manner) and track your progress on these (realistic) goals. Apparently they sell a book about doing this too. From what I understand if you write down your goals you will have a better understanding of what you want to accomplish and maybe you'll do it if it's staring you in the face. Along with the book (and the people using the website) they have a personality quiz which is supposed to help you get started(??). I, being a sucker for quizzes, took it. I thought it would be more like a Myers-Briggs personality test but went ahead...

However exciting (and scientific) that is, I find it pretty interesting to see that I am organized. I am most certainly an extrovert and I am constantly reinventing myself but who knew I was so organized?? I love it! And the best part is it says 0% of the 53079 people who have taken that quiz are like me.... now that I believe!

I took the 43 Things Personality Quiz and found out I'm an Extroverted Organized Reinventer

Welcome 2009

2008 has come and gone and I can't help but to reminisce on the year that was... so much happened in 2008. A lot I shared, and so much more I did not.

2008 started unlike any year before. I was broke, unemployed, and living with family. Just a few months before, I had my own place, my own car, and a great (although low-paying) job that I loved. Who knew that it would have been the best thing that ever happened to me?

I've comprised a list; things I loved, things I learned, and mostly what I am thankful for in 2008.

1) I'm thankful I don't have to eat Reba's cooking - but appreciate that I had food to eat, and someone to cook for me.
2) I love being closer to my sisters and friends I had lost touch with - I'm glad to get to know my sisters better. We haven't spent too much time together in, I don't know, the past 10 years or so. They have grown into really beautiful and very very cool girls. I'm glad to know them and love them a lot!
3) I am thankful for the time I spent with my family in Memphis - I loved spending time with them (most of the time) and loved learning about the kids and getting to know them.
4) I am thankful that now I can visit the kids... I appreciate them much more that way (and they appreciate me too).
5) I am glad I made new friends and can't wait to see them again - I miss that Tammy Sue and Dave and Joy and Zap and Sam too. I appreciate the opportunity that FFC gave me, even though I hated smelling like gas every day.
6) I am thankful for a good job with good people and the opportunity to learn and to excel - I am very curious and interested in learning about various diseases and illnesses people present to the hospital with. I am definitely planning on nursing school now (when I didn't start this Fall, it was kind of in the air).
7) I am thankful that I have reconnected with my father's side of the family - it was all by chance and I was a little taken back but I am so glad to know about them and talk to them through letters and email. The internet is definitely a wondrous thing!
8) I love learning more about myself and learning how to be on my own again - this has definitely been one of the best things to ever happen to me. It may have sucked when it was happening (the unknown always does), but I sure celebrated in April - and haven't stopped since!

There are certainly many many more things about 2008 I could write about. It was definitely a different year. All in all it was pretty darn great, and although my New Year's Eve was very low key, my year ended a total 360 from how it began. I am thankful and am looking forward to 2009 and what it will bring.

....And to all a good night

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone has an exciting and safe holiday. Cherish this time you have with your loved ones; I will speak to you soon!

~ Amanda

Where'd you get yer learnin'?

When I was in school my teachers always said one key way to know if you should trust a website was to check for misspellings and poor grammar...

...what happens when that website is CNN? Doesn't their tag line even say you can trust them? If so, WHY must they do this?

12/19/2008 from CNN.com: M.E.: It's Cayee, and it's a homicide.
Not to make this any worse than it already is, but the girl's name, it's Caylee with an "L".

12/10/2008 from CNN.com:
"He recalled another occasion in which he and another boy decided to get drunk. They mixed orange juice with rubbing alcohol. It make Middleton sick and his friend intoxicated."

Really CNN, it make him sick?

What has this world come to? I am thoroughly disappointed.