Prom is now about a week and a half away. Jess and I have only recently really started to buckle down to get ready for it. The reason for this was that Jess had a dress picked out and put on layaway, so her parents had to finish paying it off before she could pick it up for me to see so I could reserve a tux to match it. However there was a delay in this after her parents had to go to Pheonix for a weekend. Once she did manage to get her dress last weekend though, we immediatly started planning, and went to get my tux. We went to Savvi (where I got a tux last year and was very satisfied with the service), but were disapointed to find that they were SOLD OUT of almost every tuxedo there, and the only options for me were terrible. We ended up going down Frederica to Harold's to rent a satisfactory tux. I also ordered a pair of blue converse shoes to match her dress that I will wear to add just a little element of punk to it all.
Next on the list is how are we going to afford tickets and dinner and afterparty supplies, as well as where are we going it eat, who is going to be in our prom group, etc. The initial plan was that we would go in a group with Timmy and Cam, and possibly Michael and Aryanne if things played out right. However, we are still upset with Timmy, and not sure whether we want to put being so mad at him on hold or reward him with such a fun time, and Michael and Aryanne are almost constantly on the rocks. I thought that the two of them were finally going to be ok after they seemed to finally get the drama with Joy out of the way, but now things are just as bad as before because of her ex's causing trouble now. I just have to hope that someone will finally realize that EVERYONE is acting crazy and do something about it. Sometimes it feels like I'm one of the only sane people left around, and then that is enough to drive anyone insane.
Well, my preperations are at least almost done. I still need to buy some flowers for Jess and I, and I think I'll do something with my hair, but I don't know what yet. Other than that Jess still needs to buy some accessories, and we need to decide exactly what we will do for our afterprom extravaganza. Last year we had an energy drink party with Logan and Allison at Jessica's house. We bought a ton of energy drinks like Amp and Nos and dumped them into a shot machine that worked like a gas pump, and drank them all night long while watching Sweeny Todd. It was actually a blast.
It seems that all we need to do now is figure out how we are going to afford everything (hopefully a few extra chores will put my parents in a sympathetic mood) and who is going with us. If we end up alone because no one can pull it together, we will stay home and either have my Mom cook for us or cook something ourselves, and maybe hang out with Logan for a while afterwards, but it really isn't going to be such a fun night without a group of friends with us.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
CD's
The last CD that I purchased was Ocean Eyes by Owl City, which I bought for Jessica for her birthday. Fireflies was a new favorite song of ours that played on the radio alot, and we also discovered Vanilla Twilight through youtube, so we were excited to own the whole album.
The last CD that I bought for myself was Foiled for the Last Time by Blue October. Jessica had given me a burnt copy of Foiled, and I had found that the rerelease of the album included bonus songs and a second disc. I bought it excited because I thought that the second disc was a DVD of a concert, but instead it was just a CD of the concert, a live album. It was still good and X Amount of Words has an excilent twist to the live ending, but I wish I had the CD.
The last CD that I recieved was Avenged Sevenfold's Live at LBC and Diamonds in the Rough. It was a Christmas present and also was a 2-disc package. The first disc is a DVD of a concert from their last tour, and the second is a live album from the tour as well, and features a few bonus songs that have not been released on any other album. It is also the last thing A7X would ever release with the late great drummer The Rev.
The last CD that I bought for myself was Foiled for the Last Time by Blue October. Jessica had given me a burnt copy of Foiled, and I had found that the rerelease of the album included bonus songs and a second disc. I bought it excited because I thought that the second disc was a DVD of a concert, but instead it was just a CD of the concert, a live album. It was still good and X Amount of Words has an excilent twist to the live ending, but I wish I had the CD.
The last CD that I recieved was Avenged Sevenfold's Live at LBC and Diamonds in the Rough. It was a Christmas present and also was a 2-disc package. The first disc is a DVD of a concert from their last tour, and the second is a live album from the tour as well, and features a few bonus songs that have not been released on any other album. It is also the last thing A7X would ever release with the late great drummer The Rev.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Lack of Friends.
On Wednesday I agreed to drive out to Hawsville to pick up Cam for Timmy and bring her to church, and drop her back off in Hawsville afterwords.. Timmy wricked his car going 5 miles per hour in a parking lot so he can no longer make the trip on his own until he gets a new car. However during the planning of the trip things started going sour. I have a 3 seat pickup truck, and refused to let him tagalong with Jess and I to get her because we coulndn't all fit legally. he was upset and kept trying to find loopholes, but ended up just making Jessica very mad in the end and gave up. On the way out there he kept txting us and bugging us with questions about where we were ans how much longer we would take when we had never even been out that far before and had no clue. He had asked me earlier to drop Cam off at his house before church and I told him I only would if there was enough time, but otherwise we were going to Jessica's to pick up something before church and would meet him at church after that. When I told him we didn't have time to go to his house and to just meet us at church he took it upon hiself to go wait at Jessica's house for who knows how long to take her himself with hardly any "hello" or "goodbye."
By now we were pretty peeved. He has been acting out alot latley, and been just plain disrespectful of everyone besides him and Cam. He has been having Cam pierce and gauge his ear for him after he was hired to work at Holiday World this summer (the new job is to be able to pay for rent when he moves out this summer) even though he knows that the company does not approve and if they find out will likely fire him. He asys he has a loop hole to allow him to do it, and refuses to listen to anyones claims who has worked there previously about how strict they are, and how likley he is to be fired for it.Aside from that he has been constantly striving for loops holes that are unlikley to work in his favor in just about everything. He shows no respect for anyone and just walks over them, expecting everyone to have no problem with his behavior, and be completely fine with being treaten so badly because they are friends. He has run away from home before, steals his brother's car often, only hangs out with us at my house to use the enternet to talk to Cam, sitting quietly in the corner for most of the time, he is unthankful of people who go out the way to do him favors, is generally rude to people, and keeps on proving himself to not care.
He is supposed to help Jessica pay rent this summer, but might be fired from his job for this. ALL OF HIS FRIENDS and those who care at all about him talk bad about him behind his back because of how he acts. When his brother told him about how everyone was talking about him at McDonalds on Wednesday night, he replied that he didn't care if everyone hated him, hes going to do what he wants anyway.
Some of us are starting to think that this change may have something to do with Camille. We all love hanging out with the both of them, and they are my closest friends, but things are changing. I like having just a small group of really close friends, and right now thats Timmy, Cam, Jess and me, but with everyone being so upset with Timmy, that kind of alienates Cam as well, and now I am at a sort of loss for people to look forward to hanging out with again. Sure I have other friends, but now I am hopeing to avoid my two best friends because I don't know what I'll do when I see them. When I checked my work schedual for the weekend I was hoping and praying not to work the same session as Timmy, and thankfully don't have to, but I can't just avoid him forever. He will try to IM me someday, or we will have to see each other at church, and I don't know how to respond.
I'm stressed about a lot of things right now about money, about prom, about the summer, about my job, about my relationship, and now I don't even have a best friend to know I can go relax with in my spare time. It seems like everytime I have a best friend they go and decide to do something stupid and I loose a friend. It has happened repeatedly now. I will make a best friend, hang out with them as much as possible, and they will start to change, take advantage of my willingnes to go out of my way to help them out of the mud late at night, and expect me to just go along with them being a total jerk. I'm getting tired of it.
By now we were pretty peeved. He has been acting out alot latley, and been just plain disrespectful of everyone besides him and Cam. He has been having Cam pierce and gauge his ear for him after he was hired to work at Holiday World this summer (the new job is to be able to pay for rent when he moves out this summer) even though he knows that the company does not approve and if they find out will likely fire him. He asys he has a loop hole to allow him to do it, and refuses to listen to anyones claims who has worked there previously about how strict they are, and how likley he is to be fired for it.Aside from that he has been constantly striving for loops holes that are unlikley to work in his favor in just about everything. He shows no respect for anyone and just walks over them, expecting everyone to have no problem with his behavior, and be completely fine with being treaten so badly because they are friends. He has run away from home before, steals his brother's car often, only hangs out with us at my house to use the enternet to talk to Cam, sitting quietly in the corner for most of the time, he is unthankful of people who go out the way to do him favors, is generally rude to people, and keeps on proving himself to not care.
He is supposed to help Jessica pay rent this summer, but might be fired from his job for this. ALL OF HIS FRIENDS and those who care at all about him talk bad about him behind his back because of how he acts. When his brother told him about how everyone was talking about him at McDonalds on Wednesday night, he replied that he didn't care if everyone hated him, hes going to do what he wants anyway.
Some of us are starting to think that this change may have something to do with Camille. We all love hanging out with the both of them, and they are my closest friends, but things are changing. I like having just a small group of really close friends, and right now thats Timmy, Cam, Jess and me, but with everyone being so upset with Timmy, that kind of alienates Cam as well, and now I am at a sort of loss for people to look forward to hanging out with again. Sure I have other friends, but now I am hopeing to avoid my two best friends because I don't know what I'll do when I see them. When I checked my work schedual for the weekend I was hoping and praying not to work the same session as Timmy, and thankfully don't have to, but I can't just avoid him forever. He will try to IM me someday, or we will have to see each other at church, and I don't know how to respond.
I'm stressed about a lot of things right now about money, about prom, about the summer, about my job, about my relationship, and now I don't even have a best friend to know I can go relax with in my spare time. It seems like everytime I have a best friend they go and decide to do something stupid and I loose a friend. It has happened repeatedly now. I will make a best friend, hang out with them as much as possible, and they will start to change, take advantage of my willingnes to go out of my way to help them out of the mud late at night, and expect me to just go along with them being a total jerk. I'm getting tired of it.
ACT part 3
I took the ACT for the third time on the Saturday before Sping Break was over. Who had the bright idea to put one of the most important tests of a high school student's life on that particular Saturday I'll never know, but I did not study at all. All week long I kept talking about how I needed to break out the packet and go over it, but on the day before the test I suddenly realized I hadn't prepared at all. Not only that but Skates Alive decided to have a late night skate that lasted until midnight! Before I realized that the test was the next day I made plans to spend the night at Timmy's, and didn't back down from it. I went over after the late skate and got ready for bed soon after. However for some reason I could not fall asleep. I was tired, but couldn't rest. It was after 4:00 am before I finally fell asleep (probly closer to after 5:00) and I had to wake up early to go pick up Jess, get breakfast, drop her off at her testing center, and make it to OCTC in time to take mine. It was disasterous.
However, once I got there and started on the first test, I was fine. I was still a little tired, but I made it through all of the questions without to much difficulty, and I feel like I did very well. The reading and science parts were brutal because I have never heard of most of the things the science test talks about and I am a slow reader, but overall I fell I did well. We will have to wait and see in a few weeks to find out just how much sleep a teenager needs in a night to succeed the next day.
However, once I got there and started on the first test, I was fine. I was still a little tired, but I made it through all of the questions without to much difficulty, and I feel like I did very well. The reading and science parts were brutal because I have never heard of most of the things the science test talks about and I am a slow reader, but overall I fell I did well. We will have to wait and see in a few weeks to find out just how much sleep a teenager needs in a night to succeed the next day.
Spring Break
Its been a good while since I have last blogged, so its time for an update. Shortly after my last blog (by the way my dad ended up taking part of the steering wheel apart and wiggling a few things around to fix the problem) Spring Break kicked off. For the first weekend of the break Jessica's parents were out of town to visit her little sister in Pheonix, Arizona who just had a baby. They had her other little sister Sara dropped off with some relatives for the weekend. It was also Easter weekend. We spent a lot of the money we had on gifts for a couple of her cousins and the gas to get out there and back.
The fun part was that since her house was empty I would pick her up in the morning and we would hang out at my house or be out doing some arrand all day until I had to drop her back off at her house to sleep. When her parents came back, they wanted some quality time with her for a few days, but then became more linient on her going to do things with friends during her last spring break as a high school student.
Cam got us a good deal on lazer tag at the Ozone, so we scrounged up some money (and had to borrow some from parents since my last few paychecks have only been about $20 a piece) and went. It was the first time I had been and it was completely awsome. It was a large 2 story room witha lot of blacklights and people running around shooting each other. In total I believe there were 10 of us playing for about an hour, and I definitly plan to go again as soon as I can afford it. It was the most fun I've had in a long time.
A few day later we finally were able to do something I'd wanted to do since Spring Breaks started, take Jessica for a picnic at Panther Creek Park. We backed a picnic basket and grabed some chalk and spent a day by the lake enjoying the weather. The next day we were lucky enough to go again for another picnic and invited Timmy, Cam, and Logan to go with us before Sunday night church.
It was a pretty good Sping Break, and I'm glad I had as much fun as I did on my last one. I learned how to play Rummy, and now whenever we all hang out at my house for Taco Monday or any other occasion we break out the deck and play for a while. We got to spend a lot of time over at my house which was nice since I feel bad for not being home often latley. Although I am sure we got on my parents nerves ever so often for staying up late, I'm sure they liked having us all around.
The fun part was that since her house was empty I would pick her up in the morning and we would hang out at my house or be out doing some arrand all day until I had to drop her back off at her house to sleep. When her parents came back, they wanted some quality time with her for a few days, but then became more linient on her going to do things with friends during her last spring break as a high school student.
Cam got us a good deal on lazer tag at the Ozone, so we scrounged up some money (and had to borrow some from parents since my last few paychecks have only been about $20 a piece) and went. It was the first time I had been and it was completely awsome. It was a large 2 story room witha lot of blacklights and people running around shooting each other. In total I believe there were 10 of us playing for about an hour, and I definitly plan to go again as soon as I can afford it. It was the most fun I've had in a long time.
A few day later we finally were able to do something I'd wanted to do since Spring Breaks started, take Jessica for a picnic at Panther Creek Park. We backed a picnic basket and grabed some chalk and spent a day by the lake enjoying the weather. The next day we were lucky enough to go again for another picnic and invited Timmy, Cam, and Logan to go with us before Sunday night church.
It was a pretty good Sping Break, and I'm glad I had as much fun as I did on my last one. I learned how to play Rummy, and now whenever we all hang out at my house for Taco Monday or any other occasion we break out the deck and play for a while. We got to spend a lot of time over at my house which was nice since I feel bad for not being home often latley. Although I am sure we got on my parents nerves ever so often for staying up late, I'm sure they liked having us all around.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Dead Truck
The other day was going around town with Jessica, then we went back to her house for a minute before I went off to work. The truck had no problems before, however when I went to leave my key would not work in the ignition. I could not get the ignition to turn, and it looked like the key would not go in all of the way.
I really hate it when something goes wrong with my truck because it makes me wonder if there were any signs I could have seen to prevent it. Also my Dad always talks about how I need to learn to feel for vehicle. This time he seems a little upset because I am not trying to do anything about it. I don't know what I can do. We tried every trick we could find and the only option we are left with is to call a tow truck to come pick it up and take it somewhere to get it fixed. That means the cost to fix it this time is going to be very high, another thing I hate about having a broken truck because I feel bad that I can't afford to pay for it myself.
So I've been using my Mom's car or getting rides from her since Sunday, and I've kinda killed her gas tank. Tomorrow I have to drive all the way to Philpot so that I can drop Jessica's sister off at her aunts to be babysat this weekend. I also get my paycheck tomorrow and it should be a big one since I work alot last weekend so I plan to put a bout $15 in the gas tank. It's not a very big tank, so hopefully that will be enough to replenish what I used. My Mom has been trying to call a tow truck to come pick it up but either no one answers or its already after hours when we try. Hopefully we will have luck soon because one of my plans for spring break was to completely wash out the truck and wax it.
I really hate it when something goes wrong with my truck because it makes me wonder if there were any signs I could have seen to prevent it. Also my Dad always talks about how I need to learn to feel for vehicle. This time he seems a little upset because I am not trying to do anything about it. I don't know what I can do. We tried every trick we could find and the only option we are left with is to call a tow truck to come pick it up and take it somewhere to get it fixed. That means the cost to fix it this time is going to be very high, another thing I hate about having a broken truck because I feel bad that I can't afford to pay for it myself.
So I've been using my Mom's car or getting rides from her since Sunday, and I've kinda killed her gas tank. Tomorrow I have to drive all the way to Philpot so that I can drop Jessica's sister off at her aunts to be babysat this weekend. I also get my paycheck tomorrow and it should be a big one since I work alot last weekend so I plan to put a bout $15 in the gas tank. It's not a very big tank, so hopefully that will be enough to replenish what I used. My Mom has been trying to call a tow truck to come pick it up but either no one answers or its already after hours when we try. Hopefully we will have luck soon because one of my plans for spring break was to completely wash out the truck and wax it.
Plasma
Jessica recently went to sell plasma at a donation center in town. It is pretty good money. If she donated 2 times a week then she almost makes as much as I do in a week working all weekend. The first time you donate takes about 3.5 hours because of all of the paperwork, and her blood sugar dropped below 100 at one point so she almost passed out, but they stopped taking her plasma at that point and paide her anyway, saying that it is common for something to happen your first time since its so new and you are a little nervous.
Timmy and I agreed to go with her yesterday during her second trip so that we could have our first trips. However, we arrived 10 minutes passed the time they stop taking new patients and we were turned away. Now we are waiting for Saturday and the three of us will return to try again with Camille. At least there will be a good support system for everyone this time. Hopefully it won't hurt too bad.
Timmy and I agreed to go with her yesterday during her second trip so that we could have our first trips. However, we arrived 10 minutes passed the time they stop taking new patients and we were turned away. Now we are waiting for Saturday and the three of us will return to try again with Camille. At least there will be a good support system for everyone this time. Hopefully it won't hurt too bad.
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