As I read the news this morning I am reminded of how short a memory most American people have. Obama is proposing sending more troops into Afghanistan to help stabilize the government there. Unfortunately he is meeting tons of resistance from congress.

It has only been about a month since the anniversary of September 11th and already these people have forgotten why we are there. Now I don't like to agree with President Bush too much but he said from the beginning that this was not a conventional war and that it would take longer than just what he could have as a term. While I may not have agreed with the War in Iraq I am a full supporter of the war in Afghanistan. This is where Osama Bin Laden trained his people; this is where he carried out his orders.

Have we all forgotten the heart ache on the day when thousands of lives were lost? If we pull out of Afghanistan they have won not just because we have given up but their government is not strong enough to fight the forces that support terrorism. We need to remember, we need to stay strong, and show these people that we are not weak we are not going to give up until we are sure that our country will never again feel the devastation of the loss of thousands of American lives. And God Bless those soldiers that are fighting for our freedom.

Well I haven't posted in a while (mostly because there is nothing interesting to report). But now that I have started school I have learned a few things:

1) There is not enough time in the day
2) Puppets are cool
3) Having no time makes it very hard on a relationship
4) Cognitive Behavioral Therapies are very cool
5) When one spends most of her life in the car driving music is very important
6) Firefly...need I say more
7) Tattoos are fun
8) Money does not last
9) Carrying cash is hard to do
10) Being organized is very important when you are this busy

For those who do not know my schedule here it is:

Monday:
Class from 9-12 (this is my only relax day)

Tuesdays:
Internship from 9-5
2 hours with Andrew
Homework
Sleep

Wednesdays:
Internship 9-5
1 hour if that with Andrew
Fencing from 6:30-8:30
Ghost Hunters from 9-10
Sleep

Thursdays:
Internship 9-5
2 hours with Andrew
Homework

Fridays:
Class from 9-12
Lunch from 12-1
Leave for work at 1
Work from 2-10
Sleep

Saturday:
Andrews football games anywhere from 7-10
2 hours with Andrew after
Work from 2-10

Every other
Sunday:
Work from 7-3
Home to see Andrew
Soccer anywhere from 6-10
Homework
Sleep

So Basically Every other Sunday and Monday afternoons are the only time I get to relax. I'm not sure it is worth it but at least it will make time go by faster. I have realized that I only get to spend 10-13 hours a week with Andrew on my busy weeks...hummm....just goes to show you that he is the best for putting up with my schedule.

Here is a message that one of my friends sent me:

Hey so I read your lj post about the building catching fire in your dream. Just wanted to let you know a man in Berlin caught his air mattress on fire and like blew up his apt. He was in a 12story apt building and apparently more of the apts caught fire too. You and your creepy dreams lol.

So apparently I need to start keeping an eye on the things that aren't natural disasters.

So Today there was a tsunami warning in New Zealand because of a underwater earthquake. The tsunami was only very little. I am wondering if this is where in my dream the waves started off little. There is still one day left so still keep a heads up.

Also there were many tornadoes in Minnasota. Three to be precice.

Luckly no one was hurt.

So for anyone that knows me very well you know that I have dreams that tend to come true. These dreams tend to be about natural disasters, like tornadoes, title waves, and landslides. I have been having these dreams more frequently and wanted to record them when necessary. The odd thing is that these dreams tend to come true within 2-3 days of me having the dream. They also tend to happen around the time that mother nature makes her monthly call. Maybe it's the hormones I don't know. It is not a guarantee that they will come true but a likelihood.

Last night I had a dream that in Baltimore (usually the place is not where it actually happens) two buildings caught on fire. The fires started on the fifth, second, and third floor. I was with other people and someone pointed it out to me. Then soon after we noticed the fire two buildings collapsed a big office building and a small apartment building. (Note someone left a message on facebook mentioning the twin towers falling so this may be where this comes from). I don't believe this will happen because it is not in my pattern of natural disasters, I knew this fire was started by human hands.

Then I realized that because these buildings were on the edge of the water that their collapse would cause a tsunami. The waves did come but a little one at first but then just kept growing one after another until the wave was about a mile high. I was on a boat when all this happened and there was no way to get to land in time so I hid in the deck of one of the boats. Of course I eventually ended up in the water trying to survive. I don't remember people dying but I assume that they were because the waves were so big. I just remember saying to myself swim towards it so that I could reach the spot before the wave formed.

Then someone told me that there was an Island in the arctic that was safe where one of my friends was. I swam there which was a short distance. I found my friend at an ancient ruin trying to decipher some writing on the ruin. This was an ancient christian ruin that had an area with two gates. I climbed on top of the structure and lifted the gate and my friend went in. The inscription ( for some reason I could read it) read that to understand you much lift the gate. My friend all the sudden realized what she had to do to decipher the text. The word memory also stands out from this dream when I was trying to read some of the text on the structure.

The last dream I had was about telling a co-worker who always asks about my dreams about what I had seen with the tsunami. We were also on the water in a hut (like in the Louisiana swamps) Then we looked out of the hut and there were water spouts all over the place. First there were three very far away. We went to go run to the shore but there was one forming right next to us in the water. We still ran but I fell off the walkway and was holding onto a flag that kept me out of the water. Then my co-worker and another co-worker came over and repelled down (sort of) to save me with another girl who had fallen. They stayed where they were after they saved us and I was trying to in tern save them but someone was holding me back. Then the waterspouts just disappeared.

So what I am going to do is watch the weather news to look for tsunami's and waterspouts. If anyone within the next two days hears of anything just let me know.

Wow this is complicated. Figuring out how much money to take out to pay for summer and fall semester is a pain in the royal butt!! I have to take out double what I need because it will split between the fall and spring semesters. So I actually had to take out 4000 more dollars than I actually need!! CRAP!! I will be paying out the nose when I get out of here!!

Second, someone has checked out the book I need to read by next week and that is a pain in the ass.

Third, I have a 10 page paper due on Thursday that I wish I had brought with me to school so I could be working on it right now instead of writing on live journal. BAH!!!!

However Carbon Leaf is having a concert at wolf trap that I am so going to get tickets to. And the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is having a concert covering QUEEN!!! This is the best thing ever!! So in short my money will be going to these concerts as soon as I get some.

I just have to keep thinking positively to get through this day/this week. WHEW...deep breaths...

Well I have finished my weekend by working all three days Friday, Sat and Sunday. It was pure hell. The kids I watch were horrible on Fri. including breaking up a fight, and on Saturday one of them had a seizure and ended up in the hospital which was one of the scariest things I've ever seen.

I've always known what to do in a situation where someone was having a seizure but seeing a 14 year old child having one just breaks your heart. He ended up being ok but it still was very scary. Then you realize why the kid was on so many meds that may have caused the seizure when he becomes manic and starts running around the apartment destroying things.

For those who don't know I work in a residential treatment center for kids who have emotional and behavioral problems. The kids I am working with now are 11-14 years old and let me tell you breaking up a fight is not easy.

However, someone let me know today that everything would be ok (and it was) by sending me a rainbow this morning on the way to work. It was just one of those moments where you know everything will settle down soon.

Now its off to bed then:

Monday- papering all day
Tuesday- papering in the morning, class
Wednesday- Papering in the morning, rapier practice at night
Thursday- Class
Friday- Work
Saturday- Work
Sunday- Probably more papering and hopefully some relaxing

So I have dropped out of existence to a lot of people these days but I'm going to try and make a comeback. Sorry to all those who may have felt neglected by me. I am trying to get my life in order and make time for everyone I can.

In second order many things have happened. I got a bran spankin new car which is really nice. However, I miss my Jeep :*( but may she rest in peace. It is still a stick though...squee!!!

I am also going to try and keep track of my dreams on this journal because I've really been having strange ones that have been coming true so I need them written down somewhere.

I also have a new boyfriend (well we have been dating for about 7 months now) but he is the kindest person I've ever met. All of my needs are being met by just one person which is a big change from my previous encounters with the opposite sex. There are so many things that we have in common that sometimes its a little freaky. Both of use loooovvvveeee mint chocolate chip ice cream, he lived right underneath my best friend when we met and even before...wierd....his name is Andrew which is the name of my grandfather as well as uncle....and all three including mine works at...uh hummm... the DOD...aka the place that doesn't exist. Also when we met we found out that we both broke up with our significant others on the same day the Sunday before we met. He is a Scotsman who is very into the reenactment stuff....mmmmm the kilt....which as you all know I love to dress like a pirate. We both want many children 3 more specifically. Also we both believe in a power higher than ourselves including the fact that some of the dreams I have come true. And today I found out that the number on his jersey is the same number that I had on mine while in high school. WEIRD!!!!

It is one of those things that makes you wonder if fate is real. We have so much in common and would have met it seems at some point in our lives. I am truly happy for the first time and am not settling for anything less than I deserve, and he has helped me to understand that. I am so scared of doing something wrong though to mess it up. I did today by getting annoyed at him because I was in a bad mood from work. It killed me to see him upset and I apologized over and over again. I don't want to hurt him in any way, he does everything for me and he makes me want to be a better person. I just had to write this down to get it out of my head to sleep.

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Yeah so as you can tell I really suck at keeping up with these post thingers. Well this semester is already trying to kill me. Last week was the worst week ever...and this week isn't shaping up to be too nice either. So many things can go so wrong so fast. People you thought were a certain way were not at all that way and things change. How do you deal with a family who is ripping at the seems while you watch as the person you love most gets ripped apart? I saw it coming from a mile away but that doesn't make it easier on anyone. I always seem to prepare for the worst. However if its the one thing that I've learned from Ricky its to live in the present, even if you predict things it doesn't make it easier, you just worry about it longer. However even though this is one of the worst things that can happen to a family it is bringing about great things. I have finally broken that wall between Ricky and I meaning that I think we both have finally realized that we don't have to go through these things alone anymore and that that is why we are together, to share the pain. So moral of the story good things come from chaos.

So I have finally realized why everyone is freaking out about this whole college thing. Last year as a freshman I had no worries, everyone kept telling me that it will only get harder but being the naive little person that I was I did not believe them. Well now....I finally understand that I will not be able to skate through college like I did high school. Humm..well what that entails I am afraid to think of but I'm sure it will feel very accomplishing when it all gets done. Not used to that feeling of accomplishment, as I stated in high school never studied slacked and got A's....yeah not going to work here. Trying to get into psy. chi is like pulling teeth. I mean really who has a 3.0 in all their classes and then a 3.5 in their major classes without going stark raving MAD!!! Still going to try my best though. Hopefully if everything gets done this week I will be able to go home and surprise Ricky this weekend. Tehehe:) Also taking lots o' stuff home. I went on the walk for Copprome on Sunday and almost started crying because of the unity of everyone in one cause, and all for orphans that they will never meet. Tear of Happiness!! Presenting at Psy Chi is scary, and if anyone wants to wake up early on thursday we are presenting at 8:20 in the morning...bah..I wont even be awake. Well going to go do some work now... hopefully.

Yeah so I have decided to actually declare my second major sometime soon. Although the Poly Sci classes are like ridiculous to try and get into I'm still going to try and get it done. I talked to Dr. Nissam-Sebat and he told me basically that I am trying to overachieve for no real reason. I figured if I had two majors that it would give me an edge he said that was crap and just told me to try and get as many classes in as possible and that my edge would be the independent research and the internship I'm planning on doing. Well I guess he is right. Plus he said if I can't get the major done because of the school it's not my fault (plus I found out it doesn't show up on my transcript if I don't finish it...hehehe) Also applied to run Hope House Mom's Time next semester, YAY kids!!! And internship I want to do is defiantly exactly what I want to do after I get out of college...yessss!!! So everything is looking good. I freaked out today cuz of the tornado watch...yeah I love tornadoes and how they work but defiantly afraid like none other. Oh well. Bored now going to go do something.

I hope this summer I can get more than 3 credits. But of course those three credits are going to be from greece...tehehe. YAY!!! I'm however going to try and take a summer class before we leave. I hope I can. Oh well. Listening to Phantom. Haven't done that in a while.....weeeeee. My ring broke....cry. And it wasn't any old ring it was my promise ring from Ricky. I guess I'll just have to go get it fixed or Ricky will just have to propose...lol. It broke clear through the band too weird. It's ok though. Break was boring and I got sick. But of course I got better just in time for school...blah. But I got to be with my Ricky so that makes up for everything else. Going to go actually do some work.

You're Momiji - the rabbit!


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