Well I got to take a vacation..SCORE!! I miss Bowling Green like woah. Who knew? Went to an (awesome?) concert in BHam..good times. And now since I hardly ever work, I am sitting at home writing personal emails to every newspaper editor in the states of Tennessee, Kentucky and Alabama. Well...not every...but I did email 16 people today so far. Whoever emails me back first gets me for the summer. Who will it be? To be continued....

Good things...
1. Got a sweet new/old keyboard to hash out some tunes
2. Got into the photography class i've been trying to get in to for 3 semesters
3. Heaven is my home

Bad things...
1. The government hates me
2. Boss hates me
3. Student loan corp hates me
4. Profile story subject hates me
5. MTV hates me
6. Bank account hates me
7. Portfolio hates me
8. My immune system hates me

It's hard to see someone you love be in love with someone else.

Why do strange things always happen on days when I've had only three hours of sleep? Now three hours of sleep is not uncommon for me, but today was certainly extra special and extra long. Lets break it down into three catagories: work, school and sweetbay.

Work: Another stylist at my salon quit today bringing the total to four stylists and one massage therapist quitting within three weeks. Not exactly great for business. And then everyone starts dying this week. Three people lost immediate family members within four days. Wierd? So pretty much everyone is depressed or quitting.
Oh but it gets better...Since everyone is quitting and we aren't making any money, hours are being chopped of course. So far I have survived on seniority, but the powers above pretty much axed our payroll so my hours just got chopped in half. My boss tells me I can either be laid off to get unemployment or work the half hours. hmm. but just until business picks up. So I ask her earnestly "so what are your plans for bringing new business?" My ideas: we need an actual website and to do some community outreach. I volunteer for the tenth time to help her out. Her ideas: raise the energy in the salon and clean our auras. I repeat the question.
So another salon coordinator choses to be laid off..but does my boss redistribute her hours to the rest of us? no..that would be way too logical. Instead she decides that she is going to hire another person (who she's already interviewed mind you..even though she hadn't even talked to any of us yet) because she likes the girl's "energy." What? So she's hiring someone to work two little tiny shifts a week that I have already volunteered to cover (even though it means missing zumba). So I tell her I will finish out the semester because I don't have time to look for a job, but then I will re-evaluate the situation. (I'm so quitting and taking all my vaca hours with me!!)
So with my new paycheck I figured out that I will have $30 a month to spend on food. hmmm. ok. I've pretty much been laughing all day about this whole situation because it is so ridiculous. Moving on...

School: Diva drama with the subject of a profile story I'm working on has caused me to miss deadline. So I have to talk to my professor about it tonight, pretty much dreading it all day. (missing deadline is a HUGE deal) In a sobbing mess I explain the situation to her and that I'm really not a cry baby I'm just really tired. So instead of chewing me out here's what happens: she tells me she's gonna talk to a friend at TBO because she thinks they will want to publish my story and working with them will get me better access to the people at MTV that I need to talk to. And then she tells me my outfit is cute. And then she tells me to go home a drink a glass of wine and NOT WORK ON MY STORY AT ALL!! Like every good professor, encouraging alcoholism in her students! So aside from my story being crap so far, school today=good. wierd.

Sweetbay: So I'm driving home from school (this is all the same day..) and I notice that my tank's low. plan to stop and fuel up but first I stop at Sweetbay to get some comfort food. I don't shop at Sweetbay but I didn't feel like running into anyone..I should shop there more and here is why: I'm checking out, takes about 10 minutes even though there is only one person in front of me..oh well. So the nice little cashier boy asks me if I want to donate a dollar to the nba. what? oh mda. makes more sense. i try to explain to him that i thought he said nba..he doesn't think i'm funny. So i give my dollar and sign the little shoe and head out to the parking lot where three nice gentlemen wish me a happy new year after hollering "hey girl." happy new year to you too. guess what? i forgot to get gas.

And now I'm watching the news and they are talking about adults on facebook. REALLY..this is news?? Dr. Leslie would be livid.

So my dear good friend and roomie Sommer told me I should get one of these pleonast things. And since I do everything that Sommer tells me to do, here I am! I haven't really blogged before nor joined an online sight since facebook was for college kids only (forever ago!) I pretty much feel like an old lady who picks up a digital camara and asks where you put the film. But I'm a quick learner so me and pleonast will be bff in no time..no time at all. And I will have one more thing to distract me from doing my schoolwork. YES!!

Thoughts today:
1. Having 18 kids should not be allowed. No matter your motives, you can not provide the individual attention, love and education that these children should have.
2. Child pagents are disgusting. 5 year olds should not be allowed to get spray tans, shave their legs or have highlights.
3. I really like craisins