Ahhhh life, how splendid thy are. lol. :p

I had fun at my family's home last weekend. We went to the Barn Dance. This is hilarious. They started playing a zydeco song and I was talking with my friends when someone pushed me. So I turned and looked and saw these two girls doing some kind of wierd dance. It wasn't until one of them fell on the ground looking like a disturbed beetle swinging her arms and legs that we realized it was a fight. Of course, it's two stupid 15 year olds swatting each other. *sigh* Still was kind of funny. That was at 7:30. I left at 9:30 and they had at least five fights afterwards. They had to make an announcement over the speakers that fighting wouldn't be tolerated and anyone seen fighting would get tazed. yeah. So me and my friend went home and watched GI Joe. lol...a good movie to watch after watching other people fight no?

We had a really good Sunday. My grandma was soo cute in the parade. XD My parents' cats ate my BBQ plate lunch :(, and I almost got motion sickness on the Tilt-a-Whirl. It was still fun though. :)

It felt great to get home though. I was so tired. I slept like a baby that night and was able to mentally handle work Monday. That was the reason I had taken the 3 days off. I was just mentally exhausted.

Friday before the festival, me and another friend went to Lafayette do some shopping. We had so much fun. XD We ate like Queens at Piccadilly, did some serious shopping and more eating at Barnes & Nobles, then went walk the Mall of Acadiana. On the way back, we got lost in Opelousas (lots of one ways) and almost ended up in Ville Plate. Very funny. My dad tripped when I told him. "What! You could have been mugged! yada yada yada". Okay sure. I want to see them run after a vehicle going 60 mph. Go for it if it makes you happy. tsk. The only thing I was worried about was Jeepers Creepers. lol. I hate that movie. -__- *shudders*

Monday was a pretty decent day. But before I could tell you about my small dissappointment, let me give some background history. Wednesday my dad calls and tells me that he found some beautiful land in the Leblanc settlement and that he was going to take a loan out on it. Thus began my emotional rollercoaster. I was scared because I wasn't sure if I was going to like this land, wasn't sure if I was ready to make a huge committment, confused that he would even want to sacrafice over $20,000 in loans with the bank for me, and wondering how my sisters would treat me afterwards. That was Wednesday night. Thursday I got in the car and drove over to the Leblanc settlement to find the land. I kind of liked it. It would have made a nice ranch. I've always wanted a small farm. I was still confused and worried and spoke with my dad about it over and over. Friday, my friend, poor thing, had to bear with it and my yacking (Bless you Kristina). But by Saturday I was starting to become excited. I was starting to envision the beautiful herb and vegetable garden I want to plant, the small donkey that I may get later down the road and a horse and some cows, the cute little cottage I'd call home (although according to my dad he was going to get a small portable building, put a toilet in and let me have at it although I wouldn't have minded that at all, atleast it'd be mine to work on) and all sorts of other wonderful things. I was telling everyone about it such was my newly found hope. Then Monday my mom and dad called to tell me that they weren't getting the loan because the interest rates were too high. I was a bit dissappointed but sort of happy at the same time. I was dissappointed to lose the gardens and put the dream on the back burner but happy because I knew I wasn't really ready yet.

That was the last of my good news. Next came the bills. *sigh* I had a check up last month with the Internal Med. Dr. Got a bill for $204.00. Thought I'd be okay paying $20 a month but they sent me a bill this month with late fees costing me $235.00. So I wrote a check for half the amount and went pay it today. The woman told me that my balance was now $0.00. I was very confused. She had to explain to me that I get a discount b/c I work for the Hospital. God Bless! so I was happy I didn't have to pay the rest, but found out that my sink got backed up and flooded my kitchen this afternoon. The apartment got it fixed but it leaks at the bottom. I think it's because I use the dish washer. Stupid machine. >_< You're supposed to make my life simple not harder. *sigh* My mom's cousin died of pancreatic cancer Tuesday night. All in all, the weekend was fun but then life came back. The good part is that I didn't blow up or get depressed. Instead, I wrote a small entry in one of my journals at home about what happened, took a deep breath and ate a chocolate/vanilla swirl pudding cup. I didn't get upset or depressed. Yay me! I think I handled it pretty well. Now when I got off from work, I was abit stressed but I took care of that by running in the park, which is how I ended up here because I was on my way home and figured I'd make an entry and check out a new book.

Which reminds me, I was at Books-A-Million the other day when I ran across some really good classic books for sale (paperback) for $5.00. One of them was Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. I read 5 chapters right then and there and fell in love with it. I'm going to check it out here at the library and finish reading it before I go back to buy the book. Still have bills to pay. -_- They come first.

And I'm pleased to say that I'm getting a heck of a lot more disciplined with my diet. I'm in love with subway's oven roasted chicken breast. I like to put mayo, honey mustard, onions, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, and olives on mine. so delicious! I even went and bought all the ingredients for me to make it at home. YUM! And also like to saute' some bell peppers and put that on the sandwich too. Damn, I'm getting hungry again. lol. But I already ate and I need to get home to watch The Biggest Loser and lift my little 3 lb weights. Not much, but it's a start.

I hope every one is doing great! Catch you all later!!!!