A Political Post with a Twist

Let me begin with a quick update on my life...

The spider mentioned in my previous post was never to be seen again... I am still wondering if I will encounter him and his brethren when I do my Spring Cleaning in this upcoming week... 

Work has been about the same... day in and day out we have been busy, and had some difficult customers, but all in all life is good there! 

School has presented some difficult decisions to be made... I am reapplying for SDSU's nursing program for next spring, but have also been considering a degree in dietetics to get done a little faster. HOWEVER-- life has shaken itself up again and I have been presented with an awesome opportunity to move back home and attend OSF in the Spring... For now I am accepting my spot there, but I have to reevaluate the situation in December when my lease is up. If I would have heard about this in December, I would have been gone... but I have had an amazing time this semester. I have made many friends, figured out a lot about myself, and started dating someone amazing... I guess we'll wait and see what happens! 

Ah I feel like I should be kinda cheesy and mention Tim... I started seeing him Superbowl Weekend. He is a lot of fun! Sunday we were out on his Harley all day. A little chilly, but definitely amazing. 

Onto the real meat of this post-- 

I cannot stand some people on the internet that are minorities or extreme liberals being able to say anything they want and claim freedom of religion and speech EXCEPT TO WHITE CHRISTIANS. As soon as we open our mouths, either in agreement or a simple statement, we are shot down. I was actually told today that I should feel responsible for the destruction of Native American cultures. Believe me, I feel bad that they were oppressed and taken over. Same as I feel bad at the destruction of Muslim and Hindu Cultures in the Dark Ages, and the destruction of the Jews just 70 years ago. However, I did not raise a gun or a spear. I cannot be responsible for something they did. If I was-- I would be carrying the weight of the Holocaust, the infiltration of Africa, the Crusades, and Hiroshima. I am sorry that white culture has brought issues over the years, but so has everyone else. The Mongols suppressed my people, and King Edward the First killed my ancestor, William Wallace. Should I hold that over someone's head for something that occurred in 1305? 

I just wish some people would think before they throw out hypocritical comments. THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK. 

End rant. 

Infiltration Of My One Bedroom Apartment

Please forgive me for being the most inconsistent blogger known to mankind. Or at least I feel like it. However, being a waitress, going to school, keeping up with a kitten, a boyfriend, and making it alone certainly causes me to be a little spacey when it comes to this.

Today was rather a typical day, except for 72 degree weather!!! That was amazing. I took a moment in the parking lot of my job to take a deep breath and enjoy the fresh air and sun for all of two seconds before walking into what I would later find out as the lunch shift from hell. Money is good, but everyone was bonkers at work. I am happy my customers were more patient than usual.

Side rant-- Waitressing has taught me a lot regarding people. I will have to have a separate post to encompass my good and bad thoughts regarding this.

Anyhow, my day continued with class, and afterwards, my first run outside since first semester... let me tell you people, I felt like crap both emotionally and physically after that. My body clearly has not liked my break from exercise (two weeks, I admit with some serious shame) and the increased intake of delicious foods, scones, and beer... It really yelled at me (my body that is) during a Hot Flow session at my yoga studio... Let's just say, two weeks of no stretching, tight muscles, and a 110-115 degree room is a big recipe for disaster... Hopefully I can get back to a normal routine and feel better in the next few weeks!

But on to the title of this post...

I find that living alone has posed some very interesting, and rather stupid issues that living with family or friends seems to not encounter. Post-shower tonight, I was running to my laundry room to get my sheets from the dryer (is there seriously anything better than fresh sheets???) and was just about in my bedroom when I found a GINORMOUS, SCARY, ASSASSIN-ESQUE spider hanging out on my wall! Ok, so the spider was really small in all actuality... but of course, there is no man around. And I found that holding my kitten, Atticus, up to the spider only caused him to look confusingly at me and not understanding that he should be attacking the crap out of it! So I sighed and decided I needed to take matters into my own hands... Grabbing a tissue in my hand, I closed my eyes and rammed the tissue against the wall randomly a few times... when I removed the tissue, THERE WAS NO SPIDER. I felt a crawl and spazzed out for a bit while my kitten looked confused. Now there is a spider on the loose, probably looking for revenge, craving my blood, and ready to multiply and take over my apartment... Usually I do not freak out this much over bugs, but it was just extra creepy this time. Not sure why, just was.

Anyways, I am going to make some tea and (cautiously) study in my apartment until bed time... I hope I don't encounter any more spiders tonight... Especially knowing Atticus is completely useless with bugs. At least I know I am safe from toy mice.

Good night all!

Blue Rondo à la Turk and some other Famous Daves

Today is the first day of "Spring Break" here... Funny calling it that because it's 43 degrees out and there is still snow on the ground... Anyways, today (amongst the craziness) has really had me thinking about the upcoming summer and how excited I am for it! It will be weird to think I am not going to be living at home for the summer, but I think this is a good thing. Amongst all of the working and potential school work, going home and doing things I sort of took for granted will be a mini-vacation for me.

I just keep thinking of the warm summer evenings closing at Eli's, going to band practice, playing ultimate frisbee, seeing DCI shows, going to concerts, swimming in the lake... ahh the memories go on. I am excited to recreate these and experience the new!

READY FOR SUMMER!

PS: Wondering about the reference to my title of this very short post? I am listening to Famous Daves (my first marching band show), and Dave Brubeck composed Blue Rondo, one of the songs featured on the piece.