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I got my visa, FINALLY! And my flight is booked. It's so crazy I can't even believe it's real because traveling to foreign places is always something I've dreamed of, but it's becoming a reality and it seems almost too good to be true. Of course, it wasn't so easy and it didn't just happened, but rather a series of hoops I had to jump through. The most recent/most difficult/most stressful being the process of acquiring my visa.

The is the series of events that concluded this past Wednesday:

-Stayed up late Tuesday night making sure everything for my visa was perfect (didn't want to make another trip to Chicago)
-Wake at 7:30 and get ready
-Pick up some needed paperwork
-Leave town about 8:30 (drive was suppose to take two hours, place to get my visa was only open 11:00-12:00)
-Gas light comes on while on the expressway in Chicago in a traffic jam only a few miles aways from my destination
-Get a little worried
-I miss my exit, somehow, still not sure how
-Look for a gas station
-Get lost
-Call my sisters, no answer
-Find a gas station
-Finally get a hold of my sister
-She gives me directions, praise the Lord
-I finally find the place, it's 11:55
-I don't have a place to park
-And I don't want to drive to Chicago again (I'll have to come back if I don't make it by noon)
-I park at a taxi stand (cab parking)
-I run inside, excuse me, I sprint inside
-Get a number, meaning I was in line to get a visa
-Run back out to my car, it's been maybe 10 minutes, tops!
-I have a hundred dollar parking ticket
-I want to cry
-Call my sister to help me find where I can park
-Find the parking garage
-Get lost in the parking garage
-Start to cry to my sister
-Find a place to park
-Get yelled at by the parking attendent, twice
-Walk back to get my visa
-Wait an hour
-I have everything I need and the nice lady said I could come back to get my visa at 4
-Kind of excited
-Walk in the rain to get lunch
-Eat lunch
-Was really cold on the walk back
-Get in line about 2:30 so I can be the first to get my visa, so I can go home, very tired at this point
-So tired and I decide to sit on the floor, my feet hurt, and it was nice
-Sit on the floor and enjoyed the music on my ipod
-An attendant came up to me and said, "You're not allowed to sit on the floor, but you can still listen to your ipod" and then laughed
-Yes, he was serious
-I stood up
-I want to cry, again
-I wait three hours, a very unpleasant three hours
-I get my visa
-Walk back to my car, wait, tried to walk back my car
-Get lost, again
-Find my car
-Drive home and cry, again
-Realize I lost my student ID
-Bitched to my roommate about the shitty day I had

What it cost me to get a visa:

Passport - $100
Visa fees - $245
Gas - $40
Toll booths - $10
Parking ticket - $100
Parking fees - $24
The most horrible day in Chicago - Priceless


Yes, it was a painful process, but it's over and I'm so HAPPY for the thought of that!!!! The best is yet to come!

Sometimes people suck...

Another dollar

Another day

A long one

But not much to say

With many flaws

And a spacey mind

I'll give my best

And the truth I find

Oh no

They're no good

They're mean

Not doing what they should

You thought they were better

Yes, you know they could

You've seen those hurtful people

And you thought they never would

Time is the key

It shows all people true

The ones who are there

When you're feeling blue

A bad day, perhaps

Having no luck

But really I think

Sometimes people suck

But with the ones I love

And the smiles they give

Just be happy

That's the best way to live

Priorities: Con-man, Birukee, Lan-dog

So yeah, I'm at Chatter's this week where I am her personal nanny. ("I prefer the term child supervisor.") Today we did a lot of rearranging around the house and that was refreshing because we left most rooms looking fantastic. We had a great time tonight. The kids were in bed pretty early, so we hit up Target and got dinner at JJs. I know I'm an addict. Anywho, after Target we came back and watched strangers with candy, and we laughed. Needless to say I didn't finish my dinner seeing how Jerri managed to kill my appetite, she is foul.



Sweet Joey

I open my heart

To your listening ear

You ease my pain

And dissapate my fear

In the lastest hour

Of my darkest night

With tears of laughter

You make it light

Whenever it rains

You can call on me

Anywhere you are

I will always be

I know your secrets

And you know mine

If we're together

It will be fine

We call names

We're mean in fact

But I get the truth

With no need to act

You rub my feet

And I'll scratch your back

We fight for beds

As we hit the sack

With a brighter tomorrow

And the scars of our past

We'll find our dreams

And they will forever last

Smile, girl

Life is good

The road will twist

As it should

Sleep is calling

As I am lying here

You are so far

But feel so near

Thankful for today

The other day my sister introduced me to a website which brings attention to the trials and tribulations of the people in Haiti. It's a rescue center there that helps children who suffer from malnutrition, burns, and many other unfortunate events. Reading through the stories of each suffering child was bittersweet, as it was both painful and inspirational. The people who run the place must be truly amazing. It is comforting to me to know that there are people out there like that, and it moves me to want to be a better person.

http://haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com/


Baby Biruk

I think of you

You baby boy

Your dark eyes

Are lit with joy

Your love of life

Your handsome smile

On a bad day

It could last a while

You'll dance to the music

Sing to the song

Never thought I'd be so lucky

Guess I was wrong

I could eat you up

Hold you forever

The bond we have

Could never sever

With a grin on your face

I laid you to sleep

Not a scream or a fuss

Not even a peep

I hope you dream

Of wild wings

Shooting stars

And pretty things

I don't know how

But you're a light to me

Every little look

Always gets to me

I say good-bye

I'll see you soon

Can't wait to hear

You hum your tune

Passports, itnerary, letters, student visas....ahh. So much to do, so little time and I can't seem to figure out where the days go. Recently I was home for my brothers wedding, which was awesome, but still somewhat tiring. While home I managed to stay up late chatting with siblings, enjoyed a few games of Shocker (a game that shocks the last person to buzz their hand piece, and yes it is very intense) and played an extremely fun game of Kick The Can. Every one of my siblings got in on Kick The Can (except for the one on his honeymoon) and I must point out that a game with all my siblings is a rarity. It was a lovely visit.

Yesterday I worked a 16 hour shift on a couple hours of sleep, it was rough, but there's nothing like the satisfation of a hard day's work. Plus, I slept 12 hours and woke up feeling rested and refreshed, another day full of possibilities.

Laters...

Visas are a pain!

Okay, so I'm going to Europe next year for an extended period of time, and because of that I must acquire a visa. I have everything I need, but the application questions are a little bit confusing, I'm not going to lie. But I have all my documents ready, so, hopefully the rest is cake. I emailed a couple people who should be able to help me and as soon as I finish a few questions I should be in the clear. Anywho. Lots of stuff of my mind lately. Lets see here, what I shall wear to the wedding, the meaning of life, what I need to pack, where I'm going in life, when exactly I'm moving out of my place, what I'll be doing the next couple months, yaddy yaddy yaddy. I'm hungry, I'm going to go eat, then study, hopefully. Happy Thursday all!

Mental Health Day

I decided that today would be appropriately classified as a "mental health day" a.k.a. a day to do absolutely nothing. I figured since I have no spouse or children that I reserve the right to be selfish and lazy, ahhh, how refreshing.

A Lazy Summer Day

The sun is shining

A breeze is blowing

These summer days

Keep my heart a-glowing

There’s work to do

And bills to pay

But there’s a mystery

Upon your last day

So skip your classes

Or call in sick

Find your passion

And do it quick

Time goes so fast

It just flies by

It seems to be gone

In the blink of an eye

Enjoy each day

With its troubles and all

Enjoy the leap

With the risk of a fall

Right or wrong

I’ll take today

Without worries or fear

It’s a lazy summer day

I Love Bridget Jones!

I have hope that there exist Mark Darcys in the world. He's quite the stud. Moving on to more exciting things, I was at the family picnic yesterday and it was pretty enjoyable. I had a lot of fun with all the little cousins, one of them even beat me up. I went over to tease my little cousin, Kyle, and attempted to twist his arm because I seriously underestimated his strength. In about two seconds he was twisting my arm and asking who his favorite cousin was? How typical. Later, a bunch of us played spoons, which turned into a dangerous game, as usual.

I'll Send You a Prize if you can watch this without laughing!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QFpUZ-hFbA&feature=related

Photos That Make Me Laugh

Don't Be Alarmed

I died, but he was a good doctor.

To the ends of the galaxy.

It looks great Kels, thanks for asking. It's funny the whole purpose of my wood structure was to hold up the stars, but I am incredibly happy with how the wood grains have come out. For those of you who are lost, I built a "canopy" (but not really), it looks kind of like a canopy though. I have 4 (4x4) wooden posts attached by 4 (2x4) and a midnight blue piece of styrofoam (about the same dimensions of my bed, but up higher) with a bunch a holes in it. The holes just happen to match the constellations in the sky, so, when I turn a light on over the piece of styrofoam, my room is dim and it looks like the stars when I'm laying in my bed. It's AMAZING! If you're having a hard time picturing it, don't worry because I'm going to posting some pictures later, I just haven't since I've been super busy (my apologizes). Gotta go to class, lata!

Sometimes work blows

Sometimes? Okay, most of the time. I'm still too angry to talk about it, I'll adore my galaxy and I'll tell you guys later.

THANK GOSH FOR SISTERS

This is a special tribute to all my sisters, literally, and how lucky I am to have them. I know it's pretty lame and my sisters are probably thinking, "lameo", but seriously, having six sisters is great. Special thanks to the one who just spent forty-five minutes talking to me about all the things that frustrate me, and to the rest I MISS YOU SO MUCH! Have a great weekend girls!

Funny Story

So, that ridiculous picture of me with the crazy hair was meant to be funny, not real. To start from the beginning me, Tayia, and Pity ("Excuse me, the hooker and I") were sitting around one night talking about hair styles when I came across a website that let you try different hair styles on one of your photos, so I started playing around. Pity came up with the ingenious idea to post a picture of me with the ugliest hair style we could find, and it didn't work, four of my sisters said they like it, nice job Poe. Remind me to not let her help me pick out a hair style.

Tonight I was out with some girls in engineering for a SWE meeting, and you will not guess who I saw. The incredibly hot hockey player I hung out with a couple weekends ago and I won't go into details, but I kissed him. I got a glimpse of him as I was talking to a friend, not sure if he recognized me, kind of hoping he didn't, and then he enthusiastically waved and smiled. I actually kind of like this other guy I know, who is in my major, he always makes and effort to talk to me, it's kind of nice. I don't much about him except that he has the same major, he rides a bike, and he's cute, so, what's not to like? Everyone...enjoy the weekend!

Boring...

Whenever I think "boring" I can't help but think of Kelsey saying it so obnoxiously, as once said in a movie, entertaining nonetheless. Anyway, that's what is happening now. As I have said in previous post, I was having trouble in physics and when I asked my professor for some help, crazy, I know, he stated that his "time was limited". A.k.a. find someone else to help you. Then, today in class he spent twenty minutes talking about the percentage of correct responses for each question on the exam; waste of time; like I care how many people got #5 right on the exam. I suppose I think it's ironic that professors can't "waste their time" helping students, but don't mind wasting ours.

Special note to Pity (and everyone else): I wasn't really calling her a bitch, I think she said something to make fun of me (pretty easy to do these days) and that was my comeback. Poe, it was all in good fun. Also, had an amazing time this weekend, can't wait to do it again.

Here's the Scoop

First off, Pity is a bitch.

Lee, thanks for the advice, I know I'm fat, and if I had girlfriend maybe I could get some sympathy, but Trent's the closest thing I've got to it.

Shut up please, I'm very busy and important(me talking to Pity). Okay, so, last weekend, very busy because I had an interview with Honda on Friday, and one with Caterpillar on Monday. It was fun though, I went home for the weekend, and Trent and I had an awesome time. We went to the fair on Thursday night, the interview with Honda was over the phone Friday afternoon, then on Friday evening Trent and I got the goods, you know, movies, bread sticks, pop, candy, etc. Decided to head back to school early, so I left home on Saturday afternoon/evening and hung out with some friends that night. I worked, Sunday night, then closed on Monday, Tuesday, and
Wednesday, which sucked because I had an interview on Monday, and an exam on Wednesday and Thursday. Last night I was beat. Pity came to visit me this weekend, perfect time for a re-boot. Also, there has been a new development with me, it's a little crazy, but let me know what you think...



*IMPORTANT* Due to the disappointing feedback on the last post I have new videos for the ladies out there and I have a feeling you'll like them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyZZp3BLuE8&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVCZHE1tQmY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMxqeeghMfM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2WSGBiQp8E&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epfUE558aV4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc9lh0jxPuc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPyPhZ8UcUc&feature=related

I'm Still Here Everyone!

Okay, I have to shower and go to class, but I will fill you all in on the adventurous life of me, later today.

Two Important Things

*Warning: May be offensive to male viewers*

First, I smell. I just got off work, been riding my bike like it's going out of style, ha ha ha, how ridiculous, biking going out of style? That's like saying wearing jeans with one leg rolled will go out of style, never gunna happen. You might be surprised how often I get that, so, I'm delivering subs on my bike, one of my jean legs rolled (that way I don't get grease all over my jeans). Then I take a far delivery and I have to drive, but I'm too lazy to mess with my jeans and people ask me, so, is that a new style (referring to my pant leg)? Hmmm? Yeah, I think it's pretty cool to look like a jackass, come on people, really? I guess someone could wonder why I roll only one pant leg, but a new style? Really? Maybe you need to get out more.

Okay, so now that we've established that I stink, second important thing, Law & Order: SVU is the most amazing show on television. Suspense, sex, scandal, and most importantly Elliot Stabler, if he was a real person and he asked me to marry him I'm pretty sure I would have to say yes. I just watched an episode, sometimes after work I like to kick back and watch a little SVU, but then a horrible thing happen. In this episode everything was leading up to the very very end, I was so confused, the suspense was killing me, then in the last minute of the show, my DVR (a recording system) cut the show early, and I NEVER GOT THE ENDING. Yes, I am a drama queen, but I just wanted to see the ending. I frantically searched youtube, nothing. However, I did find something pleasing to the eye, what a real man looks like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn_TG4GHDn4

Believe me ladies it's worth watching, and Kelsey I know you'll like it (side note: if you would like to see a real man in person just go to a Gary Allen concert)

I'm going to go hit the shower, and call it a night, hope you all enjoyed the blog today, particularly you ladies.