A New Chapter

I feel like I can say for many people out there that 2016 started out great and then kind of just got progressively crappier.  Really sad deaths and well Trump being in charge of the United States now among other things. I thought the year in general was pretty decent, not overly exciting and nothing major happened to me. Still battling my digestive issues and acid reflux although the reflux seems to be under control with Ranitidine 75 mg when I need it which is mostly twice a day. Work has been going the same no changes. Almost had to go back to hourly but there has been some stop on that until they figure out what they want to do. Had a pelvic ultrasound to see why I was having pain down there and unusual periods but everything came back normal of course. I am a relatively healthy 26 year old. Signed back up at the gym after a 6 month hiatus. I don't make New Years resolution because I think its ridiculous. Just do it when you think of it. If you wait until New Years to change s...

Around this time last year I was struggling a lot for money and in fact my parents had to pay for my bills last Christmas because I was hourly and not getting paid holidays or "snow days". And there were quite a bit. BUT this year I have been salary since the summer and making more and a lot less stressed this year then last. I bought my boyfriend gifts and my parents. I was not able to get him a birthday present this year and I have not bought my parents gifts in awhile. It felt good to be able to do it this year. I love giving presents to people! I love seeing them smile. I wish I could afford things for my friends but I don't have that much extra money. I have my student loans plus the money I'm spending now being in Penn Foster online school to become licensed. Christmas is my favorite holiday of the year. Being in Maine makes it even better because of the snow. Most people find it stressful and miserable but I find it happy and festive. I'm all about the mus...

Came back Tuesday night from my amazing trip to San Francisco: Dolores Park Golden Gate Bridge Bay Bridge The trip was incredible and I got to experience so much. This is my second time in the city but I go to do way more than last time. Trust me there are a hundred more photos on those. I was Instagraming like a crazy woman. As soon as I came home I lost followers though haha. Sorry I don't travel a lot my life actually is not that exciting. Any who I wish I could live there but id be on food stamps. That city is so damn expensive to live in. So much walking I think that was the most exercise I've ever gotten on a trip like that. No one is fat in the city because of all the exercise and the delicious healthy food they can easily get. I will be back again some day. For now back to the grind. I pumped out school work this week like a crazy woman and I think I have finally got caught up on my sleep. Went to Salem Saturday with the ladies and it was a blast ev...

As it is now October, one of my favorite months of the year, things are starting to pick up. I have started my clinicals at work. I will complete the time before I get all the skills in. So far it is going okay. I was going to take videos using my bosses two nuggets this week but work has been cray cray. One of the techs has been out sick and I have been covering working all day and our surgeries and appointments have been back to back. I have been getting out of work at 7. It's good that it is busy but man I am too beat when I get home to do my school work so I am a little behind. Thankfully this morning I haven't been called yet to come in so school work until then if it happens. Keep on trekking. I started watching Wentworth which is way better than Orange is the New Black. I definitely recommend it. I just finished the last season few days a go. I also started playing a game I bought awhile back but haven't really played yet. It's called 7 Days to Die, survival hor...

I went to a college friends wedding yesterday and it was so nice to see all of them. I'm bummed I am now just meeting her boyfriend, now husband, as of yesterday. I should have taken more of an effort to actually physically see her. I'm not very good at keeping in touch with people I don't physically see a lot. I start off good then gradually goes down as I get busier and meet new people in my life I see all the time. I do miss the girls though! I also missed out on any pictures with them damn it. All in all it was a simple and really nice wedding. Very much her. The food was great and the music. It was worth driving the three hours for it to NH. I love NH! I wish I lived there. Maine is nice and all if you want to be poor, all the tourists love it because they have money with their summer homes on the cape. I vow to go and visit her because I have Saturdays off now and I could see Corey getting along with her hubby, they have already discovered they both love their ...

and that question can be easily answered by social media. Say you just met someone or you know of someone that you either dislike, want to know more of or someone from way back in school and don't actually talk to that person then social media can help you out. Facebook is harder to use if they make their stuff private but Instagram man if that shit ain't private its very easy to tell what type of person you are and what you well love or obsess over. I found a girl last night from high school, was not in my grade, and she has become obsessed with body building and super dieting like a smoothie for a meal and that's it. I was surprised there. I stumbled upon other peoples as well like a couple of my friends who I didn't know had Instagram and people who HATE ME for no good reason and don't even know anything about me and what I found was EXACTLY what I thought, no surprises there. Sometimes it is just interesting to see people from back in school that you have forgo...

causes injuries. I had to go to the doctors yesterday because my right arm started having muscle spasms near my elbow last week and it got worse and worse then my hand started feeling weak and the pain traveled up to my shoulder. The doctor concluded that I have a strain in my trapezius muscle, she could feel the knots the size of golf balls around there and it definitely hurt when she pushed around that area. My arm is just basically super fatigued and she put me on ibuprofen 600mg three times a day for 5 days to see if that helps. Icing and warming the area as well. If it does not x-rays and steroids and if still not fixed physical therapy and bloodwork to check my electrolytes to see if the spasms are from that. So yay work. The positions I get into and for the length of time I am not surprised I have some sort of injury. I am sure I will get more as the years go on. I am young I will bounce back. In other exciting news I get to dog sit for a friend next week and in August I ge...

I completely forgot I had another blog after I graduated from college. I used livejournal all the time in high school and I don't think I did too much blogging in college, although I wish I had, but I used that one temporarily because it was under my school email and after things with Anthony I guess I just wanted a fresh blog. I was too busy in college getting my Bachelor of Science Medical Biology degree. Yes I am proud of it I worked really hard. I may not be a doctor but I love the job I have and I feel like I make a difference in animals and clients lives every day. Being a veterinary nurse, which is the new term now, is incredibly hard grueling task you have to know just as much as the veterinarian. You are basically their second brain and have to do most of the work while they do the things we legally cant. Techs can do just about everything except for surgeries but we do dentals all the time. And we can't diagnose but we certainly help the vet get to the diagnosis. When...

I have been at my job now for over a year and usually by now you would probably get some sort of raise. I have had two really good reviews since I have been there and yet no raise. I am usually one to just let it go and let things happen. I am not one to go put my foot down and be like look I have improved a lot since I have started and I work really hard and really well so I should have a raise by now. I am in the process of getting licensed so that makes me look even better. My boyfriend has been getting at me to ask for a raise for months and people at work have been too so today I finally grew a pair and sat down with my boss and talked to her. Basically told I've evaluated how I've been doing since I started work there and that I have improved a lot and I work really hard etc and then I asked if I could have a raise. I definitely could have said I deserve a raise or something of that sort but I didn't. She agreed that I do deserve one. And gave me props for coming to...

Life seems to be just full of ups and downs, lately it seems to be mostly downs for me. Financially my life has turned upside down and I'm broke, not like I cant afford to go out and have a drink like I  cant afford freaking groceries or my medications. I just switched health care to Obama care because I am off my parents now and it isn't the greatest insurance. It will cost me $150 for my 90 day supply of Crestor which I cant afford so ill have to do 30 month supply for $50 a month. even then still expensive. My parents have decided to cut me off from any more help. Basically I have to sit down with my boss and tell her the situation; I either get a raise so I can stay there and continue my schooling so I can get licensed or if not I have to discontinue school and find a completely different job most likely one I will probably be miserable with. It really sucks. I would hate to stop my schooling, I've been doing so well with it so far and I like learning all kinds of inte...

Since I graduated college I haven't had great paying jobs and I owe a lot more money than I am getting paid and my parents have always helped me because they cosigned. I pay for two of the loans they pay for 1. I pay for my car, gas, car insurance, phone and now health insurance since I am turning 26 this month, groceries once a week for my boyfriend and I and anything else I need. My parents have helped me with really expensive medical bills this past month from getting my blood drawn and an ultrasound which was $325. I have always been able to pay for my car registration. My school payment went up for Penn Foster since I signed up for Semester 2; $60 to $91.66. This month, for some reason, I do not have enough money to pay my bills and register my car. Id have to pick one or the other. In the real world I would probably have to like sell my body or eggs or something for money but in my world I'm hoping my parents will help. I HATE asking them for help. I'm almost 26 this...

Lately things have been going pretty well. I finished my first semester of my vet technician program at Penn Foster. Just waiting for my proctored exams to be graded which could take a couple weeks. Then I will begin my second semester! The house building process is going slowly but there is a lot to do before you can actually build, never realized it I guess.  The house will probably be finishing up as it is snowing during next winter. I can't wait to live in a home though. It is costing more than what he originally estimated which is always the case when building a house. He is getting a little more discouraged the more it goes up. His roommate we have now will be living in the second bedroom and paying rent to him so I guess that will help for a little bit. I am going to a huge video game convention on April 22-24, PAX East! We went last year but only got one day passes but this year we got three days passes! I have a different nerd shirt for every day and I cannot wait! Gearbo...

Awhile back, before corey, I dated a guy whom I have probably mentioned in one of my past posts named Anthony (ant). Long story short we decided we were way better off as friends  and it was great. We have a ton in common and once you get to this age, out of school, its hard to make friends especially when you don't have a social life you have to start making friends with other peoples friends. Anyways we texted here and there and met up once a month for breakfast or lunch to catch up on life it was nice and then he got a crazy girlfriend. I didn't know she was crazy at first and I was super happy for him because he had been in such a depression slump and he was so incredibly happy, everything was really good for both of us. We had both been there for each other through rough spots so we were pretty good friends. But then the crazy spell came out of his gf and she pretty much assaulted me via facebook about how obsessed I was with him and I wasn't allowed to talk to him or ...

As I sit here with my breakfast of scrambled eggs, chocolate chip toast with peanut butter and a glass of OJ and Sabrina the teenage witch on in the background I realize that I need to get out of my comfort zone. I used to be afraid of change and new things. Like when I worked at the kennel for 2 1/2 years and it took my current boyfriend to push me to find a better job and I was afraid but I did it and couldn't be happier where I am right now. Any who this isn't that serious of a topic but it has to do with my baking. I have been printing off Pinterest recipes lately for baking and cooking but I am trying to go out of my comfort zone of just baking muffins, cookies, and brownies. I've always been afraid of using yeast and I made homemade wheat pizza crust the other day and it came out okay not exactly what it probably should have looked like. So I want to start to work with that more and just try different things like more breads and cakes and pie. I just need more people...

Now that my boyfriends roommate is gone for the next half year I have been cooking more dinners and different dinners instead of the boring easy stuff I was doing because its harder to feed two grown men and myself and try to have leftovers for the boyfriend to have lunch than it is for just him and I plus leftovers. This week I made beef stroganoff, beef enchiladas, grilled kielbasa couscous and corn,chicken and broccoli teriyaki with jasmine rice. I baked apple cider donuts this week which came out pretty good. My best friend and her husband are up from Florida for a couple of weeks and we got to have dinner and bowling with them last night. Its was so much fun! I miss that lady! This is her and I at her wedding. She was a beautiful bride! On Sebago lake; Frye island.  I am babysitting my bosses dog for 2 weeks while she is gone to New Zealand. he is such a love. 2 year old yellow lab named Barnacle. He is a total doofus. Other news; my boyfr...

Really exciting news that I got today from my brother and sister in law, they have decided to move to Savannah, Georgia!!! Currently they live in Colorado Springs but when they came to visit Maine during Christmas they realized how much they miss the ocean so decided to move back to the east coast to a place that my brother really loves and they have beautiful beaches. My brother was stationed in Savannah, Georgia awhile back for the army and he fell in love with it. My family and I went to visit him in 2007 and I fell in love with the place. It has got that old Southern charm feel and its beautiful! Now they will be closer to visit and a lot cheaper/easier. I am so excited for it to happen in the next few months. He also is going to be attending flight academy, which the army will be paying for, so he can finally fulfill his childhood dream of being a pilot. I could not be more excited/happy for the both of them!!! This is a picture of us in Georgia in 2007:    ...

I have come to terms that it is an addiction but a healthy one. It is always my happy place to be now is baking. If I could have a whole pantry full of just different kinds of baking gadgets and ingredients it would be a dream come true. I do cook as well but I don't enjoy it as much. I just cook because someone has to make dinner and my boyfriend certainly isn't going to. I look forward to having a really nice oven and bakeware cookware in the near-ish future. My boyfriend wants to start building his house this year and we agreed on a gas range stove since its way better at cooking things evenly and beautifully. Id like to get into candy making too especially for holiday presents and what not. I need nicer cooking ware than what I have to do that and some more gadgets. I'm not like amazing at it and make like my own recipes but I try to do some spins on the recipes I use. I like to bake at least once a week, ideally id do it every day but a. we have no dish washer so clean...