Sunday, July 31, 2011

Currently: This weekend went well. Friday evening I found out that the Rehab Director that interviewed me last week is willing to secure a position for me for September! That was surely a great start to my weekend. That same night I went to one of my favorite lounges out in the city. I had a nice time. For one, I made some sucker 39 year old guy buy me a shot and then abandoned his ass. I also lied to same guy about my nationality and told him I had 3 kids...and he believed me!Haha I love treating guys like the nasty, disgusting dogs that they are. Saturday night was alright as well. I went out to the city again and pretty much just hung around and then hung out with my best friend at an outdoor Bar for about an hour. It was alright. I was also able to re-connect with one of my childhood friends from Elementary School. She randomly added me on facebook and at first I had no idea it was her (since she assigned herself a facebook alias, haha) until I saw her picture. Within minutes of accepting her request, she wrote on my wall and expressed that she would like for myself, her and another former friend of ours to have a reunion of some sort. I don't know if that reunion will ever happen, but it was...interesting hearing from her again. Today was just another laid back and quiet Sunday. I was a good girl and studied for about an hour for my Boards exam. Tommorrow is my second job interview. Although a position is already being secured for me, I am still willing to keep my options open. So I hope that goes well. On tuesday I plan to go to the mall to shop for my Cali trip on the 12th...I still can't believe that I am actually going! I got a text from Britanny on Friday saying that she plans to take me to San Francisco and a place called Santa Cruz...it all sounds unbelievably exciting. So far those are my only plans for this coming week, in addition to continuing to study for the Boards. And that is all for now.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Currently: I forgot that I still need to discuss my little adventure down to the facility that screwed me last year here on this blog. I actually got a not-so weird feeling going there. I went on Monday and for one, it actually rained...a lot. So once I got off the bus, I was too occupied with making sure my umbrella stayed straight and above my head...which it did, thankfully. Once I passed the facility itself it was interesting to see. It still looks exactly the way it did when I worked there last year...and the only familiar faces I saw were that of some of the Janitors and Maintenance men. I saw a lot of new faces...all of which seemed like individuals who would work in the rehab department. So I am guessing from that that they have hired some new people over there. I have an inkling though that that Indian bitch Aisha is still there...she will ALWAYS be there! She knows damn well that no other facility will put up with her piss poor attitude. ANYWAYS, so that's that. I went on my job itnerview a couple of days ago and that went okay...the Rehab Director told me that she would like for me to pass my Boards exam before she makes a working schedule for me...otherwise, she would love to have me there. She also gave me her card so that I could give her a call whenever I schedule and pass my Boards. I have already secured another job interview for this coming Monday (Aug. 1st). The guy that will be interviewing me has already told me that he wants me to pass my Boards first, but is willing to interview me anyways, just to get a feel for who I am and what I can do for his organization. So basically, everything right now is depending on me passing my Boards exam...needless to say, I will start hardcore studying today. I plan to start off studying for only 30 minutes and gradually increasing until I get to 4 hours straight of studying; I was told that doing it this way is a good way of preparing me to take a 4-hour long test (since that is how long the Boards are, supposedly). So things are still going as planned, thankfully. I have decided to expell any sort of negativity in my life for good...so I haven't been speaking to my bitchy, diva aunt Marie (though she has texted me numerous times trying to get in touch with me). She has a very negative aura to her, and i'm sick of having to put up with it. Her and father dearest really deserve to be brother and sister...i'm DONE with both of them! ...And the Phoenix carries on.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Currently: I have landed my first ever job interview as an occupational therapist...and it is scheduled for tommorrow. I am really excited, but really nervous at the same time. See how that goes. If anything, it is good practice for any future interviews I may end up with. In the meanwhile, I was also able to order tickets online for my California trip next month...it's going to be a crazy trip. Just getting to Sacramento will require me to take 3 frickin planes! I have to take one to Chicago, and then another one to Los Angeles, and another straight to Sacramento. And then coming back, I will have to stop in Denver, Colorado for a layover. I am not as nervous about this as I thought, but am still a little bit worried about the amount of planes I will be on for this trip! Either way though, I am glad that things are going as planned.

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Currently: I am officially back home and officially a PHOENIX! It feels so great...at this point, nothing can ruin my mood and I feel more motivated to just live life and have fun. Tommorrow I am either going to do my hair and then go visit my favorite place from last year...OR...i'm going for some coffee in the morning and then to the beach! Either way, I am getting my ass out there reguardless. In the meanwhile, i'm going to continue job searching for the remainder of this evening. Let the fun and games begin!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Currently: Today I found out that I officially PASSED my FINAL clinical rotation!! Now all I have to do is play it safe tommorrow and i'm ready to go! I cannot wait...I am so ready to be done that my fingertips are tingling. After work tommorrow (especially if it is a nice day) I plan to sit inside of the local Cathedral and meditate...since I find Catholic churches to be very beautiful. Afterwards, i'm going home to eat, then going to McDonald's for a hot fudge sundae. And then i'm coming back home and having a nice celebratory drink in honor of me officially being crowned as a PHOENIX! I will be moved out of this apartment by Saturday evening...i'm really going to miss my apartment. Because lord knows where I live with my family is not NEARLY as quiet as it is here...but whatever, i'll deal I guess. I'm just ready to move on with my life.

1 MORE DAY TO GO!!!

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Currently: Today was good. I presented my inservice topic and it went really well! I also presented the cake I got for everyone, as well as my thank you cards to my supervisor, my Monday supervisor, and everyonelse at the Home. Now I am just waiting to finish off the rest of the week...and by friday evening I will be a self-proclaimed occupational therapist! ...but that is actually not the reason I am blogging tonight. Turns out, I will be able to go to CALIFORNIA next month, afterall! I have a friend who lives there named Britanny (I actually met her as a freshman here at school), and I was hesitant at first to ask her if I could spend some time with her over there, as she had just gotten married and is expecting a baby girl. Well...today she texted me the big news of her finding out the baby's sex and I just had to ask her myself if it would be too much of a burden for me to come over there...and she said not at all! She is actually quite receptive of me going over there to hang out for a couple of days. I have been looking at some plane ticket prices on priceline.com and this trip will DEFINITELY be a lot less expensive than going to Miami...especially since I would have a place to stay in Cali. That, AND I wouldn't be hanging out in an unfamiliar place by myself...AND I get to FINALLY fulfill one of my lifelong dreams of seeing the West Coast! If I would say 'no' to this trip, then i'd be out of my mind! So yes, I am officially California bound. The only down about this trip will be not being able to drink while i'm there (since she's pregnant and all)...but that's okay, i'll probably be so overwhelmed over being in Cali to begin with, that I won't even have time to think about alcohol (as impossible as that seems). I am so happy and excited.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Currently: My final week at the Home officially begins tommorrow! In the meanwhile, I am still hard at work on my upcoming vacation...and while we're on that topic, turns out (semi-expectedly) that Jenn is unable to go afterall due to work and preparing for back to school late next month. But she did invite me to stay in Cleveland (where she is currently living) with her and then we'd go to Niagra Falls (on the Canadian side) together...I really appreciate that she offered this option to me...but c'mon! After everything I have been through, I deserve a vacation BIGGER than boring old Canada!...so, I am going to Miami! Of course, i'd have to go by myself but its alright...as long as I watch my back, everything should be fine. I am so excited. When I get back home i'm going to get my hair and nails done and am going to go to the mall to shop for some hott clothes for my trip. I am also going to go hang out at my favorite club/lounge from back home...it has been so long and I miss that place so much! Oh, and I am also DEFINITELY going to take a nice little walk around the facility I worked at last year to give myself closure and forever diminish that chapter of my life. I cannot wait for sure. All I have to do is get through this week...

Friday, July 15, 2011

Currently: So I am finally approaching my LAST WEEK EVER of being labeled as a student! How does it feel? It feels damn great...but not as great as it will feel when i'll FINALLY be DONE next week! ...and coincidentally, my fieldwork supervisor today just found out that she is pregnant. This may be good or it may be bad for me...she may be in such a great and blooming mood about being pregnant that she'll grade me very generously (though I have been performing well enough), OR the pregnancy hormones will kick in and thus, she'll be a bitch for the entire week. Either way, I am ready; BRING IT ON!!! One thing I hate about this though, is that it leaves me torn over whether or not I should buy something for the baby as a "parting gift"...it's bad enough i'll be spending my money on a huge ass cake for the entire department and have to get my supervisor and her COTA thank you cards...I don't know what to do, really. I'll probably end up buying her a gift for the baby anyways just to show my gratitude. In other news...I called up Time Warner today in reguards to un-installing my internet...luckily, they won't be in to do the job until the day that I leave, meaning I will still have internet for all of next week! That, and my final bill will only be a measely $10. I am so excited to be finished FINALLY! After this, I will get to celebrate like hell and take a victory lap around the facility that screwed me over last year (hell yea, i'm doing that!!!)...and just bask in the glory and fact that I am officially a PHOENIX! Boy, I can't wait for that day.

1 MORE WEEK TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Currently: Last night was boring and today has been boring. Last night I actually got so bored that I decided to go for a long walk around the block and bought some cigarettes (which I shouldn't have done, but it's another way to pass time!) and then I came home and was finally able to watch an episode of "So you think you can dance"...and it was really good. I also decided to join Twitter, which I once vowed NEVER to do! That is exactly what boredome does to me. But I go on there mostly to follow some of my favorite reality tv celebs and musicians...it's not like I have any "real" twitter friends...and don't think i'll really seek some. *shrugs* Anyways, all of today ended up being a mere continuation of last night...minus me sipping on some tropical punch rum. I have been on twitter on and off, went out for a couple of smokes, took the trash out, watched my first episode of "Mob Wives"...which was INSANE! And have just been stuffing my face and chilling out otherwise. Tommorrow starts week 11...as well as the final countdown! *cues music*...doo-doo-doo-doo!...doo-doo-doo-doo-doo!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Currently: It has just hit me that I am missing out on 2011. We are already more than half-way through the year, and between not having a television and being so busy with school, this year is really passing me by (as the Pharcyde would say)and I am just figuring it out now..hmmmmmmmm...I'm thinking right now of all the movies that came out that I wasn't aware of, all the happenings (even here in town) that I couldn't attend...the fact that they are now playing re-runs of "Martin," "Jamie Foxx," and "The Wayans Brothers" on frickin MTV2! It's really depressing to think that 2011 is becoming the most uneventful year of my life when it really didn't have to. And I thank those scum fuckers I worked for last year at my first fieldwork affiliation. If I didn't have to re-do a fieldwork, I would have at least been able to enjoy this summer...but no, I am missing almost the entire summer. I won't be out of town until the end of this month, and that is pretty much the tip of summer, believe it or not. By the time I get to have a real vacation, folks will already be prepping for back to school and labor day weekend. Hell, even that bitch Casey Anthony will have her freedom before me! And I really wanted to enjoy this year...afterall, next year will be 2012. Now, I do not believe that it will REALLY be the end of the world, but I do believe that all of the storms that have been hitting worldwide will continue to get bigger and badder...so the Mayans were right on the money if they were thinking in that neighborhood! Anyways, so yea, I guess i'm just a little upset that I am not able to take as much advantage of this year as I otherwise would have liked to.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Currently: I got some disappointing news last night. I was talking with one of the representatives i've been keeping in touch with to help me find a job and he tells me that he thinks its best that I wait until I have taken and passed my Boards exam to even look for a job...and as much as he makes sense, I do not like that idea. I need to find a job AS SOON AS POSSIBLE not only because of the tough situation at Home (with jackass being sick and all), but also because, as I have stated many times before, it is about time that I actually started earning my own money for a change! I seriously cannot wait another couple of months to start earning real money...that is too long for me and my patience is getting thinner and thinner by the day...so I really don't know what i'm going to do. I am still talking to that Travel therapy company and have even filled out an application form for a school for Special needs children...so I guess I probably will continue with the job search anyways. See how that goes. In the meanwhile, next week is week 11 and I have a lot to do. For one, I have to start prepping for my final presentation which will be the following tuesday. I also have to get in touch with Jenn to make sure she still wants to go to Vegas with me...and if she is, we have some hardcore talking/planning to do. If she doesn't want to still go with me, i'm going to have to figure out whether I should still go to Vegas or somewhere closer to the East coast. I also have to call Time Warner at the end of the week to schedule a time for them to send someone over to (very very sadly) un-install my internet. And then next weekend I have to have a cake made for everyone I worked with at the home along with buying a thank you card for my supervisor and her COTA. It will be so busy next week that I don't think i'll be able to get any studying for the Boards in. Oh well.

2 more weeks to go

Monday, July 4, 2011

Currently: I have decided that I am definitely going to go ahead with mammaplasty (breast reduction) surgery. As I get older, my breasts just keep getting bigger and saggier...not attractive at all. I have also started experiencing upper back and neck pain. I am still unsure as to precisely when to get this done, but ideally I would like to get it done as soon as possible. I was kind of thinking that if I cannot vacation with Jenn for some reason, to just make the reduction my graduation present to myself. At the same time though, I would like to be able to go on vacation AND get the surgery done before I start a full-time position somewhere...but that may be impossible and time-consuming. I will most likely either have to not go on vacation and get the surgery done as soon as I get home and then start working...or go home, go on vacation, start working for a couple of months (or at least until i'm off probation) and then get the surgery done. I have already found a top-notch female plastic surgeon in my area and plan to give her office a call sometime soon. Man, there are so many different options...as Will Ferrell in "Step Brothers" would say; There's so much room for activities!haha Anyways, it is Independence Day here in the states, so happy 4th of July and all that good stuff...

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Currently: You see what happens when you give fucking humans chances? Last night I did that by hanging out with Sam and regret it big time. As previously mentioned, I had deleted her number from my address book but last night SHE happened to text ME wanting to hang out...I was bored out of my mind, so I figured "why not?" Well...I get over there and things are okay at first...I try not to be too friendly/enthusiastic with her as I was still mad over her comments from last weekend. Next thing you know, this bitch starts dropping offensive remarks left and right! Here's a list of just a few of her gems (if I could even remember all of them, as there were SO damn many!):
1) She made racist comments throughout the night. For one, she had the nerves to call rap music "nigger music"...TO MY FACE! And not to mention, saying that I "smell like a black girl." What the fuck does that mean, anyway?
2) She had the nerve to ask me if i'm "boy crazy" and if talking about her many conquests with men make me feel like i'm in middle school...when it is HER who's constantly bringing up all the fraternity boys she ever fucked...and seriously? Boy crazy? I have told that fucking whore NUMEROUS TIMES that I am fucking done and want nothing to do with men, but will listen to her stories anyway because they are quite entertaining. She then has the nerve to follow that up by saying that the fact that I don't like or watch any sports makes me an uninteresting person...REALLY BITCH, REALLY??? Just because she likes sports I have to follow her and not be myself to satisfy her? IDIOT!
3) Again, she frequently made comments about me having no friends and not being able to get any guys...and yet i'm the one "still stuck in middle school"!HA!
4) While on the phone with one of her many fuck buddies she refers to me as a "lesbian"...so I went from being a boy crazy bitch that's stuck in middle school to a lesbian. That makes SO much sense!
5)At one point I had stepped out to get some cigarettes and when I get back she tells me that she had had some all along.

...After awhile I had had enough of this bitch and thought of a get away plan; I would tell her that I was going out to smoke a cigarette and just leave. Well, everytime I would tell her that she would tag along with me. I would then feel bad and think "ok, i'll give her another chance...but if she says one more fucking thing i'm getting the fuck out here"...and then we would go back in and she would say another offensive thing! That cycle just kept continuing of her tagging along to smoke with me, me forgiving her, and her offending me again...until finally I am able to make my escape appropriately. She gets a phone call from her fuck buddy that I mention in #4 above and I jokingly answer acting as if I am her. I say a few silly things to him and he says to me "You are not Sam," and I hang up laughing hysterically. She then comes back into the room and he calls her back. She answers the phone and he's asking her who answered the phone previously...she answers "oh, it was just JB (her nickname to me), but she's a lesbian anyway." It then sounds as if he's kind of mad at her and she says "Fine then, I will," and hangs up; he was mad at her afterall. I ask her if I ruined her night, she answers "kinda." SERIOUSLY? It was a fucking JOKE!!!!! They are seriously going to get all angry and upset over a JOKE???? I can't with those motherfuckers. So I decided then that it was the PERFECT moment for me to make my escape. So I tell her again that i'm going out for a smoke. I slip out the back door and actually start having a smoke...but then it starts to rain a little...fuck. So I rush to finish my cigarette and try to get back inside so my hair wouldn't get wet...well, the back door, which usually opens easily, cannot open at all (a sign from above). So I actually try to call her so that she can open the door for me, but she doesn't answer. So at that point I just leave and run home before it rained any more. As soon as I get home I get a phone call from her and completely ignore it. And that was it. I seriously do not need "friends" like that in my life. Not only is she a racist whore who thinks she's better than me because of her skin color and the fact that she sleeps around (which is not even a reason to think she's better than me), but she's also the type of person who'd rather stay loyal to her dumb fraternity friends who don't even respect her than a true friend like myself. I really don't give a shit about this girl anymore. If she gets an STD or nearly OD's from one of the drugs that some of her dear fraternity friends that she loves oh so much give her...I will not feel sorry for her at all.

I have also decided; fuck that once a week rule from earlier in the year, I am never going on facebook again! Now I will only go on if somebody writes to me...which is kind of rare. I say that because I went on last night after having my already low self-esteem trampled on just to be further depressed by everyone on there bragging about the new job they got, or becoming engaged, or the great friends that they have...I just couldn't take it anymore. So that's that.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Currently: I can't help but remember the time that Jose (the 38 year-old idiot I went out on a "date" with last year) told me that "...maybe you were meant to be with a woman." Just because I "seemed inexperienced" and was defending gay rights lesbianism is in my future? This is why I fucking hate men and never want to touch one again.

Friday, July 1, 2011

Currently: Week 9; finished! And lucky for me, I have Monday off so week 10 is looking to be pretty short. That is about the only "yay" news I have. Things have been pretty chaotic at the Home mostly because we keep getting new admissions and are short-staffed...way to end an already excrutiating fieldwork.Haha Anyways, that is about all I have. Tonight (once i'm done eating) i'm going to drink some of my tropical punch Rum while watching "Basketball Wives" and "The Real World/Road Rules Challenge" and relaxing. I am not even going to try to get in touch with Sam (I actually deleted her number) after what she had the nerves to tell me last weekend. And it will stay this way until I leave this boring town of drunks. Trust.

3 more weeks to go