Its a....!!!

Well they only allowed two people in the room for the ultrasound so Jana and Donald went and the rest of us waited in the lobby. Apparently when her doctor told her the room was huge and she could bring whoever she wanted that meant the room actually isn't that big and only 2 people will fit in there. I was pretty disappointed that it worked out that way but I still was one of the first to know. Anyways....it's a girl! I'll post a picture of her when I can get a copy from Ashlyn. Shopping for her will be so much fun! I can't wait. Looks like naming her will be the next step so I'll keep you all up to date!

Finally!!

Tomorrow is the big day! I was going to be out of town when Ashlyn had her appointment to find out the sex of the baby, so she changed it-to tomorrow! I'm going with them to the appointment so I'll be amongst the first to know. It's at 10:45 which seems so far away but I guess we've already been waiting 5 months so the next 11 hours won't be that bad. Stay tuned to "Turning the Paige" for breaking news about Baby Smith. I'll let you know more when I do ;)

Hello Again

It's been awhile since I last posted, but as far as I know I haven't had anyone check to see if I'd written anyways. I guess you could say I've been busy-moving back to Lubbock, graduating to official senior status at Tech (which introduces a whole new slew of issues), taking my online class, trying to invent hobbies for myself, and trying to get my grandpa's estate in order. Just to be clear, most of the work was done by my mom, aunt and uncle, but I've been pretty involved with it as well. So I've been in San Angelo since Wednesday night attempting to get things in order for the estate sale that started this morning. (the house wasn't even on the market 48 hours when we received and eventually accepted the offer) Yesterday we had some hard core bargain finders looking around, and they were back again this morning at 6:30. We started at 8 in case you were wondering. Very chaotic day to say the least, but we got a great majority of what we wanted to sell sold. On several occasions I found someone in a room they weren't supposed to be in, going through my makeup bag asking how much. They also tried to buy Ruth's purse. Her wallet and everything were in it. It absolutely amazes me how little respect some people have for what belongs to others. I sincerely hope I have never acted in this fashion to anyone else-and if I ever do slap me. I do however know I've never stolen someone's wireless modem THAT WAS PLUGGED IN FOR USE and/or their brand new still plastic wrapped Hangover 2 DVD they bought the previous night to watch with the rest of their family. I'm not saying it happened to us...but it happened to us. I had an online final for school I had to take, and if it hadn't been for our wonderful neighbor Steve letting me use his Internet, I may have hunted them down and forced them to take my test and write my thread responses. It's been a super long day that succeeded a long night (plus it was freezing cold inside because the electrician cut off our electricity to fix something for 5 hours). I guess my point is-I'm thinking about calling it...well, a super long day and just going to bed. More sales practice in the morning, yippee!

Weekend Warriors

Well after a days worth of driving we are finally on the last leg of our trip. I went to Austin with Josh, CJ and Travis to watch the game...which, well we all know how badly that ended. On a brighter note I was finally (kinda) able to enjoy 6th St at its full potential. My favorite former lab partner/current UT student Zachary "Speed-Racer" Blunt acted as our Austin liaison so the opportunity for a good time was never missed. I'm not sure I could handle that kind of traffic day in and day out but for a weekend it was do-able. Josh even allowed us 28 minutes of shopping at the outlet mall in Round Rock. Probably saved me some money so it wasn't necessarily a bad thing. As far as Texas Tech football goes I hope they can get it together. I sure do love going to the games and when we play well it's so much more fun to watch. Here's our top of the world view at Texas Memorial stadium. Good times.

Baby Smith Update

Im a little behind on everything but Baby Smith is officially an embryo. This is him or her at 12 weeks (which was about a week and a half ago) and the doctor says sex can be determined as early as 18 weeks. Sadly as of now the appointment is scheduled for when I will be on vacation even though that's like 20 weeks! I was going to get to go to the appointment since its in a different place. Hopefully it can be moved up so I can go. I don't want to hear second hand!

Strike One

Well I had an official complaint filed against me today for not keeping up with my blog so here's a little update. (I wouldn't want 3 strikes...I could be banned!) Now that I'm back in San Angelo and living alone I'm trying to stay busy all the time (hence no blogs as of late). Although not all my keeping busy "tasks" are urgent or even productive for that matter-at least I haven't gone crazy being alone. Yet. I've also started going into work a little in the mornings so I can accumulate some more hours before I leave. I'm saving all my work money for something cool but I won't be disclosing that information until...later. I need to go to bed now. I'm exhausted and people are coming over for dinner tomorrow! Good...night or whatever time of the day you are reading this :)

It's Never Easy

It's been a few days longer than I intended to wait to post, but I guess pretty much everyone that reads my blog has been with me the last few days. At the end of last week I had planned to talk about how my office is finally office feeling and take a picture of my desk all set up-and post pictures of the A&M game/tailgate with all the great food. Before I even had the chance to get back to San Angelo things took a turn for the worse (some could argue better since he's no longer in pain) and the grandpa I've been living with passed away. I'm so thankful I had the past month and a half to spend with him but no matter how someone dies, I don't ever think I'll be "ready". I really suck at handling death, and I don't think I'm very good at mourning either. I believe everyone has their own style and mine is just...a surprise. For example its a little after 6AM right now-very out of character for me. I couldn't sleep anyways so I thought I may as well get up. I have to be at work at 8, which is also earlier than normal, but I committed to coming early today some time last week. I guess the point of all this is-I don't know what I want. Will work distract me, or give me quiet time to over think everything? At times I think I want people to check on me and make sure I'm okay...and then at others I think I want to be left alone. In 21 years I've lost 5 grandparents-and aside from 1, I was old enough to understand what was happening in each case. I'm sure there are others that don't know how best to mourn, but how do you not feel alone when at that moment that's exactly how you feel. Some people want left alone to work through it themselves and others would rather be surrounded at all times. Some people can make the notification calls without crying and others can't. Guess that's what families are for. My Bobby was a lucky guy-I know because we have the same family. They may drive me crazy at times but I don't know what I'd do without them. I love you guys very much-you too Bobby, it's been a pleasure.

Playing with Numbers

So I was doing some early morning math at work today and was curious as to how much you would have to make an hour for a 6 digit salary. Assuming you don’t have anything taken out for taxes etc, and you work 40 hr/wk (no overtime or bonuses) you would have to make between $52 & $53 an hour. Now if you were making minimum wage you would have to work 287 hr/wk to make about the same. That’s around 41 hrs/day 7 days a week. Looks like I have a long way to go!

Pretty Little Keppin Me From Sleepers

I'm in one of those moods where I could ramble on and on-probably without ever saying anything that makes sense. Maybe its the Nyquil...turns out that expired stuff wasn't a cure-all. I don't really have anything important to talk about. I'm watching Pretty Little Liars...and I have been the last week or so. Little nightly marathons to get caught up to the current season. They aren't nearly as good as the books but with the story line they've got going on it's anything but boring. Drama makes good tv because you don't have to actually deal with. Now I am faced with a hard decision...watch the last episode or go to bed. Hmmmmm...

Political Me

Today at work I did some research on LEED (leadership in energy and environmental design) for a remodel my boss is doing that requires a LEED certification. Not many people in this area are certified so I may become the lead LEED person for the project. Construction won't start until January so I'll most likely be gone, but hopefully we can work something out so I can stay involved. It'd be really great if I could get architecture credit for it somehow since I lack 6 hours in that concentration. From what I can tell it's a very expensive process which is probably why every building isn't LEED certified. It's like health food being more expensive than the sugary good stuff...it'd be easier to make the right decision if it were cheaper! That's just my opinion though...in 14 years when I'm old enough to run for president I'll fix things up the way they should be. PaigeCare if you will. If I didn't dislike political science and history classes so much I'd fix it all now! But you'll have to wait til I'm a boring 35 and enjoy that kind of thing. Until then all the winning policy will remain in my head ;) along with the head cold I've developed. Don't you worry though! I took some medicine that probably expired the year I was born so I'm sure I'll be like new in the morning :)

It's Getting Hot in Here...

Sometimes I have trouble hearing the TV over the heater. When it finally shuts off I feel like I have it loud enough to hear from down the street at Hobby Lobby. One bonus of having the heater on is that I've become accustom to it being so hot that the outdoors don't seem too bad. If everything seems a bit sarcastic tonight it's probably because on a scale from 1-10 my mood reading is about a C-. From the way it's acting I think my phone may burst into flames soon...so don't let it surprise you when you see it in National Enquirer or something similar. I rented Pretty Little Liars the first season since I read the whole series this summer so I guess I'll get back to my marathon. Back in Lubbock tomorrow evening after work for what I'm sure will be a funfilled weekend...hopefully involving BINGO therapy.

Annual Christmas Cruise

Well in order to make myself feel productive today I did a little research on cruises for our annual winter break cruise. This year will make it the...4th year in a row we've gone. I absolutely LOVE cruises-as if that weren't obvious in my choice of study abroad. I've found a few options for this Christmas so hopefully we can narrow it down soon. I hope to get one with places we haven't been but regardless it'll be a good time. 
Today I also did some searching for a Halloween costume. Urg that's a hard one. So many cool costumes and I only need one! I see more browsing in my future. I don't have to work tomorrow so hopefully I can get all caught up. 


Wish me luck!

Baby Smith-future niece/nephew of me!

I'm gonna be an aunt! My best friend of 19 years is about 9 and a half weeks pregnant with her first child :) I'm so happy for her and her husband and I know they are thrilled. I also know they are a little nervous but I think most new parents are to some extent. So for the next 7 months (roughly) I'll be doing a "series" on the pregnancy and keeping you all up to date. 

This is Baby Smith (as we will refer to him or her) at 8 weeks. Technically just an embryo but I believe this Friday Baby Smith will be a fetus! I've already started making plans and shopping for my future niece or nephew but I really wish we knew the sex. We won't find out until December (yes I mean we...it's a big deal people) but I feel like every other person in the world doesn't have to wait this long! Maybe it's just because I've never been so closely involved :) I've also made lists of names (boy and girl) for Ashlyn and she actually likes some of them-not that it should be a surprise since I've known her so long. Auntie Paige is going to spoil this baby...oops!

Join Dropbox!

Everyone should join dropbox! Its a very cool/cutting edge way to save pictures, documents etc. You can access your saved things from any computer so you wont ever lose anything again! (ok I mean as far as things you save on a computer...you can still lose other things) 


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use this link and I get more space! Then pass along invites for your own free additional space. I think if you use a school account they'll give you even more :)

Five Thumbs Up

After writing my movie and music reviews I have deemed myself qualified to review just about anything I want. I'd like to start off by saving I absolutely LOVE Living Social and Groupon. There are some amazing deals available on both of them. The other day I bought 6 laser hair removal sessions for $99...normally priced around $1700. I also bought a few facials at a newer place in Lubbock called Affordable Skincare. I was extremely impressed with their services. They were very friendly and the atmosphere was pretty laid back so I didn't feel uncomfortable being there. Instead of feeling pressured to purchase lots of expensive products I can't afford, they gave me samples of what they used for me to bring home. I definitely give it two thumbs up...or 5 stars, however I'm supposed to rate these things :)

Old School

The past few days I've been getting some extra hours in at work since my bosses are out of town. Today I spent most of the time I was there cleaning out this very dirty room full of old files. What I really wanted was to throw it all away but I do realize when running a business there is a certain amount of paperwork you have to keep. I do not however believe an update for MS-DOS is necessary. I have an update for MS-DOS...it's called Windows. There was also backup disks for the newer Windows. By newer I mean `95 and by disks I mean 25 separate floppy disks. I'm glad I'm finished with it for now because it seemed to only serve the purpose of frustrating me further. I have a feeling a weeks worth of sleep would help my frustration problem. 

RaNdOm

Well I think I got everything done today that I needed to do before I leave tomorrow. I'm going in to work early so I can get on the road asap. Sorority event tomorrow evening that I plan to go to if I get there in time and can find a vehicle. Also took my first test which I'm glad to have out of the way...too bad after a test is lots more reading :-/ The essay contest I mentioned in an earlier post ended today so I got my stuff together in time and now I just have to wait until Jan when they release the winners. AH thats a long time. If its any type of indicator, while reading my essay to check it over a last time I was moved so much I cried. I'm so impressive ahahaha. Anyways I'm going to bed early but I will leave you with this random assortment of 10 things I believe.

It may as well be fact...
1) Cheese Its and Cheese Nips are completely different
2) Above mentioned Cheese Nips are gross
3) Unless its one of the high powered ones, hand dryers are not more sanitary than paper because youre going to wipe your still wet hands on your pants as you leave the bathroom
4) If it is something important, you can make time for it (including people)
5) If you say you will do something, you need to do it
6) Men are incapable of multi-tasking
7) A watched pot seriously won't boil...ever
8) I forgive people too easily
9) Football is better live
10) Tech needs more home games

The Only Good Thing...

About September 14th 2011 is that it's over. I just couldn't get it together today. (technically yesterday) The day was just against me from the get go. I'm supposed to wake up early tomorrow to go to the grocery store but I don't see it happening. I'll just have to suffer through the 5 o'clock crowd when I get off of work. I need some sort of magical recovery to take place tonight so I can handle tomorrow. First test opens up for my online class around lunch so I'm going to try to take it on as early as possible. I definitely don't want to worry about it this weekend at home. I got paid today so I'm not too motivated (once again) to finish out the week, but I go in early Friday so I can head home by lunch. I do get one checkmark for the day though-I got my writing done, including my contest essay. Hope they like it! :) I also turned in forms for my great grandma's long term health care so I guess that's 2 checkmarks..

Have a great night and not "one of those days"

Movies One Night-Music The Next

I had absolutely every intention to be in bed and asleep by now but clearly that didn't work out. I technically am in bed though so maybe a few points for effort. At some point I need to get some real uninterrupted sleep..the kind where you wake up ready to take on the world. Haven't had that yet but if it happens I'll let you know how great it is. When I got home from work today Randal texted me to see if I wanted to go out to the Diner at Sealy Flats for dinner and live music by the Ana Popovic band. I'm not big into blues music but I needed to spend an evening not in front of the tv reading on my tablet. Besides being too loud to hold a conversation her music was really good. The guy on the keyboard really blew my mind. The way his hands moved it looked like he was mimicking how people imagine a keyboard to be enthusiastically played...except he was really playing. Most of the time he was looking everywhere but at his hands, which made it even more impressive. All 4 people in the band played their instruments exceptionally well so all in all...worth the price of my quesadilla and a tip for the band. You guys thought I was kidding when I said I would cover it all in my blog. I now critique venues and bands as well as movies ;) I can do it all so if there's something you want to challenge me to try...I'm down. Anyways after we left Sealy Flats we went to The Wall...happenin' crowd on a Tuesday night. Hung out there while the poker guys played their game. They invited me to play but I was a little too tired to show them all up. Now I'm back at home to be reminded of all the things I should have done instead. Once again...MOTIVATION COME FIND ME. (because sadly I'm not even motivated enough to go find motivation) For tomorrow I'll try to go to bed earlier and not eat chocolate whilst I blog. My exercises would probably be another good thing to add to my list since I was a loser today and did none of that! I also need to do lots of writing and reading for school. Joyous. At least sleep happens before all of that >=-) Looks like tomorrow will be a big day for me...and my sisters as well! 2nd day of recruitment...a weeks worth of events put together by yours truly. A couple of 4ish months planning needing to be executed. Hope it goes well! I <3 my amazing A.O.E. seeeesters :) I'm exhausted now...sweet dreams everyone!

You Can't Find It Anywhere But Here!

Bet ya didn't know you were going to get movie reviews when you decided to read my blog. Well ladies and gentleman my blog is unique in the fact that it's all inclusive...and I do what I want. The benefits of this for yall is beyond your wildest dreams I'm sure. You're welcome. Today I stumbled across a movie on ABC Family called Cyberbullying. Although I think I'm a little older than the intended audience it still had a very good message. Some may call it cheesy but I support the cause. Social Media wears me out anyways. Now I'm watching The Roommate. Less inspiring but it's my treat for finishing my first section of Greek Mythology. yipee! I will however take one of the dreamy male actors in these uninspiring films. It's frustrating that someone has to write a script to make someone that dreamy. On another note I'm pretty sore today after this past weekends hunt..and I don't just mean my ego from shooting badly. I definitely need to get some practice in! This weekend is the alumni game vs Post so I have that to look forward to. Perhaps another chance to do some shooting as well.

In other exciting news my tablet cover came in so it's now pretty in purple :) What more could I ask for? Oh I know...motivation.
Hopefully tomorrow I will have the motivation to do some writing for that contest-and everything else in my life.

All Over The Place

As the 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks come to a close all I can really say is I cannot believe its been 10 years. I was a 6th grader sitting in keyboarding class when it all happened. Being in the house of a Fox News watcher I saw a lot of coverage on it and as upsetting as most of it was it's good to know how many people really love this country. Yes when it comes to other states I'll pull the "I'm from Texas and we're better" card, but I'm also very proud to be an American-especially at times like this. Speaking of the ole U S of A...I'm really starting to miss my east coast companions. The rest of SAS as well :( I wish I went to school with them all year around instead of for 26 very short but fabulous days. Good times.
Lately I've become super addicted with some songs I randomly heard on pandora...I was going to share them for your listening pleasure but my tablet is being fussy and "needs charged" :\ Guess it will have to wait! Don't be too upset with me guys it's not my fault ;)

insert clever title here

Not really in the mood to write. Got my hunting license today for the hunt tomorrow. Guess I'm pretty excited about that. My project for the day was to set up the LifeFone system. I hope he never has to use it. The whole thing kinda scares me, and I had to test it and talk to the lady. My Friday night was ever so thrilling-skip bo with Bobby and my common law grandparents Kay and Larry. I was threaten with a slap in the face if I won another hand. I won 2 after that so you can guess what happened.........nothing. Now I just have to get my things together for my 1030 am departure for Crosbyton. Yipee.

Without Connections...

We would be a series of independently standing links…? I don’t know I’m wingin’ it. Bobby keeps telling me I need to get out of the house. Go to the movies or something, but I’m not the kind of girl that goes to the movies by herself. I’m pretty sure it has nothing to do with me being a girl either…I don’t think I would do it if I were a guy either. People do it; I’m just not one of them. This whole go to work and come home thing has me convinced I’m not ready to be out of school, but I know that’s not something my dad wants to hear. It’s not that I want to be hanging around the house all day but I’ve been working on this Greek Mythology garb for class. I hope it gets easier-although I’m not sure how it can since the way the class is set up stays the same throughout. Anyways today I decided I would get out for a little while. By a “little while” I mean like 20 minutes but that’s not my point. I went to Target to buy some blank CDs for my newest project. I also bought a white t for work-also not my point but that brings me to another point. I’m a shopper… “going out” for me should really be limited for financial purposes if not for any other. Back to the CDs.. so I met this guy at Warped Tour last year (2010, not this past summer) that is in a band. It’s good music, and not in the “hey let’s throw together a makeshift band and write some hardly thought out lyrics to put to not so brilliantly played riffs (played on our garage sale instruments) we got off the soundboard of my electric piano (not bought at a garage sale…a gift for my 8^th Christmas)” sort of way. I have his CD in my nav, bought it off iTunes. I thought about it today sitting in my car and decided it would be cool if I could get them on the radio. Whatdaya know my bff, miss gissa interns for KFMX. I talked to her and I’m supposed to burn the CD for her and get her a band bio so she can “do her thing”. Do her thing is in quotes because I’m not sure what all it entails but once again I’m off point. Although this entire blurb has been nonsensical rambling, I don’t want you to think I lack proper writing skills. If need be I will act in yet another capacity of and write their band bio. Promoting a band can just be another thing I add to my list of completed activities. I want to do it all. Plus, even if this is considered a personal favor from my best friend I don’t think I’ll ever run out of them. Not that I intend on trying ;) Never hurts to know people.

The Beginning of a Bucket List

Bucket List : Live life to the fullest and list a set of goals

Well today was another pretty uneventful day. For some reason I'm exhausted but I'm pretty sure it's not from overwork. Since I don't have much else to talk about I thought I'd share the start of my bucket list. Obviously it's a work in progress. I currently can't think of the other things I had on my "mental list", but I can add them when I do. I'm sure I'll think of new things to put on there as well. If not I guess I'll just have to stretch these 4 things out ;)

What a Bore

Back to work tomorrow after a long weekend. I hope I get to spend some time in my office so I can get a feel for it. Then I can buy cute accessories to put in there! Everyone knows retail therapy is good for the soul ;) Speaking of which, I bought a case for my tablet on the internet the other day. Didn't realize I was purchasing it from Australia until after so needless to say it's taking longer to get here than I originally anticipated. Hopefully it gets here before I drop my tablet. Looks like it's about time for me to retire to my never ending mythology book. For your sake I hope tomorrow is more exciting so I'll actually have some content.

Productivity is Relative, but not a Relative of Mine

I can't decide how I feel after my weekend back home. At the Tech game I was convinced I missed school, but after considerable thought I'm not sure that would be completely accurate. I definitely don't miss the work or the early mornings or crowded buses with drivers that enjoy the occasional "break check". The bus drivers LOVE to throw one into the mix when there are 15 or so people stacked up in the aisle to awkwardly smack into each other. That's always fun. In reality I do miss it every other time I think about it, but the times I don't I'm pretty convinced I needed the break. If I'm not in Lubbock at least I can pretend Lubbock problems don't exist...until the weekend when I return. My love for football will always bring me back, but I'll put in a request now for more favorable weather next game (and for the big hunt next weekend!)


Aside from football and tailgating this weekend I partook in what we fondly refer to in my family as FFF (forced family fun). My brother Alex turned 19 so we went to the Smith House in Crosbyton for an all you can eat seafood buffet in which Ben flung shrimp and french fries all over the floor. We managed some "normal" dinner conversation, like creative ways to hide your weed in things. 
*EDITORS NOTE: as far as we know these are hypothetical situations and our ideas are never actually put into action.


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One day I'll put a whole strand of photos up that should have gone in previous posts. That way you can be reminded of the wonderful things I have written HA. Speaking of which, I'm working on an essay for a contest about when you first understood what love was. I want to write about CJ but everything I've started isn't up to par. In my head it flows perfectly but I think faster than I can decode and write. Anything I write about him should win if I can say it right. As of late I'm not necessarily satisfied with the outcomes of my never ending rants. O writing skills, where art thou? Either way my brother is great and I can brag because he'll never know. I would worry about his head getting big if (it weren't already physically so) and if he read. The kid has 6,000 unread emails so I'm probably safe. For those of you lovelies that do read my carefully crafted words...thank you, you make the time I'm killing "productive".

RAIDER................POWER

Not much time to chat because I have a game to get ready for. Everyone knows a good game starts with a good tailgate. In our case good is an understatement...we rock tailgating like there wont be a next game. What's cookin'? Ribs...and other delish things to accompany them :-))))) yay! 


WRECK 'EM TECH

Distraction After Distraction...I'll Let YouTube Do The Talking

*If the language in the videos could potentially offend you...don't watch them!* 

Oh where to begin... today was my first day at my fancy new job. Had to wake up early to go to the mall to buy clothes so I wouldn't have to wear the same thing! Ended up working out and I got some pretty swell deals. I met about a thousand people (even though there are only 3 people working in my office) including the people at the Boer Goat place across the hall...not quite sure what they do over there. Besides having awesome bosses (I would have to consider all 3 of them my bosses), I also have an office. Yes you heard me right, my very own office. Not a cubicle, not a desk in a room full of numerous desks, but a room with one desk and a door that can close me off from the rest of the world. Not that I would want that by any means! My desk even has a computer and a phone. Yes Ashlyn, I am "fancy huh". Here pretty soon I'll have a work email address as well so life just keeps getting better and better. When I came home today I had every intention of takin' care of business-I finished my Sudoku from the paper, ate dinner and then cleaned the kitchen rug with a water hose, laundry detergent and a scrubby brush. I sat down to read some more about the incest Greek gods and goddesses when I got a text from Randal. He wanted me to come over so he could tell me a crazy story. I'm thinking "no I need to read and finish up laundry so I can pack to go home tomorrow..." and then he says "but long story short I quit cross country". I told him this when I got to his house but I don't think he could have told me he was in labor and gotten my attention any faster than he did. The universe is speaking let me tell you what. The same day I start a "real job", Mr. RANdal Nelson Guinn quits cross country. I foresee crazy things happening in the next few days. The story is a long one but here's my one word summary: facebook. If you wondered why I avoid it like the plague for the most part, that is exactly why. Things on facebook get taken out of context and someone gets upset and there is a virtual war-and chances are the people fighting this war are doing it during class.
Classic example...

Isn't that hilarious? Not hilarious in the absurd way but hilarious in a "wow that's really how it is" sort of way. You don't have to thrive on drama to sometimes get caught up "in a relationship...with a loser" if you know what I'm sayin’ ;) That being said; for those of you using the f word (facebook) for its intended purposes, kudos. The rest of you... ::sighh:: I don't know how I'll deal with it. Oh yes, actually I do. I'll just continue to ignore my facebook 98% of the time.

My original game plan was to blog about my first day of work and how excited I am to be coming home for Gator Fest and the Tech Football game!!! Obviously I got off track; but, rest assured I am still excited to be going home. I have this intense urge to sign off Ron Burgundy style something along the lines of "From the entire Turning The Paige production crew, I'm Paige Parkhill go....stay classy San Angelo."

Last little note..

When I was looking for the Anchorman clip to post I found this instead, way better!

The more I watch this the funnier it gets. You go Sue Simmons!

All Work No Play Makes Paige A Dull Girl

Ok I'm back...for those faithful few that were upset I was MIA yesterday (Ruth) ::cough cough:: and the rest of my family that can barely find my blog let alone "follow" it. There are just so many things going on down here I can barely find the time to write! Today I ironed out the details of my new job that I start tomorrow, read, watched Fox news and mopped the floor. I'm like a well educated Cinderella. In the last 7 days I've read 3 books and the first few chapters of my Classical Mythology book for class. I have also watched probably 24+ hours of news. Honestly, I didn't know it was possible to watch this much news. I'm now well versed in Irene and all the damage, a bunch of political junk and the latest scams. Apparently some lady has been selling malnourished horses online and grossed about $200,000. This must be what I've been missing all these years. Anyways back to my job. I'll be working for a guy that sells commercial real estate here in San Angelo and doing...lots of various things? I'm excited to get out of the house, but there is a problem. I don't have anything to wear! All my business type clothing is back home in Lubbock (where I'll be this weekend for some Tech football!!!!!). Mom suggested I "wear what I wore today" until I bring more clothing. Yeah, not feeling it. I'm not sure I can pull off that look quite like Quinten can. Off to the closet!

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I think I've been to the grocery store 10 times in the past week. I'm like a personal shopper minus all the perks. I don't know exactly what perks I'm missing out on but shopping for anything besides food sounds like fun. It's pretty hot...inside. Outside it's extremely hot. If I were to guess it's probably slightly cooler than the hickory house pre air conditioning. I'm considering laying some bacon out on the dining room table to see if it will cook. If it works out all I'll need is a grocery store delivery person.

Live From Iconia Tab A500

Yes, as a matter of fact I am on my new tablet! Today Aunt Ruth took me to Best Buy and we bought this fancy new device sitting on my lap. I'm still trying to figure it all out but I found out how to rent ebooks from the Lubbock library...all free of cost. That's right evil librarians~I don't need you! My Classical Mythology book came in the mail yesterday and wow it's going to be a lot of reading. I'd rather play on my new tablet :-D Mom calls the Ipad the boggling machine...this can be the blogging machine©

SOMEONE CATCH THAT BOOK THIEF!

Between running back and forth to the kitchen for refills today I went to the library to indulge in some of my favorite author-THE James Patterson. I wanted to throw my book at the librarians before I left since they wouldn't let me check it out. How many avid readers do you know that go to public libraries to steal worn out books?! I can't stay organized as it is because I have too much stuff. Like I have a place to put the extra thick Large print books. Maybe it would have helped if I told them everything I brought is in laundry baskets in the closet. OR if they knew I was at home reading on a Friday night. I ended up buying the next 2 Pretty Little Liars books at Hastings since I read the first half of the series at the beginning of the summer. James will just have to wait until I finish these. At this rate it shouldn't take long. I think my school book is supposed to arrive in the mail tomorrow so my reading may have to slow down...sadly. 1000 pages of mythology probably won't be the most interesting read of my life. Maybe I'll learn something :{)

Quite the Chef Boyardee

Taking a class at ASU didn't work out but maybe it's for the best. I could have signed up for something I didn't want to take and didn't need but I don't see much point in that. Who would have thought a week after school starts all the good classes would be full?! I'm working my poor fingers to the bone with all this gourmet cooking I'm doing (in the microwave). Tomorrow I'm supposed to sweep the back patio, which to me sounds like an excuse to lay out by the pool and take a dip! I'm afraid to go outside though because something is falling from the sky. I've heard people call it rain but I'm going with meteors since everyone in these parts knows that water doesn't just fall from the sky. I'll solve the mystery I'm sure.

10th time's a charm?

First full day in San Angelo and it was wayyy longer than I was expecting. Being a part of the Texas Tech System I thought getting registered at ASU would be much easier. According to Randal I'm responsible for the 10% increase here. Ok maybe not but I think that's why they want transcripts from my sophomore year in high school. Like I can remember the passwords to access WTC or SPC accounts. I just realized because of all these school complications that I've still yet to unpack. This is my 10th move in 3 years. That seems excessive but maybe I'm just a nomad. (&& by nomad I mean someone who moves between Idalou and Lubbock-mostly) Tech starts tomorrow so it may be a good idea to figure out how to access my distance learning class. To all my fellow Raiders that actually have to show up tomorrow-good luck! As far as socializing goes I wish I could join you all ;) Who knows what I'll be doing but I'm hoping for SAS part 2 (Semester at San Angelo) since my Semester at Sea was so phenomenal. Oooh I should put a mini MV Explorer in the swimming pool!

Ready or Not Here I come

So...here I am. We'll consider it a trial since I'm not a big fan of social networking. Yes I think it can be used in a positive way, no I don't think it actually is. I have a twitter too don't ya know..and a total of 1 follower. Wam Bam Thank Ya Ma'am. I've had it a couple weeks now but I haven't actually used it to post anything as of yet. I don't feel like I have anything worth reading about. My tweets wouldn't be revolutionary, and rest assured my bloggings won't be either. I could call them 'posts' but that's just about as boring as what I'll actually be saying. Don't get me wrong I want 'followers' but this isn't lifestyles of the rich and the famous-I do hope I can keep things interesting though. I wish I knew how all this stuff worked so at least if I'm not funny my blog will look pretty. Maybe I should buy a "blogging for dummies" to read on the way to San Angelo. If I were Michael Phelps ::sigh:: people would want to know whats happening with me. My life is ALMOST that exciting, but not quite.  I should probably be packing right now for the big move but Alyssa's here and she's such a distraction. Plus she brought me a calzone. :D