Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Happy To Be Me

TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY!

I AM EMPLOYED AGAIN!

I'm thankful to be alive.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Matthew 6:8

Looks like my funemployment run is over. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, someone finally hired me!

I am beyond excited. I was a little annoyed when the first question out of my mother's mouth was "How much are you making?" Um, more than I'm making now, which is $0. Thanks. Granted, I'm not making as much as I've made in the past, but you know what? I don't even care right now.

I'm excited, it's a good company, there's room for growth, and it fits in well with my plans to go to law school. Oh, and now I can actually go to the doctor without having to exchange a kidney for payment.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Seriously, friends?!? Seriously.

As of the last time I weighed myself, I have lost 42 lbs. Yay me!

So I'm all excited and start grabbing clothes out my closet to try on. I'm giddy, thinking that my pants will fall off me and shirts will look like tents and woo-hoo, shopping spree time. Except I put on my clothes, and they fit. Not only did they fit, but they looked better on me than they had in the past. Which can only mean one thing.

HOW COME NO ONE TOLD ME I WAS FAT GUY IN A LITTLE COAT?

Honestly, people. It's clear from my little fashion show that I was a) bigger than I thought and b) wearing clothes that were too small. Thanks for telling me.

You guys are fired.

T-Minus 30 days

This time next month, I will be taking the LSAT. For which I am non too prepared.

How can that be, you ask? Simple. I am so completely unmotivated, it's not even funny. It's weird. I've wanted to go to law school for as long as I can remember. When most people want something this badly, they work their asses off for it. Why am I not doing that?

Truth be told, there are several schools I could get into without bothering to study. But I don't think they're any schools that I would want to go to. FAMU, for example. They don't have very high standards, as far as the test scores go, for their incoming students. However, the last thing I want to do is stay in FL. I'm not even applying to any schools here because I don't want to get stuck. That's probably not a smart idea but it's what I'm going with for now.

I just hope I can get it together and learn something in the next month or I may very well be stuck in the hell that is Florida.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Ohana

I just got off the phone with my mother and she shared something with me that makes me cry a little. I want to shout it from the rooftops (and facebook) about it, but I think it's still somewhat of a surprise. However, I feel like my blog is a safe place to do it because the chances of the person for whom the surprise is intended for reading my blog is slim to none.

That being said, if my cousin is reading this, keep your mouth shut; your mother doesn't know this is gonna go down. Thanks.

One of my aunts recently found out she had stomach cancer. She had surgery to remove the tumor but will still be undergoing chemo. My mother said that my aunt found out that she will be losing her hair, and my aunt could only cry. My mother and her youngest sister are going to Savannah to be with my aunt and, to show their love and support, are shaving their heads. Not cutting their hair short. Shaving. Bald. Gone.

I think they are amazing and I wish I was going to be there with them.

Monday, November 1, 2010

I Want It All

A few weeks ago, I went to my parents' house for our family reunion. One of my uncles came with his current girlfriend, who happens to work in the entertainment industry. Finally, a way in!!

We got to talking and I told her about my plans for law school and wanting to go into entertainment law, but that I also wanted a job in PR. We exchanged information and she told me about some leads she could start for me. I received a call from her today and her first question was which ranked higher on my list? School or work?

Umm...both?

I honestly don't know which I would choose, if it came down to that. Law school has been a dream of mine since I was a freshman, but I can't pay my hospital bills, doctor bills, credit card bills and student loans with dreams. It seems more important to make money so I can get out of debt. But I don't want to be 50, saying to myself "what if I would've gone to law school?"

Decisions, decisions.