Rejected Bug Doll

In my world...this is the lowest way to be turned down from a job. I was obviously not worth a phone call or an email...just a letter in the mail 2 months after applying. Thank you Marriott.

Though I may still be hitting a brick wall in the job department...I am at least in good company!

Just kidding. This guy is not good company. He's (I assume it's male for a number of reasons that I won't share here) the epitome of disgusting creepy crawlers. And whatever this bug is, enjoys sharing the shower with me nearly every morning no matter how many who have gone before him I have flushed. Living in a basement as the warm weather comes has brought with it a number of other creepy crawlies, but none near as big or ugly as this one!

I have learned that leaving anything edible on the floor of my room for even 30min will result in it becoming the conquest of the local ants. The worst ever was a pizza box...empty..but still apparently with enough viddles to get their attention. I left it on the floor for an hour and when I went to take it outside, it was literally crawling in ants. So I spent an hour grabbing ants off the floor and squishing them with my bare hands. OH YES, I made it personal.

This last weekend Patty and Dan came to visit me, which was way fun!! They took me out to a comedy improv show and the to a midnight dinner at IHOP, and they brought with them an early birthday present! A Jim Carrey doll that Patty made!! She even gave him crazy Ace Ventura like pants! Now my two favorite men can keep each other company when I'm not around!! Thanks so much Patty and Dan!!

This also opens the invitation to everyone to come visit me! I miss all my friends and especially my family. I need better company than grasshopper-centipede morphed bugs!!

I like to ride my...bicycle, bIcYcLe, BICYCLE!!!!

Since my $8/hr job does not leave much excess in my fiances I have picked up new means of getting myself around.

(Yes I keep my bike locked to my back porch at ALL times. Better safe than sorry!)

I bought it for $70 off ksl.com from a pretty shady character, but it works great and is in really good condition. The exercise is doing me good as is the fresh air! Once my hindquarters get used to the not-so-comfy seat it'll be even better!

It's textbook buyback season which means good hours for me!! A total of 47 very good hours this week alone to be exact. On Friday, we gave back more than $5,000 for books and I personally boxed up 10 boxes when our daily average is more like 3-4. It's a fun job and has taught me a lot. For example, this next semester I will only be getting 2 books from the campus bookstore, the other ones I'll be getting online and saving myself like $200!!

Classes I'm registered for this coming semester (most of them general ed requirements):
-Psychology as a Science and Profession
-Gender and Sexuality
-Labor economics
-Intro to Music Theory
-The Global Citizen
and maybe
-Survey of Clinical Psychology

I am moving along in the clinical trial I'm in. I haven't started taking the actual medicine, but until I do, I have to pee in a cup every morning and take an ovulation test to monitor my LH levels), because once I'm ovulating I go in and get my first round of meds. I'm definitely prepared in case I ever need to closely monitor my cycle to have kids or anything!


Here is my little kit, a cup to pee in, strips to dip into the pee, the tester (the blank circle means that I'm not ovulating today, it gives a smiley face when I am lol), and then my electronic diary where I record all of my test results, level of pain, and symptoms. It's all pretty nifty I think!!

My life has definitely changed but for the better, I'm so happy here in Utah. I miss my family but I am SOOO excited to get back into school in a few weeks!!