Okay so my title has absolutely nothing to do with what this entry is about...just like the phrase. : )
I had something very trivial happen the other day and yet, I feel I must share it with the WORLD! Get ready...I have officially gone from a B-cup to a C-cup! It's true. I bought two bras on Wednesday - both C-cups. Now, I will be honest, I just barely fill them out, but I was really having a hard time keeping my now velumptous boobs in my B-cup bras so it was time to do something about it.
I wish I could say that my body is just blooming, but I think the ultimate reason for the growing chest is the weight gain I have experienced since moving. It isn't so much that most would notice, but the clothing size is definately changing. Nothing that I am too concerned with at the moment, but I am going to have to start working out I think. Blast! I really HATE working out. I am hoping that I am starting early enough to only have to do some good walking rather than actually go to a gym. We'll see.
Anyway, so my husband is thrilled with the chest enlargement. Really you don't notice it if you are just looking, but to him, it is an exciting time. He likes that he now has "a little more than a handful." I should add that he has always been very kind to the size B that I was..."a handful is plenty." Boys...
Ultimately, what I am most excited about is the fact that I finally figured out why my bras were causing so much hassell and pain. They were too small. These past two days have been glorious! I haven't had to adjust my bust at all and I am back to not minding wearing a bra all day again. That was a growing concern with me because I want to wear a bra to help delay the gravity fight as long as possible, but I was so uncomfortable that it was getting to a point where I was willing to let gravity have a head start. Not so now! Gravity - you have met your match - the C-cup bra!
Friday, May 05, 2006
Thursday, April 27, 2006
YIPPEE
I got a new job! Most importantly it is a GA position that will pay for my tutition! Excited? You bet your patutties I am!!!!!!!!!! I start July 1st and will be working at the unviersity as the GA for the Marketing for the student Union. Should be a new twist for me. I am really excited if you couldn't tell!
So, that aside, I thought I would post something since it has been a little while since I have been on here. I really wish I could be as funny as some of my friends, but I am just a dry humor and that doesn't always come out as well online as it does in person...really need my vocal infliction to get it most the time. Of course, you can get really crazy and just imagine I am sitting next to you as you read my blog and start hearing the voices in your head that sound like me...that would work I guess.
Well, I have been in a funk these last few weeks. I tell you, interviewing and waiting to hear back is really stressful on you, especially when you do hear back and it is not what you want. I was seriously beginning to doubt my ablility to interview and actually get a job. Heaven forbid if I would have had to call my grandma and admit that she is right - "Prairie, there aren't any jobs out there." I always tell her that there aren't jobs if you aren't willing to look and actually do work when you get one - we are usually talking about family members who are out of work again when this discussion takes place. I really didn't want to have to go back on my words there.
Now, I am feeling up again...isn't it crazy what one simple phone call will do for you? Now, if I could just get a friend or two to move up here life would be perfect. Why is it that some of us are so dependent on friends? I love my family, but my friends are and have been more like family to me in so many ways that I miss them terribly. I was telling my man this morning that I was sorry I had been in such a funk and that he had to listen to it all (to which he replied that he loves me and doesn't mind - what a great guy). I told him that he gets the brunt of it because I don't have friends close by that I can vent to and share my woes with unless I get on the phone and who the heck has time for that.
Gotta run for now...
So, that aside, I thought I would post something since it has been a little while since I have been on here. I really wish I could be as funny as some of my friends, but I am just a dry humor and that doesn't always come out as well online as it does in person...really need my vocal infliction to get it most the time. Of course, you can get really crazy and just imagine I am sitting next to you as you read my blog and start hearing the voices in your head that sound like me...that would work I guess.
Well, I have been in a funk these last few weeks. I tell you, interviewing and waiting to hear back is really stressful on you, especially when you do hear back and it is not what you want. I was seriously beginning to doubt my ablility to interview and actually get a job. Heaven forbid if I would have had to call my grandma and admit that she is right - "Prairie, there aren't any jobs out there." I always tell her that there aren't jobs if you aren't willing to look and actually do work when you get one - we are usually talking about family members who are out of work again when this discussion takes place. I really didn't want to have to go back on my words there.
Now, I am feeling up again...isn't it crazy what one simple phone call will do for you? Now, if I could just get a friend or two to move up here life would be perfect. Why is it that some of us are so dependent on friends? I love my family, but my friends are and have been more like family to me in so many ways that I miss them terribly. I was telling my man this morning that I was sorry I had been in such a funk and that he had to listen to it all (to which he replied that he loves me and doesn't mind - what a great guy). I told him that he gets the brunt of it because I don't have friends close by that I can vent to and share my woes with unless I get on the phone and who the heck has time for that.
Gotta run for now...
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Reconnecting
Okay, so the internet has been around for years...even though I am still a young adult, under 30, I find myself still learning the internet. This has been so much fun! The main thing I have loved about it is keeping in touch with my friends who are all pretty good physical distances from me and reconnecting with friends I haven't talked to in a while.
Sad to say, there are even some friends from Amarillo that I have had to "reconnect" with through this medium. I am grateful for it. I miss my friends so much and though I was a horrible friend as far as keeping in touch while I lived at home, I have learned the hard way that I was a heel. I should have taken more advantage of what I had there. Now I only have one friend here - will meet others I am sure, eventually, but it isn't the same. Makes you realize what you had.
First off, I need to say I am sorry to all of you I didn't keep better in touch with while I was home. It amazes me how we can seem so busy to not make time to call someone or drive over to see them when in reality, we need to make time. It is good for the spirit!
So, now I have the wonderful opportunity to keep in touch and reconnect and foster those relationships/friendships, although it is by internet capabilities. I guess you take what you can get, right?
Dear friends, thank you for loving me even when I am a heel (if you see my heels these days, you would know how bad that is...really need to be better to my feet, too.) Let me know what you are doing and how life is going for you.
Love to you.
Sad to say, there are even some friends from Amarillo that I have had to "reconnect" with through this medium. I am grateful for it. I miss my friends so much and though I was a horrible friend as far as keeping in touch while I lived at home, I have learned the hard way that I was a heel. I should have taken more advantage of what I had there. Now I only have one friend here - will meet others I am sure, eventually, but it isn't the same. Makes you realize what you had.
First off, I need to say I am sorry to all of you I didn't keep better in touch with while I was home. It amazes me how we can seem so busy to not make time to call someone or drive over to see them when in reality, we need to make time. It is good for the spirit!
So, now I have the wonderful opportunity to keep in touch and reconnect and foster those relationships/friendships, although it is by internet capabilities. I guess you take what you can get, right?
Dear friends, thank you for loving me even when I am a heel (if you see my heels these days, you would know how bad that is...really need to be better to my feet, too.) Let me know what you are doing and how life is going for you.
Love to you.
Ethical Responsiblity
I am at the coffee shop working on my class assigments for my Legal Aspects of Higher Ed class and with each case, I am required to look at not only the legal issues in the case, but the ethical responsiblity of the administration as well. This has been very interesting to me. Basically, what we are learning is that there is a very fine line for ethical responsiblity.
If a university provides too much notification or "hand holding" as I like to refer to it to their students or employees, they are running a high risk of being held liable for law suits if something goes wrong. However, if they don't provide some notificiation of things that could be dangerous, they will still be sued and even if they aren't held responsible, they have to live the the ethical ramifications of not doing what the probably should have.
Point in case...the UofA is currently looking at making substantial changes in their staffing of the front desks of their residence halls. At the present moment, the front desks are staffed 24 hours a day. The RAs and RDAs are required to spend time at the front desk throughout the week at all hours. The university is considering pulling these 24 hour responsiblities. Part of this is due to financial reasons which we all know is an always going battle in education. The other reason is because of the legal responsiblity implications. By having someone at the desk 24 hours a day, the university is saying that they are willing to be responsible for anyone who might get in the hall that doesn't actually belong there. Basically, if someone gets in the hall and commits a rape or theft, the university could be liable, because they have someone on staff who "should be able to keep out those who don't belong." Anyone who has worked a front desk knows that it is impossible to keep every unwanted person out. People come in side doors, they can sneak in if you turn your head for a second to look something up, etc.
At the same time, is it not important to provide a sense of security for the residents of such a large campus where there have been issues even this year dealing with peeping Toms or attempted rapes? I attended a program this month where two young ladies shared their stories about being raped. One was a UofA student. She was raped in her dorm room six years ago and is just now able to come back to school here. At that time, the didn't man the front desk 24 hours a day. Now, having a person at the desk wouldn't have necessarily helped her avoid being raped since it was a friend that she invited up to her room, but after the assault, she couldn't find anyone to tell (game weekend and everyone was either gone or out partying).
I guess, my question is, where do we draw the line between our ethical responsiblity to our fellow man/woman and our fear of litigation? After working at a university, I can see both sides of this situation very easily. In the larger picture, how many times do we play this game in our heads...should I help or not? Should I stand for what is right or not? We play the ethical responsiblity game everyday. It is not always because of a fear of litigation, but we still play the game.
I don't know the answer. That is for each person to decide for themselves I think. I would hope that I would stand strong for what is right regardless of the reprocusions legally or otherwise, but who knows. I can see taht being as proactive as possible can really make a HUGE difference in these matters because the more proactive you can be, the less you chance you will have that you have to make the ethical debate. Actually, I think that the highest ethical responsiblity we can subject ourselves to is to be proactive in our lives...personally and professionally.
Ultimately, this is just more rambling from my inner self. Things to think about nonetheless.
If a university provides too much notification or "hand holding" as I like to refer to it to their students or employees, they are running a high risk of being held liable for law suits if something goes wrong. However, if they don't provide some notificiation of things that could be dangerous, they will still be sued and even if they aren't held responsible, they have to live the the ethical ramifications of not doing what the probably should have.
Point in case...the UofA is currently looking at making substantial changes in their staffing of the front desks of their residence halls. At the present moment, the front desks are staffed 24 hours a day. The RAs and RDAs are required to spend time at the front desk throughout the week at all hours. The university is considering pulling these 24 hour responsiblities. Part of this is due to financial reasons which we all know is an always going battle in education. The other reason is because of the legal responsiblity implications. By having someone at the desk 24 hours a day, the university is saying that they are willing to be responsible for anyone who might get in the hall that doesn't actually belong there. Basically, if someone gets in the hall and commits a rape or theft, the university could be liable, because they have someone on staff who "should be able to keep out those who don't belong." Anyone who has worked a front desk knows that it is impossible to keep every unwanted person out. People come in side doors, they can sneak in if you turn your head for a second to look something up, etc.
At the same time, is it not important to provide a sense of security for the residents of such a large campus where there have been issues even this year dealing with peeping Toms or attempted rapes? I attended a program this month where two young ladies shared their stories about being raped. One was a UofA student. She was raped in her dorm room six years ago and is just now able to come back to school here. At that time, the didn't man the front desk 24 hours a day. Now, having a person at the desk wouldn't have necessarily helped her avoid being raped since it was a friend that she invited up to her room, but after the assault, she couldn't find anyone to tell (game weekend and everyone was either gone or out partying).
I guess, my question is, where do we draw the line between our ethical responsiblity to our fellow man/woman and our fear of litigation? After working at a university, I can see both sides of this situation very easily. In the larger picture, how many times do we play this game in our heads...should I help or not? Should I stand for what is right or not? We play the ethical responsiblity game everyday. It is not always because of a fear of litigation, but we still play the game.
I don't know the answer. That is for each person to decide for themselves I think. I would hope that I would stand strong for what is right regardless of the reprocusions legally or otherwise, but who knows. I can see taht being as proactive as possible can really make a HUGE difference in these matters because the more proactive you can be, the less you chance you will have that you have to make the ethical debate. Actually, I think that the highest ethical responsiblity we can subject ourselves to is to be proactive in our lives...personally and professionally.
Ultimately, this is just more rambling from my inner self. Things to think about nonetheless.
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Friends
"Friends are here for a reason, as season or life," right? How true....I have had some very dear friends in my life (relatively short as it is) and I have definately experienced all three of these friendship types. As a child we moved a lot...not always big moves, but as a kid, even across town can be huge. New school, new neighborhood, new church, new friends. Very seldom did I keep in touch with friends who lived outside my 3 or 4 block radius, or who didn't attend the same school or church. I didn't drive and I ususally lived in a city, so we were limited on how far we were allowed to venture out on our own. That makes it hard to keep friendships going.
As I grew older, I heard people saying that your friends in high school would be your lifelong friends. Not so with many of us. Now, those that stay in the same town might remian friends, but anyone who moves away for college or other reasons, is likely to only see their high school buds at reunions. Then college hits. Once again, you hear "the friends you make here, will be your friends for life." More true this time around, at least for me. These are the people who you choose as your friends. As a child you are very limited in your scope of the world and you probably made friends with those who were close to you by proximity. I would say that is probably typical. In jr. high and high school, we start choosing our friends a little more, but still, reasonably stuck to those who live around us or share the same class as us. College is different.
Something starts in college with you as a person. You start changing. About 95% of the time you are making your own decisions - not mom and dad. You are deciding whether to join this ogranzation or that one, whether to go to class or not, whether to talk to that person over there that you don't know. Plus, you are meeting people from all over the place, not just your town. Yes, the majority may be from your region, but you have the chance to meet people literally from all over the world. Whether we consciously realize it or not, our world is becoming bigger and bigger and our minds are opening to new ideas and new thoughts and new cultures. All this affects our friendships.
In my four years of college I met many people. One friend was wonderful and was my best friend my first year. However, our second year, the friendship faded. Still, I have wonderful memories of the times we spent as freshmen, and I am grateful to her for that friendship and the memories. Another friend is a lifer...Juliana and I met on our first day at WT - literally. We met at pre-registration and have been friends since. We have had times that we have barely spoken to each other - some that lasted almost a whole semester. We have had times that we were practically inseperable. She is one of my dearest and closest friends. She is part of the Sunset Club, named initially because of our (Brent, Julz and mine) trips to watch the sun set outside of Amarillo, now also meaning that she is part of my life till the sun sets for the final time.
I also had a roommate that I grew extremely close to over the three and a half years we lived together. She and I on surface don't have hardly a thing in common, but we have some threads that run deep. She and I go through fazes where we don't talk much or don't see each other, but I know that she is there and that she loves me and she knows the same. When we do get together, it is like time hasn't passed and we can still joke and laugh and cry about things with one another.
The other dear friend I took with me from college is a woman 10 years older than myself. She is like an older sister and a best friend at the same time. Over the years, I have looked to her for much guidance, even when she didn't know it, and I have found wisdom many times in her advice. I have shared many experiences with her that I will never forget and always cherrish. She is a rock for me and I hope I am for her.
These are the women I know are in my life for a lifetime. There are many more that I will stay in contact with over the years I am sure, but I don't know if anyone will ever become as close to my heart as these ladies. They have pulled me through the dark days and enjoyed the rays of sunshine on the beautiful ones. In turn, they have all allowed me into their lives in a manner that I can return the favor and give them that helping hand or share in the laughter of life's simple joys.
I am grateful to all my friends; those in my past, those in my present and those in my future. They lift me and help guide me and I can honestly say that with them, I am rich.
As I grew older, I heard people saying that your friends in high school would be your lifelong friends. Not so with many of us. Now, those that stay in the same town might remian friends, but anyone who moves away for college or other reasons, is likely to only see their high school buds at reunions. Then college hits. Once again, you hear "the friends you make here, will be your friends for life." More true this time around, at least for me. These are the people who you choose as your friends. As a child you are very limited in your scope of the world and you probably made friends with those who were close to you by proximity. I would say that is probably typical. In jr. high and high school, we start choosing our friends a little more, but still, reasonably stuck to those who live around us or share the same class as us. College is different.
Something starts in college with you as a person. You start changing. About 95% of the time you are making your own decisions - not mom and dad. You are deciding whether to join this ogranzation or that one, whether to go to class or not, whether to talk to that person over there that you don't know. Plus, you are meeting people from all over the place, not just your town. Yes, the majority may be from your region, but you have the chance to meet people literally from all over the world. Whether we consciously realize it or not, our world is becoming bigger and bigger and our minds are opening to new ideas and new thoughts and new cultures. All this affects our friendships.
In my four years of college I met many people. One friend was wonderful and was my best friend my first year. However, our second year, the friendship faded. Still, I have wonderful memories of the times we spent as freshmen, and I am grateful to her for that friendship and the memories. Another friend is a lifer...Juliana and I met on our first day at WT - literally. We met at pre-registration and have been friends since. We have had times that we have barely spoken to each other - some that lasted almost a whole semester. We have had times that we were practically inseperable. She is one of my dearest and closest friends. She is part of the Sunset Club, named initially because of our (Brent, Julz and mine) trips to watch the sun set outside of Amarillo, now also meaning that she is part of my life till the sun sets for the final time.
I also had a roommate that I grew extremely close to over the three and a half years we lived together. She and I on surface don't have hardly a thing in common, but we have some threads that run deep. She and I go through fazes where we don't talk much or don't see each other, but I know that she is there and that she loves me and she knows the same. When we do get together, it is like time hasn't passed and we can still joke and laugh and cry about things with one another.
The other dear friend I took with me from college is a woman 10 years older than myself. She is like an older sister and a best friend at the same time. Over the years, I have looked to her for much guidance, even when she didn't know it, and I have found wisdom many times in her advice. I have shared many experiences with her that I will never forget and always cherrish. She is a rock for me and I hope I am for her.
These are the women I know are in my life for a lifetime. There are many more that I will stay in contact with over the years I am sure, but I don't know if anyone will ever become as close to my heart as these ladies. They have pulled me through the dark days and enjoyed the rays of sunshine on the beautiful ones. In turn, they have all allowed me into their lives in a manner that I can return the favor and give them that helping hand or share in the laughter of life's simple joys.
I am grateful to all my friends; those in my past, those in my present and those in my future. They lift me and help guide me and I can honestly say that with them, I am rich.
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