Pictures From Iraq

Tony Sent me some pictures today, so I thought I would share them.




He's got his helmet all decorated!



Don't they look tough?

Well, that's all for now. I'm glad it's almost October!

My Patriotic Bookbag

Well, Kari asked me when I was going to post more pictures, and this is the only one I have right now. I got bored last week and sewed a couple of patches onto the bag I use for school. They are both patches that Tony left behind, and I'm pretty sure he won't need them again. I had someone stop me on campus the other day when she saw the 3rd ID patch (blue and white) to tell me that she was in the 3rd ID, but she had retired 4 months ago. She was in the army for 25 years! WOW.
I am so tired! I've been at school all day practicing with the choir and stuff, and I don't think I want to sing again any time soon. I'm just a tad bit grumpy right now, so I'd better go to sleep.

Oh yeah, the cleaning the other day turned out just how I thought it would. I spent about 15 minutes on my room and the rest of the time cleaning other rooms. Oh well. Maybe it will get better when I have to move out and pack up all of my junk. Hopefully I'll be able to make myself get rid of a lot of stuff.

It's The Weekend!

I'm kinda glad it's Saturday and kind of not. Since I'm not working today, I didn't have to wake up early. However, my mom did come in to tell me that we need to clean today. OH well. If she will just leave me alone to try to work out the mess in my own room, that will be fine. I have a feeling that I'm gonna have to clean other areas of the house first, though, and that will frustrate me, cuz I really need a chance to just straighten up my own mess.
The days are going by pretty fast now. It's already nearing the end of September. Next month is midterms for me, and then it's all downhill from there. I hope. It's so strange to me that I'm not all stressed out right now. This time last semester I was worrying about doing 8 hours of listening journals and learning all of my pieces so I could memorize them before my rising junior exam. If anyone thinks that studying music in college is easy, they are SO wrong. Well, actually... I AM studying music still, and now that I got the other stuff out of the way, it's just a little challenging. Not too easy, but not too hard. I'm begining to get used to the idea that I might actually get to be a masseuse in a few years. That was my career goal in high school until I got the stupid idea that if it doesn't require a college degree, then it isn't a career. Well, I'm getting a college degree, and to be honest, there's not much I can do with it. I'll be able to identify a fully augmented 7th chord in 2nd inversion, but who really cares? Being a masseuse will be fun, and I should be paid well, and I will be helping people, maybe even healing them in a way. It's something that I really want to do, and I hope it works out.

My New Pet

My Internet Works!

Goodmorning all. My internet on my computer has been down for about a week and a half, but it started working again. I hope it keeps working this time! Well, I'm keeping pretty busy going to school and trying to work a few hours every week. I'm looking forward to January, as it seems like that is the most likely month that Tony will come home. I'm also looking forward to possibly getting an apartment and December and setting up house. I'm really excited about that, and a tiny bit nervous. Well, that's all that's going on right now. I've got to go to school. BYE!

Just Don't Answer the Phone

I really wish our caller ID was hooked up right. I answered the phone today because I thought it might be my mom calling. Well, it wasn't. Some guy was trying to convince me that the government had selected me to get a gernerous grant (about $2,000, i think) and all I had to do was give him my bank info... Oh yeah, sure I'll believe that. He claimed his name was Jack Willson, even though he had a very thick accent and was kinda hard to understand. (I'm sure that was intentional.) He wouldn't andwer my questions, which included:
What criteria does the government use to award this grant money?
Do you have a website I can go to, to make sure yours is a valid company?
How do I know this isn't a fraud?

The answers he gave me were all bogus. He told me he worked for some company called Advantage America, which happens to be a motgage company, and that their hours of operation are Monday- Friday, 9-5 EST. He called me after 6. He must have tried for a good 10 minutes to convince me to give him my info, claiming that the "safest" way for them to give me the money would be by direct deposit. I was like, "That's nice, but I'm not giving YOU my account info." If her were legit, I think he would have given up a lot earlier. Finally, he's like, "I'm not going to force you ma'am. It's your money." Darn right it is. And don't you forget it!

Well, to be honest, it was kinda fun being rude to and arguing with a complete stranger. I hope he gets arrested.

Oh, Be careful little eyes, little ears

I am in a better mood right now. I really think it has something to do with listening to Christian music, and NOT watching the news today. That kinda stuff really depresses me. I strongly believe that people are affected by what they watch and listen to. That's why I started listening to only Christian music a few years ago. I've REALLY been getting away from it lately. But, I found this website today that streams Christian music videos. It's pretty cool, but maybe a bit too heavy for my taste. I was wondering if maybe Aggie might like it. Well, anyways, it's
http://tvulive.com/ if anyone is interested.

Philippians 4:8
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.