I'll have to watch baseball on tv

I can already tell that this whole summer will be pretty laid back. I probably won't go anywhere special at all. Gas prices suck and they're forcing lots of people to cancel their plans. Since I won't be able to travel to all of the games that I want to see, I'll probably watch them on tv.

That's one of the only reasons that I keep my cable is so I can watch baseball. I sure can't afford to go see too many games. It's way to expensive.

Searching for insurance

No not for me, for one of my family members. She lost her job and her benefits to go along with it. I don't think she much cares about the job, but the loss of benes is a killer. She needs health insurance if nothing else. She's not old enough for Medicare or the prescription drug coverage (Part D I think). She has anxiet disorder so she needs to find something quick. She's looking into several companies including United American Insurance Company among others. She wants something affordable but she also wants a company that she can rely on.

I'll be helping her this weekend look through brochures. We'll also call for quotes on Monday. That way we get to test out their customer service too. See I've got my thinking cap on.

Why family reunions are boring

I just talked about my family reunion being boring. One of my cousins who is going messaged me wanting to know why I thought it would be boring. First it's usually all of my older relatives and a bunch of kids under 5. The grandparents bring the kids while the parents hang out and do other stuff.

None of my family that's in my age range usually show up. So I just sit there bored out of my mind. If some of my other cousins tell me they're coming, then I'll go. Otherwise I'm not going either.

My cousin is looking for a car

My cousin is coming from North Carolina for the family reunion that I was just talking about in my previous post. He wants to go find used cars Wilmington, NC to drive to New Jersey. The majority of our family lives in NJ. My cousin and his family lives in North Carolina. My aunt and uncle who invited us live in Florida. Basically everyone else lives in NJ within a 15 mile radius.

I know why my cousin wants a car. He wants to buy something that will impress everyone. He's always been ultra competitive with everyone else and has to show us up. I just got my car so I'm not even in competition with him. I know he'll find something nice though, he has pretty good taste. I don't want to drive his car though but I will make him take me for a ride.

Family reunion's are so boring

My uncle has invited me to another family reunion. I usually find some way to get out of going to them. It's going to be mostly his side of the family with a few of my family members there. That's if they decide to go that is. They usually don't go either.

The only people that are guaranteed to show up are the ones that plan on mooching for food.

Another form of relaxation

I could go in the bathroom and take a nice hot bath. That will relax me and possibly make me fall asleep. I wish I had one of those walkin tubs that was longer and deeper than my tub. I just have a regular ordinary tub. I mean it works and that's all that should count right? A walkin tub would be so cool right now. They're so much rounder than what I have.

But a deep tub that provides a nice stimulating back rub would be great right now. I'm sure that I would fall asleep in the tub. I do have a back pillow and a good book to read.

Playing these stupid online games

I've gotten hooked on online games again. It happens every time one of my classes ends. I start playing the games to relax my mind and I get hooked. I don't even know the name of the game. It's a word puzzle where you put together as many words as you can in a short amount of time.

It's so much fun but I'm spending way too much time playing it.

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I guess I'll keep my books

My books this semester weren't all that expensive. I paid less than $45 for 1 text and 3 novels. The school doesn't buy books back in the summer in the middle of the semester. You have to wait until the end of summer to sell them for fall. Of course, they're not using those books in the fall so I'm stuck with them.

Maybe I'll read the one book that I never did read.

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Today is the day

The day I'm done with school that is. I can't wait. I'm not exactly happy about taking exams but anything to be done with this class. It's so much work that I've been going crazy. Some of my class-mates have 2 or more classes but most of them don't work either.

The best part is that my grade should be no lower than a B and I'm cool with that.

Another quiz

We have another quiz today. I did read the book that the quiz is based on but I did not write my essay questions out in advance. Once she gives us the question to answer, I'll have to make up the answer on the fly. I wanted to be able to give a few examples from the book so I'll skim through it before I get to class.

Doing my health related research

Before I get anything done I'm going to do my due diligence as far as research. There are tons of lap band physicians out there but some of them are much more experienced than other doctors. For some procedures you don't mind a young doctor. With something as detailed as lap band, I want someone old with a lot of experience. I don't want to be the first patient. I want the doctor to have done this on plenty of other people.

I always check up on my doctors before I use them. I can't just use any doctor.

Is the day over yet?

I am so tired right now. I feel like I'm about to fall asleep here at my desk. I've had caffeine and I've walked around outside trying to get fresh air. Nothing is working. I need to wake up because I have to be at school at 6pm and I have a test. No missing today's class for me.

I hate days like this.

Splurging on me

Sometimes you just want to splurge on something for yourself. Something nice that you wouldn't ordinarily consider. Like a nice iwc watch or even a great pair of earrings. I like the watch but I'm not a watch person. I generally use my cell phone to tell the time. I don't know why. I guess it's because I would rather buy great jewelry instead.

As far as jewelry goes, I'm really a traditional kind of girl. It's usually diamond studs for me. But browsing around this website I see all kinds awesome earrings. They're really out of my price range or a range that would make me feel comfortable. But that's why they call it a splurge. It's something that you wouldn't ordinarily buy but you saw it and it was fabulous!

I've decided that I would rather splurge once in a blue moon on a great piece of jewelry than buy inferior jewelry more often. For instance, I saw this great 18k gold bangle bracelet that I really like. I won't even look at 14k jewelry anymore. I like the richness and beauty of 18kt. My last pair of diamond studs are 18kt even though they're small (1/4 carat). I would really like to amp those up to 1/2 - 1 carat. But as they saw, all good things to those that wait.

I think everybody should splurge on themselves once in a while.