Hi-Ho

Hi-Ho!
Hi-Ho!
It's off to work I go!

Umm, got a job this weekend. Internship at FBC Belton, working with the college department. I'm not entirely sure what my full "title" is, or if I even have one, but I think I get a name tag/badge, so I'll go off that whenever I get it.
But for now, I haves to go to work.
Umm, be excited. Be very excited.

Having my baby. What a wonderful way to show how much you love me.

Dear UMHB and others,
These are the following babies I have carried and labored over for you in the past 6 months. Feel free, at any time, to reclaim what is yours, instead of bastardizing your own crap on to me.

• RA -- this includes RA programming, RA training, living in a locker room, and the general sense of "screwed-overness" I wake up to in the morning.
• The irresponsibility of over 50% of the freshman class -- I am sorry, Admissions, that you had to admit a fourth of this year's freshman class on conditional status, ie, they were already ON academic probation before they stepped foot in college, but why is this my problem? Why must I continue to baby sit and monitor those who are wasting the gifts placed before them? If it's your problem, then it is YOUR problem.
• Boy-Craziness -- most everyone has gone boy crazy this semester. Girls have boyfriends, which have now replaced me in life. Guys want the approval of the top dawg, so now what I bring to the table, what I offer in fellowship is sacrificed on the altar of self-preservation and interest.
• Pride -- just lose it. Just lose it, it will do you no good.

Now, I would like to ask you, UMHB and others, when do you plan on showing up to say thank you? When do you plan on being the other responsible partner in the mess of things, and coming around to put a faithful face to your name? When do you plan on relieving me of all the work I have done for you, so I can rest? Or, at the very least, when do you plan on paying child support so I can afford even the smallest of comforts?
Umm, good night.

I saw the sign

This is what my horoscope said on my homepage, for Friday, October 19th, 2007.

Someone may tell you something you really don't want to hear today, yet your openness to honest feedback can be just the catalyst that you need. Once you recognize the truth, even if you have been resisting it, you'll be able to make changes that can stabilize an otherwise shaky relationship. There is no need to control what happens next; being honest is enough to assure a positive outcome.

Talked with Wendi yesterday, she said, pretty much, to me that if "screwing me over twice" and leaving me in Gettys is what is "best for the university," then she's going to have to do it.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's starting to look like I'll be stuck in Gettys again, next semester, but with $1000 more.
Crap

I've got a girl

So, it seems that my friends just can't help falling in love. And by "falling in love," I mean "rushing into relationships with people they may or may not know as well as they should/be totally compatible with." I know, that's a lot to take in, right?
I guess what's eating me is that for the second time since I've broken up with my ex-girlfriend Amy, I have watched, painfully yet again, a second great friend of mine rush/jump/dive right straight into a relationship with an incredibly great guy, but it just may not be an incredibly great time. I'm tired of it, and I don't know how to stop this trend. They say ring by spring, and it's now October, soon to be November...
The first time I had to endure this was with one of my closest friends last semester. She didn't have anyone, and hadn't had anyone in quite a while, so when the first great guy came along to flatter her with a date, she accepted and never looked back. Even when it looked liked things weren't going to work out, she didn't try to move on, she waited and pushed until things would work out and forced the relationship. Now she has become a source of, yes, incredibly great friendship, but also, on occasion, a source of incredibly great sadness and envy. I'm envious because I wish to have my best friend back, and I know that the time I do get with her is not the same time we used to spend before. Don't get me wrong, her boyfriend is a great guy, and I love him and respect him and wish him the best in all of his dreams and pursuits. But being in this relationship has changer her. Changed her to a person I almost don't even know anymore.
Now, I have to endure this a second time. Another incredibly great friend of mine has rushed into a relationship, again with a really good guy, but just a really bad time. Since she broke up with her boyfriend of TWO YEARS about TWO MONTHS ago, she has had three gentlemen callers, counting the new beau as numero tres. I like him. I like him more than the previous two. I liked him before she liked him and he liked her. But he too has been the gentlemen caller for three ladies this semester alone (counting my friend as the third), and he's only been here two months. Both of them agreed to take it slow and for him to pursue her slowly. But somehow, they decided they were mature to hit it early and now the rest of us get to watch them stumble through the morning after the honeymoon, and hope they make it out alive before somebody goes away hurt.

I say all this not to say I wish people didn't date, but to say I wish people used better restraint and judgement before they jumped into something as serious as a relationship.