Over a month now.

Well it's been over a month since I have last been here. I suppose I should probably post here a bit more often. I've just been far too lazy to do so. I think I will try to post more often though most likely not every day. Recently I have bought myself a couple of games for the Wii. I got Super Smash Bros Brawl and Okami. both are really awesome games. Since I bought it on eBay I managed to get Brawl for $20.50. Of course, this was only possible by the fact I stayed up till 2 in the morning waiting for the auction to end. All other lots I found for this game had sold for over $25, most going for over $30. Okami I got for about $12 but unfortunately when I got it the case was broken and cracked and the disk scratched up. Luckily the game runs perfectly and when I complained to the seller about the case they were prompt to offer to send me a new case free. I just hope this one doesn't end up cracked. I don't know what I will do if that happens.

Other than that, I have been trying to sell some of my stuff on eBay to get a little extra money for things that no loner interest me. At the moment I'm only selling things small and light enough to ship in a standard letter envelope, but hey, when you're selling Pokemon cards, it works. Though that will be quite some time to sell them that way as I have probably about 600 cards to sell but I guess I'm not in too much a rush.

My sister and I have really enjoyed playing Brawl. It escapes my comprehension as to why so many people selling the game on eBay played it once or twice then decided to get rid of it. Oh well. Okami is a bit of a strange game but the graphics are very beautiful, in my opinion, and the gameplay very addicting. Really, get past the weird characters and the random stupidity and it's really a pretty good story and fun to play. At first I was afraid I was going to dislike it as I wasn't used to it and I felt disappointed, but obviously as I kept playing I got used to it and I really love it.

I also have a new phone now. It's a touchscreen phone called the Samsung Reality. I wasn't ready to give up my own phone and stressed about the change but I had little choice in the matter. Verizon wouldn't let us change our plan and keep Alltel phones but we couldn't keep our Alltel plan and get Verizon phones and my sister really needed a new one. Her phone was constantly shutting itself off about 5 times every 20 seconds or so. I've gotten pretty used to my new phone now and it's pretty cool. Haven't figured out how to get games, ringtones and wallpapers downloaded to my micro SD card to work yet but I will hopefully get it going soon.

Uggh.. I think I know why I don't post here often. I get pretty mentally exhausted by the end of this. I'm sure I could post more but I'm a bit too tired to try to think of the rest. Well, cya later! Night!

Easter Cake

Ha ha.. So I haven't been here in awhile. I got tired of posting every day, especially when there was nothing really to type about. Today was good. After my mom came home from Family Retreat around 1:50ish PM, she, my sister and I all pitched in to make an Easter cake. It turned out amazing. It had 4 tiers and each one was a different color and all were easter-like colors. Bottom layer was blue-ish green, the next a dark pink, the one above that, a nice spring green, and the top was the plain cake yellow but it was marbled with all the previous colors. We put a bit of icing between the layers that tasted like a very sweet whipped cream then we iced the outside with a different, thicker icing. The top we made white while the rest of the cake we colored a very beautiful light blue. On the top of the cake we put a blood-red colored cross and in blue I wrote the words "He arose". It was so amazing looking at it and we got plenty of pics.

My other sis, Lindsay got a piece while she was visiting but my mom, sister and I were not hungry at the time and we did not get out piece until after we were done watching the movie "50 first dates." The movie was really cute and really funny, although I could have done without some of the, bit disturbing comments and the like. The piece of cake I got was small but I felt kinda sick once I finished it. Way too much icing I think. Well, I did eat a bit of the icing earlier from the bowl when we were done icing. The icing was good, I just get sick easily with stuff like that.

I think that about does it for now. Cya later! Night!

OMG! Yay Yay Yay!

Okay so today I'm EXTREMELY excited! I ordered Pokemon Soul Silver a little over a week ago and it's already come in the mail! I didn't expect to get it so quickly since my payment cleared just last Friday. Btw, that temp post for Friday, i'm not going to do anything about. I may delete it as I don't have enough things to talk about that I can think of. As you can also tell, I've gotten where I don't post every day. From now on, I'm only going to post on days I have something of relative importance to say. Mostly because I just missed yesterday cause I completely forgot and I don't feel like backdating a post.

So anyway. I had no clue the game came in today for a good portion of the day. I was just playing Spore and listening to music and I didn't discover the package until I was setting up to play Naruto on the Wii and I was throwing cats out so I didn't have to worry about them chewing my sensor bar cable. It confused me at first and I assumed it was a package for my mom or something as I really wasn't expecting my game just yet. Once I saw my name labeled on it, I was fairly certain it had to be it as I've not bought anything else since then and it even had an Ebay logo on it. I wasn't about to wait a second to open the package so I ran to my room and cut it open. Despite my excitement I was rather tentative to pull the flaps up to see the inside as I was afraid of it not being it. Well I wasn't disappointed, obviously, and my mood just skyrocketed. I still can't believe I actually have it. It seems all just like a REALLY good dream.

So yeah, I've basically been playing with that the whole day after getting it. I've even tried the Pokewalker out which I, oddly enough, find to be the coolest little device I've ever gotten. I don't know why, but being able to pull a Pokemon from my game and put it into a small device I can easily carry with me then put the Pokemon back any time I want is just the coolest thing ever. This is the most fun I've had with a Pokemon game in, well, probably in all of my Pokemon history! It was well worth my money!

Heh, so yeah. I'm carrying my Pokewalker EVERYwhere I go. I just can't set it down even when I'm not playing the actual game. I love having a Pokemon with me, plus I get to catch Pokemon and get items. Okay so I basically used this whole post to rant about this game. But can you blame me? I'm excited and this game is even cooler than I expected!

Anywho, I'ma go before I find something else to go nuts blathering on about with this game. Night all!

New Night Light

Yeah okay. Go ahead. Laugh. I don't care. I really don't like sleeping in pitch darkness, not because I'm afraid, but I just don't like having my eyes open and not being able to see. Well, yesterday I mentioned I got one of those little lawn lights. I couldn't resist it. I just love solar-voltaic things.

Well, my day pretty much just consisted of doing whatever, creating XANA monsters on Spore, watching a movie, and even eating some homemade "snack pack". Yeah, that was fun though. I never expected it. I was banished from going into the kitchen for a while this afternoon while they made it. Of course at the time I didn't know that. It didn't bother me, I was happily creating a Kankrelat on Spore while they did it. They got it into the fridge to set up and while it did, we watched a movie. The movie was Nim's Island and it was pretty cute. We ate the pudding when we were done with the movie. It tasted great. Of course, I love dark chocolate and it was VERY rich. I had a glass of milk to go with it. Even though it was thin and soupy, it was perfect.

After that I went back to my room and had completely forgotten that I had my lawn light in a pot next to my bed. I had problems getting the activation tag out as it had torn but I managed to unscrew the cap and open it up to get the rest out. I was so amazed by the light it was giving out. It wasn't very bright at all. It cast a very pleasing, gentle blue light. I think it will be perfect for a "night light". This is good because I have been keeping my closet light on at night and I'm sure that hasn't been so great for the electric bill. At least this way I won't have to buy batteries either or have to worry about burning out any light bulbs. It's so pretty! ^.^

Well, that's it. Night!

Dissapointed

Well. Today I was supposed to get to see some of Tyler's robot competition. Unfortunately I didn't get to. Most of the time Tyler was unavailable and the one time he was there we got to chat only a short while on video but the quality was crappy and Tyler never showed me the robot. Recently it's been so hard to talk to him. I just don't understand. I'll be trying to talk to him, then he'll disappear without warning. And when he does give a warning, he says "brb quick" or that he won't be long, but it's several hours before he returns. I have faith that he isn't doing this on purpose but I can't help but to feel sad. I don't know why this is happening. I just hope he hasn't lost interest in me. I suppose there's nothing I can do if he has. I'm sure I'm over reacting as I always do, but it worries me.

Tonight we watched the movie "Knowing". It was pretty good but it left me with a weird feeling. I think I can live without seeing it again.

I can't think of anything else to say tonight. I can't think of much of anything except trying to get a hold of Tyler so I'm going to end this post here and try to do just that.

Goodnight everyone.

Not Much

Not much happened again today. I worked almost constantly on my fan fic while listening to Code Lyoko episodes. As is almost always my routine, I cooked supper tonight. Shrimp scampi, as we almost always have. It did better tonight. I think it helped that I put a little oil in the water for the noodles. I added a little bit of butter to the sauce. Honestly, I don't think it made much difference so I think I'll leave it out from now on. It was really good, as always.

I've been talking to Tyler tonight and he said he has some kind of robot competition tomorrow. I'm not sure if it has to do with the school or not but he wants me to "go". What he means is he wants me online so he can show me the competition via a video chat. I didn't know about it till tonight, at least not that I remember but I hope I get to see the competition. I mostly want to because Tyler wants me there and I definitely want to make him happy. Not that I don't want to see the competition in the first place.

Well, that's about all. Night!

Fan Fic Writing

Today I have been working really hard to make some progress on my fan fic. Of course, I haven't been able to make any forward progress as I've decided to update my current "episodes" to make sure they are still good after all this time. The one needing the most work is the first but I don't know about the second or third. The third isn't even finished and I have a lot more to go before it's actually finished. I would stop working on it and try writing something original, but I would feel like a failure if I stopped in the middle. Besides, I'm still interested in writing this fan fiction.

I've really managed so much of my progress by the fact I've been sorta watching some Code Lyoko episodes while I work. I say sorta watch as most of the time I'm just listening to them and glancing periodically.

During the day I did stop to put up the dishes or to take a small break and walk around outside. It was really nice out. Not too hot, not too cold.

Well. I think I'm going to take a break from the computers for a little and go eat something before returning to my writing. I really forget how much I do sorta enjoy it, but writer's block is never fun and I get that often.

Anywho! Goodnight!

Generic

Today holds nothing much of interest at all. I only played on my computer and the Wii. I tried to beat the top survival score on Naruto but I failed miserably. I played a little Bleach but it didn't last long. Since then I've been making a small bit of progress on revamping the first "episode" of a fan fiction I have been trying to write for some time now. I had lost interest in it for a long time but now I feel like I want to finish it but I doubt I will. Dinner was good, I always enjoy chicken and cheese rice. I don't think there is a time that it isn't good.

Wow. I know. that was a very short post but I'm sure no one cares about the miserable little details of my day right? I don't even care about them they're so pointless. Don't get me wrong, I'm actually in a pretty good mood. I'm hoping my boyfriend will be able to finish what he is doing soon so I can talk to him again. He's been so busy packing to go to his dad's house that he hasn't had the time to chat. I'm trying to be patient and wait but it's really hard.

Well, that's all the news I have. Night.

Summary

Well as you can tell I've been rather lazy about writing my blog the past couple of days. Well you haven't missed out on much since I can't even remember much of what happened. I do remember a few things but I figured it'd do better to just write them all in a summary of the three days instead of just writing small bits on those days.

> Really there wasn't much of interest aside from on the 18th, and I'm not sure why I didn't post about it on that day, I finally put in an order for Pokemon: Soul Silver. I was about to ask the seller to somehow reserve a copy for me if they could as my new checking account had not been activated on Pay Pal yet and I thought I'd have to call the bank to find out the two deposits they made to activate it. Turns out my online banking stuff went through and after setting it all up I was able to find it, activate my checking account on Pay Pal and order the game. I'm very excited for it to come in. The payment is posted to clear by the 23rd so it'll be some time after that even before I receive the game.

> The 19th was a pretty typical Friday. Went to work with mom and played on my computer that whole time. I did download that free song from Newsboys, "Born Again" but for some reason it wouldn't work on my phone although it would play through any computer from the card, just not through my phone. My mom and I went shopping at Dollar Tree after work since we had no group that night. I picked up a couple of things for Tyler for his birthday. I won't tell you guys what I got him as he often reads my blog himself. I don't want to ruin the surprise. I just hope he'll like it. I became rather frustrated on the way home as my sister had, I thought, begun to play my Wii without asking me. Okay, I would have said yes had she asked, but I still like to be asked. It turns out she did ask me but she never got a reply from me. I learned later she didn't actually play it until I texted her through mom's phone saying I wouldn't mind. Whether this is the truth or not, it made me feel better.

I was very upset that night however when my mom said to Leighanna that Chris could stay as long as they wanted since Leighanna hadn't seen him in so long. Well, I think my mom was probably thinking they would be somewhat sensible and he would go home at a reasonable hour. Well I wanted to go to bed at around 10ish and he didn't go home till about 1AM. I was really upset. Sure my mom said I could go to sleep but I couldn't do so knowing the door would need to be locked when he left and I was not certain Leighanna would lock it. I really think it was inconsiderate of him to stay so late when he was not staying the night. My mom has told me she will never make the mistake of telling Leighanna he can stay as long as they want ever again because neither of us could sleep regardless of knowing Chris was a good person. I hope my mom sticks to her word.

> The 20th, yesterday, was just.. Boring.. Mostly. I spent a small portion of the morning in my mom's room before getting a bath. I wanted to get one before my sister came over. I talked to her a bit but she spent more time with my mom and Leighanna. Didn't hurt my feelings any as I didn't have any way of entertaining her. Our interests are vastly different. We did, however, watch a movie together as a family. We watched the movie 2012 and it was actually really good. I was on edge almost the whole time, it was crazy. After the movie ended Lindsay insisted on playing the Wii. Really, I was a bit of a brat when it came to that but it was mostly cause she started to just put in a game without actually asking if it was okay even though she was talking about playing. Though she was mumbling so I don't know what was up with that but I felt like by her actions, she was saying we were going to play it whether I was okay with it or not. I apologized for my selfish actions although I do not know if I was forgiven and we started up Wii Sports. Before we got into it though supper was almost ready so we decided to eat first. We ended up not playing after all because my mom checked the mail and we so happened to have gotten "New Moon" in the mail from Netflix. My mom was shocked and excited we got it so soon so instead of playing Wii, we decided to watch "New Moon". It was a good movie too. I really liked how they animated the Werewolves. After the movie we didn't have time to play the Wii before Lindsay had to leave. After Lindsay left, I helped my mom make some nutmeg bread muffins to take to group on Sunday.

> Today, I didn't do much. I sat on my mom's bed most of the day and played on my computer while I chatted with my sis who was playing on my mom's computer. I did finally play "Archipelago" today which has been installed on my mom's computer for quite some time now. Several months at least and I just never played it. It was only a free trial so I got an hour. My sister was surprised she didn't get bored with watching me. I was actually rather glad as I like it when people watch me play something. I guess it's just I like having company. It just makes playing a game more fun, even if it is only one player.

A little later when my mom got home we watched the movie "Healing Hands" that we recorded last night. We were going to watch it last night but "New Moon" came in and we wanted to watch it. "Healing Hands" was a pretty good movie but it was one of those 'one time' movies for me. Of course, there are few movies I can stand watching more than once. Since then I've just been playing Pokemon Blue version until about an hour ago when I decided I should probably write something here. I really need to keep myself from going so long without typing a post. I also need to learn to trim down my posts so there's less kibble in them and more of what people would actually care to read about, not to mention myself if I were to ever look back on these archives. It would have taken far too long to try to write the missing posts as though they were written the day of. I've done that a few times but only when I miss one day and I can so happen to still remember the events rather well.

I can't think of anything else worth mentioning here so I think this concludes today's post. Perhaps I can get back on track with these posts. If not, I might take on my mom's suggestion of doing one post a week, although I'm unsure about that considering my horrible memory span. Oh well.

Night!

Saturday, 20th

Same as Friday, 19th. Please go to post "Summary".

Friday, 19th

I honestly cannot remember much about this day. I was too tired to write my post on this day so I didn't and now I can't remember anything good that happened that day. Anything that I do remember is posted in the post "Summary".

Tyler's Birthday

I feel a bit bad that I ended up planning to spend time with Sarah on my boyfriend's birthday. I didn't really think about it much till just now. He seems to not mind but I feel guilty although today was the last day I would get to spend time with her before summer vacation.

I started out this morning just waiting in bed for my mom to wake me up as I was too tired to get up on my own. When I finally had to get up I got dressed and started packing up the N64 so Sarah and I could play Pokemon Stadium. I almost didn't have time to eat breakfast but I managed it while carrying two bags filled with stuff. I had one back for the N64 and games and the second filled with all sorts of Pokemon things.

My mom took me to the office instead of to Sarah's house because we didn't know what time her mom was expecting me to come over so I ended up not going over until about 12 when my mom could take me. All the while I waited I played on the computer in Tyler's office. No, not Tyler my boyfriend who is also mentioned in the title of this post, but another Tyler who works at the office. I hadn't brought my laptop with me as I knew I would not need it at Sarah's house so I was lucky I could use that computer since Tyler wouldn't be there till tomorrow. I did little but rearrange my Farmville as it had become rather crowded. I was more than happy to stop doing that at lunch when I was finally able to go over to Sarah's.

Sarah was really excited to know I brought the N64 and Pokemon Stadium. I didn't expect this as I had told her yesterday I was going to bring it but she told me she thought that conversation was this morning so it was a surprise to her. When I got to her house I showed her my Pokemon drawings. She really liked them but as soon as she saw a picture of the legendary dogs she tried to tell me of some "super secret Pokemon" she claimed looked like a dark type legendary dog. At first I thought she meant Zorua and Zoroark as they are the closest to what she seemed to describe but she insisted that it wasn't. After a friendly argument and confusion on the matter, we cleared it up by checking Pokemon.com and realized it was Arceus she was talking about. I thought she had been telling me of a Pokemon I didn't know as she said it was released after Sinnoh but before gen 5. I told her that was impossible and it turns out I was right. We bout slapped ourselves when we realized a few pictures after that legendary dog one I had, was a picture of Arceus. If we had only seen a few more, that whole incident likely would not have existed.

We then looked at all of my Pokemon toys. Sarah was really interested in a lot of them but we didn't pay with them as much as I figured. We played a random little quick, non-scoring battle with the Burger King Pokeballs and the Pokemon in them. We got bored of that quickly and we went into Pokemon Stadium. I went easy on her the first round as I was afraid to upset her so she ended up winning. The second round however I did my best and beat her, of course, she was distracted most of the time and so she wasn't putting in much effort. We were bored of that after the second match so we emptied some Pokeballs to play with and took some other Pokemon toys with us outside to the park. We spent the most time doing this and just pretending to be Pokemon trainers. As odd as that sounds, it was a lot of fun and we spent until 4:25 doing that. I really think the Burger King Pokeballs had a nice touch today. It's a good thing me, my sisters and parents all went to get Burger King so much while those were being given as toys as I had 5 for each of us, nearly a whole team worth.

Sarah wanted to play Pokemon Snap before we left so we went back to her house so we could play it some before my mom came to pick me up. Turns out we had a bit more time than expected as my mom worked on getting the wireless internet working for her mom so we were there longer than my mom wanted to be. She eventually had to give up on working on it as we needed to get home to Leighanna. This was good though as Sarah and I got a little longer to wrap up and do a few more things before I had to go.

I had a pretty bad headache on the way home so I just stared blankly out the window the whole ride. I really wish that my fun didn't have to be over so soon but I was tired anyway and I wanted to rest. When I got home I just relaxed. I got the N64 out of the bag, hooked it back up and separated out the Pokemon toys Sarah and I would not play with from now on and put them in a drawer while keeping the others in my duffel bag for next time. I've got to find a box to put the other Pokemon things in so they don't clutter the drawer I put them in so they weren't scattered all over my bed or on the floor somewhere.

After getting that all settled I just relaxed and played on my computer and just as I was about to call Tyler, he called me. It was pretty funny. I talked to him a long while and spent some time back and forth through the house talking to him and my mom. About 9ish I finally got back to my computer and got on Skype so that Tyler and I could video chat. I wanted to wish him Happy Birthday on video. Over the phone just wasn't good enough. He was happy for it I think and I figured he deserved a little video chat on his birthday even though I don't really like them. It's not that I don't want to see him or anything, I just feel uncomfortable with them.

I think part of it is it lags my computer horribly so it's almost impossible to do anything else while video chatting which kills me because I'm such a multitasker. It's also sorta because I feel chained to my desk as I tend to float around all day. I'll sit at my comp for awhile then go off and get some water, eat, or just wander the house. I have a hard time sitting still so really, being at the office on Fridays is a little difficult for me but I always reserve enough things for me to do on those days when I have only my computer for entertainment. Yeah, that's right. I can get bored on my computer despite the hundreds of things I could do.

The video ended a little early as my mom called me to show me something really cool. It was completely worth it as it was for a free download of "Born Again" by Newsboys via a Facebook widget that they posted. I'm pretty excited about this and I can't wait to download it tomorrow. I'd do it tonight but I'm just too tired to mess with it. When I returned to the computer, the video had dropped but it's okay, I was getting tired of it anyway.

Well that's about it. I'm actually still on the phone with Tyler and I think I'm too tired to even try to play Pokemon Blue tonight. I'm going to go to bed pretty soon, I'm pretty wiped. Has to have been all that running around from earlier.

Night!

Nothing Special

Today was nothing particularly special. My sis was home for a short while this morning before she went off with her friend. We did, however, count out all my quarters this morning as she mentioned wanting to do a couple days ago. We discovered I had 100 dollars exact in quarters. Pretty cool. After that, she left with her friend so she could go to evening church. As always I played on Facebook and Global Pokedex Plus. I didn't play much Spore at all today. After awhile I got a sudden interest to play one of the older Pokemon games so I put Pokemon Blue into my transfer pak, cleared off my Pokemon to Pokemon Stadium 2's PC then restarted the game. Those old games are my mom common to replay. There's just something about them that makes them endlessly fun to replay and I always manage to train a different team of Pokemon every time.

I had been talking to my boyfriend on Skype a bit before playing the Pokemon game and went to it as soon as he had to get onto the bus to go home. I played while I waited for his call and when he called we just chatted as I played. I got pretty hyper but he didn't seem to mind. Honestly, he seemed upset when I calmed down but I felt stupid for having acted so energetic. A little while after I calmed down, he fell asleep on me so I had to hang up and call him back to see if he'd wake, it wasn't even that late, only about 8 his time.

He soon had to hang up and go do some homework and shortly after my mom texted me that she was headed home she asked me to get things started for the mashed potatoes. I did so and even thought to turn on the deep fryer so it would be warming when my mom got home for the chicken. Good thing I checked the inside of it though because the oil was practically sludge so I immediately started to cleaning it. I used a sponge at first but this job called for a steel wool. I was working hard on cleaning when my mom came in. Apparently she knew the fryer was a mess, I just wish I had cause I would have had that thing cleaned hours ago. She helped me clean it though so it was nice. We agree never to fry red meat in it ever again as this was the cause of doing that. I was so preoccupied with the cleaning that I forgot about the milk and hot water mixture I left on the stove to boil for the mashed potatoes and it had developed a skin. Luckily this was easy to remove and I had my sister keep it stirred while I finished cleaning but my mom took over cleaning so I took over the potatoes. It took awhile to boil and didn't do so till shortly after I joked with my sister about staring at to make it boil. I stared at it and it so happened to start boiling a little after. Talk about timing.

With that boiling I was able to finish the potatoes then go eat. I ate a nice bowl of the garlic potatoes I made and they were pretty good. The chicken was nice too and I ate it with the remainder of a container of Little Caesar's ranch that I had used earlier at lunch for a pizza flavored Hot Pocket. I think I ate way too much cause I feel blech and I'm not sure if it's caused from eating too much, but I feel depressed. I kinda think it's because Tyler hasn't called me back yet. I doubt he will again tonight. Sucks cause I was having such a nice time talking to him, now I have no one to talk to. I got a bit carried away when I washed my plate off as I ended up cleaning up not only my plate and the things I cooked with as I usually do, but I also cleaned all the utensils in the sink and a few other dishes. I half intended to do them all but I just didn't feel like it but I made a dent in it, however small it was.

I told my mom I was going to stop at that point and she was okay with it then I returned to my room. I feel really lonely right now with no one to talk to. Not that any of you readers are no one, I just need someone who talks in return. I apologize for the poorly constructed post but I just am not feeling well right now but I think it gets the point across. I think I'm going to return to playing Pokemon Blue and wait just a little longer for Tyler to call back. If he doesn't, I'll just go on to bed after that.

Night everyone.

Mothballs Are Icky

Today hasn't been the best of days. I was up half the night last night because I could still smell the mothballs from yesterday, faintly in my room and they are still strong in the bathroom. I think it's causing me to feel a bit ill too. Even now I can still smell them. My mom took my sister to the doctor today so she wasn't here when I woke. Well, I say my mom, actually my mom took her with her and my grandma then took her to the doctor.

During the day I mostly just played Spore and a bit of Facebook. About 1:40ish PM I got a surprise call from Tyler. Very much a surprise as he usually doesn't call till late. I had a really nice time talking to him and we even had a video chat until he had to get on the bus. I was originally reluctant to have a video chat as I do not enjoy them but I did it because I knew he would be happy if I did and I wanted him to be happy. Admittedly I was very sad to see him go when he had to get on the bus from computer club at school. I noticed today his hair grew out from the horrible haircut he had previously. No offense to him, he didn't choose it.

Since we had to stop talking while he was on the buss I went to find me some lunch and chose a pizza Hotpocket. I was surprised when Tyler called me about 3 min after having hung up. Apparently he missed his stop so he had to walk the rest of the way to his dad's house but at least it meant I got to talk to him a bit while he got home. We resumed video chatting until my mom and sister came home in which I left the computer to go talk to them. My sister finally got a proper diagnosis and hopefully she will be better in about 6 weeks although I feel bad she still has to go even that long feeling like crap.

I did eventually return to my computer only to notice Tyler had said "brb" so I waited awhile for him then the video died. I took my computer to my mom's room so I could play while spending time with them. Tyler returned shortly before we started to watch the movie Paranormal Activity. That movie was the most horrifyingly boring movie I've seen probably since Rosemary's Baby. I'm not kidding, the movie bored me to tears. There was only a few parts I found funny but that was it. I was so glad when it was over and I was also glad to have my laptop with me while we watched it cause I'm sure that helped to curb the effect of all the boredom. I seriously don't see how anyone finds that movie any good but I won't dis anyone who does think it's a good movie. I'm just saying I don't see how anyone could find it entertaining.

Even after the movie was over I played on my computer while my mom and I sat and watched TV... Or something. honestly I don't remember now. My head rather hurts and I think it's from the scent of the mothballs. The strangest thing happened right after watching that dumb movie. I was standing at the foot of my mom's bed and I got a strange sensation kinda like vertigo a little bit but I felt like I was, not really slung back, but i guess more like my vision zoomed out very quickly and I felt very dizzy and nearly fell. I dunno, it's hard to explain. My sister joked and said I was haunted, I of course didn't buy it. I really think it is related to the mothball fumes screwing with me. My mom thought my foot turned under me, which it does sometimes but I explained the above to her. I've never had anything like that happen to me before. Not too fun either.

After I spent a bit more time in my mom's room I noticed Tyler hadn't said anything on Skype in a good few hours. At first he was only showing as not available but then he went offline. I started to worry as he had not warned me he was leaving as he usually would. I sent several messages to him but since he was offline they didn't send. I waited while I sat in my mom's room but when she was ready to go to sleep, I returned to my room and immediately tried to call him even though my post here wasn't even started. I called twice and no answer. This bothered me as usually he only missed the first call then picks up on the second but he missed both. I was relieved when he called in while I tried to call him a third time. I know I shouldn't panic so easily but I really love him so I tend to worry pretty easily when something goes out of the ordinary.

I think its about time I wrap this up now. I think I've said most of what I'd like to record. I'm pretty tired so I think I'm going to go on now and lay down. Right after I finish checking my computer things.

Goodnight!

Ninja Snake

Yeah, that's right, a snake. Today started like any other. I casually played on my computer for a little before deciding to get a bath. I didn't take long and I returned to my room to get dressed for the clothes I had taken with me I couldn't fit in. Normally I wouldn't be typing about things like this, but this is how I encountered my "little friend". I was rummaging in my closet for a different outfit and took one up off one of those little things that hang down in your closet that has several "shelves" for putting clothes on. I thought nothing of this when I picked up the outfit and tossed it over to my bed. I'm not exactly sure what had happened during this time, I'm assuming I tossed the clothes to my bed as I do not recall and reason for walking back to my closet. Well, the next thing I knew I looked at my feet and saw a small, 8 inch snake.

First things that went through my head were not fear but actually confusion. Several things came to mind within only a few seconds. First, I thought "Oh, a toy snake." as the animal was sitting in the common curvy pattern that you see typically in toy snakes. Next thing that came to mind was "How'd a toy snake get here?" then it was "Wait, I don't own a toy snake like that." then finally it was "Ohshit I think it's real!" and I jumped back and screamed mostly from shock and not knowing if it was a venomous snake. I know what they look like but I wasn't going to stand with my bare feet right next to it while I searched for the identifying features.

My first thought after realizing it was real was that it's pattern sorta looked like a Diamondback Rattlesnake but I was fairly certain I had not seen a rattle on it nor did I hear a sound from it. It really didn't seem to notice me nor treat me with much regard aside from slithering off as soon as I jumped back and screamed. My sister was in my room within seconds of me screaming. She asked what happened and as soon as I explained she asked where it was and when I told her it had gone into my closet she told me to just get out of the room despite me not having a shirt on. She was nice and let me borrow one of hers. I told her the snake looked like a Diamondback by it's markings but it didn't make a sound nor did it look to have a rattle. Of course, it being a bull snake, the Diamondback assumption makes sense as their markings are similar, especially at a glance.

Leighanna was texting our mom about what was going on and keeping her updated. She also talked to my dad and he sent his friend "Shorty" over to help out with the snake since he was closer and could get to us faster. Leighanna was freaking out a bit once her initial adrenaline rush wore off. We waited around till Shorty and a friend of his I didn't recognize came to the house and we led him to my closet. The pretty much tore up my closet searching for the snake and came to the conclusion that it was under the bath tub since it was quite warm in there since I had just gotten a bath and it had not cooled down yet. They thought at first it likely got there through a crack between the wall and the floor but then realized there was a panel cut in my wall where it more likely had gone through. After removing the panel Shorty soon saw the snake but was unable to do anything about it as it was too far but he reassured me it was a bull snake.

I was immediately relieved as soon as he said that and that their markings are similar to a rattlesnake's. See, thing is, I like snakes. I don't like the venomous ones but I am not afraid of the non-venomous ones as the worst that can happen is a painful bite. Shorty and his friend still treated me as though I was terrified of snakes and that particular one despite me saying I was no longer afraid knowing what species it was. I think it didn't help my sis was joking about "coming to rescue me" although that's half true as I would have stood in confusion in my room for some time had she not come. My mom was also still worried but I honestly was no longer afraid since it was a bull snake. Another good thing knowing that, is the fact it means we don't have any rattlesnakes on our property as Bull snakes eat rattlesnakes. Also, according to Shorty, bull snakes are not very aggressive and will only bite when threatened and prefer to just run away.

The two men said they were disappointed when they were unable to catch it as they had come eager to catch a snake. Honestly, I think I'm glad they didn't catch it because I think they would have killed it and considering a bull snake poses no threat to me, that just wouldn't be fair. Plus, it was a really young one seeing as they said it was only 8 inches as opposed to my crap guess of a foot and a half. Honestly, looking back at my very fuzzy memories of that snake, it was kinda cute. Despite my encounter, I still really like snakes. Just not when they shock me and appear out of nowhere in front of me. Really, as long as they aren't poisonous or big enough to crush me by constriction, I'm not too afraid of snakes and I really quite like them. I do wish I had been able to get a pic of him. From my memory, he looked like he might have been rather soft, at least on his belly.

I calmed down after this incident rather quickly but my sister seemed rather shaken for a good while. Shorty suggested getting mothballs and tossing them inside the area blocked by the panel then to get some foam sealer to seal it off. He said this would drive it off and make it leave the same way it had come. I don't mind him being on our property, just not in our house.

Not wanting to stay alone in my destroyed room I took my laptop to my mom's room and made myself comfortable on her bed while my sister played on my mom's computer. I wanted to put my closet back together but I had to wait for my mom to come home with mothballs and the foam sealer. Leighanna wanted to play a game with me on the computer but we never found anything we wanted to play so she just played zoo vet 2 while I played Spore and Facebook on my laptop.

I'm not sure what brought it up, but my sister mentioned needing an Iowa quarter for her 50 states map, it being her last one. Wanting to make her happy I ran to my room to find one for her as I had already completed my map so any I had I could give her. I have some quarters so I searched through them all looking for one. Nothing. I took so long my sis came looking for me and she helped me look and we found nothing in all of them. I then had an idea and asked her to retrieve my purse. She brought it to me and I took out my wallet, knowing I had about 3 dollars of quarters in there. I searched the small amount of coins just hoping I would find the correct one. One by one, none were the right one then I stopped on one, unable to believe what I had in my hand. I let out some sort of victorious sound and it got my sister's attention and I quickly handed it to her. She was so very happy and I was happy I found it for her. I was thanked with a big hug and her exclaiming she loved me. It was pretty funny. I had to check out her finished map when she hammered it in. After that, we were bored and grouped my spare state quarters to see which were the most common and most rare of the ones I had. We agreed we'd never do that again, it was so annoying.

My mom soon came home with the mothballs and sealer and soon after she was in my room to get the job done. The mothballs stink horribly as they all do. She tossed quite a few in the hole then sealed the gap between the walls and floor then sealed the panel as well. I was happy the snake wasn't coming back but I disliked the strong mothball scent left in my room. I used some AirWick aerosol spray to reduce the stink. It helped a bit but I still ran from the room. By this time it was nearly time for House to start anyway so I had no use of my room at that point. We started water to boiling for supper 30 min before and nearly forgot about it till a random commercial. My mom took care of it though. We had macaroni and cheese. It was really good. My mom took the pot of food and put it on her bed so that we didn't have to worry about animals getting into it while w were watching. I found this hilarious as she's never done that before. But hey, it was also convenient for those of us wanting more.

I stayed in my mom's room for awhile along with my sister as we watched a cake show but my sister left soon after it finished. I stayed a little after that but I left when I noticed my mom was tired and I wanted to let her sleep. My mom was concerned about whether I would be okay sleeping in my room tonight. I told her I was fine since the snake no longer scared me.

I have never seen a live snake that wasn't contained as a pet or in a nature center. Really, I felt both startled and a bit scared as well as slightly excited to see a wild snake for the first time. Part of me hopes it's my last, but part of me hopes it's not. I just hope if I have another encounter with a wild snake, it's not with a venomous one. I know that many people would not have reacted well to this situation and that's understandable. I was freaked out pretty bad as I didn't really have time to investigate to tell if it was a "safe" snake or not. I know others would I don't really remember what else I want to put here. I know I'm missing something but I'm so scatter brained it's not even funny.

I think that's about it. If there's something I missed then oh well. Anywho, goodnight!

Rough Day

Today has not been great at all. Firstly, my mom got me up and convinced me to go to my Grandma's house with my sister despite what I really wanted. In the end, this worked out better than my plan to just go on a weekday and spend from 8ish to 5. Instead I only had to stay from 7ish to 2. We had chicken paprika for lunch which I didn't care much for as the chicken was very dry. I'm extremely picky about my chicken but I ate it so I was not insulting to my dad. I did have some Easy Mac in addition to my meal so I didn't go hungry. My dad also made another dish but it involved eggplant and a lot of onion so I didn't touch it. I was a bit entertained when Eli, Lindsay's boyfriend showed interest in a game I was playing on my computer. It was Spore and it was just kinda fun to talk about something I like though it was awkward talking to him. Probably because I don't know him too well although he's been nothing but nice to me.

Lindsay drove me and Leighanna home as she was going to Eli's house for awhile. I really wish I could avoid ever getting into a vehicle with her driving ever again. She's a very reckless driver and it makes me nervous and nauseous. Not only that, but she thinks it's funny. I think otherwise and so does Leighanna.

Mom seemed very happy to have us home earlier than she thought. I was glad too. I just don't feel comfortable at my grandma's house although I very much enjoyed spending time with my dad. Mom was baking a cake called "chocolate pudding". It was odd as when making it certain parts you didn't stir together. It sounded very weird when my mom explained it. It was already in the oven when we got home but we got to see it when she pulled it out for a doneness test. I was officially freaked out as the cake looked to be crawling and breathing. IT really seemed alive, or that there was something alive just beneath the top crust. It finally stopped moving after my mom stabbed it enough times while testing to see if it was done. She took it to group with her and I just played on my computer till she returned. I had a rough time during the time she was gone but I really don't want to get into details so I won't but it caused my mom to come home early from group. I feel bad for her coming home early and missing some of group since she was enjoying it so even though she told me not to feel bad.

We got to have some cake as there was leftovers and I soon learned why it was called chocolate pudding. Apparently beneath the top crust it is very gooey and pudding like and it was just super amazing tasting. It helped to ease my mood but I still felt sad. I had tried to call my boyfriend prior to this so I could talk to him since I wasn't feeling well but he didn't answer. Unfortunately he called while I was on the phone with my mom and shortly after she got home so I was unable to answer as I was busy conversing with her. After eating cake we were preparing to watch a movie so I quickly listen to my voicemails then called him back so he wasn't worried about me not answering. I enjoyed talking with him for about 15 minutes I'd guess before we started the movie in which I then hung up.

We watched Julie & Julia. It was a pretty funny movie but due to my eyes feeling tired and hurting from crying earlier I was more than eager for the end of them movie almost halfway through it. Being so tired, I returned to my room soon after and debated whether to listen to music or call my boyfriend. I decided to have both. What I mean is, since I usually pause conversation with him while typing this post, I thought I'd listen to music while I type this then call him and talk to him till we can't stay awake any longer. I really don't know what I would do without him in my life. Of course I feel the same way about my sister and mom and dad. Yes, even my dad. I have so many good people in my life and without them I probably would not still be here. My mom was such a support to me today but enough about that, I don't want to get into that further.

I think that's about it for tonight. I know it was very short and I left out a lot of details but I'm just far from in the mood to do an extensive post. Honestly, I'm contemplating making these posts shorter but cutting out as much pointless crap as I can. This way, there's less crap for any of you there to read, plus I don't end up breaking my fingers off from so much typing.

Well, goodnight!

Movie Saturday

Today was a very laid back day. Not like most of my days aren't. The day actually went by very quickly as my mom, sister, and I were watching movies on the Hallmark channel. I went back and forth from watching a little of a movie then going back to my room to play Spore or play something on Facebook but I finally just brought my computer into the room so I could play while I watched. At one point, during commercials, Leighanna kept making a beeping noise at Raya, one of our two larger dogs. This was incredibly cute as he kept making a strange little noise in response that sounded a bit like he was complaining at her but I cannot imagine him being too upset with it since he was wagging his tail. I think he soon realized every time he made that sound in response to the beep, he got loved on because we found it cute. He even kept pawing at my mom and clinging to her.

For breakfast my mom made a variation of the turkey-cheese melts by putting the turkey and shredded Colby Jack between two halves of a biscuit. It was incredibly good and I'd love to have it again. Later my mom mentioned us having chicken and cheese rice, one of my favorite dishes, for supper. Later I had gotten up off my mom's bed to ask what we were going to have for lunch when I noticed she was already cooking supper. This confused me as I thought it was noon-ish but when I checked the time it was actually around 6. It felt weird cause the day was going by pretty quickly, yet slowly at the same time. Really hard to explain.

Supper was good, as always. That dish is never not good to me. It's always been a favorite throughout my life though this time, I loved the chicken. Of course the chicken has been very good recently, but it was even more so amazing today. My mom had tried a new trick with the chicken that she saw on TV this morning. What she did was pounded the chicken flat so it could cook thoroughly and by her doing so, it made the chicken amazingly tender and juicy. In addition to this meal, I had a handful of snow peas. I've decided that I think they taste like a mix between bell peppers and lettuce. So good though. For dessert we had chocolate brownies "iced" with melted peanut butter. THAT was truly amazing. Of course, you can't go wrong icing chocolate with peanut butter. Unless you're allergic. Then that's a completely different story.

I continued to lounge on my mom's bed and played Spore on my laptop. I had a lot of fun, especially when I managed to finally kill an "epic" creature which are creatures of Godzilla proportions, incredibly hard to kill and can kill you in one touch. Odd about this one was when it attacked my creature's nest and I ran to help defend the next by drawing it away, it seemed it was unable to kill my family creatures. It tried but it never laid a single bit of damage to them plus, it was stuck on the large group of creatures so it didn't chase me down so I was able to help out in killing it and took down it's 999 hp within a few minutes which is incredible as once I had gotten close to killing one without getting a lucky break like this then something happened and it revived to full health again. So annoying. Anywho, doesn't matter cause I finally killed one. I wanted to do so so badly. One, to see if it was possible, which I assumed considering there is an achievement you can get if you do so, and two, I wanted the achievement.

I stayed in my mom's room till she was ready to go to bed. I asked a few times before that if she wanted me to leave so she could have quiet time but she said she was enjoying my company so I stayed. I definately had no problems staying there with her. When she was ready to go to bed, I said goodnight and packed up my laptop and came back to my room. I very soon called my boyfriend even though I was just starting my post. I had been thinking of him all day and didn't want to wait any longer to call him and talk to him.

I feel a little bad that I have decided not to go to my grans house tomorrow with my sis since they invited me to go but I really just don't feel comfortable with it. My mom seems fine with my decision although I understand I should likely go to visit them someday soon so they don't get the wrong idea and think I hate them which is not true. It's just that recent events has caused me to feel uneasy when I am down there. I was surprised my sister wanted to go but she eventually said she didn't want to go but is going so they will stop bothering her about going to visit. Apparently they pester her more than me about it as I have only gotten this recent "invitation" to go while my sister has been prodded multiple times to go.

Anywho, I think that's just about it. Night everyone!

Really Good Day!

Today really was probably the best day I've had in quite awhile. I woke at about 6:30 and I would have waited for my mom to come "wake" me, but I got so wide awake while I waited for 6:40 I couldn't stand to lie in my bed another second so I got up and started getting ready. My mom was shocked to see me up already when she came to wake me. I really should have stayed in bed till 40 though because I was ready to go pretty quickly and I was bored out of my mind. I just can't dawdle nor can I idle. I just seem to get things together as quickly as possible then I'm left idling because I got ready to quickly. For breakfast I ate some chocolate fudge poptarts.

Everything was pretty typical when we got to the office. I mostly played on the computer but I grew bored very quickly as I found myself unable to find things to hold my interest for long. At lunch we planned to go help Judy with her computer then we were going to go by the bank to close my savings account and open up a checking account in it's place so that I have a little more freedom with it. Of course I'm still going to be as careful with my money as always but at least I don't have limits in the case I need it.

During the time that I was waiting for lunch I stalked around a bit on eBay and had pretty much decided I definitely wanted Pokemon Soul Silver after having stalked it for a few weeks now. I actually thought I had about 155 dollars in my account in which I could buy it with. I was lucky as when I had asked mom about the legitimacy of the game I was looking at being sold as pre-order before it was officially released and after she telling me it was legit if I bought from a top-rated seller, this prompted me to want to check my funds. My mom gave me the number to the bank and I called them myself. Nerve-wracking as it was my first time to do so. I was confused when I was told I only had 114 in my account. After my mom was off the phone with someone, I told her this and she told me to call again and ask for a transactions report. I did so, this time it was easier. I went back a few months and I recognized everything they reported. I thanked them and hung up. I wasn't happy that I had less than I did, but I was glad that there were not mysterious transactions, especially after that weird e-mail I got the other day, regardless of my mom denouncing its authenticity. I was also disappointed as this meant I could not buy Soul Silver yet but it made me glad I had not tried to buy it sooner as I would have gone under 100 dollars.

I checked up on Deviant Art and noticed some new deviations from an artist I have been watching. One of his pictures referenced a song called "Our Solem Hour" by Within Temptation. I didn't know this song but curious, I looked it up on You Tube. I decided I liked the song very much but was a it weirded out when I noticed that the lead singer looks a bit like Melinda Gordon from Ghost Whisperer at many angles. I'm sure it's just me but I find it kinda scary. I also looked up other songs by Within Temptation but none I liked as much as "Our Solem Hour".

Also before lunch my mom showed me about how to balance a check book. At first I thought it looked highly complicated but after having it explained it actually looks quite easy. I almost think my mom might have enjoyed teaching that to me. After that I returned to my computer until about 20 min til lunch when my mom asked if I wanted to eat. Apparently she wanted to eat early so we'd have time to do everything else during lunch. Good thing as we went 15min over due to the bank.

It didn't take long to try to help Judy. Unfortunately we were unable to locate what she was looking for on her drive. As we were leaving her house I noticed a plant next to the door. I almost always notice the plants. I had asked what it was and she didn't know I don't think but she told me that I could have a couple of the leaves as the plant spawns from the tips of it's leaves, which is pretty odd, but not surprising to me. I have a plant that spawns similarly but it does so from the base of it's leaves and only when they have been broken off from the plant. I thanked her for the leaves and it made me very happy as I am always excited to get a new plant. My mom even told Judy how much she made my day by doing so.

We arrived at the bank to do my account stuff so I left the leaves in a shady place in the car while we did that. That was a mistake I believe, not that I had much choice, because the heat for even just one hour seemed to have damaged the existing, small roots it had. It seemed at first that it was only a few but the rest died throughout the rest of the day. Although the small, new plants sprouting off the tip still seems green so I currently have them with some rooting hormone to see if it will stimulate new roots.

Now while we were at the bank I felt a bit nervous. I'm not entirely sure why. The lady helping us was very nice to me. I was shocked when she actually asked my age instead of assuming when my mom told her I wanted to open a checking account. It was pretty funny really. When my mom said that she asked about my age and when my mom replied with "21" she smiled and said "Yes she can." I really liked her, she made me feel a little less uncomfortable although I felt a bit silly about my questions I kept asking but she reassured me several times I was not bothering her. I hope it was true. My mom kept joking saying I was "signing my life away". This actually made me uncomfortable as I did not know why she was saying that. Apparently it was only a joke in refference to the number of times I had to sign my name and such. She seemed to feel bad when she noticed it was unnerving me.

I was a bit glad to get back to the office and relax a bit after that but I was still pretty hyper for some reason. I think I felt rather empowered by having called the bank earlier. It made me feel very smart. I don't know if we actually did this before or after lunch but my mom and I also looked up the locations of GameStop in town so we would know where we needed to go so I could get the event Jirachi that ends tomorrow. Anticipating this made my day inch by slowly and very little held my interest. My boyfriend, Tyler, called me sometime after lunch. He was feeling depressed and I asked him what was wrong and he only said it was cause he couldn't be with me yet. Really, he says this so often I really didn't think about it and I said something that I really thought was something he normally laughed at and I was only trying to cheer him up. Unfortunately this had the opposite effect somehow and he ended up hanging up on me. I really didn't intend to hurt his feelings. I can't even remember what I said now but I apologized several times but he still seemed really upset. He never called back after that until later when I had decided to start cleaning a little early as I was too down to really do anything or enjoy playing Spore as I had been doing while all that was happening.

I felt bad when I realized I missed his call so I texted him explaining that. He replied saying it was okay. He is so very quick to forgive. I guess that's good and I'm the same way. It sucked that my cleaning job ended so quickly as the last hour dragged pretty badly with nothing to do and especially so on the last 30 min before we could go. 10 min went by fairly well when a woman named Cynthia(sp?) was in the office on errand. She was nice and chatted a short while before going on with her other errands. The last 20 min were pure torture, likely cause I was eager to get my Pokemon.

I was glad when it finally became time for us to go though we had to go by my Grandma's house first to pick up money from my dad. My mom was not feeling well and have been suffering a massive headache most of the day and didn't feel like going in and my dad was too tired to come outside so I had to go in to get it myself. I felt bad for my mom with me sticking around so long but I didn't want to look like I was coming in to get money then leave and I definitely want them to know I love them and whatnot. So I chatted for awhile though I hated taking so long for my mom's sake so I mentioned nicely a few times that I should go since mom didn't feel well and I finally managed to leave so that my mom and I could go get my Pokemon event, get groceries, and get home as soon as possible so she could relax.

I was so so grateful to my mom for taking me to get the Jirachi Pokemon from the event. Even in the happen so that I didn't get one, I still was happy that she was willing to take me. We headed off, looking for the first one but we realized the location we had written down was likely the GameStop in the mall and we had already passed it when we realized it so we decided to go to the other one as it was nearby. We went in and I took my DS. At this point I was nearly bursting with excitement as this is the first event Pokemon I was at least attempting to get that I had to leave the house in order to receive it. I waited while the guy at the counter waited on another customer then when he was available I asked about how to get the Jirachi. He explained to me that location was not handing them out anymore and that I should try the location in the mall as they still were and they guy there could help me. He asked if I wanted to pre-order Soul Silver or Heart Gold but I told him know and thanked him for the information then my mom and I left for the other GameStop. Honestly, I thought the outlet in the mall would be the less likely of the two to provide the download.

It really didn't take us too long to locate the GameStop outlet. My mom needed to go do something else right then so she asked if she could do that while I got the Pokemon. I let her know I had no problem with that and entered the store. I asked the guy behind the counter if the event was still going on. This time I asked that because I was afraid they might have stopped the event a day early. The guy seemed less than happy to deal with me and made it clear he had no idea anything about it really.

Before I could mention that the event shouldn't have ended yet, a black-haired lady behind him told me the event was still active and my hopes instantly rose. She told me all I needed to do was go to my main screen on my game. When I got there I asked if I go to Mystery Gift, she said yes and I was given three options. I knew it was not the option on the top as it was "receive from friend" so it left me with "receive from wireless" and "receive from Nintendo WFC". I figured it couldn't be the last since I got the Pikachu colored Pichu that way and I was unable to get Jirachi doing that though you can never know for certain. She told me to select "receive from wireless". I did so and waited while it searched for the download. I was so happy when it asked me if I wanted to download Jirachi. I really half expected for something to go wrong and leave me unable to get it. The lady also told me to obtain the Jirachi, I would need to go in-game and talk to a man at the Pokemart. I knew this already but I thanked her all the same. She didn't ask if I wanted to buy anything and almost seemed happy seeing how excited I was though I'm sure it was for something else. I was just brimming with excitement and energy when I got the Jirachi I could barely contain myself.

As I left the store my mom was heading my direction. She seemed shocked I was done already though I knew the download would not take long, experience from the Pikachu colored Pichu. I think she could tell I was excited but she asked me if I got it all the same. She seemed happy for me when I told her I had and I thanked her for bringing me. She also asked to see the Pokemon, I don't blame her, I was excited over it so of course she'd want to see it. I showed her and she thought it was cute, commenting that it looked like a little joker. She's kinda right. She even asked me if I thought it was cute. I found this question odd but I told her yes cause I do think it's cute.

As we left the mall she told me she was glad I had so much energy as she was very tired and needed me to be alert for her. I'd have been happy to do this any day for her but I was especially willing to do so today especially since she had done something so very nice for me, it was the least I could do to do some things to help her out. Grocery shopping didn't seem to take too long to me. I helped my mom get the things on our list plus a few extras, such as snow peas when I noticed them on the shelf in the veggie isle. When I saw them I just stopped and pointed and looked at my mom like "OMG look!". I love snow peas, ever since my dad bought them one time they were in a salad bag. I've seen snap peas, but I have never seen snow peas available in the store before. I was so happy that my mom let me get them. I felt so showered with gifts today as I just kept getting such awesome things. Even if the plants I got are not savable my mom told me she could get more leaves from Judy another day if need be.

When we were ready to check out a little while later, I helped put things on the conveyor belt and we noticed one of the Snack Packs we bought was damaged so I took the damaged one and returned to the isle it was on and got another as my mom paid for the food. She was smart and told the lady we were buying three Snack Packs even though there were only two on the conveyor as I was going to be getting another. This saved time as we didn't have to scan it when I got there. As we approached our van we were afraid it might not have been ours as, I don't know if I mentioned it before but if I have here's a recap:

We were coming out of Walmart a separate day and we accidentally opened up another person's vehicle. It scared the crap out of us as it looked like ours from the outside and my sis had even climbed in but she soon noticed it didn't smell like out vehicle and as we opened a side door to see a baby seat my sis was jumping out saying it wasn't our vehicle. We quickly closed the doors and looked around for our own van. We couldn't believe the owners of the other van had been so careless to leave their vehicle unlocked. Luckily, we were all honest people and had only opened theirs by mistake when we thought it was ours. We were glad to find our own vehicle and drive off for home.

Okay so this didn't happen today but it made us think a little before opening it up. I checked the back and noticed the distinguishable crack and dentage on the back door and I also heard the doors unlock when my mom used the clicker. We were so happy to be heading home at this time and thus, glad we were not going to group as that meant we would have been out much later and my mom's headache was something horrible. As we started for home my mom complained of not feeling well and her vision being a little cloudy. This alerted me as she was driving and was asking me to be alert for her so she didn't run over pedestrians in the parking lot. I didn't like this at all and she actually drove a fair ways before I convinced her to let me drive despite my dislike for it. I wasn't going to let her go too far, it was getting dark and even with her normal vision she has terrible night-time vision, and she says so herself. So cloudy vision plus oncoming darkness, not a good combination. She turned into a little housed area and we switch seats and I drove the rest of the way home. My leg hurt horribly at first as I'm not accustomed to driving much but I ignored the pain and kept going. About halfway there my mom told me that I must love her a lot if I was willing to drive for her. She's damn right though.

We were both so happy to be home and even though I was more nervous about driving this time than usual, my mom said I did better at driving than ever before. Heh, perhaps I should be nervous driving from now on. Lol not. My legs felt like jello for a short while. My energy from my excitement had completely diminished now and I was long ready to eat. I had been ready to eat since 3 and it wasn't till 6:49 when we left for home from Walmart, so it was later than that when I ate. I just cooked a little mini pizza and ate that with ranch dressing and my stomach was happy. It helped that while it cooked, I ate the remainder of my sister's plum as she didn't want all of it. While I ate my pizza I watched Ghost Whisperer with my mom then after that I lounged on her bed with her while we watched Medium. As soon as those shows were over I knew I needed to go to bed soon. I told my mom goodnight and thanked her a few times more to show my immense gratitude for taking me to get my Pokemon.

She seemed so happy to know I was happy. I'll know from now on not to be afraid to ask her if I can do something in the future since the worst that can happen is I just get a no. But I'll be sure to ask for something that is not inconvenient to ask for. I'd never ask to go get a Pokemon event that takes place somewhere either all across town when we're not going in town, or in another city, etc. This one just so happened to be in our general area so it wasn't too much trouble to go to.

Wow.. I have gone through this so many times to add in details I kept forgetting to record. I swear if there is anything else I'm missing after this, I think we can all live without it as I think I got all the important stuff plus a lot of crap no one will likely care about. Probably not even me within a couple of days but hey! I've got it anyway. lol

Anywho, I think it's time for me to crash out. Night all!

Obsessed? Maybe A Little.

Today was pretty good. Not completely normal but not abnormal. I woke at about 7:30 and just played on my computer, playing on Facebook and GPX I also tried playing some more Pokemon Stadium 2. Have I mentioned that game is evil? Cause it is. I can't seem to win. I gave up on Challenge Cup Master Ball and went for Poke Cup Great Ball. I did well and got 4 continues till I got to the second to last battle. No matter what I did, I couldn't win and it shredded all my continues then shredded me. It was so frustrating and I soon had to stop and do something else. I wanted to play Naruto after that but I had to wait as crops were almost done on Farmville so I clicked Pokemon on GPX while listening to music while I waited. Once I took care of my farm, I went to play Naruto.

I really didn't fare well on this game today. I only tried to get first place on survival but I couldn't even get past 20 wins. I tried almost every character I am capable of playing that aren't my sister's specific favorites. That became frustrating so I at some hot dogs for lunch, tried a little longer, then shut it off.

I didn't have much to do after that so, I'm not certain what triggered it now, but I decided I wanted to watch Pokemon from the very first episode. I thought about how I always hated not seeing it on TV when I was little and having You Tube now-a-days, I can watch anything. So I did, I watched through episode 4 before my mom came into my room and asked about supper. I was watching a really weird episode thing though. It wasn't part of the series but was for Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. I think I will never watch anything like it again. It was painfully bizarre. My mom left and I finished watching it at it only had 4 min left, of course before that time was up my mom came back to say something about supper. Not sure if she was just wanting a confirmation about something or thought I wasn't planning to get up to make it and wanted to remind me she was hungry and wanted me to cook. I explained I had 3 min left on the show and wanted to finish it. She understood and as soon as it was over I went to cook.

My sister didn't come home from school on normal time as she had band practice till late so my mom and I made supper for just us. It was great. We had Tilapia seasoned the way I decided to. I didn't use a recipe, I didn't feel like taking the time to do so so I just used common sense and put together a lemon, garlic, butter sauce. The garlic was diced as small as I could make it, which was pretty small. The butter was typical butter and was melted before being added to the mix. I added a slight bit of salt to the sauce as well. I didn't take exact measurements of the ingredients, I just eyeballed them and made an amount that looked appropriate for the amount of fish.

I washed the 6 fish fillets and after drying them each off I placed them gently in a lightly greased baking dish and I rubbed a bit of curry powder on the topsides of the fish then drizzled the butter sauce on top of them. They baked for less than 30 min I'm sure, 20 maybe. We forgot to set a timer so we just watched it carefully. I was very proud of this dish and I thought it was good. The lemon was not over powering. It was there but it was faint, but not too faint. My mom really liked it so it made me very happy especially after the disaster with scampi just the night before. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and my mom and I both agreed it was much better than the other two times I had made this so I think I am getting better. I think I will do this same butter sauce again when we make this another time. Although I think I might try making a little more. It added great flavor to the fish while maintaining the ability to taste the fish so in my opinion it was perfect. Of course, I guess I would think so it being my cooking, although I'm about as critical about my cooking as I am my art and if it's anything less than what I know my best is, then I am typically not happy with it.

While my mom and I ate we watched Ghost Whisperer. It was a very creepy episode. End of story. It wasn't brand new, we had it recorded for quite some time and just never got around to watching it. We debated about whether we wanted to watch Medium after that and we ended up deciding to do so. That episode was unusually creepy as well. It was interesting, but it creeped me out royally. After that, my mom returned to her room and Leighanna and I watched a little of America's Funniest Videos before I grew bored and went to my room to watch one more episode of Pokemon for the night then turned to work on this blog seeing as it still needed to be done prior to, well about now.

So anywho, I think I'm gonna go on to bed now. I'm pretty tired. I apologize for the short post but I'm rather tired and it's making me feel a little disoriented and weird as I'm typing this. Goodnight all!

Pokemon Stadium

I don't really feel like typing a novel about today as I did yesterday so I'm going to make this short and sweet. Today I woke a little early. Early enough my mom had not gotten to work yet. For a majority of the day I spent my time playing on Global Pokedex Plus and watching Animal Planet. For breakfast I just had a couple of bowls of cereal and a couple nutmeg muffins and for lunch, well, late lunch as I didn't eat till 3:40 PM after breakfast, I ate one of the plums my mom had bought recently. It was very good. Sweet near the outside and more sour towards the pit. I did grow a bit tired of TV and I was back at my computer when I realized I was not entirely certain of the pronunciation of my favorite Pokemon's name, Dunsparce.

This immediately made me want to play Pokemon Stadium 2 to find out. Honestly, of all the years I have owned this game, two major things stand true. One is, that I have never beaten this game even once since getting it along with Pokemon Stadium for my birthday when I was little. And the second, is that I do not recall EVER seeing Dunsparce on this game before today.

With the latter in mind I set up a quick battle so I could switch to Dunsparce and have the announcer say it's name for me. I actually use this on several Pokemon from Generations 1 and 2 that I do not know how to say the names of. The first battle I had forgotten that the announcer voice was off so I had to leave the battle and do a new battle. I was relieved to find out I had been saying it correctly all along.

With that out of the way, the first mentioned point came to mind so I set out to TRY to work on beating it. I've had little luck and have only tried Challenge cup. I keep going into this game thinking "I know more about Pokemon now than I did then, this should be easy." No. I'm always wrong. This game is difficult beyond reason and is made of pure evil. Of course, I am on Master ball of Challenge Cup but it's still hard. I think I just suck at Pokemon, though I've done much better than this on the adventure games. Eh. I've tried several times now and never get past battle two. Although this most recent time I think I have and still haven't gone out yet. Maybe I've been given a fairly decent team that I can work with.

I haven't had the chance to finish all the battles is after the first few I had to get up to cook supper. I was happy cause I had not had Shrimp Scampi in awhile now. Luckily I started working at 8:00, 20 min after asking my mom when I should start but I got no response. By the time she responded and she asked how long it would take and I replied about 30 min she told me to start then which I had been. I was a little upset tonight as I did not have any green onions to use. Not my mom's fault, but mine for not checking if we had it before today. I could definitely tell a difference from the smell it had today that it was not the same. To cope a little, I used some garlic powder but I used a light amount. The flavor was still real good despite not having the onions. For color, I added some powdered dried parsley flakes to it since the green onions were the only thing to give it some color and it just looked so bland without a little green in it. I was fairly content with how it looked. One unfortunate thing that did bruise my confidence a little was the noodles did not get cooked properly. I had given them more than 13 minutes to cook but they were still rather hard and many stuck together. I was grateful that my mom did not get many of these noodles so she was able to enjoy it. I enjoyed mine too despite having more of the hard noodles but I still got some soft ones to enjoy so I was happy.

I chatted with my mom after that a bit and began to feel a little depressed. Not sure why though when I mentioned it to my mom she thought it was because of the noodles. I told her it wasn't that and that I do not know why I felt that way. Honestly, I really don't, I just don't feel good. I'm really tired of feeling this way. Anywho, despite the noodles, my mom seemed to really enjoy the meal and expressed she was grateful that I had cooked and fed the animals for her. I was happy that those two small acts had made her happy though I did feel guilty I had not done anything more to help out around the house. I need to stop being so lazy and do more.

Anywho, I think that about fits my day in a nutshell. I just wanted to get this done so I do not end up forgetting it when I go back to Pokemon Stadium here in just a little bit. Anywho, Goodnight!

Who Ate My Snack Pack?

Today seemed pretty long no thanks to waking up at 6:30 to Li, our Shih Tzu , barking like crazy. At first I thought "what on Earth could he be barking about when we now have the living room window blocked?". Unable to sleep with him barking, I got up to investigate without taking note of the time. I soon realized my mom was still home, and that's when I noticed the time. Secure in knowing why he was all excited and barking, I thought about going back to bed but, according to my mom, apparently I did talk to her a bit before she left and she had asked me to lock the door. For some reason this doesn't feel like it happened today and I didn't even remember I talked to her this morning till she said something about it just a little bit ago.

I awoke maybe an hour or two later. At that time, I got up to begin my usual routine of playing on my computer. This was soon put on hold when I realized the internet wasn't working. I texted my mom asking her if she knew the internet was not working. I didn't receive a response right away so I took the liberty to check the center of internet operations in my mom's room. I immediately noticed the router said the internet was not working. Really, it was non-existent as instead of a red light for internet failure the light was not lit at all. I tried power-cycling the router but nothing changed. I then noticed right above the internet light the modem light was also off so I had to move the mattress on my mom's bed so I could get to the modem that was located against the farthest wall and under her bed. It took me a bit of effort but I managed to reach down between the bars of the headboard of the bed and brought the modem up where I could see it's display. It was completely dead. I immediately assumed something was wrong and it might have to be replaced.

Before panicking too much, I tried power-cyling that but nothing changed. I decided I might need to unplug it and plug it back in at the outlet so I searched for where it was plugged in at. I traced the cable from the modem to the plug and discovered it was unplugged. Rather relieved I plugged it in, checked the display and it was on at the very least. It seemed to need to be reset a bit so I kept pressing the button on the front and waiting till the, now red, internet light turned green. Proud of my little victory I returned the modem to it's placement on the floor and moved my mom's mattress back into place then returned to my room to resume my natural routine.

I finished up on everything I wanted to do on my computer so I grew bored of it and decided to watch TV. I almost napped while I watched but I stayed awake. On my own, I think I watch Animal Planet far more than any other channel. I really like that channel and I learn a fair bit from it. My favorite shows on that channel are Animal Cops and The Most Extreme although I thoroughly enjoy all the other random shows that come on like Untamed and Uncut and Weird, Freaky and True.

I had thought about playing Pokemon Ruby while I watched but I ended up not doing that. Even though the morning went by very slowly time flew a bit while watching TV. I cannot remember what time it was when I finally grew hungry but when I did I didn't even finish watching the show I was viewing before getting up to get something. I was a fatty today, I ate three hot dogs, a nutmeg muffin and a small bowl of grapes. From now on, I hope to get a smaller amount of food and combine it with a glass of milk. I've noticed I get full faster on smaller amounts of food if I drink a glass of milk with it. Also sometime during this time I got my laundry done. I could have waited till tomorrow but I am working on rescheduling my laundry day to being on Mondays and Thursdays so that I don't have quite so much to do by doing it once a week. I also wanted to download and play a demo on my Wii but when I searched in the Wii's shop channel, there was nothing to be found. I gave up then shut down and unplugged the Wii.

I returned to watching TV for only a short while then played on my computer some more. Around 3:30 ish I decided to play Naruto on the Wii but as soon as I got it started up I realized my laundry was done drying so I went to fetch that and got it folded. My sister came home while I was putting away the last of my clothes.

Leighanna didn't play with me straight away as she wanted to get a bath first. Fine with that, I played by myself as I had planned that originally anyway until she was ready to join. I wanted to train playing Sasuke so I could use his Fire Style: Fire Ball jutsu to maximize scoring on two player mode. I did this on single player and got the hang of it pretty well. When I was done, I ended up with a score of about 533k and was awarded Hokage rank. Having done that and not wanting to try to beat my score at that time I turned to time trial but I didn't get far and left the game running while I went back to my room to check my computer. Leighanna came into my room during this time and seemed to be in a good mood. She explained she was in a bad mood due to idiotic people at school but the bath seemed to sooth her nerves. She chatted for a little while before we went to the living room to play.

She wanted to try some score maximizing training, as I will call it, with Temari since I got a killer score with Sasuke. Soon after battle 2 I could tell she would beat my score. She didn't think so for awhile but I was certain of it, that is, if she kept up her point gain trend, which she did. She ended up creaming me by about 75k points with a score of aprox 610K.

I was fine with it as I've learned not to be a sore loser or winner. I guess I do this because of my other sister, Lindsay, who I cannot enjoy playing video games with and I am fearful to win on anything and I often purposefully restrain myself so I don't win whether or not I could normally, because she would get very angry and makes you feel like crap for it, then if she wins, she rubs it in your face. Another bad thing is if you beat her score on something and she can't beat you, she resets all the scores and then gets her score again. She did this one time I know of on a Mario Kart, I think 64, when I beat some of her ghosts and replaced them. She wasn't happy and the next day everything was reset and she had a couple scores. So because of this, I hated winning and this is why losing doesn't bother me as long as the one who beat me isn't trying to rub it in my face. Losing kept all our feelings on the positive so it was a worthwile sacrifice. No point winning if it always ends in an argument. I just enjoy playing the game more than anything and I know how bad it feels to others when someone is a sore loser or winner so I try not to be that way myself, although it really isn't hard for me as it's really kind of my nature.


Luckily, my sister Leighanna is not like this and I can feel free to strive to win because she doesn't get ticked off about me beating her. Admittedly I was a bit upset that my spotlight lasted a short while, anyone would be but I didn't make my sister feel bad for it although I think she did feel a little guilty but I let her know I wasn't bothered by it so she shouldn't feel bad about it. I then told her I'd just have to find a way to crush her. But of course I said this in a way that was not taken in the wrong way.

After she had gotten through her single match and creamed my score, we were hungry so we ate a little. Me, I got a bag of crunchy Cheetos while my sis got a bowl of chili and some saltine crackers. I had waited a little thinking we'd play again soon but apparently my sis intended for me to play a bit on my own while she ate. She thought she had said it already but I missed it but she didn't seem angry. I decided to play single survival using Orochimaru. I shouldn't have done this because my sis was done eating before I was done with the survival matches.

I felt increasingly guilty as I played and she waited. She even started to get her bad mood back and I'm not certain if I had done something wrong or if it was something else. I felt tempted to forfeit several times but she claimed to be alright with waiting although she said she didn't want to play long. Luckily, I ended up dying within a handful more battles. I think my guilty feeling of keeping her from playing with me is what killed me. It's for the better as she was able to join in although it was not enjoyable as she was kinda snippy with me and not wanting to cause trouble, I chose my words carefully but it caused the air in the room to feel stagnant and it affected my end of our team battle. We restarted it a few times when we got crappy early scores but continued on the third try regardless of it not being an optimal starting score. Even though we did not get Hokage rank, we did steal the first slot on the high-score board.

We stopped playing after that with Leighanna taking her remote to my room then going off to her own. I'm really hoping I didn't do something to make her angry but I'll never know without causing unneeded strife so I'll just leave it be. Having no real ideas of what to do on the game, I decided to stop playing and I went back to my room.

My mom was home about 5:30 and I ran outside to greet her. It's a good thing not only cause I greeted her but because I was out there and ready to help bring in groceries that I for some dumb reason didn't think she had with her. I hauled in all the bags all at once, which was dumb cause it was heavy and hard. I got in though and started putting things away. I was excited to see my mom got some Snack Pack pudding cups and plums. My mom went back out to get the cat food and the large water jug for the water machine so I helped her by opening the door and taking the cat food bag. I finished putting things away after getting the cat food set down as it was a very large bag and was heavy. Even with me standing there, one of our cats, Rip, decided he was hungry and started trying to tear into the bag with his teeth. Luckily he did not get it open and my mom and I worked on getting it into the plastic container we keep cat food in so the animals can't get into it.

Instead of going back to my room, I stuck around and chatted with mom. I think I helped her a little if nothing more than giving her someone to vent to. I started thinking about this Pokemon Event for Pokemon Pearl, Diamond and Platinum to get a special Jirachi. I wanted to ask my mom if she would be alright with taking me to Game Stop on Friday since we would already be in town but I couldn't find an appropriate time to ask as I didn't want to sound insensitive to what my mom was saying so I payed attention to her and saved my question for later. Even though it's nothing bad, I still felt scared to ask my mom if I could go to the Pokemon event. I guess I'm just not used to getting a yes when I ask for something, plus I feel selfish when I do.

We were hungry so my mom started cooking turkey-cheese melts and asked me to stay with her and chat. I had no problem with that and had not even thought about leaving anyway. We chatted a bit more while she cooked. After awhile I finally drew enough courage to ask her if I could go. I knew the worst that could happen was I get a no, but I was scared anyway. To my surprise, she had no problem with it. I was so happy that she said yes to something like that. I'm so excited! I got the Pichu event but I could get that from home, this will be the first event Pokemon I will be getting that I have to go somewhere to receive! My mom is so nice, and not just because of that either.

My mom did something new with the turkey-cheese melts today. She decided, since she likes the little fried bits of cheese that escape the sandwiches while she makes them that she would try frying some cheese on the outside face of the bread. It was REALLY good. I thought the crispy cheese tasted a lot like Cheez-its. I told my sis that and she was skeptical even on first bite but as she chewed she exclaimed that it really did taste like that. Odd thing, I loved it; and I hate Cheez-its. I was full after eating and I mentioned that I wished I could have one of the Snack Pack pudding cups. My mom said I could and didn't know why I couldn't then understood that I said what I did cause I was full. My sis wanted one so I decided to be a fatty a second time and eat one too.

Upon seeing the brand of the pudding cups my sis grew excited that they were "Snack Packs". Apparently there is a hilarious video about it she saw at church. She explained the video then after we got on my mom's computer to see the video. I think my sister's rendition was much more entertaining than the real thing. If any of you reading care to know what I'm talking about, so I don't have to explain the contents of the video, just search "Snack Pack" on Youtube. You'll find it easy. We watched some other videos by "Balloon Shop" the creator of the "Snack Pack" video. Some were plain dumb but we enjoyed "Hey Ben", "My Last Coke" and a few others I can't remember. What was even better was the facial reaction my mom got to the videos. No offense to my mom of course, but she made the vids just that much more funny. My sis and I had watched some of these while my mom got a bath and replayed only the good ones for her. Leighanna said she recognized more vids than she expected as her church plays the vids every now and then. After we were done, we let mom have her comp back and I soon returned to my room to just chill a bit.

I checked my Skype to see who was on briefly. I got to talk to a friend I hadn't chat with for quite some time. I didn't want to blow him off so I chatted a bit then decided to tell him I was going to bed so I could sign off without being rude. Really I only signed on to see if my boyfriend, Tyler was online and he wasn't but Koga had IMed me before I had a chance to sign off. Besides, I was still writing this during that time and when I'm trying to talk to someone or do something else, this takes more time. I've actually been working on this for the past hour or two as of right now and I'm sure I've missed a lot of details of today but I'm just lucky I remember this much.

I think my memory is improving since I started keeping this blog. And for your information, I've had very minimal interruption during typing this aside from when my mom came to my room to tell me goodnight as she was heading to bed. She scared me as I was listening to music as I still am and concentrating on typing this blog post. She was waving her hand at me and it suddenly caught my eye and it startled me. She thought it was funny too. I don't blame her, this happens almost every time. She told me she couldn't imagine how I could manage not noticing something straight in front of me as my desk faces the door. She said that she notices things in all areas of the room while at work or at home. Guess I'm just oblivious when I'm listening to music. I'm sure I would have noticed her if I did not have music running.

Wow.. I think.. I might actually be done with this post now. That's incredible. I think this one rivals my first in length if not surpasses it. I'm so glad I had music going while typing this. I think I would have gone crazy doing all this without something to keep it interesting. I would have ended up cutting corners in my typing if I had. Well, I kinda did a little with not explaining here those vids but I think there is no point if no one is reading this, and if there is, I hope it's not too much to ask that if you are interested to know what I'm talking about that you look it up.

Anywho, I think that's all I have to say for tonight. I hope I didn't put you to sleep, although considering the time, guess that's not too bad, unless you're reading this from across the world. Anyway, Goodnight!

Nutmeg Bread Is Awesome

Today ran it's course very differently than usual. First off I woke and immediately checked my phone for my mom's usual text telling me she made it to work. I found it odd when I didn't see one. I checked the time and saw it was 8:15, plenty of time for her to have gotten to work. I tried not ot panic too much at first so I just texted her asking if she made it. No response. I then texted her again with no response as well. At this point I worried and called her, the phone appeared to be off as I went straight to voice-mail soon after calling. This worried me as I knew that even if her phone was off and she forgot her charger, she would have called me from the office phone to let me know she was alright.

I tried to calm down while I waited for a response so I went into the kitchen to get me some breakfast. I chose to eat a couple of nutmeg bread muffins we made yesterday. My mom called me soon after and apologized then explained that she had not thought about not having sent a text as she had turned her phone off so that she could take Leighanna to the doctor as she was not feeling well today in addition to her throat hurting. Apparently she had a very bad pain in her stomach. I was so relieved to know my mom was alright and I was able to continue on with my day with my mind at rest. My mom also told me that my sister was with her at the office because she didn't see any reason to send Leighanna back to school as it would use a considerable amount of gas to do so. She was bored for awhile, so I was told, but luckily for her her friend came and picked her up.

I played on my computer as I usually do but I did not play Pokemon Ruby. I mostly just payed attention to my Farmville, harvested crops and used gifts then played on GPX a bit. I had to stop for awhile as it started to rain pretty hard and I heard thunder so I shut down both my computers. During the time that I waited for the storm to end I spent time with Blanco and Raya, our two larger dogs whom are believed to be terrier/doberman mixes. They are such sweet dogs although they don't smell very good. I think they enjoyed me playing with them and loving on them a bit. The rain had let up after awhile so I got my computers back up and used them briefly before deciding to take a bath. It felt really good especially on my left arm which was mildly sore from playing the Wii yesterday.

I played on my computer some more for a couple hours till Leighanna's friend brought her home which was around 12ish. I was glad I got my bath early as I had expected very slightly that she would come home early. She asked if I wanted to play the Wii and, of course, I did though I got me something to eat before we started as I was pretty hungry. I ate a couple hot-dogs and a mini bag of crunchy Cheetos. Having that done my sis and I started playing Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution. We were happy knowing we'd get a little more time to play it today than usual. Of course, it ended up being the same amount of time as my other sister, Lindsay decided to pop over out of nowhere. This caused us to have to pause and sit around and listen to her for a few hours before my mom came home. We had started pizza to cooking just before Lindsay had shown up. Apparently Lindsay had come over to get some things but I guess she felt like staying and chatting awhile contrary to her usual where she comes in, gets stuff then leaves.

I really thought she would be gone soon, but of course not. She ended up staying and eating with us which was fine and I figured she'd leave soon after that, but she didn't. Instead she stuck around and spent time with mom and Leighanna, which suited me fine but she had to randomly come into my room just to bug me. What bothered me the most was when she walked over to my plant table and picked up my Venus flytrap without even asking me. I really hate it when anyone does that, it makes me feel like they have no respect for my belongings. I always ask before I pick something up to investigate it further if it does not belong to me unless it is a situation in which it is obvious I can pick it up without asking.

She went back to talk to mom some more after that. Leighanna had grown tired of Lindsay's company so we went back to playing Naruto. We did this for awhile until for some reason

Lindsay ended up staying pretty late despite telling those staying at Gran's house that she would not be long here. We had House tonight too and she decided she would stick around till after that. That irritated me but I was more irritated when she had to start talking in the middle of the show and then being disrespectful to Leighanna and laughing at her like she was some kind of moron for saying she had become sore from playing the Wii. I would have said something but I just didn't feel like instigating more of a confrontation with her than I needed to. Besides, Leighanna fought back on her own.
Today ran it's course very differently than usual. First off I woke and immediately checked my phone for my mom's usual text telling me she made it to work. I found it odd when I didn't see one. I checked the time and saw it was 8:15, plenty of time for her to have gotten to work. I tried not ot panic too much at first so I just texted her asking if she made it. No response. I then texted her again with no response as well. At this point I worried and called her, the phone appeared to be off as I went straight to voice-mail soon after calling. This worried me as I knew that even if her phone was off and she forgot her charger, she would have called me from the office phone to let me know she was alright.

I tried to calm down while I waited for a response so I went into the kitchen to get me some breakfast. I chose to eat a couple of nutmeg bread muffins we made yesterday. My mom called me soon after and apologized then explained that she had not thought about not having sent a text as she had turned her phone off so that she could take Leighanna to the doctor as she was not feeling well today in addition to her throat hurting. Apparently she had a very bad pain in her stomach. I was so relieved to know my mom was alright and I was able to continue on with my day with my mind at rest. My mom also told me that my sister was with her at the office because she didn't see any reason to send Leighanna back to school as it would use a considerable amount of gas to do so. She was bored for awhile, so I was told, but luckily for her her friend came and picked her up.

I played on my computer as I usually do but I did not play Pokemon Ruby. I mostly just payed attention to my Farmville, harvested crops and used gifts then played on GPX a bit. I had to stop for awhile as it started to rain pretty hard and I heard thunder so I shut down both my computers. During the time that I waited for the storm to end I spent time with Blanco and Raya, our two larger dogs whom are believed to be terrier/doberman mixes. They are such sweet dogs although they don't smell very good. I think they enjoyed me playing with them and loving on them a bit. The rain had let up after awhile so I got my computers back up and used them briefly before deciding to take a bath. It felt really good especially on my left arm which was mildly sore from playing the Wii yesterday.

I played on my computer some more for a couple hours till Leighanna's friend brought her home which was around 12ish. I was glad I got my bath early as I had expected very slightly that she would come home early. She asked if I wanted to play the Wii and, of course, I did though I got me something to eat before we started as I was pretty hungry. I ate a couple hot-dogs and a mini bag of crunchy Cheetos. Having that done my sis and I started playing Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution. As we played, I kept snacking on the bag of fallen apart nutmeg bread. We had a lot of fun playing our favorite characters and just flattening our opponents and we kept laughing at how, NON-random that game chose opponents more than half the time. We even had a time where she had been playing Itachi and me as Kisame then we decided to let the game choose our characters at random. Very bizarrely, it chose me as Itachi and she as Kisame; a complete switch of what we were playing previously. We also kept fighting characters on the first match which we had just gotten done playing.

We were happy knowing we'd get a little more time to play it today than usual. Of course, it ended up being the same amount of time as my other sister, Lindsay decided to pop over out of nowhere. This caused us to have to pause and sit around and listen to her for a few hours before my mom came home. We had started pizza to cooking just before Lindsay had shown up. Apparently Lindsay had come over to get some things but I guess she felt like staying and chatting awhile contrary to her usual where she comes in, gets stuff then leaves.

I really thought she would be gone soon, but of course not. She ended up staying and eating with us which was fine and I figured she'd leave soon after that, but she didn't. Instead she stuck around and spent time with mom and Leighanna, which suited me fine but she had to randomly come into my room just to bug me. What bothered me the most was when she walked over to my plant table and picked up my Venus flytrap without even asking me. I really hate it when anyone does that, it makes me feel like they have no respect for my belongings. I always ask before I pick something up to investigate it further if it does not belong to me unless it is a situation in which it is obvious I can pick it up without asking. She went back to talk to mom some more after that.

Lindsay ended up staying pretty late despite telling those staying at Gran's house that she would not be long here. Leighanna had grown tired of Lindsay's company so we went back to playing Naruto. We had begun to try to get Hokage rank on two-player mode. This was hard and we still have not gotten it. We kept trying random characters and figuring out which ones would get us the biggest score. We were about halfway through one run when my mom told us House was comin on. Unfortunately Lindsay decided she had to stick around till it was over. That irritated me but I was more irritated when she had to start talking in the middle of the show and then being disrespectful to Leighanna and laughing at her like she was some kind of moron for saying she had become sore from playing the Wii. I would have said something but I just didn't feel like instigating more of a confrontation with her than I needed to. Besides, Leighanna fought back on her own.

When House was over she did leave soon after that, much to my relief. I think I had a slight misunderstanding tonight when she was leaving though as she had just said she was leaving so I said "Okay" and she questioned my response so I shrugged really not knowing what the issue was. Apparently she had asked for a hug but I hadn't heard any of that really. Although she demanded a hug, she was not willing to move towards me to get it, but instead demanded I go to her. That pissed me off as I felt I had to give her exactly as she demanded because my mom commented on how stupid it was. I agree but she could have at least walked towards me as well, it would have made it more believable that she wanted a hug from me. I gave her a hug but for some reason she had a complaint about it. Of course, nothing is good enough for her it seems. Whatever.

Leighanna and I returned to the game quickly after that and we continued our quest for a high-score. We tried many combinations and found some good ones, first we had me playing Shikimaru and she Temari which was pretty good for awhile then we got even better when I played Kisame while she played Temari. After that we began playing random combinations again, choosing the characters at random not by using the random icon on the game but by pressing at an angle on the directional pad then stopping and/or clicking, before coming up with the idea of Leighanna only playing Temari while I found my best scoring character then when I found it, we'd do the same for her while I only play that same character. I tried many characters all of which we made no significant scoring with. We finally decided to write any down that we got a good score with when I had let the game pick a character for me at random and after doing this a few time and it landing on Ino, we managed a pretty hefty score of 40k on the first battle (two matches). To test our combos we only did the first match then would switch but considering our nice score here we continued on for the entire thing and managed a final score of 346650 but it only net us the Head Ninja rank. I don't think this is the one that made second place on the scoreboard that we got today and I cannot recall what the score was nor what characters were played though I think Leighanna played Temari.

Determined to get it we continued trying combos, I ended up playing Tenten while Leighanna played Temari and we only got 38k on battle 1. We decided this was too insignificant to go through the rest. Right after that I randomly decided to play Sasuke; to our surprise, he net us a killer score when paired with Temari. We ended up getting a whooping score of 81k on the first battle alone. We obviously continued for the rest of the matches and ended up shattering our old top-score with a score of 410544 but we were really surprised it was only enough to get Head Ninja rank. We now have no idea how high of a score we would have to get to get Hokage rank.

We tried looking for Leighanna a better character for scoring than Temari while I played Sasuke but we found none although we ended up unable to repeat our score of 80ishK even with Sasuke and Temari. We started to grow tired of it as the time approached 10, plus Leighanna was getting pretty sore. We wrapped things up and stopped, hoping after some rest we could go back to getting massive scores again. Massive in our opinion. Instead of hauling my Wii back to my room, I decided to leave it in the living room tonight although I did take with me the controllers and the sensor bar. The sensor bar because of it's tiny cord that a cat might want to chew through and the controllers just because I wanted to. I unplugged the Wii in case there is an unexpected power surge and I placed the Wii on top of a device inside the entertainment center so there is no risk of it being knocked off by a cat from atop the entertainment center where I had placed it during play. I'm a little uncomfortable leaving it in there but the animals don't bother the other gaming systems or large cables so it should be alright. Besides, it's a pain hauling it back and forth when we are actively playing it often.

Since coming back in here, I have played around on my eBay a bit as I actually had done earlier although I failed to mention it earlier in this post. I'm still stalking Pokemon Games, mostly Soul Silver and Emerald right now. I had looked at a lot for some Pokemon figurines for about 14 dollars but I decided against it and deleted it from my watch list. I have actually not even bid on anything I've been watching, I'm very careful with my money so I actually watch things for a long time before buying something. I've probably watched tons of lots that ended before I could decide if it was worth it, though some I had decided they weren't worth it. I think the lots currently on my watch list have been dealt with for the time being until tomorrow. One ends in a day so I gotta check it out in the morning. But until then, I'm gonna play Pokemon Ruby then sleep.

I think I covered almost everything I can remember for today. I'm sure I got some things wrong as I sometimes forget the order of things when it involves a recurring activity throughout the day that is frequently interrupted. I don't have days like that often actually. Anywho, I think this post is long enough so I'm gonna go on to bed now. Night all!