Procrastination is BAD

Hello there my lovelies.............

I just would like to announce that procrastination is bad. I have done absolutely NOTHING school related over the weekend and minimal work this week. Yesterday I just came home after my Spanish class and watched TV all night long. I even skipped my last bellydance class.

And now I am paying for it. I am getting docked for turning in a late Spanish composition. ( I didn't realize that it was due yesterday) I also have an all-essay exam in my marketing class tommorow and I barely even opened my book !!! Thankfully it is open book, but I am gonna have such a problem finding the right answers. Not only that but I have a marketing paper that I barely started due next week. As if that weren't enough, I have a FAT ASS marketing presentation on the marketing project that I absolutely LOATHE. Remember how I said that we were running a shoe company ? We managed to end it on a bad note. My group members and I met with our professor for like an HOUR to ask for advice because we were "losing money". And what does my group do when it's time to play the game? They ignore his suggestions, so we did badly. Whatever. We have a group meeting on Friday. I usually use that day for my internship or for relaxing. Now I get to fill it up with a group meeting and Red Lobster. Thank GOD that this is our last week of school. I don't know what I would do if I had to take any more classes. I am so burnt out. I used to be interested in learning and doing well. I used to LOVE being a student. Now all I care about is getting out of here. I thought I was burnt out last semester. This one takes the cake. I know that I am graduating in TWO weeks, but with all this work graduation still seems far away.

Okay, I am now stepping off my soapbox. Remember children, Procrastination is BAD.

Tired and LAZY as ever

Hello everyone,

Well, what can I say? School is almost out and I have been working on my presentations and papers. This is pretty much my last week of school. I am SO happy about that, but I still have a lot to do.

Last night I went to my classmate's house to work on my Spanish presentation. We weren't really that productive because we were talking more about boys the whole time. Oh well. I went to bed around 4 am. When I woke up I was having trouble with my Power Point presentation. The file was too big to save on a disk. Luckily I got it burned on a CD. I almost thought I couldn't use the Powerpoint slides. Turns out we didn't even have to present today. All that fuss for nothing.

My roommate woke me up early like she does almost EVERY morning. She makes a bunch of noise by blowdrying her hair and letting the cupboards close hard. It annoys the living shit out of me. I like her, but this gets on my damn NERVES......... Oh well, only a couple more weeks before one of us moves out........

Oh yeah, I couldn't just leave you all without telling you that I worked at the Dead Lobster over Mothers Day Weekend. I made good money on Saturday, but Mothers Day was horrible. There was a huge ass wait, but I barely made any money because the turnover for my tables was soooooo slow. Everyone was taking their sweet time talkin' to their mammas. The fact the the food took forever to come out didn't help at all either. Thankfully MOST people were nice to me. I had one table tell me that I did a wonderful job. That was nice.

Well, there's nothing else that's too exciting right now. Still got more stuff to do before I head off to Europe. I am so glad I planned for this trup early and paid off as many bills as possible because there is STILL a lot to do.

Okay, gotta go now.

There is a light at the end of the tunnel ........

Hello Everyone,

I have been so stressed lately. Since the semester is coming to an end real fast, I now have all of my projects and papers due very soon, like within a WEEK. And to top it off, I am feeling lazier than ever. I swear...... the last semester of college is one of the hardest. I almost just DO NOT CARE. I do have a lot of homework, but a lot of school stuff to take care of as well. Let's just say that I am glad that I didn't wait and fart around to get most of it done. Thankfully I filed for graduation on time and got my paperwork straightened out.

I have also been stressed out because I might have to delay my trip to Spain for a while. Though I did my research on what school to go to over there, I did NOT read up on Spain's labor laws. Basically if I wanna work, I would have to do it all under the table. Working over there legally as a non EU citized is just NOT gonna happen within a few months like I was hoping. It would even be hard for me to work under the table as an English teacher. So.....in a nutshell this means that I need to save up a lot more money because chances are I won't even be making any for a while like I thought I would. Let me tell you, I have a lot of bills to pay here in the US before I even go abroad. I just haven't even been able to save up a single penny.

But on Friday I got the mail and found out that my grandpa sent me a nice check of $500 as a graduation present. Boy was I relieved. It helped me out so much. It was so unexpected because I don't talk to him often. I spent ALL the money within a day. I bought a new cellphone for Europe as well as recommended books for my courses. I am broke again.

 I also took in my car to get the smog check done and my car failed the damn test. I have no idea what is causing this, but I am guessing that fixing the car will cost me at least $400. My car is a piece of shit that isn't even worth that much. I pay at least $800 in car insurance a year. I am not gonna pour anymore money into the car. I guess that I am just gonna have to sell it or junk it. But I am not complaining too much because it gets me from point A to point B and it is very cheap. Oh well. I don't really wanna sell it though because I don't have a few thousand dollars laying around to put towards a new car.

Oh, tommorow is Mothers Day, and I get to work at da Red Lobsta. I HATE working Mothers Day with a passion. It is an absolute madhouse and very busy.Every employee is scheduled to work that day. I mean, why the hell would people take their mothers to a crowded restaurant and make them wait like an hour or two to get served ? We don't take reservations so everyone waits to get a table.

What else? I was supposed to go see my old bellydance teacher dance at the Menara restaurant tonight, but I worked instead. I needed the money super badly. It was about exactly a year ago today that I met her at that restaurant dancing. She's retired now, and I am sad that I couldn't see her dance one last time. I really liked her a lot. I was very sad when she announced her retirement.

Right now my neck is stiff and it hurts soooooo much to turn my head to the side. I think my neck hurts so bad because I have a huge knot in my upper shoulders near my neck.

Okay, enough for now..............

I am SO annoyed right now

Well hello there my lovelies........................

Its been a couple days since I've updated this journal, so here I am !! Back in business.............

I got my haircut today and I feel so much sexier. I got a lot of the old blonde hair color and dryness out of my hair. I also had a nice stylist so it was great. We talked about my plans after graduation and boys. After I left, I got hit on by some black guy that was trying to get me to smoke weed with him and his homies. What a winner.

Before that I was kinda frustrated because I managed to get lost on my way to the stylist. And when I finally found parking I accidentally hit a parked car and set off the alarm. Lucky for me, there was not a single scratch because I hit the bumper. I was sooooo relieved.

I also met with my BUS 139 group to work on our project managing an athletic shoe manufacturing company. I friggin' HATE that damn project. I was absolutely bored out of my mind. It took forever to work on.

What else? I have this friend that I sorta liked more than a friend. I thought that he was a good guy and better than most out there. Well, I talked to him yesterday and found out that he is just like most men. What was I thinking? I feel stupid for even placing those high expectations on him. I still like him as a friend, but I lost some respect for him. Before yesterday, I was hoping that we'd keep in touch after college. Now, I don't really care anymore, which is good since I rarely see him anyways. I know I am not helping any by leaving out all the details, but I just had to get this off my chest somehow. I am not upset, but ANNOYED.

Oh yeah, Mother's Day is coming up. Most servers out there would agree with me that Mother's Day is the worst day to work. Worse than Valentine's Day. Thank God I am working the day shift. This is my fourth Mother's Day as a waitress.

As you can see, I am not in a perky, happy mood. I feel like I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I should get over it soon though.

A Change of Plans?

Hello Everyone,

     Does anyone even read this journal? I am just curious. I almost never get any feedback. Oh well, whatever. At least I will have a recording of my last year in college and the planning of my trip to Europe.

Speaking of which.............. Plans for that trip are not looking so hot. I NEVER thought I would say this, but I think that I might have to stay here in the US a month or two longer. I am gonna call the school in Barcelona on Monday and see what they can do. Maybe I can take the class in August instead of July.

I am struggling so bad financially right now. There is just no way in HELL that I am gonna have enough money abroad if I leave in June. I misplanned and misbudgeted. I also just did NOT realize that the job market is so sad, especially for foreigners like myself.Things are so expensive in Spain, and I can't even save money for my trip. There are so many bills to pay before I leave and my money is just instantly eaten up. This weekend I thought I was gonna have some extra money because my dad sent me his monthly support check. Well, that money got eaten up right away because one of my tires blew out and I needed to get the other 3 replaced as well.

What else? I worked today and yesterday and I really didn't make a lot of money. I lost money yesterday because I accidentally gave my table too much change. I realized the mistake too late. I felt like such an idiot. Today was worse. I did have a wonderful table though. The people were so nice to me and smiling. They were spanish-speakers and were just relaxing and asking me questions and getting me to speak Spanish.

HOWEVER, I had this table with a total wierdo. I waited on him and his girlfriend. His girlfriend was such a sweetheart, but her man was a total ASSWIPE. I swear to GOD that his ability to reason must've been erased due to a crack habit. What's sad is that I think he probably beats her. And he is one ugly-ass skinny motherfucker. She actually does what he says. Anyways, he wanted a coleslaw and his gf wanted a salad. When I brought them both out, he realized that the coleslaw was smaller than his gf's salad and almost flipped. He threatended to get angry if I didn't get him a salad. He made sure that his meal wasn't smaller than his girlfriend's meal.His meals just HAD to be better than hers. He also was pissed that she got ranch dressing and that he didn't. Then the assmunch wanted to know if I was making money. I told him "not really" and then he told me that he'd tip me BECAUSE I wasn't making that much. Otherwise, he was gonna stiff me if I was doing well. Well, turns out that he did stiff me anyways. In fact, he was gonna try and walk out on the bill altogether, but the bussboy told me that he stopped them from doing that. I was just happy that they finally left. Oh wow. I wonder what tommorow is gonna bring.

I just got back from Dave and Buster's with my coworkers where we celebrated a coworker's b-day. I used to hang out with them a lot so it was like old times. My manager even showed up.

Okay, thats all for now folks. :)