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Feb
4
2007
5:06 am

NO WATER ON SUNDAY!

I wake up 4:30am to use the bathroom, the toilet flushes. I go to wash my hands, NO WATER!!! I then start checking other faucets, NO WATER!!! Immediately I blow up because the bill is CURRENT! It’s the weekend, why would the water department even be working? I then think someone tampered with the water line as a Super Bowl prank. I call the police (non emergency #) and turns out there’s been a big water break on the east side of town and they are fixing it now . If they don’t get things fixed by the Super Bowl, I know some people that are throwing parties are going to be pissed.

Although I’m still tinkering around with my new wordpress upgrade, I’m still blogging. Even if my site’s not viewable to the public I still need to keep up with my post count. So, yea. Some plugins don’t work, yadda yadda, I’ll work my way around them. I’m going to indulge in a box of Krispy Kremes now.

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SNOW!?

I intended on blogging around 3am but the internet was down due to the snow! I was actually going to blog about the snow and post pictures, but the snow took my dear internet away.

So it snowed here in southern Illinois, finally. All I wanted was to take pictures of it, I’m done, it can melt now lol. You can view the pictures here. Greg’s not in any since he didn’t have a haircut (he got one later today). Just a warning, I’m not matching - it was after 2am, lol. Don’t laugh at my hair bonnet either, it keeps my hair out of my face and prevents bed head.

Speaking of my hair, I’m getting really anxious to take out my twists. They still look good though. I planned on taking them down the end of this month. If I take them down I’d be kinda wasting money, plus I need a trim, and I don’t know where to go down here in the country. I don’t want someone messing up my fro. I’ll probably just leave them in until late Feb, get it braided in a less expensive way, then in spring wear a fro. Now isn’t exactly a safe time to wear a fro or loose hair even. The cold temperatures can be very harmful to hair of ANY kind.

Last entry I mentioned that we took care of the bills. Later I enrolled in the budget plan to reduce our electric/gas bill. It was outrageous this month, $134. Last month it was only $78. They’re also going up on gas. I was so excited to find out that I could enroll in the budget plan, I thought that we had to be customers for a LONG time until we qualified. Guess we only had to pay one bill to qualify. Now the bill will be no more than $75. We don’t have to monitor the heat and lights anymore, well we’re going to still keep unused lights off and be less stingy with the heat. I’m very relieved.

I guess that’s it for now.

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Car-less but not life-less

We got a lot accomplished during our trip to Carbondale. Greg got his classes, his ID, email account and all that good stuff. I found an apartment, well studio and got all the papers for it. The mobile homes were way too far in the secluded country. I just have to mail my application for school and the transcript request from SIU.

Now, everything went smoothly. We got a lot done. Everything was just peachy…

We headed home yesterday and maybe 2 hours on the road, WE GOT INTO A SERIOUS CAR ACCIDENT.

Something on the car popped, we started swirving on the road then did some 360’s, hit a rail, bounced back into the highway, then a vintage pickup hit us. At that point we FINALLY stopped spinning. I said “Get out the car”. We got out. I had to kick the door, it was a little stuck. The whole time I was like OMG NO! NOT NOW. Basically, I don’t want to die today. I was kinda thinking WTF and WHY too. What’s weird is that public speaking shakes me up more than being in this accident. I guess I was more calm this time because the last accident we were in (November 2004, the day before Thanksgiving - tow truck hit us) we got knocked out and had memory loss. I broke two fingers and had stitches along my left eyebrow. Greg had stitches in the same area too. So this time we had NO injuries. I got a little bruise scratch thing like rugburn on my left arm, but that is NOTHING. I mean both accidents we had were deadly and we came out unharmed. The couple in the truck didn’t get hurt either. A guy that lives near Chicago offered us a ride home. He seemed really nice. He was a middle aged white man, a deacon of a church. But, you can never be so sure. I think we would have been alright, but we didn’t know him. Greg’s mother suggested that we just stay at a hotel and she’d come get us. The guy did take us to a gas station so the cop could get the report and the cop took us to a hotel. We really appreciate them both. The cop that did the report for our 1st accident (November 2004, the day before Thanksgiving - tow truck hit us) was an asshole. Talking to me like I was a crook and I had just woke up from being knocked out. So, yea I respect the cop that HELPED us this time around.

Greg is going to get a newer (~~2000+~~) car because these older models are gonna be the death of us. They are just not safe for driving 5 hours on an interstate. Some of you may already know about my fear of driving. Well, I was considering driving this year while we were on the road. I changed my mind! If I do drive, I’m not going to drive an older model nor a SMALL car. Those are too dangerous. I’m getting a truck.

So we’ve been in 2 vicious accidents together and survived. I sit here and wonder “why”. Did we do something wrong? Do we not appreciate life??? I know I do, I am so phobic about death as it is. I just don’t know. I’m not a bad person. Me and Greg go through so many adventures. I just hope we live to tell the stories to our GRANDCHILDREN. I just feel my clock ticking. I need to hurry up and finish school and get a career established. I want to LIVE to have children when I’m ABLE to have them. People always say you have plenty of time to do this and that, BULL.

On a happier note. I came home, checked my email, and found that I had made $100 through ipower. Maybe I’ll spend it on apartment stuff. I’m going to find something to wear so I can get go a pedicure with my mother and aunt. I’m tired but I figure that would be relaxing.

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Feb
26
2006
10:33 pm

New Site, Food, & a Wedding

Angelic-Essence.Org will expire in April. I will let it do so unless someone makes me a really good offer. It feels good to have moved.

I’ve working here and there when I could. Greg has been on the computer most of the time. For the most part I am done with the site. It will not be content rich. I’ll be blogging, updating photos, and maybe information about myself. “Oh no this is one of those boring sites”. Suck it up.

Yesterday my cousin got married. The ceremony itself was different but the reception was really nice. The food was good, filet min yon and lobster. I just had to come home from school to see her get married and of course get some REAL food for once. I don’t want to go back to school but I have to tomorrow. I was gonna go back today but, nah. Spring Break is right around the corner, I can’t wait :tongue:.

I need to get on my school work. There’s not much time left, I can do it. I feel like I’m walking on an unfinished path, each day a piece is added. I wish I could see the rest! I’m just going with the flow with everything. I’ve got these goals and plans for this summer and next semester, but nothing is etched in stone. It’s hard not to worry.

I got a little tinkering to do. I’ll do that and watch the Cosby Show now.

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