Graveyard of the Mind

So you found my LJ. Welcome, and nice to see you. Just for the record (and so you don't have to slog through my profile to find out the house rules), here are my policies for interacting with me on my journal. Note that as I feel the need to, I might tweak these rules slightly, but for the most part, they'll remain constant.

Enough rambling outta me, here are my LJ House Rules:

1) Don't be an asshole/drama llama/whatever. If you can't comment nicely to me, keep it to yourself. I deal with this sort of shit enough with my parents IRL, I don't need it from anyone on here. (It's also part of why I no longer allow anonymous comments to my journal entries; I've found it allows cowards to make whatever smart-ass remarks they wish while remaining anonymous.)

2) If you must disagree, do so nicely. I don't mind discussing and debating my opinions. Hell, I'm fine with agreeing to disagree, so long as I don't get flamed for holding a contrasting opinion from yours. You want to flame? Again, keep it yourself.

3) Remember that I'm human. I have my moments. I laugh, I cry, I get really f^$%&ng steamed. Remember all that, don't take me 115% seriously, and just give me a hug if it seems I need one. I also make some human (and sometimes very idiotic) mistakes, try not to hold 'em against me, please?

4) Yes, I'm actually a pretty private person. LJ aside, I am rather private about myself at times. Blame the shit my folks heap on me on a semi-regular basis for that one. I won't always share every itty-bitty detail of my life on here; I'm just not fascinating enough for that.

5) Feel free to smack me with my own "rules stick" if I break any of my own rules. 'Nuff said.

6) No 133t5p34k. It's one thing if you use it as a joke, but if that's your regular way of communicating online, then all bets are off.

I may make changes to this list (adding, clarifying, etc) as I see it needs it. I probably won't make my LJ Friends Only, mainly because I do know folks without a LJ who like to read mine.

In closing, don't be a jerk on here, and I'll be a happy girl. Till laters, y'all!

~miz

I'm still doing well, adjusting slowly but surely to my new surroundings. I've been job-hunting, resting, and making sure I keep the new place as tidy as possible.

But, here is how my weekend went. It was a fun one. :)

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My second full day here, and things are great. My space is clean and almost fully moved into. I just need to find homes for some of my stuff, and I'll be good.

Best part? I get to spend Christmas with Justin. Win/Win.

So it was my first morning in my new digs. Cindy picked me up last night, we got some food on the way, and we got here about 9PM. It was a long drive (about 2.5 hours), but I made it.

And what did I make it to? A very nice surprise. Cindy arranged with Justin to have him clean up her spare room, and he did so beautifully. He also arranged a small gift for our 6 month anniversary, and the best part? He was there waiting for me when I walked into the room.

So it was a good first morning here. I made a coffee/bagel run, got my hair trimmed up, and got lunch. I'll be settling in a little more today (and this weekend!), then it'll be time to job hunt and keep myself otherwise busy.

I've got a great feeling about all this. Keep pulling for me, all. :)

Posted here for anyone who isn't a friend of mine on FB.

In short, my parents and I had a nasty row last night about everything from the past few months. The last straw seems to have been my telling them about my acceptance to Cypress. So, I am officially kicked out of the house, and have also lost my cell phone and laptop. I had to endure insults and other underhanded garbage for most of the night last night, and woke up to Dad calling me 'street person'.

But I'm in good spirits. My friend/surrogate big sis Cindy has room in her house in Azusa, and she's on her way down to pick me up and take me back there. I have the stuff packed that I want to take, and will likely kill time waiting for her by packing up the stuff that'll have to wait for a future trip to pick up. It's been a rough road, but this is a better thing for me than staying here with all the toxicity and nastiness.

Love and support from everyone are greatly appreciated. Here's hoping for bigger and better things from here on out.

(Only thing I hate? I'm gonna miss the girls....)

Dialed back to a Plus account on here, at least for the time being. I find I'm not using LJ nearly as much as I used to, plus fundage is tight enough to prevent renewal for the interim.

Meh, no real loss. :)

I feel like I've missed something along the way here. Granted, at times that isn't too inaccurate a thought for me. Yes, this is another of those 'I'd rather post this here than burden Justin 115% with it, since it's a vent more than a problem needing fixing', but I know he reads my journal and will give whatever support he can.

So, here goes:

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(Hey, it was better than titling yet another entry with 'suchandsuch update'.)

So, for those of you following the adventures of our intrepid heroine here, you know I've been looking at my options in terms of school and academics. I've grown increasingly ambivalent about Nursing (though I do still love and appreciate the profession!), and I wanted to see what other options were out there for me.

Well, I got my answer last month.

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Anyone who received a Vgift from me, you're welcome. I only wish I had more to give out.

Wow, I'm really late with this. Later than I've been on similar recaps in past years. Well, I've been dealing with a ton of personal drama, so I'm not surprised that updating an online journal gets pushed to the back burner.

So how was my Thanksgiving? A lot of fun, and filled with a lot of people. See, I spent it up with Justin and his family. Every few years, they have a huge Thanksgiving gathering that includes a good chunk of his extended family. While it wasn't a 'record-breaking' year size-wise, there were still quite a few folks.

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