Day 186

Posted on July 4th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

I’m such a absent-minded person. I have to manually turn on the sprinklers in the backyard. I turned the sprinklers on but totally forgot they were on. I think they stayed on for a little over two hours. The yard was soaked. I feel awful because California is going through a drought.

I guess I won’t be water the grass in the back yard for the next two days. I think that will make up for all the water that was wasted. I’m going to blame this on the dogs because they didn’t do anything to try to get me outside. I would have noticed the sprinklers were still on a lot sooner had they been barking obnoxiously.

I spent most of the day working on homework. There’s so much to do, so little time. I think I will be able to get done with them tomorrow. That way I will have Sunday and Monday to work on my resume and go see a movie.

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Day 185

Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

Gosh, I wish I could talk about Thumb Twiddle. I really need to vent. I need to vent like I need oxygen to breathe.

I’ve got a lot to do tomorrow so today’s entry is going to be short so I can go to bed and get up early.

It’s been really hot lately. I don’t know what it is about the desert but it’s hot. It would be nice to get some rain. I think we need more rain and less heat.

I wish I had pictures of how brown the desert has gotten since G-d turned up the heat. At least we don’t have to deal with fires where I’m at.

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Day 184

Posted on July 2nd, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

I hate my job. There. I said it. I’m starting to hate it in the same way I hated being in the Army.

The mouse pad on my laptop isn’t working that well. It has a hard time registering my fingertips. It especially doesn’t respond to my hands after I put lotion on.

The mouse bought a couple of years ago also does not work well. So I’m pretty much getting really frustrated with having no way to navigate around my computer because both the touch pad and mouse do not work that well. I’m going to have to suck it up and buy a better quality wireless mouse. The only problem with that is the wireless mouse will take up one of my USB ports. I only have two ports.

I will probably go ahead and buy my new computer in September. I don’t think the properties I was hoping to buy will come through. That saying “If it’s too good to be true, then it probably is” rings a bell in this case. My mom did report on a fourplex for $19,000 and three of the units are already rented so I would only have to find a tenant for one of the units. I would have to finance the purchase but what I would make off one tenant a month would pay the mortgage for the entire building.

I’ve been up too long. It’s way past my bedtime. It’s a good thing I won’t have to drive tomorrow.

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Day 183

Posted on July 1st, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

Boy, was I up late last night. I had to finish working on my Aleks. I cannot figure out how to calculate the critical value of an F distribution at .10 significance but I know how to do .05 and .01.

Whatever.

I’m hoping that if I finish Aleks, I will be able to increase my grade because at the moment I’m a a high B and I want an A. The paper I turned in yesterday is terrible so I doubt I will make the grade on that.

I ordered the textbook for my next class. I should be getting it in the next 10 business days so that means I will have it in time for my next class because it shipped today.

I was going to write something great for tonight because this marks my half-way point for my 366 posts for 2008 but I have to go to bed and get some rest.

I will just have to save the good stuff for this weekend if time permits.

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Day 182

Posted on June 30th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

Nights in the desert certainly cool off quite nice. Last night, I slept with my window open and I was just fine. I didn’t even bother to turn on my ceiling fan. I don’t really like sleeping under the ceiling fan because I wake up with an extremely crusty nose and my skin feels really dry.

I figured out camel spiders are the same as sun spiders. I have never seen one alive and up close (thank goodness) and I hope I never will. I was just curious about them because it dawned on me they were probably the same species.

Sun spiders live in the desert. I’m surprised I’ve never seen one in the Antelope Valley.

I have a lot of work to do this week. I need to get some sleep. Hopefully I will be able to get enough of my homework done so I can go see a movie.

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Day 181

Posted on June 29th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

I completely forgot to blog about the Lord’s Army knocking at my door yesterday. They are very consistent and persistent and whatever other words  can be used to describe their desire to preach the gospel.

I just finished the worst paper of my academic career. It’s pretty bad. I don’t care either. I’ve sat at my computer far too long. I do think I may take some time off work in August. I just need a week away from the job.

Now is relax time.

I saw a documentary on National Geographic about a little girl born with 8 limbs! It was very interesting. She had two sets of arms and legs. The extra set of arms and legs belonged to a parasitic twin. When they removed the parasitic twin from her body, you’d think they removed an entire child. Everything was there except a head.

I also saw something about Amish Teens and the period in the teens life called Rumspringa. It was really good. I always thought the Amish were super strict but they aren’t. They actually allow their teens to decide whether or not to continue with the lifestyle and the church.

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Day 180

Posted on June 28th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

I spent the day working on my paper. I got more than half-way done so tomorrow I will be pretty much doing last minute touch ups. I don’t think the paper is good but it will get me a grade. It’s better to get a low grade rather than no grade at all.

Nothing more to report on my front. Until tomorrow.

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Day 179

Posted on June 27th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

What’s in a name? I always wonder how people come up with the names for their children, especially black folk.

For example, my cousin’s daughter just had a baby not too long ago. The baby’s name? Well, let’s just say it’s a name that will almost guarantee a permanent place in the unemployment line.

In one of my classes, there was a discussion about names and one person said the company they worked for didn’t hire an individual because of his name! So it still happens.

The good thing about becoming an adult is, you can change your name. However, it sucks to have to go through life with a crappy name.

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Day 178

Posted on June 26th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

How much money are you willing to lose to help someone in your family earn a commission?

My mom wants to have her sister help with locating property to purchase. My aunt is slow as heck. I personally would rather just give my aunt $300 and go with a different realtor than possibly lose out on a great investment opportunity. I’m getting ill just thinking about it.

Anyway, I told my mom to consider looking for another realtor to work with because her sister isn’t going to be able to help her look for property the whole time my mom is there. I’d actually prefer my mom get with another realtor from the start.

I must be cold blooded but I never once considered looking at property with my aunt. She’s so slow!!! One more person I wish I had a remote control for so I could JOGGLE through the day if I had to spend time with her.

Unfricken real. Well, it looks like I’ll just keep saving my money until another huge recession hits.

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Day 177

Posted on June 25th, 2008 by Shavonne.
Categories: 366-2008.

I’ve reached blogger burnout. I have nothing to say. I can’t believe I’m speechless.

Well, I’m not completely speechless but if I don’t have anything nice to say, I’m going to do the world a favor and not say anything.

I’m too nice today. I need to be a little mean-er.

There was something I was going to write about but now I think I’m going to pass and write about it another day.

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