Back to the Doctor

I have to go back to the doctor tomorrow for more tests. I went on Tuesday and the test results showed that my progesterone levels are really low. Low progesterone levels can make it hard conceive when I want to have children, which I do not right now, but eventually I do. I do not know what they will do with me, but I really do not want to take any hormones. Anyway, tomorrow they have to do an ultra sound which may show what is causing the low progesterone levels.

Friends in Iraq

I talked to one of my friends over the weekend who is leaving for Iraq. First he is going to Mississippi for training and then he will be going to Iraq for over a year. At first he was all ready to go and fired up about it. Now he has heard stories from another friend who has been there and he is thinking about it differently. Kevin is a friend who was already in Iraq and has to go back soon. He was a military police officer and he said there were children who would walk up to the soldiers and would try to sell them something or they would also try to kill them by pulling out a gun. It sounded horrible and Kevin could hardly talk about it. Now another friend has to go. -It changes them forever.

Adam and I were driving thru Minneapolis last weekend in a really poor neighborhood. I noticed an Army recruiting station right in the middle of everything. I found it interesting that the recruiting station was in the middle of a really poor neighborhood...

Short Weekend

My weekend went by really fast. On Friday night I had to leave for my mom and dad's after work. It takes about 2 1/2 hours and afterwards it feels like I really did not get a Friday evening. When I got to mom and dad's they were having a bonfire out at the cabin with a few of their neighbors. Nothing too exciting. Saturday was Stacy's card party and that was a lot more fun than I really expected it would be. I felt bad because I did not get over there to help them set up and on Sunday I did not make it to help them clean up. Hopefully Stacy is not mad at me.

I did burn her the CD's she was looking for, so that should buy me a few points.

Saturday mom and I also went shopping to buy Andy's birthday present and we went to Herbergers just to look at the sales.

Yesterday we went to Lori's to see Shannon's new baby. She looked really tiny and really cute. It made me want to have a baby.

Adam has been working really hard to get his class completed. I am impressed with that. Hopefully everything turns out ok. Usually I worry too much.

Walker Art Center

Adam and I went to the Walker Art Center on Saturday in Minneapolis. I was really looking forward to the trip, but afterwards I was a little disappointed. I try to be very open about everything, including art. I try to accept things for what they are and ask questions when necessary because it is also important for me to understand most things. -That is the analytical part of my brain. Anyway, I felt really "out of it" when I was at the Art Center. I really wanted to appreciate everything and understand it and get feeling from it, but I just did not. When I looked at most of the pieces I did not understand the meaning and I felt so sad that I was not getting anything from it. Maybe next time I need to do more research before I go...

So many people say that the "scribbles" nailed on the wall do not belong in an art museum. -That a child could of painted that. I do not agree with that because I think years of emotions are going into these pieces. I just felt horrible that I could not pick up on the emotions that went into the creation...

Travel To Europe in September 2006

I have just completely made up my mind to travel to Europe next September (2006). I really want to go, but I was not sure where I was going to get the money from. I am just going to have to save, save, save. I really should buy the tickets soon and then I will have to save up money for the rest of the trip. It will be a trip of a lifetime and one I really want to do when I am young. I heard you can travel on the trains at night and that helps to save money because you do not have to pay for hotels. I am going to have to sit down and do some research so I can make up my mind of where I want to go. I really would like to go to Greece and Ireland for sure.

First, I have to pass the series 66 test. I have taken the series seven and passed, but I am having a really hard time opening my book up to study for the 66. I think my brain is worn out. Tomorrow I am going to schedule a date for the test. I am really tired of studying. It feels like I have studied my entire life.

Mom's Birthday

Today is mom's birthday. I am not sure what she is going to be doing. I did make her a card last night and bought her a present on my lunch yesterday. I will have to try and get it mailed out today. The card turned out really nice...maybe that will put me in the mood to make some tags tonight while Adam is studying.

Frustrated With Adam

I am so frustrated this morning. I tried waking Adam up before I went to work and of course he would not get up because he was up late playing video games. First, I hate video games. He plays them so often and does nothing else most of the week. He has a class that has to be done on the 29th and he barely has opened the book. If he does not get a decent grade in the class he will not get his financial aid. Anyway, if he does not finish this class and get a decent grade it will have huge repercussions. I am sure he understands this and he is just procrastinating, but I do not need the x-tra stress that this gives me. It just makes me so mad. Classes start again in August and we will be going thru this all over again. Hopefully he changes his ways. If I try not to pay any attention, maybe he will take care of it all on his own...I don't know. It sure was nice when he was not in school, but I want to move on with my life. Eventually I want to get married, buy a house, and have kids. I am not in a super huge hurry with all three of those things; however, I really do want him to get a better job. He comes home from work and he is so full of tension and has a horrible attitude. I think I am just venting right now, but it is so frustrating for me.

Back from Training in Minneapolis

I decided to post a picture of Adam and I when we were at the lake during the winter of 2005.

Overall Adam and I had a good weekend in Minneapolis. We actually were in Bloomington, so we went to the Mall of America and to a Twins game. We did not buy anything to fun at the mall. Just a pair of shorts and a shirt. We did walk thru a few different shops and ate at a couple of pretty neat restaurants. We also went swimming at the hotel on Thursday and Friday night. We arrived really late Wednesday night to the hotel and when I went to check in, the desk clerk said they only had a parlor room available. I asked her what a parlor room is and she told me that it was a room where I had to pull the bed out of the wall. I started laughing...I am not sure why I thought it was so funny, but I did. When we got to the room, sure enough we had to pull the bed out of the wall. We switched rooms the next day.

We took the long way home and stopped by Adam's mothers house to pick up Dakota (adam's nephew). He will be staying with us for a week and I will bring him home on Friday. I think I will take him to see Charlie and the Chocolate Factory at the Omni Theatre.

I want to work on some scrapbook tags this week and bring them to mom this weekend so she can sell them on ebay for me. Hers all sold for her really fast...

A Beautiful Night...

I took some pictures the other night after a storm came through. I have never experienced the sky to be so orange before. It was very beautiful.

I am going to work today to catch up on a few things that I did not get done this week because I was out sick. I have a lot of new accounts to open and some other projects that need to be completed. I still do not feel very good, but I am hoping I will get better before I go to minneapolis next week.

Adam did not study like he told me he was going to last night. I am wondering if he will finish this class. He procrastinates soooooo much and all I really want for him is to be done with school. It feels like we both have been in school forever! Most of the time we are best friends, but lately it kind of feels like there is something missing. It seems like there is no excitement...I will have to think of a way to get that back.

I better get going to work...

Back at Work

I am back at work this afternoon. I could not sit at home and watch movies any longer. I have found that I do really like to watch movies, but I just cannot sit still anymore.

Adam is coming with me to Minneapolis next week and I think we will have a lot of fun. We are going to the Twins game on Thursday night.

I am trying to save money because I really want to go to Europe next September, but I am having a really hard time saving money. I think I am going to have to quit going shopping and if it was up to me I would cancel the cable, but Adam really wants the high speed internet. I have to remember save, save, save. It can be done.

Home From Work

This is a picture of me in March of 2005. I only have winter pictures on my computer right now...

I am at home from work today...sick with a sore throat. Yuck! Adam finally registered for all of his college classes this morning. I am so ready for him to be done with college! Janet, my boss just called me to tell me that I will be going to Minneapolis for two days next week. I have not told Adam that yet, but I really would like him to go with. He would have to hang out during the day while I was at meetings, but afterwards, we could have a lot of fun...I think the Twins will even be in town while we are in the city.

4th of July

I just wrote up a whole message and it disappeared when I clicked post...I will try this again.

Adam and I had five days off for the 4th of July and they were wonderful. We packed them full every day and enjoyed every minute of our time. On Friday night we went to a Twins game and on Saturday we stopped at a state park to hike around. It was a beautiful state park. For the rest of the weekend we went to Carl's and had a great time swimming and shooting off fireworks. We also went to see the War of the Worlds, which I thought was a movie that was worth seeing.

Katrina was there and she is six months pregnant. The only thing that tainted the whole weekend was that she was smoking marijuana while she is pregnant...at least twice per day.. I just looked it up on the internet and the effects are not good. The child can have a lot of learning problems later in life. I am not sure why anyone would be that selfish...