Here's to the End of a DRAMATIC Semester!

First thing is first. The second week of the semester I contracted mono. So, after missing one and a half weeks due to the recuperation time I needed, I headed back to classes. Not even two weeks later I contracted Swine Flu, I think due to my weakened immune system from the mono battle. I missed a couple of classes, but I did drag myself to a couple of tests that I couldn't miss (sorry to anyone I may have coughed on). Next, my car was diagnosed with very "financially challenging" problems that I could not get fixed fast enough, thus my car took a digger causing me to miss yet another day of classes (by the way, it's still not road worthy). On thanksgiving, after work (no family dinner due to work), I found out my Grandpa had passed away, we attended his funeral that next Saturday, no classes were missed but still a very upsetting time. And lastly, I got fired from my Job, because one of my pregnant managers was having an "emotional" time, and couldn't deal with a simple situation properly (An individual higher up than she on the authoritative totem pole later told me that I probably shouldn't have been fired, but she had to stand behind her manager's decision).

so, to you, ultimately lame and challenging semester I say Au revoir.
good bye and good riddance. (And if I get a D in any of my classes, there are no words to explain the new level of livid I will have created.)

Hope all of your semester's treated you well.
Good luck to you all in the future!

Oxymoronic Situation.

I have a manager at my job who is pregnant. She is emotional to being with, and now that she has a bun in the oven she is practically unbearable. I avoid these types of people, they bring me down, and i don't like to be down. Enough said. So, Friday night at work I asked a couple of questions about the seating arrangements in the dining room. After being ignored, twice, I decided to shut my mouth and go on about my business. Once this manager realized that I was upset and not saying anything about it she came up to ask me a few questions herself, right in the middle of the bar. After giving her three short one word aswers to her questions (very obviously not wanting to talk) she proceeded to ask me questions about the actions taken, or lack thereof (in regards to my original questions at the beginning of the night). I then began to tell her that since I had been ignored and there had been no actions taken, that the situation was largely due to incompetence. I was fired that Friday night and was to babysit my boss's kids the next morning. ( the owner of the restaurant) After arriving at their house at seven a.m. I proceeded to tell my boss's wife the entire story. After he left for work he came home to ask me if I had anything to tell him, and so I told him the entire story, although because I am about 99% intimidated by this man, I did a completely horrible job defending myself. Every time I would defend something I did or said, I would support the manager and her decision completely (dumb). Anyway, after telling me how disappointed he was at the situation (mind you, at this time his children were jumping all over me screaming "Quinnie, watch this." "Quinnie look at me!") he told me that he wouldn't have anyone else watch his girls, how he loved having me there and how good I am with children. So, I guess the moral of the story is, Quinn, you are perfect in dealing with small children, teaching and spending time with, but you are obviously insubordinate at work????? really ?!?! Se la vie.

Stress

I recently learned the effects of stress on the human body. I also recently took a test to determine how vulnerable to stress I am. The results were as expected, I am, to say the least vulnerable, to stress. The long and short of it is, stress is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Stress can: Make you fat, make your hormones go ballistic, the effects of the hormone malfunctions due to a prolonged ample amount of stress can cause autoimmune deficiencies, and cancer, of course cancer. There are a few simple techniques that can decrease a person's stress: exercise, deep breathing and meditating. Anything that relaxes you can be stress relieving, in this day and age I think it is important for us to take time out of our day, everyday, to practice some relaxation techniques, even if it just deep breathing. For me personally, I read bible verses, it helps me to remember that everything happening here and now is not all that there is. When I read these words of encouragement I remember that I am not alone, and I am taken care of no matter what happens to material possessions, and I will always be taken care of and loved. In the end people need love and completeness, and that is what I feel from God when I reach out. I get lost in this crazy world, I forget what makes me whole, I will never forget again. AMEN!

SLOW DOWN AND GET STUCK IN THE GROWND.

I spend all week at school studying until my ears are bleeding, and every minute not dedicated to studying working until my feet want to fall off. I have nothing in my near future but these things, and I can't take a break or I will lose them both. And they are what we as American's thrive on.

I can't wait for my life to be stable. I can't wait for the day when I don't have to drive 180 miles or more per week, to make money that isn't enough to support myself. I can't wait for the day when I don't have to stress 32 weeks per year (school) so that I can graduate in MAYBE five or six years and have a whole new type of stress a.k.a STUDENT LOANS. When I think about the future, I can't see myself sitting in the same building for years on end, I see myself being proactive and performing duties based on a human interest level. Which means, that when and if my life "settles" I will not be satisfied, which also means that if this restless anxiety I feel along with the simultaneous exhaustion subsides, I will feel as though I am not exerting my full potential into the world. That being said, I am very optimistic and excited about my major and my plans for the future.