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| I love the summer time!
I love being able to sleep all day and drive around in circles all night.
I love not having to study for exams and practicals.
I love being able to hang out with my friends and family whenever I want.
I love being able to sit outside on the porch swing and play with the ducks in the yard.
I love the scattered thunderstorms.
I love having my windows open in the house with the fans turned on.
I love laying on the couch in the air conditioning.
I love having my car windows down and my sunroof open with my music blasting and my diva sunglasses on.
I love going on vacation (The Keys '09!).
I love watching my little brother's babe ruth baseball games.
I love tanning under the sun.
I love the sound of crickets at night.
I love how the stars look in the clear summer night sky.
I love watching the sun go down late in the evening.
I totally love everything about the summer time. 
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| Wow, it's been a long time since I've written in here. So let's see...Um...Yeah. A lot is different. I don't even know what to say.
I guess I'll just start all over...
I live in an apartment in Morgantown with my boyfriend, and I attend WVU. I got accepted into the School of Medicine last year, so I hardly have any free time. I have 2 more years and I'll be and Occupational Therapist. My classes are hard, but they rock. I had a Cadaver Lab last semester, and I loved it...even though it grosses most people out. You'd like it if you gave it a chance. I love all of the people in my graduating OT class. They're amazing, and we're all really close.
I have a lot of really close friends, and I love spending time with them. I've finally started making time for my friends, and I have a lot of fun when I go out with them. I prefer the Morgantown clubs over Elkins bars, but Lexy's and Outlands aren't too bad. I'm not a big drinker, and I don't smoke...so it's fun to be the one that remembers everything when the nights get crazy. My sleep pattern is backwards. When I'm home for the weekends, I sleep all day/evening, and wake up around 8pm. Then I head out and drive around for hours....and hours....and go to bed around 6 or 7am. People say I'm crazy, but I can't really do much about it. I've tried going to sleep at a normal hour, and it doesn't work. I'm most awake and energetic during the night. Only the police stay out as late as me...so I should probably introduce myself. I pass them all 832,000 times a night. I've put almost 58,000 miles on my car in less than 4 years....needless to say, all I do is drive. If I could get paid to drive in circles, I would be rich. ...Maybe I should be a nascar driver...
I still drive my Eclipse, but I'm buying a Mercedes when I graduate. I'll probably give my Eclipse to Jake. It's a good car...it's like a tank and I know he'll be safe in it. I'm pumped about getting a Mercedes. I'm getting the C63 and Jared is getting the C300...red and charcoal respectively. I car shop constantly. I drive through Auto Lots just to see what they have. I drive through the Mercedes dealership at least twice a week. Heather or Jared usually accompany me, but I often go by myself. The salesmen there know me by name. I showed one of them up one day because I knew more about the C300 than he did. My mom got a pretty good laugh out of it...and still tells the story to people today. I definitely have my Dad in my personality.
Almost all of my friends from Elkins have kids. I do my best to spend time with them all. I spoil Lindsy and Kristen when I'm around. Lindsy is going to be 4 in September, and Kristen will be 1 next week. At least Jared and I will be fully prepared when we have a child because we spend so much time with those girls. I don't see my other friends' kids nearly as much, but I try. They all grow up so fast.
Jared has a new job, which is awesome. He works at Mylan Pharmaceuticals in Morgantown as a Chemist. I'm glad that he finally has a job that showcases his smarts. I think he would have enjoyed teaching, but I feel that he would have gotten bored with it too quickly. I am definitely not leaving Morgantown when I graduate. I'd like to work at Ruby in the Children's Hospital. We have already started looking for houses, and will most likely have one before I graduate.
I'm addicted to the TV Series "LOST". I love my Grandma's homemade Macaroni and Cheese...which we are having tonight. My mom is finally coming out of her shell. I took her to Outlands with me one night, and she had a really good time, and ran into some people that she went to highschool with. It was nice to see her have a good time. She also made a myspace, and is taking advantage of being able to express herself through her playlist. I think it's cool. And now I can make fun of her for not understanding why I was always on MySpace in highschool because she's on it every day.
I've dealt with a lot of death lately...it starts to get to you after a while....
I have almost ALL of my friends that I have ever made in my life still today. So I think I'm doing alright. I still travel home to Elkins almost every weekend...just to drive around in circles. Sometimes I don't see my family at all. It sometimes makes me feel like a horrible person. At times they don't even know that I was in town for an entire weekend. I hardly sleep in the same place two nights in a row when I'm in town. I might stay at my Mom's, Grandma's, Sam's, or Jared's....it just depends on where I get sleepy. Of course, I always sleep at my apartment when I'm in Morgantown.
I sometimes feel like I live two separate lives depending on where I am. When I'm at school, I'm ALWAYS busy and doing homework, although I try to make time for my friends. I go to bed before 1am get up at 7am. But when I'm home in Elkins, I wake up when the sun goes down and stay up until the sun comes up and refuse to do anything that has to do with school unless I have to. I love music. I can change my mood depending on what I'm listening to.
My little brother goes to High School next year. I can't believe it. I went to his babe ruth practice a couple days ago. He's really good at baseball, I'm proud of him. I wish I would find more time to spend with him. He's growing up so fast. He's as tall as me now, which is insane. He'll be 14 in August...only 2 more years and he'll be driving. That's just enough time for me to buy my new car and give him my Eclipse.
Well...I tired of typing. I guess I'm gonna go hop in my car and cruise around. I'll finish this up later.
Rock On.
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| So yeah, I just read my last entry, and I sound like a stuck-up little brat. I was just really excited about everything when I wrote it. Oh well.
Anywayyyy....I have a lot of new updates! My Aunt Sherri has a new boyfriend....his name is Kyle and he's awesome. He's an extremely talented person, and he's awesome at pool, darts, and playing the guitar. He's works at Wells Fargo too, so that's cool that they both understand why each other is stressed. She also moved out of her house, and sold her Corvette. She seems really happy though, so that's all that matters. I'm glad that she finally has someone to spend time with that truly cares for her the way that she cares for him.
Also...my Mom has a new boyfriend. His name is Jim. He's a Lawyer and a CPA. Her story is kind of like Sherri's. Life is pretty awesome for both my mom and my aunt right now. Anyway, my Mom is moving out of her house right now. She has already moved things into her new house by the river. It's very nice. She got a new Colorado last month. It looks a lot like the old one, but it has chrome on it. She also sold her old Cavalier.
It's kind of funny that both my mom and my aunt met someone, sold a vehicle, and moved out of their houses...at the same exact time. I'm extremely happy for them though, they both needed it. Anyway...Jim is REALLY awesome. He has a 10 year old daughter who sounds very sweet. He is widowed...I'm pretty sure that Mom told me that his wife died of cancer, which is very sad. He's a good guy though, and I hope that he and my mom work out. I enjoy being around him.
So yes. My whole family's lives are changing. My uncle JC and his girlfriend had a baby boy, my cousin Jessica is pregnant, my mom stopped smoking along with everything that I've already told you, as well as everything with my aunt, my dad and Amy want to move to North Carolina...possibly Morgantown first when Jake goes to college, but them off to NC after that, Jake is going into 7th grade (which I still can't believe..he'll be in High School in 2 years!), my cousin Allen and his wife had a baby boy, ...everything is so crazy. But I really like that everything is changing for everyone, and it all seems for the better. Everyone seems so happy! And I love it!
So what about me....
Well, I work at CATO in Morgantown, which I love! I am also volunteering at HealthSouth Mountainview Rehabilitation Hospital. Jared and I finally got our stuff moved into our apartment. I'm still alone though, because Jared is still working at Fastenal in Elkins with Donnie, Scott, and Judd. I'm glad that Jared is getting to spend time with Judd though, because they haven't seen a lot of each other since Jared graduated. I guess Jared is supposed to move up here soon though...so we'll see. I have his bed though, so he's being forced to sleep in a single bed...which is funny.
What else is new...
I got offered an assistant manager position at CATO today. I may take it...but I'm not sure if I will be able to keep up with it when school starts back up...so I'm not sure what to do. I would love to, but I don't want to do it for 2 months and then step down. ....although the money is better... I don't know.
I barely missed the dean's list last semester. I had a 3.49. Oh well. Physiology was hard...and I didn't try in Comm...which was dumb of me. But I ended up with all A's and those two B's. I could have made Dean's if Physiology wasn't 4 hours of credit, but oh well. Getting a B isn't bad, so I'm cool with it.
Jake should be getting his report card soon. Hopefully this week, so I can find out when I go home for Father's Day this weekend. I'm going home tomorrow though because I have to clean the stuff out of my mom's old house, but then I'm coming back up here either Wednesday night, or early Thursday morning because I have to work 10-3 and 6-10 both on Thursday....I know....it DOES suck. But the job isn't hard and the people are awesome. So I can't complain.
Jared applied to two Science Teacher positions....hopefully he gets one! I know that teaching is what he really wants to do, and that's why he went to college for 5 years, so why waste it all working at Fastenal?
So yeah. I have next semester with Algebra, Trig, and two other classes, and then the Spring with Physics and Statistics, and then I try to get into OT school. I pick up my admission packet on December 1st, and then it's due around Valentine's Day...either February 14th or 15th I think. I'm EXTREMELY nervous out it. I think 82 applied last year, only 64 had all the requirements (like high enough GPA...3.5 I think), and they only accepted 36. so YES....I'm freaking out. But if I get in, then I have one year of general Occupational Therapy classes, then another year of classes and Fieldwork, and then a Graduate Year of Fieldwork, and then I'm done. And I'm off on my own, and I'll be a college graduate. That's going to be so crazy. It's going by really fast. I'm already in my Junior year, and I can't believe it. 4 Years of college is the average to get a normal degree...so a lot of the kids that I graduated High School with will be graduating not this year, but next. THAT is crazy. I still have 4 years though, but it's cool. Now that I have an apartment, it will fly by, especially since Jared will be up here.
I think that since all of my family is moving, I will just get a job in Morgantown. I wanted to come back to Elkins, because I would like to raise a kid there, but I won't have any family left there. I'm sure that Gma and Pappy will move up here....Mom still kind of wants to, and Dad told me that he and Amy will be up here in 6 years. I also won't want to move back to Elkins and leave Jake up here. I want to be here while he's here to help him, just in case Dad and Amy don't move up here and just go straight to NC, because I know that it sucks to be up here alone.
Anyway, I guess I'm going to go get something to drink and lay down. Looks like I had a lot to say. Not really to people...but to myself. Kind of talking myself through things.
Later.
Ashes.
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| So, tomorrow is Thanksgiving. I'm pretty excited! Jared and I are fixing dinner at my house, and his mom & dad, my Grandma & Pappy, and Mom & Jeff are all going to be there. It's going to be fun. ...while it lasts at least. Jared and I are leaving early and driving to Frederick to see Sherri for the weekend. She got promoted and finally found somebody to replace her old position. So she finally has some down time now. I have a hair appointment Friday at 2:30, so we either need to leave Thursday evening, or EARLY EARLY Friday morning. Thursday after dinner sounds good to me, even though it's going to be dark by the time that we leave, we'll just have to be careful. Anyway, school is going great. I've aced all of my tests and quizzes in Anthropology and Humanities. And of course Comm. 490 is easy! Psychology 241 and 281 are being curved at the end, I hope it doesn't hurt me, because I'm doing well in them. They're both pretty hard, but it just takes a lot of studying. My schedule next semester shouldn't be to hard either...other than Physiology 241...I hear that it's super hard. Hm. Oh! Jared and I are going to sign for an apartment in Morgantown after break. It's really expensive, which sucks, but it's okay, since my scholarships and grants will pay for it. It's just going to be a little tight in the beginning before I get my check from the school. So I think I'm going to sit down with Sherri this weekend and see if I can take a loan out from her, and then pay her back in full as soon as I get my check from the school. After I get my first check from the school, then I'll be off on my feet, and I'll actually be MAKING money each year. Which rocks. I'm excited that I changed my ideas about my career. I wanted to do Physcial Therapy, but it's going to take me 8-10 more years, and I defanitely don't want to stay there that long. So... I decided to go with Occupational Therapy. I will be out of there in 4 years, and I can work with Kids. I like kids. Especially the ones who need help, and they don't think that they're GOD's greatest gift to the world. I can work with Premature babies if I want...or younger kids. I don't want to work with Pre-teens or Teens. I'm going to be volunteering at a Feeding and Swallowing Clinic in Morgantown this summer. I think that I'll enjoy working with the little kids...even if I'm not getting paid...it doesn't matter, I like helping them. So Jared shot a deer yesterday, and everybody is really jealous, and it's funny. He went to work at 7:30am, left at 12:30, went into the woods at 12:45, and shot a deer 20 minutes later. Unlike everyone else who still don't have any deer, and have been waiting out in the woods in the freezing cold for hours at a time. I think he just got lucky. It's an 8 point...defanitely luck, but I'm happy for him. So, yes. I think that there is something stuck in my air vent in my car. When I turn the air on it sounds like a peice of paper or something is flapping. Maybe there is a peice of paper hanging out behind my glove-box or something. I should probably check that out before we hit the road, or I'll go crazy. I can't stand continuous annoying sounds for very long. I'm excited because I bought a new DDR game. It's really awesome. It has Fall Out Boy on it, and it shows that actual FOB video in the background when you're playing. It's awesome. Jared is really good at DDR, I'm jealous. We play at the same time. It's funny. We move the same ways. We were playing the other night, and we were dancing to some weird song, and Jared started making fun of what they were saying, and I was trying to not laugh at him, because if I start laughing, then I can't concentrate anymore. Well...that was a bad idea, because I was holding it all in, and I finally burst. He said something about how it sounded the the Japanese girl said don't shoot my dog, or dog poop, or something, and I lost it. I started laughing so hard, and I fell over on the floor laughing, and he make me get up and keep dancing, and I couldn't stop laughing. I was like...Scream Laughing, because I was laughing so hard, and so loud, and so high pitched, and then....I couldn't breathe. Which sucked. I was laughing so hard that I started hyperventilating and I couldn't breathe, but I still couldn't stop laughing at him. And he was trying to calm me down, but he couldn't stop laughing at ME...so when he would laugh at me, I would laugh back,...and you get the point. It took me a long time to stop laughing. I had to sit in the rocking chair and rock back and forth to calm myself. Sad...but hilarious. He is SERIOUSLY the funniest person that I have ever met. I'm so glad that I have him in my life. He never fails me. Anyway, speaking of Jared, he should be getting off of work soon, so I need to go out to my car and get my laundry and give it to my GMA so that we can start on my clothes before I go to Sherri's tomorrow evening. I'm so excited! I miss her TONS! I also need to clean out my car before Jared gets off work so that we will have room for out suitcases or duffle bags or whatever we decide to take. Plus, we're going to be taking her Christmas presents up there so that she doesn't have to drive here in the snow. Alright, well I'm going to go change clothes and clean out my car. Not that anybody is reading this, or wants/needs to know. I'm silly. Lates! <3 Ashley | | |
| Life Rocks. That about sums it up.
Anyway, everybody in my family is pregnant or just had a baby. Kind of weird. My cousin Matt and I are the only two left in my whole family that hasn't had a kid yet.
And ....Ronnie had a kid. His Girlfriend's name is Megan Lloyd. They named their baby boy Kameron Lee. Cute name, and cute baby. He was born on September 7th, which happens to be Ronnie's birthday too. So father and son share the same birthday...cute.
Classes are going great. My Developmental and Abnormal Psychologies are a little rough, but I'm working it out. Shooting for President's again...but we'll see. Hopefully I at LEAST make Dean's list.
I'm going home again this weekend. Forest Festival is here...I can't believe it. This entire year is flying by. It's already Midterms...and Finals are just right around the corner. It's insane.
Mom came up to Morgantown yesterday. She got a parking ticket. haha. Poor Mom. We went to the Olive Garden. It was SOOO good. Then we went to University Motors and looked at the 2007 Eclipses. Woot! We looked at a both a red and black convertible, and a red one with a sun roof. HOT!! I like the red one with the sun roof better. They're about $30,000, and I can get about $10,000 back out of my Eclipse, plus a $500 rebate because I already drive a Mitsubishi. I like my eclipse though. I like how sporty it looks.
PLUS.....I'm in college, and my job isn't going to pay for car payments right now. Mom and I talked about it, but we both feel the same way. I don't like the bubble but of the new ones anyway, and niether does she. lol. I'll probably like the newer ones. I think if I do get a new one, it won't be BRAND new...because I probably can't afford that on my own, and I don't want my family to help me out on it. I want to be able to do it by myself for once. so yeah...
.......yeah
I can't wait until Christmas. Yay!
Anyhow, I haven't written in here in a few months, so I just thought I'd check in.
<3 my JNE
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