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WHEW.

I seem to be saying that a lot these days- and that’s good because…..? Because it means I seem to be doing well at work, I seem to be sleeping better at night (deSPITE the fact that I’m still grinding my teeth and night and my blood pressure seems to rise tremendously when I talk on the phone to certain people [and get emails from certain others..]), I’m running every day and working out (lots of boxing and plyometric stuff- ylech!), and lately I can’t seem to keep on one day without thinking about the next (which again, is good because it means I’m busy!).

So MY news is that I sat down for a meeting today with the Dean of Admissions (or King of Great Things, as I’ve come to know him) and my future advisor…AT SAMFORD!!!! NOT at UAB, like I originally thought was my doom. YAY! A thought occurred to me last week as I was being shuffled back and forth between ”advisors” (and I use that term quite loosely) at UAB, “maybe I should take a look and JUST SEE how long it would take for me to finish at Samford.” I have to weigh out the cost of what it takes to finish there v. the cost of finishing at UAB v. the emotional weight of finishing at both v. the financial cost of all the fringe “accessories” it takes to finish (cards, books, parking, gas to get to school and back, TIME it takes to get to school and back, etc.). [Thank you, God, for placing that idea in my brain.] I went and talked and saw 2 advisors for the cost of 1 meeting. I finally feel like I’m on the right path and can see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.

Apparently, only 11 classes hold me back from my piece of paper that says “SHE FINISHED”. I’m excited- I’m actually excited. For one, I know that I’m THAT close to finally finishing- you could have NEVER told me that I would be “one of those” that doesn’t see things to fruition (especially my education); however, I’ve learned that you can’t say what you will and won’t do in a given situation (excluding religious and moral) until you actually ARE in that situation. Unfortunately, I’ve learned those lessons the hard way…but MAN do I remember those lessons… The second reason I’m excited is I get to take some classes that I might actually like! I get to take Spanish 1 and 2 (which I’ve been wanting to take FOREVER!), Sociology (yep…thinking I’m gonna like that) and something about National American Government (I’ve never really been into politics and learning about why our government does what it does, but I’m excited about it now that I’ve gotten older and WANT to know why our government does what it does!) SO…off I go on the next journey through my life.

Now, Barack Obama… Seriously?! Are we really thinking about electing this clown as the President? As the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES??!  As the President of the greatest country on the planet? As the leader of the free world as we know it and live it every day? Come on… just because the guy is the first black guy to become a democratic candidate for President of the United States or just because he can give a pretty good speech (about WHAT, remind me?) and make you FEEL GOOD absolutely, positively, without ANY DOUBT does NOT mean you automatically vote for him!!! Seriously. What does he stand for? What does he believe (muslim-believing, terrorist-harboring-hand-shaking, abortion-believing, tax-increasing phony, anyone???)? Just because he’s been on the cover of Rolling Stone and been on TV and had interviews w/daytime talk show hosts and seems like he’d be the kind of guy you’d want to kick back and have a beer with on after a long day DOES NOT MAKE HIM THE LEAD CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENCY! I don’t care if he’s a nice guy, CAN HE DO THE JOB? Can he lead us through the next 4 years and think about the bottom of line of OUR country without getting us into more debt, sending more troops to another war. Terrorism. Gas prices. FOOD prices related to gas rising seemingly exponentially. Foreclosures on homes. Increasing taxes on those who already can’t afford to pay what the government asks them to. Health insurance. Gun control/violence among certain prominent races seemingly more prone to violence and illegal gun use than others. THESE are the things we care about. Well, they’re the things I care about, and I will absolutely NOT be casting MY vote for the first black candidate for President of MY United States. (Does that mean I’ll be voting for McCain? Don’t know- wait and see.)

Thank you all for reading. It’s nice to be able to “vent” and keep y’all updated at the same time. (You may not even care, I don’t know…)