Dating Problems

I had an epiphany last night at the Astros game as to why I'm always single. Ready? I think it's because I know that unless I get a guy that's a professional baseball player that looks exactly like Lance Berkman, Craig Biggio or Hunter Pence, it's not gonna work out...so I'm gonna keep hoping for my MLB star.

Queen of Clean

You know, I'm not the cleanest person in the world, I'm definitely not OCD about things but I do think I'm kind of a neat freak. I hate messes and clutter, and it's really not much to ask someone to clean up after themselves. And then there's my brother-in-law. You ask him to help clean and he will find something else to do (like sleep), make some lame excuse of why he can't or just say no. Like yesterday, I worked on THEIR laundry all day long, didn't even get it halfway done and when John gets home he just goes straight into his little office and disappears. He didn't even say, "Hey, thanks for helping out with the laundry. Is there anything you want me to work on?" Nope, he didn't say jack squat. So when SJ gets home she's kind of appalled that a guest is cleaning her house so she tries to get John to help out before he goes to church. She walks into his office and says, "Hey John, can you come out here and put your laundry away and take the trash out?" and he says, "No because as soon as this is done ("this" being some TV show) I'm going straight to church." WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS GUYS PROBLEM?!?!?! He needs to realize that if he doesn't change his nasty ass habits NOW then later on when the baby comes, someone (probably me) is going to call CPS and tell them that they're raising the child in unsafe living conditions and the kid is going to get taken away. There is dog crap in the basement that has never been cleaned. I don't even want to stay here. It's nasty and I feel bad for SJ that she has to put up with it, not that she's the cleanest person I've ever met but she's better than this.

Spring Spheres

So I finally made my trip up to Kansas today, I left my house around 0330 and didn't get up here until 5 p.m. Now, normally this drive takes me anywhere from 10-11 hours, but today it took about 14 hours. I think the 2 hour nap I took today when I got to Oklahoma probably had a lot to do with it, and maybe the fact that I had to stop to pee every 30 minutes and stretch my knee out. Anyway, I'm here now and I finally got to give my sister her gifts that I bought her and SHE LOVED THEM!!! I'm so happy that she liked all the stuff...I think she was kind of wishy washy about some of the things that we got but for the most part everything was a pretty big hit.

Driving up today I was listening to the radio and one of the DJ's said something along the lines of making Easter a more politically correct holiday by changing "Easter eggs" to "Spring Spheres". I think this is absolutely stupid because a) eggs are not spheres, they're more of ellipses and b) how is saying Easter egg offensive? Anyways, I put the following as my Facebook status: "So to be more politically correct people have proposed to change Easter eggs to spring spheres...personally, if you don't like Easter, don't observe it and don't try to change it. You don't see me trying to make your religious holidays more politically correct so don't change mine." Hindsight, this was pretty in your face thing to say but at the time I was kind of appalled at people taking such offense to small things like that. Point of all this is that people made their comments, most agreeing with me except for one, Dayna Wetterman, and she actually instigated a HUGE argument between several people on my Facebook page and things spiraled way out of control over an argument about Easter. Some of the things she said were legitimate arguments and backed by fact, however she only chose to see one side of the argument. For example, "Easter Eggs are originally a Pagan tradition. Easter is actually a bastardized form of the original name Ostara or Ēostre. Which is a Pagan festival that celebrates the coming of spring. It originally had nothing to do with Jesus." Excellent point, then she follows up with this smart ass comment "the Christian church tends to try to force what they want on the population at large. I simply see this as a small taste of karmic retribution" WHAT THE FUCK IS KARMIC RETRIBUTION!?!?!?!!! What a shitty argument. I don't think she totally comprehends how the Easter of today became the Easter of today. Way back in the day when Christians were being persecuted for their beliefs they began celebrating their religious holidays to coincide with the Pagan holidays so that they wouldn't be killed. And it's the same thing with Christmas, yes, originally a Pagan holiday but now can be celebrated by both on the same day. That's the wonderful thing about time, lines start to fade and as far as we have come as humans we should be able to look past what the holiday means to Christians, Jews, Pagans, Muslims, etc. What people's personal beliefs are is totally up to the individual and I am in no position to try and sway someone and tell them that they are wrong. That's not my job, I shouldn't judge and that's not I was doing. What I was trying to point out was that people are way too sensitive these days and obviously I was right.


Whatever.


Now I'm watching Hoarders on A&E, I've never seen it before but I'm thinking it's 99.9% wonderful. Kinda freaks me out because I know EK is kind of a pack rat and I would hate to see her end up like that once she gets out on her own. If she does I'm totally going in there with guns blazing and I would throw EVERYTHING away...but that's just me. I hate clutter, I hate messes, dust, etc. I'm a neat freak to a certain extent. Obviously some things get a little messy but that only lasts about a week at most and then it's spotless again for a while. It's a never ending cycle. But I'm not afraid to throw shit out and I think that's EK's problem, she can't throw anything out.


I'm going home on Saturday and I'm pretty excited. I've got to pack up everything else I own in addition to doing something every night of the week but it's my last week in Houston, I'm going to be up here on the 1st of May, that is non negotiable. I've got school, a job, my pregnant sister, etc. I think it will be a good thing for me, to get away from everyone and start my own life, I can't wait. And if it doesn't work out, I can always deploy again. WHOO HOO!!!

Ok, long day tomorrow. Time for bed :]]

Ouch...

Well, since it's been a week since my last post (told ya I wasn't good at this journal thing) I figured I might as well catch you all up on my riveting life because I know everyone is holding their breath waiting to know what's gone on.

Let's see, Tuesday I did nothing, Wednesday I did nothing (like I said, riveting) and Thurday I went to Blur (gay club) with Clinton, Madi, Sam, Dianna, Christian, Javier and some other people and it was AWESOME! I got so drunk, I don't really remember much other than having a wonderful time. I want to go every day but I would be SO broke...

me and madi at blur :)

Well, that covers Thursday...Friday I went down to Smith Middle School and helped judge the Regional TSA competition. I forgot how much fun TSA was. I was supposed to go to the racetrack and see Wade Bowen with Kasy, Buck and some chick because Michelle had given me four tickets but the judging for TSA went on a little longer than planned so I didn't go, instead I went to a party at Ramiro's apartment with Clinton, Dianna and Christian and this boy made a 5 person beer bong...it was crazy...

5 person beer bong 

That pretty much takes care of Friday, I didn't really know anyone there and I left early so not much to talk about with that one...Saturday I was supposed to go to Aunt Suzy's lake house for the Templet Family Easter Party but I had a terrible migraine so I was holed up all day long and didn't do anything. I'm really upset that I missed it, I was looking forward to it too. Oh well, I'm sure I'll see them all again. I'm REALLY mad that I missed seeing Julie. 

Sunday is softball day :) and I played almost 4 games. I successfully completed 3 of them and the fourth didn't really end well for me. I was a force out at 2nd and hit the bag while trying to avoid the 2nd baseman, came down with all my weight on my heel, my knee bent backwards then popped and I hit the deck. I don't think I've been in that much pain in quite sometime. According to the 3rd baseman, he said it looked and sounded as if I hyperextended something in there but even now, a day later, walking is difficult and I feel like I got hit with a sledge hammer. I need to go to the doctor but I can't find one that accepts Tri Care which is the only one I have through the military. I might just head up to Ben Taub Hospital tomorrow and hit up the ER, I know they're a VA hospital so they'll have to treat me. But that's if it doesn't feel better by then...I would really love to just hit the road and head up to Kansas, I was supposed to be there today but Dad didn't want me to drive and I can't say I blame him...I'm glad I listened to him. But now, it's Drag Race time :) so I'm headed over to Clinton and Sam's. Madi is cooking dinner and I'm excited. I wish Elizabeth would come with me though.

Oh, I spent like $300 some odd bucks on baby stuff for SJ the other night, I'm SO excited! I can't wait for her to see it all...she's gonna be happy :)

Until next time.

Realizations Set In...

I'm beginning to realize some things that probably should have hit me a while ago but are just now setting in. And it's very depressing. I don't even feel like writing about anything today.

The Clap...

Yesterday I was supposed to go to the beach with three kids I go to church with and some of their friends buuut that didn't happen because two of the guys driving got into a wreck with each other. I don't even know what to say about that. So, instead of the beach we ended up driving around for about four hours trying to figure out what else there was to do until someone came up with the idea of going to Addicks and swimming in the lake there. Let me just say right now, this was not actually a lake, it's more along the lines of being a retention pond. And it was nasty. First off, we had to walk to get there, we couldn't drive because there was a chance the Cops would see us and arrest  us. Second, these kids were saying stuff like cars were buried down there, people have found a dead body, etc. Why did I even go? Well, I wanted to go swimming. And I did. Now I might have herpes or the clap or some other horrid STD just from being in that water. It was pretty grody.

I would really love to go out drinking today but it's Sunday so that is probably not a good idea. Not that I have anything important to do tomorrow, but you really shouldn't get drunk on a Sunday. Besides, I'm not feeling too well and have backed out of softball. Truthfully, right now I would like nothing more than a cup of coffee, some food and more sleep. What of those things will I get? Probably just the food. I have a feeling that I'm not going to get a nap today, I have to work on some things around the house, get an oil change, wash and detail my car (again) and do some things for the Navy. For someone who doesn't work, I have a lot of crap to do. We'll see how much I get done today, maybe all of it, maybe none of it.

Elizabeth is back from Florida. There was a SNAFU with the douche she was staying with so I made an executive decision to bring her and her friend back to Houston. Of course now I'm out like $600 that I'll probably never see again but hey, at least my sister is safe. She's seriously unhappy, she even went to church today with my mother which is way out of character. WTF is going on? Maybe that's a sign that the world is ending. Who knows?

God Bless America but God damn Uncle Sam...

Not really sure how many people are aware of what's been going on lately up in Washington so I'm going to tell you...we are in the midst of a possible total shutdown of the Government. Why? Because lawmakers can't seem to find a common ground to stand on when it comes to the new budget. And the deadline for this new budget is midnight. Tonight. So what does this really mean? Well, from the military standpoint (and that's the one I care about since I'm in the military) our paychecks are halted, our VA benefits are cut and no one can apply to use the GI Bill until the Gov't is back up and running. Also, comissaries will be shut down, save for those overseas. What does this mean for everyone else? A closure would mean the furloughs of hundreds of thousands of workers and the services they provide, from processing many tax refunds to approving business loans. Medical research would be disrupted, national parks would close and most travel visa and passport services would stop, among many others. Damn! I should have filed my taxes earlier!!! Guess I can't flee the country now to hide from the IRS...and I'm off my soap box.

In other news...I drove back from Kansas today in record time. The drive should take ~12 hours for a normal driver however, I drive like I'm AJ Foyt and made the drive in ~9.5 hours. Ballin? I think so :)

Now is the time for me to clean my parents house since I'm here alone, start dinner and go rent a movie for me and my pops to watch. Steak and beer night. Love ittt!!!

The Middle Sister

I'm not very good at keeping a journal or a diary so I'm not sure how well this blog is going to work out for me but I'm going to give it a try and just see what happens...just as a heads up to anyone who reads this, I've got tons of random thoughts and most of them are probably not appropriate but I am going to try my hardest to keep this blog as clean as I possibly can.


I am in the Navy Reserves and I don't want to be. I'm pushing my four year mark with one of those spent in Afghanistan (which, by the way, was one of the best years of my life) and I don't want to be in the Navy anymore. I am really, really considering going blue to green and joining the Army and going active duty. I was attached to the 82nd Airborne Division for four months and then the 101st Airborne Division for 8 months during my deployment and I got a really good feel for how the Army works and I like it a lot better than how the Navy works. Don't get me wrong, I like the Navy and I'll stay in for 20 years if I have to but I just have this feeling in my gut that the Army would be a better decision for me, both personally and professionally. I've been talking to some Army folk in my unit and some of the guys I was deployed with about crossing over so we'll see where it goes and what happens. I've got about 2.5 years left on my enlistment with the Navy and if I can't cross over before my enlistment is up then I guess I will just have to ride it out and then join the Army afterward. We'll see what happens.

Anyway, I'm in the process of moving up to Salina, Kansas from Houston so that I can get college started and I'm getting the feeling that it's not going to work out for me like I had hoped. I was all set to move up here about a month ago, I had a plan and now it's not falling into place like I had wanted it to. Granted, things never work out the way one would hope they would but this plan is so far off of what I wanted, I don't know what in the hell I'm going to do. As of right now my living situation has changed like 97,000 times. When I was up here last I found a room mate, we were looking at houses, life was grand. Now, turns out this girl is going to work at some camp during the summer and I have to find somewhere to live until then. Not really a problem except for the fact that I just need somewhere to stay for about three months that will accept pets, most places up here don't accept pets and if you want to rent a place, it's a six month lease minimum. Wonderful. Hopefully I'll figure it all out.

That's all for now, I have to go pick up my big sister. More tomorrow.