~ My Life So Far~

Postcard/ Christmas Card Swap

2011-11-03T13:22:00.003-05:00

Hello everyone!!

I know that it has been forever since my last post. But was wondering who would like to do a pastcard or Christmas card swap this year??

I think that it would be pretty awesome to see where you would get a card from.

Here is my address:

Jennifer Glover

PSC 827 Box 382

FPO, AE 09617

So if I get one from you I will send one to you!

Hope that you all have a great day!!

See you all later!

2011-03-27T15:27:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to do a quick post for you all. Tomorrow I will be leaving to be deployed on the USNS Comfort...for all that do not know that is one of the Navy's hospital ships. I am going on a humantarian cruise through September. So I promise once I get back that I will finish the 30 day challenge and tell you all about the deployment. Hope you all have a great spring and summer!

Until later,

30 Day Challenge: Day 3

2011-03-09T15:16:00.000-06:00

Day 03 - A picture of the cast from your favorite show

This is just one of my favorite shows that I like to watch

30 Day Challenge: Day 2

2011-03-08T15:09:00.000-06:00

Day 02 - A picture of you and the person you have been close with for the longest

I met Baylee during Corps School. We might have not known each other the longest but I would consider her one of my best friends!

I miss her so much since she got stationed in Japan and I am in Italy!

Are there really such things as Stupid Questions??

2011-03-08T13:19:00.002-06:00

Here is a video that I thought that I would share...Made me laugh! Hope you all have a great day!

30 Day Challenge: Day 1

2011-03-07T14:58:00.003-06:00

Day 01 - A picture of yourself with fifteen facts.

1. Im a Hospital Corpsman in the US Navy

2. 6ft tall

3. I love dogs

4. Love to travel

5. Favorite snack is granny smith apples with peanut butter

6. Paris is my favorite city in Europe so far

7. I am proud to be from Southern Illinois

8. I already have a degree in Healthcare Management

9. Love college football

10. I like to go fising and hunting

11. Love to cook and to bake

12. Hate to go grocery shopping

13. Can be slightly inpatient at times

14. Not a big fan of talking on the phone...would rather text

15. Two favorite colors are chocolate and teal

Mondays...

2011-03-07T14:45:00.003-06:00

Hope that everyone is enjoying their Monday so far...if not here is a video for you..

If you have never watched any of her videos on youtube, you should start!! She has some really funny ones! I think that I have watched pretty much all of them so far. I will most likely start posting some more of them in the near future.

I think that tomorrow I will start the 30 Day Picture Challenge that everyone on facebook seems to be doing....so might as well join in on the fun right?

Until later,

What a day~

2011-03-02T10:09:00.002-06:00

Hello everyone!

Hope that your day is going well so far. My day started way to early than I would had like it to. We had an uniform inspection this morning. We had to be in fromt of the hospital no later than 0630! So that meant I had to get up at least by 0445...way to early for me! But I am glad to say that I passed inspection and the CO (commanding officer of the hospital) said that I did an outstanding job on shining my boots. lol

From being up so early, my day went by so slow!! I felt like time was standing still. I didn't think that 1600 would ever get here! But I have to say that it wasn't too crazy of a day at the clinic. Which I am thankful for.

So now I am off to have dinner with a couple of great friends!!
Ciao Ciao!!

My first Christmas overseas!

2010-12-26T15:57:00.003-06:00

Happy Holidays!!

I hope that everyone had a great Christmas!

My Christmas was pretty good considering this was my first Christmas that I was away from my family.

Thank goodness for Skype!!

Christmas morning I called back home and opened presents with my family via skype. It was awesome! It kinda felt like I was actually back home in Illinois opening presents with them!

Then I got together with a few people that I work with for a great lunch.

I have to say, it was a pretty decent meal that we all put together.

It was almost as good as back home!

Later in the evening I skyped the other side of my family while they were enjoying their time together. I was actually put on the big screen tv in the living room so that everyone could see. Which was nice to be able to see and talk to everyone :)

So that was my Christmas, even though it wasn't exactly like home, I still think that I had a great one.

Hope you all have a great rest of the year!

Any good plans for the 31st?

News Flash!!! Mail Exchange!!

2010-11-23T16:37:00.003-06:00

Hey Guys!!

Hope that you are all having a great week and getting ready for Thanksgiving!!

So I just thought of this because right now I can't seem to fall back to sleep.

I hate when this happens, dont you?

So here's my idea....

I figured that I could put my address up

and if someone mails me anything that

I will mail them something in return.

I figured that you could mail things that represent where you are from, things you like or anything like that.

So as you all know, I am in the military and I am stationed in Italy, so if you decide to do this just make sure that you don't mail some crazy items that the USP would frown upon.

(Plus I love getting mail, it makes my day!)

Just make sure that you put a little note saying where you heard about this and if you have a blog I will start following it and I will write about what I got as well!!

So here is my address:

Jennifer Glover

PSC 827 Box 382

FPO AE 09617

*Just a little note, if you want it to get here in a timely fashion, you need to send it priority just so it wont take months to get over here*

Tell any of your blogging friends, I would love to see how many new people I can meet through this experiment :)

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Places I have been

2010-11-10T14:49:00.010-06:00

Hello Everyone!

Sorry that it has been a while since my last post. So I thought that I would share with you a few pics from the places that I have been able to go to since I have been here in Italy.

Me and my friend Smith at work
Ischia, Italy

Napflion, Greece

Izmir, Turkey

Athens, Greece

Rota, Spain

Hope that you all have a great week!

Until later,

Some of my favorite Quotes

2010-10-15T14:59:00.002-05:00

Beautiful pictures are developed from negatives in a darkroom..

So if you see darkness in your life

be reassured that a beautiful picture is being prepared!

~quote off a friends facebook~

We are like teabags..

We don't know how strong we are until we are in hot water!

~my friend Krystal Yagovane from bootcamp~

See the beauty in everything.

~unknown~

You were given this life because you're

strong enough to live it!

~unknown~

In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different

~Coco Chanel~

Some where there is someone that dreams of your smile, finds in your presence that lif is worthwile, so when you are lonely remember it's true, someone somewhere is thinking of you.

~unknown~

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent

~Eleanor Roosevelt~

Things I Miss....

2010-10-10T11:55:00.002-05:00

Being stationed in Italy is great and a good oppurtunity for me as well,

but there are a few things that I still miss and sometimes wish that I would have picked some where state side first besides Italy.

So here's my list:

1. Miss my family including my dog, Tinker!

2. Being able to drive

(since I don't have a car over here)

3. Having a full kitchen to cook in!

(but I am thankful for the small one that I have)

4. Being able to pay with US Dollars every where I go

(converting to €'s is a pain sometimes)

5. Starbucks!!

6. Dairy Queen Blizzards

7. Being able to go to college football games!

8. My friends from back home

9. The fall weather

(it's not the same here in Italy)

10. Enjoying the holidays with the fam.

(haven't had to experience a holiday yet with out them yet over here, but im sure its not going to be the same)

Well, thats all that I can think of, but Im sure that there are more..

I promise that my next post will be happier!

Hope you all enjoy your Monday off due to Columbus day!

Until Later,

O Curls, Curls! Where Forth Art Thou, Curls?

2010-10-06T04:17:00.007-05:00

I know that this post might seem a little strange but I was thinking about this this afternoon...

I am wondering what happened to my natural curly hair???

It has gone from great curls to just normal straight hair, just out of no where. Well, maybe it has been going on since January when I was in bootcamp. Slowly since then it has gotten more straight.

Crazy!!!

I miss just being able to just get of the shower, put some mousse in it and be done with it! Now I have to blow dry it and then straighten it

So here are a couple of pics to show what I am talking about:

This was taken in July of last year and thats how it was like up to bootcamp:

And the current pic of me:

See what I mean!!

I only used the straightener just to make it lay better!

Sorry for having you to read about my crazy thoughts that just come out of no where!

Hope that you all have a GREAT day!

Until Later,

Just some thoughts...

2010-09-27T14:20:00.002-05:00

Some thoughts since being here in Italy.....

Working and living in Italy has been great up to this point!

I have met so many great people so far and

have made some great new friends as well!

But at the moment I am feeling a little bit lonely even though I am surrounded by so many people.

I am missing my family, which I know is normal by moving so far away from home.

I am also missing my good friends at home and the ones that I made while I was at Naval Corps School.

And one of the few people that I am missing is a guy that I met while I was there, and he was also going to Corps school as well. I guess that you would call it just a little fling. It wasn't anything serious but he was one of the nicest guys that I have met in a while.

I think what I am missing about him is just his company. He was always so kind to me and always had compliments for me. And he was just nice to be around as well.

So currently he is stationed in San Diego and is going to be with the Marines and will most likely going to be deployed once he gets done with his training in

Field Medical Training.

And as you all know, I am stationed in Naples, Italy.

Just a little distance problem as of right now.

I know that I am going to have to get over this in the near future

and hopefully I will meet some great guy over here.

But I guess since I am feeling a little bit lonely right now, so maybe thats while I am having these feelings.

So other than that, Italy has been great!

The next post will be more interesting than what this one has been, I promise!!

So hope that you all have a great rest of the week!!

Ciao!

2010-07-30T04:40:00.002-05:00

Well I made it to Italy!

I got into Naples on the 17th of July. So far it has been pretty nice. I think that Im going to like it here.

I still miss everyone back in the states.

I haven't really done a whole lot with my job just yet. I had to do a lot of online training before I could even get to my department. Im suppose to be working in opthalmology. That should be interesting, since I don't haveany clue about the eyes except for general information. So I will keep an opened mind to learn about it and it should turn out alright. One major plus of working in that department is that one of my coworkers is really awesome, so we should have some good times at work.

So last week I went on a winery tour in Taurasi, Italy. Let me tell you it was BEAUTIFUL!!! We went to the Caggiano Winery and it was just like what you would imagine Italy to look like with all of the vineyards. I will post pictures later!

So this weekend should be a good one.

Tonight Im going on another winery tour :)

Saturday, the plans are still being made and I will update you on that.

Sunday, Im going on another tour of a city, not really sure what the name of it is but it sounds really interesting.

So thats it for now.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Until Later,

I'm Back!

2010-07-18T02:08:00.002-05:00

Hey everyone...if there is still people around thats going to read my blog since I have been MIA for the past 6 months. There's a good reason for me being gone...I went to bootcamp in Jan. I graduated from there on March 19 and then went straight to my A school for Hospital Corpsman. I just graduated from school on July 1. I had a couple weeks of leave which was really nice and the best part was to be able to be around my family for the whole time. Now I am stationed in Naples, Italy for 2 years working at the Naval Hospital that is on base. The base is really nice from what I can tell from what I have seen of it so far. So hopefully I will be better at posting to keep all of you updated on my travels here and what is going on.

Until later,

Until Later...

2010-01-18T11:55:00.002-06:00

So my name of my blog is actually going to be starting in a couple of days!

But before I go on, just wanted to say that I had a great time on the cruise that I went on to the Bahamas on Norwegian Cruise Line. I can't wait to go back on another on with the same cruise line. (Especially their new ship, The Epic that they are going to have really soon. It looks AMAZING!)

I will have to post some pics another day, because I am crazy busy right at the moment.

So back to the title...I leave for bootcamp tomorrow! Where has the time gone? These past 10 months have flown by! I have to go meet with my recruiter at 1130 tomorrow I guess to finish up some paper work and then after that I will be taken up to St. Louis where the processing place is. I will spend the night up there and on the 20th I will get up really early and do my last bit of physicals. I think that the only things that they will really check is my weight, do a drug test and pregancy test and that should be it. I will swear in again, this time offically, and then I will be off to Great Lakes, IL to bootcamp.

So right now, I am doing pretty good. Just trying to get some last minute things done before I have to leave. I will be up there for 8 weeks and should graduate sometime around the 3rd week in March.

I am going to miss reading all of your posts while I am gone! Oh well, guess that will give me something to do when I get done.

I will do an update post once I graduate, just so that you all know that I made it lol

Until Later,

The Past Couple of Weeks

2009-12-25T21:11:00.002-06:00

December 13, 2009

Sunday

I had my graduation/going away party.

Had a better than expected turn out. We had about 35 people show up which was a little over half of how many we invited. At first we thought that we didn't order enough food, but as it turned out, we had a lot of left overs!

December 18, 2009

Friday

Celebrated a friend's birthday!

I called into work that night, which I normally don't do that, but let me tell you, it was completely worth it!

I don't think that I had that much of a good time since the start of the fall semester.

I didn't get home until 130 or so.

I got to meet some of her friends and they wereawesome.

December 19, 2009

Saturday

Was the big day!

(well at least in the education part of my life!)

Graduation had finally come.

It started at 930 in the morning.

It was a pretty nice ceremony, but of course they could have done with out some parts of it, but thats ok.

My mom, dad, sister, grandma, uncle, and aunt all got to go to it.

My uncle had just gotten home from Seattle they night before, so it was nice that he could make it as well.

December 20, 2009

Sunday

Went shopping all day in St. Louis!

Me, mom, my sister and my uncle left around 730 that morning.

We went to the Galleria Mall and maybe spent a few hours there.

Then we went to Trader Joes, one of my favorite stores.

Looked around WholeFoods. First time going there, and I wish there was one closer to me instead of being 2 hours away.

Then we went to Costco, which is one of my uncle's favorite places to shop at. I have to say they do have pretty good deals on things.

I don't think that we got back until 9 that night.

I think that was the most time that we got to spend with my uncle when ever he gets the chance to come home for the holidays. I really enjoyed spending the day with him, my sister and my mom.

December 21, 2009

Monday

Celebrated my sister's birthday.

She turned 26.

We didn't do a whole lot

just had a small little family party at home.

She picked what we cooked for dinner, which was tacos,turned out pretty good :)

And then we had Larry House of Cakes, red velvet cupcakes, yum-o!

(a little side note: they have the best iced sugar cookies that you could possibly have, especially the pink ones! for some reason the pink ones are the best)

December 24, 2009

Thursday

Got together with my mom's side of the family at my grandma's house.

Had great food, like always!

I don't know what it is but you can't get anything better than enjoying grandma's cooking.

Then we all opened gifts after everyone got done eating.

I got exactly what I wanted.

I finally got a North Face jacket and some gloves to go with it!

They are so warm!

But really, what I enjoyed the most was how the that side of the family got to spend time with each other.

Later that night, we opened all of our gifts that were just from each other.

I do believe that mom, dad, my sister, and myself loved what we got from each other.

We open our gifts on Christmas Eve because we go to my Dad's side of the family on the 25th. But this year we did this, because my dad had to work from 8-4 on Christmas day.

By the way, I got so many DVDs to add to my collection that I could open up a small video rental place. haha!

December 25, 2009

CHRISTmas Day!!

Went to my aunt's place to have lunch and exchange gifts with my dad's side of the family.

Had a great time spending the afternoon with everyone.

I think that everyone enjoyed what they got.

Then we all got to talk to my aunt who lives in Colorado,

which was nice because I don't really get to talk to her that much like we should.

After that we just sat around and watched a movie that my uncle had gotten and enjoyed each others company.

So I will post some pictures of the events that I told you about in the next post.

Hopes everyone has a great weekend!

Until later,

2009-12-25T00:31:00.001-06:00

Merry Christmas!

(I will come back and do a complete post of what has happend the past week or so)

2009-12-15T21:45:00.003-06:00

Thank God I am feeling better!

Especially since I have to go workout tomorrow with everybody that is in the same Navy DEP group as I am in.

So hopefully I will be able to do pretty well tomorrow and be able to do at least 16 pushups within the time limit.

I am praying that my arms will have the strength to be able to do that!

Until later,

Cold please go away...

2009-12-12T00:35:00.002-06:00

Dear Immune System,

Please fight off this cold or whatever it might be that I feel that is coming on. You have been great all year, as I have not been sick yet. I have a things planned this weekend that I would like to enjoy...minus the running nose, headache, and slightly sore throat.

I have a Christmas party on Saturday for the place that I have been working at for my internship. And then on Sunday I have my graduation/going away party. Wouldn't be so great if i didn't show up for my own party, now would it?

So please do your best to keep me well :)

Thanks,

Put Catchy Title Here....

2009-12-03T23:20:00.002-06:00

Since last time....

* Thanksgiving was great!
We went to my grandma's for lunch...let me just say it was yum-o! She always fixes way too much food but she always fixes everybody's favorites. :)

* My sister was able to come home from Wednesday thru Sunday. It was nice to have her come home for the holiday. I think that my mom especially enjoyed it because she had a shopping partner for Black Friday. They started shopping at 12 am and didn't get home until noon. Can you imagine shopping for 12 hours in that crazyness?? The only reason I didn't go out into that mess was because I had to work that night.

* So my hip is doing much better. I did end up getting the Cortisone shot which has helped greatly. And actually getting the shot wasn't as bad as I thought as it would be. Thank god for that!

* I have started back running...woo hoo! It feels so great to get back into running.

* Only four more weeks left of my current job and then I will be done working nights!

* Only 5 more weeks until I leave on my cruise to the Bahamas!! I am so ready to not have to worry about anything for a week.

* And pray that I do well on my physical fitness test (PFT) on the 16th of this month...this is just see where I am at physically before I leave for bootcamp. The only thing that I am really worried about are the push ups. So right now thats what I am really working on.

* Then in about 7 weeks I leave for bootcamp...wow how time has flown since I first enlisted back in March.

* And I think that the best thing that is coming up is that I graduate on the 19th!! Finally! Seems like these past 4 years have taken forever to get through. I will graduate with a BS in Health Care Management.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

until later,

2009-11-05T21:58:00.002-06:00

I know...its been a while since I have posted anything. Please forgive me :)

Well, there still isn't a lot going on with me. Still working 6 days a week. But that's for only for the next 4 weeks until the semester is over. Then I will go back to just working my regular full time job.

My internship is going really well. I will have to say that I will miss it and the people when I have to leave. I just found out on Tuesday that they are going to end up giving me something to say thank you for all of the work that I have done. I was surprised when they told me that. That is such a nice thing to do! I can't wait to see what it is.

Also, at the moment I am planning to go on a cruise for one last big vacation before I leave for bootcamp. I am going with a girl from work, which should be a good time. We are going to be going to the Bahama's on Norwegian Cruise Line. Its a 4 night cruise and we stop at three ports. I am so ready to go and just relax and not have to worry about a thing. So if any of you have ever been on that cruise line, let me knw what you thought about it please.

Speaking of leaving...I hope that I will be ready for it. For the past few weeks I have had to stop running because I have bursitis in my hip. It has been killing me that I have not been able to go running. I have a couple of more weeks of physical therapy left, and hopefully this will take care of the problem. If not, I will have to get a steroid shot in my hip that will take care of the problem. So I am thinking positive thoughts about the therapy so that I won't have to get a needle stuck in my hip! So far the therapy is working. It is still a little sore, but not as bad as it was when I first started going.

Well, I better get back to work. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Until later,

BOO!

2009-10-06T11:30:00.005-05:00

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT ONE

ESPECIALLY WITH AN EXTRA HOUR TO ENJOY IT!

hopefully i can write a longer post sometime tomorrow

since it has been a while.

until next time.

One of my favorite times of the year

2009-09-27T01:39:00.010-05:00

Fall has to be one of the best times of the year that I enjoy. I love it when the weather is just cool enough to be able to wear just a hoody and still be warm enough to enjoy being outside. So here are a few things I enjoy about this season:

gotta LOVE when fall colors start to show:

I also enjoy sitting around a bonfire on a crisp fall night

while making an enjoying some of these!Also, whats fall with out some football:

Go Dawgs!

(my school that I am currently attending right now)

Can't wait to see what the new stadium will look like!

Below is the current one:

Pumpkins! Gotta carve at least one :)

And, who doesn't love Thanksgiving!?!

You get to be around family, love the smell of the house when you are cooking the great meal for that day, and just be able to think about what you are thankful for a little bit more than you would on any other given day.

Hope you all have had a great weekend!

until next time,

Friends

2009-08-29T06:05:00.005-05:00

Been thinking a while about how great it is to have friends. I myself really didn't have any best friends while I was in high school. Granted I was friends with most everybody in my class. But it wasn't until I started going to SIUC that I met my bestie.

I had just started in my program of Healthcare Management and was in one of my classes and just picked a seat in the back, like I normally do. So she sat down next to me and thank goodness she did, because we had to get into groups so that we could do group work. And that was the start of our great friendship. I have no idea what I would do with out this girl.

We have had some great times together and I am sure that we will have many more in the future! I have no idea what we are going to do when I leave for the Navy in Jan and she is planning on joining the Army as well. She is still thinking about it, but I am pretty sure that she is going to go ahead and do it. But I am sure that we will still be able together some how and have a great time! ;)

So here are some quotes that I have found about friends:

"Friends are the most important ingredient in this recipe of life."

"Friendship doubles your joys, and divides your sorrows."

"Friends are God's way of taking care of us."

"Side by side or miles apart, dear friends are always close to the heart."

As I promised...

2009-08-19T21:37:00.003-05:00

Sorry that it has been a while since I have posted anything. So where do I begin....

First off thought I would tell you about the Dierks Bentley concert that I went with my best friend Joanna. We had a great time that night. It was at Harrah's in Metropolis, IL, which is about an hour a way from where I live. So her family knows someone that is pretty high up that works there and he got us free tickets to the concert. The tickets are just general admission which are pretty decent seats, so we where pretty happy with where we ended up. But a few minutes after we got there and got something to drink...the guy that she knows took us into the VIP seating which was the section of seats that where right up next to the stage!!! How awesome was that!!

So we decided that we would go up right next to the stage to get some good pics and then just find a place to stand for the rest of the concert. So we got our pics and then we just kind of stood there because he was going around shaking everyone's hand that where next to the stage. So he got to Joanna and then he got to me. So I had my hand up and he took it and I was thinking that it was going to be some nice hand shake and thats it...boy was i wrong! He ended up holing my hand and singing to me for at least a good 30-45 secs! It was AWESOME!

The rest of the concert was great. It lasted for a good hour and he sang all of his popular songs and I have to say that it was the best concert that I have ever gone to ever.

This is how close we where for basically the whole concert!

above: One of my favorite pics
~ so thats the end of my concert excitement until the next one ~

Also, I have started a new running workout. It is a combination of just normal running, interval workouts, and biking. So right now it is going pretty well. I am only on the second week of it. But I have had to take a few days of because I have some how pulled/strained my left thigh muscle. So I have been trying to let it heal up by not doing the full running program. There is something to do from Monday-Saturday and then you have Sunday as a "rest" day. But as for me, I have had maybe a couple of days off instead of just only one. I didn't think that was too bad. Hopefully this will help me get where I want to be with my running.

So my Summer vacation is now over :(

Starting tomorrow I will only be working weekends at the hospital..Thursday thru Saturday. Which is my regular full time job = 36 hrs/week. And then starting next week I will start working at my internship which is Monday-Wednesday which is 24 hrs/week. Thats right if you did the math, I will be working 60 hrs/week from now until Christmas break! With part of it being unpaid and the other part working nights. So needless to say...there goes the little of a social life that I have right now. Not much you can do on a Sunday afternoon after waking up from working a 12 hour shift from the night before! But I will have to say that I hope that this will make the semester go by fast, since I will be so busy working the whole time!

Some other random news:

I have finally gotten to my goal weight that I needed to be able to meet the requirements for the height/weight standards that the Navy has in place!! Now I am just working on losing a few more pounds just in case their scales weigh heavy.

Found some great deals at New York & Co. today! They are having a buy one, get one free sale on some of there pants. They are about the only place that I can find dress pants that are available in my size and they are talls! You should check it out :)

Got my eval done at work and received my 3.5 % raise which will start in Sept. So looking forward to that.

Well that is about it for now, I will let you all know how the internship goes and if anything else that happens. Hope you all have a great rest of the week and weekend!

Until later,

2009-08-18T15:42:00.001-05:00

Hello every one!

I promise that tonight I will post an update. I have a couple of things that I need to post about and post a few pics as well.

until then,

random...

2009-07-30T15:25:00.002-05:00

So I was just sittin here thinkin that I really need to start looking over my Navy history stuff. But the only thing is that I am not that motivated to get started because I am really not all that into history to tell you the truth. But I really need to learn some of it before our next meeting on Aug 10th.

Not only do I need to know it for the meetings but I have heard that I need to learn some of it before I actually leave for bootcamp. This is not my strong point, Lord help me!

Hope you have a great rest of the week and weekend!

~ Post of Pics of PCB ~

2009-07-29T01:38:00.013-05:00

A LITTLE BIT OF BEACH AND MARGARITAVILLE!

Great way to start out a Monday!!

2009-07-27T12:38:00.002-05:00

Finally have some great news!!! drum roll please........I finally got an internship..woo hoo!! So that is one less thing that I have to worry about right at this moment. I will be "working" at Southern Illinois Orthopedic Center in the HR depeartment. The manager that I talked to today seems really nice so that is a major plus right there. Also, she said that I could set my own hours, just as long as I get my required time that I have to get in for the semester.

So basically I will be working Mon-Wed there and then Thurs-Sat I will be going to work at the job that I have now at the hospital. So during the week I will be working a total of 60 hours! wow I will be one busy person. oh well, it will be worth it and it is only from Aug 24th to sometime in December when school is over.

Oh I will try and get my pics up from PCB sometime later this week since I don't have to work from Wed-Sat.

Hope you all had a great weekend and that the rest of the week is great as well!

PCB '09

2009-07-21T19:43:00.003-05:00

So this past week was most likely the best week so far this summer. I finally went on most needed vacation to the lovely state of Florida! We rented a place in Panama City Beach. The house that we stayed at was right across the street from the beach which was perfectly fine with me. It was about a minute walk from our front door to the water.

The weather while we were there was perfect. Only had one day that it rained where we couldn't do anything, but we still had a good time that day anyways.

We actually didn't do a whole lot while we were there, excpet laying out on the beach and just relax. We did go to Pier Park, where there are a lot of different places to shop and a few places to eat. One of the best places in my opinion is Magaritaville. Great food, drinks and the place itself was awesome. Completely reccommend it.

But one of the best things that I did while I was there was to go Para Sailing! My aunt paid for my way for a birthday gift, since she said that she never gave me anything for my birthday. So she wanted me to do the highest flight that you could do. So I went on 1200 ft up in the air, for 4 miles, and they did 3 dips in the water while you were up. Let me tell you, it was one of the best things that I have gotten to do in my life. Also, to add to the great day, was that I got to ride on the banana boats that get pulled behind a jet ski. Which that was a blast as well, except the part of tasting a little more salt water than I wanted too.

On Thursday, I went to Destin to go out with my friend/old roommate. We had a great time that night. We went out to dinner at AJ's Seafood and Oyster bar and had a great dinner. Saw a band while we were there which was pretty good and had a few drinks of course. But one surprising part of the night when out of no where fireworks started going off. AJ's is right on the water so some boat out there put on a show. That was a nice little extra to our night. We also went to some other place called, club overboard, but it wasn't as good as AJ's. But over all it was nice to hang out with Jessica since we haven't done anything since I moved out earlier this month.

I hated that the week ended and I had to come back to reality. I could of stayed there for at least another week! But I guess all good things have to come to an end sooner or later.

I will try and get some pictures up pretty soon to share with all you guys. Hoep that your week is going well so far!

Until Later,

MIA for the past week, and this is why....

2009-07-18T22:46:00.003-05:00

This isn't going to be very long one since I just got back from a 11 hour car ride from Panama City Beach, Florida. It was a great vacation and it was just what I needed! I will do another post and let you all know what we did while we were there and post some pics as well.

Hope that everyone is having a great weekend!

Sweet Home Alabama!!

2009-07-06T17:44:00.006-05:00

So this past holiday weekend was the best that I have had in a while! As I said in my last post, I went to go see Lynyrd Skynyrd on Friday the 3rd at Harrah's in Metropolis, IL. I was able to go for free with my best friend and her dad, since her mom's sorority helps out during the concerts. Over all we had pretty decent seats and the weather couldn't have been any more perfect than what it was. They played for about an hour which was a pretty decent amount of time, I thought.

Here are some pics:

My best friend and I at the concert

After the concert we went out to have a some more fun:)

So on the 4th we went to her Aunt and Uncle's house at the Lake of Egypt. Even though the weather wasn't so great, since it rained most of the day, we still had a great time though. We were still able to go tubing. I have never done this before and I had a great time while we had the chance to do it. Can't wait to go back there again and just spend the day on the lake.

The weather finally cleared up in the evening and we were able to see some fireworks that night.

Hope you all had a great 4th!

Until later,

Finally the weekend!!!

2009-07-02T21:35:00.002-05:00

Starting off I want to say that I hope that everyone has a great 4th!

So I am really ready to get this weekend started!

On Friday night I am going to Metropolis to go see Lynyrd Skynyrd with my best friend. So it should be a great time and I can't wait!

Hopefully this wonderful weather we have been enjoying will stay around until after this weekend is over! I am going to be spending the night with her, since who knows what time we will actaully get done having a good time that night :)

Then on Saturday, we are going to be heading to Marion, where her aunt and uncle lives, and spend the whole day on the lake! She has told be that we are going to be tubing as well. So I have never done this before, so pray that I don't get hurt while I attempt to do it. But other than that, I have no idea what is in store for that day. I know that we are going to be going somewhere to watch the fireworks that night, which will be a great ending to a great day!

So I will tell you about my weekend sometime next week!

Do you guys have any great plans for this weekend?

Until later,

Updates

2009-07-01T05:15:00.005-05:00

So today I am moving back into my parent's house. I don't think that it should be too bad of a move since I have most of my things alrady over there and plus it is onl y a few minutes away from where I am now. So hopefully, everything will go alright after I move back in since I am use to doing anything that I wanted to without having anybody questioning me what I was going to be doing. So that's what is new in my life right now. I know..pretty exciting right?? yeah, not so much lol

****started this a couple of days ago, move went great, just have to get everything organized now***

on the other hand, some updates on what I have written about earlier:

Internship: still looking for one. but the good news is that i now only have to work 20 hours a week for it instead of 40. this is pretty good since i dont have to keep looking for a paid one..which let me tell you..i dont think that they exist!! so keep your figers crossed that i find one pretty soon. i am hoping to get one by this the end of this week.

Navy things: so on my winery trip the past week, i learned about the college fund that is available that you can get that adds more money whenever you get the G.I. Bill. So I thought that this was a pretty good deal. When I got home I researched about it a little then headed to go talk to the recruiters about this. But as it turns out, I wouldn't be able to get this until after I have been in for 3 years. Not as soon as I would like it to be.

But my only dilemma is that, if I take the LRP right now, I won't be able to get the GI until I reenlist and the catch with the college fund is, from what I have read about it, that you have to ask for it when you first enlist. So what I am trying to decide is just take the LRP or not? Because if I could possibly get quite a bit extra from the college fund I could use that to pay on my loans that I have. But my only question is that, would I still be able to get it if I wait until I reenlist after my first five years are over?

Also found out that if I do decide to go to school when I first start out that I would only be able to get Tuition Assistantance since the GI doesn't start until after I am in for 3 years. This would only pay for the tuition and not the books or anything else that I may need. Again, still not a bad deal. I would much rather pay for books and not have to worry about paying the tuition any day. I guess I could do this if I took the LRP or not. What to do????

I have came to the conclusion that I hate having to make hard decisions, but I guess that is just part of growing up and I need to get use to it.

Well thats about it for the updates,

until later,

~ Crazy Friday ~

2009-06-26T20:10:00.002-05:00

So today was suppose to be just a normal Friday, just like any other day after I get off from work.

So my plan for today after I got off from work at 0730 was to go over to Marion and go to Wal-Mart and pick up a card for my parents anniversary and then go running. So not a too bad of a plan I thought.

So I was almost to Wal-Mart and then I heard a thud sound and I thought something fell off of my car. I looked back and didn't see anything, and this is where my day goes down hill. Then I heard an awful sound while I was driving. Thankfully I was close to a turn lane. So I turned off of the highway and into an old parking lot...got out and then just as thought...I had a flat tire!!

I was going to change the tire myself...I even had the owner's manuel out just for a guide. I got everything out and then I was going to get the jack out...and thats where it hit a dead end. Somehow they have it locked into a holder and all that you have to do is unscrew it to loosen it and then slide it out. Apparently it hasn't been used because it to tight for me to get.

There I sat...with my back hatch up waiting for someone to stop and help me. Well, needless to say no one would stop. So thank goodness we have roadside assistance through Verizon wireless. Which was nice because they will come and help and it won't cost me anything. Well the wait time at the most would be 1 hour and 55 minutes!! I didn't want to wait that long, especially since it was getting hotter by the minute.

While I was waiting for the service to show up, this guy on a Harley shows up and offers to help me change the tire Thank You God!!! So he was nice enough to stop and help since everybody else and their mother just drove by. In the meantime I cancled the roadside assistance, since they were taking too long.

And the really great part about it was that my spare tire is actually a normal tire that you can drive around on and not have to worry about getting a new one. He did a great job changing it and it didn't take too long to change either. I told him I wish that I could give him something for helping, but then he told me that he wouldn't take anything because he was just being nice.

I wish that there were a lot more people like Jimmy who would stop and help people out like me in this situation. So hopefully there will be some way to repay the kind act to someone else. So I will keep a look out for some way that I can help someone else.

Over all, got my tire fixed, which only was $15..so not too bad! And then I went running. Not the greatest time that I have ever ran...but at least I went lol.

So I hope that you all have a great weekend!

Mini Winery Tour Fun!!

2009-06-23T20:20:00.007-05:00

So for all of that don't know..Southern Illinois has a great Wine Trail avaible to go on. I know who would have thought that around here that we could actually grow grapes and make some awesome wine. It is a great way to spend a free day, especially with all of the tasting that you can do at each winery!

So on Monday, me, my mom and my aunt went to a few of them and spent most of the day enjoying the scenery, the wine and the company of each other.

Our first stop was Von Jakob. This was the first time there and they have some pretty awesome wine. The one that my mom and I liked the best was the Jonathan Apple Wine. It taste like you are "eating" an apple. It was so good...we had about a half of a bottle between the two of us.

So after that we decided that we should get something to eat before we went to any more. So we headed over to Giant City Lodge and had some good food there. After we had a great lunch it was time for stop number 2.

The second stop was at Rustle Hill Winery. I have to say that this is the best one that we went to that day and the best one that I have ever been to myself! The view is awesome and so is the wine. But the best thing that you can actually get there..is the Sangria!! If I didn't have to drive that day...I think that I could of had been able to drink a whole pitcher of it! But I stuck to only having a single glass plus whatever I tasted as well. The wine that I liked the best was Traminette. Now that I think about it, I should of gotten a bottle for later...oh well, just means an other reason to go out there again, hehe

The third and final stop was at Starview Winery. I have to say that this wasn't my favorite but it was pretty nice. They did have a few wines that I liked. They also had a Sangria that tasted like it was hawaiian punch but not as good as Rustle Hill. But the best thing that they did offer was Wine Slushies!! Who would have thought! It was perfect to end with that since it was so hot that day and the drink was so cold! I did find to wines that I liked and they were, Bellastar and the Concord one.

The wonderful wine slushie

So I say if you should ever happen to end up in Southern Illinois, you should stop by any of the wineries that we have around here.

Not the greatest idea!

2009-06-21T12:37:00.002-05:00

So today I might have not had the greatest idea in the world.

I decided that I would go running before I had to get some sleep, since I work tonight

So it doesn't sound all that bad right??

Well, just before I had a fruit and yogurt thing from McD's and a iced low fat mocha, which by the way was wonderful!

And it is around 11 am and it is already 96 degrees outside with 46% humidity!

(Gotta love Southern Illinois' Summers)

Also, I decided today that I would increase my distance from 1 mile to 1.5.

Why I decided that I would do that today, I will never know!

So it started off pretty good, but then about half way through I was feelin it.

I don't know if it was the coffee/yogurt or the heat/humidity, maybe a little bit of both. But I was feelin sick.

Needless to say my time sucked!

It was double what it has to be for the requirements for the Navy.

I am so upset at myself for taking this long to run a 1.5!

So, I am not going to let this bother me too much,

but hopefully I can get my time down to where I need it to be.

Keep you fingers crossed for me.

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Happy Father's Day!

2009-06-21T12:13:00.006-05:00

Hope that every one has a great time celebrating Father's Day. I wish that I could spend some more time with my dad today, but I can't since I have to work tonight. So I made sure to go to my parent's house this morning before he left for church to give him his card and gift.

Now I am not the type of person that likes to give or get mushy cards. So I got him one from hallmark cards that has the characters on it that are hoops&yoyo. Those are the funniest and best sound cards that they have to offer in my opinion. I got him one where they sing about him about falling asleep on the couch while watching tv....it is so perfect because he does just that haha! And then I got him the dvd Wanted, which looks like a good movie to me.

So here are some pics of my great dad:

This one is a couple of years old
At a Cardinal's baseball game

Last year 4th of July

would have been a better pic of he didn't have the cheesy smile goin on

And one more:One of the whole family :)

early morning post...

2009-06-20T04:22:00.002-05:00

So for some unknown reason this morning I woke up at 4 am! I have no idea why I do this, but I don't like it..especially since it is Saturday! I had planned on getting up just a little bit earlier than usual since we are having a yard sale today...but I was thinking more along the lines around 6. I could so use the extra two hours of sleep. But oh well!

So being up this early I was thinking that I should start posting something weekly like I see on other wonderful blogs that I keep up with. Maybe something like a photo of a week like the Chic Runner does, or anything else like that. If you have any ideas, I would be glad to hear about.

So, the rest of the week has not been to eventful really. Besides the fact that our roof of the house has started leaking in the living room. So we had to call the landlord...which I have to say he is a weird one at that, and I don't think that he is that brightest crayon in the box. So he decided that he would climb up into the attic to see whats going on. My roommate Jess was home when he was here, and I got a text saying that he messed around with it and made it worse. And to make things even more awkward with him...he decided that he had to take off his shirt since it was so hot...mind you it was at least 90 something but actually felt like 102 with the heat index... but he is not the greatest person to look at and it is just a little strange to have your landlord walking around with no shirt on...eww! I am so glad that I didn't have to deal with him today! He just gives off a strange vibe to all of us. But needless to say, I don't have to worry about it for too much longer since I am moving back home at the end of the month.

Lately I have been slacking on running :( I really need to get more motivated to go more often than I do. I know that I should go and I need to go, but I don't. Hopefully I will get over this hump and start getting better times and actually increasing my distant next week.

Not really, sure what I am going to do the rest of the day after the yard sale is over..hopefullt something fun...but I can't wait until Monday though! I know you are most likely thinking, "who wants it to Monday?" But the only reason I am ready for it is beacause I am going to be going to a few wineries that are around the area :) Who would have thought that Southern Ill had wineries?? My favorite one is Blu Sky. It is the best one around in my opinion.

I will update you guys about how the yard sale went. Hopefully we will make quite a bit..since we are trying to make money for our Florida trip in July.

Have a great Saturday,

past week happenings and a little bit extra

2009-06-16T00:50:00.005-05:00

So here is an review of last week and this week so far.

Monday:

We had our monthly DEP meeting that started at 1630. Everything was going pretty well until Petty Officer Jones started getting onto the group. So first thing that he got onto us was that not everybody was calling him or Chief Hope every Monday like we are suppose to. We have to do ths just to say that everything was fine over the weekend and we didn't get any tickets or anything like that. So after another talk about him saying that since we all consider that we are adults that we need to start acting like ones.

*Just a little side note..I am one of the oldest person in the group and have only been it since March and needless to say I know most of the information that we should know.*

So back to the meeting: So at this meeting we had some other Petty Officers that are from the same area or something like that. They come to the meetings to ask the recruits some questions or whatever just to check that our recruiters are doing what they are suppose to be doing. So they decided to ask a few of the recruits some questions that are about to leave for bootcamp in a week or so. Needless to say..they didn't know everything that they should of known. Not so great on their part.

After that, we all lined up and was asked to say one of the 11 general orders. So Jones came around and just picked a number and what they were suppose to do was say it from memory. But most of them couldn't do this and used the poster that was on the wall that had all of them listed on it.

So when it came to my turn...and I was last..one of the other Petty Oficer, knew for some reason that I must of known that I knew my stuff. So he told me to close my eyes so that I couldn't use the poster and thank God I knew which one he picked for me to say. So some of the other recruits was trying to get Jones to give me one of the harder ones to say, but he didn't haha.

So needless to say that the visiting Petty Officers were not thrilled about our performance. Thats whe they took us out behind the4 building where the office is located and lined us up. Let the push-ups begin. If the questions that he asked and there were a few people that could't answer them, we all as a group had to do them.I could of hurt some of the other DEPers!

After that was all over, we continued our meeting. So then we broke up into teams to answer questions about Ranks. So if you answered incorrectly, we had to do 5 push ups and if we got it correct we could give another team our pushups to do. Needless to say...my team wasn't that great and we got to do a lot more push ups. woo hoo!

So also at this meeting I was put in the position of RPOC, since apparently I am mature enough to get things done and be in charge of the other recruiters for the meetings. I have to get them lined up in ranks and make sure that everything is done before the meeting starts. So I am pretty nervous/excited about doing this...maybe except yelling out orders since I am not that loud to begin with lol So I will let you all know how this goes the next meeting.

REST OF THE WEEK: went pretty well. I worked Thursday thru Saturday and it was pretty much uneventful.

SUNDAY: Met up with my bestie in Metropolis to go out to eat. Had a great dinner with her and her parents at Olive Garden. It was yummo!! Also before we went to dinner had a nice time just catching up on what has been going on since we last hung out when the semester was over.

Monday (yesterday): didn't get the good news that I wanted to hear. The Navy is only going to repay one of my loans that I have. The one that I really wanted to get repayed they won't and of course it is my largest one that I have..go figure! So I guess once I get out of bootcamp and actually start working I will get it refinace with USAA since they have pretty good interest rates.If anybody has any other suggestions about this that would be great. To have them paid by the Navy they have to be a Title IV loan and I can't seem to find any that I can use to refiance.

I know that this is pretty long post...so thank you for getting this far :) Hope you all have a great rest of the week!

until later,

Only in So ILL

2009-06-10T19:52:00.003-05:00

So today when I was running some errands, I couldn't believe what I saw. So you have all seen people that write on their car windows when something great happens to them. Something like: "Congrats!", "Just Married!", or what ever it might be.

So to not delay you any longer to what I saw, here it is:

(I think that it should say "Just Married" and not "Just Marryed")

I would have to say only in Southern Illinois would you see this!!

End to a good Saturday

2009-06-06T20:39:00.002-05:00

So my Saturday in general has been pretty good in all. I really didn't do a whole lot really. I went and did a couple of errands and then went to my parent's house for a while. I went through my clothes and shoes and got rid of most of it, since we are going to be having a yard sale in a couple of weeks.

While I was there, I started to sneeze like nothing else. Whenever my mom starts to clean...or even myself for that matter....and it starts to stir up the dust I start sneezing like nothing else. It gets so bad that I have to stop and lay down for a while just so I can stop sneezing. So I say that I am allergic to cleaning lol So do this get me out of cleaning??? ;) I like to think that it does.

So I went home after I had my fill of sneezing my head off and then took a nap for maybe an hour. Which was nice :) Watched a few of my shows that I has taped and then went and got my dog to spend the night with me since I am at home alone forthe weekend. I feel a little bit better with her here with me, while my roomies are gone.

So I have been debating all day to go for a run or not. So I finally decided that I would since I didn't go yesterday. This was the first time that I took Tinker running with me.And tgo my surprise ahe actually did a pretty good job. I only had to pull her along a couple of times, since she was more interested in smelling something that caught her attention.

The only thing that I regret about my Saturday is that I wished that I would have timed my run, since it felt like this run was a little faster than normal. So I am going to continue to think that I had a decent run time :)

So until later.

Had a Wonderful Friday

2009-06-05T19:52:00.003-05:00

So today was a pretty good Friday, if I do say so myself. Even though it might not be what everybody would want to do, I had a good time. I was babysitting my two favorite girls that I have ever watched. Since they are out of school, I had them from 0830 to 1730. We did some errands around Carbondale that I had to get done...so not so exciting time for them, but I got somethings done that I needed to.

So after lunch we spent a couple of hours swimming! It was just what I needed. I havent been swimming in a long time and it was really relaxing and a fun time.

So right now I am hoping that this slight sunburn will turn into a slight tan since I seem to always be pale. Apparently my mom, dad, and sister seems to have the gene to be able to tan easily and for some reason I did not get this gene.

That was basically my day...had dinner at my parent's house and now I am just sitting at home doing nothing. I should be be picking up my room since my clothes have seem to have taken over my floor space lol.

Now what to do tomorrow since mmy roommates are gone to Current River doing on some float trips and drinking all day/night. So what is a girl to do on a great Saturday??

just a little update: still haven't hearf anything about the loans and i finally decided that I am not going to do the Officer thing and just stay enlisted.

until later :)

wanting a normal life

2009-06-04T02:21:00.002-05:00

is that even possible???

i hope that some day that it will be!

* i just want to be able to work normal hours: especailly since i am sitting here
at work and still have five more hours to go before my shift is over

* have enough income to where i don't have to worry about if i have enough to do some
extra things if i want to (not that i don't think that thiss issue will ever change or go
away lol)

* be able to not worry about my stupid loans that i had to take out for school.
(hopefully i will hear something about this by the end of this week. seems like
everytime we tried to get it sent off to where it needed to go, there was something
else that we forgot to fill out! keeping praying that they (the Navy) will just end up
feeling sorry for me and just pay the major loan off that i have.)

well thats all that i got for right now. i think that if i weren't as tired as i am now and not doing this post at 0230 i could come up with more things. i am sure that who ever is reading this is shouting with joy that i am done complaining for right now. hopefully my next post will be a lot better than the last two posts that i have done.

have a great day! :)

at work bored and with some free time

2009-06-02T04:46:00.003-05:00

So right now I am at work...and as my title suggest I have some free time. Just a little update that I still haven't heard anything about the loan repayment yet. I talked to one of my recruiters today and he said that he couldn't get a hold of Chief that works in St. Louis that handles the loan repayment. So hopefully I will hear some good news today about that.

Anywho, my run yesterday was brutle!! It was so humid, I thought that I was going to die! I am hoping that my time will get better here shortly. Right now it seems that my mile is longer than normal ever since I started running on the road and not on the usual track at the rec center. Wondering if that is normal or not?

So I guess I better get back to work...even though I dont have much to do right now.

so until later,

Still Waiting......

2009-06-01T07:39:00.002-05:00

Decided that before I went running this morning I would do a small post...since I really am not in the mood to go running right now...

Went to Chicago this past weekend and had a great time! I went up there with my aunt and as my roommates for a rooftop game to watch the cubs (boo!) and dodgers play. Needless to say, didn't watch the game that much. I was having too good of a time eating/drinking and talking with everybody that I knew. So it was worth the price that I had to pay....but not to excitied about if i gained weight from all the great food that they had available. I am thinking that all the walking that we did will equal everything out so that I didn't gain anything.

Still waiting on to hear about if my all of my loans are going to get paid off by the Navy. Hope to hear something about that today.

Also, I might have a place that might actually have a paid internship available! So I am going to head over there this morning to drop my letter and resume off. So keep your fingers crossed for me!

So now its time to go running....even if it already really humid...gotta love SO ILL weather!!

Need Answers for the questions of my life right now...can anybody help??

2009-05-28T04:55:00.005-05:00

Right now, I am wishing that there is some way that all the questions about what I am going to be doing in the near future (especially the fall semester) would just some how appear. If that could actually happen, I think that I could actually enjoy my summer a little bit more than I am now without the stress of these couple of issues.

So here are my wonderful problems:

Internship:

So apparenty my wonderful school thinks that in order to graduate that I should have to do an internship. I can see thir point. But what I don't get is that we (the students) have to pay the school full tuition so that we can go work somewhere for free! So this fall, I have to pay 1-2 thousand dollars just to do this!! I don't see the concept in that...but oh well...can't do anything about that. But my major problem is, trying to find an assistantship ( for all that don't know...assistantship = paid internship). Trying to find one is like trying to find a needle in a haystack! Hardly...no...no one around this area offers any. So I went around Marion and Herrin giving out my resume and a letter saying what I was looking for. I also threw in, that it would be nice to get an assistantship, because if I dont...here's my options (FYI: I only told them about the first one that I am about to explain)

1. Work forty hours a week for the internship and then have to work at my current postion on the weekends, so i total of at least 76 hours a week of working!! not looking forward to that at all!

2. Or I could take out a loan that would cover my expensives for the semester and just work at my internship and then have no life since I won't be able to do anything extra that much.

So either way that I go...in the end I will have no social life for the semester...what is a girl to do in this situation?? lol

But I am hopeful that one of the places that I went to yesterday will feel sorry for me and let me do have an assistantship!

Life in the Navy:

So as you all know, I am enlisted in the Navy and will be leaving for Great Lakes, IL for bootcamp in Jan. I know what you all are thinking, because I am thinking the same thing...It's going to be freezing up there and why are you going then and not when it is warmer?? If i could change my date to at least to when it is slightly warmer, believe me I would!! But anywho, thats not my problem that I am trying to figure out.

My current situation is trying to figure out if I should try and go Officer or not? When people hear this they automatically say that I should, since it would be a lot better than just going in enlisted. Believe me I know this! But as of right now, the jobs that I qualify for are not really what I want to do. And the job that I got when I go enlisted is what I want to do.

Another aspect is that, if I stay enlisted, there is a good chance that I can get my loans paid off that I have from school. The Officer program doesn't offer this. So from a finacial stand point, it is better to stay enlisted. Especailly if they will pay off the biggest loan that I have! But on the other hand, wondering what to do if they should happen not to pay them off?? Stay enlisted or try the Officer route? (that is if I get accepted to the program)

So for all that are still reading this, THANK YOU, for letting me get some things off of my chest. Besides these two things, my life is going pretty well right now. I have a trip planned to Chicago this weekend and then a trip to Florida in July. I can't wait to get away from this area for a while, just for a little break and not have to think about any thing.

So have a great day!

Hurricane in SO ILL.....who knew that could happen??

2009-05-11T01:47:00.003-05:00

Well everyone because of our crazy weather that we can get in So Ill...we experienced an !INLAND HURRICANE! on friday afternoon. it all started when we got a pretty good storm on friday around 0030 or so. we had hail up to 2 inches and needless to say, i got some dings in my hood of my car. so not too bad i thought.

so then on friday morning i got a call from my mom saying that i needed to go to her house and stay with my dog, tinker, because she is really afraid of storms and strong winds. so i did some running around that morning and then got to my parents house around 11 or a little after. thank goodness that i did go over there, because if i did stay at my house, my car would have gotten smashed by car limbs that fell arround my roommates car.

so about this inland hurricane...it was the worst storm that i have ever gone through! it was crazy! we had winds that got up to 106 mph! we were lucky that we had no damage to the house or vehicles, but some people were not as lucky. i will post pictures once the power gets back on. we have been without power since friday afternoon and we dont know when they will have it back on. there are about 45000 people in the surrounding area that are without power right now. but at least we have water and hot water as that!!

but we have been volunteering at the fire station since my dad is on the fire department...so we have been able to have good food and been able to stay busy during al of this. but during the night we have had a county wide curfew that goes from 2000-0600 to prevent extra traffic on the roads to get in the way of the crews and to prevent theft since there are a lot of businesses that are not opened because of the power outage.

so hopefully we will have power soon so that i can upload some pics just to show you what damages of an inland hurricane looks like.

until next time

Go Cards!!!

2009-04-26T08:52:00.005-05:00

For any of you that don't know I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan. And right now they are playing awesome. Last night they beat the Cubs 8-2. It was a great game. I didn't get to go to it, but from watching the highlights it looked liked a great one to go to. Especially when Pujols hit a grand slam WOO HOO!! So here is a video that i found...might not be the playoffs right now but it still is true!! Well, I am off to go running so I will talk to you later and have a great day, and hopefully the Cards will beat the Cubs once AGAIN today!

not much to talk about today

2009-04-09T15:03:00.002-05:00

well,

like my title says, don't have a whole lot to update you on. i am just doing the samething as usual. working, going to class, sleeping, working out and then repeat. lol

so on monday i have my first dep meeting, so can't wait to see how that goes. right now i am trying to memorize the few things that i have to. i pretty much have most of done, but i have a few more things left to learn.

otherwise, juts trying to get to my goal weight still. its a slow but steady process right now. also on tuesday, joanna and i are starting what we call "bootcamp" workouts with one of my recruiters. so we have no idea what he is going to make us do. but should be a good time, since i will have moral support since joanna is going to do it with me. but i still think that we are going to get our butts kicked during them. haha

until later,

"Dep Recruit Glover requesting permission to come aboard"

2009-04-05T08:30:00.004-05:00

so on tuesday, march 31st, i was up in st. louis to go through meps. i went up the night before since we had to start the day no later than 0530. i went to bed around 2200 on monday night, and from then on, i woke up every hour, on the hour until 0300, when i decided that i might as well just stay up and start to get ready since we were going to get a wake up call at 0400 anyways.

so we got on the bus around 0530 and then went to the federal building where we went through meps. i will have to say that was one of the longest days in my life! all you do there is just hurry up to get to the next sation and just sit around and wait. i had to do a vision and hearing test, blood test, urinalysis, talk with a doctor, and then do a routine physical and some other type of test to make sure that your joints and everything can move well.

anyways, passed everything! thank goodness! i am still over my weight limit that they allow for my height, which by the way they measured me at 71 inches and not 72.....boo! but in my heart i am 72 inches and will always be haha! i was wrong thinking that i was only 6 pounds away from my goal, since i am an inch shorter i have to lose an extra 4 pounds!!! i am back at the last 10 pounds mark......again!!!! but oh well, i can do it!

so after passing the physical part of the whole thing, i finally got to go pick out my job for when i get out of bootcamp. i had a job in mind before i went up there but i wasn't going to hold my breath for it since mainly males get the position before females. when i was talking to chief m, i told him what job i wanted and he was telling me that it might not be possible and that i should be open to ther positions as well. which i didn't mind that. so he couldn't find that job that i wanted, but since he knew where i worked at and that my test scores were pretty good in the science section,.......he made a phone call and there happened to be a postion open for the job that i wanted!!!! woo hoo!!!! so i am going in as a hospital corpsman which sounds like it will be a pretty awesome job. i will also be going in as an e3 which means higher pay for me, which is not a bad deal in itself. so after picking out a job and getting finger printed for the secruity side of it, i swore in and my day was finally over! we left there around 1500 and i was worn out!!

so right now i am in the dep (delayed entry program) so that i can finish school and i will ship out on jan. 20 for bootcamp. so in the meantime, i have have meetings with the recruiters that prepare me for bootcamp and everything else that i need to learn before then. also, every monday i have to call/text chief h to tell him that everything went ok during the weekend and nothing happened that could effect me in the long run. i cant get any tattoos while in dep....not that i want another one right now. i have to make sure that i pass all of the drug test that i have to do......not that i am worried about that part at all...... and get to my goal weight before i have to leave.

so basically that is everything that has happend so far...... more to come later

<3

First day of the rest of my life

2009-03-31T04:11:00.001-05:00

well everyone cant write too much...just wanted to let you know that i am going to MEPS today and enlisting as well. kind of excited and nervous. well have to go
<3

~finally an update~

2009-03-28T20:55:00.006-05:00

ok here is an update about what is currently going on with my life:

Navy:

officer part:
so i took the ASTB test that i mentioned in my last post and i did pass, but i think that i did so by the skin of my teeth. i got a 43 on it and i dont think that score is the greatest but at least i did pass. i found out that i qualified for three jobs. 1. supply officer 2. surface warfare officer 3. aviation maintenance duty officer. the two that i am really leaning towards are 1 and 2 because i am not that much into maintenace stuff. so right n ow i am still trying to get down to my goal weight and to be able to pass the pt.

enlisted part:
so right now i am going to get into the enlisted part and also try to get into the officer program as well. if i do get accepted into the officer part i will just bypass everything for being enlisted and just go to ocs instead. anyways, i went to go talk to the recruiters on friday afternoon, because they had called and said that they wanted to set up some dates to get together to do some workouts. so i went over there and got that figured out. i start that in april.....so wish me luck....i am sure that i am going to get my butt kicked...but i think that it wil be worth it after it is all done. i also, got one of my friends from school to do the workouts with me. i think that it will be good for some moral support.

so while i was talking to them, i asked them about doing both enlisted and officer at the same time. and they said yeah you can do that, not a problem. chief l, told me about this since he does the recruiting for the officer side of things. so i figured that i would ask chief h about it to see what he had to say. well, they told me about it and then they asked if i wanted to go ahead and go to meps on monday (3/30) and tuesday (3/31) since they have someone going up there already and i said sure, since i have nothing goin on those days.
so what was suppose to be a quick visit to the recruiters office, turned into a two hour thing.

so we got all of the papaer work that needs to be done before going to meps which took forever! they ask you about pass medical history, if you have had any pass problems with the law, info about tattoos, and everything else that they could possible think of. so that took some time, but we got it done.

so on monday evening i will be going to st louis to get everything in place for meps on tuesday. i am going to be getting a nice 4 am wake up call that mornig and then after that all the fun stuff will take place. i will have to take an eye test, hearing test, and a physical test to make sure that everything is working right. so kind of wondering what all goes on with that part if it. after that i will be able to pick out my jobs that i would like to do, if i dont get into the officer program (but lets hope that doesnt happen!) and then i will swear in and be in dep (delayed entry program) which means i wont be able to go to bootcamp until next march/april of nesxt year.

so basically that is everything new that is going on in my life right now. so when i get back from stl i will update you all. so ttyl :)

<3

Will I ever get to my goal???

2009-03-16T08:39:00.000-05:00

this post is going to be nothing but complaining for a while since i don't have anyone else to complain to right at this moment!!
as you all know i am trying to get into the navy. but the only thing that is really stopping me...(ok maybe two things) is trying to lose the rest of my weight and meeting the pt requirements.

for some unknown reason i can not lose my last 10 pounds!! i can't seem to get over this hump!! i would greatly appreciate it if someone could tell me what i could do to accomplish this goal.

my secind goal that i cant accomplish right now is meeting two of the three pt requirements! i can get the amount of sit ups that are required but i cant get the amount of push-ups and run the 1.5 mile in the correct time!

the whole push-up thing is going to kick my but!! i have such long arms that it seems like i have to actually go down a mile and then try to get back up!! plus i dont have that much upper body strength so that could be part of the problem as well!

and trying to run a 1.5 mile in 14 to 13 mins is not happening right now, but i think that to accomplish this goal shouldnt be too bad. i just have to keep running more than i have and i should get there.

but other than that, i am getting closer to trying to become an officer. i took my ASTB test last friday and i have to wait for my results until this friday the 20th. this is going to be the longest week of my life i think! i just hope that i did well enough to pass.

so thats about it for me complaining...thanks for listening and until later,

<3

just a video to make you laugh

2009-03-04T08:11:00.000-06:00

found these on youtube....this is just one of the many that this group has available to watch. look under ImprovEverywhere to view some more!

~officer info~

2009-03-02T07:55:00.000-06:00

so, just wanted to update you on this whole navy thing that i am trying to do. i met with chief lyles who is a recruiter for officers (dont know if i said that correctly but you get the point, right?) so he told me a list of jobs that i am qualified for and they are:

* Supply Corps Officer
* Intelligence Officer
*Surface Warfare Officer
*Naval Aviation Officer

so now i have to decide on what three jobs that i want to try and apply for. i am thinking that i would like all of them except maybe the surface warfare one. but on the other hand i am not for sure if i want to be a pilot either.....a little scared about that one!

also, in two weeks on the 13th i will be taking the ASTB test to see if i can even qualify to even go in as an officer. so hopefully i will do pretty good in it and pass it.

well thats about it for now.....might do another post today later about my weekend in nashville.

<3

Jenniology

2009-02-24T08:44:00.000-06:00

Randomology

* What is your salad dressing of choice? Pag's house dressing.....sooo good!!
* What is your favorite sit-down restaurant? Olive Garden
* What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of? Cereal
* What are your pizza toppings of choice? pepperoni & mushroom

TECHNOLOGY

* How many televisions are in your house? 4 (only one of them is mine)
* What color cell phone do you have? red

BIOLOGY

* Are you right-handed or left-handed? right
* Have you ever had anything removed from your body? wisdome teeth
* What is the last heavy item you lifted? ????
* Have you ever been knocked unconscious? no

BULLCRAPOLOGY

*If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?No way
* If you could change your name, what would you change it to? wouldn't change it, just the spelling of it to Jenipher
* Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000? no

DUMBOLOGY

* How many pairs of flip flops do you own? only five or so
* Last time you had a run-in with the cops? when i had a car accident a couple of years ago
* Last person you talked to? people at work
* Last person you hugged? Mom

FAVORITOLOGY

* Season? Spring/Fall
* Holiday? Christmas holiday
* Day of the week? when ever i am off from work
* Month? March

CURRENTOLOGY

* Missing someone? Nope
* Mood? tok
* What are you listening to? pandora.com
* Watching? Nothing.
* Worrying about? nothing really

RANDOMOLOGY

* First place you went this morning? still at home
* What's the last movie you saw? He's Just not that into you
* Do you smile often? try to

-OLOGY*

* Do you always answer your phone? most of the time....but i always look to see who is calling
before i answer
* Its four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it? Probably someone I work with,
since we work nights
* If you could change your eye color what would it be? Green
* What flavor do you add to your drink at Sonic? Diet Cherry Limeaid
* Do you own a digital camera? yes, two of them
* Have you ever had a pet fish? yep, long time ago
* What's on your wish list for your birthday? not really for sure
* Can you do push ups? nope, but workingon that
* Can you do a chin up? no need to
* Does the future make you more nervous or excited? Excited,
* Do you have any saved texts? yep
* Ever been in a car wreck? yep, more than i would have like to be in
* Do you have an accent? Nope
* What is the last song to make you cry? don't usually cry from listening to songs really
* Plans tonight? go to work
* Name 3 things you bought yesterday? nothing!
* Have you ever been given roses? nope :(
* Current hate right now? don't really have one right now
* How did you bring in the new year? in St. Louis with a group of friends...had a great time!!
* Would you go back in time if you were given the chance? yeah, but only for a visit.
* Does anyone love you? family and friends
* Ever had someone sing to you? not really
* When did you last cry? been a while
* Have you held hands with anyone today? no, and most likely wont
* Who was the last person you took a picture of? picture of me and Joanna
* What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school? whatever was on the radio
* Are most of the friends in your life new or old? Mostly newer
* Do you like pulpy orange juice? No, can't stand it
* What is something your friends make fun of you for? ???, but i am sure there is something
* Have you ever ridden a on an elephant? At a circus a long time ago
* What are you saving your money up for right now? school
* When is the last time you ate peanut butter and jelly? maybe a couple of weeks ago
* What were you doing 12 AM last night? working
* What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up? "It can't be time to get up yet!!"

!!!up early for no reason!!!

2009-02-23T03:53:00.000-06:00

gotta love my job!!! for all that don't know, i work nights at a hospital as a tele tech (no, i don't watch tv's, but heart monitors) and a ward clerk for IMCU. i don't think that i could ask for any better job right at this particular moment in my life. i get paid pretty well, have great insurance, and i work with a pretty good group of people. but about the only thing that i don't like about my job, is why i am actually wrighting this post right now!! for no reason, i woke up and wide awake wanting to go do something.....but this is a problem since it is 4 in the morning and i have been up since 2!!!!! i can't stand that. i guess i slept too much yesterday when i got off of work at 7am after working 3-12hr shifts on thursday, friday and saturday! i got home and slept from about 0800-1530 and then by 2200 i was ready to go back to bed (i don't know about you but i don't think this is normal!!) well, i guess i am done ranting about my crazy, messed up sleep cycle, so i am going to try and get an hour of sleep before i have to get up and go work out this morning.

<3

finally!!!!

2009-02-20T04:26:00.000-06:00

ok, here is an update while i have some time at work.

i finally got to the recruiter's office when someone was there.

well, i found out that with my ASVAB score that i could pratically almost get any job that i would like to do if i decide to go enlisted, depending on if they have a postion opened. so thats one of the good things that i found out today.

another thing i got some more information about the healthcare collegiate program. it sounded really nice the first time that the recruiter emailed something about it to me. but as it turns out, i would end up getting paid $2500 a month (which is not too bad), but it doesn't pay anything as in school costs which is what i would like to happen since getting a masters is not cheap. so i think that it wouldn't be worth my time to get into that program. it would be better if i just went in enlisted and have the Navy pay for everything.

another thing that i found out is that i will be taking the ASTB (which is similar to the ASVAB but for joining as an officer instead if going enlisted) sometime in the near future. i might as well take it, because i have nothing to lose if i don't do well on it. and if i do do well on it, that could open the door for me getting to go in as an officer. but, i think what will end up happening is that i will just end up go enlisted and work on my masters and then trying for an officer position after a couple of years or so.

so thats about it with the updates...might have another one later today or tomorrow, because i will be calling a recruiter in st. louis about the officer part.

until later,

<3

early in the morning....

2009-02-18T07:45:00.000-06:00

well....
this morning i am going to try again to get in contact with the recruiter so that i can get some more of my questions answered. but the past few times that i have tried to go over there they have always been gone! is this some sort of sign for me or not??
i will give an update later today once i get back.
oh yeah, can't wait for tonight! i am going to go see Corey Smith after class. should be a good time.

<3

While I should be studying.....

2009-02-17T16:54:00.000-06:00

just thought that i would do an update....if you can call it one...while i am taking a break from studying for a test that i have tonight. let me tell you i am not looking forward to it at all. but who really looks forward to tests anyways..i am sure that i am not alone in feeling like this.

anyways, for any one that doesn't know already, i am in the process of joining the navy. thats right, you read right! but right now i am just trying to meet the weight requirements so i wont be able to do anything until then. i have about 12 more pounds to lose depending on what day it is. i can't stand how much my weight changes from day to day. but anywho, my ideal plan would go in as an officer and do something with healthcare management. but, i have found out that i have to have my masters first, but i have found out that the navy has some type of program that could pay up to 54k while i am in school. it sounds pretty good, but i am not for sure what it is all about just yet. (hopefully i will find something out about it tomorrow, if the recruiters would ever be in the office!!)
but if i can't join as an officer, i will just go enlisted. and then try to work my way up, or try to retry to get into the officer program after a year or so after i am enlisted.
well, i guess i will get back to studying and hopefully i will have more information tomorrow.

*talk to you later*

Bored at work.......

2009-02-13T01:57:00.000-06:00

Just thought that I would post something since I have everything caught up at work for a moment (which is something that never seems to happen!)

Well, to start off...

My first thought that I have is why would anybody want to end a good thing that is going on. I just don't understand the logic behind this action. i just found out the other day that our wonderful pastor of the church that i go to has decided to quit. i don't know all of the details about this situation, but from what i have heard it was because of a few people that can't accept a new way of doing things. i personally believe that chnage is good. having a few things stay the same is alright, but i think that doing something that is not like it has always been is a nice way to change it up. i am always up for something different. but i can't wait to go to church in sunday to get all of the facts about this situation.

another thing that i am wondering about is why when you start working out and you are really staying commited to the program that you have set up for yourself that you can't see the results as fast as you want to. this is exactly what i am going through right now. i just wish that i could see the pounds dropping off of me a lot faster than it is right at this moment. but i know that this is not how it is going to work out for me.....boo! believe me, it is nice to see some inches come off, but i am wanting the pounds to come off a little bit more than the inches at this point and time just because of what i am trying to do right now in my life.

but anyways enough with the complaining......
i guess that is all that i can actually complain about in my life at this particular moment while i am at work. overall i am pretty thankful about everything else that is happening in my life. and also that is all that i can think about at 2 a.m. in the morning.

so until later....

<3 jenn

~ A few youtube videos I like ~

2009-02-08T23:00:00.000-06:00

Here's a couple that made me laugh......

* A little bit about moi *

2009-02-08T21:55:00.000-06:00

* I am from the 'Ville in SO ILL.

* I am currently going to SIUC majoring in Healthcare Management and will graduate in
December of this year.

* I have a dog which I love to death....Tinker is a mix of a lab/setter/chow... she is three
years old and her birthday is April 2. I know, I know.....a little strange that I know her
birthday,but who cares...I love her!

* I love to travel and I hope that I will be able to do a lot more of it in the future. I have been to
Paris, London and to Holland in the past two years. Those trips are just a couple of my
favorite vacations that I have went on.

*I like all types of music

*Love to play Wii

*I live with two great roomies

*Love bareMinerals .... BEST makeup that there is

*I have a facebook .....and yes I also have a myspace page

*Can't workout without listening to my ipod

*I have naturally cruly hair....some days I love and other days I can't stand!!

*I like to watch music videos

*I am 6' tall and I still like to wear heels

*Love to watch the St. Louis Cards

*I like to have a good cup of coffee every so often

well, thats enought about me for now....until next time have a great day!

~ My Life So Far~

Postcard/ Christmas Card Swap

See you all later!

30 Day Challenge: Day 3

30 Day Challenge: Day 2

Are there really such things as Stupid Questions??

30 Day Challenge: Day 1

Mondays...

What a day~

My first Christmas overseas!

News Flash!!! Mail Exchange!!

Places I have been

Some of my favorite Quotes

Things I Miss....

O Curls, Curls! Where Forth Art Thou, Curls?

Just some thoughts...

Ciao!

I'm Back!

Until Later...

The Past Couple of Weeks

Cold please go away...

Put Catchy Title Here....

BOO!

One of my favorite times of the year

Friends

As I promised...

random...

~ Post of Pics of PCB ~

Great way to start out a Monday!!

PCB '09

MIA for the past week, and this is why....

Sweet Home Alabama!!

Finally the weekend!!!

**Updates**

~ Crazy Friday ~

Mini Winery Tour Fun!!

Not the greatest idea!

Happy Father's Day!

early morning post...

past week happenings and a little bit extra

Only in So ILL

End to a good Saturday

Had a Wonderful Friday

wanting a normal life

at work bored and with some free time

Still Waiting......

Need Answers for the questions of my life right now...can anybody help??

Hurricane in SO ILL.....who knew that could happen??

Go Cards!!!

not much to talk about today

"Dep Recruit Glover requesting permission to come aboard"

First day of the rest of my life

~finally an update~

Will I ever get to my goal???

just a video to make you laugh

~officer info~

*Jenniology*

!!!up early for no reason!!!

finally!!!!

early in the morning....

While I should be studying.....

Bored at work.......

~ A few youtube videos I like ~

* A little bit about moi *

Updates

Jenniology