Cel’s Neighborhood

Which do you prefer? City life or country living?

City! Only because I'm so used to it. I love nature, but I probably couldn't stand be surrounded by it 24/7.

Today is "Evaluate Your Life Day." So, tell us: how do you think you're life's going so far?

I won't say it's "perfect" (because nothing IS perfect in life) but I'm loving life. Of course things could be better in some areas, but in time things will improve. But so far, so good!

What's the last movie you saw in the theater? Rented?

The last movie I watched in the theater would be "Transformers 2". Rented is "The Case of Benjamin Button".

How many times did you move growing up? How did moving (or staying put) impact your childhood?

I've moved (major) 6 times in my lifetime. For me it's a double sided coin... while moving around has given me the benefit of learning about new cultures and living in exotic locations, the constant changing of homes, schools & friends kept me from establishing solid roots. It wasn't until my father retired from the military that I was finally about to really say that I had a hometown.

Luckily, my children have the advantage of learning about new places by taking lengthy vacations. Thanks to my (awesome) job, my family is able to enjoy the luxuries of life w/o sacrificing our home life. I'm blessed to have been introduced to this avenue of time & financial freedom!

I'm registered to start this fall semester.  I am scared and excited at the same time.  I'm going to school as a full-time student.  So far, I have registered for 3 classes  and I need 1 or 2 more class.  Two of the other classes I tried to register for are full.  So I have to go on Monday and see what classes are available.  I only want to go to school during the day and no later than 1:30 pm.  I need an English class and maybe an alternative class just to give me that full-time student status.  With just 4 classes, I'm lacking one credit hour.  One of my classes is only 2 credits.  :(  In order to be full-time I need 12 credit hours.  I really don't want to take 5 classes though.  I think that's a little too much for me to handle.  4 is cutting it, but I think I'll manage.  But 5, I just don't know.  I already hate studying and I hate homework.  That's all I will be doing for the next 6 years, or maybe longer... if that path is meant for me to take.  August 17th is when school starts for me.  Going for the bigger degree this time (Bachelors of Science/majoring in Biology).  Wish me luck.  It's gonna be a long journey.  

Would you rather have one best friend or ten acquaintances? Why?

Honestly, one best friend. I would like to confide in one person that knows my strengths and weaknesses. Also, someone I can completely trust.

I wonder why I'm always feeling tired?  If I want, I could just sleep throughout the whole day and the whole night.  My energy level isn't so high.  I just want to be lazy.  I'm thinking that maybe it's because when I was working I would have to wake up 5 in the morning and I'm not home till a little after 5:30 - depending on traffic - and I don't go to bed till 9ish.  Every single day, for the past year, I would feel so tired.  On the weekends, it's hard for me to sleep in.  So now it's like my body just wants to relax and unwind.  It feels nice.  I hated having to wake up so damn early!  I am not a morning person.  Like right now, I just want to nap.  But I got to leave in a little bit to pick up Ari from school.  This summer will be all about relaxation and having some fun... and no wasting any type of energy on something that isn't worth my time.

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Lack of experience and distractions...

Next week is my last week with my little girls and then they head to Vegas to be with their dad.  *sigh*  I hate this part of the year.  Then they'll be back on the 2nd week of August.  (I don't like seeing him!)  During that period, I'm planning on working part-time somewhere until fall semester begins and I'm also planning on volunteering at the church I go to.  I'll have plenty of me time to do whatever.  I'll probably do more outdoorsy stuff too, like hiking and camping.  I just know that I will not be able to stay home.  I go crazy from boredom!  

In two weeks, I'm headed off to South Beach, Miami with some of my friends.  We booked the tickets back in February and I was like, "What the heck, the girls will be gone anyway.  So why not?"  I saved up money for this trip.  I'm kinda excited. I've never been there before.  Different scenery, different people...  sounds like fun to me.  We'll be there from June 4th through the 7th.  I'm gonna take lotsa pictures

The smell of gasoline: Love it or hate?

Weird as it is, I love it!