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squeaker42
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Name: ha ha
State: Washington
Metro: Olympia
Birthday: 10/31/1988
Gender: Female
Interests: Running, running, running! Swimming, biking, running, mountaineering, hiking, Knowledge Bowl, writing, arguing/debating about politics and controversial issues, oil pasteling, sleeping, eating, breathing, blinking, brushing my teeth, contemplating things, Spanish
Expertise: obsessing, procrastinating, grammar, reading, school, drawing horses, thinking too much
Occupation: Medical
Industry: Government
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
12/18/2004
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| I was thinking about Christmas today, and about how it's going to be really crappy for a lot of people due to the current economic situation. And by crappy, I mean in terms of material objects received. Family and giving is the best part, but what happens when you don't have extra money to buy presents?
My family always donates to charity or buys an animal through Heifer International, but I'm not sure if that's going to be enough this year. I don't know how justified I feel asking for a new fleece jacket, earrings, books, chocolate, pretty scarves etc when there are families out there who can't afford food, electricity or heat. However, material human being that I am, I still want to enjoy Christmas, and I still want a new fleece jacket and maybe another pair of earrings. I love buying gifts for my family and friends-- searching for the perfect yarn for my mom, the perfect book or surfing accoutrement for my brother, tasty snacks and wood for my grandpa, some weird climbing thing for my dad. So. To be able to enjoy my Christmas, I feel compelled to give more than I have in the past, and give to the community.
I suppose I could tell everyone to just donate the money they would have spent on me to charity, but honestly, I want my presents. =P So that leaves me with donating my own time and money, and as I no longer have a job (besides school, but I pay to do that, not get paid), I think I'm going to volunteer as much as possible over winter break to supplement monetary donations. I think I'll also donate some food to the food bank and knit some scarves with the leftover yarn I have. That seems like a much better way to spend my three weeks off, and I'll feel like I'm starting to repay what the world has given me.
Anyone want to volunteer with me? =D
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| I finished my training at Home Depot today, and my first real day (with my own register!) is tomorrow. How exciting. I get my first paycheck though, so that really will be exciting. Hurrah monies!
Also... at least three people at work have asked me if I'm even old enough to be working. Apparently I look like I'm 14.
I blame the glasses.
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| I'm tired of being a predictable goody two shoes. I want to do something unpredictable and exciting.
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| Apparently people get weird diseases in college... Everyone gets mono, my cousin got German Measles, and now I have pneumonia (or bronchitis). Wtf. It's a really mild case right now, but there's definitely stuff growing in my lungs, and I'll know in a few days if I'm going to get really sick or not. Hopefully I just have a virus, but if I have bacterial pneumonia, I'm going to get hellishly sick in 24-48 hours. Bleurgh.
Thus, I am skipping chemistry in an effort to get better. =D
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| Q: Why is PMS called PMS?
A: Because Mad Cow Disease was already taken!
BAHAHAHAHAA!
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