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Everything that is going on…

jenltorres — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:50:29 +0000

Well… so far, a couple things seem to be at the forefront of my thoughts. The car payment has risen, due to the notification to the car company that my grandma has passed away. Since I haven’t been working very often at the Chiropractors, I had taken on another job… an inventory auditor with RGIS. I thought that, it being their busy season, they might actually be busy. I’ve been working about four days a wekk, but most of the shifts have been short- two and a half to four housr shifts. I have only worked longer twice: last night, and in Marshalls the first time. Those were both 9 hour shifts. This frustrates me, because I need the money!!!! I feel like Michael feels he has to pay for everything, and what little I do contribute doesn’t matter, because it doesn’t make a big enough dent in the debt. Our Cox bill was EXTREMELY high, which I think is ridiculous. We shouldn’t have to pay more than twice the cost of the bundle that we ordered. We were supposed to get a bundle for about 120. The bill was over 300. I will go down to their office tomorrow to try to straighten it out. We’ve been having problems with them ever since we attempted to merge all the accounts into a bundle, and it is frustrating, because we shouldn’t have to deal with that. I think they are just hoping we won’t dispute it and just pay the money, but we really can’t afford that, and we should be gettting what we had paid for. I’ve been cleaning all day. I’m on my fourth load of laundry at the present time. We need more space for storage, and I feel that Michael could be contributing to this way more than he attempts. We got into an argument about it on the way to his work. I hope we get everything straightened out. I don’t want to keep arguing. I am tired of arguing. I just want some peace.

New e-mail… obviously.

jenltorres — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:27:50 +0000

I was thinking about changing over from Yahoo! to Hotmail anyway, so I did so today. My new e-mail is jenltorres@live.com.

Hello world!

jenltorres — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:09:30 +0000

Well… bot

h Michael and I start school next week. I am taking a photography class, along with gym, 2 psych classes, and nutrition. Michael is taking the 2 psych classes and gym with me, and Japanese and nutrition separately. I’m really looking forward to the photography class… I have always been interested in photography, and since I know I’m not that good right now, it’d probably be a good idea to actually take a class in that field… I might learn something useful .
I have started a new second job as an inventory auditor, since massage is moving slowly at this point. I’ve worked every night since I’ve been hired… on Tuesday…. so this will be my sixth night. A bit monotonous, but it keeps the cash flowing. I don’t see Michael as often as I used to… mainly because when he gets off of work, I begin, but I think we need that time for ourselves anyway… I just hope it brings us closer together and not further apart.
I want to start planning a camping trip to Cuyamaca this spring… I have really been wanting to go camping, get outdoors, go hiking, and such, and I think this would be something to look forward to for both Michael and me, as well as anyone else who might come along, if anyone does. I would like to try to bring my do Brandi, but I don’t know how that will work, since she is a bit “anti-social” around other dogs and humans… except for her own “pets”. I want to go sometime around late April, May, or early June… I don’t want to catch the rush of people that go on trips after school… Michael and I only have school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so we could go Friday-Monday… four days. That would give us enough time to explore… and I could take my camera and possibly institute what I have learned so far concerning photography at that point in time. I just hope it doesn’t rain!!!!!
Michael mentioned yesterday that he might be interested in joining an eco-community… I think that would be nice, but I don’t know where they are or how to join one. We’d grow our own food… probably build our own house, and work with the community to become environmentally friendly. I think that I would enjoy that… I just don’t know where I would fit in. If I become a nutritionist, I could help with meal planning and making sure that everyone is getting the proper nutrients they need… I know it would probably be really easy to become deficient in something if all that we are eating is veggies and fruit. I would assume that most everyone in these communities are octo-vegetarians or vegans. I think I am going to do a bit of research on this matter today and see what I come up with. Like I said, I believe I would really enjoy this. I know for a fact that I can live without technology… internet, computers, television, electricity… I already know how to cook. I know how to start a fire (the only thing I have trouble with is keeping it going .) and I remember going up to the cabin in Oregon with Laura and Dad… no electricity, no plumbing, no… well… anything really, except for bunk beds and a table. In a way, I sort of miss that. I would like to have that experience with Michael. I don’t know how far the communities go with concern to contact with the outside world… but I guess I will find out. I know that I wouldn’t want to cut myself off completely from my family and friends.