Back to Reality

I am so sad that my spring break ends at 8AM tomorrow morning. I enjoyed it, but I wish it could've been longer. I am going to be so jealous of the people who are on it this week. College's spring breaks should all be the same week and over Easter I just don't understand that.
For the most part I really enjoyed my spring break. I did not worry about school work at all, I relaxed, shopped, hung out with my boyfriend and friends. My best friend KayLee even came up from FL for a while. While I enjoyed seeing her I just feel like all we did was fight. It sucked. I haven't seen her in almost a year and the little time we got to spend together not knowing when we would see each other again and we had to fight. And I seemed to be in a bad mood the entire time she was there too. I think the reason for that other than fighting though is because I missed my boyfriend and I am used to staying at his house every night, but I don't know. We are really close though and very similar and we used to bicker all the time when she lived here, so I think it was staying in the same room that killed us.
Hopefully I will get to go down to FL soon for the first time to see her and things will work out better or she can come back up here soon but I think it would be best if she stayed with someone else. I don't want to fight while she is here I want to have a good time!

Work

I don't think I am ever going to be happy. I work too much I complain. I work too little I complain. Well hours just started picking up at work and I am starting to get at least two days again. I worked two days this week and two days next week. I even picked up a shift this week. So I worked Friday, Saturday and Sunday (that counts as next week). It just so happens when hours decide to increase so does the temperature for the first time since summer. It was a nice weekend and although I still had fun during the nights I was stuck inside when the weather was nice. Also I hardly ever have been working weekends with the hours down but with them picking back up I worked my whole weekend away.
:( I cannot wait until SPRING BREAK :) haha that was random.

Best Friend's Reunited

I met one of my best friend's my freshman year in high school and we are still friends today. At the end of the summer senior year she had to move to FL her parents moved there plus she was going to college there. I went from seeing her at least every weekend if not more, to twice a year. I normally get to see her every summer and then she normally comes up during Thanksgiving time. Well this past year she didn't get to come up during Thanksgiving so I haven't seen her since Summer. Our schedules are extremly different so we hardly ever get to talk. I really want to go see her in FL A. She is my best friend B. It is FL C. I have never been to FL or even anywhere with beaches for that matter. She wanted me to come down for Spring Break but I just don't have the money right now. So she is coming up to see me during Spring Break. I am so excited, I can't wait. I miss her SO much! She is staying with me the 12th-17th. SPRING BREAK HURRY UP ALREADY!!!!!

This Weekend

When I was a little girl my great aunt owned horses. When I went over there one day she let me ride one not by myself, but she put me up there and pulled me around while I was on the horse. I don't really consider this horseback riding.
My boyfriend's family is big into the whole boyscout thing so when they told me they were going on a camping trip and wanted me to come all I needed to hear was the word horseback riding and I was down.
We were supposed to leave Friday night; however camping and I don't really get along too well. After meeting my boyfriend Marc I went camping for the first time so I didn't really have any interest in the cmaping part. My boyfriend and I, and his sister Alyssa (My best friend) left Saturday morning becuase Mine and Alyssa's friend Mia from Massachusetts was in town and we wanted to go to dinner with her and our friend Myrah because Friday was Mia's last night here until the summer.
So Friday night Alyssa, Mia, Myrah and I all got ready at Alyssa's house and we went to the pasta house. Mia and Myrah left and Alyssa and her boyfriend Jake (Marc's best friend) and Marc and I all watched "Law Abiding Citizen." It wasn't the typical movie I would choose but it was good.
We left Saturday morning for the camp...we went to camp DuBois it took us about 1 hr to 2 hrs to get there. The directions we printed out were incorrect and we got lost a couple times. We got to the camp just in time for lunch then we left to go horseback riding. They instructor chose Wonder for me to ride. I wanted to ride Lucky but I didn't have a say. Lucky seemed to like me when I was petting her. I don't think Wonder liked me very much. We went riding (the horses only walked =[ ) then we got to give the horses treats.
I wanted to leave right after horseback riding but we had to stay the night. The place we were staying didn't have bathrooms you had to walk or drive to get to them. It also didn't have heat! Alyssa brought her heater blanket for us to sleep with so it wasn't that bad. Can't ypu just tell that camping isn't really our thing?

Valentine's Day

My boyfriend Marc and I do not really celebrate Valentine's Day like your average couple. We think it is kinda stupid actually. We think it is a hallmark holiday and that there should not be just one day to show your affection toward the one you love. And spending money on each other for that is silly...plus my birthday follows two days after. So our Valentine's Day was pretty relaxed. I came over to his house in the early afternoon and while he was still sleeping his sister Alyssa (my best friend) did my hair and make-up. She just straightened it because I didn't feel like it...it gets old after a while and she is as amazing as a make-up artist! Then I hung out with my boyfriend and we went to dinner at Fridays. We decided to visit Darcy at Family Video and rented two movies. We rented "Gamer" and "Spread." We watched "Gamer" with Alyssa and her boyfriend Jake (Marc's best friend). Then Marc and I watched "Spread" by ourselves. I would not recommend either of those movies...unless you like porn of course! Oh and if you want to watch someone feed a frog a mouse then "Spread" is definitely your movie. I watched that movie over an hour ago and I cannot get it off of my mind. It was so disgusting I felt like I was going to throw up and I almost started crying.

The Importance of Mamograms

My mom waited about five years after the reccommened time to have yearly mamogram. My mom went for her mamogram and the doctor found a lump in her breast. She then had a doctor's appointment to have an ultra sound. The doctor said it could potentially be cancer but they don't know at this time so they told her they were going to keep an eye on it and to come back in six months. Six months later she went back and had another ultrasound. They told her it was smaller but the same thing agin that they wanted to keep an eye on it and to come back in six months. If they think it is potentially cancer isn't there something more they could do instead of making her worry and come back every six months? I know that these sort of things cost money and everything but you can't put a price on my mother's life.

Gabriel Michael

One of my best friends had ovarian cancer and had to have one of her ovaries removed. The doctors told her she would never be able to have children. She proved the doctors wrong and had Gabriel last year. She had told me that she wanted to ask me a question but wanted to wait till he was born. Well after he was born she gave me this really sweet speech and asked me to be Gabe's Godmother. I told her I would have to think about it because it is quite a responsibility. I would really love to I just am not sure. If anything happens that baby could eventually end up in my custody. Don't get me wrong I love children and would love to have kids some day but not anytime soon. I just think that is a pretty big question for such a young person. Any advice?

I saved my daddy's life

I had always know my dad had high blood pressure...everyone in my family does. My dad and I were arguing Thursday night about his high blood pressure, it was extremly high. He checked it on one of those machines at Wal*Mart..I didn't even know it could be that high. I told him he needed to see the doctor he always says "I don't want to go to go I'm just going to find out something is wrong with me." It had me really worried since I took Health last semester and I realized how dangerous it was. I had him speak to my boyfriend's mom, she is a nurse. I finally talked some sense into him and he went to the doctor the next day. He had an EKG done and it was abnormal in his chest so he was admitted into the hospital the next day. He stayed overnight so they could do tests the next morning. He ended up having Acid Reflex and his good cholesterol was low. So he is now on medicine for both of those things. What really gets me is the doctor said "if you wouldn't have came in you probably would have had a heart attack in the next 6 months. Thank you Lord for realizing he finally needs to start listening to his daughter!

I am so EXCITED for tomorrow!

"Dear John" comes out tomorrow. It is a movie based on a Nicolas Sparks novel. I love Nicolas Sparks. He is my favorite author. He has written quite a few books that have been turned into movies. They are "A Walk To Remeber," "The Notebook," "Nights in Rodanthe," and "Message In A Bottle." I have read "Dear John" and "A Walk To Remeber" and loved them both. I hope to read the others soon. Unfourtunatly, those are the only books I got a chance to read by him, but I need to read his other books soon too. He has written several. I have seen all of those movies except for "Message In A Bottle." I loved all the movies that were based on his novels so I am really excited about "Dear John." I made plans to go with two different people one is going to see it with someone else she said she would still go see it with me though, but I don't know about that. I don't think it would be as fun. The other girl doesn't have any money. I would pay for her but I don't have that much either. If I brought my boyfriend he would complain the whole time. So I am going to find someone to go see it with, hopefully tomorrow. If not I am going to see it with my friend who will already have seen it...on Monday! :)

I am so ANGRY

I had planned to hang out with one of my friends on Wed. Feb. 3rd. My plans were quickly ruined when I had found out that I had a ton of geography homework to do. I had three packets to do and had all of them finished except for chapter three. I spent all day Wed working on that. When I get into class he decided to only take the first 20 questions which Darcy had did the night before. Don't get me wrong I love less work but I wish I would have known before I spent all day doing that. Darcy and I had been working on these packets together. So it turns out working all day on that packet on Wed. was pointless and I could have hung out with my friend. I told my teacher about this too. I was very upset. Hopefully next time he will decide to mark out all of the ones we don't have to do before we actually start.

What to do with my life....

Teacher, Vet, Doctor, Lawyer, something in fashion, performer...those were all my career choices at one point in my life. For the longest time everyone was always telling me "oh it is okay you have time, you are still young." I know I am still young but I don't want to waste time in school. I want to figure out what I want to do and acheive it so I can start the second part of my life. I know for sure that I want to get my Associates in Arts only because I hate science...haha! I want to transfer to a college close to my home after SWIC in either Illinois or Missouri, somewhere I can drive and I don't have to live on campus. I don't want to leave behind my friends, boyfriend, and family.
Teacher has been in the back of my mind ever since I can remeber but I am not sure if that is for sure what I want to do. I know I would be good at it but I am still just unsure. I am going to talk to teachers for my interview paper and hopefully I might get some of the answers that I don't know that I want. I would also love to do something in fashion, be a singer, or do theater but face it this world is tough and not many people make it at stuff like that.
So should I aim at being a teacher or how do I determine my career?

Loving people is artistic

"There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people."-Vincent Van Gogh. I think this quote is very interesting and I also feel it is true. People have different artistic abilities and different ways of expressing themselves through their art. I think this is a good way to think of the way people love because not only is everyone different and they love different people in different ways but they also have different ways in expressing their love toward people.

Is it Possible to Only Have One Love?

My first boyfriend was in the 7th grade for a week, and he broke up with me in a note that he put in my locker...as a matter of fact I don't even consider him my first boyfriend. After we broke up a few guys have shown interest in me and I am really picky and turned them down. I have never really showed interest in anyone until...

My first actual boyfriend which I didn't have until I was a junior in high school. He was even my first kiss and my only kiss! We have been together for 2 years and 4 months on Feb 4th. I love him and get the butterflies when I am around him bla bla bla...you know all that lovey dovey stuff. The point is...I really do love him and I can't see myself being with any other person. We have had our ups and downs and we always seem to get through them together!

I guess the point I am trying to make here is life is not perfect I am sure we all have figured that out by now. But how come this aspect of my life seems to be? You grow up find your one true love and live happily ever after. I want this to be my reality more than anything in the world. But is this fairy tale just too good to be true?

Introduction

Hello Everyone. My name is Charlotte Meyer. I don't have any nicknames that I really go by or that really stuck throughout the years, so just call me Charlotte. I love to shop!!!
I plan on being at SWIC another year after this semester and then transfering to SIUE or McKendree. I would like to teach either kindergarten students or High School English. I love writing, perferably about stuff that I choose to write about and I think that is the type of writing I do best. I don't think this course is going to be too difficult for me. I have always recieved an A in my english classes and that is exactly what I expect to get out of this class as well. English class is my favorite subject and has been ever since I can remember. I think we will be doing a lot of writing and a lot of papers and that is basically what I feel an english class is.This semester I am also taking Philosophy (logic), World Geography, and Earth Science.
I work at Charlotte Russe in the mall. It is a clothing store so I sell, work the register, work the fitting rooms and shoes. I have had two jobs since May and now I am working one. I am used to never getting a day off and I like being busy so I don't know what I am going to do I am thinking about getting a second job again. With it being the month after Christmas no one has money and no one is shopping so I am used to getting no days off and I am lucky now if I get one day a week. My manager said it should pick back up in Feb. I sure hope so! I worked at the Belleville Area Humane Society for a little over a year and when it gets warmer I am hoping to go volunteer there...I really miss it!
I get stressed out really easy so I am always worried about something. I find school really stressful because I am always worried...am I going to pass, do I understand, am I remembering everthing. I try to be an overacheiver and not procrasinate.
I am not married however I have been with my boyfriend Marc for a little over two years. I do not have children and I do not intend on having them until I am married. I have 4 pets. I have 2 cats one female Drew she is grey and white and is about 7 and a male snowball who is all white. I adopted him from the shelter about a year and 5 months ago. He turned 1 on Jan. 1. I have a German Shepard her name is Ginger is she is aboout 6. I also have a lionhead Rabbit named Indi that is mine and my boyfriends.
I enjoy reading love stories and sad books for the most part. I love to read but never had time until just recently I learned I could make time. I swore I would never read those vampire books (the twighligh series); however I just finished Eclipse last night and plan to start Beaking Dawn this weekend. I read more in paper form. I enjoy reading Nicolas Sparks books and magazines.
The three words that describe me most are probably...worrier, optimistic and caring.