So, I got a retainer today... well, actually it is called a Spring Aligner.
Now let me explain why I had to get one (or chose to, I guess).
See... about two or three months ago, I was at home, hanging with the fam. And, well, our dog is kinda crazy. And she ate my retainer. Now, this was NOT my fault. It was in its container, in my bag... so the dog actually had to go searching for it. Nonetheless, the dog found it and ate it.
Fast forward some and I go to the orthodontist... and she says that she can make me a new retainer and have my teeth stay the way they had shifted to (to say that i wore my retainer even semi regularly may be an overstatement). OR, they could give me spring aligners.
Spring Aligners are actually alot like retainers, except they are made from a mold of your teeth as they are and make it as if your teeth were straight. And I know own a pair. The orthodontist says I should only have to wear them for six months and then my teeth will be like new... or well, like they were when I got my braces off in 8th grade.
But, until then... I have to wear my aligners everyday all day unless I am eating (or she said I could take them out if I have a hot date... wink, wink... yea right!). Anyway... here I am, wearing them... feeling like I am in early high school all over again. And, I have a lisp, so I sound like I am two. And until my teeth get used to this... my mouth KILLS.
Oh well... it will all be worth it in about six months.
Harry Potter way soon!
7.19.2007
7.17.2007
Its a Harry Potter World
Guess what?!?!
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out in THREE days. I don't think I can contain my excitement... for real people. OH MY GOSH!!! I canNOT wait. Please, please don't let Harry die... that would be beyond tragic.
But, this also means I move my apartment in three days. ACK! I am sooo not ready. Do you all realize how much junk I have. I fill boxes and boxes with crap. I am trying to downsize... but, really, I can't. Oh well... I actually downsize more on the putting away... or at least that is what I keep telling myself.
This past weekend I got to see the new Harry Potter movie (#5, Order of the Phoenix). I have to say that I think this one was my favorite so far. It was GREAT. The director did an amazing job getting the actors to become more adult... or maybe they are just aging well. Not to mention, Ron finally became brave... the way he was always in the books. I think before they were just using Ron for comic relief... and now that Luna is there, you don't need it so they let him actually become his character. And, I think they realized Fred and George make good comic relief... as well as that it can come from other places, too.
I also think they did the best getting all the information you need into a two hour and 15 min movie... much better than the third and fourth... they didn't have to change nearly as much... some was changed, but more of tweaking what character did what rather than the WHOLE plot line (hem hem, four).
Plus... I loved the way they handled what Harry was going through in book 5. In the book alot is going on in Harry's head, and they made it come across so well in the movie... it was just a great movie... I can't wait to see it again, and again... and maybe a couple more million times.
Oh... man... the new book. I will be reading all Saturday night... I move that morning... once I get all the stuff into the new apartment... I am going to sit and read until I am done... even if that means I am up all night. I have to know what happens... bitter sweet, though. Last book... tear.
Please don't let Harry die... Please, please. Voldermort has to be one death... the Snape or Hagrid or Lupin or someone... but not Harry... or Ron or Hermione... they all have to live happily ever after.
Ok... well... yea. Back to work!
The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out in THREE days. I don't think I can contain my excitement... for real people. OH MY GOSH!!! I canNOT wait. Please, please don't let Harry die... that would be beyond tragic.
But, this also means I move my apartment in three days. ACK! I am sooo not ready. Do you all realize how much junk I have. I fill boxes and boxes with crap. I am trying to downsize... but, really, I can't. Oh well... I actually downsize more on the putting away... or at least that is what I keep telling myself.
This past weekend I got to see the new Harry Potter movie (#5, Order of the Phoenix). I have to say that I think this one was my favorite so far. It was GREAT. The director did an amazing job getting the actors to become more adult... or maybe they are just aging well. Not to mention, Ron finally became brave... the way he was always in the books. I think before they were just using Ron for comic relief... and now that Luna is there, you don't need it so they let him actually become his character. And, I think they realized Fred and George make good comic relief... as well as that it can come from other places, too.
I also think they did the best getting all the information you need into a two hour and 15 min movie... much better than the third and fourth... they didn't have to change nearly as much... some was changed, but more of tweaking what character did what rather than the WHOLE plot line (hem hem, four).
Plus... I loved the way they handled what Harry was going through in book 5. In the book alot is going on in Harry's head, and they made it come across so well in the movie... it was just a great movie... I can't wait to see it again, and again... and maybe a couple more million times.
Oh... man... the new book. I will be reading all Saturday night... I move that morning... once I get all the stuff into the new apartment... I am going to sit and read until I am done... even if that means I am up all night. I have to know what happens... bitter sweet, though. Last book... tear.
Please don't let Harry die... Please, please. Voldermort has to be one death... the Snape or Hagrid or Lupin or someone... but not Harry... or Ron or Hermione... they all have to live happily ever after.
Ok... well... yea. Back to work!
7.12.2007
One Year ago TODAY
So... yesterday, my one year mark moving to Durham...
Today, one year mark of starting this job.
Whoa, how time can fly and crawl all at the same time.
I am having a hard time believing that I have been here one year. I mean... whoa. In that time, I have had five or six managers... about a dozen different assignments... whoa.
It was a weird first day. I got here at 9 (which, PS, no one confirmed that was the time I was supposed to arrive... I just did). And then, I sat in Bill's office all day. I didn't meet one soul... although I kept seeing people walk to and from the file cabinets. But, it was just weird... it was almost as if none of them were in the office that day anyway.
The only person I did meet was Bobbi (also still not here)... and she took me on a LONG walk to the ID office and got my ID... which PS, my picture is hideous. But all good ID pictures should be hideous, right?
Then, after looking at clinical research websites on line to "help me understand what I am doing" (which, it didn't), Bill sent me home... early... to allow me time to apartment hunt. Or really, he was tired of entertaining me and they had nothing for me to do. I still shake my head at that one... why did I have to get down here sooo quickly, if really, I have never been that busy, nor had that much to do?
Oh well... that is ok. I have learned alot... about clinical research. And, it hasn't been that bad.
I love all the people I have met... it has been great. God surrounded me with some amazing Christians as well as just fun people. We laugh a ton... and we have fun together. Really, could you ask for more. Working with people my own age has had a lot of advantages... built in social circle... that has been a saving grace.
So, all in all... while, I don't love the job... it has been a good thing. Or, that is what I am saying today ;-).
Today, one year mark of starting this job.
Whoa, how time can fly and crawl all at the same time.
I am having a hard time believing that I have been here one year. I mean... whoa. In that time, I have had five or six managers... about a dozen different assignments... whoa.
It was a weird first day. I got here at 9 (which, PS, no one confirmed that was the time I was supposed to arrive... I just did). And then, I sat in Bill's office all day. I didn't meet one soul... although I kept seeing people walk to and from the file cabinets. But, it was just weird... it was almost as if none of them were in the office that day anyway.
The only person I did meet was Bobbi (also still not here)... and she took me on a LONG walk to the ID office and got my ID... which PS, my picture is hideous. But all good ID pictures should be hideous, right?
Then, after looking at clinical research websites on line to "help me understand what I am doing" (which, it didn't), Bill sent me home... early... to allow me time to apartment hunt. Or really, he was tired of entertaining me and they had nothing for me to do. I still shake my head at that one... why did I have to get down here sooo quickly, if really, I have never been that busy, nor had that much to do?
Oh well... that is ok. I have learned alot... about clinical research. And, it hasn't been that bad.
I love all the people I have met... it has been great. God surrounded me with some amazing Christians as well as just fun people. We laugh a ton... and we have fun together. Really, could you ask for more. Working with people my own age has had a lot of advantages... built in social circle... that has been a saving grace.
So, all in all... while, I don't love the job... it has been a good thing. Or, that is what I am saying today ;-).
7.11.2007
One Year
Well, one year ago today I moved to Durham. That's right folks, it has been one year.
A year ago Monday (July 9th) I left Ann Arbor. It was quite possibly one of the hardest days of my life. I woke up (after spending all day Saturday packing up my car and my parents' car) and went to church at Oakpointe. Miss Sarah Maynard, Jenn, Josh, Melissa and Keli all came, too. They are some of my favorites. Well, anyway... we went to brunch afterwards at Denny's (oh, Denny's has some good memories)... because really, I didn't want to go. It was fun times.
But, then the impossible came... Jenn and Josh were heading back to their apartment and the rest of us back to the house. I didn't think I was going to, but, as I turned to say good bye to Jenn, I couldn't. I teared up. My best friend... how was I to say good bye (well, at this point, even a see ya later seemed impossible). It pretty much SUCKED! I have to say, I still don't think anyone knows me quite as well as she does.
The drive home, I pulled it together, but when I got to 727, my parents were there... ready to go. Oh man... the tears came again. This time I had to say good bye to those lovely women... and the memories. Ann Arbor was home for four years... it was the place that I became myself... I had never felt so comfortable in my life, never so comfortable in my skin. I didn't want to start over again... Ann Arbor was home, and those people my family. But, I had to... it was really awesome though, Keli and Sarah and Melissa prayed for me before I left. What amazing women of the Lord.... they pretty much are amazing :-).
It was sweet... as I was getting in my car to start the 12 hour drive home... my Dad gave me a hug... a man of few words sure can be profound. He said to me, "I remember when you left, you didn't want to come... you cried that morning you left Va Beach... and now you are crying about leaving this place." How true... how awesome. If in only place I have to leave, I am that attached. It means that i TRULY lived there.
So, that Monday, July 10th, I didn't do much... ran some errands... went to see some peeps on Summer Project (always a nice surprise).
Then Tuesday, July 11th, one year from today... I unpacked both cars... put all the crap in my room (which was storage for Ross's and his roommates stuff), and then repacked my car. For when I arrived here in Durham, I actually lived in a hotel for about a week and half... until I found my wonderful roomie and my apartment.
I will never forget having to drive off that day from my house... it was so hard. I don't know if my mom and dad know, but I cried the whole way from our house, down Shore Drive and Northampton... I don't think I regained my composure until I reached 64. The drive wasn't bad... and once I got here, I think I said goodbye to emotion. At that point, it was go time... get settled into the hotel... unpack... and get ready for the first day of work tomorrow. YIKES!
Tomorrow, I will recap that first day, and maybe talk about the red flags I ignored.
But anyway... my point of ponder now... Last night Laurie and I had a roomie dinner (we have had them at various points over the past year... last night was Taco Night). But anyway... Laurie asked me if I felt that I changed over the last year... what I had learned. You know... i couldn't answer. I am sure that I have... I hope that I have... but I don't know if I can put into words how I have changed... I guess I will have to get back to you on that one. But, yea... so expect some thoughts on that as we go...
But yea... one year ago... wow, how time can fly and crawl at the same time.
A year ago Monday (July 9th) I left Ann Arbor. It was quite possibly one of the hardest days of my life. I woke up (after spending all day Saturday packing up my car and my parents' car) and went to church at Oakpointe. Miss Sarah Maynard, Jenn, Josh, Melissa and Keli all came, too. They are some of my favorites. Well, anyway... we went to brunch afterwards at Denny's (oh, Denny's has some good memories)... because really, I didn't want to go. It was fun times.
But, then the impossible came... Jenn and Josh were heading back to their apartment and the rest of us back to the house. I didn't think I was going to, but, as I turned to say good bye to Jenn, I couldn't. I teared up. My best friend... how was I to say good bye (well, at this point, even a see ya later seemed impossible). It pretty much SUCKED! I have to say, I still don't think anyone knows me quite as well as she does.
The drive home, I pulled it together, but when I got to 727, my parents were there... ready to go. Oh man... the tears came again. This time I had to say good bye to those lovely women... and the memories. Ann Arbor was home for four years... it was the place that I became myself... I had never felt so comfortable in my life, never so comfortable in my skin. I didn't want to start over again... Ann Arbor was home, and those people my family. But, I had to... it was really awesome though, Keli and Sarah and Melissa prayed for me before I left. What amazing women of the Lord.... they pretty much are amazing :-).
It was sweet... as I was getting in my car to start the 12 hour drive home... my Dad gave me a hug... a man of few words sure can be profound. He said to me, "I remember when you left, you didn't want to come... you cried that morning you left Va Beach... and now you are crying about leaving this place." How true... how awesome. If in only place I have to leave, I am that attached. It means that i TRULY lived there.
So, that Monday, July 10th, I didn't do much... ran some errands... went to see some peeps on Summer Project (always a nice surprise).
Then Tuesday, July 11th, one year from today... I unpacked both cars... put all the crap in my room (which was storage for Ross's and his roommates stuff), and then repacked my car. For when I arrived here in Durham, I actually lived in a hotel for about a week and half... until I found my wonderful roomie and my apartment.
I will never forget having to drive off that day from my house... it was so hard. I don't know if my mom and dad know, but I cried the whole way from our house, down Shore Drive and Northampton... I don't think I regained my composure until I reached 64. The drive wasn't bad... and once I got here, I think I said goodbye to emotion. At that point, it was go time... get settled into the hotel... unpack... and get ready for the first day of work tomorrow. YIKES!
Tomorrow, I will recap that first day, and maybe talk about the red flags I ignored.
But anyway... my point of ponder now... Last night Laurie and I had a roomie dinner (we have had them at various points over the past year... last night was Taco Night). But anyway... Laurie asked me if I felt that I changed over the last year... what I had learned. You know... i couldn't answer. I am sure that I have... I hope that I have... but I don't know if I can put into words how I have changed... I guess I will have to get back to you on that one. But, yea... so expect some thoughts on that as we go...
But yea... one year ago... wow, how time can fly and crawl at the same time.
7.10.2007
Free Slurpee's?
No Free Slurpee for me...
so tomorrow is 7/11. And on 7/11, 7-11's give out FREE slurpees... however, there are no 7-11's in NC... or well, at least in my area.
How sad is that. That is like realizing you missed Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry's.
so tomorrow is 7/11. And on 7/11, 7-11's give out FREE slurpees... however, there are no 7-11's in NC... or well, at least in my area.
How sad is that. That is like realizing you missed Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry's.
7.06.2007
Moooving
Sorry I haven't said hi in a while. Things have been kind of crazy in recent weeks. I am getting ready to move apartments again... so most of my spare time has gone to that.
I am excited for the move though.
Is it sad that one of the things I get excited about is actually going through my junk and trying to get rid of some it. I know it sounds crazy, but that to me is a GREAT thing. Not that after a good Spring (ie, I am moving again) cleaning I don't have a lot of junk... because I have a feeling I will always have a lot of junk. That is just me... as much as i don't want to admit it... I am a pack rat.
But, anyway... I have started the cleaning process. I have an ever growing "give away pile." As well as, I have also been able to throw some stuff away, too.
Next, I might go through the clothes... and figure out where the closest second hand store is to get rid of some of the stuff.
But onto more exciting news... tomorrow I am going to Kings Dominion. I haven't been there in FOREVER!!! So, that will be fun. Plus another good chance to continue to get to know the people at church.
Ok, well... that is all for now. I am off to search for some caffeine... i may just fall asleep at my desk RIGHT now.
I am excited for the move though.
Is it sad that one of the things I get excited about is actually going through my junk and trying to get rid of some it. I know it sounds crazy, but that to me is a GREAT thing. Not that after a good Spring (ie, I am moving again) cleaning I don't have a lot of junk... because I have a feeling I will always have a lot of junk. That is just me... as much as i don't want to admit it... I am a pack rat.
But, anyway... I have started the cleaning process. I have an ever growing "give away pile." As well as, I have also been able to throw some stuff away, too.
Next, I might go through the clothes... and figure out where the closest second hand store is to get rid of some of the stuff.
But onto more exciting news... tomorrow I am going to Kings Dominion. I haven't been there in FOREVER!!! So, that will be fun. Plus another good chance to continue to get to know the people at church.
Ok, well... that is all for now. I am off to search for some caffeine... i may just fall asleep at my desk RIGHT now.
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