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Name: Megan
Country: United States
State: Tennessee
Metro: Nashville
Birthday: 12/10/1983
Gender: Female
Interests: God, people, music, books, psychology, nature, coffee, sleep, $.45 cigars, movies, flowers, photography, thunderstorms
Occupation: Social Services
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AIM:  MeganChrista
Member Since:
7/23/2004
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| Moving Day!!We are moving this Saturday!! Oh my gosh, I'm so excited! I'm sure this excitement is part of what is contributing to me not being able to sleep at 2:30am! But I suppose I always have sleeping issues and can't really blame my current excitement for that!
Anyway, we're moving!!!!  It's just a few miles down the road. Still in Antioch, which, by the way, is apparently referred to as Hispantioch by many.  Silly. Funny. And a hint of truth. But that's FINE with me!! I'm just so excited to get out of apartment life! I had no idea it could be so awful! Between elephants living above us, a mad dog barking non-stop, the lovely scent of cigarette smoke billowing through our windows, the OUTRAGEOUS pet fees, the yippy-yappy dogs and their poop that their owner does not pick up, the lack of natural light, the constant smell of a dumpster in the parking lot, the creepy men, and the trash that so many lovely people leave in the yard which my lovely dog then eats! I'm QUITE ready to be in a HOME!!!! It's a nice little three bedroom with a fenced-in back yard (Yea for Frannie!) and beautiful flowers blooming everywhere!!! (I will try to post some pics below)
The craziest and coolest part about it all is how it was all TOTALLY GOD working things out! Denise (our 'landlord' who's really more like a friend now) and her mom (who was staying at the house temporarily as Denise is currently in Ecuador with her husband) have been looking for people to rent the house for some time now. They were really concerned about renting it to just anyone as Denise and her husband plan to move back in and make it their home sometime in the future. They were also really hoping to find fellow christians to rent, especially because the payment situation is a little crazy because we can't very well send our checks to Denise down in Ecuador. They had been looking and we were REALLY wanting to move into a house, espeically one with a backyard. Our problem was that we had to let our apartment people know TWO months in advance whether we were staying or not! That obviously posed a problem because people are not very willing to hold a place for you for two months so we were basically planning on having to tell them we weren't staying and then hope and pray we found a place! The night I put an ad on Craigslist, Denise saw it and emailed me!! From there, long story short (yes, I'm actually giving the SHORT version ), we ended up being able to work a deal where we can move in sooner (our lease isn't actually up until the end of July) and it works well for ALL involved! And then on top of all that, we've been looking for a third roommate to share the rent but Ashley and I have been very concerned about doing that as we work so well together and we're afraid we wont get so lucky the second time around and end up with an awful roommate! But I put an ad up on our church's website and just a few days ago received an email from a girl named Amanda who is looking to move from Washington state this summer. Again, long story short , her brother currently lives here and he and MY brother use to work together and know each other well!!! KAAARAZY SMALL WORLD THAT GOD IS TOTALLY IN CONTROL OF!!!
If you read all that, you're awesome.
Peace out lumber jacks! 
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| I read this book in undergrad. But since it's so large and we had to have it done within a specific time period, I unfortunately had to read it very fast. So I'm reading it again. It's one of my favorites. Anyone who wants to understand depression better, anyone whose life is overwhelmed by depression, anyone who has a loved one with depression should read this book (so that includes the worlds population in its entirety).
It's very early in the morning (for me). I couldn't sleep (again). Which is strange because I took a 'sleeping pill' last night, which usually if I take one I am able to sleep, at least past that dreadful hour of 4am that seems to haunt me. Oh well, I'm just hoping I can make it through babysitting tonight! 
My roommate's in the hospital again. What a crappy situation. She's been dealt way more than one person's share of life problems. I suppose that's wrong to think that....God knows what He's doing. But sometimes I just don't get it. How can one person have two genetic diseases, have a double lung transplant, only one kidney, have her gull bladder removed and have to go to the ER every other second (just to name a few)? Hopefully she'll get to come home today....
I'm officially done with my second semester of grad school. Josh asked me how it felt to be half way done...problem is I'm really not half way done until after these summer classes....but it's still a nice thought! I have a week and a half off and then start summer session May 12th. I have a full-time load again, but I like it that way actually. I'd rather go to school than work anyway (at least at the jobs I'm doing)! On the subject of school, I was really afraid about the grade result of one of my classes, mostly because the tests were AWFUL, we all struggled with them. But I found out that I got a B in that class!! Obviously I want A's, so it stinks to get a B, but I am thankful it is not a C (as I thought it very well could've been!!) I'm just happy the semester is over. I enjoyed the classes more this semester than last, but by the end, you're always ready to be done with those classes and start new ones! Except with one class, our Advanced Psychopathology class was AWESOME and we're all VERY sad to be done with it. 
Well, I think I will read some more. I have a doctors appointment (yuck!  ) this morning and then I have to go to the hospital to see (and hopefully pick up) Ash, and then babysit tonight. Bad day to not get any more than 4 hours of sleep!
Oh well, such is life!
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| The Cry of the Sexually Abused ChildI am the doormat
For you to clean your filth
To wipe the baggage that bothers you
So that you may look clean before people.
On me, you wipe the filth of HIV/AIDS.
On me, you wipe the filth of boredom, when you want a change from your wife.
On me, you wipe the frustrations of life, unemployment, poverty, what if?
On me, you wipe your failures.
On me, you wipe your biases, ethnicity and all.
I only cost a lollipop.
That is what you need to get me.
Before I unwrap to eat and feel the sweetness, I am blinded by pain.
Pain from "I don't know where" part of me.
I can't describe the pain; I don't know where I am feeling it.
I don't know the name of that part of my body. Nobody has talked to me about it.
All I know is the pain and the bleeding.
Where will I find help?
I am told that culture justifies this act.
I am told that family honor accommodates the act.
I am told that economic conditions encourage such an act.
I am told religion teaches that it is not wrong.
I am told that the police would not do anything; the law does not come.
I am the door mat
For you to clean your filth.
I am worth only a lollipop,
And nobody will help me, because they don't care.
Will this pain ever go away?
IS SOMEBODY LISTENING? CAN SOMEBODY OUT THERE HELP?
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| Attn: PARENTSThis is for all you parents out there.....or all you 'to-be' parents:
PLEASE! DON'T FIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR KIDS! Do you realize how harmful this is to them??? It is worse than if you completely lost your temper on them and yelled at them for 30 minutes!
Let me clarify that I do not mean they can never see a calm, adult argument. In fact, they should see the CORRECT way to handle problems and disagreements. But the yelling, the anger, the fighting because you're just plain pissed off - PLEASE do that when they can't see or hear you!
Now let's just pretend you realize that I'm getting my masters in counseling and that you trust that I have some idea of what I'm talking about. Ok?
On another note - I continue to try to buy toys for Frannie that she CAN'T tear apart in two seconds! I got a (cheap) toy from Walmart last week and she literally had it torn to pieces within 30 minutes! She does this to all of them. So, I finally broke down and paid $12 for a "Mean Kitty" toy, which is a canvas type material that most dogs can't/won't tear apart. I just gave it to her and within 10 minutes she had a hole in one of the ears!!! It is hopeless. 
Well, I'm off to save Ethel from Frannie. 
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I'm not kidding! Just a wee little Wilbur standing right there in the middle of two lanes! I didn't know what to do! I wanted to stop so bad and get him to safety but I knew that not only would he probably be hit by one of the hundreds of cars flying by at 80mph but that would also soon be my fate! 
