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Friday, June 23, 2006

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:54:07 GMT

oh yeah, i almost forgot to tell you in my last post. i talked to beck (the head coordinator for the latino camp i am helping plan) !!! i am sooooo excited about it! and, jesse comes home in just a few days! even though i am gonna miss those kids, God gave me something to look forward to and to be excited about-muchas gracias, Senor!

Friday, June 23, 2006

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:52:22 GMT

*sigh*

i will miss those kiddos. they have become so sweet since the time when i first arrived at their house a month and a half ago. :(

today was officially my last day of nanny-ing or however you spell that. and i am really sad to see them go. or to go, i guess. however, the family situation and all that is kinda nice to get away from. their dad is so weird. so is their mom in a way. so anyway. that is all my news. i think i am going to go home and pout for the night. monday i get to start pulling apart soybean seeds, but they won't talk back to me when i talk to them...although i could try.....

ok, now i really gotta go.

Thursday, June 22, 2006

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:17:02 GMT

I am going to mexico!

I am going to mexico!!!!!!!!! can you believe it? eeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!! ok, so i got together with maria today, and we talked about possibilities... and we may live together, and do internships at sweet refuge! and do all kinds of great things! like go to mexico! and talk spanish, and do all these wonderful things. !

*sigh*

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:56:58 GMT

i almost forgot! i get together with maria tomorrow!!! i am sooo excited! i find out about living in the orphanage in mx!!

Then, WAY EXCITING! in the count down our family is doing until Jesse's return...THERE ARE ONLY 7 DAYS LEFT!!!! AAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

Wednesday, June 21, 2006

Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:38:25 GMT

well, i am now at work, and officially tired! ha......that feels good! i had a two hour hour water fight today, after "washing my car" with teh two kiddos that i nanny for. they have been so amazing this week! i wish i could stay with them! if only their parents would just disappear and some new good ones would appear! although if that happened they most likely wouldn't need an almost full time nanny. *sigh* sometimes people make me sad.

i think i need a new haircut. i know none of y'all have even seen the one i got about 6 or 7 weeks ago, but it has grown out and is getting kind of long. i will try and post a picture right away after i have the picture taken. but i misplaced my flash drive, and so the only way i can put the pics on here is to put them on a cd, then onto my computer, and then onto here. so, it may be a bit. we'll see.

well, i have to go so that i can send out about 15 letters before nine. it is pretty pressing, i mean-15, it just may be a stretch to fit them all into my schedule. what with El Mundo Encantado de Ela and all that on top of that, and checking my email, but i will do my utmost in order to complete my large assignment.....

Tuesday, June 20, 2006

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 18:03:26 GMT

ok, so it has been just about 2 months since i last posted....oops. my mother brought it to my attention today. so, here it goes... my life in a nutshell (or in less than 1000 words).

so, the deal is that my life is kind of feeling turned upside-down presently. actually, not kind of-really. so here's why:

not that many days ago-probably about a month and some days or something to that effect (how eloquent you say...yes, i know.) anyway, so a month and some days ago i began this job as a nanny. now. i said the same thing-that sounds amazing! -until about the second day. it was a horribly growing process (and you know what that word means. if growth is included in any sentence remotely similar to the previous, the object or experience is almost inescapably bound to be something not fun) so here is how it went.

the first week was bad. there were two children, and the little boy had a three hour tantrum the second or third day. the children were terribly rude and ill-behaved. we struggled for a little over a month together. doing fierce battles daily (with the exception of a few) but then. about a week ago, i began to see some change in the children. i could see that i was having an affect on the kids! and then, the parents, who i had already thought very odd did something rather surpising. they showed up 2 hours late to pick up their kids! what!? yes. two hours. with no apology or any explanation! that added on top of the kids starting to call me mommy, telling me about the odd things their family does, and about all the faults of their parents. i figured it was about time i looked for another job. so i did two days later, and i got it that day....then came the fateful moment, when i had to tell the psycho mom-she was not very happy with me. so, that was a week ago, and now in six days i get to start a new job. disecting soy bean flowers. i'm sure there will be riots and large scandals every single day...i mean-this is such an emotion-filled, life-touching sort of job it will just be inescapable!! (teehee)

anyway, so i am officially not a nanny in exactly three days and two working days. that should be different.

then, what else fills my days. oh yes. i almost forgot.

i set my heart on going to mx this coming spring. then, two weeks ago i found out that i was 3800 dollars short. hmm... not a very small sum of money for a poor college student such as myself. and so, i went about looking for a new job. once obtaining my job at teh ag farm, pulling apart soy bean flowers, i was able to drop that sum to 1800. 2000 down. 2000 to go. now what?

there is one bit of hope for me. i may (and i really hope so) live at an orphanage, and then the times i am not doing something school related, i will help out at the orphanage. i would get to live with a girl from nevada, and the cost might drop. soooooo.... i may get to go to mx after all.

and my conversation partner just arrived, so i have to go. adios mis parientes. les amo!

Tuesday, May 02, 2006

Tue, 02 May 2006 21:06:10 GMT

Well, it has been a month since i last wrote. haven't been so hot with the whole writing messages deal recently. been running around like a chick with my head cut off. Actually i have been running around like a chick, but not with my head cut off. It was kind of the punk rock chic look. i will post a pic. but i need to get them from my padres before i can do that. i must admit...i looked pretty sweet, complete with black hair (with a pink stripe of course), creeper make-up, shoes with crossbones on them, and....a lip ring! It was Awesome! so much fun!! freaked soooo many people out, and i even had someone try to evangelize to me...just because of what i looked like! all the guys at my work thought i was going through some sort of life crisis, and this was my cry for someone to help me out of the pit!...anyway....

that was exciting....

so now i am going to try to sum up the last month...all in one post, and hopefully it won't be long enough to bore you to death....just to tears.

ok. let's see.

in my last post i was listening to vivencias, so it must have been after augusto was here. so.....

basically had an overly busy, stressful last month of school, and now im done with that. ok. whew! told you it would bore you to tears....

j/k. nope. here come the tears. ok. i went salsa dancing one weekend, and had the biggest blast of like, my life! no, not really. but it was fun! i danced with all kinds of amazing guys! one was kind of a creeper, but the majority were super nice, and super good!! we actually ended up going to breakfast the next day/that same night with some of the people we had danced with, and had a total blast....then the next day, this guy carlos who had gone with my and one of my most bestest friends katie took us to lunch at this chinese/japanese/korean place, and guess what i had! ok. im tired of waiting....you'll never get it. it was....Princess Chicken!!! yay! ok. so, you're right, i got it for the name. but, who could blame me, c'mon! it ended up being freak'n hot, and katie and carlos laughed at me as i drank almost a whole pitcher of water...great friends, no?

so that was that weekend.

then, let's see. two weeks ago, this is one of the most memorable times of the semester, just like the salsa dancing was (i was with hispanics, how could I lose?). i went to la fuente with my spanish conversation partner and two of his hispanic friends...ohmygosh!!! it was awesome, too! *sigh* i just can't help it....i love hispanic people....anyway, we talked all in spanish the ENTIRE TIME! i was basically in heaven...and then i stood up one of the guys when i was supposed to go salsa dancing in des moines this past weekend....oops. didn't think he was going.....

then.....lets see. oh yeah. i don't think i told you guys this... im going to a shrink...j/k. no. im actually going to see a counselor. and i love it!! he is one of the most amazing guys i know! he is sweet, a christian, he is wise, and, of course, he is hispanic.....yep. he is basically like a big daddy. pretty sweet. that is how he treats me, anyway.. pretty cool, like advice about God from another guy who is kinda like another dad.

anyway. i will write another later....im gonna go for a walk. cause im done with school.

Thursday, March 23, 2006

Thu, 23 Mar 2006 20:12:01 GMT

hey, have i ever got a lot to say to all y'all!

well, where do I start? I don't even know!

well, since I am at work I will tell you news that kind of relates. I bought a new car!

yeah, that is what I thought! I bought a very pretty silver corolla le '04! and the people I work with basically are angels because they pulled all the strings they could and got me the best deal they could without hurting themselves! It was amazing! Before anything happened my boss was like, ok, we'll just take 2000 off the price, and we won't charge you commision, and then our finance guy jamie (who I fondly call bad boy) is a miracle worker! he got me a good apr, while having me on the loan so I get good credit, and then just my dad on the title, for cheaper insurance! WHA!? can you believe it! I love these guys!

ok, well, that was that news.

let's see. what else. oh yeah, and I am not going to China anymore. I am sad about that, but I just can't afford it and a new car at the same time. But I may get to go later. WE are still waiting. If God wants me to go next year, he will make it possible.

Then, kind of related. but not really, I am now going to Monterrey in the Spring!!! I don't know if I told you guys that I was debating between Cuernavaca and Monterrey, but Monterrey wins out. There are a lot of reasons, mainling centering around this weekend!

1. I met this girl named maria, who ironically was supposed to be named Nicole Marie but since my name was nicole cherie she was named Maria Nicole instead! Weird, huh? Anyway, she is going to work at an orphanage spring semester, and go to school at the tech! anyway, she is a potential roomie or just a good friend! She is passionate about spanish and Mexico too, so I can definitely see us getting along, plus she is Xian! yay!

2. I had an absolutely awesome weekend with a very good friend of mine who is going to the tech currently, and actually lives there, so that would be another really good friend, and this one is a guy, so if I ever had trouble I could talk to him, which is feasible, considering it is Mexico. So, that is awesome, too!

side note: he came up to spend the weekend with our fam, and we had an absolute blast!

3. There is a completely AWESOME church in Monterrey really close to the tech (really close for that city anyway). I have visited, and it is amazing!

So, I have now decided that I am going to go to Monterrey instead of Cuernavaca. That may come later, but if I decide that I like Monterrey, I may just go there again instead of going someplace else! yay!

ok. now, i think that is everything! Lots of changes! ok, now I am going to get back to doing nothing, it is very entertaining, really! no, actually i am going to get back to reading el mundo encantado de ela. it should be fun! I had forgotten how much i like that book!

ok see y'all!

Saturday, March 04, 2006

Sat, 04 Mar 2006 19:40:36 GMT

what is happening...hmm...

well, i have had a migraine since wed.

and that is basically it.

i went to work thurs. and today.

did not have fun, except for the fact that all of the guys kept asking me...how are you feeling now? so, how are you feeling? how's it going now? it was really cute, and they all tried to cheer me up and one of them, who is fairly new, only about three or so weeks approached me when i was leaving today, to tell me he was praying for me and something else. they all really worry about me, and it is soooo cute! It is like i have 40 fathers! it really is hilarious! but it is really sweet too. oh yeah, and i now also answer to the name Michelle. one of the salesmen always calls me that...he accidentally called me that one day not long ago, and it seems to have stuck.... i also go by kitty, kitten, pg, which i will NOT explain (unless you ask me in secret and promise NEVER to tell a soul!), bad girl, and let's see, what else? oh yeah, cherie, my middle name, and various other titles, the number of which i am sure will probably grow, as there is a new name created almost daily....sigh....they are really strange...but fun too. I love my job. Sit and socialize..ok, I can do that...

then, let's see, oh yeah. the other things that i did these past few days were, uh, hmm...well, like, yeah, so.....

i watched two movies on my computer last night while sitting by myself working on not losing the dinner i had so laboriously prepared...easy mac. but it did take a lot of work. i had to wash my bowl, and i also had to get up, which when one has a migraine this can potentially be hazardous to one's health. Like when i stood up into my metal bed frame yesterday...ouch....yeah, i still have the lump to prove it.

hmm...oh yeah, i also had a spanish midterm yesterday, but i don't remember much of that. i didn't feel all that good, so i didn't pay as close of attention as i probably would have otherwise, or it just works for a good excuse for not paying attention. i haven't decided which is the more truthful answer yet....

then, let's see. oh yeah! i got together with an awesome girl yesterday-it was at the time i was feeling the best yesterday-and we talked non-stop for quite a while. her name is lisa. i think i have told you about her before, but just to give y'all a little refresher course, i will again. She was my small group leader last semester when i was still going to salt, and when i switched to impact (which by the way, did i tell you i'm not going to that anymore?) we decided that we just got along waaaaaaay to well to stop seeing each other all the time, so now we meet weekly or biweekly as it has been recently , and discuss a book, or just life in general. she has the biggest heart for God, it is soo awesome to be able to talk with her!

oh yeah, when i got back from talking with her, i looked up somehting exciting online.....

PLANE TICKETS!

Yeah, that was big, but that shows you how excited i am!!!! I looked up tickets that go from Des Moines to England, from England to Wuhan, and from Wuhan to Mexico!!!! Although I may cut the England one (but of course then my flight would be 24 hours long...yuck! we'll see. maybe another country instead of England, although I would like to go there sometime, and maybe if i only have 7 hours on the country, that wouldn't be enough. It might be just enough to make me want to see more, or to proverberally wet my tongue or however that phrase goes...but it think my tongue may already be wet, actually, i am faily certain. I think if it wasn't wet i would be dead. so, i have now established that my tongue is wet.

my head is starting to hurt kinda bad, so i better go so i can take some drugs before mummy and pops come to pick me up for a movie.

see y'all!

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Thu, 02 Mar 2006 12:26:39 GMT

ok. what has been happening recently...um...way too much. however, i can say with a little bit of excitement, that...........................................................................................................

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............................................................................................SPRING BREAK IS IN A WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am only a little excited, though....just a little.

and here is some news for all y'all, in case you hadn't heard, after I go on a study abroad to Mexico, and after my trip to China(but the other way around) there is a possibility that i will be switching schools. The decision isn't final, cause i need to do some research on the topic, but they have a better fine arts school, since this one is mainly for engineering (yuck!) anyway, that is a little bit of news for all y'all, and this Sat. I may be getting lessons in latin dancing, and I will have another chance to do some more dancing later that night! yay!

hmm...what else. i have a midterm i have to go study for, so this is a little short, but i just wanted to share a little excitment, so i didn't explode with it all inside me! oh yeah, and next week i should be introduced to my partner Felipe from northwestern, with whom (look at that grammar-when do I ever say that! i must be getting smarter) we are going to plan the midwest evangelical hispanic conference! yay! i can't wait! i have a whole ton of ideas, but i can't use any of them until i am in contact with Felipe, so i am sure hoping that Becky (the person in charge) introduces us (over email *smirk*-kind of a funny way of putting it) soon!

ok, i have to go study for my midterm, but it just want to leave y'all with this... that.....

pa'luego es tarde,

kal ho nah ho,

there is no time like the present, tomorrow may never come, so, conoce a Jesus bien, porque pueda venir como un ladron en la noche.