My sincerest wishes that all of you have a healthy, happy, and prosperous New Year. It’s a whole new year, and a new decade, too!

This is the decade I become eligible for AARP… and I can’t retire for another 21 years!

Just remember to think before you drink. Call a cab if you’re not sure if you should drive. And if someone takes your keys to keep you from driving drunk, thank them! They may have saved your life. I’d like to see you all here in 2010 in one piece.

Stepping off my soapbox now.

Because this is Where it’s @ !

–MorelaterZ–

Since it is New Years Eve eve, I thought I would make a few comments about the year about to end.

I’m glad it’s over!

This was a hard year for me. My health, my performance at school, working 2 jobs during the summer which damn near killed me (or just felt like it), money woes… I realize that it could’ve been a lot worse, but I got through it with a few bumps and bruises (literally) along the way.

I don’t generally make resolutions for the new year, but there are things that I will try my damndest to accomplish in the coming year…

–Improve my GPA. It took a hit in 2009, so I need to rethink and reassess my study habits.

–Move from my current place of residence. I’ve had it! I’m just not happy here anymore. I need to find somewhere that’s still close to school, that I can afford, and that doesn’t feeling like I’m stagnating.

–To not allow myself to be belittled, put down, rejected or walked on by people in my life …no matter what my relationship to them is. And add to that: tell me what I NEED to hear, not what you think I WANT to hear. Yeah, it may hurt for a bit, but I’ll get over it eventually. I’ve always tried to be honest with people…why can’t they or won’t they extend me the same courtesy?

I think I can work on those. Let’s call it the “Stef Improvement Plan”

Have a great New Year! Hope to see you here bright and early in 2010.

Because this is Where It’s @ !

–MorelaterZ–

I’m speechless.

This damn cold has settled in my vocal cords and now I have no voice to speak of.

That makes telephone calls difficult. All I could do is squeak…Chaz thinks it’s funny. Me, not so much.

I think I’m going to go back to sleep now…eyelids are. Getting. Heavy.

That’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

I’m sick.

My nephew, Joey, has been running around with this bad cold, and guess who ends up getting it?

That’s right…”Auntie Seffi” (for some reason, he leaves the “t” out of my name).

He told his mother he felt a lot better when I was there on Saturday. I suppose it will make the rounds of all the family who was there.

Thanks, Joey! LOL

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Meanwhile…

I was supposed to go with Chaz today to look at apartments (for him. He can’t stay where he is now because he now exceeds their income requirements. Long story, will explain in another post), but when he called to see if I were awake, he only had to hear my voice (what I have of one), and told me to rest.

I may have to ask a kid to bring me cold meds.

This isn’t what I wanted to deal with right before New Year’s, but better now than on January 11th when I go back to school.

That’s all from where (hack, coff) I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

Well…

I wanted snow.

And boy, did I get snow! I got a freakin’ blizzard! The interstates and the airport is closed. Oklahoma City and the OKC metro area got more than a foot of snow, and snow drifts that has closed many major traffic arteries.

Oklahoma’s governor has declared a state of emergency for all 77 counties.

The snow is tapering off now, but the winds will still cause snow on the ground to drift. It is possible that we won’t make it to Tori and Dean’s for Christmas tomorrow.

I’ll take all the blame for the snow… Sorry, OKC.

That’s all from where I sit (on a couch at Mom’s house).

–MorelaterZ–

Because I may not get to an actual computer until Lord knows when (not that my Blackberry isn’t adequate, but…it’s not a computer), I am posting my Christmas post now…

And I’d usually post something profound relating to the holiday season, but I’ve been so swamped with stuff– school, money, bills, birthdays– that I just haven’t had the time to look for anything profound. My computer is on a semi permanent vacation, so this will have to do.

Christmas isn’t about presents, Santa, a tree, or getting that once in a lifetime deal at the mall. It’s about family, friends, and the love that one receives from them all throughout the year. But, most importantly, it’s about the ultimate expression of love: the birth of the Christ child in a manger in Bethlehem.

So in these last few days before Christmas, remember that.

And, because there are those who don’t celebrate Christmas, I haven’t forgotten you. I know I’m late for Hanukkah, but happy Solstice, Yule, Kwanzaa, or whatever it is you celebrate this time of year, I hope it is filled with joy and spent with those who mean the most to you.

And that’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

I’ve been feeling really, well, weird today. It’s not a medical thing, though.

At least, I don’t think so.

I woke up with a killer headache, but it was the bizarre dream I had that has me thinking I should be paying attention.

About what, I have no idea.

I wish my dreams wouldn’t do this to me. It’s annoying to be the butt of the universe’s jokes.

Either something really good, or something really bad is going to happen to me. I think that’s why I’m feeling weird.

It might something good and bad. I just wish I knew what I should be paying attention to.

That’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

I had to go back to the store where I bought Daniel’s birthday gift yesterday because when I opened it, there were some important parts missing… can’t use a cell phone without a battery and a SIM card now, can you?

Once I got one with all the parts, I brought it home with a gift bag, ribbons, and a card that plays “I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night”, and wrapped it up. Then I called Daniel and asked him to come over so I could give it to him. Turned out that he had a job interview just down the street from me, so he came over afterwards.

Needless to say, he was thrilled by the gift! He wanted to activate it right then and there. After we thought we had activated it, turns out that the plan that Daniel chose was more than I had bought the phone card for, so we went off to the UCO library to see if we could rectify it.

Now, here’s the insanity part: we left in such a hurry that I forgot that I only had a light sweater on and didn’t bring my coat. And, it’s 30 degrees outside.

Yeah, I know…insanity.

And it’s not exactly toasty warm in the library, either.

Daniel and I got the problem with his phone taken care of, and he was able to make calls, send texts, and do all the fun stuff that his phone can do.

Meanwhile, I’m still freezing, so he took me home, where it IS toasty warm (except, for some reason, in my bedroom, which, even with the heat cranked up, is about 20 degrees cooler than the rest of the apartment).

I should have that looked into.

That’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

I’ve been such a slug today. There’s no school or homework, all my bills are caught up, and my Christmas shopping is almost done.

So I’m watching the Chargers/Cowboys game on mute. If I could just mute the announcers and just listen to the nat sound, that would be great.

I know…for that, I’d actually have to go to a game.

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I need birthday wrapping paper to wrap Daniel’s bday gift. I don’t want to wrap it with Christmas paper. That defeats the purpose of separating Daniel’s birthday from all the other stuff going on this month: Christmas is less than two weeks away, it’s the 3rd night of Hanakkah, and Kwanzaa starts on the 26th.

I know it must suck to have a birthday anytime in December. My half brother, Greg, has his birthday ON Christmas day, and I know he hates it. Or at least he did when we were teens. He might like it now for all I know. I haven’t seen or spoken to him since our dad’s funeral 10 yrs. ago.

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So, here I am, enjoying a lazy Sunday. Better enjoy it while I can.

That’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–

…is to LIVE it, not just EXIST in it?

That’s what I’ve always thought. For years, I simply existed in my life because I thought there nothing more to it that being a loving, devoted spouse and a good mother. Maybe work outside the home to make things easier?

Then that all comes crashing down around me and what is left? The job, yes, and trying to support four children and a chronically unemployed spouse on $10.36 an hour?

And even that blew up in my face. I realized that it was all up to me. I had to live my life, not just let it all pass me by.

So it pains me to see people just doing what needs to be done, and not ever getting out of their comfort zone. Hell, I get out of my comfort zone all the time! Every semester is a new challenge. Every new adventure excites me. Before I knew it, I was living life! MY life…not the life someone else expected me to live, or the life that someone tried to force me into because of their own insecurities.

What have YOU done to live life and not merely exist in it today? Hmmm…?

Well? I’m waiting…

That’s all from where I sit.

–MorelaterZ–