PICTURES OF MY GIGI:

Well, over the weekend I managed to do some of my transcription work at home. There were a lot of medical terms and I had to whip out my medical dictionary. If I calculated correctly, I would have to work on my work book every night at home in order to get my work done by the due date.

Work still hasn't called. I didn't work all last week. There is no communicaton from work, so I really don't know what is going on. Maybe, they fired us and didn't even tell us. They probably would do that too. Basically, I just don't care about that company any more. Brian keeps telling me don't worry about work. He tells me to focus more on school rather than work. He encourages me to do a lot a things. He is my motivation, my lover, my destiny, my best friend.

I heard such bad news over the weekend. My grandmother is very sick. She is about 91 years old and is from Coalmine, NM. A few weeks back, she was flown to flagstaff for blood clots on her leg. They gave her some blood thinner to take. It worked, but I guess it worked too much. She soon began to get very sick. She didn't even want to eat any more and she began to have seizures. She was again taken to the hospital in Fort Defiance and they found that she was hemmoraging from the brain. The outcome doesn't look too good and they tell us that she might go into a coma soon. I have not gone back home to the reservation to see my grandmother. For some reason, I am too afraid. I want to see her, but I don't want to see her like that.

I am still sleepy. I had to get myself up though because my stomache was growling. I had to go eat something. I went to the refrigerator, looked around, walked to the living room, and turned on the tv. There was nothing good to watch, so I had the urge to go to the computer and check my email. Don't you just hate the fact that your email is full of junk mail. I despise them and if I had one teeny tiny wish (besides money) I would wish for my inbox to never, ever have any junk mail!

Any way, I finished my third week of school. On Monday, we start transcription. She assigned tons of assignments already, so im going to probaby work on it tomorrow. I didn't know you can get certified to be a medical transcriptionist. Oh well, you learn new things ever day. I don't think I would want to do that any way.

Last night, my neighbor

(let's call her sarah)

was yelling like she lost her mind last night. She lives right across from me. Oh my gosh! She is the neighbor from hell. She used to come over almost every day to borrow my telephone. One time, I told her my phone broke and then she had the nerve to ask to use my cell phone. I mean, she is one messed up person if you ask me. She and her boyfriend practically fight every day. I just can't see how people can live that way for so long, ya know? I guess it's just the attachment. Some people don't want to end up alone

Things I'm really loving at the moment:
-Brian
-80's music
-my cat
-any thing sweet, pastries..mMM
-my extra credit work for school

My sister is one lucky girl. She just told me that she got the tribe to pay for her school. Every month she gets 900 and some odd dollars from the tribe. And oh, they are also paying for her tuition. I think I'm jealous. I tried getting the tribe to help me with my tuition, but I got denied. I was so sad. I have to pay for every thing myself. She also got a car from my dad. My dad just gave her a car! Did he give me a car??!!? No, he didn't. I had to suffer and stuff just to save up for a down payment for my car a couple years back. I did every thing on my own. My dad is just babying her. I used to be daddy's girl when I used to live under my dad's roof, but since I moved out about 7 years ago she became daddy's girl. I want to be daddy's girl again! I think I feel sick to my stomache now. Blah!

Well.....I'm here at school right now. I finished all my assignments for the week. I finished early. Wooo hoo. I get to do some extra credit work for the rest of the week. This morning I almost over slept. I got back around 6am from dropping Brian off and Iayed down to watch the morning news. I must have dozed off because by the time I woke up it was 7:30am and school starts at 8am. I made it just in time though. I was trying to make it a habit to be at school 15 minutes before 8, but today I blew it. So right now, I'm sitting here waiting for Brian to get off of work again.

Work, still hasn't called. I haven't worked all week. It sucks. My boss needs to get his act together and get some people on the ball so we can have work in our department or better yet, just close the damn department down. Naw, I'm kidding. Not yet. I want to at least finish school first then he can close the department down.

Don't you just hate it when people drive like 5 miles an hour in the fast lane? It never fails. Every day I always have to drive behind somebody who is so slow. And you know what really gets me mad? It's when they decide to step on the gas when you try and pass them. Curse them! LOL.

Anyway, my kitty is getting a bath. Earlier she jumped out of the tub and got the rug wet. I had to snatch her back up from her hiding place to put her back in the tub. She deserves a bath. When I got home today I found that she was digging in the trash and decided to dig up some toilet paper and q-tips out of the trash. They were laying all over the living room floor.

We went to blockbuster today and checked out two more movies (Frailty and 40 days and 40 nights). We got the freedom pass thing that they are offering. I think it is pretty cool that blockbuster came out with that. You can rent two dvd movies at time. No extending viewing fees and due date. All you have to do is bring back the two movies and exchange it for two more. The freedom pass lasts for about a month and only costs $19.99 a month..

I didn't do much over the weekend, but on Saturday Brian and I went to his father's house to roast some mutton. We brought some back with us the last time we went back to the reservation. Brian asked his step mother to make some tortillas. Boy, we had a feast! It was so delicious. Mutton has to be in every navajo indian's diet. I'm only joking. It is good though, when you can get a chance to have it. I wanted to go back during the navajo nation fair to eat at those food stands and bring back some of the squash they sell by the road side. I didn't get a chance to go back though. Brian and I had to work that weekend.

School went by really quick today. I think I was lost in my book the whole time. A lot of the people that I have class with are behind. I try and help them when ever I can. There are also other indians in that program with me. Four navajos and one apache. I like to listen to their stories from back home, the reservation. It brings back a rush of memories. I miss it, but I would rather be out here where there are more opportunities.

I also added a new addition to my aquarium. I bought a fantail goldfish. It is huge, compared to the one that I have in there already. My aquarium consists of one pleco algae eater, three snails, and two fantail goldfish. I used to have a whole collection, but they died.

I was soooo tired yesterday. I didn't even make it to work. I didn't want to work in the other department any way. Brian took me to red lobster yesterday. MMMmmm. I had me the 30 shrimp combo. I chose shrimp scampi and shrimp pasta. I also had me a big berry margarita. It's not that often that I get to drink an alcoholic beverage. A year ago I think I let alcohol get the best of me though. That was when I used to be with my ex and really didn't give a shit. He put me through a lot of hell. It was the usual bastard guy, cheating, lieing and all the bad stuff. That led me to drinking and clubbing and staying up all hours of the night. Now, I think I live my life decently. Every now and then I do go out and have some fun, but I do not let it get the best of me any more. These days I do know what is right from wrong. I am so glad I did all that crazy stuff earlier in my life. Eventually a person just gets tired of being in the fast lane.

Well, as for school, it's going just fine. I think I am learning a lot more now. As a matter of fact, I have to get all these assignments that I have done by Monday. We will be starting Transcription soon. I don't think I will look forward to that. I can't wait until I get into Medical Terminology and Anatomy/Physiology. I know I will have a load of homework. I am ready for it. My last classes should be the medical coding classes. I think that is good because that will be fresh in my memory by the time I finish school. I just can't wait until the day. I can finally leave my job. I hate my job so much, but I stay because I make good money when ever we do have work, but so far, work just hasn't been there, but it's fine with me too because Brian is there for me. He is such a good person. I am so glad I found him and that he is in my life now.

My cat, she is laying on the bed next to me. I bought her these little press on nail sort of things called SoftPaws. I think they are pretty cool. She's got some hot pink soft paws. They are little nail caps that you can place onto her nails so she cannot scratch on you or your couches. They are a pretty penny, but I think they are worth it because you wouldn't have to have your cat declawed.

Bleh! Bleh! Blehhhhh! I am so tired! I just got home from work. I had to work in a different department today. I hate working on that side, but right now, I just don't care. For the past month or two I have not been working my full 40 hr week. If I could only get lucky and win that power ball. LOL. Yeah right! La da dee da da duh....

Well, I got my first A+ at school. I am so proud of myself :). Another typical day...... I woke up took Brian to work, came home, fell asleep for about 15 min and then got up to go take a shower. After my shower, I sat around for a bit and watched the morning news. My cat was bothering me all morning. She gives me a lot of grief. Did I mention she is such a spoiled brat? She came into our lives when she was a tiny little kitten. LOL. She was born in Kayenta, AZ. Rez style. The mama didn't want the babies so I snatched one and took her back with me. The day we brought her back we had to buy all the essentials for that little shit. Litter box, pooper scooper, food...etc. She is a calico cat. Her name is Kali, but for some reason I call her Gigie. I just got used to calling her that, but her tag still says Cali (that reminds me I need to go buy her a new tag at Pet's Mart.

Today was a normal day, nothing drastic happened today. We got our scrubs for school. I hate them! Do I want to wear them for the rest of my life? I just had the urge to pick at my butt all day. Those scrubs can really wedge you. Any way, I heard something soooooooo hilarious the other day. My friend, Michele, told me what had happened to her sister. I guess her sister was at work, she just finished eating her lunch, and she felt this urge to take a shit. So she made her way to the restroom. Sat down for about 5 minutes. Finished and washed her hands. She walks out of the restroom and while she was doing that she felt something tugging at her butt, but didn't think any thing of it. She walks a few steps down the hall way and sees this guy that she knows, so she smiles and says hi to him, but while she was saying hi to him she noticed that he had the weirdest look on his face. So she walks down the hallway some more and then for some reason she felt something tugging at her butt again, so she stops, looks down, touches her butt, and then turns around. AND there lying behind her was a trail of toilet paper hanging out of her pants with a big, black, shit stain on there! OMG!!! I was cracking up!! I about died when I heard that story. Poor thing. Her sister was probably sooooo embarrassed. Has that happened to any of y'all? LOL. I think I will always check my butt before I get out of the restroom stall from now on.

Okay, now for ndngirl's questions. By the way, I love reading your blog too! At the end of a hard day sometimes your blogs really crack me. Thanks.

Answers to ndngirl's questions:

Brian: My fiance'

Reason for taking the Medical Records Specialist Program:

Well, since I practically code all day on legal documents, why not take up medical coding? I heard there is a lot in need for medical coding so I decided to take it. Plus, I know insurance, hospitals, Dr. offices etc...will always be here, so I would not have to worry about not having a job in the future. (crosses fingers)

Today was a hectic day. Here is my schedule for Monday-Friday for the next 10 months:

-wake up at 4am
-drop off Brian at 5:45am
-get to work at 6am
-clock out at 7:30am
-get to school around 7:50am
-start class at 8am
-finish class at 12pm
-clock in at work at 12:30pm
-clock out at 2:30pm to pick up Brian
-clock in at 3:15pm and finish out my 8 hrs for the day.

Isn't that wonderful? I will be doing this for the next 10 mos. You think I can handle that? I Know I will be burnt by next month, but I think I can hang in there. I wanted to start school so bad so I can get the hell out of this shit job. So that is motivation for me. Oh, by the way, I love my morning classes. The morning instructor is way better than the evening instructor. I feel sorry for the people in the evening classes because I don't think they get the full benefit of learning any thing. They might think it's easy going to school, but when you get out in the real world they will not know a thing.

I went to go see that movie Barber shop. Some parts of the movie was hilarious, but the movie wasn't what I expected. My sister's best friend, Darlene, gave us some free movie passes a while back and we decided to use those before they expired.

Yesterday I also went to Sears because when I got my 60,000 mile service done on my car, I had asked them to check why the passenger side wheel was vibrating. They told me that the tire is out-of-round. Is there such a word? It was a defective tire and I should take it back to where I bought the tire. So that is why I was at Sears yesterday. I told Sears about my problem and they agreed to check the tire. I sat and waited for about 2 hrs. Finally, after two hours a guy comes up to me and asks if I had the Plymouth Neon. I say yes I do and he proceeds to tell me to follow him to see the tire. I follow him and he shows me my tire on the balancing machine. He spins the tire and I see that the tire is spinning out of wack. I look at my car and I find that he has taken off the wrong tire to inspect. What a dumb ass! So I tell him that he wasn't inspecting the right tire. He says, "oh, my bad". He said it with such a stupid look on his face. So I tell him to check the right tire. He takes off the tire and mounts it on the wheel balance thingy and the same thing happens. It's spinning all out of wack! Now, at this point, I'm thinking oh hell!!!! What am I going to have to buy now. He diagnoses that both my front rims are bent and that is why the wheels are spinning out of wack. At this point, I probably had a disgusted look on my face or something because the guy that was fixing the car next to him also noticed my tire spinning out of wack on the machine and realizes that that can't be possible and comes and looks at the balancing machine and finds that the spacer was placed in with my tire. So he takes it out and boom! The tire was spinning smoothly. That guy scared the shit out of me. Either he didn't know what the hell he was doing or he was just scamming me out of my tire that I had a warranty on. So I made the other guy take the other tire off to check that one also. I was being a little bitch that whole time. Directing and demanding to check this and that. People BE CAREFUL! Don't be scammed by stupid people like that. That retarded mechanic could have costed me hundreds of dollars! Just think, when you take your vehicle in the shop and they say this and that needs to be fixed. Do you think they really needed to be fixed or replaced in the first place? Makes you think huh?

After Sears, I went to Peter Piper Pizza. Pizza from Dominoes, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut, and Little Caesers SUCK!. I feel like barfing when ever I taste their pizza sauce. I really don't know why I don't like the pizza from those places. It's just something about the sauce. Ha ha. My cat just got her bath. She looks like she wants to kick my ass. She hates the water, but I give her bath any way, whether she likes it or not. She is such a spoiled brat....

Well, as you can guess I am here at work again! I found out yesterday that we are to finish a certain project by Tuesday afternoon. I hate working on the weekends. Yesterday I ate at this wonderful mexican restaurant. Man, was it delicious. Their menu serves old mexico city style dishes. After I ate I was burnt. I had to go home and sleep. I was also supposed to watch that movie Barber Shop. I am definitely gonna see that movie today.

Yah! Today is Friday the 13th. Here at work again. I'm waiting on a call from the boss woman, so my coworkers and I are just sitting here, talking, eating, and surfing. Today is my boss's last day of work. She's a bitch. I despise her. She looks like a little man. He he. I hate to be mean, but she treats us like shit. I am glad that she is going. She got pissed off because they are going to lower her pay. I really don't know why the company had to do such a drastic thing on one's pay.

I changed my class schedule to 8am-12pm. I won't be going to my 5pm-10pm class any more starting Monday. I had to get out of there quick! I think I said in an earlier post that my instructor was a dit wit. I mean I don't want to pay $8,000 dollars to learn nothing. You get what I mean?

I am here at work. I've been here ever since 6am and still have not started on a thing. Yes, I know I am procrastinating. I do this all the time. I think I give myself excuses to open internet explorer or just check email. he he. We actually have work again. It's been about 4 days that we've been out of work. Wah! I hate not having any money. That means I have to budget! budget! budget! Last night I did not make it to class either. It was because of my car. I just had work done on it too (60,000 mile service about 2 weeks ago). Costed me $600 bucks. Let me tell you what happened. I was going down south on 19th avenue and because it was September 11th they were having a parade downtown. My car was running in park for about 10 minutes and then I noticed the gas gauge was on "E". I decided to turn off the engine (thinking i should save some gas). Sat for about 5 minutes and the vehicles in front of me started to move forward. Turned the key to the ignition and then NOTHING! The car didn't even start. I was freaking the hell out. Didn't know what to do. Some guys waiting for the bus helped push my car off into a vacant lot. Thank god for them. Because I sure as hell was not going to get out and push that damn car by myself. Any way, I find out later that night that because my car was on "E" and with me trying to start it I burned the battery out. What a day...

Today is a day to remember September 11, 2001. A horrid tragedy. Something that will be etched in every one's memory for years to come. I know I will always remember that day till I pass. Prayers for the family who have lost loved ones......All morning I have been watching the news. It was very sad to watch those images again.

School has been easy at this point. The instructor says we will not have homework for the next 3 weeks. I think that is awesome! Right now we are taking some keyboarding classes. This is soooooo boring! Half the people in my class just sit and talk. My cousin and I, yes my cousin, are taking the same program. She decided that work is crap also so she decided to join me at school. We are both taking the Medical records specialist program. It's costing us a whopping $8,000 and some odd dollars to take that course. Yes, it is a lot of mulah, but I think it will pay off in the end. I am getting sick of my current job and how our boss treats us like crap. I can't wait until I get the heck out of there....

Yesterday was interesting. I went to my first class. It was was weird because my instructor seemed so much of a dit wit. All she did was take smoke breaks and gawk at other classes. What a goof. I wonder if I will even learn any thing from her. She is too laid back. Oh dear, I'm watching the news. Breaking news! "Bush administration raises terror alert status to high". Prayers for america.....

Today I woke up to find that it was raining. Yeah! It's not like we get much rain here in Phoenix. I think monsoon season is finally here. It's not like how it used to be a few years back when I was still new to Phoenix. I would be terrified out of my wits to see monsoon storms. I used to think that a tornado would come and tear up my little studio apartment to pieces. That was 7 years ago. Today, I'm still alive and kicking and lasted through many monsoon storms. My gosh. I start school today! I have to get used to working full time and and going to school at night. Blah! Oh well, i guess you gotta do what you gotta do. I start school from 5pm to 10pm Mon-Thurs. LOL. I actually bought myself a school bag, some pencils and paper. I felt like I was a little girl starting her first day of elementary school. I wanted to get them little gadgets and stuff that I used to be so amazed about when I was a little a girl, but I settled with a plain old black 3 ring binder. School, here I come....