My Thoughts at the Moment

Posted on January 24, 2003 by ksmiley



What can I really say? I have been going to school now for my third semester back since 1990 and I have been finding myself having a real good time coming to school and going to classes. I feel I have been very busy these past two weeks that I have had little time to really write in my journal for the past two weeks. I have been attending classes since January 13, 2003 everyday of the week except Saturdays and Sundays. I have three classes that have taken up my time at school so personal things have been done at home. Today, having a few minutes of free time before my 10 a.m. class, I have decided to give myself a break from studying and get back to it later. Class will begin in about a half an hour anyway. My Fridays are very quick days. I only have the one class and I can get home by 11:30 a.m. right after class. No big deal about attending classes everyday. It gets me out of the house for a while. House meaning apartment.

I feel, even though I want to be on my computer at home the minute I get home, I have been tired and not wanting to be on line or even turn on my computer. I am tired by 9 p.m. and can not keep my eyes open by that time and it is just relaxing and dozing off on the couch. Thank goodness for a cat who keeps me in line about retiring to bed by 9:30 p.m. unless I have had my second wind which is very seldom Sunday through Thursday evenings. Friday and Saturday nights I can forfeit the hour after 9 p.m. and stay up later as a treat for myself for working so hard at school. This week I feel I have had little socialization with other students outside of class or even at home. Thank goodness it is Friday now. I can take a break from classes and studying for a few hours after sundown as Sabbath comes and goes. My socialization have been so small these few days! I have to give myself some time for myself, don’t I? I do not want a burn out, do I? I will go crazy if I didn’t give myself free time, right? On all three questions, I can say this…life is not always a bowl of ripe cherries! LOL

My thoughts at the moment are through right now. I have to run now and get to other things before going to class. I hope I can have the energy to turn on my computer when I get home. I know I will be home before 12 noon but it does not mean I will be energized. Maybe I need to stand out in the cold for a few minutes to wake up. Later…

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A Brief Moment Remembering Nell Carter…Who’s Next?

Posted on January 23, 2003 by ksmiley



When I was ten years old I watched the show, “Gimme a Break” which starred Nell Carter and Dolph Sweet. Dolph Sweet died while the show was still airing on television and now we have lost another fine actress to death Nell Carter. I really enjoyed Nell Carter’s acting, love for children, and her fight with diabetes was amazing. Now she is gone. I found her death a shock this evening as I listened to the news on the computer here a few momens ago. My mouth was practically open letting the flies in and I did not know what to think of the sudden shock. Nell Carter was not a part of my life in any personal way except on my television in the living room every week while “Gimme a Break” was on television. I even watched the syndications that followed afterwards when it went off the air. Juat remembering such a fine actress, comedian, singer is all I need to have her remembered for the years to come. Now I wonder who is next in line to go? That is almost a scary thought but in reality we have no control over what happens in one’s life even our own even though we do create our own destinies that have us in play right now.

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A Quickie

Posted on January 23, 2003 by ksmiley



I do not have a whole lot of time to write everything right now but I do have a good start. My day has been pretty good. The weather can go though. It was zero degrees this morning when I left for school with my neighbor. Good thing I have mittens, a hood on my jacket, and a long jacket to wear today. Anyway, about my day yesterday, the apartments did not get inspected as we expected. Only two apartments, which are now empty, were looked at and that was all. What a bummer. I am definitely ready for inspection and I wish it would be done and over with soon! As for my mood today, I am feeling pretty good except the fact that I am yet a little bit off. More later… I have to run to class now. Bye for now.

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A Lot on My Mind Tonight!

Posted on January 22, 2003 by ksmiley



I am moody again. Must be time for the hormones to go out of whack! LOL Right now I have a lot on my mind tonight. I just found out today that one of my former instructors has a lump on her breast and she having tests done to see if it cancerous or benign. The thought of the lump on her breast triggered memories of my friend Christine’s cancer that matasticised (sp?) to her bone two years later. Yikes! Even though this is happening right now in my mind I do have to admit that I had a good day. In keyboarding I typed 49 WPM with 0 errors which made my afternoon very bright. The cold weather did not seem so cold after all. By the way, the way I type at home is different from class. My keyboarding instructor does not allow us to see our keyboards while we type. I am getting used to the idea of having my right hand confined in a little box and I am trying to use the correct fingers on the correct keys even though I only type with all five fingers of my left hand and my poiner finger on the right. Getting to 49 WPM without errors is a big deal for me. I am doing good in keyboarding!

It is not unually quiet tonight but it surely making me go crazy/ I do know that it is time for my hormones to go out of whack. What a life I am living this day, LOL I guess tonight is not a reral good night to talk. Maybe later.

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My Day Off Of School

Posted on January 20, 2003 by ksmiley



It has been a very good day off. I got a lot done today as far as cleaning my apartment. I did a lot of cleaning before myy cleaning ladies came by about 1:30 p.m.. There was not a whole lot for them to do except to clean the bathroom, vacuum, and dust, HOnestly, since Friday, I have noticed that I have been working hard to give this place livable and a home. Now my day is ending in a quiet fashion.

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To Leave a Comment

Posted on January 19, 2003 by ksmiley



I thought since we can not leave a comment at our diaries for the time being, I would ask everyone who is willing to leave a comment to my e-mail address that is located at the bottom of each diary page. I would like to hear from other diarists when they read my journal entries. I have not run into any problems so far but I do ask all commentors not to swear in their comments. I do not like swearing very much but I will not stop others from swearing in their journals. I find swearing offensive at times with some words. That is all I ask. Thank you.

Kristi

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Abuse at DD?

Posted on January 19, 2003 by ksmiley

YIKES! I did not see this coming but I do know that there have been some issues at DD as far as comments are concerned. I did not know that other writers here at Dd would impersonate others to get by to leave a comment at someone’s diary. It is sad that we can not all work together and be friendly to each other but I know that not everyone fits in the same group. I still find it sad. I have been here for a long time now and I plan on staying here for as long as I am able to be online. I know that not everyone will read my diary entries or leave a comment if they do read. My life is being shared with the world because I want it to be shared. What I do not write about is not so private but my life does have places where it is no else’s business but my own. I am here because I enjoy reading and writing and writing in a journal is what I love to do on a regular basis but I will not tolerate abuse of any kind to anyone whether it is leaving comments with vulgar language. I do not allow swearing in my journal entries or Dear Diary commentors. I know that swearing is in a lot of entries so I overlook them or do not read any further through the diary entry but I do allow other diarists their freedom of speech butabuse because someone impersonates another person? That has gone too far and it is something I do not like or care for whatsoever. I know there are going to be people who will not like what I have said here and that is okay. We are all entitled to our opinions and that is ok here. Now I will have to wait patiently for Atomic Systems to enable the feature again after they have solved the problem at hand just like everyone else. How I found out that leaving a comment at a diarists entry was when I was trying to comment to her journal entry and couldn’t because of a problem that is yet not resolved. If the “leaving a comment” feature is not turned on., I will live with it and still stay and write my entries. But because of someone else’s issue, everyone else here at Dear Diary will have to be unable to write a comment or two at someone’s diary entry. It seems that there is always one rotten apple in the bunch that ruins it for everyone else! I can not believe that everyone can not get along with everyone else. This world is too big to have such problems like this. Some problems do not get resolved and I hope that this one does. Don’t people realize that impersonating someone else is a crime in depending on how a person impersonates? Come on people!!!

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My Sabbath Day

Posted on January 18, 2003 by ksmiley



I do not usually write much about my Sabbaths here at my personal diary but today is going to be a little bit different I guess. My Sabbath day was spent partly at home and then at Nellie Mom’s watching a Sabbath video titled “Attitude Adjustment” It was a two part video. It was good. I would like to share, even though views and opinions will always differ, what I have gotten out of the first part.

My Personal Note

on Attitude Adjustment

We are all guilty for not giving God His time on any given day. God has appointed a time for everything and what time God has for us is not always our time. We need to make time for God what He has given us. Sabbath is a day of rest for us to give God our time in return of God giving us six days of work and play. We are selfish people and here God is not selfish. He only asks us to give Him one day which is a very unselfish act. Time is so very precious to God and He is teaching us that time is very precious. Every minute counts! What time we do not give God we will be held accountable such as working, playing, and doing thinigs that are not related to Sabbath. We are responsible for our given time. Every moment counts to Christ.

Read

Ecc. 3:1-8, 13, 17

Eph. 5:15, 16

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My day was well spent with friends of my faith. I had a very good day with Nellie Mom and Greg this fine Sabbath. Even the wintry snow was falling during our Sabbath lesson on tape and it was a beautiful day even though it was cold outdoors all day long. I was so glad to get away from this place this morning before the noon hour. I did not go to church this morning for personal and physical reasons. Now Sabbath has been over since 4:51 this afternoon and now my evening is closing in and it’s going on 9 p.m. Saturday night.

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After Sabbath Hours – My friend Greg came up to watch Snowy River with me as he had gotten the movie for a Christmas gift from his mom and stepfather. After the movie, we chatted for a while and now I am READY for bed. The movie was a very good one. If you have ever watched the television series on Disney, you will know what movie I was talking about. It was good!

Time to Sign Off Now – It is time for me to sign off for the night. I will be back tomorrow sometime if I find the time. Tomorrow being Sunday, I do know that it is going to be a fairly good working on your apartment day. We have that inspection coming up on Wednesday if they do come then when I am not home and if my apartment gets picked for the showing. “YAWN” and good night and God bless you all.

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I Can Not Believe That Friday Night Is Here!

Posted on January 17, 2003 by ksmiley



With the first week of school now out of the way I can not believe that Friday is already here. My week went kind of fast even though the first two days were rough because I did not feel so great with that terrible cold. I do not know why but I am so glad that Friday has finally arrived even though I am yet not sure about Wednesday. We have HUD coming to do some inspections on Wednesday and again we might not. Anyway I? will not be here since I will be at school working hard like I did this week. Tonight I feel a little tired and ready for bed. I had a bath not too long ago and got into my pajamas for the night. The way I felt most of the week, I am not going to go to church in the morning because I do not want to have a relapse now. I worked so hard to get the cold down a bearable minimum and yet I still have a roughness to my voice slightly but I am definitely feeling better and human again, and at least sleeping well at night. Anyway this week has been pretty go0d even with the roughness of the beginning of school. Now my school week has ended with a bang and now I have Monday off of school, and I will be needed the time off. HUD might come and inspect my apartment. No big deal really. At least I do not think so anyway. I just can not believe that it is Friday already. It’s Sabbath!

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Posted on January 16, 2003 by ksmiley


Today is not at all a bad day. Right now I am at school waiting for time to pass so I can go to class at 1 p.m.. I litterly feel better today. The stuffiness in my nose is gone and I slept fairly well last night. I think I was a little bit restless last night though. I kept waking up to the littlest movement Emilee made or the toilet made. My toilet is kind of broken but able to be used. It wants to run off and on and the maintance man did everything he could to fix it. Who knows what will happen next will be getting a new toilet. At least now the continuous running sounds of the toilet is bearable and tolerable. It does not last as long filling up. Casper is using my toilet very often, LOL.

The weather is chilly and we have snow on the ground and it is getting colder at night now. The cold weather was not very comforting when I was sick and feeling so rotten with this cold, but it is bearable enough now that I can live with it. Being a Wisconsinian, I have no choice. With my health the way it has been, I have no choice to stay in Wisconsin so I can be near my kidney transplant team if something did happen to my kidney, which hasn’t yet, thankfully.

Because of my classes and going to school Monday through Friday, I feel I have only enough time to write in one entry. If I do write more than one I am usually signing off and saying good night to my Dear Diary friends. I just do not feel awake enough to be on my computer at home much after 8 p.m. since I am on a computer a lot at school writing in my journal here, taking notes using the computer’s software, and my keyboarding class at 1 p.m. M – Th. Mondays and Wednesdays I do find myself more tired after classes because I have all three classes, which are: College Reading, Oral Interpersonal Communications, and Keyboarding. I am ready to wind down by dinner time usually.

Before I go, I would like to write about my friend’s 75th birthday. Nana Lea turned 75 yesterday (Jan. 15) and when I got home from school Nana and I planned to get a bite to eat for her birthday. We went to a restaurant called Eagle Inn about 6 p.m.. We got home from dinner about 7:30 and had a piece of birthday cake for desert. The time shared with Nana was fantastic and meaningful. Not everyone reaches their 75th birthday when health is a question. Her health is not all that great. Anyway Nana and I had a good time with each other. We never seem to lose each other’s interests and understandings in our relationship. Who would not spend time with my Nana Lea? Those who do not know her.

It is time for me to go for now. I will try to write again later, if not tomorrow.

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