I remember when "powder my nose" meant snorting a bump

Real Work feels real Good

Today I rode tony's bike to Kohls.. at 4:30 in the morning, I got there and I met a new lady named Wilma, she is a sweet heart, and from West Virginia! Work was really fun, we worked as a blitz team to get the store ready after yesterdays power outage. I also got a GREAT thingy today from Blanca, I know me and blanca are gonna be good friends, she is a little bit older than me but oh well. I found out Heath is older too, he is the other new guy on freight and he has an interview for a baseball coach position at Elgin High, the same school CJ goes too. I stayed an extra 4 hours at work! So my first check is gonna look sweet! I found out today that I really don't need a bank account, I mean they are still going to send me a check in the mail so its all good! :) Oh and I saw Abby again today, she is a girl I met at orientation, we totally hit it off when we teamed up last friday and she even drove me to walgreens in south elgin. She is cute, but she is still a stranger... In other news my mom is asking my cousin Andre to help me find a car, but the stupid driving schools out here wanna charge me 75$ an hour!! Forget that.. Well maybe I'll pay for one or two classes, actually if I can pay for 3 hours, which is 190$ then i'll be good for the test, and my lisence!! :) So much is going on I'll keep it comin, if I feel like it...

The Tornado

The tornado! that south elgin ALMOST got today sucked, the power went out at Kohl, and half of Elgin was without power for a few hours, I left at 9, and the power was still off, it was crazy! The lights went out when we were unloading the truck that came in, I've never been scared of tornadoes but I've got to admit I was pretty nervous. Everyone was pretty chill about it and joking, at first I was bored stiff just sitting there looking at these total strangers. I mentioned I rode my bike to work and like two ppl said that they saw me on randall and that I was crazy and blah blah blah, but I don't think its crazy doing whatever it takes to get to my NEW job on time, including riding for 6 miles in tornado weather. A bunch more stuff happened but it isn't worth mentioning.

I had a good day, a little boring staring at a computer screen for almost five hours straight. I'm getting up at four tomorrow morning for work. When i have more time i'll blog in more detail about my training day. My mom's check came. Thank god, i have a lot of time on my hands and i can do my laundry and fix gladys

First day of Training

I'm riding tony's bike to work, when I first got on the little monster it felt like I was going to break it, it turns out all it needed was to be set on the correct gear and the chain needed to be moved over a smidgen. I don't see why people in the city buy mountain bikes to begin with, they aren't living in a hilly state and hardly ever leave the neighborhood. Oh well it isn't my money, speaking of money I hope my mom's check comes today, more than that I hope I can open a new account with charter one so I won't have to pay 7 dollars every time I want to get a check from my mom cashed. I also have to set up a bank account because Kohls is "paperless" which means they only do direct deposits and such.. What a pain, my credit is so low I don't know what to do. At work they have this credit card, that they could add my funds too, it'll be another pain because it has a bunch of fees for EVERYTHING. Its fine, i'll get a bank account on one of my off days.

Therapy for Stuttering

I am currently going through self therapy for my stuttering problem. The main things the program teaches are to first change how i feel about my stuttering and secondly how to change the abnormal manner in which i use my vocal muscles. The book i read was a great help, such a great help i decided on taking notes and then reading those notes aloud and saving it as an audio file. I thank God that i've lived as long as i have, that i can truly grow as a man and a child of God.

Sunday

Its sunday morning and the head of the house has an attitude, i don't understand why everyday someone in this house is pissy. I'm happy because i start training for kohls tomorrow. I'll have to borrow Shane's bike though. I hope if still has it, they tend to get their bikes stolen a lot!

Watching nine after eating two homemade burgers. I do love staying in watching movies. I watched in the electric mist with tommy lee jones while the girls were still here. Such a nice day, and its only partially finished. It is quite nice having that sleepy full feeling and slowly laying out on the couch with the knowledge that you don't have any appointments today.

Saturday

I just found out the rental tv is gone. The woman i live with moved it out. Probably for more money for the rent and the water bill. Its amazing how people manange to mismanage their money... Lord knows i've made some mistakes in the past but she is an adult! With four grown kids, and none of then are interested in helping her out or doing something to make some money. I was the same way, heck i was worse, disrespecting my mom's house and not trying to help out. Thats why she kicked me out when i was 19, thank goodness she did or else i never would have learned how to be a man who takes case of himself.

The best drinks are the sodas in glass bottles, luckily they have a lot of them for sale at citgo. I think i'll peel off for a bit and read some of my new book. I feel like feeling sexy! I like erotic stories, i only started reading them after i read lets get it on by jill nelson. Then i read the original novel, sexual healing. The books aren't so much erotica, but the scenes described in the books got me so hot i started to look for books with a sexy edge

I love sitting at home just eating and sitting on my futon. Today was really great so far, i got out of bed first and made myself breakfast. Eggs with cheese, pan fried potatoes and biscuits! Then i talked to my mom on my way to the library and watched bad girls club. I finally got my book i've been waiting for. "I just can't help the way i feel." jan and demika are visiting this weekend. Its always good seeing jan, she's like the sealest person i know. Laughing with her and tara make living here worth while.

Sitting in my room thinking about the things i have allowed to come into my life. The good and the bad.