my plate is full

Despite what I thought was gonna happen on Friday, I had a pretty full day.

I woke up and thought, "What day is it?" This is usual for me,  asking this question is the first thing I do in the morning.

Then I asked, "What do I have to do today?" I lay in my bed since I didn't hear any squeaking of the floors yet and pondered this question. "Oh yeah, go see my financial lady at school, got Digital Grid class today. Wait, did I have to print anything out? I don't know, guess I'll find out when I get there. Oh and going to eat Mongolian food with Jerrad tonight. Groovy."

Then the floor started to squeak and I said, "Well that's that." and got out of my tent. (for those of you who have not kept up with my blog, my mattress is inside my tent which is set up in my bedroom.)
The floors have not been too bad since Thursday, but my neighbors have compensated for that by raising their music and/or tv noise by a million decibels. So that's soothing.

Okay, on to the financial front: I am filling out paperwork to reset what FAFSA had for my yearly income since I don't work full time anymore, only part time now. I may qualify for the full Pell Grant amount if I get approved. I'll know by the end of next week. If this happens, then I won't need an additional loan to cover me through the end of the year. Yay! Sallie Mae did not approve my loan for $2000 because they said I had "Limited credit experience." Well, that would have been a completely different story about 10 years ago when I had store credit cards, Mastercard, 2 Visas, a bank loan and a car loan. I wonder if I would have been approved then? Anyway, I will talk to Sallie Mae again on Monday and ask if I go and get a few store credit cards if that will help unlimit my experience. My current credit report is only 2 pages and one page is an explanation that this is a credit report. Ten years ago, I had a novel!

Now off to class. We did have to print out our assignment, but he gave us class time to do that. We went through the critique and I finished my redo in class, so I don't have that for homework. But I do need two ideas on what I might sell in a catalogue. Setting up a 20-page catalogue is going to be our final project. So I gotta think on that one. Any ideas?

After class, I drove through the ghetto to Jerrads apartment. It's a good thing I have a crappy car or else I might not be welcomed as I am in that part of town. "Hey, it's a white girl. Ah she's cool, look at that hooptie, she must be one of us."
We took off to the The Ghengis Grill on Greenville ave. It was just ok for me even though I do like Mongolian food.

Later, we perused a few stores: The CD Source on Greenville and Premiere Video on Mockingbird. I loved both stores! The CD Source is like a dive, it's dingy and cram packed full of cd's, DVDs, movie posters and records! I bought a Christmas record because I love Christmas music! At Premier Video, they have all kinds of movies: classics, new releases, plays, ballet, operas, foreign films in English and the foreign languages. Also VHS tapes! The owner also offered to let anyone use a machine to view a DVD if our player won't play it! Neat. I will definitely go back there to rent some old favorites and some films recommended by my Humanities teacher.

Now on to Central Market where Jerrad wanted to buy some lamb for tomorrows dinner. Lamb and asparagus on the grill with a side of quinoa. Sounds good to me. When we pulled into the parking lot, I saw the Krispie Kreme neon light on - which means fresh and FREE donuts!!

Of course I made a bee line over there then met up with my friend inside Central Market. They had up a "now hiring for cashiers" sign in the window and I am totally filling out an application for it! Ten bucks an hour plus a discount, benefits and food!

After we dropped off the groceries, we trailed out to Liquid Zoo since Jerrad wanted to sing some karaoke. I like this place. It is a mixture of people, young and old and all races. The food, I hear, is great. It's greasy bar food like burgers and fries, but it always smells good. I might eat there one day. There are also tv's, a giant Jenga game, poker tables with games always going,  darts, a pool table and a shuffle board table. The bar is pretty stocked and there are slices of cake sitting up there too. It's kind of a weird mix of stuff going on in this place and it reminds me of being at someones house party with all the music going on and game playing and tv's on. It's a fun, chill type of place.
At about midnight we called it quits.

When I got home, I checked my mail and "the game" had finally arrived! This is a game my friend Valerie and I have been playing through the mail since last May when I still lived in Amarillo and she took a summer job up in Montana. She mailed it over two weeks ago and we thought it had been lost, but I have it in my little fingers now! I can take my turn and write a letter and send it out into the world again so it can find its' way back to her way out in Alexandria, Virginia.

So, that's it. I had a full day and didn't stab anyone in the face.