Creepy...

I have a stalker. Yes, you heard me right, a stalker. Last Thursday in my Civil Litigation class, the girl next to me asked if we could exchange numbers in case we needed anything. Of course, I said sure...what was I supposed to say?

The chic will not stop sending me text. Monday night I get my first text. Luckily I was in class and couldn't use the phone, so I waited until I stopped at the Pope's to chat with Nicole and Kira while the guys finished their poker game. So, I responded to her text by keeping it short and sweet. Evidently the girl didn't get my hint and continued to text me the next hour. Of course she asked if we could "meet up" in the library the next day to do our three questions of homework. I responded that I don't live down there so I don't go to school unless I have class so sorry don't count on me. Really, DW had the day off so I wasn't about to waste my day working on homework when the hubby had already promised to take me to ikea.

Tuesday night....another text. By then I was working on my homework and I was just being mean and didn't respond.

Let me explain, I'm not a group work kinda girl. I don't like to share my homework because I don't ask others to share with me. I'm werid, I know. Plus, I hate talking on the phone, so I don't like giving people my number. So, if I don't call you don't be offended, I hate talking on the phone. Their are seriously only four people I can carry on a conversation longer than ten minutes on the phone with, DW, Aubry (my bff), my Mom, and Momma Mabrey (and my dad, so thats five people).

Sitting in class tonight and guess what? Another text from stalker girl. All the text ever say is that she is "freakin out on the homework." First off, it's three short answers. Secondly, it's not rocket science. I'm not going to give you my homework stalker girl so quit asking for it!!! I was nice and went to talk to the teacher about what excatly was due tomorrow. He assured me it was nothing to worry about. I kindly sent her a text letting her know what was due and where to find one of the answers. What happens...she sends me three more text after that. So I just ignore. I get home from class and sit in the living room talking with the parents. When I come back in, look on my phone, and more text have been sent.

It's official....I'm being stalked.

Toot, Toot!

What's that? That's me tooting my own horn. I've have been bogged down with test galore this past two days (seven tests to be exact) and the results are finally in...I got three A's and one C.

I will say that I am just as proud of that C as I am the three A's. I worked harder for that C than I did for those three A's combined.

So, my not working this quarter has not been in vain and the hubby is going to give me another shot at the full time college student thing next quarter.

No school for the next three weeks...I won't know what to do with myself. I have already stocked up on my vacation reading material...no law books for three weeks. That is my Christmas gift to myself.

Back from the dead...

Believe it or not....I am alive! Sorry I have been a bad blogger lately....I haven't really had much time or inspiration honestly. These past two weeks have been filled with tons of school work and some type of event every night it seems. The sad part is, this is just the beginning. This is where my hate for the holidays comes in. We (like I'm sure everyone else) have something every weekend through New Years and at least one event during the week. Throw on top of that exams in the next few weeks and I am not doing well in Tort Law...it doesn't look as though it is going to be my specialty. So there is my complaining for the day...

What we've been up to the past few weeks (sorry it's a long one)...

Santa came early to my house this year! I will admit I love tv! I am a tv person and though most people really don't admit it, I will....I love watching tv! That being said, I have wanted a flat screen for the past few years. We have literaly looked at them and compared them hundreds of times. Last Christmas we decided that we were finally going to get one with our income tax return the following January. Unfortunately, we owed $1395 to Uncle Sam, so there went the new tv. But, I have been heavily hinting that I really wanted a new tv for Christmas. So I came home last Monday night to find this...

I was stoked. I have the best in-laws in the world! Seriously! They bought me a new tv for Christmas and even gave it to me early so I can watch all my Christmas movies. I don't know all the details of what it is and I'm sure all the ladies are like me and really don't care. All I know it's a Samsung 42" flat screen tv and it's the smaller version of what the in-laws have and it looks cool. D.W. whipped up his Bob Vila skills and made some modifications to our old entertainment center so the new tv will fit. It looks awesome! I will take pictures to post later.

We also went to celebrate Pope's 27th birthday last week at Dave & Busters. We had a blast with everyone and cannot wait to do it again. I didn't take any pictures but you can head to the Popes blog to view the pictures taken that night. There are some pretty funny ones especially the one of Pope's face after a shot...priceless!

After celebrating with the Popes, I got dropped off at the Fall Leadership Conference for school. I won't go on and on about it but, I did learn a few things....

1. I have a very low tolerance for people. People get on my nerves...especially stupid people. I don't consider myself a genius by any means, but people (especially young people) have no sense anymore. I'm scared to see our "future." People are getting dumb.

2. I can't deal with staying in a hotel room by myself for two nights. I didn't sleep any those two nights. I have gone off before without D.W., but I am always with family so it was never a big deal. Saturday night I cried and almost had a nervous breakdown because I hated it so much. My wonderful husband was so sweet and drove an hour up to wherever I was to take me to dinner even though he had to be up at 5am the next morning to drive the hour drive to Thomaston. He is the bestest!

And no, I didn't learn anything I didn't already know. So I had an awful time. I will not be roped into it again next year that is for sure.

Last Sunday night when I got home D.W. took me to see my movie...yes, I am a twilight addict! I couldn't wait to see the movie. I know I am one of the few people that liked the movie. Yes, the books are 100% better than the movie, but I didn't think the movie was as cheesy as everyone keeps saying it is. There are some cheesy parts and lines, but what do you expect...it's a vampire love story. I thought the movie was a good short recap of the book. If you haven't read the books...read them now...they are seriously some of the best love story books I have read. But, I have a confession...we went and saw it again on Monday. First, it was the hubby's idea and secondly, when we went on Sunday we sat in front of two 15 year olds that talked the ENTIRE movie. I even at one point turned around and told her the shut up. She was quiet for about five minutes and then started whispering which turned into loud talking again. So, we decided to go back and see it again and we loved it the second time around. D.W. even liked it so much he is reading the books now...I don't think I'm supposed to tell anyone though.

In other movie reviews, I went and saw Four Christmases with the girls from work Wednesday night....Hilarious! I will warn you that it is pretty vulgar in some parts so I wouldn't take anyone under the age 16 or even 18 (several families got up and left with their kids), it is hilarious though. And no, they don't even show the funniest parts on the previews, those are the tame parts. Defiantly an adult comedy, but a great laugh.

Our Thanksgiving was okay...for some reason it didn't feel like Thanksgiving. D.W. had to work of course so I just hung out around the house in the morning. That afternoon we went to my aunt and uncles and had dinner with about 15 people we didn't know. We ate and then headed out to my grandparents. We had a very small group, but we had a great time. It was just D.W. and I and my cousin Andy and his wife and two babies. D.W. and I got some great parenting time in. D.W. played with Drew who is three. Drew is all boy and D.W. had a blast with him. He's decided he wants one that age. He was scared of the baby. The baby Wesley, was only five weeks old and the cutest baby I have seen. I hate that I don't have any pictures. I forgot my camera at home. I held, feed, and played with him the whole time. Thank you Leslie for allowing me to play mommy for the night and giving me some advice and tips for when I have my own. I have decided that my cousin Andy's wife Leslie is my new favorite person on that side of the family. She is super sweet and at the same time honest. She's great. I wish they lived closer to us.

In other news...D.W. and I have decided it is time for us to move out of the parents house. Yes, we've only been here for six months and no we haven't accomplished what we wanted, but if we don't move, then our marriage may not survive. I won't go into much detail, but we've been having a very tough time. We are fighting constantly and always at each others throats and that is not like us. We decided Wednesday that we had to move. We talked with the parents and they completely understand. In fact, they are ready for all four of us to be out (they haven't lived alone in over 28 years). We are most likely going to stay through Christmas, but we are going to start looking for a house to rent in the Griffin area. We already have a few prospects in our favorite neighborhood, but we are going to start looking more heavily in December. We are hoping to be out in the first few weeks of January. When we originally moved in we wanted to save up and buy a house, but a few weeks ago we decided that right now is not right time for us to buy a house. D.W. has decided that he doesn't want to settle until he gets promoted to a division manager which is the next step. They have already told him that to get a division in the next two years there is a 90% chance that we will have to move. All the division managers around here a filled and no one is leaving anytime soon. All of them have been there a minimum of 15 years and are not willing to relocate. So that means we will have to. We are fine with moving and decided that we didn't want a house to tie us down. So, we had decided months ago that we were not going to buy a house after we moved from here. So keep your fingers crossed and say your prayers that we make it this next month and we find a house to rent that works for us.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

The State Fair & A New Beginning

This past weekend was an awesome one for us. For once, we got to spend it together! Well, technically our weekend was Friday and Saturday, but when your on our schedule, any two days off in a row constitute a weekend. On Friday, I still wasn't feeling so good, so we got up and went to breakfast at Cracker Barrel. Since the hubby works for WH, that's pretty much the only place we get to eat breakfast at. After ending the morning with a trip to Wal-mart so Dave could pick up the movie Iron Man, we proceeded to go home and spent the rest of the day doing absolutely nothing! We took two naps, watched movies & tv, and did absolutely nothing. It was wonderful! We need more days like that. I greatly recommend lazy days for everyone once in awhile.
Saturday, we continued our yearly Mabrey Family tradition of going to the State Fair in Perry. We love the state fair! We in all honestly we go just for the food. Fair food is the best. We had a combination of foot long corn dogs, apple dumplings, frozen pina colada's, and a brawtsworth. Where else can you go and get all those in one place? We also love the livestock. Our dream is to one day have a farm with cattle, goats, and horses. So for right now, we go every year to the state fair to get a look at our future. We think its fun. We had a great time and spent pretty much all day down there. I even got to hold a baby chick.

I'm in my second week of school and so far I am loving it! I think I've finally found something that holds my interest. I am loving my law classes. My classes are two and a 1/2 hours long each, but when in them, the time flys by. Honestly, I've had a hard time adjusting to the choice of moving in with Dave's parents. Even though I've been telling people I was fine with the whole thing. Not that we have any major problems with them, I love them dearly, but dealing with the feelings that Dave and I were moving backwards instead of forward in our life has been hard. But, now that school has started, I am so glad that we made the decision. There is no way I would have been able to keep up with the school work and work a job at the same time. So, this week has given me a new outlook and appreciation for what's going on in our lives at this time. It is easy to forget that God has a plan for us. I now feel like we really are making progress and moving forward in our lives.

TGIF

Yippee, Friday is finally here! We have both had a pretty rough week this week. For starters, I have been sick all week with some kind of sinus/cold something. I woke up Sunday with a sore throat that continued all day. But, unlike the last time, I was good and went to the doctor right away. I left work early on Monday and I even made an appointment. Very grown up of me I know. But anyways, the doc didn't say to much so I guess I was correct on my diagnosis of a sinus infection. He did give me a antibiotic and a prescription for nasenex. But even though I have been taking my meds just as prescribed, it is still taking a few days to get over it. It has now turned into some kind of cold thing and I can't quit hacking. Everybody I know seems to have whatever this is, so watch out it may be heading to your neck of the woods soon.
So, not only am I sick, classes for the fall quarter started this week. Yes, this is always a happy time of year for me, but Wednesday I had a heart attack at the griffin tech bookstore. Part of us moving in with the parents, was to get rid of our debt and that includes student loans, atleast not adding to what I already have. So we have decided to pay for my school out of our pocket. I have always heard that medical textbooks are expensive, but let me tell you that Law books beat the medical books. Atleast at Griffin tech, I looked at the other prices while standing in line. My grand total at the checkout was $420.00 for three, yes only 3, books! One book alone cost $150.00! I do not lie, I have the receipt to prove it. I know that you can buy the books cheaper online, blah, blah, blah. But of course, we had to have the one that is shrink wrapped and has the special code in it so you can log onto the website that your teacher has decided to put all your work on, so you have no choice but to buy it. And then of course the other was a brand spanking new book. It even has a 2009 copyright date, so there are none to be found on half.com. I swear it is a complete ripoff.
Dave has had a tough week with work. Please keep him in your prayers. A lot has been going on this week in his area and though he was not involed in any of the mess, it does affect him and his position right now. Nothing is still final in where he will end up and it looks like it might be awhile before he finds out anything for sure. Unfortunatley, it all seems to be a situation that people are being rewarded for bad behavior and those who do their job right are getting left with the mess. He has just been frustrated with the whole situation, so keep him in your prayers.
But, on a good note, we get to end our rough week together. We both have Friday and Saturday off together!!! I can't tell you how long it's been since we've had two whole days off together. We are still debating on what we are going to do with our two days. It's been so long we don't know what to do with ourselves. Have a great weekend!

I rock!

Well, not really. But the good news is that I did pass College Algebra with a C. In fact in my typical style, I barely passed. I flunked my final exam and I mean FLUNKED...I ended up with a 50% on the final. I ended up with a 70.1% in the class. I passed by .1% how crazy is that. That is truly the grace of God. I will never have to take College Algebra again for the rest of my life!!! That in it's self makes me want to jump for joy.