A big change

Most of you know that I have moved out of my apartment. I am not sure what I will be doing or where I will be working in the fall. So in the mean time the decision was made to not renew my lease until I know where I will be settling down at. That leads to temporarily moving back home with my family.

Now to me, I am greatful for this and to live rent free. Yeah, I never thought that I would be back home, but so be it. What I am struggling with is telling people this and assuming what they will think of my situation. I shouldn't be bothered with what other people think or say but to some degree I do.

My friend

I don't know about you, but I do a lot of thinking in the car. It is amazing to me how I can be thinking about something and then 2 minutes later I have gone on mulitple tangents and wondered, how did I ever get here in my thinking.

Today was one of those days. I heard a song that reminded me of a friend. A friend that I enjoyed spending time with. A friend that I liked going to get some cocktails with. A friend who I felt safe around. A friend that let me be me. A friend that was incredibly creative. A friend who was intelligent and would teach me things. A friend who I would discuss music with. A friend who would listen to me. A friend who would challenge me.

It made me so sad to think of my friend who I don't talk to or see anymore. I miss my friend.

Oh crap!

So this evening I was watching 2 boys. I have watched them for over a year now. One is potty trained and the other is not. After dinner, the youngest child decided to "do his duty". When I went to change him, I could not find any wipes. I searched the entire house, the diaper bag was missing too. What does a girl do?

After I put the boys to bed, all was well in the nice quiet house, until about 30 minutes later when the little one was crying. I went to check on him to find out...he pooped again.....and there are still no wipes.

What is one suppose to do when this happens?

So true!

I read a quote from Chuck Swindoll that is helping me keep in check my attitude, responses....

"Life is 10% what happens and 90% how I react."

A new era

Last year I joined myspace, surprisingly, and as of yesterday "Gina G" joined facebook. If you're on there, come find me! Let's be friends and all get along.

Waking up

Back from Arizona. Wow, I loved going on vacation and checking out on life. Don't think that is always healthy, but with everything going on in my life, I say that is ok! Now back to reality.

What I am realzing about myself, is that I enjoy mornings. I like getting all of my "chores" done in the morning so that I have the rest of day free. In a way it seems freeing to me. Like, working out, I just want to get it done and over with so that I don't have to think about it again until the next day. So if I had to pick the perfect time to wake up, it would be 6 a.m., but that doesn't happen...Then there are others I know who are the complete opposite, they rather sleep the morning away. If I did this, I feel like I wasted my day and when I wake up that late then my day is half over. I love learning about people and how each of us work.

Very random thoughts by Gina.....

I'm off

Well, for those of you who occasionally check out this blog, don't miss me too much...I am going on a little vacation to Arizona. To the heat, to see my college roommate, to the pool....yes a break is just what I need.

Check back later.

Summer T.V.

This can be such a sad time of year, because all of our shows from the season are airing their finales. So many times the summer can be used to show reruns. What I am wondering, what T.V. shows do you watch or have you seen any commercials for new programs that are coming out that look interesting. Thanks for your input!

Funnier and funnier

I love the MTV show "Run's House"!!!! It cracks me up. What I appreciate about it, is that practical advice is given to the kids. Responsibility, respect, communication are a few of the characteristics that are being instilled. The dad has such an important role in any family and Run plays it well!

Refineries...blah blah blah

I know I am stating the obvious, but seriously...how can gas go up 30 "bleeping" cents overnight???????

C'mon Bulls!

The Bulls have been exciting to watch this year! So much young talent and quite the bench. It annoys me so that they can play well and have a huge lead to then barely win and sometimes lose. Watching the past 2 playoff games has been utterly frustrating. When any team is leading by 25 or more points, in a basketball game, one would think the game is finished. This does not hold true to our Bulls. I want them to win the series against Detroit, they have a huge uphill battle, but at the same time I don't know if they deserve to win.

31 Flavors

Back in the day Baskin Robins was always called "31 Flavors". On May 2nd, this company is trying to raise awareness and money for a charity. In doing this, they will be serving scoops of ice cream for 31 cents. Not all locations are participating and there are only certain times which they will be serving these cheap scoops, so check into it!

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jobs

The whole job process sucks! Hunting for them, interviewing, jumping through their crazy hoops...

Mondays

Some people just can't stand Mondays. For me it is different. I have to say that Monday is my favorite night for T.V. It makes me so happy to come home and have shows that I look forward to watching like; 24, The Bachelor, Run's House, Dancing with the Stars. Man, what a great feeling!

Idea

The next invention should be a cell phone that you can talk on (and clearly understand the other person) while driving fast with the windows open. Or talking outside today on the phone despite the wind gusts.

Anyone up for the challenge?

2016

I am excited beyond what words can express that Chicago has won U.S. spot for the Olympics!

Now I just have to wait 2 or 3 years before I find out if we really get to host the summer Olympics.

GO CHICAGO!!!!

Better late than never

I remember a few months ago, two movies came out that I was very interested in seeing. The unfortunate thing was that they both centered around illusions. So my first thoughts was that they were going to be too similar. This week I put that thought to rest when I watched "The Prestige" and "The Illusionist". I enjoyed both movies. If I had to pick, hands down I'd choose "The Illusionist"!!!!!

I heard that Justin Timberlake is working with Madonna. I am very curious to see what comes out of this.

What's grammar?

As a teacher, I introduced my students in how to: punctuate a sentence properly, use capitals, and spell correctly. For some of these first and second graders these are new concepts that they are learning and require repetition and lots of practice. What I don't understand is why adults are so poor at this. Why is it in blogs, e-mails, letters...there are so many errors. Do they not re-read what they just wrote? Do they not care? Maybe they are ignorant to this fact?

A pet pieve of Gina's and one that I don't truly understand why it happens.

Is Love Blind?

I became quickly intrigued by the radio station 101.9 when they decided to hook up 2 people to see if they could fall in love without seeing each other. They had experts which helped in the process too. After interviewing different brides and grooms they narrowed it down. There was now 1 bride and 1 groom. They talked on the phone and even went on a date to a restaurant where partitions were set up. Since I had a job where I couldn't listen to the radio all the time I was unable to hear many of their interactions, but when I did something just glued me to listen in.

Well, today was the big day where they would walk down the aisle and see each other for the first time and then decide their fate. I was trying to think what this would be like if it were I. So strange, don't know if I could do it. I like the premiss of this whole event on getting to know someone based on their personality instead of their physical appearnace. I totally believe that personality is key, but I have to be honest, I don't know if the personality would completely win if I didn't find the guy attractive.

So this morning I logged online where I could see the event take place. I saw the groom and I saw the bride. Then the website crashed just at the exact time they would see each other for the first time. What a bummer. I was still able to listen to what was going on. They decided to not get married but continue to date and see what happens since they have only dated for 3 weeks. I will be very curious to keep up with this story and see if love is really blind.

In case you haven't heard

So Larry Birkhead is the father...