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What was the best thing about your weekend?

 

So the subject line of this qotd is off because I was just going through old qotd questions.  The best thing about my last weekend was the "Survivor Party" held in my honor.  Who quits her job and then has a party thrown because of it?  And at that, a party where she gets presents!?  Well, the answer is that I do.  We played beer pong, flip cup, charades (which was much more fun than I would have guessed), and thumper.  I'm so appreciative of the people involved with creating and attending the party.  Thanks for helping me survive in this next stage of life :)

More quotes from The Week's Wit and Wisdom section...

• "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do." - Mark Twain
• "Never explain- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway." - Elbert Hubbard
• "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure- which is: Try to please everybody." - Herbert Bayard Swope
• "In times like these, it helps to recall that there have always been times like these." - Paul Harvey
• "Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." - Soren Kierkegaard
• "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it." - Edith Wharton
• "Life is getting up one more time than you've been knocked down." - John Wayne
• "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy
• "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers." - Voltaire
• "Experience is not what happens to you.  It is what you do with what happens to you." - Aldous Huxley
• "A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties." - Harry Truman
• "On the whole, human beings want to be good, but no too good and not quite all the time." - George Orwell
• "Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition." - Alexander Smith
• "The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one." - Elbert Hubbard
• "Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike." - JK Rowling
• "Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
• "You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life." - Albert Camus

Who or what do you really love?

Grady

It's an odd feeling to anxiously check one's e-mail, hoping that a message came through while hoping that the message never comes.  Scott is not doing well.  On Thursday night I received an e-mail from Sondra that indicated that Scott was expected to pass through that night or possibly the next day.  Ever since then I have been checking my e-mail obsessively.  My inbox barely has a chance to collect more than one e-mail before I have checked it, anticipating that I will get "the" news from Sondra.  Sondra did send out an e-mail around noon today that stated that Scott is still holding on, but barely.  His breathing has gotten even slower, his pulse is low, he is nearly unresponsive.  I don't want his body to feel pain, but I don't want him to go.  I don't want to hear the news that Scott has passed, but I don't want to not know when it happens.  The only thing I can do is continue to pray for him and his family.

Rubyring

I bought a ruby ring today.  It wasn't completely impulsive, but I can't say that I've been thinking about it for more than a week.  A girl in my management class during winter session had a gorgeous ruby and diamond ring and it always caught my eye. So I went on a search today for a ring like hers.  After five jewelry stores, I didn't find the ring I had in mind; however, at the fifth store I found the ring that I ended up ordering.  I almost thought it was a pink sapphire because it had a slightly pinkish look to it.  I tried it on and thought it was very pretty and would be cool to use as a stacking ring should I want to buy another.  In seven-ten days I will have my new ring.

I've never owned a ruby and the only thing I know about it is that its July's birthstone.  So, I did some googling and found out some pretty coincidental stuff... just how the meaning of the stone parallels what I want to do/have in life. 

Here is some of the stuff that I found... and you know it must be true if I read it on the internet :)

* To own a ruby is said to have contentment and peace.

* Ruby rings should be worn on the left hand so as to receive the life force and have protection.

* It is said that the power of ruby is in its encouragement to follow your dreams and your bliss, helping you to change your world. 

* Ruby is the gemstone recommended to strengthen the Sun. One’s courage and will power may be increased by wearing ruby, and it will increase vitality and the ability to perceive things in a true and correct manner. It can help in developing spiritual insight, or looking within toward spiritual realization.

* On the physical side, it may strengthen the heart and help digestion and metabolism. It should be noted that rubies are so powerful that if worn by the wrong person they may cause physical or mental imbalances in the categories governed by the Sun. Red tourmaline, called rubellite, or red spinel may be substituted for ruby and will give the same effects, although with somewhat less strength.

* Rubies range from deep red to other tones depending on occupation or effects desired. A teacher, intellectual, or priest should wear a ruby of a pinkish-red color. A ruler, administrator, or military officer should have a blood red color ruby. A merchant of any goods or produce, or one involved with banking or monetary instruments can wear a slightly pinkish-red to slightly orange-red color or can also wear the blood-red color. An artist, clerical person, or skilled or unskilled laborer would wear a ruby of a darker purple-red color.

* Ruby has a pure red ray. Ruby will draw wealth to you if you keep one in each room of your home. It is an enhancer of passion and a very sensual stone. It also gives self-confidence and a sense of adventure. Ruby allows you to face old fears and put them behind you. When you feel you don't know what path to take or you are stuck in a rut of any kind, (work, love etc.), keep a ruby with you for three days and you will know what you should do.

My grandparents' house got put up for sale today.  I realize it's just a house, but my heart still hurts.  Badly.

How are you celebrating Halloween today?

I celebrated Halloween on Saturday night with some good friends and a bottle of wine :)

1.Have you ever thought about getting your nipples pierced?
I've thought about it, but I could never act on it.

2.Have you ever passed out on the bathroom floor?
Yeah, a few times.  I think only once was from drinking and the other two times were the result of the flu.

3.Do you start the water before you get in the shower or when you get in?
I start the water running through the faucet, then I make it go through the showerhead, then I make sure the temperature is okay, then I get in.

4.Have you ever brushed your teeth while in the shower?
Several times.  I'm not really a fan of brushing my teeth in warm/hot water though.

5.Have you had more than 10 boyfriends/girlfriends?
Maybe in title only, I've had more than ten boyfriends; however, the number of guys with whom I have been in real relationships is much lower than ten.

6.Where do you put your towel after taking a shower?
On the towel rack in the bathroom or in my hamper.

7. What color is your shower curtain?
The inside one is clear and the outside one is a really pretty green.

8.Have you ever had stitches?
Nope.  I am scared of stitches.  Uggh.

9.How long ago did you hug someone?
I think my last hug was yesterday when I hugged Brian goodbye.

10.Did you believe that girls/boys had cooties?
I know this guy who told me he didn't have cooties, but now it burns when I pee...

11.Do you know how to use chop sticks?
I know how they work, but I can't get them to work for me.  So, no.

12. Can you finish the phrase, "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"
Yes I can, thank you for asking.

13.Do you sometimes believe that guys have PMS?
Considering that men don't have the "M" in "PMS," I would have to say no.

14. Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
Some coins.

15.Have you ever run over an animal?
I hit a bird once.  And some miscellaneous roadkill.  Uggh, it grosses me out.

16.Do you think its right for straight guys to get their tongue pierced?
I don't think it's right or wrong.  It's a personal choice.  I couldn't care less who has them.

17. Where's your favorite place to be?
On my couch under the ceiling fan laying with my Grady with a fuzzy blanket over me and The Office on TV.

18. What's your ALL time favorite song?
I Still Remember by Bloc Party or Stars by Hum or Run by Snow Patrol.  It changes often.

19. Are you more of a coffee or alcohol drinker?
Not much of either, but probably more alcohol.

20. Have you ever thrown shoes on a telephone wire?
Nope.  I just wear my gang colors.

21.Do you talk in your sleep?
So I'm told.

22.Do you snore?
On rare occasion, I have woken myself up after hearing myself snore.  However that happens.

23. Have you ever thought about being a model?
Nope.

24.Are you a redneck?
Nope.

25.Do you dye your eyebrows?
I had them dyed once.  It was weird.

26.Have you ever gotten a mosquito bite on your face?
Nope, but I did once have a hickey on my forehead.  Don't ask.

27. What are you afraid of?
Rubber band shooters.

28. What does the 10th text message in your inbox say?'
I don't save my text messages unless they are really special in some way.  The last one I saved was a super-funny text from El and she would kill me if I posted it.

29.What does the 10th text message in your outbox say?
Again, I don't save my text messages.  I'm pretty sure there's nothing in the sent messages at this point.

30. Do you sing in the shower?
Nah, though I am convinced I go back to sleep while standing up in the shower in the morning.

31.When your radio doesn't work, do you hit it?
My radio doesn't doesn't work.  I'm usually using my iPod or CD player.  I cancelled my XM subscription, but I do miss it.

32. Where is your brother right now?
Being nonexistent or illegitimate.

33.Last place you kissed someone?
Somewhere in my house.

35.Last person you text messaged?
I don't know.  Probably Tara though.

36. What kind of phone do you have?
Motorola Rzr.

38.Do you have a chair in your room?
Nope.

39.What are you doing tomorrow?
Visiting Grandmom and Grandpop, catching up on housework, general relaxing.

40.Do you get along with your parents?
Yup.

41. Favorite band?
Snow Patrol or Coldplay.

42. Do you play any instruments?
I probably could still play the flute and piccolo, but I do not currently do so.

43.Are you allergic to anything?
Penicillin.

45. Have you ever wanted to be a teacher?
Yup, I wanted to be a teacher from elementary school all the way up to my second year of college (at which point, I changed my major from Elementary Education to Psychology).

46. What is your favorite color?
Bright kelly green.

47. What does your mom call you?
Mandi, Amanda, Ladybug.

48. What does your hair look like right now?
Shortest layers are pulled back in a clip and the rest is down.

49. What have you eaten today?
Roast beef sandwich and potato cakes from Arby's, a bowl of cereal, and some popcorn.

50. What are you looking forward to?
Quitting my job, going to grad school, getting away.

51.Do you have any tattoos?
Five.

52.Any piercing?
Two.

53.Hometown:
The town too big for one state.

54. Birthday:
June 7.

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