“Yep, she’s a country girl, alright.”

That’s all J had to say after visiting my parents this past weekend.

I did tell him they lived in the middle of a national forest.

We had a great time. BBQ’d, watched movies during the rain — up until the power went out. Yep, you read right - the power went out for SIX HOURS while we were visiting my parents. This happened because of a HUGE storm that blew through while we were there.

Talk about scary!

Anyway, I’m not feeling very well at the moment, but I wanted to mention my awesome holiday weekend. How was yours?

Ugh, Minnesota, you’re killing me.

I’ve been living in this state for what, 3 weeks now? I lost track. I don’t know. But aside from the Mall of America, I’ve had nothing but HORRIBLE shopping experiences in this state. I’m hoping that will change soon. Anyway, here goes - the first experience was at Walmart here in Bloomington. It’s pathetic. It’s jumbled up (as in their electronics are next to the milk! YAY!), it’s messy, it’s packed, and it’s scary. Plus the cashiers are the most unfriendly bunch I’ve ever seen. I mean, really, people.. I was a cashier for over two years, and while I hated my miserable job, I didn’t show it at work. I especially didn’t purse my lips and look grouchy at the customers. Bleh. So J and I have decided we’re going to drive OUT OF TOWN to a better Walmart. Which is ridiculous, because THIS town, of all other towns in this STATE, having the Mall of America and everything, you would THINK would have a decent Walmart. I mean, really.

And then the second experience was at a grocery store down the road from our apartment. We couldn’t do our usual jumbled-together shopping at Walmart since their grocery section consisted of pizza rolls and bread (I kid you not), so we had to find an actual grocery store. Like whoa. Anyway, we find one, and we go inside.. and the prices are ridiculous. But I suck it up and deal with it because we’re pretty much broke until next Friday, and can’t continue to eat out every night, so I NEED TO BUY GROCERIES. We spend $113 on stuff for the next week, after dealing with yet ANOTHER grouchy cashier, and various other stupid people throughout the store.

I hate to sound so.. negative. But really. Way to go, Minnesota. Way to make a girl who just uprooted herself from her home state question why she moved here in the first place. If J weren’t here, and if he didn’t have an awesome job that KEEPS him here, I’d drag my butt and his back to Wisconsin. RAWR.

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Sorry, everyone. I’m just terribly homesick. So everything is pushing my buttons. I miss my mom. And my dad. And my friends. All I have over here is Jason, and one of my cousins (who happens to live less than 20 minutes away, thank goodness). I feel terrible, because right before I moved, one of my best friends told me she was pregnant, and I’m the godmother. I promised her I’d go to all of her appointments with her, and now I can’t. I moved away. I’m going to miss most of her pregnancy, if not all of it.. with gas prices what they’re currently at.

I really wanted to go home for Mother’s Day, but it looks like I have to wait until next weekend. I don’t know. We’ll see. At least one good thing has happened… I GOT MY TAX REBATE! $300, baby. And I wasn’t even expecting it, because I didn’t get a slip in the mail like everyone else I know did. How awesome is that?!

Once again, I’m sorry I’m a Debbie Downer (LOL I had a Chemistry teacher who used that phrase all the time); please excuse me. It’ll get better. It’s just been a rough week, with the move and all sorts of stuff going on.

I hope everyone has a FANTASTIC Friday; I’m so excited for the weekend! What are your plans? Is anybody doing anything special for Mother’s Day?

Sometimes I wish my head would just explode already.

Sorry for the lack of updates once again. I’ve been sick with a headache the past two days. I think it might be a sinus headache, and it feels like if I could just drill a whole in my head and let the pressure out a bit, I’d be okay. Bleh. It’s feeling better now, though. Thank goodness.

I’m not sure if I like Bloomington yet. It’s so.. huge. You see, I’m a girl who grew up in the countryside (aka a place where the population was “Unincorporated”). A small town consisting of MAYBE ten families. Maybe.

Here, in Bloomington, the population is like 85,000+. That’s CRAZY. I can’t even register that number in my head as POSSIBLE.

Not to mention, I’m not sure I like our apartment. We’re on the 2nd floor and the people above us have two kids who constantly run around. Which is great fun when I’m sick with a headache and can’t stand even the slightest noise.

I’m probably just whining. I think the main reason I’m so uncomfortable is because I’m so far away from my family. It was bad enough when I was an hour and a half away from Mom & Dad; now I’m 3 hours away. And with gas prices being outrageous, I can’t go and visit them nearly as frequently as I would like.

I’m rambling. I apologize.

♥ Dani

Eep!

It’s so odd that when I didn’t have a job, I had more to blog about than I do now. I feel awful neglecting the site, but I’ve just been trying REALLY hard to do well at this job. I’m still working on getting into the whole 2nd shift schedule; it’s been hard! (Especially since next week I have two 7am-3pm days. WTF?! lol)

I hope everyone is doing well. I’m still waiting to see how much money I can give my mom out of my paycheck to help with her bills. I really hope I can give her at least $100. :[

Life's been going well.. Nick and I have been wonderful, although this month seems to have been bumpy on everyone's relationship.. we had a bit of an "awkward" discussion earlier this month, but things have since cleared up.

Where has February gone?! I can't wait until Spring. I HATE THIS SNOW!@$%

Anyway, I promise I'll try to start blogging more frequently now. I miss my site, and I don't want to lose the beloved friends and visitors I have! :]

Working like crazy!

This is my first full-time job, so I’m trying to get accustomed to the whole.. 8 hours a day, 5 days a week thing. But it’s going well so far. As I said before, I love it there. The environment is wonderful, my co-workers are friendly, and it’s just a great place. Hopefully it’ll remain that way.. lol!

Let’s see.. what else to talk about.. well, my mom called me crying the other night because their bills are stacking up, and they’re actually thinking about taking my mom to court over it. Needless to say, she’s scared out of her mind. So any bit of help would be VERY much appreciated; I’m going to give her as much of my paycheck as possible, but if you’d like to donate too, I’d love you VERY much! My PayPal address is shown on the left sidebar. (It’s the same as my contact address.) A dollar, fifty cents, whatever.. I just want to help my mom as much as I can. Oh, and I forgot to add that Amber donated recently as well. Thanks so much, hun! It means a lot.

Well, I have to get going. After work tonight I’m driving to Mom&Dad’s. I’m going to visit them for the first time in a couple of weeks.. I miss them TONS! So hopefully that drive goes well (since I don’t get off of work until 11pm.. lol, oh well).

Anyway, I hope everyone is doing well, and I promise I’m going to start commenting on everyone’s blogs again.. I’ve just been SO busy lately! *hugs to everyone* Take care, and have a great weekend!