Okay, so Saturday night while I was really drunk, I decided to quit smoking. I reaffirmed my decision on Sunday morning when I was sober. I was fine, I worked that night, but then I went to a party afterwards and smoked like half a pack. I forgot how closely my drinking and smoking are intertwined. That was bad, so I reaffirmed my decision on Monday morning when I was sober. Since then, I've had at the maximum 5 cigarettes a day. I see this is a vast improvement. Especially because when I was not quitting, I was smoking a pack a day. I'm quitting for a couple reasons, but mainly it's that I had a heart-to-heart with my cigarettes while I was drunk. It went something like this:

"Cigarettes, I think we need to break up. We've had a several year relationship. I spend $5 a day on a pack of you. I spend $5 a day for a little box of potential death. What do you ever give me in return? I'm sorry it has to be this way, but realistically, it couldn't go on forever. You killed my grandmother. I should hate you for this, but I don't. I just don't want anything to do with you. I can't let you kill me too"

So that was basically my drunken conversation with my cigarettes. I don't know, it's really weird, because there are certain times where I just feel like I should smoke. So I'll start a cigarette, but it doesn't feel the same, it doesn't taste the same anymore. It's not as enjoyable, but yet I still want to do it in certain situations. I don't get it. I did enlist the help of (so far) three men to hit me when they catch me smoking. These men are: Matt, my roommate; Craig, my neighbor; Andrew, my friend.

That is all kids.

So I took the ASVAB recently and I got a 95 out of 99. The recruiter gave me this list of jobs my ASVAB scores qualify me for and it's 6 pages long. There are so many jobs to choose from and I don't know which one to choose. I have to pick ten that I would enjoy doing and go from there. I don't know which ten to pick because I don't know what career is going to make me happy. It's an incredibly hard decision. Grrr.....

I've been MIA lately, but that's because I've been stressed out. I don't really socialize as much when I'm super stressed out. I'm just stressed about money, which is what I'm usually stressed out about.

Anyways, so other than that, the only other thing going on is that I might be joining the Air Force. I take my ASVAB tomorrow, so we'll see what happens with that. I'm pretty keen on the idea of joining the military at this point. It's not necessarily a way out of my problems. It's more of an opportunity to do something with my life that means something. I see it as a stepping stone for bigger and better things. The military seems like a perfect environment for me, even though I'm a Democrat.

I don't know, things are pretty calm lately. Nothing is happening in my life. I've met some new people here in Ohio. I really like Ohio, amazingly enough.

Wow, I have not been on here in ages. Well partly because my computer has been having issues with the power supply. So I had to get a new power supply, which I installed yesterday. I finally have a computer again, I'm so relieved.

Updates:

1. I have a job here in Columbus. I work for Columbus Chiropractic Center as a receptionist/chiropractor's assistant. We'll see how that goes, so far so good though. I don't get breaks, which makes it difficult for my smoking habit. Maybe this job will help me cut down, heh.

2. I am going to Havana, in case anyone wanted to know.

3. I've been kind of seeing this guy Philip. Apparently, some of you think he's a douche. Heh. Sorry bout that. EDIT: We had this huge fight and he's being ridiculous.

I think that's it for updates. I've just been kind of hanging out and now working. All is well in Ohio, everything is fantastic with each and every one of you.

So random question, but do I look okay in this? The skirt I mean

Hey everyone,

Well I made it Ohio safely and without killing anyone. I will try to post pictures soon, I promise. I've met a few people since I've been here. Me, Ladybug, cPOP, PixieDuzt went to the Ikea near Cincinnati and that was a lot of fun. Later tonight I'm having dinner with ohash. I'm excited that I know some people here, it makes it seem like a friendlier place.

Anyhow, so far I like it a lot. There was a thunderstorm, which was amazing. I just think that Columbus is a really neat area, not to mention the only place in North America that's getting the new Warhol exhibit. Nice.

I miss SG, I will be on a lot more now that I'm not super stressed out about moving and unpacking. Heh.

The front of my new house:

I leave for Ohio in a little over two days. I will arrive on Friday, August 1st. Yay!! I'm pretty damn excited. Me and Ladybug will be embarking on the three day journey at 7am morning on July 30th, hopefully we don't kill each other. Nothing else is new, I've been busy trying to hang out with people before I leave. I have also been just planning and making CD's for the trip.

Oh, I also got a small tattoo. It's a little piggy on my foot. I know it's dorky, but it's my bro-tat with Ladybug. It has significance.

The car sold for $1500. Woohoo, no more Frank. I'm excited.

I'm trying to make the road trip CD's. If you want to suggest any music, that would be great.

My brother brought home a new kitten the other day. Her name is Annie.

I just realized that we will have 6 cats in my house for about a week. I have two cats, Grueber and Presley. Billy, my brother, has Annie. Ladybug will be staying with me for a bit and she has Seymour. My new roommates have two kittens we're taking with us, Taylor and Sudoku. My house will be insane with three girl kittens and 3 male cats. Oy.

Wow, I haven't been on here much. I've been packing, playing Sims 2, and doing a little genealogy. Packing is something I started awhile ago, thankfully too. I say that because I've been putting off doing the rest of it for so long. I'm glad I got quite a bit packed already. My stuff leaves here in 10 days and I leave in 16 days.

Pictures of boxes:

Other than that, not much else is going. I'm trying to sell the car. I have a woman coming to look at it tomorrow. I put it on craigslist for $1800, she offered $1500, so we'll see. I would love to have sold it two days after I put it up. That would be awesome.

Picture of the car:

I also saw my favorite ex-boyfriend, Marcus Cooper. He's going to run for president one day. I say he's my favorite ex-boyfriend because we're friends and we just pretend that we never really dated. I almost lost my virginity to him, but luckily the condom didn't fit and his mom came home. His mom called me a whore. lol.

Alright, blogtime is over.

Hugs and Boobies,
HZ

We got back a day early from camping because my brother was being a whiny butt. I had a lot of fun and I got a little bit sunburnt. All in all, it was a great little vacation. We made smores, went to the beach, swam in the lake, and took a little nature walk. I'm pretty pleased with how the trip turned out. The lake was super cold though. We got in and it was freezing. After we got used to the water, it was really nice and the swimming was refreshing.

Here are some pictures from the trip.