Still here, still alive... sorry for the long MIA... grad school has been hectic to say the least, but almost done with the pre-RN portion! Be done in May and then will finally have a paycheck again, so excited about that... being a poor grad student in the high cost Chicago area is rough.
Oh, I am also now officially married
Did it back on...
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Oh, I am also now officially married
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Survived the first week of grad school while the temperatures here in Chicago dropped to 0. Yes the thermometer actually read 0 at one point. Makes you want to just stay inside and do a whole lotta nothing or a whole lotta something 
Classes are going well, but the feeling of your life belongs to them has finally set in as I get to go...
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Classes are going well, but the feeling of your life belongs to them has finally set in as I get to go...
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kaleidoscopic:
Well it's good to hear grad school is starting off pretty well.
I just returned to school myself though technically it's a second degree (BFA). However I'm 26 and they're all 19-24 so I might as well be a grad student. They gave me grad housing til I could find a place of my own. Which given the number of idiots I've seen underage drinking puking everywhere in the 15 degree snow I'm glad for.
Wow. 0 degrees. You might have us beat. We've had negative wind chills (which my dad the fluid dynamicist says is just a phony baloney measurement) but no negative or 0 degrees. Yet. I guess they don't call it the Windy City for nothing.
That bike restore looks pretty sweet. I left my bike at my dad's on accident. But I suppose I'm a wuss and it's too cold for me to ride it right now. That and Ohio State is probably right up there with Chicago as a horrible place to lock up a halfway decent bike. I mean you have to take your seat with you. Some dumbfuck stole the seat of my last bike. And it wasn't even a nice seat.
I figured it was some anarchist just trying to ruin my day. But I liked imaging some hobo with a bunch of bike seats in his pocket trying to sell it on High Street.
So now you've got me beat...with your VISIBLE BIKE!
Best of luck with the grad school. Don't let it get to you! Hang in there. Hugs
I just returned to school myself though technically it's a second degree (BFA). However I'm 26 and they're all 19-24 so I might as well be a grad student. They gave me grad housing til I could find a place of my own. Which given the number of idiots I've seen underage drinking puking everywhere in the 15 degree snow I'm glad for.
Wow. 0 degrees. You might have us beat. We've had negative wind chills (which my dad the fluid dynamicist says is just a phony baloney measurement) but no negative or 0 degrees. Yet. I guess they don't call it the Windy City for nothing.
That bike restore looks pretty sweet. I left my bike at my dad's on accident. But I suppose I'm a wuss and it's too cold for me to ride it right now. That and Ohio State is probably right up there with Chicago as a horrible place to lock up a halfway decent bike. I mean you have to take your seat with you. Some dumbfuck stole the seat of my last bike. And it wasn't even a nice seat.
I figured it was some anarchist just trying to ruin my day. But I liked imaging some hobo with a bunch of bike seats in his pocket trying to sell it on High Street.
So now you've got me beat...with your VISIBLE BIKE!
Best of luck with the grad school. Don't let it get to you! Hang in there. Hugs
Back from the dead!!! and going to grad school. Yes I'm still alive, and a bit mroe active now on here and with the bike group. Still engaged and still freezing my ass off in Chicago.
Hopefully I'll acknowledge my existence more now too
Hopefully I'll acknowledge my existence more now too
jtemperance:
Well, hello, stranger! How is grad school working out for you?
gillycat:
he lives! xo
So it took me more than a month to get back on here... Not good I know, but then life gets hectic and the time just flies on by. Biggest news is that minxie and I are going to be moving within Chicago. Wish grad school starting up in January we've decided to move into a less expensive place to try and save a lil...
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kriss:
Hey stranger!
I was just thinking of you and Minxie the other day. I think my mental telepathy is working because I did that with Summer and sure enough she called me after not hearing from her since her move to FL.
Any way thank you for your nice note, and yes it sucks that girls get so damn girly jealous and such. She is still being a bit petty, and I am sure that will never change, but the nice thing is I am in a good place and at peace with everything. So I say "what ever" and keep truckin' on.
Thank you about my jewelry business as well. I am having a fun time with it, and hope it does well.
Got to hang with Sam and Jen for Sam's birthday and they are doing really well, too. Life here is good but cold, and with the Holidays around the corner we are sending out Christmas cards. Send me your address by email and we will send you one.
kisses to you and yours,
KRISS
ps if you get married in Vegas, do it in March the man and I are going to be there for four days and we could be witnesses!
I was just thinking of you and Minxie the other day. I think my mental telepathy is working because I did that with Summer and sure enough she called me after not hearing from her since her move to FL.
Any way thank you for your nice note, and yes it sucks that girls get so damn girly jealous and such. She is still being a bit petty, and I am sure that will never change, but the nice thing is I am in a good place and at peace with everything. So I say "what ever" and keep truckin' on.
Thank you about my jewelry business as well. I am having a fun time with it, and hope it does well.
Got to hang with Sam and Jen for Sam's birthday and they are doing really well, too. Life here is good but cold, and with the Holidays around the corner we are sending out Christmas cards. Send me your address by email and we will send you one.
kisses to you and yours,
KRISS
ps if you get married in Vegas, do it in March the man and I are going to be there for four days and we could be witnesses!
kelseybee:
are you still here?! 
Time for more update
First, many thanks to Kriss and Not Tom!!! The first official supporters of my century ride... YOU ROCK!
Hmmm, what else. Job is going well and I'm having fun roaming the halls of Teh Depot. Although recently the garden department got in these dancing gnomes that basically wiggle around to the sound Get Down on It. Kind of cute and funny......
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First, many thanks to Kriss and Not Tom!!! The first official supporters of my century ride... YOU ROCK!
Hmmm, what else. Job is going well and I'm having fun roaming the halls of Teh Depot. Although recently the garden department got in these dancing gnomes that basically wiggle around to the sound Get Down on It. Kind of cute and funny......
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kriss:
Thanks, the bug is a good one to have. Funny thing is this story is not an Erotic one. But if you still want to read it when I am done, I would be glad to share it with you.
Glad to see life is falling nicely into place for you.
You deserve it all.
You are most welcome, but it was not_tom who jumped right on this. It is a great cause, and of course we would support you, silly.
kisses sweet stuff,
KRISS
Glad to see life is falling nicely into place for you.
You deserve it all.
You are most welcome, but it was not_tom who jumped right on this. It is a great cause, and of course we would support you, silly.
kisses sweet stuff,
KRISS
southernbelle:
You're very welcome!! I had wanted to when it was first posted, but I had to wait until pay day!! 
I hope you are well! We miss you!
I hope you are well! We miss you!
Ok... so... the progression since last update
I officially had my first few days of work with the big HD (not the motorcycles ) this weekend for 16 hrs of orientation. Not too bad but it just served as a great emphasis that my mindset is completely different from highschool kids and even just regular civilians. Also, I'm a total manager and leader now as...
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I officially had my first few days of work with the big HD (not the motorcycles
) this weekend for 16 hrs of orientation. Not too bad but it just served as a great emphasis that my mindset is completely different from highschool kids and even just regular civilians. Also, I'm a total manager and leader now as... Read More
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kriss:
Older yes, cuter yes, in better shape yes, and there is always something to be said for the experience that comes with age... I have not had any complaints! So yes we are older... and THANK GOD WE ARE!!
miss you,
KRISS
miss you,
KRISS
kriss:
Update your journal already!
How is the job, the woman, and Chicago treating you??
Life in NC is good. Its HOT, damn where did the spring weather go, but ya know that is NC for you.
kisses
KRISS
How is the job, the woman, and Chicago treating you??
Life in NC is good. Its HOT, damn where did the spring weather go, but ya know that is NC for you.
kisses
KRISS
So the job search is still ongoing... really starting to hate having to sell my soul to folks again, but bills have to be paid. At least now the bars in Wrigleyville are starting to hire for Cubs season. Keep your fingers crossed that one of them decides to pick me and I'm not left out like a fat kid in dodgeball
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jtemperance:
I was always second to last picked in dodgeball. Thank God for Tyler Gobble!
Good luck on grad schools; get a phat bartending job & the SGC crew can stalk you ...
Good luck on grad schools; get a phat bartending job & the SGC crew can stalk you ...
minxie:
nice comment....thanks for bringing up the fact that I cannot spel and worte a blog. I'm SMART!!!!! (*Harumph!*)
Well the big day is finally here for my wonderful g/f's sister... she's getting married tomorrow and I get to attend and get toasted with her family for free 
Gotta love an open bar. Here's hoping that all goes smoothly and that they have many happy years.
Still unemployed, but working on it... even filed for unemployment!! Hooray for free money
Gotta love an open bar. Here's hoping that all goes smoothly and that they have many happy years.
Still unemployed, but working on it... even filed for unemployment!! Hooray for free money
nyssa:
Have fun!
jtemperance:
I hope you both have a smash-up time. I was glad to see on the boards you might be able to get out to one of the SGC events soon. Hope to meet you (& your gf!) soon.
Well the Superbowl ended up being a superdud ... though it did get off to an amazing start. Regardless it was a ton of fun and I'm glad that I got to spend it with my baby and an old friend.
Today however, proved to be a totally different beast. The GRE to be exact. Yes that wonderful standardized test one must take to prove...
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... though it did get off to an amazing start. Regardless it was a ton of fun and I'm glad that I got to spend it with my baby and an old friend.
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jtemperance:
Give em the teeth, and don't let em look at yr gums.
Sorry, it's the only advice I have.
Sorry, it's the only advice I have.
apexxx:
taking tests sucks! but then again so does job hunting! good luck man
Fun night out on the town with my old Air Force buddy Eric just drinking and swapping stories.. Cannot wait until tomorrow, GAME DAY BABY!!!! GO BEARS!
Ugh, my liver will hate me after two days of serious drinking, but thankfully this will be it for quite a while. I am so the light-weight still, thank goodness. Oh and flirting with a waitress and having...
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Ugh, my liver will hate me after two days of serious drinking, but thankfully this will be it for quite a while. I am so the light-weight still, thank goodness. Oh and flirting with a waitress and having...
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Ok, working on putting up the photos... hopefully I'll get them up here tonight for everyone
Alrighty, the pics are finally up and in an album... though I wish SG would add an option for you to control the order for which pictures go in the album because once put in they're just stuck. Bit of a pain to not be able to reorganize 'em....
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Alrighty, the pics are finally up and in an album... though I wish SG would add an option for you to control the order for which pictures go in the album because once put in they're just stuck. Bit of a pain to not be able to reorganize 'em....
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kitschy:
Cool! Good job on the paint! Glad someone has a green bathroom, since I've since had to repaint mine beige. Also, Idjiit's mom has that same shower curtain in her bathroom! ha.
Take care, I bet its brutally cold there!
Take care, I bet its brutally cold there!
southernbelle:
The pictures of the place look amazing!!!
We're sad you left NC, but it gives me a new place to visit!!!
I'm glad you & the lady are doing well!!
We're sad you left NC, but it gives me a new place to visit!!!
I'm glad you & the lady are doing well!!
W00t! place is looking great now. Mom came in and turned into the slave driver to force me to unpack everything and get it all organized. Pain in the ass at the time but the results are definitely worth it. unfortunately though my camera is at the g/f's place so going to have to wait for the next update to gain some pics I promise...
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southernbelle:
Can't wait to see pictures!!!!
kitschy:
Me too, waiting on those pics!
And family drama is never-ending... I feel for you.
I'm on facebook too, find me on kriss's friends..