Happy New Year's Eve! It is that time of year once again. I suppose I should write an entry in my journal because it seems to be one of the only two times that I write in it (the other being when I am traveling). When I was younger, I would long for the days when I was old enough to do whatever I wanted on New Year's Eve, and now I wish I had an excuse to not have to worry about it. I mean there is so much hype and pressure around it. You are suppose to be somewhere "fun" (as defined by everyone else) and with "someone special". It's like prom or something where you want a date, but you can't just pick someone random (luckily I didn't deal with that too much in high school because BC was a little different). Everyone is asking you what you are doing and so suprised if you say you don't know. When I was younger I imagined myself at a fancy party or in New York's time square. Now I realilze that I would feel claustrophobic and be sickened by the smell of puke and urine in time's square and I am not to the point in my life where I know people fancy parties. So, after putting off until the last minute, we have decided to simply stay in. I am going to share New Year's Eve with some close friends here at the house. We got some fun drinks and fun food..so it should be fun.:-) Plus, you don't have to worry about the transportation and any drunken drivers or pedestrians that you might hit (haha..if you know the story...yes they know what I did last new year's!) So, I am looking forward to a lovely evening with some close friends. I hope everyone has a wonderful evening and I wish you all Happy New Year!

Subject: How to get paint off your car.

Yes, I should have known that going a whole year without doing something to my new car was just too good to be true. I stopped to get gas before heading home (home as in Breathitt..the BC) for my mother's graduation the other day. Well, I pulled too close to the pump and as I left I side swiped the big gray things around the pumps making a lovely gray stripe down the side of my car. (I also lost my debit card at the same stop and had to cancel it..but that's another side strory). So, here is how you can effectively remove paint from your car. There are primarily three methods that I utilized: #1: Simply using my finger nails (Warning: painful and hard to remove paint from the nails, yet nevertheless effective), #2 Take a scraper and wrap a cloth around it or use it bare lightly (Warning: can make new marks in not careful), #3 Use the sponge scrubby thing in the kitchen...my favorite approach (Warning: do not use it to clean dishes later:-) Anyways, these three methods proved effective in removing the paint from my car, so I thought I would share.

Btw, my mother's graduate went well. I very proud of her accomplishments. She alsogave the speech and got a scholarship. It was a cool thing to go to. Anyways, I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas! (I would write from the BC where I am going tomorrow, but it requires fighting with my sister for the phone line).

"Sure, girls from NY, they are tough. And girls from GA, they are sweet. But those born and bred feisty Kentucky girls, they are the ones you have to look out for. We have sugar and fire in our blood. We can ride a horse, be a debutante, throw a left hook and tell you the entire UK line up all while making sweet tea. And if we have an opinion, you get to know it. We're both the pride and the downfall of the bluegrass." -Ashley Judd

How much do I enjoy this quote!:-)

Just another manic Monday here. I have been at work nearly all day doing odd end things. The applications do appear to be coming all together somehow...thank goodness since deadline number one is December 15th. I did school work and worked at the Ridge this weekend. Work went well, it was actually a nice calm evening there. Am I the only person who does not like to dream? I tell you, I have been dreaming continuously the past few nights. In ranges from me being on the Bachelor, to strange high school reunions. I don't like dreams because I sometimes feel less rested when they are so vivid. Oh..well! Good news for spring break: we bought our tickets to Italy! How exciting!:-) We will fly into Rome and out of Venice. Oh how I do love Europe. I think I will go procrastinate and look for places to stay now...

So, yeah I can't help but wonder what is going to happen with Trista and Ryan. I am definitely a bachelor junkie. I am addicted to reality dating shows. Perhaps I am so intrigued by these shows because of the reality of my dating life..or lack thereof (haha). Things are just busy here. I feel like I do nothing but write papers lately. What is sad is that I write all these papers, and half of the time I can't remember what I wrote the next week...or even the next day. I have my cold again...what is it with me this winter? I mean my immune system is not doing it's job. So, I am back to my deep manly voice...when I get this scratchy throat thing my voice lowers for some reason.

For those of you who have been following Average Joe, what's up with this term "duff"? I had never heard of it before. I am often a good "friend of the girlfriend" as I describe myself, so I wonder if that is what I am viewed as. I hope not, but I couldn't help but think about it. Anyways, I should go do some work.