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Another Thanksgiving has come and gone. Whew! <\/p>\n

This year was a simple one for us, and I for one (maybe the ONLY one) was glad for it. We ended up getting a Honeybaked Ham (instead of being covered in turkey guts) and just had a few sides with it. Trust me that was more than enough. And no tryptophan comas this year. SCORE!<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

Two weeks left and I will have SURVIVED THE 1ST SEMESTER! Where\u2019s my gold statue? (btw, it\u2019s spelled s-t-a-c-E-Y! *sigh*<\/em>)<\/p>\n

The homework for the four PowerPoint chapters in my computer class is crammed into the next two weeks. I KNOW! Plus the final PowerPoint project is due next week too. I\u2019m actually thinking of doing very little for the final project, or not even doing it at all. I have such a high grade in that class, it wouldn\u2019t hurt.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s the math final, which shouldn\u2019t be too bad. I hope.<\/p>\n

I got an email from the college saying that course evals are now available online and they\u2019re due by Dec. 13th. That gives me plenty of time to figure out what I\u2019m going to say about the psycho professor from hell. It totally goes without saying that I will NOT miss her. At. All.<\/p>\n

This Friday I will finally be allowed to register for the spring semester (cuz I\u2019m still low on the credits totem pole). I\u2019ve decided on 2 programming classes, but I still haven\u2019t quite figured out if I will take 2 or 3 more classes and what they will be yet. Good thing work is slow<\/strike> DEAD. It might actually give me a chance to figure that all out by Friday. Or not. I\u2019m still behind on blog reading you know.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

November 19th was my one year blogiversary. And my blog stayed silent.<\/p>\n

I could blame the silence on work. I could blame it on school. I could blame it on the fact that I killed like a million brain cells when I got totally shitfaced that week. But the truth is\u2026..<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know WHAT the truth is.<\/em><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know why I write less and less lately. I don\u2019t know why I remind myself that I need to write, and then find anything else I can think of to do instead (and my office is looking better than ever these days!). I don\u2019t know why I write blog posts in my head when I lay down each night (but not write them down) only to completely forget what the hell I was thinking about when I wake the next morning.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s just a phase and that it passes quickly.<\/p>\n

*****<\/p>\n

I had the strangest dream last week. I was at my high school reunion and NO ONE TALKED TO ME. NO ONE. It was absolutely awful. And then I was asked to be a server of some sort. And I was all WTF? I’m being ignored and now I’m asked to wait on the people who are ignoring me? I so don’t think so.<\/em> So I left the reunion bawling.<\/p>\n

It was SO WEIRD. I already went to my reunion last year. And even though I wasn’t the most popular kid in school (in fact far from it…I was a total band geek), I wasn’t ignored. I did, however, manage to make an ass out of myself a couple of times cuz I totally remembered someone’s face, but completely forgot their name and even called them by a different one. Brilliant Stacey, just plain brilliant.<\/p>\n

I’m so sorry Juan! I really do remember you! You can totally accept my Facebook friend request now!<\/em><\/p>\n

Yeah, like he reads my blog.<\/p>\n

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