Last Day

Packed all my stuff and the folks drove me down to the cities today. We stopped at the rosedale mall and I was able to say bye to J. She took me to this funky Japanese store and bought me a funky soda. I took her to the book store and bought a green arrow comic book I won't be able to read until I get back. We made it to my auntie J.'s house and got to visit with everyone. Apparently it snowed so much last night that the metrodome caved in. I think I would have been sick of cold and snow in a few weeks anyway so being forced to leave for Texas isn't so bad, until they start yelling at me anyway. Aunt M wasn't here but she sent a wonderful gift. It's a shame I won't be allowed to take it with me. I still have a few pages left in Lord of the Rings. Hopefully I'll be able to finish before I leave. And because I'll miss her here's a picture of the kitty. I wish I was a cat.


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Where Are All The Newspapers?

I was supposed to hang out with K yesterday but she was running late so I went to town to get a copy of the hometown paper since they were supposed to print my poem but I went to three places and no one had any. I got lunch and a gift for my dad at the mall and came home. I went with K today and we saw that new movie Tangled. It wasn't quite as good as some of the old stuff, they were trying to hard to be funny and have cool animation and it sort of dragged down the story. Other than that it was pretty good. We stopped for lunch and then we tried the gas station to see if they had a paper but all they had were papers from two weeks ago. Lame! I'm leaving for the cities tomorrow to go to basic training and all I wanted was to see my poem in print before I left and nobody has this weeks paper! Seriously, why put "the week of Friday the..." on the front of your newspaper if no one is going to read it until Monday of the following week? Something is seriously screwy about that. It's almost as if the government were running things. Hopefully we'll be able to pick one up on our way tomorrow. Only two hundred pages left in Lord Of The Rings.

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Old Friend

I was going to go out with C, an old friend from school who just came back home after being away at school, yesterday but we had to reschedule so I stayed home all day and read and watched tv. Ma made steak and fried potatoes for supper. Today I did some more reading, less than fou hundred page to go, and watched tv (I have Hercules the legendary journeys season one on DVD). I went to C's house for dinner. Her directions weren't the best so after looking for a while I waited at the switch for her and followed her to the house. She made tacos. We talked. One of her kitties had a giant snot bubble going in and out his nose while he slept. Poor kitty. Ma called and wanted me to come home so I had to leave, luckily it was easier to get home than to find the place once I knew where it was.

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Just A Few Days

Did some cleaning today, folded two loads of laundry, watched tv. Only a few days left untill I leave for basic. Went out to eat tonight with ma and maunta at the wooden table. It's starting to get really cold at night (and during the day). I think by the time I leave I'll have had enough of winter. The cat has had enough winter too, she just can't seem to get warm.


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Tomorrow Then

Had my last day at work on Sunday. It was pretty boring, although I did tell all the guys about the square trees and how if they catch a certain disease they grow square. Of course they didn't beleive me untill I showed them the picture. Today I went with dad to town, we stopped at the clinic, the bank, the railhead, and then Hibbing to see my airforce guy. We went to walmart and I bought some stuff. We got a couple camera cases for my cameras that have to be returned. They were too small. I knew I should have gotten that big one but pop insisted it was supposed to fit snug. That's forty-five bucks down the drain. Meanwhile, I started packing and my bag I wanted to take is just a little too small. I did get my Shakespeare book back finally. I can't remember if those papers in it were mine though. I guess I never did get around to reading lord of the rings today. Tomorrow then.

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Bouncy Floor

We got a new floor mat for behind the counter at work today and it was really bouncy and squishy. Too bad I'm leaving soon and won't have time to enjoy it. Me and dad made dave's pizza for supper at home. Ma is out christmas shopping. I'm gonna miss christmas.


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Six Hundred Pages

I finally found someplace that had the lord of the rings trilogy on DVD. Funnilly enough it was the furniture store in town. Anyway, the power was out when I got home so I went to hang out at grandma's house untill it came back on. I had to take dad's truck because my car was in the garage and the power door wouldn't open. I drove grandma to the store and then I made popcorn and watched the fellowship of the ring at the kitchen table. She kept thinking it was harry potter for some reason. It must be the old guy in the pointy hat. Came home, watched tv, finished actually reading the fellowship of the rings. Now I only have two more books to go. I hope I can finish the lord of the rings before I leave. Six hundred pages isn't all that many, after all, I am the same person who read the seventh harry potter book in one night, and that had to be longer than six hundred pages. I work tomorrow and the next day but I'm totally dedicating all day Monday to reading.

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Sled Beagle

Slept in today, brought in firewood with the beagle (we'll make a sled dog out of her yet), and watched Pan's Labrynth. I don't know why they called it that. I didn't think it would be as scary and sad as it was either. At least the bad guy got killed at the end but that movie still gave me the creeps.

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Remote Controlled Plow Truck

This week has been pretty slow. Worked a few days, went Christmas shopping and got a haircut today. I had to see my recruiter in Hibbing Monday and it snowed so bad I had to drive twenty the whole way home. In the dark. Alone. With no plow trucks. Anyway, me and this other girl at work think that the remote controlled plow truck would be a brilliant million dollar idea. I mentioned this to the lady who owns the used bookstore when I was downtown today and she said that the remote controlled snowblower might be better for everyday use and she even told me she used to work in the pentagon and told me to get in touch with some office of research and development and see if they would fund my idea. I wonder what I did with that paper she gave me? I'm telling you, old people always have the best stories and most interesting contacts. Maybe if I get stationed in Alaska I'll see if there's anyone on the base who can build a remote controlled plow truck. They could probably use one of those in Alaska.