Lizet's Place (original) (raw)

That's how long it's been since my last update.

I don't know what I planned to journal about that I didn't cover in my last entry, but... whatever.

On 9-9, I turned 42. The day before that, I went to an Argentine Steakhouse with my niece (who turned 28 on 9-6) and a couple of friends from church. It was nice and fun. I forgot to get a group picture, but one of my friends got a picture of my niece and me. I really liked it.

My actual birthday was on a Monday, and I went to school. I was all jazzed about it and had planned to take cupcakes, which turned into donuts, which I ended up not getting because I'm broker than a joke. Again, that was okay, too. One of the success coaches brought cake bites, and there was red velvet! So I got a chocolate bite and a red velvet bite!

I got some gifts. Money, a couple of Amazon gift cards, a wireless mouse, a book (The Client by John Grisham), a travel charm bracelet, a giant pineapple squishmallow (I have no idea who sent that one), a purse with my name on it (that arrived last night). The one free birthday item I took advantage of was a free drink from Starbucks, and then I also got another discounted item, which was two items for $4.25!

I have pictures, but I don't know what's going on with my laptop. I've been getting these error messages and "out of memory" messages for a little bit of time now. It is interesting (NOT!) that it started happening after I got an email from Lenovo that said it's been about 45 days since my warranty for my laptop expired, and I should really renew it. You know, Lenovo, I'd like to, but I don't have an extra 70−70-70−100 lying around. If I did, I'd use it for groceries or to pay for my classes.

Anyway, I'll have to find a way to upload or sync my pictures from my phone to my laptop and share them in a separate entry...maybe before Christmas.

I still haven't found a job. I nearly lost my unemployment. I don't know what the hold up was, but I'd been looking for work 3-4 times a day and applying to at least 1 job a week (but I was actually applying to 2-3 jobs...it would be more if I had a car and could apply to jobs that are further away, but I'm not about to take, as required by UE. I called the office and waited on hold for about 40 minutes to talk with someone, only for them to ask me all these questions that they asked several weeks ago. Once that was sorted, I was told I needed to look for work and apply to 2 jobs a week.

School-wise, I'm doing well in my two classes this quarter. I have an A+ in both of them. The next quarter begins on October 14, and I will have two more classes. I'm getting more involved with ASU Local. Rather, the program is adding more ways for students to be more involved to make it feel like we're in school, I guess. A Black Student Union is forming. ASU and the different physical campuses already have a Black Student Union. I'm a part of the one on the main campus, even though I'm an online student. So, I think it would be great for ASU Local to create this organization. I don't know yet if it's just for my location or if it will encompass multiple locations. I will find out on Monday. We will also have a Dean Advisory Board. I don't know what it's about, but I was asked to join, and this is the first meeting...so I joined. The first meeting is on Tuesday. Wednesday is Crochet Connection. This is self-explanatory, lol. It's held with fashion and design students, but it is open to other ASU Local students. Thankfully, these meetings are being offered virtually and in person. I could go to downtown Los Angeles and participate in them in person, but 2.5 hours there and 2.5 hours back eats up too much time...time that I could spend doing homework.

There's a lot going on with Delta Sigma, too. I know I'm slacking there in both my Chapter and my National Position. But other people have stuff to do that directly affects my work. If they aren't doing their part, I can't do mine. I'm not going to stress about it too much. I'm waiting for Big/Little Week. I believe we have it scheduled for September 30-October 4. I'm hoping for a Little or two. I didn't take one last semester, but this semester, there are a couple of new Sisters I feel like I've clicked with, and I'm actually excited to bring one or both of them into my Unicorn Family House. LOL. There's other stuff with the Sorority that I've taken the mantle on (of?), but it's still in the planning or dreaming stage as I'm not sure I actually want to commit to it because it's a lot of added work...but my other EC members think I should. I'm thinking about it.

It's 12:20 am. I need to go to sleep. My alarm for church goes off in 7 hours and 41 minutes.