Sometimes I wonder…

Sometimes I wonder why I even have a blog…I just don’t use it very often. I feel like I just need to go back to the old school journal by hand thing cause everything that goes on in my life I realize I don’t wanna share it with the world. I wanna share it with someone but not people who don’t care/have their own things to worry about and who are also strangers. Like I’ve gone back and made several of my blogs private, just because I realize they’re kinda personal, that not only do few people probably read them, but they also probably get bored. I could try to be like other people and try to make money out of blogging, but I just don’t feel like doing that either. I also hate the fact that I can’t even make my own graphics as I don’t have Photoshop anymore. :-( Even though I know this, I still don’t wanna shut down my site (for one I’m hosting another site & then I like having this here even if I don’t use it.).

But in general, life I getting better…aside from the fact that I just can’t get over someone in particular even though it’s quite clear he’s over me. *Sigh* the cons of being an emotional girl. All well. I’ll get over him eventually, but I’m just gonna not care about anything but my job and my daughter. So alas…this site will continue to be a placeholder…lol.

One of these days…

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One of these days I’m going to blog more…but I’ve said that many many times in the past…and it doesn’t really work. But I figured it was high time I posted one. A lot has happened the last few weeks…I’ve broke up with Daniel. It wasn’t easy and it’s still not easy. He’s been talking to me, I think hoping we’ll get back together, but I really just want him to give me space. So the other day I finally told him I wanted to focus on myself (and Emma). And I think he realized just how permanent this is becoming.

I’ve been thinking about a lot lately. I really think I wanna move away, I’m not saying clear cross country…but I want distance between me and my overly close-knit family. A huge part of me feels like this isn’t where I need to be. I know that might be kind of stupid and lacking any real substance, but for me it’s a strong enough feeling that I know it’s true.

I don’t know exactly what/where I’m suppose to be, hell I don’t even know where to start, I just know that I need to get out and find it. My mom drives me crazy, she is always saying that I won’t like being away from family, she’s been there and she didn’t. I may not like it, but how am I suppose to know if I don’t try. I mean it’s not like it’s something I can just pick up and do whenever I want. It’s going to take some time to figure out where to go or what to do, and I have to take Emma into consideration. So it’s definitely not like I’m going to be all “Well I’m moving 3 hours away, mom, see you later.” No it doesn’t work like that.

And I met one of my favorite authors this past weekend, Meg Cabot, and she had something very meaningful to say. She talked about how life is so unpredictable and you don’t know what’s going to happen, so if there’s something you really want to do, then you need to do it. I strongly believe this. There are many things I really want to do and I don’t know what’s in store for me, so I’ve decided I want to try my best to do the things I really want to do in life.

I can only hope that it all works out for me.

South Korea? Huh?

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Many people seem to have the same question every time I mention traveling to South Korea: “Huh?” or “Why?” So I thought it was about time to give everyone an idea of why I want to travel to South Korea.

I will admit that the first thing that drew me in to the Korean culture was Korean dramas, but that’s what got me asking questions about the culture. I started picking up differences in the language. It would be the same word but said differently…it was then that I discovered that the Korean language has two forms, informal and formal. That was the first time I took interest in learning the language, I wanted to know when and why you used the different forms. Korean drama also got me asking questions about etiquette, wondering why they were acting the way they were toward someone or something.

I’ve learned so much about etiquette and customs they use in South Korea that now I want to be able to experience these things in person. I want to compare what I’ve learned online to what the country is like in person. I would like to experience how the two forms of language are used in everyday life. I also think that the best way to learn the language is to be put in the real life situations in which I need to use the language first hand.

There is so much I want to know and learn that I can only learn from visiting the country and experiencing everything first hand. South Korea is a country that has a lot to offer in customs, but is quickly overlooked for more popular travel destinations.

 

So tired of well everything.

I’m really very tired of so much right now. I’ve been questioning mine and Daniel’s relationship for probably a year or so. We’ve been together for 4 years and have a 2 1/2 year old daughter together, I think that is probably the biggest reason we’ve stayed together so long. I think there were red flags in the beginning, but I was naive and didn’t notice them. And to this day I don’t think I could do anything differently, because I have my beautiful daughter, and I wouldn’t trade her in for anything.

First off, he was leaving a 4 year relationship and moving directly into a new relationship (with me). They had a 3 year old together (he is 7 now) and I had never been in a relationship before him. Secondly, about 2 months into our relationship I found out that his ex was 4 1/2 months pregnant…and I hadn’t even learned that from him. He had told me he’d only known for a couple weeks and hadn’t known when to break it to me. I later found out that he knew she was pregnant when he left her. And lastly I ended up pregnant 7 months into our relationship and even though I have Emmalyn now and wouldn’t want to change that, I know that we moved to fast too quickly. I also later found out that his ex had gotten pregnant within the first year of their relationship.

And for about the past year, I’ve been questioning everything. We seem to fight all the time now. He makes a big deal when I want to hang out with my best friend (whom I blew off for the first 2-3 years of our relationship). He plays WoW ALL DAY LONG. I am not exaggerating when I say this. He even gets on the game on his hour lunches! I also haven’t been able to like his mother since the first year of our relationship.

When we first got together I liked his mom. She seemed really nice, but fairly quickly I discovered how much she controlled his life. And that control continues to this day. His mother has every say in Tyler (his 7 year old), and I feel that’s ridiculous because he is his dad, not her. Recently, his ex is talking about moving to Texas and taking her boys with her (she has 3, 2 are Daniels). Well HIS MOTHER was telling his ex that she should just give custody of Tyler over to HER (not Daniel). Um does that sound right to you?? NO. I don’t know 100% but I’m pretty sure that Daniel’s mother put a FREAKING GUILT TRIP on a 7 YEAR OLD BOY. Why do I say this?

Tyler had been okay with moving to Texas one day, but a few days later, when Tyler was with Daniel’s mother, he was suddenly not okay moving with his mother. And apparently he got so upset that he PEED HIS PANTS! Seriously? I highly doubt a 7 year old is going to be able to think about the move enough to make himself pee his pants. So I’m almost certain that Daniel’s damn mother was telling him all kinds of sad things like how he’d never get to see her, or how he’d never get to see his sister, and so forth that he got so upset about it and peed his pants. THAT’S NOT RIGHT in my book. Tyler’s mother has custody of him and Daniel doesn’t even spend but 4-8 hours A MONTH with him, so he has NO RIGHT to make him want to stay here.

And then today, Daniel calls my mom and ask if she’ll watch Tyler for a few hours until he got off. Of course my mother’s not going to say no. Well when Daniel’s mother (who picked up Tyler last night) dropped him off with a change of clothes…oh apparently he was spending the night. Did Daniel ask if I was okay with this? No he didn’t. And you might think that sounds wrong, well it would be except for the simple fact that Daniel works on weekends….meaning that tonight he’s spending a whole hour maybe with him until he puts him to bed. And tomorrow? He might see him for a few before he goes to work, he’ll probably see him again on his hour lunch break, but guess what? He’ll get off work…come pick him up and then take him home. And I’m pretty sure that he only did this because HIS DAMN MOTHER puts a guilt trip on him about not spending time with his son and blah blah blah. So he makes ME babysit when Tyler DOESN’T behave at all! I spend most of the day getting on him! So how is this fair to me? IT ISN’T!

And to make things all the worse? He gets an attitude when I talk about hanging out with people, wanting to know why I don’t hang out with him. The reason I don’t want to hang out with him is because he thinks it can always be just me and him, like we don’t need a social life or friends. Well I’m sorry but I do. You might ask why I don’t spend time with him AND friends…the reason is because HE IS SO FREAKING BORING! He doesn’t talk to anyone really, and he just sits there.

Then on a more personal matter: He hasn’t gotten any in probably at least a year and he makes a big deal about it. Well I’m sorry I don’t want to have sex with you because well you suck at it and I really don’t know about our relationship anymore. I don’t feel the fire or the so in love feeling anymore. I feel like I’m safe from heartbreak but so unhappy. I feel like the only thing keeping us together is Emma. And not to mention to more times he complains about it the more I’m going to pull away. And when I ask your opinion about whether he thinks this or that swim suit top will fit, I don’t want to hear, “I don’t know I haven’t seen them in a while…” DAMMIT that’s not what I was asking, jackass!

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Horrible Blogger…

I am a horrible blogger…I know. I guess it could be that I don’t ever have anything really interesting to say…Not a lot has been happening. I’m so glad Christmas is over, work is almost back to normal. I am only working 24 hrs this week (3 days) which any other time would be awful, but with how crazy Christmas was, I can’t complain. A break will be nice…as long as they don’t keep cutting my hours that is.

It’s 2011…Crazy…don’t feel like it I know. Emma will be 3 years old in 6 months! I can’t believe she’s growing up so fast on me. She’s getting more and more spoiled by the day…and definitely not just from me…I’m worried she’ll turn out like those kids that want something at Wal-Mart but you tell them no and they start screaming. I really really hope she doesn’t become like that.

So honestly that’s really all I have to say. I know my life is ah so entertaining…not. It’s time for a nap with Emma.

BTW #kpopownstwitter because SpaceBigStar Kim Hee Chul is trending again…he never seizes to amaze us!

Break from reality?

I know I could really use a break from reality. I want to be able to get away from everything and just have time to think. I want to get away from work, family, and Daniel. My best friend Veronica mentioned a few weeks ago us taking a trip this summer, just the two of us, in celebration of her graduation, but the other day she made a comment about there being lots of places she wants to go but when she’s older so to me it sounds like she doesn’t really want to.

This is why I’ve decided I’m going to take a trip on my own. I would love to go with someone like Veronica. I don’t think I want to take a trip with Daniel, because to be honest he’s one of the things I have to think about. I need time away from him to decide if our relationship is meant to be. I don’t think I could spend too much time away because I couldn’t leave Emma for a long period of time without going crazy.

I don’t know where when or how. I don’t have the money to just up and go on a trip. I’ve thought about spending a month in South Korea, learning Korean. I’ve found a program that teaches Korean in South Korea but I’d still feel very worried going without more knowledge of the language (or a friend who knows the language). And I also have to think about whether I could spend a month away from Emma. I think I’d be okay as long as I could talk to her every night (and even set up a web cam so she could see me).

But I think going to Korea for month is a little too much for me to afford right now. The program itself is $1400 and that doesn’t include just my own money. That would include board and 2 meals/day but nothing else. So I’ve almost given up on the idea…but I can’t completely because it’s something I really really want to do. So I’m thinking maybe I should just set my sights on something closer to home…but then there’s no where in the States that I really want to go to…so I just don’t know.

As a side note…I did a really good thing the other night. We were Christmas shopping and I found a $100 bill in the Toys R Us parking lot! And guess what? I did NOT pocket it. I turned it in to the service desk…I know someone may just pocket it themselves but I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I just thought about what I would do if I realized I’d lost a $100 toward my electricity bill or some other bill…and I couldn’t do that to someone else. A lot of people said that they really probably would have just pocketed it. Like Brandon at work, he says he’d of just kept it (since it was found in a parking lot not inside a store) which is very horrible…but guess what? He’s on a winning streak! He’s won a lot of things lately (mostly video game related) and that’s so not fair…especially since I did a good thing not keeping the money but he would have! Isn’t that bad karma??? I would be set for life if I won a trip to anywhere in the world I wanted to go (aka South Korea!) lol…but unfortunately things don’t really work that way.

I can’t complain too much because I have a good life:

I have a job…(though it’s not necessarily a GOOD job but now days any job is good)…
I have a beautiful healthy daughter…(and some people never get that)…
And I have a family that cares…(though we drive each other crazy often)…

So like I said I can’t really complain…but sometimes I’m sad that some people get things handed to them on a silver platter and never have work for a living…while the rest of us struggle just to get from week to week…

I guess that’s enough venting for the night…I’ll need to go to bed soon…it’s almost 11pm and I work at 7:30 in the morning…I’m just ready for the holidays to be over with…

Florida. Wedding. K-Pop…and other things

I haven’t blogged in a while, sorry. Blame it on the K-Pop! LOL I’m completely hooked on it (and going to South Korea). I guess I’m hooked on the Culture as a whole (and Super Junior *cough*) I’ve been pulled into the Korean Wave…lol. I’m dead set on going to South Korea one day soon (aiming for as soon as possible) which will probably be when I can save up a good $3500 lol

I’m trying to win a contest to win a trip to Korea for 2 (flying business class) for 1 week, but I’m pretty far behind. What you do is create a Dream 1-day itinerary, then you share it with friends/family/etc and get them to “Like” and/or “Tweet” it, and your popularity goes up, if you’re ranked #1 at the end of the contest you win! Easy? Yea if you have a bunch of friends or a really popular site (which I don’t lol). But I’m not giving up til the end :D If you want to help me out you’re more than welcome to! My 1-Day Dream Korea Itinerary

And while I’m on the subject of Korea and K-Pop, I’ve totally gotten my BFF hooked on it and KDrama! She has to finish My Girl (SBS) and as soon as she’s done with that we’re jumping right into BOYS OVER FLOWERS! Yes! I have to wait for it to come in, but since it’ll still be a bit before she finishes My Girl, BoF should be in by then…at least I hope, it’s been almost 2 weeks…but it’s coming from Hong Kong, so it may be delayed (with security and what not) so who knows.

So we had our Florida vacation last week. I think we took some of the Missouri weather with us…and sent some Florida up, we’re pretty sure it was warmer here than Florida! Grr. It was a nice vacation though, I didn’t have worry about getting up and going to work yay! We aren’t going to have a very smooth relationship with my new sister-in-law though. She’s good about making us look like we’re trying to anti-social and what not, when in reality she’s the one that’s being anti-social. All well. My brother loves her…and what happens with them is between them.

Work has been about the same…working my ass off everyday and not getting paid enough! But I think that relates to 90% of us…

Rude People

Why are people so rude? Tonight at work I had to scrub poop off the carpet because someone had scrapped their shoe off. I mean really? If you realize you have poop on your shoe, go outside and get it off. I gagged trying to get it off. I just don’t understand why people do that.

So I showed the MV Bonamana by Super Junior to several people at work and a good 3 or 4 of them actually like it too even though none of us speak Korean lol. I’ve decided my favorite: Kyuhyun. It took me a while to pick one out because there’s 10 active members and 3 inactive. I came across a “remix” of Bonamana in which Kyuhyun, Donghae, Yesung, Sungmin, and Ryeowook performed the song and that’s where I “fell in love” with Kyuhyun! Here’s the YouTube video:

I love his solo at 3:06. I did like Sungmin in this video because he was so energetic, more than the others, but Kyuhyun is still my favorite.

Taelur and Bobbi asked me if I wanted to go to the movies with them on Friday (the only time I’ve been invited by someone at work) but I have to close by myself Friday night :( which sucks in more than one way. Friday’s are one of our busiest nights AND I have to close by myself. They are going to watch Let Me In, which I hadn’t even heard of until now, but it’s suppose to be scary and rated R, so I’ll have to go see the preview. I may have seen it but just didn’t realize it.

I have to work 8:45 to 5:15 tomorrow. I love not closing but at the same time I am NOT a morning person at all…but I have to make due.

So I went to Wal-Mart with Daniel cause he just got paid (technically tomorrow but it shows up on his card early) and I was starting to tell him about how at work I’d showed Dustin and Zac (co-store mgr and asst. mgr) the cover of Cruise Travel magazine, which had the new cruise ship Carnival Dream. Dustin had decided that it was going to be our getaway when we get hit with the zombie apocalypse and as soon as I said that Daniel rolled his eyes, not joking but as if he were annoyed. I didn’t finish what I was going to say, instead I just told him to forget it and didn’t say anything else to him. What I had been in the process of telling him was that me and my other asst. mgr Bobbi had agreed that that would be awful because if there’s an outbreak on the ship, we won’t have anywhere to go. Bobbi and I agreed that we should barricade ourselves in Wal-Mart because there’s lots of food AND guns/ammo (because there is in sporting goods lol). He just made me mad that he acted like he could careless about it. And granted it’s not like it was a newsworthy subject but it was funny to me…but apparently not him.

I told my mom and she said it was because he was “jealous”. She thinks it’s because I enjoy my job and he absolutely hates his. I can’t help it if Wal-Mart is getting stupid on things…I’ve told him he should look into another job while we’re at my moms house, cause he makes over $11/hr now, and we know he won’t be able to get that starting out somewhere new. He doesn’t want to so I tell him to stop complaining about the same things over and over again.

Speaking of work. I forgot about this until now. Apparently Dustin, Bobbi, and Zac all joke around about starting a porno business lol. The other day we were standing in the back and Dustin was talking about some of the titles. One was “Star Whores” (Star Wars), and I can’t remember the others. Well Brandon, a guy we work with had came up with one for Breaking Dawn and we all busted up laughing about it. He said it’s be “Breaking Dawn’s Hymen”. Dustin said he wouldn’t act in one of the pornos, but he’d love to narrate it just so he could say “These are the voyages of the Starship Intercourse” lol. I asked him if we had some black market porno business inside Books-A-Million, he said that it wouldn’t be illegal, it’d be done all legit and it would be called “Dustin and Bobbi’s Back Door Entertainment”. LOL.

So we have some very interesting conversations at work and I guess I can’t blame him for being jealous about it, but I can’t do anything about it. Am I suppose to act like I hate work too? We seem to not have much to talk about anymore and I can’t help but wonder about us sometimes… :(

Wanna go somewhere and be someone…

I want to go somewhere and be someone. I don’t mean it in some big shot superstar way. I just want to feel like I’m making a difference out there. Right now all I am is a girl who works in a bookstore. I don’t want to do that for the rest of my life. I am hoping to pay off my loan income tax time and maybe start going back to school Fall 2011. I am still trying to figure out what I want to major in. A part of me wants to go with Criminal Justice again, another part of me wants to do something that consists of traveling (international travel). It’s not like I can do something really huge since I do have a daughter to take care of but I want to go places…see the world.

Today at work I started thinking about things. About me and Daniel. About our future. But mostly about my future. I love Daniel deeply but I can’t honestly say I’m in love with him. I feel like I rushed into a serious relationship too fast. I feel like there’s so much I may not be able to do with life now. I would never change it for the world, I got Emma out of it and I don’t want it any different.

When I start thinking about this, I get this gnawing, nervous, scary feeling in my stomach as if I’m running out of time or that I’m going to miss something really important. I know it’s probably just mental, but it’s an awful feeling. I wonder if I’m really meant to be with Daniel or if there is someone else out there for me. But when I think this, I get the same exact feeling :( I think it’s mostly because he’s all I’ve ever known. He was my first everything and I wonder if maybe it all went too fast. I sometimes feel like I’ve only stayed in the relationship this long because I know how much it would hurt both sides, and how much it’d affect Emma. I don’t want to hurt him or hurt myself, because a part of me will always love him. Being with Daniel is like a comfort zone for me and comfort zones are the hardest things to leave.

I just wish I could figure out what I need to be doing with my life…because I just don’t know sometimes…