Leave me a comment and I will give you a letter.
Then, write 10 things that you love starting with that letter.
Post the list in your journal.
subcon_ruler gave me Z of all things. I told her that the use of Japanese may have to be employed to get through this, so lets see.

1) Zebras, they've got awesome fashion sense
2) Zephyrs, warm breezes are the shyte XD
3) Zombies, but only the funny kind, the scary kind are obviously scary
4) Zoos, but only well maintained ones where the animals look like they're happy
5) Zeus, he's one of my favorite Greek gods, lightening bolt throwing hussy that slept with half of mount Olympus ftw, the Disney version of him is also wtf-ingly awesome too XD
6) Zelda! ALL OF THEM! (Though I really enoyed Majora's Mask)
7) Zeppelin, Led
8) Zodiac, I've always been really interested in the Zodiac and it's mythology, etc.
9) Zygodactyl feet, I think I only know about these so much because I love birds and I've always thought this is how dragon feet would work best XD
10) Zucchini! yum!

Totally did it without lapsing into Japanese, I stretched a bit, but didn't lapse into another language!

So, I still don't have a job. Even Layne Bryant wouldn't hire me. Six interviews later and I have nothing to say for it save that people never call you when they say they're going to, and they'll do everything possible to get out of telling you they don't want to hire you.

I'd like to know though, how, when I have extensive sales experience, shift lead experience, and assistant management experience. As well as plenty of experience dealing with children and annoying parents through years volunteering with girl scouts in one of the richest (and therefore snottiest and most entitled) places in the US. Why can't I even get a freakin' SALES ASSOCIATE JOB anywhere, when I've been interviewed for six different sales and keyholder positions. I'm very much starting to run out of steam for this. I need to fill out the three applications I have at home right now and get them turned in and get one for Hobby Lobby I guess, 'cause the bf's mom heard that they might be hiring.

I also had to go through all the bs of filling out, getting a quarter inch stack of supporting paperwork together, and submitting my residency petition for the third time in the last two years. If I have lived here for two years, and haven't gone back to the freaking state I came from for a year and a half how in the WORLD can they keep saying that I'm not a resident of Georgia (the state certainly thinks I am, I'm registered to vote here, I have a state ID, I file taxes here, I have THREE bank accounts here, I'm on a lease in the state...what more do they want). If I'm not accepted as a resident this semester I may very well have to try and get things figured out some way other than at UGA, since they seem determined to be such resolute ****heads about everything (fill your choice of four letter word in, any will work).

We still haven't figured out a darn thing about Jordan's surgery because they OFFICIALLY DENIED the doctor that we've been trying to clear since January now and so we have to start this whole darn process again with a new surgeon.

The only thing I have to look forward to right now is my best friend coming in a few weeks and with things as tense as they are around here right now, and with me still with no job, I'm becoming less and less enthusiastic about what a good time that will be. Because it's hard to have a good cheap time around the house in a rather caustic environment, and with no job even the cheap bus trips to go do things that don't cost a cent add up quickly.

Please, oh please, I need a job. A third income added to this household would take away so many tensions and do so much for my health. Everything about my health issues goes downhill when I'm stressed, and if this doesn't count as stressed, I don't know what does.

1. You can ONLY answer 'Yes' or 'No'.
2. You are NOT ALLOWED to explain ANYTHING unless someone messages or comments you and asks.

( memes away )
Please guys...ask questions about some of these XD

I was messing with magnetic poetry, this is what happened:

Time wears young to old.
The rhythm never dies; devours life.
Perhaps a window down to the vast sky,
Wakes deep desire from sacred salt.
Men live like morning,
Decay like night,
Embrace eternity in a circle.

Sooo... I didn't get a call back aboout my second interview on Tuesday (yesterday) like I was supposed to, so I called the manager this morning. She said the interview period had gotten extended and wasn't super specific about when I could expect to hear from her. I guess if I haven't heard from her by Friday, I'll give her a call then.

I stopped by Hancock Fabrics to see what was going on there, as it's been over two weeks. The manager was in and she said that corporate changed there minds and put a temporary freeze on hiring until they figure out whether they are extending her pay budget with the GA minimum wage raise, or whether she will have to figure out how to keep her current staff paid with the same amount of money (which would mean no new hires period.)

This is starting to depress me. Jordan and his mom are having a harder and harder time keeping me afloat, they keep talking about it, I keep feeling like such a burden. I keep applying places and trying to find a job, I've put new stuff up for sale recently, it's barely been looked at. I'm going to finish a bunch of super cheap stuff tomorrow, probably or later this week, just trying to find something that will sell in this market.

I need to get this stupid baby blanket FINISHED so that I can quit worrying about the fact that I'm supposed to be working on it instead of this other stuff too. So...I guess really, actually, the next few days should be devoted to crocheting my brains out. Guess I'm off to get my wrist brace to make this actually possible...

Still haven't heard anything from the two interviews I had two weeks ago. One I don't think is planning to ever call me back, regardless of whether or not they are planning to hire me. Which is something I absolutely hate. If I am not what you are looking for at this time, at least have the guts to call and tell me so. That way maybe I'll quit waiting and being hopeful about a job that is never going to happen. The other one, the manager said could easily take upwards of two weeks to even hear back from corporate about my background check, and that she would DEFINITELY call me regardless of whether I got the job or not, because she hates people who are too spineless to let prospective employees know when they don't have a job. I may still get a call for her then.

I had an interview yesterday. It was a short, preliminary interview with an assistant manager. She liked me well enough that after about 10 minutes of talking and quick questions she asked if I could come back today for a second interview with the manager at 3pm. I hope, as I've said on my twitter and facebook that the old "third time's a charm" saying really holds true here. This wouldn't be a ton of hours, I'm looking for more during the summer, but that also means there would be no hours to cut back during the school year so it would be good for me. I hope I get it!

Also. I've been really watching what I've been eating, trying my hardest to drink at least 8 glasses of water every day, and then either walking the dog, doing a belly dance video I have, or doing a Zumba video I have almost every day of the week. I started at around 225, maybe 220. and have already lost between 6 and 12.6 lbs. If I can keep this up, I know my weight loss won't be as rapid after the first few weeks as my body gets used to the amount of exercise I can fit in right now, but it will be better than nothing. SparkPeople.com and neapanoid have both been a HUGE help in inspiring me and keeping me going in this goal. Hopefully I can keep with it!

All my garden beds are built, finished, and planted! With luck and some time I'll have zucchini, yellow straightneck squash, black beauty eggplant (aubergine), sugar peas, green beans, watermelon, carrots, radishes, and tomatoes! I'll probably start posting some progress pictures once there is progress to show. I might just take pictures of the beds for ya'll though, 'cause I'm actually quite proud of them, it's the first big thing I've ever constructed all on my own and it made me feel pretty darn accomplished in the end. Especially considering how many little issues I had to work around (like warped boards, improper equipment, etc).

Also, INTERVIEWS!!! I had a job interview today, it went well but there are seven other people interested in the position and there is a corporate background check that will, according to the manager, take them at least a week to complete. In the meantime I have another interview tomorrow with only four other applicants involved and it's for a higher paying position, so hopefully tomorrow's interview works out!

Spending this weekend at my boyfriend's grandparent's house on the lake as well, so it should be a good weekend before I (hopefully if I land a job) get back to the real world of having a schedule of some sort to live by again.

I finally started my tshirt strip rug. It's turning out really cute so far, I'm just not entirely sure I have enough t-shirts still, I guess we'll see when I get down to the last of this giant ball of tshirt strips XD

I've been REALLY busy with finals, so I didn't really have time to post. I was so stressed all week that I even sent my mom's mother's day card without signing it XD.

Finished finals yesterday. Then I finished packing up my dorm and took a bus up to the mall while I waited for the car to be back in town so I could move out the rest of my stuff and check out of the dorm. I picked up a bunch of applications that I'll turn in Monday, along with applying for a library assistant job.

We drove Jordan's mom up to spend mother's day in South Carolina with her mom, and she'll come back with the van she's buying from her parents. So we'll finally have two cars again. Jordan's mom and I are kind of planning on having a fun escape-the-house weekend, like going to the flea market, etc to celebrate not being trapped in the house whenever Jordan's working XD

I spent the rest of the day building a raised garden bed out of the loft frame we save from a dumpster on our way off campus yesterday. Someone was just throwing away over $100 worth of wood and hardware. We might take a quick drive around campus tomorrow and see if we can find any others, free wood and hardware for the other bed for my veggie garden would be awesome. I'm hoping to get it planted tomorrow *happy dance*

My final project for my Drawing II class turned out freaking amazing. I'm so in love with it. But, my camera didn't have batteries in it when I was rushing to get to my final so I didn't get a picture of it. My art teacher loved it so much he's hanging on to it until fall so that he can try to get it into the foundation's show at the beginning of the year. He said he'd take a picture of it for me though, so hopefully I can show that off soon, along with my Illuminated Manuscript that he also kept for the show XD

Anyway, I think that's all for now. I should have a garden progress update tomorrow, but it might now actually happen until tomorrow, because Jordan and I are seeing both Wolverine and Star Trek tomorrow night for free (yay for knowing cops that do security at low key theatres) and they won't even be OVER until 1am XD.

So today was awesome, I didn't get any studying done yet, but it was a good day.

Jodan's mom had to borrow his uncle's truck today so that she'd have a car for the weekend for some church seminar stuff she was doing, so I went out with her and Jordan to pick it up. Got to say hi to his uncle, cousin Courtney and their dogs Margaret, Jake, and Edward. (Maggie's such a sweetheart!).

On the way back we stopped at a new Petsmart that has opened close-ish to Athens and picked up an awesome (and relatively cheap, only $8) harness for Noel (that I promptly got Ranch dressing all over tonight, but that's not really a story worth telling the lid wasn't on, I thought it was, I had to wash all the dog's harnesses and leashes XD).

Then we stopped at a tack and feed store hoping they'd have cheap bone meal, no dice (they tried to sell us a bunch of useless gift-junk instead XD. As I told Jordan when we left, that was a city-folk tack and feed store, not a REAL tack and feed store). The nursery some people in our neighborhood own did have bone meal for a decent price though, so we got that.

Then we went to Home Depot. At Home Depot we pick up a 40lb bag of topsoil for $1.19 and a 40lb bag of potting soil for $1.98. We're going to mix those two, the bone meal (in proper proportion) and the coffee grounds to fill our containers and raised beds. We priced the items for the raised beds and with our 10% off coupon two raised beds will only cost us $40 to make, maybe a little more to make if we need to get more dirt. Also, I got an eggplant plant, yaaaaay!

So tomorrow I can study, work on art final project, and be a garden nerd, and walk the dogs ^_^

Also, dinner tonight was really tasty, leftover chicken with some taco seasoning turned into awesome quesadillas with side salads for Jordan and I.

Then, for dessert, I used our new blender and made us fairly healthy milkshakes. Low fat frozen yogurt, 1.3 bananas per serving, about a tablespoon of splenda, and a splash of skim milk. They were FABULOUS. Definitely making these as often as we have enough frozen yogurt and bananas in the house XD

So, in addition to all my usual trekking around campus today, I moved all my crap out of the dorm (except my bedding, I'll need that when I sleep there for finals next week). I am soooo sore ;-;

Guess that means I got a decent workout today?

Jordan and I hung out at Barnes and Noble for a little bit tonight. I found a super cute book on crocheting robots, so I might give amigurumi robots a try when I get a little bit of time.

So, about my gardening plans!

We're going to build two really simple raised beds for the squashes (zucchini and yellow straightneck). Everything else is going in containers! Two barrels for carrots. Pots next to the deck railing and a ladder in the shade for sugar snap peas and green beans. A hot pink storage crate for my radishes (I will put drainage holes in it) and a large metal pail (also something I'll put a drainage hole or two in) for our watermelons. I've done quite a bit of research and will be mixing our own soil and organic fertilizer blend (Jordans been bringing home coffee grounds for me from starbucks ^-^). Since they're in containers we'll be sure to re-feed again just as soon as they've bloomed. I'm really optimistic that we'll get a lot of veggies. Later when we have a bit more money we're looking to get an eggplant plant and some tomato plants. Yaaaaay veggies!