Vic Mignogna...makes me want to live a Christian life.

No yaoi/yuri/hentai, no cussing of any way/shape/form.

*sigh*

http://www.vicsworld.net/worship.htm

http://www.azplace.com/tv.html

Sure, it'd be nice...but...I couldn't handle it.

It's been a very busy week for me here but I'm finally finalized and done.

My final schedule can be seen here and I'm very happy to finally have paid for it, even though I never thought I would:

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n254/BlueSakuraLight/fall2006schedule.jpg

Anyway, why I thought that was because last night around 9-ish or so I called up Gammy and had a minichat, then I broke and asked for the money. I was gonna give her the total, but she asked me to show her the email Dad sent me. I showed her. It was from August 22nd, I believe. Then it came.

The lecture. The emotion. The rejection.

Sure she wants me to get a job at an office, that sounds great...but why she made Mom out to sound like she was already on her deathbed I'll never know. Mom has diabetes, that I'm reminded of everyday. But recently Mom's gone to MRI and her docs told her she "suspected form of cancer". Now, they say she has "suspected form of mass"-thing. They basically think it's some gallbladder or liver thing anyway. I see her as fine, so does she. But the things that Gammy said to me I wouldn't repeat on account of how heartbreaking she made me feel. She kept saying things like "If your Mom dies, you'll have to take over EVERYTHING. You know your Dad has to work overseas, so that makes you caretaker of your brother. You know your Mother's sick, and you'll be 23 soon..." That's all I could remember, the rest was a blur of hurt and pain.

But basically she didn't give me the money, so I knew what I had to do:

I returned the books, all but one (no refund for Chacon-sensei's spiral Reader) and I got 40something back, half in cash and half back in my account. I swear, the best damn thing about City College is that I can pay with either cash or credit card, or both if I don't have enough of one thing. So, after that, I paid for the class with the money I got back in return. Now all I have to do is save up ALL my Domingos and lunch money all the next week (maybe next Sunday too?) and buy ALL my books I'll need...um...soon.

Then after that I'll probably buy that blue rolling Hemi backpack I saw in the store...soon.

So, I have NO books, but at least I have my classes I wanted.
With all due respect, Gammy ain't tellin' me how I should run my life and how I should talk. If I want the classes, I'm getting the classes, and if I talk like I "hang around with Black people" (Nina >_<) then that's the way I talk.

So that's that.

~*~

THE SUMMER OF 2006 CHANGED MY LIFE FOR THE BETTER

Due to my being on AD, Brown-sama gave me a second chance: sit-out Summer 2006, come back in the fall. My Summer of '06 was so fun and happy!

It really changed my outlook on my life by one thing alone: FAMILY

Due to my being "untraditional" when it came to family gatherings, a certain set of events took place, mainly involving my Abuelita. She's been in the hospital way too much due to her age and health. Dad had explained to me the importance of family and how I should spend more time with the family as "none of us will live forever" or something like that. Then there's Ricky. He gets Mom so angry, ugh. There was rumors that Mom and Dad would split up, all due to Ricky. But Dad set us all straight with a Family Talk that we usually have. Mom and Dad, with us, worked things out, and I suspect that everything is alright now, hopefully. During this summer I went to Fresno with Nina and Darla-chan. We spent the majority in Tia's pool, and that marked the first time I ever learned how to swim...well, at least try to. I bought some souvenirs for Mom and Ricky from Bass Lake and the little shops were fun to go into. There were picnics, birthday parties, everything. This summer marked the very first time I've felt more closer to my family than anything else in the world put together.

Now, I'm a changed person. I have a new fresh outlook on life and a new love for my family. But Mom and her health...she gets stressed out easily, I can't explain it. She's supposed to go to another MRI exam Tuesday, I think. I was planning to go with her now that Gammy riled me up and scared me half to...well. Anyway, that ruled out cuz of my class that day. I hope nothing happens. *sigh*

Anyway, yesterday/last night I was made a member of the Risembool Rangers. Cool! ^^ I'm actually thinking of selling my old textbooks I have, just 2, for less than what I'd thought. Maybe I'll make a cheap site and put them up there. Meh, I needs the money.

And Pops STILL isn't on MSN. Tons of questions 'bout that...

The good thing is, I'm really getting to love my PERG class. The first day we had to do an activity as an icebreaker and go around fillling out a Siggie sheet meeting people who shared interests with us. I felt kinda important being the only left-handed person in the class! I even met someone from Japan! Plus, today I came in late, and a student asked "What if we didn't finish our homework?" Reyes-sensei said to "finish it sometime this weekend and bring it in on Tuesday as credit for today." So thanks to the student I'm saved.
And I'm also getting used to walking up and down to/from school to/from the bus stop on Market Street now. So happy that the change took place, Broadway was getting so congested. Oh, and I got an ultrasound next week, I'm thinking to just be absent that day as I gotta drink lots of water and just ask Nina to take me, I'm sure she'll say yes. Then the week after that I gotta see my (and Mom's) foot doctor too. Ugh...