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So Meghann inspired me to make a little post with pictures, quotes, or anything else I like. It ended up being pretty long. I love the picture above this. I think it speaks for itself.


( I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad... )

Haha, Keleigh had me reading old journals from high school. Wow. I have changed SOO much, and thank God for that! How snobby and stuck up can someone possibly be! Don't get me wrong, I still love who I am and I'm still a confident person... BUT I do not walk around like my shit doesn't stink these days. I also make a huge effort to not take people I love for granted anymore. I haven't perfected that yet, but I'm trying.

So, me & Andy went to Frostburg to start moving our stuff into our house. We bought a new mattress and this big carpet to put down in our bedroom, which has wooden flooring. I have a bunch of stuff to still put on the walls and I just ordered the bed frame. Andy bought and put up extra closet racks/storage so I could fit all of my clothes without having a mess. The bed frame I ordered also has 6 drawers on the bottom for extra room. The amount of clothes I have is completely ridiculous. It's like every time I wear an outfit I have to go buy another one. I really need to make a stop at goodwill to get rid of a bunch. Our other roommate, Jake, is awesome. Andy and Jake lived together last school year while I was in Iraq. He's a clean person & we seem to have a lot in common. We both got a kitty last week!!!! =D I bought this beautiful persian/scottish fold kitten that Andy & I named Jaxon (Jackson). He is adorable & I'll post pics as soon as I find my damn USB for my camera! Figures! He is such an affectionate cat. He'll come wake us up in the morning by licking our faces -- he must think he's a dog.

I also bought Andy a nice spice rack for the kitchen. He's a really good cook and I told him that all I want for this birthday is for him to cook me a nice dinner and then go out for some drinks. The day of my birthday (Monday), I depressingly have classes from 9am to 9pm. Yes, that's right. I'm in for a hell of a year. I'll probably end up having a nervous breakdown, haha. Andy tells me I'll do great - but I'm preparing myself to be VERY stressed out. I've seen multiple people in the dental program breakdown crying over the workload... =[ Hey, I guess if I can handle a year in Iraq I can certainly deal with dental school. =]

As of lately, I've been getting doctors appt. out of the way and gradually packing up my stuff to take with me on the 20th when I move back to MD. I have to admit I can't wait to get back to the college lifestyle. EXCITING!!!

SO busy lately. I'm trying to get everything done so I'm ready once school starts again (so scared it's going to be too difficult for me). I'm extra nervous. I was more ready before I went to Iraq... now I feel like I'm different than these people... haha I feel like they know where I've been for the past year and think I'm weird or something. Whatev.


( I pretty much try to stay in a constant state of confusion just because of the expression it leaves on my face )

TWO MORE DAYS!!! Yes, I'm going to keep talking about it until I'm HOME. Not as in FT. Dix either - I mean in my civilian clothes, shopping at the mall, hanging out on the beach HOME.

( <3 )

ONE WEEK AND TWO DAYS UNTIL WE FLY OUT OF THIS PLACE!

I am SO excited! My parents got my "re-acceptance" letter into the dental hygiene program! I knew it was coming but it's still exciting to know that I'm finally getting to start something that I should have last year!

=] x 500,000


( Weekends are for the Warriors )

So, Andy & I found a place for next year when school begins. It's a house in Frostburg.. he sent me a video he took while walking through it so I could tell him whether or not I liked it. It has 2 bathrooms, which I love! haha. I'm excited. Like, really really excited.


( I can't wait to go home! )

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haha, i have too much time on my hands.


SEVEN MORE WEEKS TO GO! I'll be flying back to the U.S. on the 25th of May.


=D x384238942947

And in good timing too. It's getting rough over here.


( this is long, but ppl should care a little more )

Time is winding down here. I'll be on my way home for good in about 8 weeks. I, of course, am excited to be leaving EXCEPT for the fact that I have to say goodbye to the family I've become very close with. I'm doing as much for them as I can before we go back home. I recently got them an air conditioner that we're going to set up for them next time we go there. I asked them if there was anything I could do for them & their dad, Jasim, just asked if there was anyway we could give them an air conditioner because it gets SO hot in there & summer is coming. I can't wait to see them - they'll be so happy to have an AC. I also got their mom a pretty green hijab with flowers on it, a manicure set and best of all, a beautiful painting of Imam Ali's shrine. I think she's really going to like it =D I just got my package from The Children's Place today with Binee & Nargis' clothes and toys. I got Binee this really cute yellow summer dress & some PJ's for her to wear to bed. I also got them a little doctor play set and pink doctor scrubs to dress up in (haha). They're adorable. My package from the U.S. should be coming soon with the presents I got for them while I was on leave. I got Binee and Bratz doll that you can style hair and put makeup on & a snow white dress up set. I got Nargis a pink guitar (a kids one) and a barbie activity (paint and color) set. I almost feel like their my own kids, haha. I wish there was a way that they could come visit me for like, 2 weeks a year. I know that's completely ridiculous but I wish it was possible. They would be able to go to a movie theatre for the first time! I need to stop thinking about things that aren't going to happen though.

Anyway, I am starting a mini fundraiser type of thing from now up until we're about to go home. I'm going to get together all the money that ppl in my unit are willing to donate and go to finance and get it exchanged to dinars (Iraqi currency). With that money, the family will be able to do a lot. About 40 U.S. dollars = 25,000 dinars. I know there are some neighborhoods around this area that have houses that are about $800 U.S. dollars. If I get enough money, maybe they could even find a better place to live. Ahhh, we'll see how it goes.

( The Enemy is Ignorance )

I'm in the middle of reading the book written mostly by Benazir Bhutto right before she was killed and this was just a part that is so true as much as it bothers me:


"The perpetrators of these crimes against humanity are those the Quran describes as 'going astray from the right path.' There are those who claim to speak for Islam who denigrate democracy and human rights, arguing that these values are Western values and thus inconsistent with Islam. These are the same people who would deny basic education to girls, blatantly discriminate against women and minorities, ridicule other cultures and religions, rant against science and technology, and endorse brutal totalitarianism to enforce their medieval views. These people have no more legitimate relationship to Islam than the people who bomb womens' health centers in America have to Christianity or the madmen who massacre innocent Arab children at the tomb of Abraham in Palestine have to Judaism. Throughout history, the greatest crimes against humanity have been those carried out in the name of God, fanaticizing religious values to justify unspeakable acts against civilization."

( Read more... )

HOME!

It's weird seeing foliage.. and it's semi-annoying when you realize how most ppl around here are. But idc because I'm home!

( i should be sleeping in )

I'm probably going to spend waaayyy too much money at the mall this afternoon but whatever.