Our trip to Missoula

Last week, Timmyfan and I went to Missoula and we really had a blast there. Now mind you, Missoula is a much bigger town than Bozeman and there was really a lot more there to see. One of the first places we went to was at a mobile home park that TF called about that did not have a pet limit. It did sound too good to be true, but we had to check it out. When we finally got there, the park looked kind of crappy, although some homes were in good shape. We scoped around trying to find the main office and all we could find were some of the residents. Timmyfan spoke to a man that lived there and he gave us some very interesting information about the landlord. He said that the landlord was a slumlord, he would refuse repairs, act rude to the tenants, and even had the city contact him about that too. I knew there was something wrong when I called up the landlord and I said I was interested in seeing the park, he hung up on me, which I think was rude. After hearing all that, I wasnt interested in the park anymore and went merry on my way. Then we went looking for apartments. I found one that had a river flowing in the backyard, a dishwasher, and even a backdoor for Odessa to get out. It looked kind of dirty inside, but I think they were still in the process of fixing it up. But it looked great, I might consider that place as one of my options. Then the next day, we went to look at RVs at this one dealer that had a huge lot and a bigger selection than the one here in Bozeman. We took the dogs into each and everyone that we saw. One of the 5th wheels had a living room up in the top, which I had never seen before. That one was cool. Then there was one that was like a little trailer with a glass sliding door and a huge living area. That one I would LOVE to give to TF. Imagine living on the beach with that one and a huge bay window with a view of the ocean........AAAAAHHH!! We had a fun time looking at the RVs. Then I let Timmyfan stay in the hotel room while I went out to do a few things. I went to visit the school there, but couldnt get around much because of the construction that was going on. so I didnt stay long. Then I went to look at another apartment building that made the last one I saw look junky. It was nice and it had everything: washer/dryer hookups, dishwasher, AC, and outside a swimming pool, a huge lobby and lounge area, and even a mini movie theater. I told myself...this I want it. But it will have to wait. Another reason why we went there was also to attend an orientation at their local housing authority and sign up for housing of any kind. I went for the biggie...section 8, public housing, and for another complex that sounded great. But the waiting list for those can be up to 2-3 years. If TF has to wait for hers, so can I. But the real truth is that I wanna be there right now. The reason I decided to pick Missoula was mainly to be closer to home without having to leave the state. They have a lot more than Bozeman does although I am not so sure about free bus rides. You dont have to go through an awful lot of passes to get home which might be safer. And Missoula is at least 1,000 ft. lower in elevation than Bozeman. It was actually much easier to breathe there than it is here. Those mountains there were actually so close you could touch it....no I really mean it. A friend of mine on Facebook who lives there said that I would love it in Missoula after I posted that I couldnt wait to move there, and you know, she's right. I already do. The only problem is trying to decide which of those cool apartments to move into. Why I didnt think to move there in the FIRST place, I will never know. The cost of living is actually cheaper there......everything is cheaper there, even food and gas. Probably because I didnt think of it at first. But TF hates Montana and I would think that she would not like it there as much as the coast, even though she did have a good time. TF belongs on the coast and there she will stay. But there are at least a few things about Missoula that I worry about. First of all, its a bigger town, and bigger towns usually mean a lot of crime. I see it on the news all the time. Second, I didnt see a single huckleberry soda there and this is a place where huckleberries are found. Of course that problem could be solved if I went to the gas stations and looked for them, like we did lastnite. Well, thats out trip in general. I would love to do that again.

My life, or so I thought

I just dont know what to think about anything anymore, and everything I worked for maybe flying out the window and I hate that. It all started basically when Lois caught Timmyfan not having her dogs on a leash. There's a camera on the 3rd floor lobby that we were not aware of. Lois threatened to give Timmyfan 30 days notice or she's outta here. TF just like gave up everything and had her last straw with the manager. She became more determined than ever to leave here and go back to the coast. But this is not really what started this, but it certainly escalated to the extreme to where TF had nothing left to do but move back home. Before I even started attending school here, I was so excited about coming here and I was really excited about being accepted too. I talked it over with Timmyfan and she seemed to be all for it....THEN. I tried looking for a place to live for all of us, but they either dont allow pets or they have student restrictions. But when it came close to time for the finals and for me to go home, I had to find something in a hurry. Thats how we ended up here in subsidized housing. At first it was just gonna be me and Odessa. I should have kept it at that and never should have mentioned this to TF at all. But the only reason I even brought Timmyfan in the first place, THE ONLY REASON, was because we were being pressured and pushed into an actual date to move out by the housing authority back home. They kept threatening to cut off our housing privaleges if we didnt give them a date. They even didnt give TF enough time to find a new place in Ocean Shores. It was either take her with me, or she lives on the street. Now that I look back on it, I should have left her on the street, at least she would stay on the coast. I'm sure Ma would have come to get her and helped her find a new place. I never expected TF to like Montana, its not her thing. And I never once forced her to like it here either. She complains about the climate here, and she often compares to what we had in Ocean Shores that they dont have here. Its mainly just little things, but the climate is her biggest threat. TF tried to make it work here, but the longer she stayed, the more depressed she became. I sympathized with her, I really do. Thats why we need to get TF back to the coast NOW!!!!!!! But there's more to this story that has me asking "what the .....?" I am really excited about starting school, a new program, and some courses that I cant wait to start. I spent all year getting it set up and to finally claim myself as a resident. Now that its getting very close to school starting, TF and Karen are trying to talk me out of it. they are more worried that if I graduate, I would not find be able to find work as a mapmaker and that I will have a mass of student loan bills to pay for and no job to pay them. The thing is that I dont want just a job, I want a career, something I can be proud of. Just once in my life, I want a step ahead and not remain at the bottom of the pool. Now that TF has talked to Ma and Dad, they want me to move back home. OMG, I am not as enthusiastic as Timmyfan to move back. She would be the only one to get any pleasure out of this. She wants to live on the coast. I like to live in places where they have everything and I love the mountains. All this is just so sudden to me and I have not done anything to get myself out. I also have the feeling that I might not get to stay on the waiting list for housing in Missoula, which is what I really want. TRM, I gotta write a blog about our trip to Missoula and tell everyone how that went. Might explain that last sentence. Been meaning to do that you know. I dont know what to say or what to do. I am like totally confused I dont know who I am anymore. I worked hard to gain residency here and it took me a year to get to this status. Because of that, I really dont wanna leave Montana. Just because TF hates it here, doesnt mean that I have to. I mean we both dont like the same things, doesnt mean we dont like each other. But I am an adult and free to do whatever I want to. Most people my age dont have parents around telling them what to do. Plus I'm single, its not like I'm married and tied down with a family. If TF wants to move back to the coast, hey, I'm all for it. I have never objected to that. I only wish her the best of luck and gain more happiness there and then some. That is all I really wanted to do for TF.

a funny joke

Karen and I just played a mean and dirty trick on Kim :)I mean really, she deserves it. I was pissed at the bag of dog shit that was in the dog park and Karen told me that Kim left it there hoping for someone else to throw it away. What a wuss!!! I took the bag of shit and put it on her doorknob of her apartment building. Kim wont know who did it, but I will bet you 2 to 1 that Karen will get blamed. Kim is a backstabbing, lying bitch and deserves to be treated like crap. It is a childish prank, but where Kim is concerned, I dont care. She lead me and my sis to believe that she was our friend ever since we moved here, but in reality, she couldnt stand us. She was calling us names behind our backs and acting all nice to our faces. That makes her a hypocrite and a coward and I cant stand people like that. Fuck Kim!!! This will be the best joke we ever played on her, and I got a few more tricks up my sleeve. I wont tell anyone that I did it. I'm gonna pretend that I had nothing to do with it or that I dont know about it. Lets just hope that nobody else snitches to the manager and gives me away. I got my revenge, and I can say that these Montana folks dont know a lot about revenge. They could learn a lot from us. HA HA!!!!!

Timmyfan wrote this Pt. 2

OK, maybe I didnt know that it just a ploy to get a cat person to shut up, but it sounded real to me and I took it seriously. I ended up accusing a best friend of attempting animal cruelty. I know TF wouldnt REALLY do something that bad. But you have to admit, those of us who know her are not really gonna believe that she was making it up. This reminds me of something that happened a long time ago, I just got done talking about it. It was in a pet forum, I cant remember which one, probably Pluba. There was a lady there that was always on the forum. I remember hearing stories about how she had this kitten once, a very cute one too. One time the cat got sick, but she never took it to the vet. She just let it get real sick and then it died. I got so pissed off at her that I called her a cat killer and a dumbass. I dont remember how she responded, but I think she called me every name in the book. I remember that I got into a big fight with her, but she deserved it. Kittens and puppies are like small children, there helpless when they are young. They rely on their owners to keep them out of trouble and take care of them. And if one of them gets sick, its the owners responsibility to treat them. I never just let them die. That is totally inhumane and stupid. I cant stand puppymills for the exact same reason. Cruelty is not cool, dont go there with me.

Its been a loooooooong time

Lots of things have happened since my last post. I figured its time to post something now. I have started school in Bozeman. For 5 months I have lived in a dorm and at the same time tried to find a place to live. I am just simply too old to live in the dorm and I wasnt really having much fun in there. Just before I went back to Ocean Shores, I found an apartment building that was, well, somewhat mediocure (sp?), but it was the best I could come up with in such a short time. I went home, stayed for about a month, and then moved our family to Bozeman so I could be near the school. But the bad news is that I had to bring Timmyfan with me and I didnt want her to leave the coast, or more importantly, bring her to Montana. So far she couldnt stand being here and will do anything to get back to the coast. She's more of a beach person, I love the mountains. I am hoping she will get to go back to the coast soon. I never really expected her to like it here. After all, I'm the one who's a real big fan of this place, not TF. But since we have lived here, we have been everywhere. I got to take TF to Billings a few times. We even spent the night once at a real first class hotel there while we went shopping. Now that was really exciting. Then there was a few times we went to Helena too. Before we moved here, the only thing I liked about Helena was its name. But after being there a few times its not so bad, not as bad as I thought. We even went there twice to shop for food, which we shouldnt even be doing anyway. We have a Walmart here in Bozeman, and the point of living in a town like this is to have everything here, which we had no shopping back in Ocean Shores. We have even been to Butte for a soda or two, and even went back to Philipsburg to that candy store we went to a few years ago. Now TF liked that. That time I bought us each a BIG box of candy. Next time, I would like to take us to Virginia City, but thats gonna have to wait a while. I am planning something big this summer that will make TF happy...VERY HAPPY!!!! Then came my birthday and I finally got something that I wanted more than anything in the whole world....a trip to Idaho Falls. After over 7 years, my dream finally came true, and I LOVED it!!!!!! I had the best time ever and it was worth waiting 7 years for. The only thing that I didnt like about Idaho Falls was that the state charges tax on food stuffs. We went inside the Fred Meyer store and bought some very large potatoes that for some reason we dont find here in Montana (that sucks). I saw on the reciept where they added tax to the potatoes we bought and immediately concluded that Idaho charges tax on food. If it weren't for that, it be perfect. But I guess no place is perfect. We are going to the Oregon coast this summer and were gonna have fun. Were hoping to drop in on our parents too. I am trying to persuade TF to move to Oregon instead of back to Ocean Shores. I'm gonna be honest here, Ocean Shores was nice and being near the ocean was really cool. But as a full time town, it sucks. Its mostly motels and gift shops, but no shopping. Its more of a tourist and retirement location than it is for someone looking for work and raising a family, unless you own a business in town. At least the Oregon coast has more developed communities than they did back home. I dont know why we didnt move there in the beginning. I remember we talked about it, but were never serious enough. Probably because we had been wanting to move to Ocean Shores ever since before we left Lakewood and we wanted to know what it was like to live there. The main thing here is that TF wants to be on the coast, and I thought Oregon would be the better place for her. At first, she will have to live in Seaside or Warrenton, but I am hoping she will get to move to Coos Bay in the future. At least there, they have a super Walmart and she doesnt have to go far to go shopping. If I were to move to Oregon, I'm not sure where I would live at. But since TF will be in Coos Bay, I should at least be in the same part of the state. The only problem is that California is close by......OH GREAT!!!! Although I would kill to have a view of Mount Shasta if I could see it from southern Oregon. I did see it from there that time we went to Reno, and that was cool. It will depend on the availability of jobs and what they have there as far as shopping is concerned. Although Medford is a good size town and they did have a job for mapmakers there. But thats as of now, and I seriously doubt that job will be available when I graduate. I found the listing on a job site, but a majority of them were in the DC area. To be frank, I'd rather go back to Lakewood than to move to DC. Hell, I'll even settle for California or Great Falls, and I hate all of them. But DC is out. I hear the crime rate there is just as bad as LA, and I dont want to get mugged everytime I step out my door. I rather have no job than to move there. I'll just keep looking, but I may have to wait.

Adventures in Billings

What can I tell you? Billings was cool. I rather enjoyed myself. I got to visit the MSUB campus which I thought the tour was something else. I think I will go there next year. Even though I loved Bozeman, I think Billings would be the one place to go to. Then after spending a couple of days on campus, I moved into the Billings Hotel. It was a very classy place with a waterslide pool and everything. I usually end up in a very cheap motel, but this one was better.
I originally went there to look at properties, but I had very little luck finding one that will allow pets. So I took advantage of the car rental and drove to Pompeys Pillar. The famous Lewis and Clark Expedition carved their names on this rock. It was cool. The whole time I was in Billings, it was stormy...thunder and lightning and everything. And as I was coming home from Pompeys Pillar, storm clouds were rolling in and I got some really good video shots of the lightning. Its not everyday we get to see things like that.
It was sad leaving Billings because I had fun, but I had to go home. And when I did I caught a bad cold. Damn it!!!

pics and movies

I cannot wait to go on my trip to Billings. I plan to get plenty of pics and movies on this trip. With my luck, there will be plenty to talk about. But I want to post the pics on Facebook so everybody can see them. If I post them on youtube, the only ones who will see them are my family and trolls. I cannot stand youtube trolls, they have the habit of picking on people and I dont want to have anything to do with them. I want all my friends to see my trip.
The movies, well, I am posting them on vimeo.com. I find its a lot better than youtube, at least thats what Timmyfan said. So my trip videos will be found there.

notice to spammers

I am getting sick of people coming on my blog with these chinese writing. I think this is some kind of spam and I want it to stop. I cant read it so I dont know who is really sending them to me. I cant figure it out. Whoever keeps sending me these messages with the chinese writing, better fuck off and stay away from my blog. I hate spam mail.

Great Falls MT sucks? Maybe or maybe not

There certainly was a lot of action today on the Montana page on Facebook. It all started when I was reading about a dinosaur display at the Montana State fair in Great Falls (I thought is was in Billings) and I was responding to someone who stated that Great Falls suck. I was agreeing with him and posted a comment about racist groups being formed there. Now I have no real proof other than a movie I saw years ago and I stated that. Anyway almost immediately after the comment got posted I deleted the message because I thought it was offensive especially to the people who live there and I didnt want to take it to the extreme. But at exactly the same time, another person saw what I had said and posted a response to it and then it turned into a heated battle between me and 3 other people. At the time I did not expect anyone to answer right away. It just seemed impossible. Everybody was also thinking I was "running away like a little girl" which I take offense to that. I may not like what I talk about sometimes, but I am not a coward. I am not gonna be responsible for someone else's actions. It wasnt my fault that this person responded right away just as I was deleting the message. It was a matter of being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Then there was in issue with Facebook. For a long time, FB would not post my comments and I kept trying to post a response to this person. I was told there was an issue with the phone and the internet went crazy. Next thing I know, there were about 20 posts on that board and I deleted all of them. But because my computer is slow on Facebook, I couldnt get rid of them in enough time to keep other dumbasses to post crap against me. One dumbass literally said that I should "leave Montana alone and go back to where I came from." Come on!! I dont care what people say. I can go anywhere I want to. Its a free country. The day that they wont let people into Montana without a passport is when I will stay away.

I personally have nothing against Great Falls itself. I never been there so I cant say much. I just think it sucks because there is not much to do there. But then this is just my opinion. If somebody doubts my opinion, well, thats their problem.

the graduate story

It has finally come to this. After 23 years of being in and out of school since high school, I am FINALLY graduating from collage. I was waiting for this day to happen for a long time, but everytime I came close to finishing up my courses for a collage degree, we had to move, or something happened to me and I couldnt finish up. It just doesnt seem like it was that long ago that I started collage in the first place. I still remember when I started right out of high school. This was in the days before internet was invented. We had to either write out or type our assignments on a typewriter. We did have computers, but they did very little. To save anything, you had to use these huge floppy disks which was easy to get damaged, and computer classes were few and far between.

That was 23 years ago. Now everything is done online and we have more sources than we ever did before.

But I figure now is about time to graduate from collage and to move on. I am not getting any younger and I need to start getting on with my life. I will soon be attending school at Bozeman, but not when I really wanted to start though. For a graduation present, I got an all expense paid trip to Billings and I really want to go. I am going there to visit the MSU-Billings campus because I just might transfer there and to look at properties. I am noticing the job market is a little better than it is here, and they are always hiring in Yellowstone Park which is only a few hours away from Billings.

I am not so sure what I will do for the future. That has drawn a blank. I have a lot of possibilities and I just have to decide what is best for me and my family. But I can assure you that by the time I graduate, Timmyfan would be back here on the coast. If it was up to me, she would stay here. I really dont want to take her to Billings with me, but I dont have a choice. Its either that or she lives on the street, and I cant do that not even to my worst enemy. If I could give her a tiny home on the ocean or a lot somewhere in the area, I would leave her here. If there was a way I could leave her here, I do it right away. But I ran out of ideas and I cant stay where there are no jobs.

This area relies very much on tourism as their main industry. And because of the bad economy, no one does much traveling anymore. The hotels dont get enough business and jobs become scarce. I think IMO, if I were to come back to this state, I think I would go back to Mount St. Helens. Most of the nearby communities are bigger towns (well, bigger than Ocean Shores anyway) and may have a better job market. And there is Mount St. Helens itself. I think the park offers employment and there may be something in it for me. But I think first of all, I would like to give Montana a try and maybe get a permanent job at Yellowstone. If it turns out to be no better than Ocean Shores, well....Mount St. Helens, here I come. Or even to Anacortes, now there is another place I dont mind moving to. But I am not sure of the job market there. Population wise, its only about the size of Aberdeen, and I have never really been there outside of the ferry docks. But it sounds like a cute little town and I have got to check it out. But right now, its an uncertain future, but its nice to dream about it. We will just have to wait and see what REALLY happens.

I'm back

I am sorry for the long delay on my blog posts. I have been in school all this time and my homework keeps me very busy.
I am taking this microbiology course, which is a lot of fun. But the problem is that I am so far behind everyone else because I cant seem to locate a second bacterial species and it looks like I might not be able to. And also to make matters worse, my stupid car breaks down, I cant go to the lab early in the morning before classes start and work on my lab projects. I have to catch the bus by a certain time, and that forces me to do so few tests on my bacteria guys. This just cannot be happening. My biggest fear: I will flunk micro lab if I dont do these tests soon. Everybody else has.
But I am so disorganized. I cant seem to get the tests done right, nothing is going the way I want it to go, in other words, I'm a screw up. Even my class journal is very disorganized. Is this what I have to look forward to when I get to Bozeman? Well, at Bozeman it will be a lot worse than this. The classes will be a lot harder and a lot more demanding. I hope I am ready for it.
I think the problem is also the instructor. I mean dont get me wrong, everybody says that she is the best teacher in the school. But I myself think that she gives very vague details about how she wants things done. I try to follow her instructions, but somewhere along the line, I lost it. I dont think she even realizes that I have a bit of a learning problem where things have to be described to me more clearer than other people. What I need is a lab partner, somebody who will work beside me and help me every step of the way. And at Bozeman, thats what I should do and I think I should request that. I need to find out if that is possible because my learning problem can get in the way and make it more difficult to succeed.

What a day!!

I finally got my deposit sent to Bozeman, now I can finally get my dorm room. I cannot wait to get to Bozeman. I wish I was going now, but I have to wait. My financial aid hasnt gotten through to the school yet, and I have to finish up here. I am supposed to hear from them at the end of the month.

I am also looking forward to going to Billings too. I had yellvet from the Y-net forum tell me all the hot spots there. Look promising, but I am looking forward to having a great time. I have the feeling I will be going there a lot now. I know for a fact that I can go to Livingston on a free bus ride, although you dont want to go there in the dead of winter unless you have the ultimate protection against blizzard like weather.

I still need to get more winter stuff, and somehow I need to get that.

Timmyfan is starting her bird cages, and from what I have seen, its not so bad. Some of the wood boards had been cut funny, but thats not her fault. But everything needs to be straight in order for the cage to come out right. Wouldnt it be cool if we could put a light on top?

I think so!!!!

Happy B-day Yellowstone

Today is the day that Yellowstone Park became the the first national park in the world in 1872. I just want to wish the park a happy birthday.

PETA Sucks!!!!

We heard the story of the trainer at Seaworld that got killed by the killer whale, which is sad. Now PETA wants to do the most idiotic thing by closing down Seaworld and letting the whale go out into the wild. Thats stupid!! Thats not gonna solve anything. First of all, you cant let an animal that was raised in captivity out in the wild, they could die out there. They wouldnt know how to survive. I mean you wouldnt put your pet dog or cat out there where there are bears and mountain lions roaming around, they could get killed. Its just as bad.

PETA is an organization that is made up of idiots. What I want to do is find the dumbass who started PETA in the first place and punch him or her in the face and strangle them. If they ever put their hands on my dogs to set them free, I will break both their arms and I will too. I dont give a fuckin' shit about what they think, they are the dumbasses, not me. I would be fighting to save the life of my dogs.

If PETA starts to take over this and lets that poor whale out in the wild, thats it. I will start a new club of my own that will go against PETA's rules. No one will be a Veggie either.

genkijapan.net

I love this cool site. I have always wanted to learn to speak Japanese ever since I was a child. But in those days, we didnt have things like youtube or the internet to learn a new language. We had to learn from either taking a class or by learning from someone in another country, which was really hard. I would like to learn something other than Spanish, that I already know a little bit.

This site is really cool, I cant get enough of hearing those songs and playing them over again and again. I would like to get a copy of them if I can from youtube. Its a cool way to learn. I have learned quite a bit, can even sing "Mary had a little lamb" in Japanese. This is actually the best website on languages that I have ever visited. For the past few days I have been spending a lot of time on here and its really fun.

Learning a new language is exciting!

the mystery of wolfmtnlady

Wolfmtnlady has come back, only this time, she signed in as Love Wolves & Nature. It was courer de bois that figured out that secret. I can tell you, he is very observant of who gets on the Y-net forum by the way they comment about wildlife in other states, and yet she doesnt bash her own. And she still gets on here acting so high and mighty like she knows everything. I think it was only a matter of time before ANYONE would find out.

Congratulations Stacy!!

It is finally here. My friend on Facebook that had been pregnant for some time, finally had her baby this morning. All her friends and relatives are celebrating the baby's new arrival. We are hoping for more pics of the baby soon. She had a baby girl they named Loretta Rose, or Retta Rose is what she calls it. I am so happy for her. Congrats Stacy LaSalle!!

I am hoping for the best for her and Retta. She is going to be handfull when she gets older. Maybe someday, I would actually meet my friends in person while I'm in Bozeman. They go to the Y-net reunion every year at the park. One day I will attend. Cool!!

computer viruses

I hate computer viruses with a passion. Since last Friday or Saturday some dumb virus kept dominating my computer and blocking out everything I tried to open. Its still dominating my computer, but I have to open it up several times just to get it to go away. Its a program called Personal Security believed to be an antivirus popup that is now taking over all the computer systems now. Other people have been plagued by this same virus too, all at the same time, so there must be a chain going on. Anyway, it will block all your files, programs, and the internet unless you buy this product, which is stupid. Its most likely if you buy it, the hackers steal your personal information, including your credit card numbers. For days, I have not been on the internet and it has been boring without it.

I am going to backup this computer and hope it goes away. I never want to see this crap happening again. Getting rid of viruses is a pain in the butt.

nursing or not

Oh boy! the challenges I am going through. I thought I wanted to major in nursing. It just seems so cool to become a nurse and I had big plans for my family. But lastnite I really got to thinking, "is nursing REALLY for me?" Can I actually become a nurse and get a job? How well will I do in clinicals?

First of all, I am disabled, and it is known that most people frown on that. I have heard stories where some nurses had to hide their disability from their employers just to get a nursing position. The problem with that is that in some people its more evident and their employers find out eventually. By law it is illegal to let employees go on the basis of their race, disability, or background. But I think in nursing, a nurse with disabilities may not be able to perform certain aspects of the job and they often get fired. I do believe it is unfair, but thats society and the way it thinks. Plus employers are usually not trained to provide accommodations for those who do have disabilities and many of them do not want to go through all the trouble of getting accommodations. Its sad.

IMO, clinicals may be very hard for me. You have to be able to make decisions very quickly. That is the biggest weakness of all. I can make decisions, but not in that short of time. I have to be able to think, but in a matter of life and death, thats not good and I dont want anybody to die because of me. That will make me drop out of the nursing trade once and for all.

Second of all, you have to be a people person. You have to know how to talk to them. And even if you are trying to be nice to the patient, they may take that offensively. I am not sure how to handle that. It is just best that if you are not a people person, nursing is not the best profession for you.

So I have been kicking around a bit and I decided to major in microbiology and become a lab technician at a hospital. I have always been fascinated with germs and how they cause diseases. It would be so cool. I'm still going to Bozeman. The 4-year schools in this state are always located in high crime communities much like they are in California. I feel safer in Montana, much like it is here, but without the ocean.

So thats my plan. I love nursing, but it may not be for me, plus I hate the site of red stuff and people throwing up makes me sick. I have a weak belly. Microbiology is the way to go. Maybe one day, I will come up with a more affective way to cure cancer, who knows.

Activity at Yellowstone

I have been seeing and reading many posts on Facebook and on the Y-net forum about the many earthquake swarms that have been happening at Yellowstone these past few weeks. Many of them are small in magnitude, but they are happening more frequently than ever before, more than 900 earthquakes in one day. Is this a sign that Yellowstone will blow? Well, we will get to that.

This is the same thing that happened at Mount St. Helens before it went off, but Mount St. Helens is a whole different story than Yellowstone.

Everybody knew that Mount St. Helens was going to blow and the chances were great. Yellowstone on the other hand, the chances of that volcano going off in the near future is about 1 in 10 million.

But then volcanoes are very unpredictable. Many have gone off even without warning that an eruption was going to happen. So Yellowstone will blow. Will it happen in our lifetime? No one can answer that, but to be honest, the chances are not that great.