I know what I was feeling....

New Years Resolution

2009-12-28T03:52:21Z

I have a lot of resolutions but this list pretty much sums them up. I got a list of the 100 most common and took out those that didn't apply leaving me with 58. Here they are:

• Balance my budget
• Be a better person
• Be a friend
• Be confident
• Be healthy
• Be kind
• Be more frugal
• Be open minded
• Be prepared
• Be responsible
• Be trustworthy
• Consume less
• Control Spending
• Don't be late
• Don't give up
• Don't procrastinate
• Eat Healthful Food
• Exercise regularly
• Finish Projects
• Forgive others
• Get Fit
• Get involved in community
• Get organized
• Go green
• Have family meals
• Improve communication skills
• Improve job skills
• Improve marriage
• Improve memory
• Improve relationship
• Improve self image
• Keep a diary or journal
• Know when to walk away
• Laugh more and be happy
• Learn something new
• Learn to trust
• Love myself
• Make a difference
• Make new friends
• Meditate more
• Pray daily
• Prosper
• Reach my goals
• Read more
• Recycle and reuse
• Reduce stress
• Relax
• Remember birthdays and anniversaries
• Save money
• Scrap book
• Show gratitude
• Simplify
• Spend more time with family and friends
• Take a Trip
• Think positive
• Travel to new places
• Use time wisely
• Volunteer

sprixie @ 2009-11-24T23:50:00

2009-11-25T04:50:43Z

Leave me a comment saying "Resistance is Futile."

• I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can satisfy my curiosity
• Update your journal with the answers to the questions
• Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions

Long overdue from Liz:

1) If you won $10,000 today, what would you spend it on? (You cannot choose to spend it on student loans, retirement funds, or any other "responsible" thing, because I already know that's what you'd do with the majority of it!)

A: I'd probably pay to fix up the kitchen and bathroom and go on a shopping spree with Chris.

2) How many children do you want to have?

A: Two - at least one boy

3) I grew up with two brothers and I've always wondered what it'd be like to have a sister. What is the best part about having a sister?

A: Best part about a sister? She did my hair, taught me how to do my hair, taught me about makeup and other girly things and we could share accessories. Those are the things that I wouldn't have had if she was a brother. She taught me a lot about being a girl.

4) When you and Chris move (which, I know, is several years down the road), do you have any area in particular where you would want to live? Want to stay around midtown, or branch out to the subburbs, or somewhere in between?

A: Stay in the city, definitely ITP. We love Midtown but can't afford housing around her. We'd probably shift slightly north to Buckhead. Since houses are expensive and we aren't a fan of maintenance, we're planning on getting a townhouse.

5) Where did "sprixie" come from? (I think I know, but IT'S HARD TO COME UP WITH QUESTIONS FOR YOU!)

A: Lol, I thought it'd be hard. :) Sean Anderson came up with it. It was 10th grade homeroom and somehow Sean and Mark Anderson started discussing what mythical creature I was. Sean decided I was either a sprite or a pixie and came up with Sprixie. I loved it and thought it was pretty accurate and unique.

Volunteering

2009-11-16T18:23:15Z

Hey guys,

I have decided to do volunteering instead of going to church. I haven't found a church I like and I think the volunteering my time is a way to worship. So, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in doing this with me on a regular basis through Hands on Atlanta. It's every two weeks for three hours Saturday morning in Smyrna. I figure all of us should have the skills to help K through 2nd grade.

It starts this Saturday the 21st and goes every two weeks until April 17th. I'm not asking for a commitment for every time but I think it'd be fun to go with a group. I would love to have 2-3 of you come with me each time.

Sarah

Discovery Program @ Belmont Hills Elementary Agency: Belmont Hills Elementary
Description: Belmont Hills Elementary Discovery is a Saturday morning tutoring program that offers one-on-one and small group enrichment activities for at-risk children. Volunteers lead activities and help with reading and math skills for students in kindergarten through 2nd grades. Volunteers also foster mentoring relationships with their students. Volunteers must be 18 years of age or old, and volunteers who speak Spanish are also needed.
This project is approved for volunteers with the following restrictions: Allow Pending Members
Impact Areas: Children & Youth: Elementary school, Children & Youth: Enrichment and Recreation, Children & Youth: Elementary school

Interests: The interests recommended for this project are:
HOA Initiative: Discovery, Education

Skills: The skills helpful for participation in this project are:
Teaching/Tutoring

sprixie @ 2009-09-30T16:44:00

2009-09-30T20:45:36Z

Disney is partnering with the HandsOn Network for the Give a Day, Get a Disney Day Free promotion. The premise is simple: If you give your time & volunteer for a day, you’ll get voucher for a free day at Walt Disney World or Disneyland theme parks.

As always, the deal has stipulations. Here are the highlights:

You’ll need to search online for a volunteer opportunity & sign up to participate. The catch is that you can’t start looking for those opportunities until January 1, 2010.
Once they verify your service, you’ll receive the voucher for free admission.
The program ends on December 15, 2010, or once all of the tickets are distributed, whichever comes first. I believe their goal is to inspire a million people to give, so sign up on the early end of things if you’re planning to participate.
There’s a limit of one ticket per person, regardless of the number of hours donated. But the program is open to anyone age 6 or older, so if you get the family involved, you can get most of them in for free. The vouchers are not transferrable though, and you will need to produce a photo ID or a copy of the birth certificate at the gate.
The eligible volunteer opportunities are located in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Canada.
If you’re buying a multi-day pass or an annual pass, you have options: Instead of the voucher, you can get a free FASTPASS for you & up to 5 other members of your party or a collectible ear hat figurine with trading pins. Or you can donate your voucher to a non-profit organization designated by Disney.

Think you’ll forget to register? Click here to receive an email update reminder from Disney.

sprixie @ 2009-09-12T13:32:00

2009-09-12T17:34:31Z

According to my wii fit, I've lost 3 pounds in the past 23 days. I'm guessing its mostly from being sick and eating nothing but cheerios, bananas, applesauce and water. Too bad I can't stay on that diet. But it was a good kick start. I want to get back to the weight I was before law school. Well really just lose the belly roll. I'm not as concerned about the weight as the fat. I know most of you are saying I'm skinny and should shut up but these posts help keep me on track.

I need to get back to working out with my wii several times a week. I enjoyed that.

sprixie @ 2009-08-29T21:28:00

2009-08-30T03:42:12Z

The past few days of my life:

Thursday - I was woken up to my dad calling to tell me that my mom had been in a minor car accident down in Columbus, GA. She finished her work appointment then drove back to Atlanta. She picked me up at my condo and I drove her to Piedmont hospital. Apparently even being "fast-tracked" means you wait for 3 hours to see the Dr. But she did get X-rays very quickly. No bone issues but her back got badly strained. So I spent the night at my parents Thursday so I could take care of her Friday.

When I talked to Chris that night I found out that his close friend Bret's best friend was in the hospital in a coma. His friend had been having strokes for two weeks and had lost 80% of his brain function. According to all the Drs, he'll never wake up, he's brain dead. And he had told Bret that he did not want to live if he lost his freedom. But his family, well only those family members who barely know him, refuse to pull the plug. They don't believe the Drs and think that the brain damage can be reversed. Those family members who know him know that he doesn't want to be a vegetable. I was crying on the phone with Chris because I knew the friend, not well but I did know him.

So Thursday night he drove Bret to a 'memorial' for his friend as all his friends look at it that he had already passed. Chris took care of Bret most of the night and got home after midnight.

Friday - Couldn't really sleep at my parents so was pretty tired most of the day. My sister got sent home the school she was student teaching at because she was sick. So I got to take care of my mom and sister all day. Between taking care of them I did laundry and cleaned. I got home around 6 and went to bed early - around 10.

Saturday - Chris and I spent the day with Bret just to comfort him and be there for him. Bret updated us on his friend and he started crying and I started crying. It was a sad day but we tried to take his mind off it. After sitting on the porch for several hours, we walked over to the RedBull Soapbox Race for the very end of it. Overall it seemed to me like Bret just didn't really want to be alone. I'm glad we were able to be there for him and hopefully provided some comfort.

I really wish I could've made it out to Amy's book signing but I figure she'll have a few more. Amy - I hope you'll understand.

sprixie @ 2009-07-24T23:22:00

2009-07-25T03:25:42Z

Totally freaked out by the roach entry hole discovery. Apparently they were getting in through a hole around the pipe from the bathroom sink into the wall. It's good that we figured it out but its freaking me out that they were chilling in all our stuff under the sink. A lot of it is getting thrown away but still.... GROSS!!!

sprixie @ 2009-07-24T22:51:00

2009-07-25T02:51:39Z

Drooling over "Silas" from Weeds - he's a hot young thing.

sprixie @ 2009-07-24T21:39:00

2009-07-25T01:41:52Z

I want these shoes! WANT WANT WANT!!!

Help me found them?

Shopping

2009-07-06T19:37:03Z

I've been clothes shopping a lot lately but haven't worn most of it since I've been in comfy clothes for class and studying. I keep forgetting about it and get surprised when I go in my closet. Here's some of the stuff I bought:

Long Black Dress
Biker-ish Black Coat
Sheer Flower Shirt
Sheer Necklace Shirt
Black Crochet Dress
Red Rose Vine Dress - but in black
Black Corset Top - again in black

I can't find pictures for the coat but I had fun and got some really cute stuff.

sprixie @ 2009-06-26T22:48:00

2009-06-27T03:12:00Z

I've decided to set myself a few goals to give myself motivation for getting through the bar exam.

I liked Steph's 101 in 1001 but don't know that I have that many goals. So we'll just say these are my goals for the next few years.
1) Learn French to the point of being fluent conversationally
2) Go to Europe or
3) Go to an island - e.g. Puerto Rico, Bahamas, Hawaii
4) Try out a new recipe once a month
5) Finish crocheting the blanket I started years ago
6) Watch at least 100 of the movies on my Netflix queue
7) Get down to and maintain a weight of 125
8) Begin regularly working out - once a week then working up to 3x a week
9) Send care package to troops overseas 4x a year

To be continued......

sprixie @ 2009-06-12T23:05:00

2009-06-13T03:09:54Z

Not much going on in my world. Every morning is spent in bar prep classes, then lunch, then reviewing notes, taking MC questions and outlining essays. Then going home on marta, more bar prep work and then stopping when Chris gets home. Exercising, Dinner, TV then bed before another day of the same.

Let me know if you want to hang out or do anything as I would love to have a break from this stuff.

sprixie @ 2009-05-22T13:15:00

2009-05-22T17:22:52Z

My Overdue To Do List:

Con Law Qs & Review #7-50
Contracts Qs & Review
Torts Qs & Review
Property Qs & Review

Blah, already behind in bar prep, this can't be a good sign.

sprixie @ 2009-05-20T13:16:00

2009-05-20T17:24:11Z

I'm so excited that Liz gets to bring her baby raccoons with her to work! Yay cool boss-man. This means I will hopefully get to see them in real life this time!

Bar prep sucks. It's the quickest way to make yourself feel stupid and like the last three years were a waste. It should get better but I still am bummed about it. As shown in my earlier post, I have to read a section before each class, then review my notes from class and work on 50 MC Qs each night which will take about 3 hours, 1.5 to do them and the same to review the answers. Plus when we finish a subject which is about 3x a week, there are more MC Qs and outlining or write out the answer to an essay which will take about 2 hours each day. They recommend 5-8 hours work outside the 3-4 hour class each day. I wish I had the comfort of having a job but I think its easier to not have to work when doing bar prep. But if I get a job where I have to work, then I'll have to figure something out.

Chris is good, same job, same everything. We try to make dinner together once a week which is nice.

Susan just got 2 jobs, part time I think, at Bath & Body and Torrid. She's free this summer but will be doing study abroad in the fall and graduate in Dec. I'm so so proud of her.

Mom and Dad are same ol', same ol'. They will probably be selling their house in a year or two and moving out to Monroe or Between (toward Athens).

That's about it. Nothing too interesting.

sprixie @ 2009-05-19T16:46:00

2009-05-19T20:51:18Z

Bar prep has taken over my life and my desk:

Summer Excitement! aka I love sarcasm

2009-05-14T21:47:36Z

So I know you guys are just dying to know what I'll be doing all summer and it's quite sad that I can state it all this easily. My summer will be uber-boring.

Bar prep:
May 18th-23rd       9-3:30pm
May 26th-July 7th   9am-12:30pm
July 17-19th           9-4
July 28th                BAR EXAM 7:30-5:35pm
July 29th                BAR EXAM 8:30-4:30pm
July 29th                after 5pm, drinking heavily.

Each day after bar prep is bar homework.  After all that, wii, shower, dinner, sleep.

And through it all, try to find a job.

There, I hope you now are able to go on with your lives knowing that I will be diligently studying for 10 weeks even though I just completed 3 years of this crap.

Oh yes, and we don't get the bar results until October 31st. So it truly is trick or treat this year.

Adios

2009-05-01T16:35:40Z

I have to shut myself off from all distractions in order to get through the next few days and finish law school. See you on the other side!!!!

Multiple birth and having many children

2009-02-12T20:25:19Z

I feel compelled to write on this issue because it's interesting to me and controversial. Personally, if you can take care of them, I don't really care how many you have. Example, if Bill and Melinda Gates wants to have 30 kids, go for it. I understand that he may not be able to give all them as much personal time as parents with fewer but they can afford it in many ways.

One thing that's been bothering me is that they keep comparing this mom to the Family from Jon & Kate plus 8. The two major differences: having two parents caring for the kids plus have only 8 instead of 14 make this a bullshit comparison. JK are taking care of their kids without gov't assistance that I know of. I know at this point in time, Nadya Suleman is supposedly not on gov't assistance but the idea that she can support 14 kids alone even with a Master's degree is absurd. I googled and found a calculator that will tell you how much it costs to raise a child. If you input born in 2009, west coast, single parent, lowest income bracket will cost her $60k for the first year just for the new babies, not including the previous 6. Including them, it costs over $105k a year for just the kids. This means that before taxes, she'd have to make $150k a year. That doesn't include her personal costs and anything other than the bare essentials. If she manages to make the money and give her kids the support they need, more power to her. But, thinking of this logically, it just ain't gonna happen. Physically, she won't be able to produce enough milk to breast feed so she'll have to pay for formula. She'll be paying for childcare of some sort once she gets a job. Another comparison has been made to Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. If they end up with 14 kids, its not a big deal because they have millions to spend on taking care of them and can afford to sit home with them 24/7.

So basically, have as many kids as you can take care of so that they grow up happy and healthy. Other than that, stop before you want me or any other tax payer to help. It's irresponsible to have more than you can take care of. And please don't respond with all the religious crap, I get it that she didn't want the embryoes destroyed. She could have donated them to individuals who couldn't have kids. Even if she didn't believe in that, whatever, I'm not address the various religious arguments. I'm only attacking the logic of having 14.

Melody

2009-01-22T05:54:21Z

So Melody called me earlier today and I let it go to voicemail because I didn't feel like talking to her. She called to tell me she was on her way to GA because her grandfather died. I'm sad for her and her family about this and also because I knew him. I'm torn over whether to go to the memorial service for him. I think I should because I knew him and I was close to her family for so many years. But at the same time I think it will be awkward because I'm no longer close to them or Melody. I still haven't decided whether I want to go to her wedding.

I'm still very hurt about the way she's acted in the past 18 months or so. My trip up there last Dec was disappointing. I was hurt by her completely excluding me from her wedding - not even telling me when it had been scheduled after I'd been asking about it regularly. I found out the date when I saw her respond to someone about it on facebook. Then I emailed her asking again and found out that I wasn't a part of the wedding in any sense other than a guest.

I can't think about the situation without crying which is why I'm awake now. I know people grow up, change and grow apart but I was not prepared for my best friend since we were 9 to completely dismiss a friendship of more than a decade.

Happy Face

2009-01-21T17:20:15Z

This just brings a smile to my face:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/21/obama.business/index.html

Paper evilness

2008-12-01T18:38:36Z

So I have a paper due tomorrow at 5pm. It's supposed to be 4-5,000 words and I only have 2,400 words so far. I'm going to try using Write or Die to force myself to write.

Once I finish, hopefully this evening, I need someone to help me out by reading it over and doing some editing. Anyone?

Also, how do you tell a parent to leave you alone? My mom calls me almost every day. She says she worries about me and my time but then when I tell her I'm busy and I have a deadline, she'll say ok and then just keeps talking!!! Plus, she wanted me to call her last night when Chris and i got home so I sent her and my dad each a text message because it was almost midnight. But she still had to talk to me today. I am so sick of being treated like a child. I'm married, financially stable, have a solid career path, etc. I shouldn't have to report my every move to her. She needs to learn to let go and let me and my sister be adults. I've been trying to cut the cord for years but she refuses to allow me to be an adult. ERGH!!!!!!!!

Ok, enough venting, back to this damn paper.

For anyone who hasn't voted yet

2008-10-26T19:44:50Z

Advanced voting starts this week in every county in Georgia! You can vote in-person this Monday through Friday at various locations in every county!

Find your county's voting spots for Oct. 27-31 right here:

http://www.sos.ga.gov/cgi-bin/AdvanceVoting.asp

If you plan to vote on Election Day, Nov. 4, here is the link to find your local polling location:

http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/polllocator/PollLocator.aspx

Please forward this on to anyone you think needs it!

The lines will be long on Election Day, so go vote now!

Class badness

2008-10-20T22:56:37Z

So I suck at cross examining apparently. I got called on first to go and I was counting on hearing some other people to get me in the groove. I sucked really bad. I had so many great things I wanted to talk about and I got bogged down in the mundane details. I am so upset with myself. I am better than that.

It also upsets me because about half the class has been on the mock trial team for about a year and so they are much better prepared for this than the rest of us. It seems to me that they should be graded differently.

Ugh, that just sucked royally.

Door 44 Tonight!

2008-09-19T19:48:56Z

Chris is DJing at Door 44 tonight starting around 10pm in Midtown. Who wants to come hang with me? We can dance, drink or talk!

Final

2008-07-13T15:58:27Z

Ok, I'm about to take my 6 hour take home final. Feel free to email me but please don't call or text. Love ya!!!