study, work, work, study, b-ham, work....so that is pretty much everything that i have been doing this past week or so, i have been trying to study every spare moment that i have had (with the exception of this past weekend) i have also been working alot, some doubles and on my off day, yet it is amazing that it still feels as if i have no money whatsoever...this weekend i went to b-ham, it was a great weekend, amanda had a band contest so charles and i went and watched her march, it was fun...then sunday, went and saw concert choir sing at cantebury methodist, this was my first time to not be performing, and it was rather hard, it really made me realize how much i miss singing, and how much i miss my friends, i dont like being away at all and i wish i had a chance to get to know some of the new people, it is just really weird, being on the outside of it all... anyway enough whinning, right now i am sitting at home with becca and amanda watching cinderella, my wonderful charles got it for me this weekend, i love disney movies, do you ever wish you could be in a disney movie, everything always ends up working out, and everyone lives happily ever after, i would give anything to know that my life would end like a disney movie, riding off into the sunset with my prince charming......

Try number two

Try number two…well I bought my PCAT study book today…I decided to get a new one this year, so I broke down and spent the money to buy a Kaplan, and now as I stare at it I am beginning to wonder if I am going to have time to read the entire thing in 3 weeks….i mean, why can’t I just put it under my pillow and learn by diffusion, that would be wonderful…but now I probably need to go to work, so I should stop typing and get dressed…and tonight, after work, I have a date with my study book….goody goody!!!!

another trip home

Well another trip home has come and gone, and I now sit here in my bed at my mom’s house watching the UAB Spring 2005 concert on dvd…technology and the internet are amazing things…I just mailed off some of my high-8 tapes of memorable concerts and trips and three weeks later I have custom dvds…I am so glad I was born when I was…my trip home was nice, way too short but very nice and much needed…Saturday morning I had lunch with “the girls” ya know how people say that you meet you best friends in college, well these girls are mine, my friends that I hope will be my friends until we are old, while we done always talk as often as we would like, when we get together we just fall back into our usual roles of the group...Girls I love you all so much and I thank you all for everything ( I will post pictures on my other blog, the link is to the right)……after that I went back to Charley’s and we watched football, it was so nice to have a relaxing afternoon just curled up on the couch with him watching TV (even if all the games did not make me happy, at least auburn won, War Eagle)…then we had dinner at superior grill with Melanie and Scott, the last time we went we waited 3 hours and never got a table (it was may 5) so this was like a make up dinner…than back to the house (apt) for more football…church this morning was nice, it is amazing how at home I feel at trinity, I miss it there so much more than I ever thought I would, I miss the people, the atmosphere, the feeling I get just being there, it is my church home and one of the highlights of each trip back to Birmingham…after church Scott treated Haley, Mary Beth, Wesley, Charles, and myself to lunch, it a very sweet thing to do, thank you Scott….then only bad part of the trip was, of course, coming back, ya know I thought that it would get easier the more I went and came back to Jackson, but it feels as if it is just getting harder, I am so ready to be back home with my friends and my charley, I just hope I can make it through the time I have until I move back, and the uncertainty when it will happen, for that I am quickly learning how I must depend on another source of strength, Charles and I both must, I find myself very often asking for help to stay strong, and not burst into tears just because I thought about the way my life was or could be…it is definitely a day to day kinda thing, but I am trying to learn…anyway, enough rambling, I need to go to bed, t/m I have class (yea!!!) and then a night of working…back to the real world, but I cant help but think that in 13 days ill be back home…

okay, so my mother was intrigued by the "leader test" so she took it...and after my mother, the republican, all of a sudden i heard a burst of laughter, i look to the computer screen and what do i see but this:

(charles will be so proud)

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

who are you?

What Famous Leader Are You?
personality tests by similarminds.com

"Perfection is important"

does anyone else think that this test is accurate?

Okay I know I havent

Okay, I know I haven’t blogged in awhile…but honestly there hasn’t been much to write about…my trip home last weekend was great, while I was very disappointed that I did not get to hear the choir, I did get to spend some much needed time with my charley…I also got to sing at my church on Sunday (which I really miss) and I got to visit with Copeland, Leigh, and their adorable girls…it was a much needed trip…since being home I have gone to work and school, I had my first lab exam in A&P this week and I blew the curve, I used to always curse the people that blew the curves, but it sure does make me feel smart to know that I can do it….I have to work all weekend and ill be off Tuesday, yea!!! And then I will be off next weekend, but it isn’t going to be a good weekend, b/c I am afraid I won’t get to see my charley….so if you see him, tell him to come and visit me b/c I miss him so much, this long distance thing is no fun, and I am already counting down the days until I am back in Birmingham/home…

update...

okay so an update on the last post, my teacher finally emailed me saying the my grade was a little different...i amde a 102!!!!!! yea!!! now i know that this doesnot equal that grade at uab but hey it is still a great grade...i am happy, and what makes me even more happy is that i am going to b-ham this weekend to see everybody, yea!!!!!!!!!! now i need to go and pack...see yal soon...love ya

"is that a two?"

okay so you are wondering what the above quote is from, well it is what i said to my A&P teacher today when i got my first test score back...our first test was monday and i felt so good about it, there was like one or two questions out of 110 that i questioned myself about...so today i stood in line with the class and when it was my turn i said "charest" and my teacher pointed to my grade in the grade book and i clearly saw the second number a 9, but the first number was fuzzy, not written to well, so i asked my teacher "is that a two?" to which she replied "yes"...translation i made a 29 on my test, out of 100....my response was quick b/c i knew something had happened, i asked her if i could talk to her after class...so many of you that have read my blog or know me think that the usual delia would be kicking in at this point in the story, getting all worked up and crying, stressing out...but no, i know exactly what had happened, and it was confirmed by my teacher when i talked with her after class...she graded my scantron #1 as scantron #2, and vice versa...so now i have been checking my email like a crazy person to find out my grade, b/c well i havent changed that much...now, off to bed, i get to sleep late t/m, yea!!!!!!!

it's here, it's here...my diploma, i am so excited, it was taking so long i was actually beginning to wonder if i really graduated, but yes i did...it is so pretty and i am so proud of it...now it needs one of those awesome frames with the school matting, oh i am so excited...today is the first day of my first weekend of working, funfun, i will work tonight, saturday night, and sunday night, then ill be off monday, which is when i have my A&P test, busy busy...now i need to get ready for work...IT'S A GREAT DAY!!!

a daily blogger?

Hello, I apologize for the sporadic nature that I have been exhibiting on my blog…I am slowly falling into my schedule here in Jackson, and things have pretty much gotten back to normal here for me and my family (we should continue to pray for and help all of the people on the coast that have lost everything and been displaced far away from their home)…I started back to school yesterday and my sisters’ first day back was today, so I am sitting in my room right now trying to reorganize the mess that has become my desk and life, trying to get caught up and have some stuff on paper, don’t ask me why, but when I blog I feel like things are a little more stable and organized (must be another one of my anal hang-ups)…today is my day off, so I am going to get everything in place, start to clean my house, and then go to Starkville (my best friend is having a baby shower tonight)…lets see, now let me catch yall up on everything…living at home is not bad, everyone said it would be horrible, but it is actually kinda relaxing and refreshing (well when the sisters are being nice and cooperative), the girls have adjusted well, they still hiss when they see the other cats but I am getting used to it (it does feel like a jungle at times)…school is going fine, nothing too hard, I have my first test on Monday, I’ll let you know how it goes, the only thing I really don’t like about school is the drive (josh I don’t know how you drove an hour everyday, just three days a week is a pain in the…well you know) as for my voice lessons, I have only had one so far, number 2 is t/m (which reminds me I need to practice…ill put that on the list too)…work is actually not that bad, I really enjoy knowing that my mommy is up stairs during part of my shift, and the people that I work with are really a lot of fun, I am trying to catch on fast to all the differences b/t UAB and Baptist, there are a lot (especially in the IV area), I just want the people there to think of me as a good tech and an asset to the department, gosh I am such a dork…hmmm what else, Oh I am beginning to travel on a familiar road again, the pharmacy school road (maybe my blog follower from last year will take an interest again this year) I am going to do many things different this time around, I am going to apply to a lot of school, while my top choice is Samford ( I miss b-ham), I am going to apply at Ole Miss, Mercer, and probably a few others it all depends on what strikes my fancy…I do believe that all of the above may just catch everyone up with my life here in Jackson, I am going to try to become a daily blogger, I have always wanted to, maybe I can do it, check back to see….oh yeah and I plan on being in b-ham next weekend (so I can see my charley sing) so hopefully ill see all of my b-ham friends then, I miss you all, a lot…but for now I am going to start the process of organization, I love it (I am such a loser)…love yall’

the quiz

THREE NAMES YOU GO BY:
1. Delia
2. dee dee
3. pudn’

THREE SCREENAMES YOU HAVE HAD:
1. dmcrx82
2.drmajordeya
3.deya92698 (don’t ask)

THREE THINGS YOU LIKE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1. determined
2. organized
3. usually on time if not early

THREE THINGS YOU HATE ABOUT YOURSELF:
1.over the past years I have become a little anal in my efforts to organize
2.i tend on the whiny side some
3. I worry too much, about everything

THREE PARTS OF YOUR HERITAGE:
1.french canadian
2.indian
3.mississippi (?)

THREE THINGS THAT SCARE YOU:
1. clowns
2. spiders
3. my little sister’s room

THREE OF YOUR EVERYDAY ESSENTIALS:
1. talking to my charley
2. a diet mountain dew
3. yoga (at least I am trying that one)

THREE THINGS YOU ARE WEARING RIGHT NOW:
1. pink terry cloth pants
2. charley’s decatur baseball sweatshirt (my favorite)
3. a green and yellow striped night gown (I am cute, let me tell you)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE MUSICAL ARTISTS:
1.caedmons call
2.john mayer
3.philip copeland

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS AT PRESENT:
1. love soon (john mayer)
2. angel (jewel)
3. if I can help somebody (sniff, sniff)

YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
THINGS YOU WANT TO TRY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS:
1. paying off some debt/save money
2. start pharmacy school
3. have no regrets

THREE THINGS YOU WANT IN A RELATIONSHIP (besides love):
1. humor
2. a best friend
3. a strong foundation built on faith in God

TWO TRUTHS AND A LIE: (can you spot the lie?)
1. it is my day off!!!
2. I actually am enjoying living at home
3. I don’t miss charley…

THREE PHYSICAL THINGS ABOUT THE OPPOSITE/SAME SEX THAT APPEAL TO YOU:
1. a healthy physical appearance
2. an ora of confidence
3. eyes (and by eyes I mean butt)

THREE OF YOUR FAVORITE HOBBIES:
1. shopping
2. watching a movie with my charley
3. coloring in my anatomy coloring book (I am so cool)

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO REALLY BADLY RIGHT NOW:
1. see my charley
2. snap my fingers and my house to be clean
3. take a shower

THREE CAREERS YOU WANT:
1. professional singer in whatever choir that dr. copeland is directing
2. pharmacist
3. pharmacist (not pharmacy technician)

THREE PLACES YOU WANT TO GO ON VACATION:
1. Greece
2. Tahiti
3. England

THREE KIDS NAMES:
1. Charles Farley Henry Jr
2. Madison Charest Henry (girl)
3. i stop at two kids...no more

THREE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE YOU DIE:
1. graduate pharmacy school
2. live in another country
3. have a family

THREE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO TAKE THIS QUIZ NOW OR ELSE:
1. amanda
2. rebecca
3. virginia

reality check

first off i am okay, thank you to all the people that have asked, all of my family here in central and north mississippi are okay, not to sure about the family and friends on the coast (but i think most of them evacuated)...as for life here, it had been crazy since sunday...we woke up early monday morning and my sisters came to my nana's and momma and i went to work, i ended up staying at work until 10 that night helping out and working, it was a scary site to see the weather, we lost all power and were down to our last generator at the hospital, the water was also off, to conserve our power they also turned off the air condition at the hospital, it was a long day/night, momma and i thought we were going to have to stay the night but at the last minute we found out that the roads were passible enough to go home...with my sisters still at my nana's, momma and i went home at about 1030 monday night, our house favored very well compared to alot of houses in the neighborhood, we lost one tree and a big section of our backyard fence is gone, but we still had no power, my dad lost two trees at his house, and one tree fell on his car...today is the first day i have had access to the internet to talk to everyone b/c my phone has not really worked...it is thursday, and while my nana has power, our house is still without, i have been working everyday, trying to help at the hospital that is still under a boil water notice, we are still staying with my nana hoping that we will soon regain our power (they are sayin git could be weeks for some areas here)...we are all out of school until after labor day but even when classes resume i dont know if i will be able to go unless the gas crisis is resolved, if you have watched the news you may have seen the people waiting for gas in long lines and that is just how it is, i havent heard of anyone getting gas in less than 2 hours, and with the long lines, the few stations that have power are having to close fast, i have always been the person who thought that these thing would never happen where i was so to be going through it is very scary at times and it has really helped me see what is important, family... things have been crazy, but as put out as my family and i are we are counting our blessings, we faired so well compared to the rest of mississippi...thank you again for your concern and prayers, just please keep praying for eveyone...

current mood: tired, but not depressed, an improvement

finally my first 'real' week is done, and i am tired...but despite my fatigue i think ill be okay, as long as i dont have anymore days like yesterday, which i am sure i will...i am coming to figure out that i will have good days and bad days, today was a good day-yesterday was a bad day, which explains my depressive, whiny blog...but on to better things...i had my first voice lesson with my new teacher, i think that she is going to be good for me, she for her doctorate from indiana, her first comments were things that i know are my weaknesses, which is good, i am excited about fixing my tecchnique...tonight the hospital lost power, and it got a little crazy, but it was nice b/c baptist crazy=uab normal so i felt kinda at home, i am getting used to everything there and i think i am doing a pretty good job so far....hmmmm, what else.....oh i started a new blog of pictures...on this blog i will post pictures and small explainations for them, hopefully all my friends at home (b-ham) can keep up with me here and how i am doing in my new life, hopefully they wont all be of charles and myself (well hopefully for yall sake) anyway, check it out...now off to bed, t/m i get to sleep yet, yea!!!!!!!!

current mood: depressed

I want to be home.  I do not, necessarily, like my new life. I thought that when I moved home things would be easier, my life would be slower.  But it is very much the opposite. It is just like before, one thing after the other, not being able to catch a breath…but its worse b/c I don’t have my charley or my friends (nothing against my family)…I just want to be home, and I cant help but wonder if I even made the right choice by moving away…

full swing

Okay, so things are now in full swing…I am slowly adapting to my new schedule and life style…first my classes, I new that taking classes at a junior college was going to be different, but I didn’t know that they would treat me like a high school student…I mean, why if I am in college do I have to raise my hand in class and ask to go to the bathroom, please give me a break…so I am taking A&P and lab, Fitness walking (a pre-req), and voice (so I don’t lose what I have worked for)…overall, beside the bathroom thing, they are fine…nice and easy, if only I didn’t have to drive 45 minutes to get to campus things would be perfect…okay what’s next??? Work…my first day of work was last night and it went pretty well…things a Baptist are so much more laid back than UAB (I knew it would be like this going from a 2000 bed hospital to a 600 bed)…but it is nice, the other three techs on the evening shift are really nice, and the pharmacist are fun…and the best part…I get off at 10pm (yay!!!) I was still tired when I got home, but it was nothing compared to working until 11, I think I am going to like my job…hmmmm, what else….I am starting the application process for samford, they have an early application deadline, so maybe ill know something before next July, (haha)…I so hope that everything works out and I can be backing b-ham next year…I miss everyone so much, especially Charlie, but wont go into that now, that is an entire blog in itself…now, I need to go and start getting ready for work, I have to be there early to get another TB test (they wont count the one form UAB, so another needle, ouch….I really like this word blogger thing and I think it is going to increase the productivity of my blog….until later, have great day…
Ps…I MISS CHOIR (

what the crap was i thinking....

i mean, seriously, why was i going to take this stupid test...for anyone not informed, i am sitting at charles's this morning typing this blog, but up until wednesday my plans were to be sitting in a big, cold room at birmingham southern taking the MCAT...now my justifications: first off i was just not ready, there was now way that i could have done well, i started studying too late for this test not thinging it was going to be that hard, i mean i knew it was going to be hard, but not to the extent as when i started studing for it...i studied straight for about one week, and i mean like 4-6-8 hours a day, and at the end of the week i started taking those little (not really little) practice tests, and was doing horrible...now i was okay at some of it, mostly the biology and reading, but everything else was kicking my tail...so i sat back and thought, why the crap am i taking this test? and you know what, i couldnt think of one good reason, i mean i want to be a pharmacist, not a doctor, i like the drugs, and how they work...so why was i taking this test if its not what i wanted...well i finally came to the conclusion that i was taking this test to prove something, and ya know what i have nothing to prove...i have done fairly well, so i didnt get into pharmacy school the frist try, i havent met one person that applied with me that has gotten in, including one of my good friends who has more experience, better grades, and a freakin 98 on the PCAT...when i finally decided not to take it i felt like a huge cloud had been lifted from me, it was great, the first time in forever when i didnt have to worry about anything, my mom and my entire family said that they were glad to see me happy again, so i am glad i made my decision, no regrets...but now i need to go get ready, charles left for work about 30 minutes ago, so i am going to get ready and go up to panera to study some anatomy (one of the classes that i am taking at hinds this semester, ill blog more about that later) and enjoy my saturday with no MCAT...tonight, we are going to see 40 year old virgin...and t/m i have to go back to jackson, but i dont want to think about that now...ill try to blog again soon, i know everyone wants an update...but for now, its just nice to be home...

im not in the optimum state to blog right now, just wanted to state the obvious

I WANT TO BE BACK IN BIRMINGHAM

im back...

sorry i havent posted in a while but i ran away...yep, right after i got settled here in jackson charles and i ran away...we went to new orleans for a few days this week and it was wonderful...we both had been working so hard and taking classes this summer and as a result we really didnt get to spend too much time together, we definitly didnt get to go on any kind of vacation, so tuesday charles drove to jackson and then i drove us to new orleans...we stayed in this cute little hotel in the french quarter, had wonderful dinners, relaxed, and even went out once (but i was in bed by 1030 both nights...oh the party animal that i am)...anyway it was great, we got back thursday and charles had to drive home, it was really hard for me...but im not going to talk about that now...i will leave you with a cute picture of us at Pat O'Brien's Piano Bar

ADVENTURES IN MOVING (PART II)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

6 am, up an' at em'...off to walmart to pick up a few essentials and then to krispy kreme, to get breakfast for my movers...charles, his brother brian, and brian's girlfriend jennifer got ther about 9 and we started moving...it felt like there would be no end, i mean we would take things out and when we came back it felt like the boxes had multiplied while we were loading the truck...slowly as things began to be moved out of my apartment, the girls began to realize somehting was not right...dixie and belle began to get scared, and well belle became down right demonic...it was scary to see my girls, my sweet loving girls, being mean and knowing it was my fault, so in trying to comfort my little bella i picked her us to cradle her like a baby (this usually calms her right down, but not today) she went crazy, and the shreads of my arm that i have left prove it...soon after charles's parents got there and we finished up the packing...we all sat down on my nasty cat hair carpeted floor and ate New York Pizza, yummm...then it was time for the Henry's to leave, we loaded charles's truck up with some assundry things that i had no more use for and whole lota food, gave brian a washer and dryer for payment, and they were off...it got to me for a second, but then it was time to clea, so i quit thinking about not seeing my wonderful boyfriend for a while, and picked up a big bottle of bleach to tackle my bathroom...i scrubbed for about an hour while my mom worked on my kitchen, but no matter how hard i cleaned it felt as if i was making no progress, then my mother reminded me that my 80-90 year old apartment was not going to look new, so we finished up...then it was time to drug my girls, and well i was a wimp and just couldnt do it, they went crazy when i tried to get the to take the little dramamine pill that the vet had okayed, so i stopped, crying i could not put my girls through it and i decided that riding home with two fully awake, large felines would just be my sacrifice for them...we then loaded up the last bit of things and hit the road...it was crazy, i felt that i hadnt lived there more than a few months when i left, but i remembered all my amazing times with my girls, my friends, and my school books, i will miss homewood.............on the road, and surprisingly my girls went to sleep for the entire trip, they both also slept together in their cage, it was so nice to just drive in piece...it was my first resting moment in a very long time, i just listened to my choir music and drove, singing so i wouldnt fall asleep...so we drove, and drove, and drove more, i swear it has never taken anyone as long to get from birmingham to jackson as it did us that day, we left brimingham at 345 pm and did not get to my house until 9pm (to give you an idea of the average time trip, i can usually get home in 3 hours)...so home, and what is next, not rest, but unpacking....i shifted through the truck to find my most essentials to keep in my small upstairs bed room, then unloading the huge couch, which probably was very amusing to see my mom and myself trying to pick up the gimongus creature that is my couch...so it was all unloaded into the garage and i was beginning to see the light at the end of it all, finally it was time to unlad the rest of the truck into storage, and then turn in the truck...we ended up at sonic at 11pm, it had been a long day, so we ate...then i slept, good...

ADVENTURES IN MOVING (Part I)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

so this day wasn't too bad, well if you dont count the three exams, inability to hold anything down because of excessive nausea, and my broken bumper held together with duct tape...so i finally finish my last exam, how i did i still dont know, nor do i care, and what is it doing when i leave this final final at 745 pm but raining cats and dogs, i mean it was hailing too...but at this point i walked slowly to my car, exausted but excited to finish my academic life at UAB, i mean, that was it...I HAVE GRADUATED...its nice....so anyway i go home to my boxed up apartment to find a large budget rental truck that my mother has shockingly driven from jackson to birmingham in one piece, the massive truck was in front of my apartment encompassing 3 parking spaces...so i go upstairs to find my mother working so lovingly at packing up the rest of my nasty cat hair apartment...we worked into the wee hours of the night (keep in mind that wee hours for me in 11 pm), so i finally got into bed a little after midnight, exausted and laying on a matress on the floor i tried to get to sleep...and it worked i actually fell asleep, well that is until my sister becca called me at 2 am in a state less than her natural best, after that i slept no more, with the cats running all over me (for i was on the floor and therefore a new toy) i lied there thinking about how this was my last night in my first 'real' home that i made for myself, well thinking and praying that God would just let me sleep for one hour...then the alarm, it was 6 am and time to start saturday...