<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040</id><updated>2011-11-01T07:32:46.827-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bralewyn</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>32</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-115237657142797031</id><published>2006-07-08T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2006-07-08T09:36:11.436-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Many Changes</title><content type='html'>I've recently changed a lot in my life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles and i moved in together, we moved to Paso, I got a new job.&lt;br /&gt;started playing WoW again.&lt;br /&gt;gonna get my CNA next month.&lt;br /&gt;and after a year with the company i get to go through the nursing program.&lt;br /&gt;at their expense.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I like that a lot.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-115237657142797031?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/115237657142797031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=115237657142797031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/115237657142797031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/115237657142797031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2006/07/many-changes.html' title='Many Changes'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-113547019054900601</id><published>2005-12-24T16:22:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T16:23:21.616-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas and Happy New Years</title><content type='html'>Congratulate me.  I just got engaged.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;YAHOO!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-113547019054900601?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/113547019054900601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=113547019054900601' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/113547019054900601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/113547019054900601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/12/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-years.html' title='Merry Christmas and Happy New Years'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-113033852291068044</id><published>2005-10-26T07:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-26T07:55:22.943-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Day of School</title><content type='html'>Yesterday morning, my 4 year old and i, walked to the end of the culdesac to wait for the bus to pick him up. He was ecstatic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;   "Look Mommy Birds" and "Look Mommy you found a plane!" "come on mommy, let's find the bus!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;finally the bus came, he climbed right on and his new bus driver showed him where to sit, put his seatbelt on and went and strapped herself in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He said "Come on Mommy! the bus is here it's time to go" and I had to respond with "This is a bus just for kids honey, I'll see you when you get home from school. I'll wait right here"&lt;br /&gt;with this fake bright and cheery smile.  the look on his face when he realized that i wasn't going with him... well, it made me very sad. As soon as the bus was was out of sight i cried my way home.  i sat here with my cell phone in one hand and the house phone in the other all day, waiting from a call from the school saying something happened.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally at 2:00 i went back to wait for the bus.  The bus driver drove up, handed me his things, said "Bye Cristopher, see you tomorrow!" he said "Bye Nicki!" and we went home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparently all of my stress and worry were for naught. His teacher sent a note home with him saying he had a great day. That she couldn't wait to see him tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He kept trying to leave and take the bus again last night. I guess he had a successful first day of school.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-113033852291068044?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/113033852291068044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=113033852291068044' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/113033852291068044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/113033852291068044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/10/first-day-of-school.html' title='First Day of School'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112844510588608083</id><published>2005-10-04T09:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-10-04T09:58:25.893-07:00</updated><title type='text'>UPDATE</title><content type='html'>HeH&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got a call from my boss over there a couple of weeks ago. saying... "richele, why haven't you returned my calls?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;basically i have my job back except they're training me to do something else and i only work weekends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i get to be a cold food prep cook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hard work. lemme tell you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;things with the little one are getting smoothed out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i really wish i could afford to stay home with him and help him through everything. but at a month and a half i'm out of reserves already.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hope the childcare question gets solved soon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hmmm well that's it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pretty much.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112844510588608083?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112844510588608083/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112844510588608083' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112844510588608083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112844510588608083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/10/update.html' title='UPDATE'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112604171920406720</id><published>2005-09-06T14:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-07T13:51:15.863-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oh what a wonderful life.</title><content type='html'>well, i talked to my bosses about the fact that until i found reliable &lt;make&gt; and appropriate child care for my son i had to either change my hours of availability or i needed to go on a leave of abscence. my boss told me to go on a leave of absence. so for the past week and a half to two weeks, i've been working on that. i filled out the paper work for the FMLA and i've been working on finding child care for my son.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on friday last week i had a meeting with the lady who works with eligibility for head start which is an excellent comprehensive plan for preschool age children. She and their disability specialist came by today to talk to me some more. they are going to work with cristopher to appropriately place him in one of their programs. they also work with the school system to provide transportation to and from some of the special programs they have there as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;as we were talking options today i got mail from compass group. (the company that owns morrison management.) I'm just going to go ahead and type out the letter i got.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Richele,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At this time we regret to inform you that you do not meet the requirements for Family and Medical Leave due to :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;X do not have a year's service with the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To meet criteria for eligibility you must have worked at least one year for the company and have worked 1000 hours prior to the leave.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Therefore your employment has been terminated.  Should you have any questions, please contact your unit manager.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the rest of that was not relevent. but of course i immediately burst into tears and had to ask the head start people to leave. Crying in front of people has never been one of my favorite things.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm more than a little bit upset at the way things have turned out. but seeing as how it's not illegal for them to do this all i can do is look for another job. This is going to look horrible on any job application i fill out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've never been fired before. I'm finding this to be a humiliating and very personal experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm wondering if other parents with children with some special needs have had similar experiences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, i have an appointment tomorrow to take him in for a physical to be sure he's in good health.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thursday i have an appointment with the school system to get him into PEEP great speech and language program.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i wonder if i'm eligible for unemployment now... huh i'll have to check into that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i'll be 36 tomorrow. happy birthday to me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yall have a good day. i'm going to go drown my sorrows in butter pecan ice cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/make&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112604171920406720?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112604171920406720/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112604171920406720' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112604171920406720'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112604171920406720'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/09/oh-what-wonderful-life.html' title='oh what a wonderful life.'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112437001648139739</id><published>2005-08-18T05:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-18T06:00:16.490-07:00</updated><title type='text'>update on the Bleh day</title><content type='html'>Wow yesterday truly sucked. I started off the day, as you know, finding out that the backyard had caught fire. i finally got the whole story. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My son David (12) was watching cartoons at 10:30 tuesday night. he glances out the back window because he see's funny light. He runs upstairs shouting for grandma that the back yard is on fire. My mom runs down, grabs the hose and proceeds to put out the fire. with some help from the pipes in the sprinkler system that melted and we had no idea were there under the deck. there was water spurting out of them as well... My son is a hero of course. If he'd actually been in bed asleep we probably wouldn't be here anymore.  the fire got about a foot from the air conditioning unit in the back of the house. so... Thanks David!!!!!!!!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I got a phone call on tuesday while i was at work. asking me to go to my sons preschool after work on wednesday for a meeting. so i show up and bring Charles with me.  I'm not going to go into the details of the meeting, just the result.  Friday is Cristophers last day at the center, they can "no longer meet his needs" and blah blah blah. kinda sucked. a lot. i cried on and off for hours.  I'm not exactly sure what comes next. wait and see i guess. wait and see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, its time to go get ready for work. I won't be home til after 7 tonight. I have my first day of school today and i'm both excited and fearful. excited because i want to move forward with my life and feel successful, fearful because i'm always a little nervous in new situations. i don't do well with change.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112437001648139739?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112437001648139739/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112437001648139739' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112437001648139739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112437001648139739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/08/update-on-bleh-day.html' title='update on the Bleh day'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112428474696939877</id><published>2005-08-17T06:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-17T06:19:06.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bleh!</title><content type='html'>for the last several days i've been having issues with my internet.&lt;br /&gt;I can't get to the VU site at all at www.venorultimus.com. i can't get to my email half the time. the other half of the time i can. and half of the time Google doesn't load either. :( but the rest of the internet works just fine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now for the scary part.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night there was a fire in my backyard. i haven't actually seen the extent of the damage myself. i'm just barely out of the shower. but it was apparently pretty scarey and messed with the pipes. i'll update later. but that's it for now.&lt;br /&gt;gotta go to work now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a good day.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112428474696939877?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112428474696939877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112428474696939877' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112428474696939877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112428474696939877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/08/bleh.html' title='Bleh!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112273637387397654</id><published>2005-07-30T08:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-30T08:13:53.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>oh boy where to begin</title><content type='html'>a lot's happened since the last time i posted.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;actually in the last week. i decided to go back to school. i want to go to the phlebotomy course at the local community college.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'll be quite good at it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i decided i needed to be single for a bit. things were just moving way way way too fast for me with Jeff and it was starting to freak me out.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;started the actual moving process last weekend and i've been busy as hell ever since.  I just can't seem to get this finished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;got a lot accomplished last night though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, i'm off to shower and start getting ready to go back to the apt and clean clean clean.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the landlady is coming to the apt tomorrow to do the inspection.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112273637387397654?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112273637387397654/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112273637387397654' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112273637387397654'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112273637387397654'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/07/oh-boy-where-to-begin.html' title='oh boy where to begin'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-112069756696650846</id><published>2005-07-06T17:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-07-06T17:52:46.973-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Busy Busy Busy!!!</title><content type='html'>life is moving quickly right now.&lt;br /&gt;I'm in the process of packing up everything. slowly but surely. moving in with mom and dad for a couple of months then moving to vegas in october to be with my guy.  oh and i'm going to vegas for 4 days on friday night. YAY i can't wait!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;see you soon honey!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-112069756696650846?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/112069756696650846/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=112069756696650846' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112069756696650846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/112069756696650846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/07/busy-busy-busy.html' title='Busy Busy Busy!!!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111871916386656420</id><published>2005-06-13T20:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T20:19:23.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Aciref</title><content type='html'>love ya man.&lt;br /&gt;Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday deeaaar AASSSSSSSSSSSS Happy Birthday to you!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111871916386656420?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111871916386656420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111871916386656420' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111871916386656420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111871916386656420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/06/happy-birthday-aciref.html' title='Happy Birthday Aciref'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111871910204827079</id><published>2005-06-13T20:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-06-13T20:18:22.056-07:00</updated><title type='text'>better late than never</title><content type='html'>I know some people have been anxiously awaiting the update to my Blog after my vegas trip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what can i say?&lt;br /&gt;i was in heaven every second i was there except for the lonely hour in the airport after Scotty dropped me off at the security line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;God i love that man.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I so didn't want to come home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some high points.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, i can say that the airports in LA and SF are nice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the Vegas Airport is pretty humongous. it has slot machines in the terminals lol.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i had to go ride a tram to get to the main terminal after getting off the plane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scotty took me to dinner after picking me up at the airport we went to this little casino called Ellis Island, and i swear i can't even remember what i ate. i was just so happy to finally be with him.  yes these places serve dinner at midnight. i totally lost all sense of time while i was there...&lt;br /&gt;anyways. i think we went to sleep finally at about 7:30 in the morning. I got to talk to his mom on the phone. she is a great lady. she invited me to come visit.&lt;br /&gt;we went to dinner at the hotel/casino Excalibur in the Sir Galahad's restaraunt. that was awesome. the service there was stupendous.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the food was great. :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after dinner we were walking hand in hand through the excalibur. we saw the Krispy Kreme donut plant it's right in the middle of the place. i took pictures and then as we were meandering along i ran into someone from work.&lt;br /&gt;it's always odd to run into someone 400 miles away from home that you work with. lol&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I introduced her to Scotty and we chatted for a bit. then Scotty and i wandered down to see the magic show. it was great fun :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;after this we went and got the car and went over to the Bellagio. it's big, it's beautiful, and we went to the Fontana room to have drinks and watch the water show on the terrace. WOW it was romantic and sweet and wonderful. and beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;AAAAAAAAAAAND since i was in Vegas i had to do SOME gambling so i stuck 5 bucks in a slot machine. lost it all LOL!... oh well. i wasn't there to gamble, i was there to see my guy. by this time it's like midnight or something so we went back to his place and watched a movie and relaxed for awhile before having to get me to the airport at 4 am ish &lt;omghugepouts&gt; i didn't want to come home. that was the fastest weekend of my life. :(&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm going back next month. I can hardly wait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love you My Scotty.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111871910204827079?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111871910204827079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111871910204827079' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111871910204827079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111871910204827079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/06/better-late-than-never.html' title='better late than never'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111749167054797000</id><published>2005-05-30T15:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-30T15:21:10.553-07:00</updated><title type='text'>4 days more</title><content type='html'>and now for the longest four days of my life. I'm so excited, and nervous and happy and and and everything all at once. I get to go meet my guy in person. I love you honey!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111749167054797000?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111749167054797000/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111749167054797000' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111749167054797000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111749167054797000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/05/4-days-more.html' title='4 days more'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111725440242667781</id><published>2005-05-27T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-27T21:26:42.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>7 more days</title><content type='html'>a week from today i'll be in Vegas visiting Scotty. I'm so excited! I can hardly wait. I love you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my shaman hit 3 L 7 tonight. yay go Bralewynx.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and i geared up a skald for levelling this morning. yet again, i can't stay away from the support classes. We have too many squishies, we need someone to throw a shield up in front of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;off to bed so that when i wake up it will be down to 6 days.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111725440242667781?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111725440242667781/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111725440242667781' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111725440242667781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111725440242667781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/05/7-more-days.html' title='7 more days'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111673592612707136</id><published>2005-05-21T21:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T21:25:26.133-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Monthly update before it changes months again</title><content type='html'>Grats to Glano and Mysh on your baby marissa. she's gorgeous!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've been chatting with this guy i met in DAoC then talking to him and now i'm going to visit him on june 3rd. I'm totally in love. never thought that would happen. it certainly wasn't something i was looking for. just kind of dropped into my lap. whammo!!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Love you Scotty!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111673592612707136?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111673592612707136/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111673592612707136' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111673592612707136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111673592612707136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/05/monthly-update-before-it-changes.html' title='Monthly update before it changes months again'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111288649410100167</id><published>2005-04-07T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-07T08:08:14.103-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Flexoril</title><content type='html'>Lemme tell you guys... if you're ever having problems with muscle spasms related to an injury this stuff is totally the way to go... except you need to be absolutely sure that there's nothing you have to do in the next 12 hours before you take it. it WILL knock you on your proverbial ass. I made the mistake of taking it at 7:30 am yesterday thinking that was plenty of time before i had to go get my son from preschool at 4 or so.... welll... no. I was still plenty woozy and loopy even after sleeping for a lot of the day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Logged in my Healer last night and got some crafting done.  from 670 to 700 last night woohoo... at this rate i'll be at 1000 by the end of the weekend. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This sling is really interferring with my activities of daily living. i've discovered it's not that easy to do dishes one handed. but i perservered and managed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok gonna go do some board trolling then log in and do some crafting!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a good day&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/hugs&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111288649410100167?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111288649410100167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111288649410100167' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111288649410100167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111288649410100167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/04/flexoril.html' title='Flexoril'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111283115710643369</id><published>2005-04-06T16:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-04-06T16:45:57.106-07:00</updated><title type='text'>OUCHIES!!</title><content type='html'>Sunday i went to sit on my computer chair and all of a sudden SNAPthe base of the chair broke off from the pole that connects it to the seat and i went flying... landed pretty hard on my shoulder, it was sore... monday it freking hurt... yesterday my shoulder and arm started spasming so i let my friends talk me into going to the doctor.&lt;br /&gt;Doc says sprained rotator cuff and trapezius or trapezoid or something like that... weeeeee no work for me for a few days.  he also put me on something called flexoril... it's a muscle relaxant. damn i wish it didn't throw me for a loop. can't function very well when i take it.  short post today. typing one handed sucks!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111283115710643369?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111283115710643369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111283115710643369' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111283115710643369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111283115710643369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/04/ouchies.html' title='OUCHIES!!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111146400365852640</id><published>2005-03-21T19:55:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-21T20:00:03.660-08:00</updated><title type='text'>trying again</title><content type='html'>well the post said it worked on saturday but i still don't see it working.&lt;br /&gt;or to be more precise i haven't seen it posted yet. just the old stuff us up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;long grumpy kind of day today. it'll get better in a day or three. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;quit playing DAoC for a few months. got into World of Warcraft. fun game. all levelling and no end game though. very everquestish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;went back to DAoC a couple of weeks ago. back to my cleric.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;they did this wierd thing where they clustered the servers for RvR purposes.  all the PvE stuff is still seperate but for RvR, they clustered say, Pellinor, Kay, and Iseult.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;which means that the only two servers i have level 50 toons on are all on the same cluster.&lt;br /&gt;wierd. i logged in my pellinor healer last weekend and whoah ran into the mids i usually play against with my alb cleric. it was fun to run around with them for a bit though.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hi Balth :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;off to bed. gotta get up at 5 for the job thing again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;nite nite.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111146400365852640?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111146400365852640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111146400365852640' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111146400365852640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111146400365852640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/03/trying-again.html' title='trying again'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-111124458075681339</id><published>2005-03-19T06:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2005-03-21T20:09:20.576-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You know you're getting old when...</title><content type='html'>You go to the all girl's spice it up party the night before...&lt;br /&gt;You drink ONE margarita, and get a buzz.&lt;br /&gt;You wake up the next morning with a hangover from said ONE margarita&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok let's see if this posts. my last four or five attempts haven't worked for some reason. so i gave up for awhile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so this party was great fun. we got to play with oils, and lotions and edible lotions and warming creams and cooling creams and tingly creams and there are just so many kinds of different things like that it's kind of hard not to be overwhelmed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then there were the toys.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WOW were there ever.  it was a lot of fun.&lt;br /&gt;and it looks like i may have to go to another one next month. OH Darn.... twist my arm and all that LOL&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a great day folks.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-111124458075681339?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/111124458075681339/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=111124458075681339' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111124458075681339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/111124458075681339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2005/03/you-know-youre-getting-old-when.html' title='You know you&apos;re getting old when...'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109872798404991149</id><published>2004-10-25T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-25T11:13:04.050-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WOOT!!!</title><content type='html'>So I've been looking for a new job for the last month or so. Ya'll remember that post awhile back when my boss told me to start looking for a new job right? Well, i've found it. I got the call this morning. They called to offer me a job at the ONE place of all i applied and interviewed for that i really wanted.   I'm so excited i'm bouncing off the walls! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;oh Before i forget, Grats to Shaun and Erica on your forthcoming nuptials, they're getting married this weekend and going off to Hawaii, didn't want to forget to grats them.  I'm quite sure you will both be very happy in your long life together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well, take care all. I'm off to craft in game until it's time to go to work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/wave&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109872798404991149?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109872798404991149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109872798404991149' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109872798404991149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109872798404991149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/woot.html' title='WOOT!!!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109811437172239571</id><published>2004-10-18T08:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-18T08:46:11.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>IT'S RAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>You have no idea how happy this makes me.&lt;br /&gt;I love the rain. I've missed the rain.&lt;br /&gt;my life just hasn't been complete without it.&lt;br /&gt;6 long months it's been gone from my life. and now ITS BACK!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;also here's a fun little thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.humorscope.com/hero.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Name: Golden Woman&lt;br /&gt;Secret Identity: Bralewyn PrettyinPink&lt;br /&gt;Special Power: Lightning Ears&lt;br /&gt;Transportation: Quantum Scooter&lt;br /&gt;Weapon: Flame Whip&lt;br /&gt;Costume: Electric Cape&lt;br /&gt;Sidekick: the Professor&lt;br /&gt;Nemesis: Arnold the Clever&lt;br /&gt;Tragic Flaw: Fear of short people&lt;br /&gt;Favorite Food: Stroganoff&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;go check it out. it'll be fun :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last night in DAoC we did Master Level 4 over there on Mid Pellinor.  the server lag started out horrendous. but eventually we did get it done. Not like last weekend when we were having 30 second to 2 minute lag spikes on the server end.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lots to do today. off to do it.&lt;br /&gt;have a good one everyone :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109811437172239571?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109811437172239571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109811437172239571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109811437172239571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109811437172239571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/its-raining.html' title='IT&apos;S RAINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109807795303629196</id><published>2004-10-17T22:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-17T22:40:33.030-07:00</updated><title type='text'>ACK</title><content type='html'>i swear i didn't mean to make that happen three times. i wonder why it did that.........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;all better now though. i fixed it and stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109807795303629196?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109807795303629196/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109807795303629196' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109807795303629196'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109807795303629196'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/ack.html' title='ACK'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109803968776686913</id><published>2004-10-17T11:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-17T12:01:27.840-07:00</updated><title type='text'>found something kind of neato</title><content type='html'>handwriting analysis&lt;br /&gt;I'm a complete sucker for personality tests, i take every one i come across... hmm wonder what that says about me?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is your analysis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;    For a graphologist, the spacing on the page reflects the writer's attitude toward their own world and relationship to things in his or her own space.  If the inputted data was correct Richele has left some white space on the left side of the paper.  Richele fills up the rest of the page in a normal fashion moving the entire writing rightward as she moves down the page.  If this is true, then Richele has a healthy relationship to the past and is ready to move on.  The right side of the page represents the future.  Richele is leaving the past behind and moving on to what she perceives as an exciting and enticing future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele has a healthy imagination and displays a fair amount of trust.  She lets new people into her circle of friends.  She uses her imagination to understand new ideas, things, and people. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One way Richele punishes herself is self directed sarcasm.  She is a very sarcastic person.  Often this sarcasm and "sharp tongued" behavior is directed at herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele is a practical person whose goals are planned, practical, and down to earth.  This is typical of people with normal healthy self-esteem.  She needs to visualize the end of a project before she starts.  She finds joy in anticipation and planning.  Notice that i said she plans everything she is going to do, that doesn't necessarily mean things go as planned.  Richele basically feels good about herself.  She has a positive self-esteem which contributes to her success.  She feels she has the ability to achieve anything she sets her mind to.  However, she sets her goals using practicality -- not too "out of reach."  She has enough self-confidence to leave a bad situation, yet, she will not take great risks, as they relate to her goals.  A good esteem is one key to a happy life.  Although there is room for improvement in the confidence catagory, her self-perception is better than average.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In reference to Richele's mental abilities, she has a very investigating and creating mind.  She investigates projects rapidly because she is curious about many things.  She gets involved in many projects that seem good at the beginning, but she soon must slow down and look at all the angles.  She probably gets too many things going at once.  When Richele slows down, then she becomes more creative than before.  Since it takes time to be creative, she must slow down to do it.  She then decides what projects she has time to finish.  Thus she finishes at a slower pace than when she started the project.  She has the best of two kinds of minds.  One is the quick investigating mind.  The other is the creative mind.  Her mind thinks quick and rapidly in the investigative mode.  She can learn quicker, investigate more, and think faster.  Richele can then switch into her low gear.  When she is in teh slower mode, she can be creative, remember longer and stack facts in a logical manner.  She is more logical this way and can climb mental mountains with a much better grip.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele will be candid and direct when expressing her opinion.  She will tell them what she thinks if they ask for it, whether they like it or not.  So, if they don't really want her opinion, don't ask for it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele will demand respect and will expect other people to also respect them.  She has a lot of pride&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele is moderately outgoing.  Her emotions are stirred by sympathy and heart rendering stories.  In fact, she can be kind, friendly, affectionate and considerate of others.  She has the ability to put herself into the other person's shoes.  Richele will be somewhat moody, with lows and highs.  Sometimes she will be happy, the next day she might be sad.  She has the unique ability to get along equally well with what psychology calls introverts and extroverts.  This is because she is in between.  Psychology calls Richele an ambiverty.  She understands the needs of of both types.  Although they get along, she will not tolerate ayone that is too "far out."&lt;br /&gt;She doen't sway too far one way or the other.  When convincing her to buy a product or an idea, a heart rendering story could mean a great deal to her.  She puts herself in the same situation as the person in the story, yet she will not buy anything that seems overly impractical or illogical.  Richele is an expressive person.  She outwardly shows her emotions.  She may even show traces of tears when hearing a sad story.  Richele is a "middle-of-the-roader" politically as well as logically.  She weighs both sides of an issue, sits on the fence, and then will decide when she finally ahs to.  She basically doesnt relate to any far out ideas and usually won't go to the extreme on any issue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People that write their letters in an average height and average size are moderate in their ability to interact socailly.  According to the data input, Richele doesn't write too large or too small, indicating a balanced ability to be social and interact with others.  Read more about her emotional expressiveness in the section on emotions and slant.&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;so yeah that was fun.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Yesterday i went to my friend Patty's baby shower, it was a LOT of fun. it was great seeing a lot of people that i hadn't seen in a very long time.  and then i also won the clothespin game.  the game where if you say baby or cross your legs and someone catches you, you can take their clothes pin.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;the game lasts the whole party long and then the person at the end of the party with the most clothespins wins.... i had 15 of them. it was pretty darned cool.&lt;br /&gt;:D.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;so now i'm at my parents house doing laundry. only a couple of more hours left before i get to go back home and play some DAoC.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Last night we went RvRing and i had a blast. I think i need to get that hunter of mine levelled so i can go gank people muahahaha.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;have a great one :)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;/brale/richele/hugs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109803968776686913?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.handwritingwizard.com' title='found something kind of neato'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109803968776686913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109803968776686913' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109803968776686913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109803968776686913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/found-something-kind-of-neato.html' title='found something kind of neato'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109704177477464268</id><published>2004-10-05T22:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-05T22:49:34.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I posted!</title><content type='html'>well, i managed my post for the 5th.  Having some money issues right now. that's nothing new, they're just a little more pronounced than usual.  I'll be happy when this year is over and i'm allowed to work nights again!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so saturday morning that earthquake shook me up a little bit.... 5:30 am my bed started to rock back and forth.  and since that's not a usual thing for my bed, i was a little alarmed. (no, my bed doesn't see any fun either) but, we lived.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;my friend Shawn lives in florida, and he posted something a little bit cute on his blog... &lt;a href="http://www.DeCloah.com/weblog"&gt;http://www.DeCloah.com/weblog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you think they might be a little tired of all the tropical actvity? hmmmm maybe.&lt;br /&gt;I'm going to go do a little bit of crafting before i head off to bed. another long not so fun filled day ahead of me tomorrow.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;take care folks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109704177477464268?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109704177477464268/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109704177477464268' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109704177477464268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109704177477464268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/i-posted.html' title='I posted!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109690115424693055</id><published>2004-10-04T07:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-10-04T07:45:54.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Car accident</title><content type='html'>i haven't felt much like posting anything lately. sorry bout that. I was in a car accident two weeks ago today.  So, i've been taking it easy. well, sort of. tons of dr's appts. seeing a chiropractor 3 days a week right now and i missed a week of work.  no fun no fun!.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;went to my sister's baby shower last weekend. it was tons of fun. she was pretty happy with her loot :)  i cant wait to meet my little nephew....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations to my friends Shawn and Chrystal. they're gonna be parents next year! How exciting for you :) you'll be AWESOME parents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;take care i'll try to update tomorrow&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109690115424693055?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109690115424693055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109690115424693055' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109690115424693055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109690115424693055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/10/car-accident.html' title='Car accident'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109508319720263473</id><published>2004-09-13T06:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-13T06:46:37.206-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The last week or so</title><content type='html'>This last week has been a bit frustrating.  I couldn't get the Blog thing to work for some reason,  so I couldn't update at all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ah well. It's been an interesting week.  Had a bit of a nervous breakdown last week. Gotta take it a little bit easier stop stressing out etc.  Good news is It's treatable!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;doing things a day at a time right now.  I'm gonna be ok.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just wanted to say thankyou to all my friends that have been so incredibly supportive when i've needed you.  Even if it was just a person to call on the phone when i was crying for no reason and needed to listen to something totally outside of me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and big big thanks to my friends in game and online that i was able to dump the most on to.&lt;br /&gt;No way i would be feeling this functional right now without you guys&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on the up side i got my Healer Bralewyn to level 50. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TTFN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bralewyn/Richele&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109508319720263473?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109508319720263473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109508319720263473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109508319720263473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109508319720263473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/09/last-week-or-so.html' title='The last week or so'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109456396572487476</id><published>2004-09-07T06:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-07T06:57:34.590-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday to me!</title><content type='html'>on this day 35 years ago, my mother was frosting a birthday cake for her mother, when all of a sudden her life changed forever. they took her in to the hospital and SEVERAL hours later.... there i was. So, Thanks Mom, for giving me life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and Happy Birthday Grandma, Grandma, and Grandma!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(my mom's mom, my dad's mom &amp;amp; my step grandmother all have the same birthday)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109456396572487476?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109456396572487476/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109456396572487476' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109456396572487476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109456396572487476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/09/happy-birthday-to-me.html' title='Happy Birthday to me!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109421799770537745</id><published>2004-09-03T06:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-03T06:26:37.706-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Way Too Early</title><content type='html'>I woke up entirely too early this morning.  I was awake at about 5, laid around until about 6 now I'm up and kind of fooling around before I need to take  a shower.  I'm already caught up on all my reading on the boards... WHERE IS EVERYONE?  bah. oh well. :)   I'm thanking the cosmos this morning it's friday. Three Day Weekend...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;@My friends out there in florida, I just wanted you to know that I'm thinking of you, and keeping my thoughts and prayers with you all. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DAoC update:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Looks like most of my friends are either playing on pellinor or hitting the WoW stress test.&lt;br /&gt;i made a mid Healer over there. of course named her Bralewyn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm trying to decide whether i'm going to try out EQ2 or go with WoW  I'll tell you this much, if my friends split and half go one way and half go another, i'm going to pitch a fit, throwing things and pouting. cuz i can't afford BOTH games! well, at this point i cant afford either, but i can ask for it for christmas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ok,  gonna go brew some coffee and see about getting my brain to wake up a little bit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/waves&lt;br /&gt;Bralewyn/Richele&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109421799770537745?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109421799770537745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109421799770537745' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109421799770537745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109421799770537745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/09/way-too-early.html' title='Way Too Early'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109417297618993863</id><published>2004-09-02T17:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-02T17:56:16.190-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday!</title><content type='html'>Thank God!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can't wait until friday finally gets here so i can just NOT stress for a day or two.&lt;br /&gt;Today's meeting:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;basically, social services has decided that my son is a special needs child.  And therefore needs special services.  There won't be any full time job for me in the near future.  They'd like me to stay available for meetings etc... in the mornings. so looks like i'm keeping my current job for now.  Not sure how i'm sposed to pay my bills, but if i want to keep custody, i'd best just do as they say and hope for the best.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;have a great evening all. I'm gonna go take some ibuprofen and try to kill this headache that wants to turn into a migraine before it's too late.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/waves  Bralewyn/Richele&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109417297618993863?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109417297618993863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109417297618993863' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109417297618993863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109417297618993863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/09/thursday.html' title='Thursday!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109405420304234376</id><published>2004-09-01T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-09-01T08:56:43.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Wenesday!</title><content type='html'>So yay it's wednesday and i've been doing the job search thing.&lt;br /&gt;Applied for three jobs today.  Which is about average for a wednesday.  Keep your fingers crossed for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This whole only being able to work between the hours of 8 and 5 is really putting a damper on my job search thing.  It's cut the job opportunities in half at the minimum. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have 3 hours until i have to go get ready for work. i think i'll go log in one of my many Bralewyn toons and see if i can find something interesting to do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;/hugs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109405420304234376?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109405420304234376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109405420304234376' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109405420304234376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109405420304234376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/09/wenesday.html' title='Wenesday!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109400012778740223</id><published>2004-08-31T17:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-31T18:24:47.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CONFUSION ABOUNDS!</title><content type='html'>ok so today has been one of those days....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;yesterday my boss pulls me aside and tells me that if i cant get childcare after 5pm he's gonna have to let me go cuz he cant have anyone working that doesnt work the full shift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;some background for those of you who dont know me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i've had this job for almost 6 months.&lt;br /&gt;i was originally hired for the 9 to 5 shift, which worked perfectly, because daycare said that worked for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;last week they changed everyones work schedule from 1 - 6 pm (yes huge drop in hours how the heck am i gonna pay my bills)&lt;br /&gt;and of course i cant work past 5 pm so i tell the boss and he tells me to start looking for another job because he's pretty sure the owner isnt going to go for keeping anyone that cant give that full 5 day to the company.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;on monday he pulls me aside like i said and asks me to find someone to watch the child from 5 to 6, and do it by thursday or he's going to have to let me go.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so i'm bummed. because even though it's a high stress job and i never know whether or not i'm going to have a job the next day, the people there are awesome.&lt;br /&gt;(needless to say i HAVE been putting in resumes and applications all over town anyways)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;then today 5 minutes before i leave he tells me that because of the fact that even though i cant find childcare past 5 and i'm expecting to get handed a paycheck any time, i'm STILL working my behind off and giving one hundred percent of my energy to the job, he's going to keep me on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so now i'm ALL confused. apparently i get to keep my job, unlike the other people that have to get off at 5pm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ugh ok.  if anyone has any suggestions for me they would be greatly appreciated. i dont know how much more of this i can take.&lt;br /&gt;have a good night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Richele/Bralewyn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ps. Mekk, i'm NOT a whore :P&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109400012778740223?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109400012778740223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109400012778740223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109400012778740223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109400012778740223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/08/confusion-abounds.html' title='CONFUSION ABOUNDS!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109396799284798499</id><published>2004-08-31T08:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-31T08:59:52.846-07:00</updated><title type='text'>And of course</title><content type='html'>anyone that would like to help financially is more than welcome to do so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;https://www.paypal.com/xclick/business=richelec%40hotmail.com&amp;no_note=1&amp;amp;tax=0&amp;currency_code=USD&amp;amp;lc=US&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that link will take you to my donations page at paypal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ok time to go do something constructive like peruse the paper for employment opportunities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109396799284798499?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109396799284798499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109396799284798499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109396799284798499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109396799284798499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/08/and-of-course.html' title='And of course'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8145040.post-109396057195027531</id><published>2004-08-31T06:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-08-31T06:56:11.950-07:00</updated><title type='text'>First Post!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: arial;"&gt;What with all the Me Updates lately on the VU forums (www.VenorUltimus.com) it's been suggested i start my own Blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So here we are.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have those mixed feelings going on but i think i'm going to be ok.  It's a little scarey going off into the unknown. but i'll make more money going to unemployment than i am at my current job.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scarey isnt it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8145040-109396057195027531?l=bralewyn.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/feeds/109396057195027531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8145040&amp;postID=109396057195027531' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109396057195027531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8145040/posts/default/109396057195027531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bralewyn.blogspot.com/2004/08/first-post.html' title='First Post!!'/><author><name>Richele</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/08164838717185828048</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
