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Name: Carmie
State: Michigan
Gender: Female
Interests: lots of things...just about anything....well thats not true. I don't like to be bossed around - Don't control me...I love my family and my dog - Aussie....she's precious. My nephews and nieces are getting big and I love them a whole bunch. Basically enjoying life is my game!
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4/18/2006
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| Well. Here I am, sitting in the parking lot of the Rittman Rec Center in Rittman, OH. It is a sweet little country town that I get to work with and help coordinate their Relay For Life. Today is their Rally to spread the word about relay. I am in the parking lot taking a break for a couple of hours. I am about 45 minutes from home, so it would be pointless to go home and come back. But this is my saturday. Next saturday I am walking in a holiday parade with my massillon group- that should be fun! :) The interesting part about all of this is that I don't really mind working on a saturday. I think this is because (and my reasons are two-fold): 1. I LOVE my job. Not only is the American Cancer Society a great employer, but I love the communities I get to work with. The other reason is that I don't really have any friends in canton to hang out with. I am so confused about this...I mean unless you move back to your hometown or live in your college town or work at a job where everyone is about your age...how do you make friends?? It is hard to find people who are not only your age, but also are looking for friends. I am so tired of doing nothing! I work A LOT because it is a big job, but also because I'm bored! I am not planning on moving anytime soon...because I don't know if I could find a more perfect job. So I know someday I will have a community. I did recently find a church, so hopefully that will help.
Anyway... I guess I was killing time by writing on my blackberry. Good times! :) I guess this is life now. Job+house+dog+bills+sitting in parking lots writing on my phone....like I said good times. | | |
| Ok. that other one got long. Sum up: Happy New Year from my family to your's. Enjoy the possibilities in the new year! Love, Carmie :) | | |
| My family is quite the site. My new sister in law is really handling it well - all the chaos that is. Once you can adjust to the craziness, then we really are a fun bunch. But we are all together this year (all but Holly, my niece). That means in my sister's house there are 17 people (including the unborn baby). That is a lot of people in one house. I think my favorite part about my family is how we all love to be together. Some families would never ever even consider all staying in one house with that many people -but we do it every year. I love that we bring in the new year together. It seems appropriate to be with your family and the people you love to celebrate the beginning of a year of possibilities. It is kind of weird when you think about it. I remember last New Year's, and now that year is over. I had no idea all the things I was going to do. Here is a small list of things that never even crossed my mind: 1. Date and break up with a boy (eh...probably could have done without that) ;) 2. Travel to Ireland - AMAZING! 3. Nanny for my nieces out in VA 4. Pass Communication Research (just kidding...but still I'm glad I did!) 5. Meet my sister's new puppy - seriously thought she'd never get one 6. Buy a bunny. Don't ask...it wasn't the best idea. (But he was so cute!) I don't know if I can beat the bunny one. But the point is that you never know how a year will go and how things will end up. It such a refreshing thought to realize that you have an entire year of possibility ahead of you.This year brings some staples: Living in Chicago, Graduating, Getting a job (oh please let that be a staple), moving out on my own....but then....who knows? I think we all know how the "who knows" can be frustrating...so I won't explain. But it is also very exciting. It is so open ended and such a mystery. I am excited to see what it brings. So from my house to yours - Happy New Year. | | |
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I own a bunny. His name is Bon Jovi and he is very cute. He is so fuzzy, he almost seems like a stuffed animal. I bought him on an impulse this last semester and have owned him for almost 4 months. I really do love him. He is about 8 months old. I have been struggling with how I am going to take care of him in Chicago and in general the next semester while I am away and back and forth. Today I found a solution. My mom called and said that a man she works with who has two kids and a wonderful family were willing to take my bunny and give him a home. He used to raise rabbits and really loves them. So...this is very good news. But, it made me burst into tears. I am so glad that he has a home. I am so glad that he will be happier with his new family, but I am going to miss him. He is my bunny and it makes me sad and happy. Tonight has been a sad night. I said goodbye to some friends I won't see for awhile. This makes me sad. I found out my bunny has a new home...also somewhat sad. And Christmas morning just seems a little sad. It has been good though to cry a little. I feel like it has been building up and it is just a good release. So, Merry Christmas. However you are celebrating - whether it be with family or without, with your bunny or without :), or if it's the same or different from past years - Make it merry. Life should be merry (even when it's sad - you know merry-ness is around the corner.) :) ...and God bless you merry gentlemen. (and women) | | |
| Sometimes I wonder if the magic that Christmas used to bring is still around. The question becomes not only is the magic still around, but can I still experience it? It seems like the older I get, the less I can feel it [it: whatever that means]. However, I think that I have made a decision about it. I have decided that for better or worse, I will not give up on the magic. I realized tonight that I still find blizzards profoundly magical. And if in the giant falling snowflakes there is something that sparks a feeling of unexplainable joy, then it must still exist in the holidays such as Christmas. So much of this year and some of the years to come, I suppose, deals with the ambiguous place in life in which I exist. Holidays, birthdays, general perspectives of life: they are all changing. Each of them is taking on a new meaning - a new type of experience in my life. And this good. But, change is always sad for me. When you loved the old way and you don't know what the new way will be like, it makes it hard to change. This year Joey is not home for Christmas morning. This year my mom is working on Christmas Eve until 11:30 at night. This year we are not celebrating Christmas until December 29. This year is nothing like the Christmas' of the nineties. I won't wake up in my room, because it is now some other person's room. I won't dig through the attic to find Christmas paper - because we don't have an attic. But, this year I am older. This year I get to watch my nieces and nephews open their fantastic gifts. I get to watch my nephews play with their brand new puppy. I get to see the expression that I wore so many years when you are in utter shock at the amazing gifts you received. I didn't get to do that in the nineties, either. The point? There is and always will be magic in the snow. Magic in Christmas. Magic in family get togethers. Magic in watching the stars and realizing how big the world is. So....do you believe in magic? | | |
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