Been Away

Alright, it's been a while and I thought I'd update this thing. I actually did, but then removed it after apparent jealousy reared its ugly head. So I removed it. A few of the pictures that I posted along with it still exist in the photos part of this weblog. You can take a look at them but I'm not going to go back over it.

I thought I needed to take a little bit of a break from my weblog and such because things have been a tad bit wonky for a while. And weekend after weekend, my plans are altered because of Melbourne's suck-ass and unpredictable weather patterns.

Also over the weekend, my dog decided to take my nursing license, offer letters for school and final grade report to the shredder except he got a little too excited and shredded them all over the living room floor and couch. I was extremely pissed but couldn't stay mad for long. My dog isn't the most well-behaved dog but one of the things that I need to give him credit for is that he cheered me up when I was spending a lot of my time alone. My partner told me that I had to get rid of them and I crawled into bed (depressed more than I ever was) and the dog slept next to me. I woke up and decided that I'm going to keep him around. Gilbert was pretty mad that he was tearing things up like that and I could understand. But in a way, I think it's my fault. If a dog is destructive, it means he's not getting enough exercise and/or attention. It's most likely exercise. The weather has been mostly wet, nasty and cold lately so taking him for a walk through the parks has been somewhat impossible.

(...and today the dog bit my nose and it was bleeding a lot.)

My start date for the new semester has also been moved to July 2009. I'm not sure what that means. I might use the opportunity to stay with family longer and to work as a home healthcare nurse in the USA. BUT I'm not sure. As always, no set in stone answer just yet.

That means I will need about A$11,500 as soon as possible (equivalent to about $11,000 US dollars). Wow, has the US dollar lost its value! Good news is that I can borrow money again from the US government. I think, at least.

That's the update I have for you for now. I don't plan on doing an idioPod episode tomorrow but you never know. Hope you guys in the US have an awesome weekend and hope you Australians had a good weekend!

ALSO, for the sake of saying it, I have some Dreamhost Invitations if anybody needs/wants them and will use them for good purposes instead of evil. I have 5 to give away. I'm not sure what exactly they do but I know they give you 4x the storage space (2 TB) and 4x the bandwidth (20 TB). (Keep in mind that right now I'm using over 0% of mine but less than 1% of my space and bandwidth). And I think if you sign up for 5 years you save $150 and for 10 years you save $200. But you'll have to let me know [by commenting/emailing] you want them... of course it also puts money in my pocket which if you read above, you'll see that I need it. :)