i don't know what to call this

Yesterday at work:

Child 1: You should be Mormon.
Child 2: Silence
1: You wanna know why?! (he was audibly excited)
pause
2: why?
1: because, because....you get TREATS!
2:hmmm (considering)...Catholic is boring.

I thought this was funny on all sides. Yes, could be deemed inappropriate by some. Oh well. Gotta love kids!

P.S. I'm starting to look at grad schools. so so excited for the future. I feel so great about everything right now :)

xoxo
ash

thoughts on CEU

so I'll admit, I love hearing people randomly talk about Price/CEU. It's funny to hear {eavesdrop?} what people have to say.

Like a couple months ago, when I overheard a girl say:

"We were driving through this little teeny town, called Price, Utah or something like that. and I got a ticket." She went on to talk about how rude the cop was. Cops can be rude anywhere. Funny.

Today, I was on the campus shuttle and listened to two girls talk about how one of them went down for Lite Brite and was disgusted with how dirty the dancing was...I wanted to pipe up and say 1) why does that matter?, and 2) have you ever been to a dance at the U? You'd probably have the same opinion or worse if it bugged you that bad, hate to tell ya. Then, they were saying how small it is and of course brought up the infamous comparison to Snow College. Then they weren't sure if it was a two year or four year (USU affiliation) school. One more thing...One of them was like, "Have you ever been to the Winger's in Price?! Best Winger's EVER!"

I thought the whole conversation was quite comical. Good ol' CEU.

xoxo
ash

funny

Today, I sold my car! so I called my grandpa {king of negotiating} to tell him that I got only $5 less than my asking price...he said:

"Well that's good, Ash. Should have got 5 dollars more than your asking price."

Typical Grandpa! but I think he was happy for me. That is something he would say for sure! I've never sold anything big like that before.

Still trying to decide what to do; whether I should buy a new car or just drive the one mentioned in the last post for awhile.

xoxo
ash

p.s. my weekend was good, even though I had to spend the majority of it in zoobieland provo. Oh well--it was an additional 18 hours for this pay period! so I won't complain!

Love/Hate relationships

I'm loving life, but I have two things that consume a lot of my mind right now and I don't know what to do about it.

My job--
This is a tough one. I have days that I absolutely love the kids that I work with and I feel that I've made a difference for them.

On the other side, there are days that I can't stand it and can't wait to go home at night.

The sad thing is that there is really no middle ground here. Which, in a way, is good because you might as well like something all the way, as opposed to just half way, but there's too many bad days and I don't like that aspect of this whole deal.

So...I'm left with a choice. but given that jobs are quite hard to find right now and this job works with my school sched, (for now, it won't next semester!) I think I should hold onto it.

I just don't know what to do for later. this creates a problem.

2nd dilemma: My car--

I love it because all the 'stuff' works on it, it's newer than my last car, it runs well, etc., etc.

I hate the gas mileage it gets, so badly! I absolutely cannot stand to go to the gas station and think of how much money I am wasting!

So, I need to sell it. The problem comes in when I have to decide what to do next.
Should I drive my ratty other car that drove me nuts in the first place and prompted me to get a different car? Or should I get a nice car that I really want? There are pros and cons to both, of course...mostly, the payment situation on a new car.
I could afford a payment because I don't have any other major bills that I would have when I graduate and start 'real' life, if you will.
but...if I just get a decent car for cash, then I could save said money and buy a car that I really, really want when I graduate, get a real job and have more financial stability than I do now.
what about paying for grad school? adding a car payment on top of that doesn't sound very fun.
what about now though?

uhhh...I hate making these decisions. even though when I think about it, I've done it before and it's easy. A car or measly job now pails in comparison to deciding where to go to school, what to study, blah, blah, blah, all of which have already been made.

I'm usually a very decisive person...

until next time, when I've made some decisions.
Peace
ash

if it snows today, I'm going to punch someone.

Just throwing that out there.

It should not snow this early in October--the first time I remember it snowing last year was oct 26. No snow before halloween, I say.