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The other night I went to Wal-Mart and purchased the desk pictured over there! I wanted something small that I could put in the living room so that I can move my desktop out of my room and have a space to work on my laptop instead of always sitting on the couch. I didn’t realize, however, that I could move the Linksys Router that I have into the living room and have all the laptops and computers pick up the signal without having it hardwired to a computer. For some reason, I was under the impression that the modem and the router had to be connected to at least ONE desktop PC that didn’t have a wireless card for the internet to work. I do have a wireless card for my desktop but I loaned it to my brother so I’ll have to take it out of his PC. I need to reformat the desktop again and it needs a new motherboard but it’s so old that it isn’t worth it to replace it…I miss working on my desktop it’s so much easier to do themes and Wordpress stuff on there than it is on the laptop.

Today, I decided I would clean and that I would try out my new Hoover SteamVac that I bought from Newegg last week. I wanted one of these for Christmas; I actually wanted a cheaper smaller steamvac but decided on this one after I decided I would need something to clean the stairs since Bella has had so many accidents on them. I mainly got it because of her and the accidents she’s had since I’ve had her; the carpets will probably get cleaned once every couple of months. It’s amazing how much dirt and grim comes up from the carpets when you clean them…it’s gross but hey what can you do? We can’t all live in metal buildings that may be easier to clean or less likely to get messy. Luckily, the carpets didn’t take long to dry as I bought a small $50 desk from Walmart the other day so that I could move my desktop PC out of my room so that I can rearrange things and have more room for when Alan moves here in May. It also gives me a space to work at with my laptop. With that being said, I hope to open up a new domain soon. I’m still trying to 100% commit to the name I’ve picked out which is why I haven’t done anything as of yet but when I do, it’ll be strictly blogging – no paid assignments or posts at all.

Since my grandfather came down with throat cancer a year ago, I’ve wondered how my grandmother would make it should he pass. I don’t know if my grandpa has life insurance or not and I don’t know if that would cover anything my grandmother would need, but I worry about it. She has mentioned moving out to Kansas for awhile and living with my dad and stepmom but I highly doubt that will happen as she’s lived in South Carolina all her life (well the majority of her life) and her home is there. She’s still able to get around and isn’t ‘old’ and worn out like many people’s grandparents seem to be; she is fully capable mentally and physically to live on her own if she so chooses. We’ll see what happens, last I knew my grandfather was having another biopsy but I never heard the results of it.

When school is finished, I’ll be able to get a full time job which means, HOPEFULLY, receiving insurance benefits. This is one thing I look forward as it’s been a long time since I’ve had stable health insurance. I’ve done a few insurance quotes in the past to find out how much it would cost to get it on my own through some company but for it to be affordable the insurance is crap or the deductibles are so high that there is no point in having it. Hopefully, where I find work after school, I’ll be provided with this benefit and will no longer have to worry much about it.

I’m not a fan of the cold weather or the possible snow that can come with it. Even after living in Kansas for a total of 8 years or so, I’m still not use to the snow when it falls…I hate it. I’m so ready for the spring time; not necessarily, the hot heat from summer but definitely the cool crisp air of Spring! It’d be nice to take an Orlando vacation when that time comes – to get away and to relax. Perhaps for spring break…I’ve never gone on a trip for spring break and it’d be fun to do since this is my last semester at KU, until graduate school whenever that may come.

I mentioned in a previous post that I have dealt with acne for a good bit of my life and that I’ve tried just about every product out there to remedy the problem. However, I didn’t really go into what kind of acne I suffered from – as we all know there are different kinds – and I’m sure most of you don’t care but in case you do it was nodular acne. It’s the kind of acne that stays under the skin, rises just a bit and turns the skin red and it very very tender to the touch. This is no joke, it was horrible but like I said previously the only thing that has seemed to help at all is being on birth control. I really hope I grow out of it sometime…we’ll see what happens when I go off the pill one day.

I am seriously considering getting my dog some hair loss vitamins. She has been shedding a ridiculous amount of hair lately and I can’t quite put my finger on why. The only thing I’ve really thought it could be was going from Kansas to South Carolina and the climate change messed up her schedule as far as shedding goes. I knew before I got her that she’d be a dog that sheds and would blow coat twice a year (once before summer and then again before winter) but the amount she shedding is WHOA. I’ve tried everything from brushing, using a knock off Furminator on her, bathing her, I don’t know what else to do but it’s getting ridiculous and I’m tired of eating hair! Any suggestions?