Name:Patrick Country:United States State:Texas Metro:Lubbock Birthday:6/27/1982 Gender:Male
Interests:I like cheese, karaoke, girls, Weezer, school, AC/DC, 80's music, dancing, non crazy people, writing, girls, licking wallpaper, Curious George, The Eagles, girls, reading soft core vetrinary assistant text books. Oh and girls. Expertise:Pretty much everything you can think of. Well, except for the things I don't really know about. Occupation:Student Industry:Media
Hi everyone. I know that I have asked a lot of you to pray for me (thanks). For anyone who hasn't heard, my life basically sucks. I got the great idea of going out to Lubbock so I could get my certification for teaching and be closer to Kay. To do this I needed to find a job that would pay at least $15 an hour. With my experience I should have been able to. I was offered a position at UMC in Lubbock for $9 an hour. I took it and instantly started looking for another job so that I could have two incomes. Then it occurred to me that if I was to have two jobs, I would not be able to do the teaching certification and all of the observation hours. On top of this I had been staying at my friends house. It was such a blessing to have them offer me their couch, but at the same time there is no way that I could stay there much longer because I was having to wake up at 5:45am every morning to go to work, and they stay up late every night. I couldn't afford to stay in Lubbock on $9 an hour. I pay all of my own bills (or try to). So I moved back home where the job market seems to be a little better and I have free rent at home. What some people don't understand is that I have been filling out hundreds of applications starting way back before I even graduated from college. I haven't been lazy, I haven't not wanted to work, and I haven't been looking for a handout. I hate asking for help. It is hard for me to ask people to pray for me. Anyway. Now I am waiting on my dad's bf's wife to call and tell me if her company is going to be able to hire me for the nursing home representative job that I have been wanting for almost a year now. I have applied to hospitals all around the metroplex, restaurants, and it looks like I might get a job at Olive Garden that will at least give me some income until the main job comes through. This Saturday I am taking the written and the physical test for the Lubbock Police Department. I have always been interested in law enforcement and I know that I would be able to do some good for the toothless rednecks out there in Lubbock, whether it be breaking up cheating fights or busting people for drugs, I would really enjoy helping out in any way I could. So be praying for that. So let's recap: I could still be a teacher, nursing home representative, or a police officer. I am ready for any of these to happen. I want to start my life and start my savings so I can have money to put down on a house. I am just ready. I have been for almost a year now. If you could be praying for my job situation, my life and the not mentioned situations in it, and for others who are suffering through this economy. I heard a statistic tonight that the women's abuse hotline has had a call surge of 14% since the economy had gone sour. It is sad to think that these women are afraid to leave their abusive relationships because they don't believe they can find a job and start over on their own. These are sad and hard times and I am confident that we are going to see brighter days. Kay threw a fortune cookie at me the other day. The fortune read : "Life always gets harder near the summit." I am ready to be there.
So I now have a puppy. It is a wiener dog mixed with a sharpei. She is pretty chill. I just don't know what to name her. So comment and give me ideas. Here are a few that I have heard so far:
Twaddles Toe Nail Piggly Wiggly
So send me your suggestions. I will pick a name and the person who suggested it will win a prize of one of the puppies dookies. I love the word dookie. Screw it, her name is Dookie. Send them to me please. I can't take the dog on a walk at the park and be yelling the word dookie around little children. Here is a picture of "_____".
So things are better now since the last time that I wrote anything of importance. Numero uno, I am now proudly taken. Kay and I are finally dating and it is more amazing than I ever thought it would be. So I am super excited about that. She is great and we have a great time together. We are also the best Cranium partners ever to be. So I am the happiest that I have been in a long time. She is perfect for me.
What else. I still have no job. I have been putting my resume out there like crazy since I have been home. I have had a couple of job leads and hope that they come through. Any day I hope to get a call. I just want to be able to start paying off my student loans and start saving some money.
I have been going to the lake a lot this summer. Mainly Allegra's out in Mineola, but also Amy's and my friend Donnie's for the 4th. It has been great.
Let's see what else has been going on... I found out that one of my "friends" was not very "friendly" to me over the past couple of months. I went to the E.R. with my friend Joe because he was stupid and took a bite out of a mushroom from his back yard. I have seen lots of movies this summer. Heath Ledger is still dead (Lori). I have made some pretty good friends that are great. I saw someone pass out on the curb at the gas station today. That was weird.
I watched Wife Swap today and have been for the past couple of weeks. This show is hard for me to watch, but I can't stop. I think that everyone in the world should have to watch this show. I believe it correctly portrays many stereotypes that aren't really stereotypes. Tonight's episode was great. There was a hillbilly man who told his "new" wife that a real woman would "shut her damn mouth, bite her tongue, and (cook or clean I don't remember)." This just shows the ignorance of people in the world. Some men and women do not understand that we are here to serve one another, not just serve one. I think that a couple should share responsibility and respect. It is a balance that has to be carefully preserved to keep a loving relationship going. I could go on and talk about the Nanny whatever it is called show, but that will just make me look like I am trying to use my degree while talking about two different things in one blog, and I couldn't ever do that.
For some reason Pat Robertson is on television right now. I was just watching America's Funniest Home Videos, now this bag o' douche is on here. Now there is video of some idiot swimming in the gulf during the dang Dolly hurricane. I am guessing he is from Oklahoma. Now for a couple of pictures:
This is a sunset that we saw in Oklahoma.
At the ranch in Oklahoma. Too many fish bites. Cute.
I didn't shrink this picture on purpose. Hahahaha.
On my surprise visit. Miss the poof.
So that is about it. Sorry if you think I have become a sappy blah blah blah, but I am happy and wanting everyone to know. So I am going to go to sleep soon, I have a long day of being outside and being hot and sweaty tomorrow. I hope that you all are awesome, and hope that you are doing well. Adios!
So I have
been back home in
Arlington
now for three weeks. Things have been good, things have been
depressing, and things have been
blurry.
I was laying in my bed in
Lubbock
on the May 6th and realized that I had lost most
of my “friends” in
Lubbock.
Don’t know how or why, they were just not there. Nothing was keeping me
in
Lubbock
except my job at the guy’s house. I thought about it for awhile and
decided that it was time that I did something for myself. So I told my
apartment people I was moving out the next day. I started packing and
left the next day.
After getting home I started looking for a job. I have
applied to so many places. Hospitals, nursing home companies,
pharmaceutical companies, everything. Hopefully something will come up
soon. I have to find a job just to pay the bills soon though. This
sucks. I am ready to start on with my life, not working at some high
school job making five bucks an hour. I have lots of bills I am behind
on, and I don’t know what I am going to do. I just remembered I have
thank you cards I need to fill out for my graduation presents. Also, I
saw Indiana Jones and the kingdom of the blah blah puke. Let me just
say that I as an Indy fan was not too happy with the ending. It was a
great movie that just happened to have Indiana Jones in it out of his
element.
Joe and I have been hanging out a lot, which is good. I
have missed getting in trouble. I have gained probably 15 pounds since
being home. Ugh. I blame all of this on The Bent and Caves. So I need
to slow down I
believe.
I was invited by the
Davis
family to go out to their new lake house on
Lake
Holbrook.
Their house is amazingly nice. It is about 40 yards away from the water
and what we rightly named “Hillbilly Cove”. Interesting times were had
there. Made some new friends, had way too many beers, ate a lot of
great food, and had a lot of fun the entire time I was there. We are
going back the first weekend in June and I cannot
wait.
Basically I just wanted to bring everyone up to date on my
life. To all my
Arlington
friends, new friends, and few
Lubbock
friends I just want you to know that I love you all and miss the time
when we are not hanging out together getting into
mischief.
Rachel's guard dog.
Allegra and I at the swimmin hole
Hillbilly Cove
Dave and my sister Kaylan on Cinco de Mayo
No explanation
The people at Taco Bell did not find this funny. It was Cinco de Mayo, what did they expect, me not to dress up as a stereotypical Mexican? I'll have a number eight please, I mean ocho.
Note my new boots.
It's obvious I like being Mexican.
Dr. Peebles in tha house!
I don't look too happy for some reason. But this was my adviser Dr.Klein.
