Ah the joys of having DSL again. How happy am I!!!!!

So hello old friends I have a little bit of updating to do since I can't remember the last time I posted on here. So last time on La Vida Louisa our heroine was stranded out in the country with dial-up internet and no social life to speak of.... *GASP*

My brother Tim (yes the cute one) got married on Dec. 31st to a Cheese Headed girl name Katey (its not an insult, she's from Wisconsin and I love cheese!! ^_^) I found out in March that she is expecting a BABY! That means she got preggers about a week or two after the got married. She's due between October 10 - 19 and she's having a girl! I'm so excited that I get to buy girl stuff for the rest of my life for my niece. They're still deciding on names, but her middle name will be Susan after Katey's mother who passed away when she was young. I was already an aunt thanks to my little half-brother who had a baby at 15, but this is evern more special since Tim is my "whole" brother lol. *SQUEE*

Now for MY update...*drumroll please*.......................................

I'M MARRIED!!!!!!!

Yes on June 8th I became Mrs. Louisa R. Primm. My wonderful husband's name is Anthony and he is the most wonderful young man I have ever met in my life. I've always been a skeptic when it comes to love, especially after the terrible thigs I've been through over the past few years. I never believed that how thing about "when its the right onw you'll just know"...Its true though. Now here's the kicker that will probably draw many criticisms (which is fine because I used to be one of those as well):
I've only known him since February and he's 18 years old which makes him 5 years younger than me. At first people in my family had a huge problem with it, but they've all pretty much come to terms with the fact that he's not like any ordinary 18 year old. His family loved me from day one, which was wonderful. As of now, we aren't going to start trying for kids until we finish school...or at least until I finish school since I only have 2.5 years left.

Before I got married I moved to Huntsville so I can start school in the fall. I'll be going to Sam Houston State which is a really great school. I still work for Wal-Mart, but its not so bad. I love my little apartment and everything about the town I live in.

So yeah thats about it for me....

so for the past week there have been several occassions where I wanted to come update my journal. what happened? I've just been so tired or worked odd hours or something or something else.....laziness was a factor too I think. I do have some possibly interesting stuff to say though...maybe...hopefully.

I aim for tomorrow being the day I can actually sit down, collect my thoughts, and write a somewhat coherent account of what the hell I've been doing for the past week. So until tomorrow....

So let me tell you kids about my day. It was pretty hectic, but I can now admit that I did enjoy myself..

I went to work hoping that I'd actually get to do some CSM stuff today. There I went unknowingly setting myself up again. It turns out that one of the other CSM's has had a stroke and is taking a leave of absence.....So that meant I had to skip past my CSM training and just go for it. Its the equivalent of throwing a child into the water and yelling "sink or swim!!!"  I floundered a bit but I am proud to say that I didn't drown. My mini-ego got a little stroking today from all the people telling me what a good job I did. Yay for not crushing under pressure.

So today was make a fool of myself day to all the cute guys I work with. I have this plan to make homemade foam valentines in the shape of fortune cookies (score one for originality!) and I'm baking cupcakes because I've been in a serious baking mood lately. I must be ovulating or something.... My first victim came in the form of little Kenny...though I asked him if he liked cupcakes yesterday. He replied with a not so innocent "yeah..chocolate...can I have some chocolate". I told him he was out of luck as I hate chocolate cupcakes. I told him today to call me when he turns 20 .... jail is not a friendly place for little people like me.

My second victim was Mr. Pretty Blue Eyes, Robert. He seemed a bit confused when I asked him if he liked cupcakes. He actually asked "why" instead if giving me an answer. I mean thats not exactly a baited question or anything. Well after I explained why he seemed pretty enthusiastic about getting "free" cupcakes....I still think he's kinda clueless that I kinda have a thing for him.

Third victim would be Leo. He was a surprise since he wasn't supposed to see me looking all bad and stuff today. It figures that he'd come into the store on his day off. Luckily I caught him before he left the store...I like his reply the best: "Hell yeah I like cupcakes! I'm gonna have to get you something..." I told him it wasn't necessary, but he wasn't hearing it...he offered to get me a cake until I kindly reminded him that I was already baking cupcakes...so know what he's getting me instead? A rose....I dunno though I think I'll tell him tomorrow not to worry about it. His phone number and a date would suffice nicely instead.

Fourth victim is Jacob...the cute but seriously cocky boy who works in produce. He thinks he's the shit but he's really not. I mean yeah he's one of the best looking guys at work, but he has issues. I told him he could have a cupcake but only if he was nice to me. To that he replied "I'm always nice to you." I suppose giving people strange looks and blank stares could be considered nice by some foreign culture..who knows?

So anyway yeah that was my day...and I'm off tomorrow and Wed but I'll end up at wal-mart for one reason or another. Its like crack... seriously..

So the past couple of days have gone by in a icy and wet blur. Since I was off for 4 whole days in a row I had to use myspace to see if the plans for Saturday were still on. Fortunately they were, but I realized that going out probably wouldn't be an option considering I hadn't had a chance to put my room in my trailer back together.

The trip to Corsicana to get my money was a complete bust. I should shoot the people at the South Campus in Mexia for telling me that my check would be ready the day after I registered. It turns out that any left over pell grant money won't be handed over until after 60% of the semester is over..so there goes my plan to stick the money in a savings account..That definitely wasn't a TGIF day...

So I finally went back to work yesterday. I can honestly say that I like working at Wal-Mart.. *gasp* I know...Only because we get to sit and talk about people all day haha. So after work I went over to Joseph's because I was the last one to get off. I got to meet Alex who is even cuter in person, and Amie who is Juana's friend..she's got HUGE boobs and lemme tell you she had those girls up and out for the world to see...Joseph, Alex, and I were content to stay at the house and watch movies. Unfotunatly, Juana and Amie wanted to go out and do something...I explained that we had to make a decision quick since I had to be home by midnight. I'm almost 23 years old and have a curfew..pathetic, I know. Its only because I live so far out in the boonies though. So we went to Fairfield, but everything was closed except this little diner thing that needed remodeling like woah. We had a pretty good time, but it would've been better if we would've stayed at the house. The driving wasted a LOT of time that I didn't have to spare. By the time we got back into town I had about 5 minutes until I had to leave. They were trying to come up with excuses so that I could stay longer, but I decided I should just leave. My grandmother tends to worry when I get home later than expected.

So hopefully we'll have a "movie" night sometime soon even if Juana doesn't come since she'd rather go out somewhere. I love bars and I enjoy going out, BUT I think its just as much fun to sit and watch movies with friends....

You know I think there's a certain point in your life where you just say "screw it" and lay everything out on the table. You tear up most of the bad things except the ones that represent life lessons learned, and pile them together with all the great things in your life. My life is not that bad. I'll be the first to admit it..Sure it may suck horribly some days, and people tend to drive me crazy, but I'm a pretty happy person most of the time. I love to smile, laugh, and be around uplifting people.

I started school this evening. My grandfather insisted on driving me so I let him and my uncle tagged along as well. Tell me why we wasted a 56 mile round trip drive on 30 minutes worth of something that can't even be called a class? I was a little aggravated about that, but at least I got a chance to check out the people in my class + my teacher (who seems pretty cool). Funny thing is that the adorable guy that I work with's girlfriend is in my class along with another girl that I work with. Also in my class is the little sister of a guy I had that blues for in high school. Also this total cutie who looks like he's about 16 and MAY be gay...my gaydar went off a little when I first saw him and even more when he was talking in class. It would be great to be friends with him regardless..he seems sweet.

I've seriously got to find some guys 21+ to drool over cuz it seems all the guys I think are cute (with an exception or two) are all like 17-18!!! I am by no means a child molester or a pervert so as soon as I figure out how old they are I'm like, "oh wow nevermind" haha. Its ok though...I can look as long as I don't touch, right? right!

On another note I found my sexy Chance pants's myspace page and sent him a note/message/whatever and a friend request..I kinda regret not hooking up with him while I still lived in LA..He's really hot and he's SO sweet...and boy can he dance. Also some really buff, studly guy from Austin sent me a friends request which I was quick to accept. I normally don't like big buff guys, but hey we all make exceptions ;)

I have so much stuff I wanted to get done on my 3 days off, but with the weather being all wintry and stuff I might not get anything done. I REALLY REALLY need to get my hair done..its driving me crazy. I wanted to go apartment hunting in Huntsville on Thursday, but I don't know if I'll be able to go now. Joseph, Alex, Juana, and I are supposed to be doing something this Sat. Juana really wants to go out to a bar, but Joseph and I would rather watch movies at his place so that we can actually all get to know each other better. I wouldn't mind going out, but it'd be hard on me considering I can't just waltz into my grandparents' house at anytime in the morning. Not to mention the fact that I'm not much of a "club" person anyway..I'm more of a bar girl..like somewhere with pool tables, karaoke, and maybe a dance floor. I really want to get in touch with a few of my old friends from high school, but I think we may have grown too far apart over the years to rekindle those relationships. Kinda makes me sad, but you never know what may happen.

So yeah my life is pretty spiffy at the moment...I won't complain.

Wow today turned out way better than I thought it would. I didn't want to go to work because I've got a check for about $1200 sitting in the financial aid office in Corsicana that I now won't be able to get until WEDNESDAY!!!!! Though on the bright side, I have to admit I have some very entertaining friends...Joseph, Juana, and Sam (aka "Samantha") made my day pretty snazzy.

Juana, Joseph, and I are going to go out next Saturday (if I'm able to go) so that will be tons of fun. We took pictures today that can't be developed at our Wal-Mart...and there are still more pics to be taken...

I was being charitable today and spent $2 on what has to be the most phallic "flower" balloon I've EVER seen...it doesn't help that my mind is constantly in the gutter so I went around showing it to people. Though it didn't take much for people to see that my "flower" was a little more than it appeared to be if turned upside-down. Its now fondly referred to as my "dirty balloon" haha.

Also this guy at work that I think is WAY adorable is confusing the hell out of me, but he's not ignoring me so thats good. I got him a card for Christmas and put my number in it...needless to say he didn't call. Though I'm not too sure what I would've done if he had. Anyway, I didn't see him for about a week or two after that thanks to our schedules..I think he has a girlfriend which is fine with me. After all, I'm not trying to date him...I just want to get to know him better and be friends. So he comes up behind me and pokes me today...and he still smiles when he sees me and waves. I mean its not my fault that I got the wrong idea about him in the first place. He was the one always striking up conversations with me, coming to/by my register, telling me that he was happy I was staying later at work so he could see my beautiful face when I walk by, and standing in my personal space when when talk....what am I supposed to think? Maybe he's very flirty and friendly like me...Whatever it is, I think he's a pretty nice guy..not to mention he's easy on my eyes too haha.

Its one minute til midnight and I'm still awake..wtf? I hate being on the rag..I can never sleep when I am..ugh.


Enjoy the picture!!! I figure it may be worth a few comments/laughs lol.

( This way to the funny... )

Just because I work at Wal-Mart does NOT mean that I'm STUPID!!!! So why the hell do people treat me as though I'm some sort of moron who doesn't know that cold stuff goes in a bag together and that their eggs and bread don't belong in the bottom of their basket? Also why do people get so mad that their FOODSTAMP and WIC foods change? I mean damn you're getting food for free (especially food stamp people) so why complain?

On another note, my grandfather has got to be the biggest selfish bully I've ever met in my life. He waits until my grandmother is out of ear shot or not around then starts yelling at me for the stupidest stuff. Like yesterday I was using the internet in my room while I was getting ready for work. When I got out of the shower he was on the couch WATCHING TV!!!! He'd been online for like at least two hours so I figured he was done using it (at least for a while)... well I got finished with what I was doing and it was time for me to leave so I was bending down to switch the phone lines when he called my name..So I yelled back that I was hooking his computer back up to the wall jack since I'd heard him sit down at his computer. He must not have heard me because he yelled my name even louder with a more annoyed tone..so I yelled back AGAIN that I was switching the lines over...I went to open the door and there he was all puffed up and angry looking then said "You need to ask me if I'm done online before you switch the lines out." So I said "You were on the couch!" He got even more angry, raised his voice and yelled "I was fixing me something to EAT!" to which I replied, "You were ON the COUCH!"...and so then he puts his finger in my face and yells, "You just better ASK NEXT TIME! Do you hear ME?!?!" and then started walking off...I was SO mad!!! I said, " Why are you getting so aggravated at me? I'm about to be gone ALL DAY!!!!"....

That man is an asshole...plain and simple..and I swear if he says anything else to me I'm gonna go off on him... and then I'll probably get kicked out but I really don't care. I'm so tired of him treating me like I owe him something. He wants me to do stuff for him, but if it doesn't turn out how he wants it he wants to blame me like I did something wrong..jerk!

So today I figured that I'd try to be productive on my day off. My grandparents and I went to Sam Houston State University so I could talk to someone about me attending come fall. Well I now remember why I hate colleges...the people are NOT helpful and have no clue what is going on. I went to the Administrative building first but they sent me over to the Education department which is fine since I'm an education major. Well the girl tells me that the advisor is booked until 3pm. So I had to run around Huntsville for two and a half hours to waste time... I went back and decided to go up to my appointment about 30 minutes early because I'm always early..so the girl at the desk (who didn't even remember who I was or that I'd told her I was a secondary ed student) tells me to go to another office down the hall. So I get down there and guess what? The secretary tells me that the person I need to speak with is booked up all day in meetings! Wonderful...So I go back to the main desk with a note from the secretary saying I need to speak with someone over at the Administrative building...WTF?!?! To top it off that person hasn't been in either. Not to mention that the secretary was kind enough to inform me that you can only have Secondary Education as a MINOR...my major has to be the subject I plan to teach...AND I have to go to the department of my intended major because the Education department is pretty much my last stop before graduating...so what did I get accomplshed today? not a damn thing...and so I wasted my day off and have to go to work tomorrow from 10:30am-7pm...what fun..so yeah today sucked big hairy blue testicles...

Well I've come to the saddening realization that I will have to give my dogs away. Once this fall comes I won't have any help to take care of them properly. I've called a no-kill shelter in Waco, but they have no spaces available. I can't take them to the animal shelter because they'll put them to sleep if they can't find a home for them. So I've decided to try and post ads in places on the internet, and I'm going to make flyers to post in towns around here. I t makes me want to cry because I love my dogs, and I know that nobody will care for them the way I have. Here's pics of my boys:
( Rowdy and Prince )

ok so I suck at trying to remember to do things daily. I'm not doing very well on any of my resolutions, but I will not abandon them. Its just going to take a little more discipline and concentration.... so great I have to go to work tonight and I don't want to go.

good news is that I've set my computer up and can now surf the net from the privacy of my room. Even though I only have craptastic dialup its better than nothing, right? right.

I tend to ramble so sorry if things get a little confusing and random...

It was the first time in 3 years that I did not stay up to bring in the New Year. I blame that on having to be at work at 6:30am...

I have made a few resolutions that I think are pretty attainable.

- Get my relationship with God back on track (praying/reading my bible)
- Better time management
- Start working out / lose weight (goal is 35lbs)
- Start writing again
- Save enough to get a car and/or house
- Really make an effort in my classes
- Learn to cook even more dishes/desserts
- Take better care of my dogs
- Enjoy life

I plan on writing a novel, but I think it will be a year-long project. I plan to write in this journal everyday..even if its just to say how my day went. Considering how dull and mundane my life is the entries should be pretty short haha...

so bye for now...