**.. refund ..**

I am the child of a Disabled American Veteran.  For that I recieve some money for schooling.  This past semester we also found out that my dad can get the Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits and share them with us.  Here is were the confussion begins.  You cannot 'double dip' into both of them, you can only use one at a time and it goes by year instead of semester.  You would think that a lady whose job is DEVOTED to taking care of this would know all of the aforementioned information and help a sister out.

I went into her office in October and asked what needed to be done.  She filled out all of this paper work and submitted it.  I said, "Shouldn't we wait until next semsester, becasue I have already paid my tuition this semester and it's just a waste to do it now."  Her response, "Oh yah, that would be dumb to use it now."  It was this whole thing that had to be called and cancelled.  She said just e-mail me in December and I'll file it for next semester.

So I e-mailed her in early December (she has a habit to forget things so I e-mail her often).  Well she filed them in the middle of Decmeber while I was still taking class for the fall semester.  A week ago I got an e-mail saying that I owe $1908 for tuition and fees from the FALL semester.  That had been over and done with since August.

To make things even better, I wrote an essay in the Fall for a scholarship and I got it.  So now I am trying to find that money too.  I had to go to my college and go back and forth between the financial-aid office, the Bursar office and the registar office.  I knew what needed to be done but not one person handles all of it and for some reason they could not figure it all out.

I finally got a check and I think I should have gotten more but if everything else was settled correctly (fingers crossed) then I'll take it.

** .. wings etc ..**

I used to work at a little place called Wings ETC ... last year for like 6 - 8 months.  It (to me) is a less slutty form of HOOTERS and similar to Buffalo Wild Wings.  I am not a huge wing eater, I like them and I think that they are good, but I don't really care whose are best.  I enjoyed my job there for the most part, but the drama got to be a little too much for me and the money wasn't coming in like it needed to be.  I got burnt out from being there all of the time and I quit.  I left on good terms and haven't thought of going back, not even to eat, until tonight.

They give out a military discount which is 50% off the service members meal (awesome!).  So we used to go quite often and had just quit.  We went tonight and the service was horrible.  There were a few new girls and some girls I had worked with.  They were pretty busy when we got there but it's no excuse to leave a table sitting without being addressed for 10 -15 minutes.  Finally a waitress came over and didn't even recognize me at first (my hair is quite a bit darker now) but we had talked a lot when I worked there and I loved her!

Finally our actual waitress (another girl I had worked with before) came over and said that she had just gotten a second DUI (she got the first one in June or July).  So 2 in less than 8 months, I was dying.  If she gets charged with it she will lose her job at Wings ETC ... If you can't be a waitress what kind of job can you get with a felony?!

All in all we had a good night, we went with another couple and got to chat quite a bit.  We were there for nearly 3 hours all because they couldn't figure out who was supposed to wait on us, our food took forever and from the time we got done eating to when we got our bill was at least 45 minutes.  Not exaggerating a bit.

Needless to say I am glad I don't work there anymore but i will probably go back and *hope* for better service!

**.. super bowl '11 ..**

Well well well .. I finally chose the right team!  A couple weeks ago I wrote about the super bowl and my mixed emotions on who I wanted to win.  I am really happy for the Packers, they were my Fantasy Football Team (team name Bitch Please. lol) defense and they did pretty good for me this year!

I didn't get to watch much of the game, because I had to work.  Which was sad.  I missed out on the commercials and the half time show, but there is always next year!

And yay for Miss Morgan and her local peep, Aaron Rodgers :)

Bengals - superbowl 2012 contenders ! WHO DEY ?!

**.. duct tape .. fixes .. everything ?! ..**

Jason and I flew to Washington state for Christmas.  On our way home we boarded our plane to see the fan/light panel hanging down.  It was early in the morning and we just wanted to go home so we didn't say anything.  About two minutes before take off a flgiht attendent "just" noticed it.  All 3 had passed multiple times and it was pretty ovbious.  She asked us if we thought it was a problem and we said, it's fine.  She said we'll duct tape it.  Alrighty then, take me back to my high school redneck days, where duct tape fixes everything.  She came back and did this.  

Well .. we didn't think anything of it .. mostly because we were tired and didn't even care anymore at that point.  Another flight attendant came to look over half way through the flight and changed the tape to this 

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The original duct tape had taped the oxygen panel shut.  At that point I was dying.  How did they not notice this in the first place?  And how did they not make sure it was taped correcctly?  We made it home safely and never said anything but the more I look at the pictures the more I think it should be brought to someone's attention.   What would you do?

**.. 100,000 ..**

I knew I was getting close so I took a picture ! 

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and I was worried that I would miss it 

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and I did :( 

What a bummer ?! 

I got this car with about 70,000 miles two years ago and I finally hit 100,000.  I really want a new car, but I love my 2006 Grand Prix (that I paid for in cash! (I'm proud of myself!)) and she's been so good to me!  So I'm sticking with it .. for now! 

** .. tulips ..**

Last week a guy brought all of the waitress tulips and these were mine!  

How pretty?! 

Now when they started to die they stood up straight .. I've never noticed that before.  

Is it something that just happens to tulips?!

I love my mason jar ! 

**.. snow day ..**

Jason and I both had the day off of school and work (NEVER happens)!  We decided to take Raven out in the snow (we haven't had this much since we got her).  She LOVED it!

Jason was rolling aorund with her.

Climbing on the huge snow mounds.

They both fell.

Looking at the ducks.

I wonder why they don't fly south?!

These ducks were huge! 

No one was leaving today .. Level 1 snow emergency almsot all day.  

The only picture I got of myself, hopefully my UGGs aren't ruined :/ and yes, I do own a Carhartt coat. 

Water feature on the gilf course, snowed over.

We had a great, long, snowy journey! 

:)