TSIR

Crimeny! 

So I realize that it has been literally 5 or so months since I last posted ANYTHING on this blog and I know that I said I was going to be a lot better at doing that as I now am living at home and do close to nothing with my life. Let's start at the beginning. Rather, let's start where I left off.

• I live in Assumption in my Grandpa Leroy's house by myself in the middle of the country and I ABSOLUTELY love it. 
• I have officially been accepted into St. John's College of Nursing in Springfield, IL and will begin their accelerated, 1-year program in August.
• I work at Monsanto in the bagging room, where I package 2,000+ pounds of seed to be shipped out to growers, suppliers, and buyers, and also worked in the physical lab where I did quality testing, helped in the germination room, ran the shaker room breaking down samples and other tasks that are extremely important and probably slightly confidential. 
• I still do not have a dog. With my schedule and my lack of being home it just would not be fair to him/her to be home alone all day.
• I still am not utilizing my cooking abilities in any way, except for rare occasions. Thanks to my wonderful parents who invite me into dinner every evening and allow me to eat lunch at their house during the week, I have yet to sharpen that skill.
• I am working on Bucket List things and craft projects. I have gotten quite a few things done, read a book or two (i need to be better at that), and tried to enjoy my time here. When you are insanely bored and do not have much to do with yourself, not to mention I live in the middle of nowhere and have minimal human interaction during my evenings off work, you tend to allow yourself to be a bum and just watch television and do other mind numbing things with no pants on. I could definitely use some stimulating conversations and things that actually make me think and allow my mind to be used and continually develop.

That brings me to some of my concerns I have with my upcoming enrollment at St. John's and my future. I haven't studied, refreshed, or learned any new "material" that is actually useful in months. While I am able to keep my math skills sharp by adding and subtracting pallet weights, guessing the number of units a lot will produce based on the number of bushels from that grower and batch, and guessing the weight of a bag of 40 units of beans based on its seed count, I have no other truly stimulating conversation or interaction. Sorry coworkers, but talking about the sandwich you had for lunch and the weather we are experiencing is doing absolutely nothing for me. Since we are being honest, I hate my job. It is boring, mindless work that I am only doing to get by and make some money before I start school. Sorry to anyone that may take offense to that, but name one other person in there that has had any real world experience and understands a different way of life than the Stonington they grew up in. 

I'm looking for a job for the summer. As the bagging season will end in the early spring and I will be "laid off" for the season, I will be needing a new job to occupy my time and hopefully benefit my bank account. 

So here is my latest mash of emotion and excitement. I am going to try and make this a regular thing. For real this time. So be prepared for my randomness, my out of the ordinary, and completely Wilson things. 

No Rulez!