Just Bethany :)

 I am a total Trekkie!

I haven’t been blogging…anywhere lately.  Nor have I done laundry from my trip, done homework, or worked on my writing…all things I need to do.  So, in order to attempt to be productive, I am going to post my to do list up here.

• French
• Lit
• Laundry
• Clean Desk
• Business Stuff
• Biology Flash Cards
• Blog x3
• Set a schedule up
• Return E-mails

Missy Higgins “Where I Stood”

I don’t know what I’ve done
Or if I like what I’ve begun
But something told me to run
And honey you know me it’s all or none

There were sounds in my head
LIttle voices whispering
That I should go and this should end
Oh and I found myself listening

‘Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don’t know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
‘Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood

See I thought love was black and white
That it was wrong or it was right
But you ain’t leaving without a fight
And I think I am just as torn inside

‘Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don’t know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
‘Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood

And I won’t be far from where you are if ever you should call
You meant more to me than anyone I ever loved at all
But you taught me how to trust myself and so I say to you
This is what I have to do

‘Cos I dont know who I am, who I am without you
All I know is that I should
And I don’t know if I could stand another hand upon you
All I know is that I should
‘Cos she will love you more than I could
She who dares to stand where I stood
Oh, she who dares to stand where I stood

So basically I have a crap ton of stuff to do today, and I know I will forget, so I am going to put them all up here for you all to enjoy.

• History Essays + Extra Credit
• Paper on Dennis
• French workbook + Flashcards
• Start Laundry
• Clean up around my desk.

Okay so maybe making a list it doesn’t seem like a ton…so hopefully I get it all finished!!!!

Okay, so maybe it wasn’t a “crisis” but it pissed me off, so I am going to blog about it.

I have been wanting to get my hair done for a while now, and due to work and school I haven’t had the chance to go.  So I finally scheduled a time for in the morning where I took off work, and went to get my hair done at 9 AM she made it seem like she was coming in just for me to get my hair done.  So, I arrived at 9:12, yes, I was late, but I hit a bit of traffic through town.  Anyway I got there, and she was acting really strange and was like I don’t know if I should start on your hair or just wait.  (I should have taken the hint then and just left)  She decided to trim my hair, and I had wanted a different style which we talked about on the phone when I made my appointment.  She trimmed it and then I sat down to wait as she did another ladies hair.  WHO by the way arrived at 9:37…seven minutes late.  She dyed her hair and put her under the dryer, then dyed my hair and I went under the dryer.  My hair stylest was informed that she had TWO people in the waiting room, she had overbooked.  She came and got my under the dryer and said “I don’t know if I’m going to have time to dry your hair.”  I got upset but didn’t say anything.  She washed and conditioned my hair and told me if I wanted to I could go dry my hair.  Well it was 11:20 by this time and I had class at 12:15.  There was no way I could make it home to do my hair and then go to class.  SO I went over to another station and dryed my hair.  Then I left.  AFTER paying her $75 for the “cut” and color.  Another thing I never should have done.

I got into my car and burst into tears, I’m a girl and I love having my hair done, but it felt like I had been screwed over by my stylist.  So I called my mom and then my dad, and then my stylist friend, Kevin, who ended up cutting my hair and making it beautiful!

I’m pondering putting a stop on my check.  I’m so not happy.

I will never go back to her or that salon again.

The thing that shocks me the most is that she OWNS the shop.  Wow.

Best Movie: Twilight does that make me a dork?

Best Book: I have been reading way too many hockey romance novels…and I just started the first Twilight book.
Best Place to Live: Columbus!!
Best TV Show: Scrubs!!

Best Video Game: I play WoW…I AM a dork…sheesh.
Best Home-made Dinner: Hmm, I make a mean…everything.

Best Deal: Hmm, Santa brought me a Tom Tom…is that a deal?
Best New Hobby: Reading, it’s not new but you know, I have time for it during break.

• My family.  Sure, they annoy me…most of the time, but they really are great people and I am thrilled to have them in my life.
• Hockey.  Does that sound lame?  Probably.  But, guess what?  It’s something I love and I can’t help but love it.
• Columbus Blue Jackets, yes, this is something different than hockey.  They have given me the unique opportunity to be in the locker room with them.  It’s given me a chance to spread my wings as a reporter.
• Derick Brassard, Jake Voracek, and Steve Mason for giving Jackets fans hope.  *Nikita we keep waiting for you!*
• My niece!  She’s absolutely gorgeous, and I adore her more than anything!  I am so lucky to have such an amazing little girl in my life.

• My car.  It gets me from point a to point b and it is a trooper.
• Kelley.  I don’t know what I would do without her.  She’s my best friend and I can count on her for ANYTHING!
• My job.  I work with the best people in the world.  They are great people, and are like my sisters.  I am so lucky to have a great job and people I can count on.
• My math test taking skills.  I got a 90% on a math test the other day.  It was the greatest.  True. Story.
• My cousins baby, Caden Cash.  He was born two months early, and thankfully he is doing remarkably well, and will be going home soon.  My cousin is diabetic so he weighed 6 pounds 2.3 oz.  He is absolutely beautiful and they are so lucky to have a healthy baby!

1. Getting text after text from someone that I don’t want to talk to.  Take the hint pal.
2. My inability to fall asleep.
3. The fact that the school “paper” will only let me write about the school’s club hockey team.  FYI:  You’re stupid, and there is a hockey team around here, that won the LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP!  And quite frankly, you’re stupid.
4. Sleeping through my alarm clock.  Yeah, good call, you don’t have to be at work or anything.
5. Political commercials.  I don’t care who you are or what you care about, I would rather see a freakin’ Toyota commercial.
6. Adam Foote and the Colorado Avalanche, c’mon people, I have credentials now!
7. The fact that the NHL got so angry about Commodore’s picture.  I mean seriously, who doesn’t have one of those pictures!  (It’s nothing bad folks, no worries.)
8. The fact that I am not rich.  I want to go places, and fly around and do fun things!!
9. That it’s raining today.
10. That I have to take my dads car back, and may miss a big important meeting with my girls.
11. I MISS MY NIECE!!

Most people turn on their television, sit down, and waste time avoiding things to do.  Last night, I was at my aunt’s helping out with my cousins kids.  I waited anxiously for 8:30 to come around.  Somewhere after a three year old throwing up on me, home made pizza’s, and before putting to bed one very sleepy 6 year old, my favorite time of the year finally came around.

People think I’m nuts.  I’m a hockey nut, and I really am.  I try to learn everything I can about the sport, I’m still learning, but I can’t get enough of it.  I would sit for hours watching the NHL Network and not think another thought about it.  In fact I had a hard time deciding whether or not I would attend my niece’s blessing simply because there was a hockey game in Vegas that I would have given anything to be there for.  That’s just how I am, hockey comes before most things, aside from school work of course.

8:30 was when the Blue Jackets opened their season, opened my season.  They showed grit, determination, and character as they battled to earn a 1-0 lead, then went down 2-1 in the second, and in the third had a 4-2 lead then the Stars came back to tie it up.  The game was decided in overtime, when Rick Nash scored the game winner, we won, my team won.

Somewhere between now and April we (the Jackets) will play 81 brutal games, they will sacrifice their bodies, to win.  We will have ups and downs, trades, injuries, and whatever else pops up.  It’s a long, long road, but I’m ready for it.  And one day, hopefully at the end of April, the Blue Jackets will skate onto the ice at Nationwide Arena, and play their first game of meaningful hockey.  Ironically the NHL’s campaign for this year is, “Is this the Year?”…enjoy one of the commercials for the NHL.

Okay, well the time has finally arrived that I can reveal my BIG news!!  I am now a writer on the best hockey blog on the web (as ranked by USA Hockey Magazine!), and am their Blue Jackets expert!

This is huge for me in sooooo many ways.

1. It allows me to be a part of a huge site, and get a feel for being a member of the media.
2. It allows me access.  I am credentialed now.  I have access to players, coaches, and well, everything really.  HUGE.
3. It’s going to allow me to expand my horizons and put myself out there, and start making connections which is something you have to do in the journalism business.

I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of Kukla’s and can’t wait for the season to start, officially…you know so I can have something to REALLY write about.

Here is my new site!!!

http://www.kuklaskorner.com/index.php/bhr/