Psyc Club

My first club (excluding girl scouts). I had been doing some research on the Psychology Club that UCF has to offer. And after many, many e-mails I decided to join. By doing so it is going to help my chances of getting into Grad school, not to mention, helping the community. This is just going to benefit me so many ways.
So tonight was my first go at it. Let me say that you are reading the blog of the first member of Cocoa's UCF Psyc club as well as the only. Apparently, today was the first day and no one could make it to this meeting. So we will see what this will bring to my ever exciting UCF life.

Our good Baby.

Bailey lost her cage due to difference of opinion so the blankets that were formally in her cage were laying on the floor. Ratty blankets on the floor were a major eye sore. So the other day I decided to try a dog bed. I am so glad that our dog is so easily manipulated. She loves her new bed.
The next trick will be to get her out of our bed at night into her own...all night.

The sitting job revisited

My phone rang this morning asking if I could sit tonight. Now, I thought they forgot about me because they have not asked me to work for months. I excitedly agreed. What I was going to walk into I was not ready for. Picture this....
A man in his early 30's with two children, family and a job as an computer engineer. Sounds like a promising life? I would think so but a short time ago this man decided to take his life by jumping out of a car traveling at 70 mph. He survived with some road rash and some broken face bones.
Now last month attempted again, this time overdosed on medication and washing it down with vodka. Failure again. This man that had a family and a job is now reduced to a hospital bed. He will never walk again, talk, eat, read, any of life's simple tasks. He wears a diaper and has a feeding tube protruding from his stomach.
As I sat there and watched him struggle to turn himself to the foot of the bed I could not help but to think of what he may have been before. Picture's filled the walls of drawings from young family member saying "please get better and come home and play with us". And it saddened me because he will never play again. The overdose may have not killed him but it killed all of he cognitive abilities. He can not communicate anything.
This maybe a trivial job but it is a hard one. I would encourage anyone who knows a person going through a hard time please, please help them. Even if all you can do is listen, that maybe the one thing that keeps them alive.

A Sad Sight

Today driving home from work, on the side of 520 near 95, there was a dilapidated van with its windows punched out and shit piled up to the ceiling. Laying on the dash in the front window there was a large cut out of a card board box. Written on the box it said "Homeless Family. Please help".

And what I found sad was not the idea that there were children living there or the simple fact that there are people going with out. But what really saddened me was the first thing that came to mind. "If I would actually believe that my help would be used properly, I would want the police to escort me to their home to give them whatever it was I thought useful for thier situation".

It may sound weird but I have never seen anything like that before.

Give it a try

Just click on the picture and follow directions.




I rock because....

1. I am me no matter what is popular.
2. I am in college
3. I have picked the right guy for me
4. I can still enjoy the small pleasures in life
5. Even though I argue, I love my family more than life
6. I am super organized...almost anal
7. I have managed to keep a friend for 20 years and we are just as close as ever
8. I take a vitamin every day and I actually care about what I put in my body (for the most part)
9. The people I surround myself with also rock
10. My first name is spelled weird and no one can say my last name right.
11. I quit smoking!

Cole Brothers Circus

The desperate attempt to get a picture of us at the circus.

The tent was pitched in the parking lot of the Miracle mall in Titusville

My Favorite part was the elephants and the dog show!

"Watch out! They spit."

The grand ending was a rocket man shot about 15 feet into a net.

I must say this was my first circus and there was nothing that could have prepared me for the smell. Not to mention circus people are like 100 times more scary than carnies. But all in all it was great! Note to self...pay the extra money not to have general admission.

What an eventful day!

Jeremey and I finally got our pictures done! We have never had any and we are about to celebrate our 2nd anniversary.

This one I call "The pancake"

"The Beach"

"Black and White" because we printed it out in black and white.

Likes?

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What is great is that no can tell that I had just bought that shirt and it was very wrinkled!

Another picture from Lauren's Wedding

The newly weds!

What great friends I have!

Compliments of Andrea

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRuNxHqwazs

Because I don't know how to post the actual video click on this link. This is so funny.

Darrell and Lauren May Wedding

Their rings were tattooed the night before

At the salon for 3 1/2 hours of hair doing.

The bride calming herself.

Payton, Bre, Hailie and Destiny.

Yes, there was a bagpipe player!

Hailie walking her mother down the isle and giving her away.

Oops, Forgot about day light savings time.

Lauren designed this dress herself. It was absolutely breath taking.

The three wedding cakes and the awesome improvisation of a cake topper.

This was such a wonderful wedding. I wish I could do it again!

Lauren, Darrell I love you both and I know that you will have a great life together. You are made for each other.

The new furniture

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The new dining room table has a leaf that fold out so that it seats 6. The table is actually bigger than it looks in the picture.

The new couches come complete with a husband on one of them, and will not get off so that I could take a picture.

We are in.

The move is over and as Carol and Tim were are also settled in. I will have some pictures when the furniture is delivered. As for now it is just a big open space.

Friday is the big day. The Bogar/May wedding. There will be lots of pictures.
Until then.

Happy Halloween!

Hailie and Bre. OR Dorothy and a Monkey.

Coopersauraus

Party Pictures

Pictures from Hailie's 8th karaoke Birthday Party!

This is Ashely and Mark's son, Peyton, what a character!

Great News!

I got the ok to go furniture shopping!
I put it like this....
Either I can spent $2,000 on a spa or new dining room table and living room set. I guess the thought process was that it was easier to move furniture that a large spa so the furniture won! The psychology classes are really paying off.
I will post pics for your opinion.

For all the birthdays!

I want to say Happy Birthday to Hailie Ross 8 years old and poor baby is sick. Love you hay!



And Carol, the best big sister I have Happy birthday to you!

Happy Halloween from the Follis'

Jeremey carved our mini pumpkin.

I would have to say that he did a great job!

Spooky!


Everyone have a fun and safe Halloween!

Fire Starter

Does anyone else have the talent of opening your mouth and having fire spit from another? I think that we should form a group. We need to figure out how to stop this because personally I am tired of getting burnt.

Birthday Over.

Thank you all for thinking of me today.

Unfortunately it was not a great day but on the other hand it was not the worst day.
I was afraid because I was not looking forward to turning 25 so I was saying that I was turning 22. Last night I got to thinking of my 22nd birthday and I remembered that on my was to class I got rear ended for the first time. What scared me is that I had class today but it is all the way in Palm Bay and my car is not as great as it used to be.

So on the way there and back I was scared to death because I knew something was wrong. Sure enough there was. I got off 95 and pulled into a Discount Auto Parts and looked at my tire, there was a gaping indent in the middle of my tire. That would account for the insane amount of shaking my car has been doing. So needless to say I had to leave work early to get a new tire. I was told that I was lucky that my tire didn't tear to shreds on 95. So the day could have been much worse.

But on a much better note I am happy to say that I will soon be an aunt again! I can't Wait to meet "her". I love you guys and congratulations! ....Don't ever do that again!

Got it!

I am happy to announce that I have finally found a dress for Lauren's wedding. After two trips to two different malls I found it. Well, actually Andrea found it and was so kind to let me buy the dress she picked for herself. I guess she got the hint that I was not going to be able to do this on my own. Andrea is the best sister ever!
Now shoes. Hope this doesn't take as long.

On another note the packing has begun. Here comes the next adventure.