Cherney’s Life Story

Well, here I am writing in my blog on a Thursday afternoon.  This week at work has been kind of crazy, fun, busy, and boring.  It was nice doing something with my time, and it was nice keeping my mind busy.  Sometimes I just need a break from the ideas that go through my head.  And believe me,  I have tons of ideas. . thoughts, and what nots.  Sometimes the noise is just to much, and I need to just focus on one thing.  I get behind it, and just do it.

Where does all the noise come from?  That beats the hell out of me.  I just have a lot of stuff in my head, things I need to do, places I want to go, people I want to see, business ideas, job searches, graduation stuff.  In many ways, a lot of these thoughts should start to go down as the school year happens and things get figured out.

I do have two less things in my head, France. . and Work.  I am no longer worried about my work situation.  Well, I am. . but to the extent that I was before. .  not so much.  And I am back from France.  I had planned that sucker for so long, it is a huge weight off my shoulder.

My brain has been in a complete flux this past year, and I see a light at the end of the tunnel.  Finally.  I just need to keep focused on what I am passionate about and the answers will come.

It has been really nice going out and playing ultimate again.  It had been over 3 months since I last played.  6 months for my knee, then three for end of season and traveling.  It feels really good to be out there again.  I enjoy the competitive spirit, the bonding with friends, and the enjoyment of just playing a game I enjoy.  Things get so simple when you are the field, and you don’t need to think about anything.  It is much like a vacation for 90 minutes.

today is over the hump day, or so they say. . .

the weekend is just around the corner!!!

I am not really looking forward to an evening filled with group work, but not much I can do.  At least when they are done tonight, I probably will not need to meet with them again until this weekend.  One of the classes I am taking has SO Much group work assigned it is ridiculous. Simply REDIC.  I want to say that we have 6 different deliverables assigned as group work.  Not to mention the 2 tests, and 3 other individual assignments.  I should have dropped this course earlier in the term, and not the sports marketing.  Oh well. .  a little hard work doesn’t kill anyone.  OR so I am told. ? . ?

The day so far has been pretty uneventful.  I woke and watched some “quantum leap.”   Yeah, that old school show that was on tv 15 years ago.  NBC has it on their website for viewing.  I was like, “AWESOME” a blast from the past.  You know, I always wonder why they always seem to cancel shows long before they should end.  What really gets me going, is that it is often shows that I really like.  It wouldn’t be all that bad if they would at least end the story with a conclusion, but typically this doesn’t happen.  They just cut it off.  We, the audience, are left to wonder what happens next.  I would love to be able to talk to a writer of a canceled show to ask them questions about it.  I basically just want to know how it was suppose to end.   I like closure.  What can I say?

Next week’s weather should be awesome.  It think that they are forecasting some nice sunny days starting this weekend.  I can’t wait!

I downloaded my class schedule for France today.  I now know where my classes are going to be held, as well as where the Prof is from, and who my fellow students are.  It is kind of odd..   They had a hard time accepting two students from the UO, yet they have 15 from some campus in Canada.  Go figure.  NO other American’s in the program.  Mostly people from Canada and the UK. .  I think three are from Dublin.  It should be a fun experience.

The end of the term is just around the corner.  Yeah!  It really is.

This week is nuts, just like my other weeks. . . . but it is all good.  The end is in sight!

Today I finish one of my classes with a final presentation.  Next week I finish another class with a presenation. .  and then I can focus my time on the term paper, and final test.  Yeah, just those few things are left!  I guess there is still the daily grind of the homework, but the big stuff is coming up and will be over soon.  The homework grind isn’t all that bad, it is the group work with projects that are.

I would really like to write more, but there isn’t much I can say.  School has seriously taken up THAT much time in my day.  Yesterday, for example. . I was doing school work ALL afternoon and evening.  The end seems so close, but in reality there is still more to do.  Which makes me wonder, what the hell did I do all term?  I did work everyday, yet. .  I feel that there SO much left to complete.

Back to work.

It is finally Saturday and I need to get motivated.  Yeah, today is the day I plan on getting a lot of work done.  Wish me luck.

This last week was WAY crazy.  I need some time to relax and enjoy life.   Have you ever had one of those weeks before?

I sent of gift off to a young friend of mine the other day.  She was having a birthday and I thought it would be nice to send them something to celebrate.  Doing something nice for someone other than myself, does feel good.

Tonight is the Marti Grass ball.  I am totally excited.  It is should be a lot of fun, and some good laughs.  Last time I checked there were 46 people signed up.  I have a feeling that there will be more than that when I get there tonight.

The coffee shop was a lot of fun last night.  People are starting to figure out that it is my Friday hangout.  The last couple of weeks someone has called me and asked if I would be there.  I laughed, and said. . yep!

The official paper work has come through.  I am set for France this summer.  Can you believe it?  The search for a plane ticket is now on.  I would like to find something fairly cheap, but I don’t want to stop all over the earth to pull it off.  Finding a non stop to Europe would be nice.  Wish me luck.

Two more weeks of class until spring break.  My goodness, it will be nice to be done with these classes.  Hold strong, Walnuts. .  you can do it.

I did two interviews this week with professors in regards to my research paper.  Each person gave a very different perspective into modern Hollywood film.  The next time I watch a movie, I will probably notice some stuff that I hadn’t in the past.

If you were looking for juicy blog, today is not the day.  I’m sorry.  I will try to write tomorrow to give you the scoop about today.  Yeah, there is a story to share about this evening.  I will not write it until tomorrow.  . eager minds, come back for more!

Today was the day. .  the day I finished physical therapy.  I can’t believe it is done.  After 5 months of regular visits, they are done.  It was actually hard to not cry today.  Yeah, I was close to tears.  I don’t know why, I just was.  As I wrote before, they were like my family.  They supported me through some difficult times, and got me back to where I needed to be.  They started as my therapists, but in the end. .they all became my friends.   I felt so welcomed when I walked through the door, more so than many places in this world.  I don’t now what I am going to do with the extra free time each week.  It is going to take a little getting used to.  So, that was the sad part of my day.  It was  a good day, really.

I wrote/gave my first PT a very nice ‘thank you’ card. .  and my newest PT one as well.  Those thank you cards were probably more from the heart than many others.  There have been a few thank you cards I have written in my life, that brought deep emotions to the surface as I wrote. .  these were a couple more of them

You might ask, why?  What on earth did they do that meant so much to me?  I don’t think you understand how low it feels to not be able to do all the things you used to be able to do in your life.  When you are as active as I am, slowing down is hard.  I still can’t do it all..  some time in the next couple months I will, but at the moment I can’t.  It was SO hard waking up each morning with pain in the knee.  Not being able to sleep at night, having difficulty walking, needing help from others.  These were all some of the daily things I had going on in my life.  It was very tough, and it was a learning experience.  These people at the PT office, helped me get back what was taken away from me.  For that, I will never forget them.

They were patient with me.  They were slow to explain things, and did so in a way that was easy to understand.  They coached me in a way that I needed.  I don’t usually like coaches, I personally think they suck.  These people were ‘good’ coaches.  They did there job well, and motivated me to work hard each week.  They pushed me when I needed pushing, and supported me when I needed it as well.  I have a huge respect for them.

I just remembered today that a couple of my family members will be coming to Eugene this weekend.  I am kind of excited about this, as I haven’t seen them in a year or so.  Unfortunately, I am going to be pretty busy so I will not be able to spend as much time as I would like with them.  So it goes.

Aside from that little nugget of news, there isn’t much new to report.  As I mentioned earlier, my upcoming weekend looks like it could be kind of eventful.  Several things planned, and more things are tentative.

Yep. . that about covers it for today.  I really don’t want to do more homework, it freaking sucks.  On the postive note, I have one more paper to write for one of my classes.  Yeah, one!  After 17 papers, I will be done with that classes paper load.  All this really means is that I will be able to focus more attention to paper writing in other classes.  I do like the idea of being done though.  So, sometime this week  I will write the final paper.  Exciting. .  but not really.  For this class in particular, I still have a big group project that needs to be done.

The weather in Eugene was just amazing today, t-shirt and jeans weather.  It rocked socks.

Well, I guess I will get ready for the gym.  Even that activity could be coming to an end soon.  I will probably continue until the weather gets better, but the day is coming soon where I will no longer need to go.

Oh, my beeping neighbor above me needs to loose 300 pounds or take of the phucking heels.  Yeah, so annoying.  Never fails, every night around 10:30 they get home.  I need to crank the music at 5:30am in the morning. .  phuck’em.  They are upstairs right now, and as you can tell. . pissing me off. 

I’m out of here. . later.

Okay, I have 15 to write in my blog. .  tonight I got a show to watch, and a paper to write.

Today was a nice day off from work, I went out and did a hike with one of my friends.  It was fun to get out of the house and do something new and different for once.  It was also nice to laugh. . it was so much fun just hanging out.

Classes today were nothing to write home about.  I turned in more paper work and money for France. .  Yeah, more. .  It is kind of an endless pit, but it’s all good.  Eventually the bleeding will be done. . or at least I hope.

I did my taxes this evening.  .  yep, getting some money back.   Going straight to the “i’m going to france, bleed me to death” account.  No, it really isn’t that bad.   Just thought I might get a laugh out of you.

I opened the paper to a friend being on the front page of the business section.  Awesome.  He has worked really hard over the years. .  it was nice to see him get some recognition.

I made this cool little video yesterday.  I am going to send it to my friend in Australia.  It has a bunch of old photos and new. . put to music.  Pretty fun to watch.

ASDFJKL;  - home row.

Time to get off, and get the next part of my evening going.