After badly neglecting my livejournal I figure it's due some TLC.

So what's up with me?  I'm back in school, doing fairly well.  I've got an Intro to literature class that rocks.  The teacher is awesome.  I made some friends at school, they  make me feel old... I guess all those times I've teased my older friends I'm finally getting what's due.  Karma's a bitch.  Heh.

On the subject of school my major has been switch once again, but with a twist.  This time I have gone back to one of my previous majors, a first.  I'm still interested in Nursing and although it takes forever to get into a nursing school here I came up with a solution to that to.  It involves moving to North Dakota for two years... but I don't mind that.  I actually like it there.  (Yeah, strange, I hated Wyoming but love North Dakota... I mean the two aren't even remotely alike, Wyoming sucks ass and North Dakota can actually be a pretty cool place, boring, but cool).  Anyways, both my Aunt's graduated from a nursing school up there and that school doesn't have a wait list, is part of a magnet hospital, has a 98% NCLEX pass rate and isn't outrageously expensive.  Plus they have dormitories and if you have relatives that are alumni they put you on the short list.  So I figure I've got pretty good chances.  Oh, and in two years I'll have a bachelors, not an associates like the schools here.  I'm thinking I'll specialize in mental health.  I figure I give out enough adivce to everyone else, why not get paid for it.

I went to my doctor today.  My hands have been sore when I wake up and it's been a bit hard to drive, type, brush my teeth, you know all those essential things for living life from day to day.  I though it would be some kind of repetitive stress injury.  I get those alot.  Anyways I was expecting some kind of exercises and maybe an anti inflammatory.  But nooooo... I had to have all the symptoms of Rheumatoid arthritis.  Doesn't help that I have a cousin who has it (interesting story, he has an identical twin that doesn't have RA, the Mayo clinic did some big study on them because they were just so interesting.).  Plus apparently if you have one autoimmune disease you're likely to have others.  I hope the test comes back negative because that would just suck.  Until then I'm using this really great cream called Pain Wizard.  It's got Capasaicin in.  Awesome stuff.

My dad called yesterday, he got a job offer.  Apparently in Saudi he's a very popular guy.  Aramco said they want to create a position for him in the company.  The job would mean he would have to stay in Saudi for five years, but he'd get paid BIG BIG bucks, and the benefits are incredible.  When we lived in Saudi all the military brats were insanely jealous of the Aramco kids.   I mean, we had a good life, lived in a nice home, had a maid and a nanny, went to an exclusive school and generally had lots of fun.  The aramco kids still had it better.  I spend a couple days at the military resort on Arabian Sea.  Nice beach side place.  We could swim and go boating.  Next to us was the Aramco compound.  They had jetskis.  And from what little we could see possibly cabana boys as well.  They live like KINGS there.  If my dad were to accept the job, and he's seriously considering it, my mom and sister would go live with him.  He'd be a manager so he'd get to live in a special section of the Aramco compound.  It's called the Golden Ghetto.  I've heard tales that it's better than living in Beverly Hills.  Hell, the compound even has a friggin horse farm on it!  I'm just a little jealous.  Maybe dad will pay off my student loans.  The cool thing is, if this does happen my mom said that we'd get together regularly in Bahrain or Dubai.  I'd LOVE to visit Dubai.  

Since I'm talking about the Middle East and that general region, it's interesting to note that I got my brother's DNA results back.  Talk about strange results.  My dad's family is apparently part of the L-Haplogroup, which originates from southern India, specifically from the upper warrior caste.  15% of people living in India today are part of the group.  The family I have actually traced back to Hungary, which thinking back on my geography lessons, is nowhere near India.  The genetic test done in Hungary recently indicate that less than 1% fall into the L-haplogroup.  So kinda makes me wonder what's up with my family.  Were some children the results of invaders?  Maybe the family moved from the east and settled in the region?  Certainly very curious.

And finally, because it's so awesome, I have to comment on the latest season of Supernatural.  OMFG!!!!!  It has been amazing!  Normally I don't comment during the show, I'm usually fairly silent, maybe giggling at certain parts.  This last episode, In the Beginning, actually had me on my feet saying 'Oh my God!' at one point.  Then at another point I was nearly in tears.  The first three episodes have been well written, acted and just awesome in general.  Can't wait until this Thursday!!