I would like to write about many things that don't relate to each other and since this is MY blog I will. Thanks. Very long title. I felt I needed to add that.

Part 1.
I would like to describe this computer. I am saying this because the thing isn't mine. Well it kind of is... its like a 4th hand computer. I believe this model came out in 2005. It is a beastly thing, 17 inches I think. It does not have a built in webcam, so I have to connect one to one of the many usb ports that sometimes work. Sometimes. It doesn't have a mic, so I also have to plug that in... its the one for Guitar Hero World Tour. Oh, of course I have to plug it into another of the sometimes works usb ports. The touchpad mouse dealio doesn't work, so I have to have one plugged into the usb port that does work. The laptop doesn't stay charged so I also have to have it plugged into the wall the entire time I have it on. So its pretty much a desktop computer. I don't hate it, but I strongly dislike it. I have wanted my own laptop for years. I thought that 2010 was going to be the year. THE year when this 22 year old finally could say, "I have bought my very first computer!!" Obviously that didn't happen. I have had my eye on a Sony VAIO at Best Buy for a long time, but by the time I get it, it will probably be considered a dinosaur. The reason I am writing this is because I haven't been able to video chat with my family properly for awhile and it drives me bat shit crazy. I can sit and watch my niece play and listen to her tell me about her ducks and boats and owies and ask," waz dis?" "waz dat?" over and over again, but I can't reply to her, I can't say anything to her. I can just sit there and make faces at her on the shitty webcam and nod my head yes or shake it no. Not fun.

Part 2- Shannon's Original Plan for 2011
Continue to work. In July, apply for the permanent resident visa, wait for that while working lots and saving lots, apply for the K-3 visa for Rodrigo and as soon as everything goes through, move to the US.
*EDIT, We of course would both be studying at the same time as soon as everything was cleared in the US, I would probably start winter semester of 2012, and Ro fall semester of 2012.

Part 3- Thoughts about FAIL of Original Plan for 2011.
I would like to state that I feel like the ruining of said plans are because someone.. won't mention names, doesn't think about me. Doesn't think about my feelings, doesn't think about my family, doesn't think about what I want in the future. It probably isn't so, but I honestly feel this way. I am after all only a woman, also a baby because you know you have to be what?? 30 before you can be considered a somewhat adult.... After discovering that I feel like this, I started to wonder how far it would go, what will happen the next time my plan is put into action?? When will MY opinion be considered before MY life and plans are changed by someone else.

Part 4-
Said person is not my husband just to make that very clear. At least I don't think it is my husband who did this. I really hope it wasn't his doing. Anyways, FIL has decided to take things into his own hands. Ooops I mentioned names.. kind of. Rodrigo will be going to college in March and FIL will be paying the bill. Yes, this may be a strange thing to get upset about and get angry about, but I have my reasons which will come out in time. So, Ro will be going to a technical degree in nursing, a 4 semester study. We will be moving back in with his 'rents fairly soon.
EDIT#2, My FIL buys me watermelons so I can't really stay mad at him...

Part 5- PIL's new house.
The PILs moved out of the house we shared a month before we moved out of it. The house they moved into kind of has an apartment connected to it. There are 2 bedrooms, a dining/living roomish kitchen and a bathroom that scares me because when you turn on the faucet water starts squirting out in random parts of the house. So, at least we won't be sharing a bathroom with SIL again. The "apartment" is connected by a door that we of course would keep shut and locked. We will share a tiny space for hanging clothes to dry. I consider this a ginormous downside because MIL washes clothes every single day and washes things that aren't even dirty so I will never have space to hang my clothes. Another downside would be the fact that our bedroom doesn't have windows. I don't know why this is a downside, but it kind of gives me the creeps.

Part 6- Why I feel pissed about ruining of MY plan.
a. Nobody asked me, nobody asked us, nobody talked this over.
b. I hated living with my PILs and I'm sure I'm not going to like it the second time.
c. I feel like this was done only to keep us in Chile. 2 weeks ago when Ro told his dad he wanted to study nursing his dad thought it was stupid and was 187% against it.
d. I can just see MIL pointing and laughing like the wicked witch of the west.
e. It worries me what will happen after his 2 years of studying... what more will be done to try to keep us here?
f. WHAT ABOUT ME?!?!?! I want to study too!! I want to be able to see my family too!!! I am a person tooo!!!!! Doesn't my opinion count?!?!? Can't I at least try MY plan first?!?!?!?
g. What comes next?? Will they try to pay for a birthing plan and buy all necessaries for having a child to try to keep us here?? I would love to see them try!! My uterus will purposely remain empty until we move to the States.. payback is a bitch isn't it??

Part 7-
Today I was in an elevator. I teach my class on the 6th floor. After class, when I got in the elevator, I couldn't go down because you need to scan a card and because I am only an English teacher, I don't have a card. We went up and up and up. When we got to the 16th floor I started to think about what was below me... a layer of metal and then nothing. It scared the crap out of me and I almost had a panic attack. I was going to get out of the elevator and walk down the stairs, but then when I saw out the windows I was even more scared. Apparently I don't like tall buildings.


That is all.