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Nikki Figures Out Nothing.
so don't ask why
Created on 2002-06-09 00:23:00 (#587921), last updated 2006-06-17
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Basic Info| Name: | Nikki |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 06-20 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States |
BioAs of March 6, 2006
My job- I was a social worker in Pinellas County, Florida. I helped abused children get adopted. It was the most wonderful job I could have. Florida's requirements for social workers are much more lax, which is how I got the job without a BSW. I applied to the MSW program at UWM and got rejected because I didn't have enought social work experience (ugh). In the meantime, I work in healthcare.
I came back to livejournal after almost a year and a half away. About being away from LJ for so long- I tend to really hate my past and who I used to be. Every stage of my life I seem to do that. I associated LJ with my college years, which I really am not fond of. Hindsight is 20/20- I should get that tattooed on me somewhere. I'm my own psychologist- I know exactly why I was the way I was. Maybe I'll hash that out sometime.
This current stage of my life had a very specific beginning. My husband and I got married April 1, 2004, and our daughter was born April 2, 2004. Nope, not a typo. To sum it up.... pregnancy was pure hell for me, and I will never do it again. But I love little Sofia. She is hilarious and very smart. Being a parent has changed me a lot. For starters, it turned me from a waif to a pudgy thing. I used to weigh like 110 pounds tops. Now I'm 130. It is so weird waking up in a new body one day and figuring out what clothes look OK on it.
My mom recently married the coolest guy ever. The first time she's with someone I've even remotely liked. One day he told me he loved me. That was the first time a male told me he loved me whom I wasn't dating. I'm still processing that. They live in Florida.
And so do my in-laws. I get along better with them than I do my husband. The first year I kept reminding myself how they say the first year is the hardest. Well, after 2 years, it was still the same, so now we will be visiting divorce court. It's very hard to live with a boy, and even harder when there are huge differences in values and goals.
I have a sister, but she's in Chicago, so we don't talk much.
I live for sewing. I've made a whole new wardrobe since I had a baby, only buying a few tank tops and a pair of jeans. I'm getting better, slowly.
With 2 or 3 exceptions in 2003, I've been sober since late 2001. Something really horrible as a result of my drinking (no, I wasn't raped). Even though I think I could have a drink now and not have it cause problems, I'm just too gunshy to do it.
My job- I was a social worker in Pinellas County, Florida. I helped abused children get adopted. It was the most wonderful job I could have. Florida's requirements for social workers are much more lax, which is how I got the job without a BSW. I applied to the MSW program at UWM and got rejected because I didn't have enought social work experience (ugh). In the meantime, I work in healthcare.
I came back to livejournal after almost a year and a half away. About being away from LJ for so long- I tend to really hate my past and who I used to be. Every stage of my life I seem to do that. I associated LJ with my college years, which I really am not fond of. Hindsight is 20/20- I should get that tattooed on me somewhere. I'm my own psychologist- I know exactly why I was the way I was. Maybe I'll hash that out sometime.
This current stage of my life had a very specific beginning. My husband and I got married April 1, 2004, and our daughter was born April 2, 2004. Nope, not a typo. To sum it up.... pregnancy was pure hell for me, and I will never do it again. But I love little Sofia. She is hilarious and very smart. Being a parent has changed me a lot. For starters, it turned me from a waif to a pudgy thing. I used to weigh like 110 pounds tops. Now I'm 130. It is so weird waking up in a new body one day and figuring out what clothes look OK on it.
My mom recently married the coolest guy ever. The first time she's with someone I've even remotely liked. One day he told me he loved me. That was the first time a male told me he loved me whom I wasn't dating. I'm still processing that. They live in Florida.
And so do my in-laws. I get along better with them than I do my husband. The first year I kept reminding myself how they say the first year is the hardest. Well, after 2 years, it was still the same, so now we will be visiting divorce court. It's very hard to live with a boy, and even harder when there are huge differences in values and goals.
I have a sister, but she's in Chicago, so we don't talk much.
I live for sewing. I've made a whole new wardrobe since I had a baby, only buying a few tank tops and a pair of jeans. I'm getting better, slowly.
With 2 or 3 exceptions in 2003, I've been sober since late 2001. Something really horrible as a result of my drinking (no, I wasn't raped). Even though I think I could have a drink now and not have it cause problems, I'm just too gunshy to do it.
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adoption, alice in chains, american pie, animal rights, apparel sewing, bargains, british literature, cats, chocolate, clothes, duran duran, equality, fabric, fashion, feminism, freedom, gap band, george michael, good will hunting, h.l. mencken, happy endings, hello kitty, honesty, humor, intelligence, jimmy john's, justice, making clothes, mid century design, milwaukee, modern art, music, nikka costa, non-catholics, old metallica, optimism, outkast, peanut butter, pink, pink floyd, poe, purple, reading, rebellion, respect, sarah mclachlan, sewing, sherlock holmes, sheryl crow, shoes, shopping, snickers, sobriety, spontaneity, sugar, that 70s show, the 70s, the cars, tori amos, veruca salt, wendy's frosties, worker rights, writing
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Central Middle School - Hartford, WI (1988 - 1991)Hartford Union High School - Hartford, WI (1991 - 1995)
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee - Milwaukee, WI (1997 - 2003)
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