Tuesday, October 23, 2012

A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane

I don't know how many of you initially started out in the Social Media world as Facebook fans, but I began my Social Media fetish back in 2004 with the grand ole -


Back in 2004, Facebook was the most boring, dull, and non-excited virtual site known to the http:// whatever, whatever universe. You couldn't add backgrouds, you couldn't add photo albums, you couldn't design your web page (still can't), and you couldn't personalize anything. Honestly, still to this day, I think Facebook is a tad bit boring when it comes to decor options compared to the Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) options MySpace offered. But....unfortunately, Facebook is pretty much the only option for keeping in touch with people consistently around the world at one time, in one central location.

Anyway, I log on to MySpace, from time-to-time; 1 - to still try and keep Madden's site up and running for those who still like to visit and post streaming comments (which are now few and far between) or for those who have a rough day and like to send personal messages. I keep him logged in every couple of months or so in case "TOM" decides to deactivate dead-like accounts upon his own wishes because of little to no usage on the sucky site. But this time, I decided to take a look at my own thoughts on my own page. Quite interesting, I must say...

~Casey Leigh Walker~
Last log-in - Summer of 2010
Last update - March of 2009
 Headline:
Throughout my life, I have succeeded as anyone who has ever lived - I have loved another with all my heart and soul; and to me, that is accomplishment enough.
 
About Me:
Wow, where to start...I have worked as an Ortho Tech for a year and a half and have currently accepted a job offer at St. Francis Specialty Hospital as their RHIT. I think this is the biggest job change I've ever had to make, and it makes me sick to my stomach to leave all the wonderful people at c&r. I've always thought to myself, I would never do anything with my degree, and I would soon have to go back to school to further my education in something more upbeat. Well, here is my opportunity to make all the schooling count - And I'm taking a leap of faith. Although it's just a career change, it is an all around change for me. I am in the process of moving to a place where I barely know anyone. I'm used to being surrounded by people who allow me to cut up, laugh, joke, and encourage me to show my true crazy and bizarre personality; but this too will change, and I pray that I remain that happy person as the future months go by. I believe whole-heartedly in the power of prayer, and I believe God places obstacles in ones path for a reason. Just when you begin to believe things are just not the way they should be, all He needs is a simple prayer, and He's there.
 
I would say that I'm a bit sarcastic, most of the time. I love to play about everything, that's just how my family is. I have always been very independent and have never liked to depend on other people to do things or get things done for me. I am not the least bit stuck up, though I may sometimes come across that way at times. I guess you just have to get to know me.
I don't really like frilly things/clothes, gaudy chandaleir earrings, shiny plastic belts, froo-froo hair and such. I like MotoX, 4 wheelers, XBOX, the lake, fishing, camping and could not care one bit about getting a little dirty. Though I enjoy things of this sort and choose a Miller Lite over any other beverage, I'm a romantic at heart. I love meeting new people and love to be around people. But, when meeting new people, I'm actually hesitant when it comes to meeting girls. Most girls tend to be snotty and whinny...'Girly' I guess...and I don't really like that. The main concern usually going through their heads at the point of hand-shake is likely to be an analytical thought anywhere from 'where you got your shoes' to 'why you are wearing a top like that at a place like this'.
 
People I'd Like to Meet:
God and the peeps he gets to hang out with everyday. I would definately like to meet Travis Pastrana, because I love him, and he needs to know that. It would be awesome to meet Nate Adams, Jeremy McGrath, Adam Jones, Brian Deegan, Jeremy Stenberg and Shaun White.

Interests:
I love to catch myself at that perfect moment, when my mind is running full-speed to no where, it's interesting to see what I can come up with. I used to draw a little bit back in high school, and I've just recently started on a new piece; I think I may take up art as a new hobby. My family is like my breath and are the most important thing in my life. Although, a select few of my closest friends are my backbone, and I probably wouldn't be where I am or be who I am today if it weren't for them being there for me along the way. Whether she realizes it or not, my Jess has helped me overcome so many things in the past 3 years and is one of the greatest people I have ever met...next to my Momma T who is just wonderful from the inside, out ~ I owe the two of them the moon and stars.
 
I have 3 brothers and a little sister whom I consider my own. John is the oldest, and Mark is the middle on my Madden side of the family. I don't get the see them much, but I will forever and ever hold the both of them near to my heart. John and his hard work to support my neice Vivi and Nephew Bryar is beyond endearing. Mark lives a few hours away, but his encouraging words and humbling heart are all I need along with the guidance of their younger angel to get me by from day to day. They are the most wonderful people I've ever had in my life, and I cherish every day that I'm apart of theirs.
Zane is younder than me and does his own thing, and he and my sister Skye are splitting images of me...The results of matching DNA can be absolutely amazing...They're beautiful.

Though I don't have much freetime, I love hanging out with my friends. On occassion, when the day is right, I like to drive to Simsboro to spend a little thinking-time and mind-clearing with †Matt. I find that he helps me on the hard days, even though he is the primary reason I have a hard time. I love to sing and dance, even though you may not love to hear and see it, and I enjoy my refreshing glass of 2% Milk with ice please. I love music with a passion, and little kids are my ultimate weakness; Their innocence is spectacular when mixed with their awesome little personalities-It's a shame that some don't appreciate their beauty like I do. The guitar is one of the many ways to my heart; Travis Pastrana being the other. I'm not sure if I enjoy Luke's blogs as much as I do the controversy they bring, but if I'm ever in need of a good laugh, his blogs are where to go. I think guys should have to wear baseball caps as a 24hr mandatory law along with an invigorating scent of colonge. I can never be satisfied with just a few pair of shoes and if it poured down rain everyday for the rest of eternity, that would be absolute perfection to me. My favorite number is 7, has been sense I was in the 3rd Grade, and my favorite color is Red. I haven't been to many, but I love a great baseball game - There's just something about the atmosphere; the crackle of the bat meeting the ball makes me tingle all over. MotoX and XGames have to be the next best thing since sliced bread, along with the wonderful creation of cartoons. Having a tube of lip chap handy at all times is a pure neccessity - It's almost equally important as the clothes on my back. The New Orleans Saints will always be winners in my heart, no matter what comes their way, and LSU, well they're great too!

I absolutely hate talking on the phone - A text is quicker and saves so much more time. Being
hung up on when I am on the phone is like being slapped across the face. Feeling empty or helpless is one of the most horrible feelings in the world. My dreams are getting better, but pictures and sounds continue to linger at times. When I notice others' lack of productivity in their work, it's very disappointing. When people are ignorant to the fact of reality and act as though they don't have sense to know certain things is an urk of mine, but it also makes me proud to be the person I am today - properly equiped with a little thing called 'common sense'. I quiver at the thought of a spider, and no, if I see one, I probably won't kill it. I'm a little afraid of the dark when I'm alone - Not that I'm scared something will get me, but those pictures and sounds I speak of seem to be dominant when the lights go out. I think it's retarded when people select 'no' on the 'do you drink' section in their details but yet, they post pictures of them doing it...don't be scared, just be yourself. I don't like to lose, nor do I enjoy being wrong. And I don't understand why people do not give others the chance to speak when you let them have the floor when it's their turn...?

Music:
Plumb, Celine Dion, Boys Like Girls, Maroon 5, Hope, Ingrid Michaelson, Crossfade, Britney Spears, Avril Lavigne, Leona Lewis, 3 Doors Down, A Fine Frenzy, Seether, Evanescence, Secondhand Serenade, STAIND, Fergie, Sister Hazel, Breaking Benjamin, OneRepublic, Candlebox, Life House, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, Fall Out Boy, Shinedown, Black Eyed Peas, Coldplay, Journey, Bob Seger, Guns and Roses, Def Leppard, Fergie, Nelly Furtado, Rihanna, Leigh Nash, Akon, Danity Kane, Christina Aguilera, Kenny Chesney, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Hillary Scott, Sugarland, Colbie Caillat...Just to name a few.
 
Television:
I could definately live without the television, but would have serious Cartoon withdrawls.
I love Nip/Tuck, House or any kind of medical show, Desperate Housewives, Animal Planet, The History Channel, CSI, Family Guy, TBS, Seinfield, Old episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond, X Games, MTV, GAC, CMT, and TLC.
 
Books:
Bible, Matthew Chapter 24; God's prediction of what is taking place at this very moment, and Matthew Chapter 28; The Great Commission. The Twilight Saga, The Last Lecture, The Good Guy, 90 Minutes in Heaven, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Grace for Grief, Watership Down, Leven Thumps and the Gateway to Foo.

Heros:
All the soldiers serving our country...even though majority of the people in America scream 'anti-war' in an attempt to slap them all in the face for doing us a favor...I support our troops and their decisions to be where they are for me.

And then there is †Matt...It's been 3 long years spent without him, and I thought the loneliness would never fade. Though the flashes of the smile on his face is a never-ending vision stuck in my head, it's amazing what time and close friends can do; Life becomes easier and easier. I thought each day without him and holidays would forever be horrible and seem better not celebrated, it turns out, when you alow people to help in their own little way, things begin to fall into place. Your heart learns to make room for others and begins to enclose upon the darkness within it...still keeping it sacred.
When I think of the precious time I was given with Matt and the time I spent knowing him, it makes me realize how more appreciative I am for everything that he did for me. He has made me a stronger, better, well-rounded person, and I am more appreciative of not only the small things around me, but moreso the people that have come back into my life. The goal I set is to be half the person to my future boo, as Madden was to me!
 
It is rare you ever find someone who is always there for you no matter what, and you never know when you will lose them. Sometimes people do not realize the importance of the special people in their lives until they lose them; they take things, people and the things people do for granted in not realizing what they have when they have it. I have recently been guilty of this myself...guess I should probably listen to my own advice.
 
Listen more than you talk, but talk when it is needed. Listening is most of the time, the best advice and help anyone could receive or ask for, and sometimes saying nothing at all says everything.
Choose your battles wisely, and tell those you love just how much you love them. Hug them every second you can, and show them that they are special to you. Take full advantage of the short time you have here on earth with the people that mean the most to you, and make a difference in someone's life in any way you can. Be silly and stupid despite what others think, and love that someone you love with every bit of your being...You never know when it will be your time to leave them behind or their time to leave you. Make every second count; it could be gone within just a few...

Basic Information
Occupation: Health Information Management Assistant
City: Minden, Louisiana
Country: United States of America
Ethnicity: Caucasian
Body Type: More to Love!
Here For: Friends
 
Background & Lifestyle
Status: In A Relationship
Age: 26 years old
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Hometown: Minden, Louisiana
Religion/Philosophy: Baptist/Christian
Children: Someday
 
Education
High School: Minden High School, Graduate of 2001
CollegeLouisiana Tech University, Graduate of 2008

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Blessed Beyond Measure

I guess I need to get better at this whole blogging thing. I keep a journal at home, and I have come to love writing my frustrations down (plus it's easier to revert back to 'the facts' when an ole spat arises!), but it's very hard to keep up with the writing-down thing for you public folk. So...let's see what I can sum up in an update for today...



Northeast Louisiana Cancer Institute

The new job continues to seem too good to be true; It's been 10 weeks being here already, and I couldn't be more blessed to work with such wonderful people. There have been numerous occasions where I thought myself to be in a crunch; whether it was needing time off, financial binds from being off, or just needing additional flexibility in my schedule. And miraculously, they have pulled through every-single-time. PTO accrual does not begin for me until my 90-day probationary period is over, and even still - the time off I have had to take has been paid to me in full; every minute of every single hour. I truly feel blessed beyond measure.




My Scotty B


And then there's this little booger! Scott and I started our little journey in October of 2011, and it has been a sweet ride! I have had some experiences in the past, and let me just say: I certainly believe we were two peas made for the same pod! In the past, I have been content; I have settled. I've been 'mediocre happy'. I've faked it 'til I felt it, and I've not felt it at all. I have thought to be beyond happy that felt there was no level above what I was. But indeed, there was! I can honestly say, Scott is not only a generic boyfriend; He is my best friend and my buddy. He watches out for me and takes care of me. He includes me and always thinks of me. Granted, he is a man; so all of the above may not happen the exact way I plan, but one thing is for sure; I now see the glass half full. I give credit where it is due, because it's not everyday that you find someone who keeps you smiling for no reason at all! He makes my heart smile, and yet again, I truly feel blessed beyond measure!




Carnival Cruise Line, Take me Away!


 
This is what I was screaming a week ago today! I took my first cruise last week, and it was such an experience! I was very hesitant about it, because I was invited by a co-worker, who was invited by her best friend. I only knew my co-worker, and there were 14 of us reserved to go.


We all met up last Thursday morning to head to NOLA to board the ship, and the women who all went were a complete hoot! Of course, I had a few episodes where I was homesick; I missed Scott like crazy and was completely bummed that I couldn't call or text anyone. The time on the trip flew by (as all vacations do), and it was definately a girl's trip for the books! We certainly had a blast! I'm so glad I got to go, and for getting to experience a cruise and a day in Mexico, I am extremely blessed beyond measure!

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Well, my family is weird, just like yours. And if you say you don't have a weird family, then you are a liar. And you're weird for thinking your family isn't weird (which actually, makes you and your family weird).
Mom finished OTA school last Monday, and I'm starting to think she is more stressed now than she was when she started. Buuuuut, that's another story for a long coffee day with an extra shot of Rx Percocet...

Pops is doing well, just Project Managering it up at Fibrebond - nothing too exciting to tell here.
Mynion, Elleigh and Steel are just as spoiled as the day is long, and each of them know it and milk it with every opportunity they can. But I love my babies and I love my family. I thank God everyday for the greatest weird family there is, and to have them in my life makes me feel blessed beyond measure!

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