Work is work is work is...

work. I have spent all day on work, well except for the hour I took out to watch Gilmore Girls! I love that show by they way, and that hour went way too fast. I got up this morning and went to work, nothing big or unusual there. Then I come home to work on more work. I have spent the night working on an organizational chart and a newsletter for the front end. I am trying to help get the moral back up at the store...not by bribbing, but encouraging my team members. If I start bribbing them, then they will start to expect it, but if I encourage them, and respect them, then I believe I can teach them to be good, reliable workers.
Well I am exhausted, and not sure how much more I can do. But don't you worry, there is lots left! I still have to get my team together for a meeting, but first - I have to organize the meeting and figure out how to start keeping track of every little move they make. And how to get to know each of them, and what I want them to know about me. (Besides the fact that I need to go to fat kids camp - oh no Julie and Peter I haven't forgotten!)

Words of Wisdom:
Make yourself happy first. You can't commit to something or somebody until you, yourself are content with who you are and what you do.

Sunday Paper

There is a guy that I work with that is all about getting the Sunday paper so that he gets the coupons. When he goes shopping, he HAS to have his coupon book with him at all times. I always thought he was a little over bearing about it all.
Yesterday was Sunday, I bought the paper. So what did I do tonight, oh yea baby - I cut coupons! Now I am all excited because I have a coupon for $1.00 off cereal and other goodies I like to eat. That dollar can be used towards something else, like rent or car payments!

Oh, and on a side note, I got an interview for the Child mentoring program. I will let you all know if they are going to let a dork like me mentor a poor, helpless child. (Well he will be a poor, helpless child if I am mentoring him/her!)

Words of Wisdom:
Everyone has a purpose in life that is already planted in us. It is our job to figure out what it is. Find your purpose and life it to the fullest!

The Boy Is Mine

Oh yea Julie you heard me! Adam just so happened to call me yesterday and proclaim him love for me. I was not shocked, as you knew how much he loved me! We are perfect together, what can I say. And Adam knew it all along! I really do hate breaking this to you, but I figured since you are in Germany and I am in Virginia, there is nothing you can really do about it! And I figured if I told you in a somewhat public setting, you can't try to beat me up. I know how much we would fight over him, but now those shoulder shrugging, strong arms are ALL MINE for comforting!
But I did get to thinking. If you really want to keep it the five of us, I can talk Adam into it, after all he does love me! It would be nice to have you, Mark (plumbing), Adam, Tom (Levelor rep) and I back together again! Ahhh, the old times! We can discuss if over a beer with Tom! :oD All I have to say, is those guys are different, and why they would always talk to us, I will never know. It isn't like we were sane people together - we were just crazy!

Okay, now for those of you who think I am nuts! This made me laugh, and I hope Julie as well. It's just old humorous chit chat between two friends that make working even more fun.

Tear

I go to work yesterday, after having my two days off, and I was ready for a busy night. As guessed, it was busy. But that didn't bother me. I took dinner at 9pm and when I was walking into the office at the end of my lunch I realized something was missing, my Chase-Pitkin travel mug. This is devistating news, I know. This is the mug that I would use everyday to take my coffee/tea to work. You ask my reasons for being devistated: 1 - everyone knew it was mine since I am the only one that came from CP. 2 - It keeps a part of CP with me everyday, CP is my home store where I have family and friends (believe it or not!). 3 -I just flat out love that mug, and now it is gone. Who would take it? I even had to take time out and call my manager, Mike, at home and ask if he knew where it was, and no he didn't either. You may think that I am completely nuts, but having that mug with me at work makes me feel like I fit in. Sounds odd, but everyone has a piece of their "home" store with them, and that was mine. It broke my heart that it was gone. I knew that was my favorite mug, but until I saw that it was gone I never knew what it really ment to me.

Words of Wisdom:
Cherrish you friends, family and loved ones, it isn't until they are gone that you will know what you had. Sad to say, but that is just the way it is.

meanies

Okay, I am not going to say any names, but Julie and Peter are mean. They sent me an email saying how they want to send me to fat kids camp - and how perfectly I would fit in since I am still in their same maturity level! Well poop on you, yea whacha gotta say to that! (and they say I am not mature!) I wanted them to adopt me so I could live in Germany with them. FORGET THAT. If they adopt me, I will just be shipped off like they are ashamed of me, just because I eat.

LOVE YOU GUYS! Miss you tons!

Good Night

In case you were all wondering, I had a good night. I didn't go to bed until 3:30, so it had to have been a good night right! Some of you already know that I had had an interesting couple days getting to know this guy, and I wasn't enjoying myself. Last night I had someone over for dinner, and he seemed to really like my cooking! I made a simple pasta reciepe, but it was really good! We ended up listening to music and talking until 3:30 this morning. Oh, and by the way, no matter what he says, I so kicked his butt in arm wrestling. He may deny that, but it is soo true - you should see my guns! Not only once, but I kicked his butt four times. Even left handed! Well that is my story for the day, make someone a good dinner and it could lead to a good night. And no Willy, I didn't wear my skirt! And no Willy, nothing happened...but he did seem to enjoy your instant messages. I had to tell him you were drunk IMing! I think it worked!

Words of Wisdom:
It's good to have an end to your journey towards; but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Add on to Kyle's

So Kyle (http://phattyK.blogspot.com/) told you about my day with the smoker...So he told you that I mentioned that I went to Church every sunday. (In all honesty, I went every Sunday at Purdue, I went when I could in Rochester, I just haven't found one here yet) I would have to say, I thought that was pretty good as well! I also told my speech on how i just want to be treated like one of the guys. So that way he got the sign that I am not looking for anything (not with him) then i threw in the Church bit to top it off. That way he would feel the whole that he didn't want it to turn into anything! I have learned if you make the guy think it was his doing - they feel smarter. When it is really the girl's plannings the whole time.

So if you find yourself in a situation that someone likes you more then you like them...give me a call and I will give you a line to throw in converstaion that is a truth about you and a bit of a stretch that will turn the other person off but not too bad, you may want to just be friends.

Words of Wisdom:
No need to be cruel, just creative.

Food for thought

So last night I got home around 12:30 and I was a bit hungry. Yes, I know there are children starving in Ethiopia, and according to my dear friend Paul, they are waiting for me to finish eating so that they can get a bite, but when I am hungry I want food. That may sound cruel, but when Paul said it everyone seemed to laugh (except me at first). So I decided to just have something small. I made a box of mac and cheese then ate a couple pieces of cake. What happened to my making something small? I am starting to understand why I get made fun of so much for how much I eat. I can never keep food in my refrigerator. (If you want to make a donation, they are welcome...let me know and I will send you my address.)

Oh, and I don't know about anyone else, but when my brother made sweedish meatballs, I was never invited. I thought that was a bit rude. I call him to say hello, I travel 7 hours to see him for one day (okay, so I made the tripfor a house warming/engagement party for my cousin but Kyle was there) and do I get a stinking invite to dinner - NO! See if I visit you again! Oh wait, you might like that. Next time I will just show up unannouced and demand a good dinner!

Words of Wisdom:
Don't be afraid to take on a challenge. Big or small. It can only make you strongerin the end.

Women

First of all, let me just start off with saying all girls are wierd. Now don't get me wrong, guys aren't that great either - so don't think that you guys are the bomb just because I stated that girls are wierd. But I am sorry, they are. We try to act all pulled together and normal (YES WE ARE ALL NORMAL!), but sometimes we are just plain wierd. When something happens we find the need to tell someone, we can't keep anything to ourselves. Take for instance, a guy I know is coming for dinner on in a couple nights, and that was decided around 1 o'clock today. From that point on I was dying because I couldn't tell anyone. The people I would tell are a phone call away, but you can't stop what you are doing and start dialing. I had to wait until I got off work at 4:30 to call mom and ask her what was needed for meatballs since my reciepe was at home - and I happened to mention the fact that someone was coming for dinner and that was what he requested. Of course mom starts asking questions, you always want the scoop when you start to hear new information. Who doesn't! But girls - it is like we live for it, anything new we find excitement in, now good or bad excitement - it all depends on what the news is. The funny thing is, I am finding that guys do the EXACT same thing. Now don't even try to deny it - you know I am right. I get more gossip from the guys at work than the girls. Kinda makes ya wonder doesn't it!
The only thing I miss right now is being able to ask Willy (my old roomie) what to wear. He was always good at picking my outfits when I went out. So willy - if you read this (which you better) what should I wear? I am thinking my new pair of jeans - since they fit! (the others I had a difficult time buttoning!)

Words of Wisdom:
No one is normal, so aim to be different. No one wants to become friends with someone that is exactly like them, what is the fun in that. Be your own person, and love who you are!

Friendship

Days go in and out, but it is at the end of each day you look back and reflect. Was it a good one or a bad one and why? What could you have done to make it better, or was it one of those days that couldn't be any better? When I look back and reflect on how my day was, it is always the small things that made it great. It may be my coffee talk with mom on my way to work. An event that I count on everyday. Or chatting with Julie on instant messenger before I head off to work, just having her jubilant self in my mind as we talk. It is your friends that make your day complete. It is knowing that when you have a rough day, they may not be right by your side, they may be in Germany, Maryland, or even Seattle - they are just a phone call away. They are what make you smile when haven't cracked one all day, they make you laugh when you need to whipe that tear away. And best of all, you know they are proud of you with out having to say a word. It's knowing that they would be there to give a hug or a helping hand if it were possible. With out people like that, where would this world be? It's something you cherrish!

Words of Wisdom:
Believe in something - every one needs something to believe in. Then pray. Be thankful. Be forgiving. Be loved.

I Said a Prayer For You Today

I said a prayer for you today
And know God must have heard -
I felt the answer in my heart
Although he spoke no word!
I didn't ask for wealth or fame
(I knew you wouldn't mind) -
I asked Him to send treasures
Of far more lasting kind!
I asked that He'd be near you
At the start of each new day
To grant you health and blessings
And friends to share your way!
I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small -
But it was for His loving care
I prayed the most of all!

Something new every day

As far as I know, I could never say I didn't like Tornado's since I have never experienced one. Well, now I can say it! I don't like Tornado's. I am not trying to be mean, or sound like a pessimist - but I don't like them. I was working in the office yesterday afternoon, and the phone rings informing me to prepare the front end for the power to go out for a couple minutes since there was a major thunder storm. I was okay with that, I never actually thought a tornado would hit down. It hit the AOL building across the street from us and the power lines. So as you can probably guess, we lost power. From what I hear it was a pretty neat sight, the tornado hit some fuse boxes and it shot off some huge sparks. The power went off around 6 pm and we asked customers to wait 45 minutes before leaving the store and driving home, for their own safety. It was raining and thundering like crazy, and I am out there pushing carts so that they won't hit the customer’s cars. Helping Hands was no where to be found - they didn't want to be out in that, they aren’t dumb! And by the way, the sky was amazing. It was neat to see the sky look so pretty when suck a bad storm is going on. By 8:30 I was drown rat with a long wet night ahead of me. The store closed at 8:30 but we had to get as much food in the coolers as possible, and just about all the employees were able to go home by 10. I wasn't able to go since there was a gernerator keeping the computers up and running and there were closing procedures that needed to be done. I got home around 1 am and was back at work at 5 am to help prep the store to open. When I arrived we still didn't have power, a generator came from Pennsilvania and was hooked up by 5:30 and we were able to get the store up and running around 9. All I can say is that it was a long couple days!

Words of Wisdom:
Before you judge it try it. You never know what the outcome might be!

Nicknames

I used to think that having a nickname would be fun. I am starting to think that they are there to make you look like a fool. I have had many nicknames, such as tubbs, tons of fun, oinker (I tend to eat all the time)...but now they are getting cruel! Lately, there have been names such and chunkie pumpkin head and swampy. Oh yes, I said swampy. Now doesn't that just sound sweet, and thoughtful. Swampy can mean a lot of things, swamp creature, swamp lake..and so on. But not me...for those who want to know, here is my story.

I was asked nicely to go out and help out with helping hands and push some carts. Now it was a hot day, and I am in black pants and white button down - it was hot. So a half out later, I was a bit sweaty, and my face was red. (I was working hard - and once again, it was hot out!) I am back in the office now, working on the schedule and Lauren (another STL) is sitting there with me and I just apoligized if I stunk since I was all sweaty. She said I didn't, so that was good. Then Mike walks in and said I stunk. I again apoligized since I was all sweaty, but it's hot out. Then he mentioned that I smell like swamp ass, I just started laughing - it was too funny, and he proceeded to call me swampy for the rest of the day. This was all great fun until Lauren decided to share this last night at dinner with about seven other work friends. So now, I have my friends calling me swampy. Plus, the guy I am hanging out with next week was there, and now calls me swampy. Why do I not see this as a good thing?

Words of Wisdom:
Don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. Otherwise you will let too much get to you.

Kelly Land

I had a couple inquiries about Kelly Land, so I thought I would tell you a little bit about it. Matt (aka Goose) believes it to have white puffie clouds and pink bunnies. Others may think there are rollercoasters or the game where you squirt water into the clowns mouth...these are all very good assumptions but not quite it exactly. Kelly Land is a place where I go where everything is happy. Sounds cheesey now that I am writing it down, but it is true. Kelly Land is the cosmo party at my parents house; it is sitting on top of the rafters at Chase-Pitkin saying "Pizza dude's got 30 seconds" when my manager is on a different rafter throwing things at me; it is coming home from Purdue after my first semester and on Chirstmas eve on a walk dad telling me he was proud of me after checking my grades online. It is working at Entercom with Coyote talking about how we are going to be astronauts together; it is the shaving cream war at a youth group retreat; it is my great aunt Mildred informing Kari and I how to pick up guys on the William and Mary Campus; it is riding my first loop de loop roller coaster with dad at Bush Gardens in Florida. There are soo many things that go into the making of Kelly Land, only because I have been soo lucky to have a wonderful family and wonderful friends to help make all these memories. I can only hope that everyone has their own land that they escape to. It isn't a land that you come out of all depressed and miss things, it brings you out of your slump, puts a smile back on your face.

Words of Wisdom:
Every day you make a memory, so go out there and make it a good one!

Day Dreaming

Okay, So I took mom's advice and went out rollerblading today. I thought it would be a good way to clear my head after an eventful night at work last night. I drove to a street near Washington bike path (it goes from DC to Leesburg Va near where I work) and took off on blades from there. I was thinking about trying to go 5 or 6 miles since I haven't bladed that much lately. Well, my brain drifted off in to Kelly Land and I forget to pay attention to the mile markers. I started at mile marker 9...and all of the sudden I looked at the next mile marker and it was 14.5. Yea, that ment I had to turn around and go another 5 1/2 miles. It was a good work out, but 11 miles was a bit more than I was planning on, and my body was tired. So I came home, showered and ate enough food for the Russian Army - but don't worry I will still have dinner!

Words of Wisdom:
When you don't have expectations, life is full of pleasant surprises.

Downfall

Today was a tiring day at work. I wouldn't say it was the best day I have ever had since I have been here, and I wouldn't say it a good day either. Today I would have to say was a not so good day. I have had my bad days at work, we all have those...but today I got in trouble. If you know me well enough, you know that I am not one that really likes to find that I messed something up. I am more hard on myself than anyone else. My manager, Mike, came up to me and asked me to go for a walk with him. I should have seen it coming, but usually when I walk with him it is to go get something done, not to actually nicely get mad at me. I do have to give him credit though, he did do it in a nice way. I think he is afraid he is going to make me cry. I messed up the schedule, I would have to say pretty good. It was probably 60% my doing and 40% anothers doing...but I took full blame and spent my night trying to dig myself out of that whole - in the mean time I got myself talked to again. We were out of shopping carts, so I thought I was doing good by going outside to start hustling the Helping Hands crew and push carts with them for a bit. Well I forgot to take a walkie talkie with me so the people inside could contact me if they needed me. I was already on the hot seat once that day, so that pushed it a bit too far. This all sounds like simple mistakes, but on a busy weekend, it isn't all that simple. If it wasn't for Lauren and Julie - I wouldn't have been smiling much today. I just can't believe I messed up the way I did on the schedule, I don't know how I didn't catch myself. It was a mistake that shouldn't have happened. I am just really ready to know Wegmans as well as I knew/know Chase-Pitkin.

Words of Wisdom:
Patience - one of the keys in life. It will come in a matter of time (love, friendships, work, understanding - the whole nine yards).

Stop and Smell the Roses!

First of all, showers are over-rated. I haven't even showered yet today, and let me just say - I look fabulous! I may smell a bit (of rose petals of course), but man do I look good! I don't even need to re-do my hair or make-up before I go to work. It even saves water. You can call me an environmentalist now!

Well I have spent my morning doing garden research. Now many of you know that I don't have a green thumb. I kill every plant that comes near me. My last and only roommate would blame for his plants dying, just because I looked at them. I thought that was a little harsh - when looking back, they did all die and they were in my presence. Huh, food for thought. Anywho, back to the research. I am learning how to design a good garden starting with the basics. I am reading this info and I realized you need to know what annuals and perennials are. Oh and what in the world are USDA zones. They give you a stinking number, for example: this plant is good for USDA zones 5 to 8, WHAT IS THAT? HELLO I WAS IN THE BEGINNER SECTION! Okay, so you are wondering why I am doing this, right! No, not so I can pull all my hair out to see if i look good bald...I am doing this to be of help to my lovely parents. I thought I would help come up with a plan for their yard. We'll see how this goes. So far...yea, I still have words to look up! If you want to lend a hand, I would be glad to have it! As for annuals and perennials - hey plant is a plant, what else do you need to know, right?! I am planning on having the best landscape design for their house - so don't even try to beat me!
Well I am off to dig in my refrigerator to see what kind of good eats I have in there! Don't worry, not that much - I am lucky to have chicken swiss - thanks mom! (If it wasn't for that, I would have milk.)

GO PURDUE! Purdue 59, Ball State 7

Words of wisom: (let me know if i should drop this...I don't want to bore anyone)
Smile. It goes a long ways. People may ask why you are so happy - but do you need a reason to smile?! One smile can turn another's frown up side down!

Old Times

This afternoon I was at Mom and Dad's house going through a box with my College books in it. It was fun to go back and read all the notes and see all the papers I wrote. It brought a smile to my face...all the things that made me smile still made me smile. Take for instance, in my calender I wrote a note to myself to go to the doctor in a month and get tested for mono. HELLO DORK - who waits a month? Okay, well I apparently did. Then there was my journal for some English class when I was dating Chris - I wrote about how he would fall asleep while we would watch movies and he would snore so I couldn't hear it. My favorite was a list I found in one of my notebooks that my friend Megan and I made. There was a guy named Mike Bond in our Women's Studies class, and we ALWAYS had to sit next to him. So megan and I each made a list on why Bond like the other person. That poor guy must have thought we were both nuts - every class we had to be sitting right next to him, he had one of us on each side of him. But the way I see it, it's his own fault for being one of two guys in a Women's Studies class - it is like a girl taking an engineering class at Purdue. Yea it was fun to see all the scholastic stuff, but it was all the small things that made it so you pulled through all the tough days that just make you smile.
Oh and in case you were wondering - Mike Bond did call me, and yes I did call megan the second I hung up with him to tell her every single thing we talked about in that two minute conversation. (It was all about school, he didn't ask me out or anything - I wasn't that lucky)

Okay, so maybe I was just a dork back then! And I still am one!

Works of Wisdom:
"Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia." -Charles Schultz

Office Talk

I am driving home from work today, reflecting on the conversations I over heard or participated in and I just had to start laughing. It is funny, you hear about how professional people are at work...and for the most part this holds true...but when you are behind closed doors a whole other light shines through.
When you think about it, everyone needs a place to go where they can just let go. Our Front End's office is our own little soap opera. One may tend to think that is where all the important stink happens. Well if you think shopping for new rims for your car on Ebay, or looking up ice cream cakes (Carvel's cakes are the best!) is important - then you are in luck. This is the office where I have had to print off an email on "How to poop at work" and highlight a section call crop dusting and place it in anothers mailbox hoping they would get the hint. If you haven't seen this email, crop dusting is defined as: when farting, you walk really fast around your place of work so the smell is not in your area and everyone else gets a whiff but doesn't know where it came from. Now this is important. There is a guy that I work with that doesn't use this method, and our office is pretty small and the smell tends to stick around. Not a good thing. Then there is one of my managers...I was in the office working on the schedule and he decides to eat his lunch there to keep me company. I thought that was awfully nice until he decided to inform me that he felt gassy. I stopped what I was doing and turned to him, and then he said to me that he felt comfortable enough with me that it was okay to share this. Personally, too much information. From that point on, I kept my distance!
Walking into that soap opera of an office you never know what to expect - but you do tend to walk out with a smile on your face.

Words of Wisdom:
If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull one!

Just Another Day....

in paradise! (Hey what can I say, it's a good song!) Okay, so today may not have been exactly paradise - but it was pretty darn close! Last night was one of those nights you were completely exhuasted after your day at work, and yet you are staring at your clock watching the time go by...first it was 12, then 12:30....1...until 5:45 when the alarm goes off. (you know the drill) As I drive to work, I knew it was that time of the week to write the schedule, and the person that has been training me is...well lets just say a thorn in my side. But today, not so much! I was in the office ALONE today writing the schedule. I knew at that point that my managers were a little too happy today to make that happen. Trusting me to write a schedule for 170 cashiers ALL BY MYSELF. Scariness! I had the country music going, and I was having a grand ol' time. There was even a point where I was kicked out of the office so there could be a little confrontaional meeting between two people, and my new manager (Mike) and I went outside to push carts! Now if you haven't tried that - let me tell you - I love it! I don't know why, but I love going outside to push carts. It may be the company I had, just because Mike and I pick on eachother like no other, but it is just good, plain fun. Before I knew it, it was time for me to go home! Now how can you leave with out a smile on your face after a day like that!

Now all I have to do is find someone to sucker into making me a nice dinner! Anyone available?? I have ice cream for dessert!!! (It was neopalitan - but now it is just vanilla! I sort of ate all the chocoalate and strawberry!) Well give a call! I am around - ALL evening.

Words of wisdom: (hey my as well give it a shot - someone might listen)
No regrets!
Everything in life is a learning experience - just take every ounce you can. Who wants to live their life to look back at what they regret doing or not doing? Not me!

I wise man once told me: Never look back saying "I wish I would have, I wish I would have, I wish I would have..."
Thanks Coyote!

Friendly Neighbor

I decided to be a friendly neighbor yesterday, this may sound shocking to many of you, but yes decided it was about time I was nice to some new people in the area. I was baking a cake at 7 in the morning to surprise them by 8:30 and offer a hand in their daily chores. At 8:30 I arrived at 5010 Rubgy Ave. Oh yes, the parents house. They liked the fact that along with my visit I brought a goodie. We had the morning cup of coffee and three stacks of pancakes and bacon. What a way to start off a perfectly good Sunday. I turn to dad to ask what was in store for us that day, he mention something about the basement and taking the ivy off the front of the house. Now I couldn't tell you how happy I was to hear that. Let me just say that before this project was started - I am not a fan of ivy. So dad and I proceeded to put on our work gloves and he was to get the prunners as I went to start pulling the ivy off the house. Pulling the ivy was the easy part, it was getting the ivy buggers off the house that was the challenging part. If ANY of you are thinking about putting ivy on your house PLEASE call me so I can talk you out of it. I DON'T LIKE IVY. We tried using the power washer to get the buggers off, didn't touch it. Next was a wire brush, not a chance with those buggers. That left Dad, Mom, and I out there with scotch brite pads srrubbing and picking off all those little buggers. I was just glad it was only a small part of the house that ivy was on. It was all about the elbow greese. Once that was off, we had a snack and hit the basement. All the dumb and dummer boxes have now been emptied. Let me just give you a thought as to how much paper those bozos used - after two small boxes I was knee deep in paper that was neatly spread out and stacked. There were about five small items per box. After that - shocking enought we all decided we just might need showers. It was a very eventful day that ended in a great steak dinner and mom and I watching piggie of a Dad eat 6, yes I said 6 ears of corn. Can was all say PIG together!
Thanks for a fun day!
Oh! One more thing - can we say GO PURDUE! 51-0 Nice shutout on Syracuse!

Daily workout

Yesterday was a productive one! I was up bright and early to shower (yes I do take showers every other month even if I don't need it - personal hygiene is important) and head off to Mom's to help in any way I can. I was there by 9, just in time for coffee talk. I figured coffee talk would be our "warm up" before the big work out for the day. (Hey lifting the cup of coffee to your mouth can break a sweat!) After that it was Target here we come!! We figured it would be a great leg exercise - boy was I right! You could feel the burn! Mom had her list of what was needed - we left with getting 0 for 0 on the list. Not good. But hey, I did get new deodorant! Can't beat that!! After that it was back to Mom's for lunch then load my car and daddy's jeep with the bed and table. Once the cars were loaded - it was time to really break a sweat and drive to my apt to assemble the bed. Needless to say, beer time did come first. That drive was very strenuous - it was a whole 20 minute drive! Now imagine two blondes putting a bed together that involved using tools - that was basically how it went. I hit Mom in the head with one of the legs to the bed. She also stubbed her toes numerous times. There were many tears of laughter. But hey, we did it! It still hasn't fallen apart yet - shocking! After that, our daily workout was done. I would have to say, I was sweating more than mom - that must mean I was working too hard!

As for today, I have been doing the homely thing. Cleaning and ironing. Oh yes - all the fun things! Although I did make myself a good breakfast, French toast! (two helpings!) I am starting to think that I eat a lot. I always seem to be running out of food. I buy it, but then I eat it too fast. All well. So my clothes are getting a bit tight. You know how things might be a bit tight once you wash them, but then the supposedly stretch after you wear them once; yea my cloths are still too tight. I think they forgot they are supposed to stretch a bit! So the next time you see me and my cloths look a bit tight or too small - it is the cloths fault for not doing what they are supposed to do!