Few Things

Okay, So I was leaving work last night and I was thinging: gee is it cold. I get to my car is found it to be 39 out side. HELLO COLD. Well cold for here that is. Some of you might understand 39 being really cold. Now for Rochester, that is long sleeve shirt time, but for Virginia that calls for scarves, hats, and mittens. Oh, and by the way I LOVE MITTENS! Although my favorite mittens have been gone for two winters now. And I still am in morning over them. If you remember my cute little monkey mittens, those are the ones I am talking about. Sad, I know.

Second. Psycho Kitty. Okay, I get home from work last night and let the cat out of the big bathroom that it gets to play in while I am away and he is WIRED. I stay awake for a little over an hour hoping he would run himself tired in that period of time. Oh no, it is now 11:30 and he is just now starting to settle down. Oh yes, that ment that everytime I fell asleep he found it a good time to start biting my hands and feet. The little devil wanted to play, and I had just worked a long day and wanted sleep. Oh no, the devil won. So now it is revenge. He is starting to curl up on the couch, and little does he know, he has another thing coming to him!!! REVENGE IS SUCH SWEET SORROW! okay, now he is clawing my back, HE'S DEAD!

Third. I am really not liking getting dressed. I am having a hard time with clothes that fit. It was funny before, but now it is getting tiring.

Forth. Jessy, my cousin, was in an accident yesterday. If anyone can think of something to send instead of flowers let me know. She is getting out of the hopsital today and I would like to send her something. I would send her a CD with two songs I like, but the only person that would get that is Julie. Jessy would think I had lost my mind, Julie would laugh. So I am at a loss. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Words of Wisdom:
If someone asks you to kitty sit devil - and you like your sleep...RUN!

Kitty Sitting

As of tonight I am kitty sitting for a week. Stoney is a really cute cat, and really sweet, but he is a bite psycho at times too. But hey, what are kitties for - entertaining right!? It will be fun to have the company for a week.

Well getting back to the real world after two days off has been pretty easy. Work hasn't been nearly as busy as it had been last week, being the week of Thanksgiving and all. So it has been pretty laid back. Although I have had my moments. Yesterday I wrote someone up for lying to me, and today I had to talk to my Service Manager about my store training. Once again it had been pushed back and no one had informed me of this, so as you can guess, I was not a happy camper. We shall see if the new deadline of Jan 1st comes through.

Other than all that fun stuff, I am thinking about Christmas. This will be my first Christmas in Virginia, and away from family. So I am trying to come up with something special. We are starting to talk at work as to what we are going to do. Nothing is actually getting done, but we are doing the whole "you going home?...no you??....no, we should all get together" kind of talk. So I am in the same boat as many people, it is now actually talking and saying, hey lets do something, I will host if you want thing. But that is about it. Right now I am thinking of getting a wreath for my apt. That way I get the pine tree smell in here, I love that. I may start decorating tomorrow. Not sure why, I know it is really really really early to decorate, but I just wanna.

Well that is all for me. I am off to be a dork and watch Boy Meets World. Yes I know dork. But hey, Sean likes Sienfeld - what more can i say!

Words of Wisdom:
Know who your friends are, and cherish them. You may be far away, but they are still close in your heart. A friend in California reminded me of that.

Stuffed

I hope everyone had a nice, filling Thanksgiving. My day was pretty relaxing. I was convinced by my family into taking a quick nap. I did enjoy that nap even though I had to share the bed with Hogan (the fat cat). The food was good and we had some good laughs. The game of the year was monopoly. Now let me just say, I am not a fan. And when mom and I would help eachother out and lend each other $5 we got our heads bitten off by the boys. They called it cheating, but we would pay eachother back as soon as possible - so I say we weren't cheating. Dad cheats if your really must ask. He was the banker, and he HAPPENED to have the most money, and didn't know how that happened. Gee, let me think - cheat maybe!

Today was a lazy morning, which we all love. Then we took Kyle to the airport and came back to the house to do projects. Mom got her upstair family room ready to paint while dad and I worked on the steps to lead down to their patio from the kitchen. After that we had dinner and played LIFE. Yes, another cheesey board game, and yes dad cheated AGAIN. You know he is doing it because all of the sudden he ends up with $3 million and wondering how. GEE, he was the banker again! Can we all say cheat much! And he also has this smirk on his face that just gives the cheating factor away. dork!

Well now I am home and heading off to bed. Good night all and hope your holidays was just as nice.

Words of Wisdom:
Never share a soda with my mom. Sharing to her means you get two small sips before she chugs the rest. Get your own, much safer!

Family

This week should be fun, Kyle flew in today, and right now I am waiting for mom and dad to bring him here so we can go eat. We are going to Sweet Water Grill, which is one of the BEST restaurants to eat at here. No, not one of the best, THE best. yea, that's better! Anywho. Tonight after dinner, Kyle gets to meet my manager/friend Mike and hopfully his fiancee Kellie.

Oh, and for a side note. Kellie and I went shopping yesterday and I got new sneakers! I like my new sneakers! They are white with some pink on them. YEA! We also got her mom a new purse for Christmas. But that was about it for our shopping experience. And yes, we did go to the Disney store!

Back to family. So then Kyle, Mom and Dad are going to go into the DC tomorrow I guess and show Kyle around. That will be fun. Personally I say they should ride the Merry-Go-Round near the capital. That is one amazing merry-go-round! (the horses go up AND down) If they go to the air and space museum I will be jealous, but I will live. Then on Thursday we are having mamosa's and spend time fighting over the stove as we all cook dinner together! For some reason we all want to make the best dish. Dad has always been a good cook, Kyle cook's for a living, then there is mom and I who want to be good and get out tips from Food Network! So yea, that will be my life for the next couple days! Well that and work!

I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving with fun people to share it with!

Bothersome

I feel that some people never grow up. Today while working, someone made a comment that bothered me a bit. Why don't people understand that boys and girls can be friends. Most of my friends are boys. (I blame my brother for this by the way) I don't see a problem with that. That is the way it has mostly been for me. When I look back at college. I didn't have any girl friends until my sophmore year, and in the end, they were still mostly guys. I hung out with three/four girls tops.

I believe that girls and boys can be friends, obviously. I have been friends with many guys, and never thought about dating them, nor have they ever tried to date me. So I think that whole theory should be thrown out the window. Personally, I tend to become friends with guys easier because they aren't so judgmental. The few girl friends that I have, they are more laid back, and they don't judge. Julie and Kari, I am sorry, but you are more guyish. You guys aren't afraid to get durty or make fools of your selves. I am not the girl that is out to get guys to like me. I am out to meet friends and have odd conversations.

So yea, just because I have mostly guy friends here doesn't mean I am "after" them. It means that we are friends. And during work we tend to make each other laugh, because there are times when you just need to laugh. People need to get over that second grade thought of girls and boys can't be friends. It is foolish.

Words of Wisdom:
Things change - go with the flow!

been a while

Okay, I don't feel so bad. I haven't really checked all the blogs in like a week. I am been pretty out of it. But when I went to check, I only had to comment on my Dad's and Sean's.

Not much new here. I head off to work soon, so this won't be long. I find out today what my schedule is for the holiday week. My manager called yesterday to talk about my schedule with me, but I didn't provide much help. All I could say was that I would work when you needed me. I wasn't sure what else to say. Although mom thought I should have told him what I wanted to work. I wasn't really up for a conversation though, he had just woke me up. (poop)

Well that is about it for me. I am off to shower and head into work. You all have a good one!

Hit by a Dump Truck

So I have been a little "under the weather" or so you can say. It has been one of those weekends where it starts off as a really bad sore throat, then by the end of the day you feel as if you have been run over 50 times by a dump truck. My routine for the weekend and part of this week has been take meds, sleep, take meds, sleep, take meds, work, takes meds, work, and then start all over again.

The point of this blog is the sleeping part. You are in your nice warm bed feeling like poop and the last thing you want to do is get up. You all understand, right! So yesterday for example, I didn't have to be at work until 4, so that ment I could sleep all morning. I so I basically did. Although I did wake up and have to go to the bathroom. My body is telling me, "if you get up, I will make you hurt worse!" So I waited, thinking should I get up now, or later. I didn't want to move when I was laying there becuase my whole body hurt, but I had to pee and if I did that, my body will make me pay for getting out of bed. You know the drill.

To keep this moving, I have come to one conclusion. NEVER move out of your parents house. You they can drive you batty at times, but when you are sick, it is sooo nice when they take care of you. They bring you your juice and meds when it is time, you don't have to get out of bed to do so. They make your soup, you don't have to get out of bed to make sure you are feeding yourself. Basically, they do all your thinking and doing for you when you are sick, and that is a very very nice thing.

Well, I am off to bed. Hope all is well with everyone else. And I really hope no one is getting whatever it is that is going around here. It is NASTY! It really bites you in the butt!

Ice Cream Sundae's

I will admit it, I still act like a kid at times. Only because it is fun. Smiling from ear to ear because you get to ride the Merry-Go-Round, or getting an ice cream sundae. I even like going to the toy section at Target and hitting all the buttons that make noise! I don't know what it is, but it keeps that smile on my face. Like I said in my past post, it really is those simple things that keep me going. I just need to kind a guy that can put up will all that in me. (That is the hard part) I have friends I can act like kids with, but I haven't found that right guy yet. But that is okay, I am still having fun.

Today I was at Costco, witch is like BJ's with my friend Mike. While we were there, I saw this tray of fresh muffins and I ran over telling Mike that mom and I used to get those for my slumber parties. He proceeded to ask if I had had a slumber party lately, and of course I had to tell him YES with a big smile on my face. Then I told him that Julie spent the night and we fell asleep at some late hour of 10pm, okay - maybe not so late but only because we had been working so hard all week sitting on top of the rugs in top stock giggling and singing songs. (that is tough work right there, I'm telling ya!) So back to the slumber parties, I decided that I need to have another one! So Julie, next time we are close to eachother - it's slumber party time baby! Maybe we will make it to 10:30!!!!

Words of Wisdom:
BE A KID! hey, what more can I say!

Some things never change

We all have our little quirks that make us who we are. Those quirks we pick up along the way as we walk that path called life. And this morning I was reminded of one of my little quirks that help me get through some of the tough times. Life can be the biggest challenge at times and it is how you pull through it that counts.

All these quirks I have been picking up, I am sorry to say, but I still do. I still say "dude" and laugh about it later when I realized I said it. When I hear certain songs, I have to belt them out no matter where I am and who I am with. It just comes down to one simple point: It has been and always will be the simples things in life that makes me smile.

Names - Part II

I have spent my morning paying bills and doing laundry. I know, I have way too much fun on my mornings off of work. As you know, work has been a bit hectic for me, and well everyone else that I work with for that matter. But yesterday, I did get some good laughs in. I get to work yesterday morning at 6:15 and Mike, my manager, hands me the list of people I have to interview that day. I read the names, started laughing and told him that there was no way I could do it. Let me give you the names, and you will understand. (now don't get me wrong, I love the names, they are great!)
A. Butt
Abubakar something
T. Duong
and some others.
Now tell me it didnt' bring a smile to your face. Names vary with different origins, and that is great since they have a variety of meanings, but when that is your interview list, it is kinda funny.

Okay, besides names. I do have to say, I left work content yesterday. I wasn't smiling from ear to ear, but I didn't leave frustrated and ready to cry like I did the day before. Work has its ups and downs, but once it starts to level off, it will be a fun place to work, it is just getting to that point. (Thank you julie for making me smile!)

Oh and as soon as I figure out how to post pictures on this site I will. I have some nice ones from halloween. OH - and those of you who saw me....THANKS FOR NOTHING! If you were all true friends, you could have told me I need to tone my tummy, i looked pregnant in the pictures! THANKS. Some of the guys I work with are asking me if I have morning sickness or if I am in my second trimester. I blame you all for not telling me, letting me find out in pictures. NOT NICE.

Words of Wisdom:
Talk. It is good to talk things out when something is bothering you. It really does make you feel better to let someone know why you are frustrated. You never know, they may be feeling the same way and open up to you.

End of another week

Well this week goes along with every other work week. I hate to be the downer, but that is what I feel I am . I go to work smiling, like I try to always do, but now people are seeing right through me. They see that I am not happy and I am doing everything in my power to smile. And that is exactly true. I don't feel like smiling most days at work. Especially now that the holidays are coming up and work will get even worse. We are short on help and the help that we have, the moral is so low. Every night I am going to bed trying to figure out how to make them, everyone happy. Today I spent an hour talking to one employee who is just hating life as a whole. He hates school, work, and his car is in the shop. (for a guy, that is bad when in high school)

Last week I was in Rochester seeing with my own two eyes, a team of people that work together and care for each other. The week was very overwhelming with everything I was seeing for the first time, and everything I had/have to learn. I didn't want to come back. I liked being an an environment where it was happy, and people were happy to see you. Insead I was coming back to a place where I didn't want to let my boss down or let myself down. And now I am back and I am not happy at work. We had an all day meeting on Monday talking about team work and communication and there still is none. We can make all the communication notebooks in the world, and it still won't work. It won't work until we all get on the same freakin page and we all want it. And honestly, I don't see that happening. I may sound pessimistic, but I am sorry it is true. Too many people have given up and don't care anymore. That leaves the two or three of us to pick up their slack, and that right now is nearly impossible. I am getting frustrated with coming home every night with work to do. I am not going to do it anymore. The notebook is sitting next to me, and all I want to do is throw it across the room. I don't want to see it or think about it. Now don't get me wrong. I feel like I am doing a job that is more towards my major, and I am glad about that, but that doesn't mean I am liking it at the moment. I believe I still did the right thing by moving down (over, up, whatever) here, I am just trying to make it a happy place to work. And as much as I hate to be the one to say it, but this is one thing that does have to happen at a snap of a fingure, and I did inform upper management of that. It needs to change by yesterday. No joke.

Words of Wisdom:
Be thankful. Remember, even though we have our bad days or weeks...there are people out there that are having to deal with situations that we don't even consider.

Museums

Today I spent my day off going to DC with Mike. Kellie (his finace) had to work, so we went and played with out her. Although, when we rode the Merry-go-round, we did leave a horse for her right between us! (and yes, we really did ride the merry-go-round by the capitol) We went to both History museums. I liked them. Lots to learn. I didn't read everything today, I did a lot of looking around. Next time I will have to do more reading. I was just glad to be there and doing something in DC on my day off instead of home working on work. I do that enough. Mike is a big history buff, so he was into reading everything, and I had to make sure I saw everything. I would have to say that the Mummy's and the Merry-Go-Round rides were the best parts. Although, while we were on the Merry-Go-Round, we did notice that there was a grandpa video taping his grandkids on the ride, and now he will have us, two big dorks in his video. But hey, we sure looked cool! We didn't hold on during the whole ride! Evil Kanivals i say!

Words of Wisdom:
It is good to still be a kid at heart. Everyone needs to break down and have fun. Just make sure it is done at the right time and place!

Halloween - What NOT to do.

I know Halloween is a time for kids to go out and try to get as much candy as they possibly can so that they can go home, get a sugar high, and drive there parents completely nuts. As for last night, I was not one of those kids. However, I got the privilegde to go to my manager's (Mike's) apt along with his manager (Brien) and talk about work. Oh yes, only fun for us! We arrived around 6:30 and around 9:30 I was ready to head home and get some rest since I had just returned from Rochester earlier that day. I said my good byes and headed out to my car. As I was walking I got a bit confused, I thought I had parked next to this truck, but then there was no car there. So I decided to hit my unlock button on my key chain and look for my lights to flash. So I hit it and see no lights. I decide to try again, still no lights. Then I realize that that empty spot next to that truck WAS whereI parked.
I walked back into my manager's apt, not to thrilled, and asked mike if they towed cars at his complex. He said: "No, why?" I was like: "oh, my car isn't there." At that point Brien and Mike and their fincee's were looking at me asking if I was sure I looked in the right spot. (I saw that question coming since I seconded guessed myself as well.) So we all went out and looked for broken glass, there was none of that, thank goodness. So then we walked for a bit looking for a tow sign for a number to call. Eventually found one, and I called - yes, they towed my car on halloween night. NOT NICE. Mike gave me the money to get my car back, so now his fincee is fighting to get their money back since she was told that they didn't tow cars there. LIARS! Well that is my story and I am sticking to it!

Words of Wisdom:
get sleep - it is very important. With out sleep you will be a snappy turtle, and no one likes a snappy turtle!