Motivation - Yea, not so much!

Staying motivated this week has been extremely difficult. I am not sure why, but I am still coming down from the past long, stressful weeks. I have things to do, and I am doing them, but I feel like I am not pounding them out like I could Maybe it is because I have so many hours and I don’t need to pound them out. I have all day, and if I get them all done – then what? I have already organized half of my inbox for emails. I already had things color coded, but now I have subfolders inside my folders. This way, it makes it much easier to locate an email if I need to do so.

OH! My big news for the week…and it makes me upset. I come to work on Monday to find that someone took my pen. I had Friday off, so have a good feeling who took it. But that was my pen. It was one I brought in from home because the pens her suck and don’t write. But why would someone take my good pen and not return it. If I find that pen on someone’s desk, I will be mad! I know it is just a pen, but it was my favorite pen. We had a good thing going. Now my pen goes home with me everyday, and that is just the way it will have to be I guess.

So I chose a name for my kitty. Now I just need to make sure when I get it, it is a boy. This name defiantly wouldn’t work for a girl. But I am excited! All I need to do now is get all the doll clothes I had when I was younger!! A kitty in a dress is the funniest thing. Hey dad – I guess some things will never change!

Stress Free!

Well I have been catching up on my sleep lately, and boy does it feel good. It was nice to have my first show go extremely well, then it was off to Rochester for a family wedding. Those are always fun. My cousin got married to a girl he stood me up for. He had called me a couple years ago and asked if I wanted to me him and some of his hockey friends out at a bar – now any girl in their right mind wouldn’t turn that down. So off I went to meet up with my nice cousin and his friends. We were supposed to meet at 10, around 11:30 still no sign of my cousin, so I headed to a different bar to meet up with some co-workers, and at midnight my dearest cousin called asking where I was. I informed him what bar I was at and he met up with me, come to find out he stood me up for a girl. So I asked the important questions: “Did you get her number?” and he did, so he was off the hook. And now those two love birds are married. It was a beautiful wedding and the reception was full of dancing and laughter.

So now that I am home, I am enjoying my bed. We are getting along very well. My bed will call my name, and of course, I will be there. It would be rude of me to ignore it, right? But then there is Mr. Alarm. We seem to be having issues again. Mr. Alarm says it is time to get up at 6:30 or 7, I say NO. For some reason, I have been getting into hitting the snooze button. I never did that, but the last 3-4 months, the snooze button and I have become friends and have come to realize it doesn’t do you much good. You fall back to sleep, all happy and warm underneath the covers and ten minutes later you have to peal yourself off the ceiling when the alarm goes off again. Now what fun is that? Okay, so there are days I would love to live in the dream world and pretend that I don’t have to get out of bed, but reality kicks in and so does the grumpiness. Although, I am glad I am not living with Kyle and Willie – they are two peas in a pod. Their alarms can go off for ten minutes before they hear them. How do you ignore that annoying buzzing sound? Well, I am off to think more about how to get back at Mr. Alarm – there has to be a way, and I will find it!

Success

Ah, I am home - well I am really at work, but I am heading home shortly. I was great to be back in my own bed with no wake up calls set for 4:00am. Every night when I had to make that call, I just felt depressed, 4am and at the time I placed the call it was usually midnight. There was only one night I was in bed before midnight - but when you away on work - work includes dinner and drinks, or for us, drinks, dinner, and more drinks!

The show in NYC was my first show. All the stress I had going into this show was worth it, and I was fully prepared. From what I was told, this was the smoothest Maritime show my company has ever had. My boss stayed calm the whole time, and during the prep days, I was told I looked very calm - little did they know I was freaking out on the inside! But all in all, I loved it. I left to go to NYC with a sore throat and as each day went by I felt worse and worse - but I made it though with no one really knowing how bad I felt. Although I must say it is extremely difficult to stay out socializing until midnight and wake up at 4 or 4:30 the next morning to keep going when all you want is your bed. This is one of those jobs, it doesn't matter how bad your feel or how bad you hurt - you have to look your best, smile and keep on trucking, and oddly enough I like that.

On this trip, at night I would have to say I ate like a King. Man, the food was good and the cost of the dinner was never an issue. Our company covered all of our expenses, and we took it to full advantage. Saturday night, it was just me and the operations manager there to GET wine and dined by some people we work with. We went to Little Italy and ate at La Mesa which was family style eating. Man, this guy tony we were with, he wouldn't let you sit at the table unless there was wine in your glass. Well I caught on MUCH quicker than my dear friend Bernadete. I drank that wine sooooo slowly that I made the water my best friend. Everyone was toasted by me. But none the less, I ate lots and had a blast. The second night, it was five of us from my company that went to a steak house for dinner. I got wonderful french onion soup and for dinner sauted mushrooms to go along with my blue cheese steak madallions! Yea, it is safe to say I was happy. The first night of our show, my boss took about 15 of us to dinner. Well, I have never had lobster before, and there was surf-n-turf for two, so I got that with a friend. VERY GOOD! But steak wise, we all agreed the steak house we had gone to a couple night prior was better. Even at the airport last night, we had found a great pizza restaurant - so no night went with out great food!

All in all, we all worked together extremely well and it was a great, well run show!

Can't Wait

Part of me can't wait for this show to be over. I am tired of my phone ringing every time I hang up, and when I am on the phone, hearing the pages informing me what lines my calls are being parked on. Half the time, the callers are nice and pleasant - but then there are your rude ones. This morning I was a crankie crankster, and that didn't help. If someone was snapping at me, I wanted to snap back - but of course you have to be nice and tell them, hopefully, what they want to hear. I love the people that call me to make a hotel reservation - "do I look like a hotel to you?" is all I want to say, but I wish them luck with finding one this late in the game. All in all, work is going well. I am doing good with staying on top of things. I am just stressed. My admin sprained her ankle pretty good and can't stand. I am just hoping she went to the doctor after work, I can't have her broken next week, nor do I want her broken (and I mean that in the nice way). Since this is my frist show with EJK, I want my boss to think I am on top of things, I want him to think I can handle it. Yes, everyday he throws more pointless crap my way, and I am getting to the point where I have to tell him what I can do and can't, usually I just say okay. He seems a little taken back when I say it won't be done before the show. (He is having me do stuff for a show that is in Novemeber of next year - yeah, that can wait!)

Okay, well I am off to clear my head and maybe read. Yes - I said read. Now this might be a picture book, but that still counts!

CHRISTINE & SEAN - FOUR DAYS UNTIL YOUR BIG DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (not that i'm counting!)

Frustration/Tried/Stressed

Okay - If you wanted to read a happy blog, don't read mine.

So things are going well, don't get me wrong. But I am tired. I have the largest show that we put on, and this show is my first show and I leave in a week. I am beyond tired, I am stressed, and I have no releaver. I go to work, and I work. Then I come home to eat and work or think about it. I just really wish my friend mike and I had day off together so we could watch stupid movies and have a beer. Or I wish we could have a beer after work like we used to. But between his work, my work, and him getting ready for his wedding, we will be lucky if we get to see each other once before his wedding. There is always exercise though, right. But when you run, or blade - you think. Usually when I blade for a long period of time it is when I need time to think things though. But I don't want to think. I am tired of thinking. I am tired of waking up at two in the morning and thinking about what needs to be done before I leave for the show. Well in a little less than two weeks I will be able to sleep and be stress free.

Okay, off to work on work. Luckely today, I am working from home.

"Cheers" - The Bridal Party having mamosa's just before we had to get our dresses on: Lisa (Maid of Honor), Renae (Bride), me, Emmy, and Sonia. 

Emmy, me and Sonia - YAY LOVE! 

The Wedding

Well, thanks to all who kept their fingers crossed! The wedding was beautiful. Now Emmy, Sones and I didn't talk to the maid of honor at all that day - to us, she didn't exist. But the day turned out very nice. Emmy, Sones, Renae (the bride) and I had fun. Spent most of the day picking on Renae for her farting - no matter how old you are, that always remains funny. The day went fast, and sooner than you thought, we were all in the limo heading to the wedding. I couldn't beleive how nervous we all were, and all sones, emmy and I had to do was walk down the isle. So one by one, we climbed out of the limo to smile and walk (not run). The vowes were beautiful, but what got everyone was a poem titled "Hands" - I highly recommend it for any wedding.

Reception was nice. We did the intros and stuffed our faces with food! Renae's dad, Mr. Cole, wanted pics with the Emmy, Sones, and I - he enjoyed us in High School. We were always at his apt for lunch. Then he spent his time trying to find me a guy. It was hysterical, he would introduce me to people and then share - during the intro- whether or not they were single. It would crack me up. I think he buttered up the bestman, Josh, enough to dance with me for every slow song after I made Mr. Cole dance with me. Renae had a collage of pictures, which I would have to say were rather embarrassing. But is was fun to reminice. As for the dancing. For most of the night it was just Emmy and I out there, the amazing dancers that we are, and after a while Sones was out there every song as well. Josh, and some guy named Brad would come out and show off for everyone about every two songs. During the band's last set, the wedding party plus the parents were out there. So all in all, it was a great day, and now our little Renae is married. Next will be Sones. As for Emmy and I, we are hopeless! Sorry em - but it is true.

Elevator Boy

Okay, Today may be a long day - but I just had to go to the lobby of our building and on the way back up to the office there was a real cute guy in the elevator. And he was real nice too! Not a back little break.

Okay - back to work I go. I will post pics later! (not of the boy - but of the wedding)

Drama

You would think that four girls would be able to get along for two days - right. It isn't even two full days, it was more like one and a half. Yesterday was the rehersal for the frist wedding I am in. This wedding, a girl I was close friends in High School is the bride, and the other three of us (there were four of us that were close) are bridesmaids. Then there is a girl that we barely knew as her maid of honor. Yea, the four of us are getting along GREAT! Which is rare, because after High School, we definatly have our moments.

Any who this maid of honor, we call her bitch. Now I know that is mean, but I a sorry, it is fitting. At the rehersal yeasterday, the wedding arty was at a table (we most of us) and the groom and bestman were talking to emmy and I, lisa was there, but she was keeping her distance. The bestman asking where is a good, laidback plae to go. So Emmy and I thouh, why do we start at the roost - quiet, pool, darts, lots of tables to talk, and dancing for those that like it. The bestman, since he was from Ohio asked if I would pick him up - Emmy and I were together, so we didn't see a problem with it. We thought we were doing something nice - and everytime we asked the Bride what she wanted to do, she didn't care. When we mentioned starting at the roost - she was game. So emmy and I go to Victor, pick up the groom, bestman, a groomsman and his fiance and head to the Roost.

Anywho, for some reason this made he "bitch" (maid of honor) upset and about 45min into our night, she went off on emmy telling her they her and the bride didn't want her there. DRAMA. So emmy gets up to leave, about to ball - I walk over and say "where are we going next?" Emmy mumbles something about with the bitch said, and I nicely informed the guys that emmy and I are leaving - the bride is shocked and runs after emmy and I go up to the bitch and say "BE NICE!"

Any way - it took an hour to calm emmy down. So we left - and I spent an hour talking to the bestman - who was tryign to help. But we just supervised, and butted in when needed. Anywho. Good thing I hada key to my brothers apt - because I need a place to go. Well off I go shower to go meet up with the grils.

Cross your fingers for a drama free day!!