2008

So the year is coming to a close. What a year it has been. Even years are never the best for me, so I am positive that this next year will be a great one! I am now an engaged woman, which is super duper exciting! I just celebrated birthday number 25 and I have to say it was definitely a better birthday than 24 or 23. I just know that this next year is going to be great. I know that a lot of changes are on their way. And since I am still (somewhat) newly engaged I am including a ring picture. Disclaimer: I am not a professional photographer.

Bitten

Okay so I am behind on this post about a month now. One warm and sunny Saturday earlier this fall I went to a football game. Prior to said football game I managed to stand on an ant hill. I did not know I was standing on an ant hill until I felt a stinging and itching sensation and realized I was being attacked. I hopped off of the hill and managed to get rid of the numerous teeny tiny pests. I went on to the football game and aside from an occasional scratch I didn't think much about it. The next morning my foot was covered in welts from the bites. It itched to high heaven. And my entire leg hurt up to my hip. (The bites did not go any higher than my ankle.) I thought that was the worst of it. I was wrong. Monday morning I woke up and could barely walk. My entire foot was bright red and swollen. I had also suffered a bite on one of my fingers. One bite. That single bite made my finger so swollen I could not bend or straighten it. It was just as red and painful as my foot. Needless to say this required a trip to urgent care, followed by steroids and antibiotics. That was not a good week. Or a good month for that matter. I swear, that is the kind of crap that only happens to me...

Um, what the hell is going on with the gas????

Uh totally pissed about the outrageous spikes in price today. I am just hoping and praying that none of the refineries will be damaged or shut down for a long time due to Hurricane Ike. I am just afraid of what the gas run and the spike in price is going to mean next week and even next month. Looks like I need to start looking for a third job...

Uh...

I came home to find my air conditioner not working.

It's 97 degrees outside.

I don't think I need to say anything else.

Happy June

Okay, I realize that the last few posts have been pretty negative and I didn't necessarily plan on that. So now I am going to be positive. I am looking forward to having a great summer. I am going to go to the beach a couple of times, spend time with the fam and at the end watch my best friend get married! I don't think it gets any better than this (unless I win the lottery, which doesn't seem likely since I don't buy lottery tickets). As of right now my job situation is pretty much the same, but I am trying to have a more positive attitude about all aspects of my life. I know that there is a better job out there for me, I just have to be patient and keep looking. Until I find it I am okay with where I am at, babysitting and all. It is interesting to look at my life and see that it is not necessarily what I thought it would be, but that is okay. I am at peace with my life and know that there are great things to come.

That being said I CAN'T WAIT to get to the beach. Our first beach trip is scheduled in less than 2 weeks and while it is only going to be a long weekend, I am so excited to be going. I just want to lay on the sand and do nothing else. Breathe in that salty air. Read a book. DO NOTHING.

Can't


wait


...


What are you doing this summer?

Even Two Year Olds Have Mondays

So I showed up to babysitting as I do everyday after work. I knew it was going to be a great afternoon when just the sight of me made both of them scream. The boy would look at me and if I dared to look back he would start screaming. The girl just didn't want grandma to leave her. The rest of the two hours went about the same. Intermittent screaming and tantrums that included kicking, hitting and spitting. Yeah, it was a great Monday. The best part was that I got to leave. But as I walked to my car in the driveway I could hear both of them screaming from timeout. Maybe it's the terrible twos, but I think even two year olds have Mondays.

Screw You Spring

Okay, I just have to get this out. I am not a fan of winter so I am glad it is warming up, but man, screw you Spring. I am so over the pollen and the ever changing temperatures. I have pretty bad seasonal allergies and I have spent the last few weeks in misery. Between the the itchy red eyes, the sneezing, constant nose blowing and headaches I feel like crap. Plus the temperatures are all over the place. We have to keep switching from AC to heat and and then back again. I would open the windows, but that would aggravate my allergies even more.

Believe me, I am not ready for scorching hot summer weather, but please Spring, give us a break.

All I have to say to you [Spring] right now is: SCREW YOU.

I think maybe you and Monday are in cahoots together...

Dear Monday

Dear Monday,

You are a jerk. A dirty rotten jerk. You think you are so smooth, sneaking up on us each week. I think you paid Sunday off to leave early. Then you take your sweet time, dragging on. None of the other days are as long as you are. You make things suck. You start early and end late. You cause everyone to run late in the mornings. You make it hard to get out of bed. I think you have even convinced Tuesday and Wednesday to drag on a little too. It's a good thing Thursday and Friday aren't in on it. Thursday is just looking for the weekend and Friday is already kicking back in Bermuda shorts, flip flops and drinking a beer. Saturday is in his own little world. Sunday used to be too, but I am starting to think you are tricking him to go along with your evil little plan. What is the deal? Why do you hate us so much? What did we ever do to you? I know you don't like that many federal holidays fall on Mondays, but that should make you happy. For those brief moments people like you almost as much as Saturday and at least as much as Sunday. Those weeks you are a bonus, you are the "cool guy."

Anyway Monday, you need to lay off a little. You just come in like such a jerk. Please Monday, give us a break. Understand that it isn't you that we don't like so much. It is the idea that another week is beginning and we just aren't ready. Please Monday, just get off our backs.

I Just Don't Know

What did you want to be when you grew up? Did you end in that profession? Chances are, probably not. As a kid I went through several phases of what I wanted to be. A lawyer, a veterinarian, president, you name it, I wanted to grow up and do it. When I got to college I chose my major based on a field that I was truly interested in. The problem is, there is no clear job path after graduation for said degree. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but can be tricky when you are unsure of where to go. Recently I have found myself in a transition period. I am not quite sure where to go or what to do. I know in a general what I want out of a job, but at this point I am not sure where to go. The last job I had was in an industry that is struggling right now. My current job (which is a temporary position) is in an industry that is facing a lot of scrutiny and some trouble right now as well. So for right now I am 0 for 2. I just don't know which direction to go in. How do you figure out what to do and what makes you happy? Is that why there were so many middle aged adults in my college classes? Because here they are at age 40, still trying figure everything out? If that is the case, that is pretty damn depressing. I just don't know right now. I know what I would like to do, but I don't have the experience or connections to get the kinds of jobs I want. So what do I do? How do you get a break? Do most people just settle for a job and an industry and there they are, 25 years later, doing something they fell into, not pursuing a career they are passionate about? I hope not. If that is true I am slitting my wrists right now.

I just feel like I am at such a crossroads right now but I don't know where to go or how to get there. It is not about a specific job. Because I am in a temporary position right now I am at an advantage - I can be picky about the jobs I apply for and take the time to truly search out something that I want to do. But the problem with that is the fact that I am sitting here frustrated. The struggling economy and lack of job postings does not help my situation right now. But still, there have got to be people out there doing what they love. So how did they figure it out? And how I am I supposed to know?

My New Fav URL

If you haven't seen this you have to check it out:

http://www.hillaryismomjeans.com/?s=1

My personal contributions?

HILLARY ALWAYS HAS CAMEL TOE.

and

HILLARY SPRINKLES WHEN SHE TINKLES.

I am sorry I haven't posted in like a million years. You must think I am the worst blogger in the world. And you are probably right. It is just that I have been so ridiculously busy that the last thing on my mind is updating. And to be honest I haven't had a whole lot to say lately.

By the way, has anyone seen the Stephen King movie "The Mist"? If not, please DO NOT RENT IT. It is probably the the worst Stephen King movie, if not worst movie, I have seen in a long time. I mean, it is bad. Terrible. What a waste of a $4 at Blockbuster.

Anyway, I am back. Or at least I am trying to be back.


P.S. If Carolina wins the NCAA tourney I might throw up.

No wait, I will throw up. For sure.

Can't Get Enough

Um, I am totally addicted to watching this video. It makes me want to have British babies when I grow up and name one of them Charlie.

Charlie bit me!

What are you afraid of?

I was just asked to do an interview for the local paper on the Bush legacy and the State of the Union Address tonight. I said no. Because I am afraid. What am I afraid of, you may ask. I am afraid of looking like an idiot. You see, I posses a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a concentration in American Government. You make think this may make a perfect person to be interviewed, surely someone with a lick of sense who knows what she is talking about.

How about no. Since I have received said degree I have become jaded. Jaded with the political scene, jaded with America, jaded with life. You make think these reasons also qualify me to give my opinion to the local liberal media. I disagree. Since the rose colored glasses I so lovingly adorned were ripped off of my face upon the completion of my education I have been completely lacs in keeping up with the political scene. I do not peruse the NY Times or scour CNN.com. Nope. I have become a plane Jane Doe, caring only to keep up the latest Britney scandal or where LiLo spent her most recent rehab stint.

Yes, I have become a pop culture junkie and I like it. And I am okay with it. After all, didn't I work hard in college so I could spend my weekends vegging out and playing Wii??

Snow, Snow, (No) Snow

Oh how I wanted today to be a snow day. So very much. I wanted to curl up on the couch and drink hot chocolate and watch the snowflakes fall. Oh how I love the way everything looks when it's covered in a few inches of snow. The soft white blanket makes everything pretty. It is so quiet right after a big snow too (here at least). There is something about a snow day that is so magical. So peaceful. I don't dig the ice we usually get but that first snow. That big snow. That is what I want. Snow.