Fun Times at Acapolcos

I am currently writing this blog slightly buzzed....thanks to my sister. Let me tell you how I got to be in this position.

Michelle, Sarah and I decided to hit up Acapolocos for a late lunch on New Years Eve. We figured that we would be eating tons of goodies late in the day so a late lunch would be perfect...with Margaritas of course. We were escorted to our table by a very good looking waiter and we were hoping that he would be the one waiting on us. We unfortunately didn't get him as our waiter, but we did get a young, white chap that appeared to be faking a Mexican accent (and Sarah wanted to tap that;)). So we proceeded to stuff our faces and drink our Margaritas until Michelle noticed an older man sitting in the bar staring at our table.....and then she did the unthinkable.....SHE WAVED AT HIM!! Well, technically he waved at her first, however, this wave was the start of quite the evening.

After she waved she thought the worst was over. Until our faking waiter came back and said, " that man over at the bar wants to buy you another round, is that ok?" Now the pure fact that he had to ask if that was O.K. made us think that this man might be quite the sketch ball. But we didn't know what to say and we all kind of nodded yes.

So we all received our second round and by this time were feeling quite full and actually the second was going to quite difficult. In fact, the second drinks were SO much stronger, that we thought for a minute that he was trying to get us drunk. So he meandered over to our table, in this kind of blurred drunk state, and proceeded to tell Michelle how beautiful she was. We thanked him for the drinks again and wished him a happy New Year. He left and we finished our meal thinking that we would not have to talk to him again.

We finished our meals and started to figure out the bill. This seemed to lure the sketchy man back to the table. He then started to inquire what were doing for the evening. Quick on her toes, Sarah proceeded to lie that were going into Boston and had to make the next train. The man continued to try to talk Michelle out of going and decided to take seat right next to her. Noticing that we might have been in a bit of trouble the hot waiter came over with a phone and attempted to get Fernando (yes, we know his name) away. He tried to make him take the phone by saying that his wife was on it. This ploy however, did not work and he continued to talk about how we should change our plans. Finally he did leave and go back to the bar after offering us another round of drinks which we must have refused at least 10 times. He honestly could not believe that we did not want a third.

So we finally paid and decided to walk by him one last time to say goodbye and thank him. So we stopped and thanked him and wished him happy new year. He then grabbed Michelle's hand and proposed (well...not really) he actually asked her when he would see her again. Not knowing what to say she said Friday at 7:00. Just so you all know ..we won't be back there for quite some time. However, she give him a hug on the way out and actually she also gave his friend (Pablo..jk..we really don't know his name) a hug as well which upset Fernando terribly and made her stop hugging him. I was already half way out of the bar trying to track Sarah who left about 5 minutes before.

So here we are, New Years Eve, stuffed, buzzed and Michelle's engaged to a Mexican named Fernando owner of a cleaning business.

Trouble spending money????

What is wrong with me! Usually I have no trouble spending money at the mall on something completely meaningless and definitely not in my budget. However, yesterday I decided to take a jaunt to the mall with my mother to attempt to spend some of my Christmas money and also some of that extra that I received from work. After wandering the entire mall, I came out with nothing! I know, nothing even caught my eye. Oh well, I am taking this as a good omen and I am going to save up for something that I really need.....like groceries;)~

Happy New Year:)

Dunkin Donuts

I love Dunkin Donuts just as much, if not more, than the average person. AND today, Christmas, just like all other days I wanted that cup of Joe. Well, in Beverly, there were two Dunkin Donuts that were actually open for business. While the lines at both were out of control, the one that we were in was pretty scary! There were people of all kinds there. There was this chick on her cell phone taking to someone about being late to dinner, there was an off duty cop from the neighboring town talking on his phone (he only had one medial so far and his day was not very busy-in case you wanted to know, there were old people and there were young people. One person actually drove ALL the way from Gloucester because this Dunkin Donuts was the closest open one. Now, up until this point I thought that was I pathetic, leaving my house on Christmas in search of an open DD. Well, I was mistaken, there were more desperate people out there than myself. But I suppose if I lived 15 miles away, I would have gone the distance and driven to the Fast Freddies DD in Beverly as well!

Working washer on the side of the road...

I was driving home from my favorite place yesterday (Dunkin' Donuts) and I saw a used washing machine on the side of the road. Now a lot of people out there do like to go from trash heap to trash heap picking the trash- this washer probably would not be an exception for the avid trash picker. Whether this washer was working or not I could completely see someone picking it up taking the off chance that this machine was in good working condition. HOWEVER, on the side of this white washer, in large red writing was written "I WORK" in spray paint. These words took up the entire right side of the washer. I can bet, that this washer, whether working or not was NOT taken based alone on the fact that the entire side had graffiti all over it.
For all of those that are putting things on the side of the road for the passer by to take-you should most definitely put up a sign advertising it's working condition. Don't completely ruin the physical condition of the item by using red spray paint on it. Trust me, a sign next to it will work just as well and might even coax someone to pick it up.

Random Thoughts...

When I started this blog I didn't mean to hurt anyone or for anyone to take my words to heart. I primarily use it as way to express myself and share these feelings with the people around me. I might not always be able to talk to everyone or express my feelings to everyone that I want to and having a way to write it down is very convenient. However, I definitely can see how someone reading these entries out of context would possibly be hurt by the words. I want to apologize if anyone has read anything and felt hurt by what was written; I can tell you right now that it was never intentional. Sometimes the things that I write about could have been on my mind for that minute of that day and could have never showed up on my mind again. Other times I will write about things and not tell the entire story and this could be construed as well.

Basically I just want people to know that I am writing thoughts that are on my mind, they most likely don't mean anything, and most definitely are not meant to hurt anyone.

I will continute to write, but please if anyone has a question is hurt by an entry, PLEASE let me know:)

My hair is SO frizzy right now!

I am sitting on my couch right now and my hair is the frizziest that I have ever seen it-seriously. Now let me bring you on the journey of how I ended up in this state.

As all of you know we had quite the snow storm today. Now, this morning it looked like it was going to be pretty bad, but by noon it appeared that the worst was over. I actually went out at about 12:30 and cleaned off my car and left for lunch. Well...as I pulled into the parking lot at about 1:30 the snow started to fall again! Now...for the next hour and a half it snowed like a bat out of hell. We were actually let out of work at 3 because of this freak snow thunder storm. There was one blast of thunder that actually shook the entire building. I thought it was the end of the world...but...it wasn't, so I will continue with my story.

So, I ran out of the building at 3 thinking that I would be able to jump into my car and slowly drive home. BOY was I mistaken. I cleaned off my car and proceeded to get completely STUCK in the middle of the parking lot. GREAT...so, I pull out my shovel (which my dad MADE me put in my car, I suppose for situations such as this) and attempted to dig my way out of the snow. Well...I did that and I still could not move. Then this girl comes over to me and asks to borrow my shovel. I was like, "why the hell not, not like it is helping me"..Well..that is what I wanted to say. She was nice enough to attempt to help me dig my car out, but it was no help, I was stuck.

I decided to sit in my car and warm up for a few minutes and contemplate this situation. I also took a look in the mirror and realized that I looked like a drowned rat that had been left in the snow for a week. I then made a few calls on my phone and then got out of my car. This big dude that was cleaning off his car for the past 25 minutes decides to walk over and ask, "what seems to be the problem?" I think I looked at him like he had 4 heads and said, "I AM STUCK"-moron. Well...he attempted to get me out of this pickle as well. ALAS, I was out...I was moving...I was stuck! I was now in the line of cars that just got unstuck and that are now stuck behind a car that is stuck trying to get out of the parking lot.

Finally made it out of the parking lot and was on my way. I attempted to get up the large hill that leads out of my work...got stuck...did a three point turn....attempted to go the other way on the street...made it up that hill...and slowly road home. I was on the phone with my sister most of the way as well for moral support....it was definitely needed during that 3 point turn.

It was quite a scenic 1.5 hour ride home for 3 miles. There were many cars on the side of the road, at least 10 sideways cars and I totally missed a turn as a skidded past it. Luckily no one else was on the road at that point....and finally i made it onto my street. Now, I could see the snow in the driveway and I knew this would be a problem...so I went as fast I could and crashed that fucker right into the driveway..I was HOME!

I walked into the house. Now, picture yourself dressed in work clothes, hat, coat and mittens. OK, now picture yourself jumping into the ocean in 30 degree weather and walking into my house-ya, that is what my cat saw walking towards him. Needless to say..he ran and hid..lol.....

Because I was already soaked and wet, I decided to head out and shovel the driveway. Now, I did the end of the driveway and enough for my car to fit....and then the plow went by......fuck that. I am now inside, in my pjs, hair as frizzy as hell and ready to watch some chick flicks. If this is any indication of how the winter is going to go this winter..I am going to invest in a 4 wheel drive vehicle, a heated driveway and some hard core anti-frizz cream ;)~

Back to Blogging....

I was expecting December to fly by, but I wasn't expecting it to fly by so quickly! When did it become December 8th?

Well...so far this month I have been trying to get up the courage to do a few things that need to be done. They have been eating me inside and I just need to get the balls to do them. One has to do with an upcoming wedding that I am suppose to be in..My goal is to have this completed over the weekend. I will keep you all updated;)

Other than that I have been attempting to get in the holiday spirit by decorating for Christmas and trying to get my Christmas shopping at least started. I managed to get the lights up on the outside of my house. I definitely did not have enough to finish it, so right now I have 3/4 of a decorated porch. The wind also did a hell of a job on the garland that was so neatly placed. Oh well, the garland may be coming down this weekend-I think the neighbors are embarrassed by the horrible job that I have done;)

I also put my Christmas tree up this week. It is standing straight this year, which is great, but my cat has decided that taking the ornaments off the tree and scattering them around the house is fun when I am at work. He also decided that dumping all the water onto the carpet is better than drinking the water out of his bowl......The tree is great though. It really gets me in the Christmas Spirit.

Other than that I do want to keep up with my blog more often. I had so many things that I wanted to blog about but did not have the time to write them down. Then when I finally sat down to write, all the stories were either too far in the past or I had forgotten what I was going to write:(

Sooo...you will be hearing from me very soon;)

Happy Thanksgiving

We have successfully made it through another Thanksgiving!! There were no major mishaps to report, but I did want to wish everyone out there a very happy day!! I definitely ate WAY too much and I actually think I gained 12 lbs today. It is kind of scary to think of all the food that people around the nation ate today, specifically turkey. I mean, who made a tradition where everyone in the country ate the same meal on the same day to give thanks....very odd.

To make it odder...I received a text message from someone that I am not sure that I want to text back today (to be more specific he texted me like 1 min ago while I was writing this blog). I have been avoiding him for weeks because we have had a very odd relationship and I am not sure what to say to him (to brush up on this odd relationship please refer to my blog from 10/10/2005 ). I am currently having an internal conflict as to whether I should text him back or not. I know most of my friends would say NO, but it is still hard when it is on a day when everyone is suppose to be kind and happy....ya know?

I will let you know what I decide to do...;)

The past few weeks....

A few people have commented to me that I have not been keeping up with my blog. Well, my lack of blogging has been completely voluntary. There have been many events in my life that were blog worthy, however I have not had the time or the motivation to put them in writing. I will try to put the past two weeks in this blog as painlessly with as few words as possible.

Last weekend I took a day trip to New York City. This was a work sponsored event and Angela and I decided to take full advantage. To sum up our day, we spent the entire day at Rockefeller Center shopping. We spent some time in Sacs on 5th Ave, we saw the Christmas Tree before the unveiling, we roamed around Tiffany's (where Angela showed me her dream engagement ring), we saw a guy propose to his girlfriend on the ice skating rink, we ate an amazing and expensive lunch, we saw a woman dressed completely in white, I spent $50 at Godiva (ya, I know), and we basically hit up every other store on 5th Ave. It was a fun, long day. I posted a few pictures of that day.....

I know a few of you were worried, but I did visit Market Basket this week as well. Now, it was most definitely bombed, but thank god, not in the literal sense. I know that I was taking my chances by going there, but I really really needed food. I do regret going, because I have never seen so many angry, determined shoppers in my life. But I did come out with some good food and found some great bargains. So for all of those that were avoiding the local Market Basket, feel free to hit it up, you are safe;)

I also received a digital camera for my birthday. I am very excited about this and as you can see I have already taken a few pictures on it. I am still learning how to use it. I tried to email some pictures to people (don't worry, they were NOT dirty..they were actually of Dizzy) and they came out HUGE. I really need to figure out how to size that shit down so when people open the pictures on their computers at home they see more than someone's eye or nostril.

Speaking of birthday surprises....I also received a dozen red roses at my desk at work........

Technology....

I, like many others in this world, am addicted to technology. I may not have all the up to date gadgets but I am obsessed with my computer, my cell phone and everything have to do with them. Take Instant Messenger and my wireless internet connection for example. How cool are these things!I honestly never have to talk to anyone in person or on the phone and I can chat with them literally everywhere! Now at the beginning of this blog I was also chatting with a few people online, I then got a drink (still talking to that person) and used the bathroom (gross, I know...but it's the truth-still talking and actually writing the blog). I then moved back onto the couch in front of the television. At this point, I was writing my blog, talking to two people online, received a text message from one person, and then a call from another and nothing was interrupted. I live alone, yet I am never bored because I am constant interaction with people all the time! AND you don't even have to get dressed for the occasion. Now if I wanted to be a complete IM addict I could get it on my phone too....however, that would be a bit obsessive, NO? ;)~

Will Market Basket be there in two weeks?

Because I hadn't been grocery shopping in some time I decided to hit Market Basket or Ghetto Basket as many of us call it on the NoSho;) Sarah tagged along, which is always appreciated because an extra person to carrier the bags is never turned down. Anyway, we ran through the store and I threw in all the things that a single girl could need (microwave dinners, soup, a tiny carton of milk and some yogurt...there were a few other things thrown in there too;)).

At the end of this journey as we were walking out I saw a middle Eastern gentlemen. He was talking to another fellow. He looked nice enough but as we were passing he was saying " Now not this week, but the week after, this place will be bombed!"...umm..WHAT?!! Now, I have nothing against people of middle eastern descent, however, if they mention bomb this is another story!!

Sarah, looked at me and was like "Dude...did you hear what that guy said!" She was like, "Dude..he was saying that this place is going to be bombed in two weeks!! Now, trying to be the rational person that I am I was thinking that perhaps he was saying that around Thanksgiving this place will be wicked busy, however, Sarah thinks that "Mohammed" may have different intentions.

Sooo..if any of you want to hit up the Market Basket make sure that you hit it up this week or next because it just might not be around the week after!!:)

Budget

SO....after much contemplation I have decided that I need to start over in many aspects of my life. First, although I have done pretty good in the weight loss department, the last few weeks have been rough and I need to get back on track. Second, I need to start working out hardcore again because that has also been slacking. And thirdly, I need to stop spending so much money!

To help with the money situation, last Thursday, Todd helped me come up with a "budget". Now I am going to be honest here, I have never really needed a budget. But since I have moved out out on my own money has been a BIT tight. And to make matters worse I have been spending money to stay happy and spending it on the most ridiculous things! (Umm..ya, I did spend $50 on two hanging plants for my porch...I think some people are still mad at me for that one;) I never realized how much stupid things like groceries, heat and cable would add up in the end! So we sat down and figured out my budget. I wrote down everything that I spend in month and I mean everything..and yes...this number was A LOT higher than my monthly income......sooo Todd made me a new budget to follow to hopefully help me pay my bills and also potentially save.

So far I am finding it quite hard to remember to keep track of all the things that I spend money on and I am not going to lie..it is a lot things. But to make sure that I am not living on the streets in the years to come I am going to need your help....hope you weren't expecting expensive Christmas presents...JK;)

Second Annual.......

I don't think words can describe the night many of us had last night. Since moving out on my own, I had my second annual Halloween Party. Now, I don't have ALL my the photos developed and frankly I think that this may be a good thing, but I thought I would share a few photos from the night and the morning with all of you. Now, ELVIS did make an appearance last night and as you can see from the above picture, he was VERY popular w/ the ladies and the Karaoke machine;)
Jason Vorhees was also at the party. Now, he was the most frightening guest, however, for a serial hatchet killer he was pretty well behaved. He did scare a few people though lurking around the front porch but for the most part he drank and made friends with less frightening guests.
Smile!!! This picture was taken very very early in the night. How cute are these girls in the kitchen?
Is that John or is that Slim Shady? It is very very hard to tell. And if you didn't notice John even died his hair to make his costume THAT much more authentic. (What is Michelle doing in this picture by the way?)
Eve and Michelle smiling for the camera. Eve was calling all her friends to tell them what a rocking party she was at!! ;)
SUP?! That be Jacyn and Mac! Chilling hardcore. Mac didn't dress up for this occasion, however, Jacyn was rocking it a Fergi from the Black Eyed Peas.
"It's late, we are drunk and we don't feel like smiling and more"
Sarah won the costume contest this year, even though Todd was a close second. She was the pimp of ALL pimps. She was sporting a purple velvet outfit with a purple boa. She had a pimp cane, a gold tooth and PLENTY of bling bling!!

The next few picture are of the morning after....da da da daaaaaaaaaaaaaa........................

"Sooooooo hung over baby!!!"

"TODD WAKE UP!! It's like at least 7:00AM"

"Umm....I honestly don't remember anything after 10:30PM. You said I did what?!?!?"

"Yes, Mary...I said SMILE!! It's not THAT early!!"

AND...because I embarrassed everyone else by putting their pictures in this blog...here is one of me the morning after.......There will be a few more pictures of the party perhaps in a future blog, I haven't gotten all my pictures developed yet. I was a pirate, the SWAT team made an appearance (thanks Angela and Joel for stopping by), there was a cowgirl, and also an 80's chick!! I had a great time at the party and I want to thank everyone who stopped by for making it a great second annual event.

My Favorite Waitress at China Jade

Once in a while, when I feel like cheating on my so-called "diet" I will hit up a local Chinese food hot spot called China Jade. Now, there are many waiter/waitress possibilities, however, I usually end up getting this one waitress every time I go there, no question. She is probably one of the rudeness, hardest to understand people in the world and usually it is quite entertaining to have her wait on you. However, last night, with a few friends, we had quite the experience.

Now, we sat down at the restaurant, planning to pig out and also get a few drinks. Now, I usually get carded where ever I go, which is usually not a problem at all. And in the past few months, yes, I have been carded at Walmart while purchasing a rated R movie and also carded trying to get into see "The 40 Year Old Virgin". I did make it into PG 13 ok lately, so at least that is improving:)~

Anyway, I ordered my drink first and handed the waitress my ID. (Mind you I am going to be renewing my license for my 26 birthday next month). The waitress looked the ID for a good 30 seconds and then said, "This picture of you? You look 19!" I attempted to explain to her that yes it is me and yes I am old enough to drink. THEN, she accused me of taking the ID of my sister! She then told me that I looked 19 again, placed the card on the table and reluctantly wrote the order on her slip. She looked at the other two IDs, and as she was walking away, mumbled how we looked 19 and that we should be really careful and not to do anything crazy. UMMM..ok!

Then through the entire meal she treated us as if we were 10 years old. Checking on us every 5 minutes and probably making sure that we weren't going to get crazy or something! So we finished eating and sat at the table drinking our drinks for a good 30 minutes. The waitress was getting more and more annoyed. When we were done, we paid the bill and began to leave. She ran over to the table and began to count the money before we even walked away. WHO DOES THAT!!!

Anyway, I will be back and I will most likely have this same waitress but I thought that I should share this unique experience with you all!

Cell phone problem solved!

Well...after having NO service ALL day today...I had had it! I had three voicemails that I could not retrieve and I hung up on numerous people numerous time attempting to have a full conversation. I called up my friend Sarah and I dragged her ass to Verizon. I went to one store and he told me that I had to go to the Verizon store on RT 144. So I filled my gas tank up, grabbed a coffee and off I went.

We entered the store and were greeted by a well groomed lad in a blue shirt. I told him my story and he proceeded to try to call some number that would reset my settings. After discovering that he was not going to get ANY service what-so-ever on my phone..he told me to go the service center and that I was number 3 on the waiting list.

We waited in the store for 15-20 minutes and finally my name was called. We were greeted by a little computer dork named Eric. I explained that to him my problem and thinking it was a quick fix removed my battery and was about to send me on my way. I got excited a little too soon....after I walked half a step, there was no signal once again!

He took out a box and and started to program a new phone for me. The programming took quite a while! Sarah and I chatted with Eric for about 45min. We learned quite a bit about this boy. He has just moved here from CO and he is 26 years old. He was in the army for 6 years. He was a really cool guy. After all my contacts were put back into my phone (of course my games, ring tones and photos are not there:() I thanked him a ton and we were off.

In the car, Sarah and I were talking about whether we should have asked for his number and asked him if he wanted to chill or something. But not soon after that, I received a TEXT message from the cell phone master himself. He basically texted to give us his name, and also his phone number..hehe. So needless to say, I texted him back and said hi and thanks and also asked if might want to chill sometime. To make a long story short he texted back and said being new to the area he would love to hang out with new people!

So not only did I come home with a new phone, but a potential friend. I will blog more about this if we ever do chill with this boy. I just wonder what he is like when he is not behind a computer...hehehehe.

Food and Shopping

It is funny how both food and shopping can do wonders if you are in a bad, sad or depressed mood. I think that I was in just a bad enough mood this weekend to, go broke and gain about 100000 lbs.

I don't know exactly what put me in this mood. I am guess it is either the fact that it had been raining for the past week and a half, the fact that I could not stop eating this weekend, the fact that the ceiling to my kitchen completely leaked (like a lot) while showering this morning, or whether it could be that I was bailed on for plans. Well..whatever caused this mood also caused me to eat and to shop!

I seriously don't want to go into any detail for fear that many will have heart attacks hearing about the grotesque details, however, just so you know food and shopping really do bring a smile to my face;)

Attracting the hotties...

I took yesterday off from work to spend some time with my family. We all decided to take a trip to Foxwoods for the day. People at Foxwoods always intrigue me. There are so many different kinds of people that spend their time there. The are the single men, usually young, that put on their best clothes and take their seat at the tables and spend the entire/day night hitting on the waitress or the dealer, there are the young woman, who are wearing as little clothes as possible just to get that extra dollar or two for gambling from those men at the tables, there are the couples that spend the day together usually the guy sitting at the slot, while the girl is hovering over telling him how to spend their money, of course there are families, the people with infants and small children will always mystify me, and there are the old men and woman that get dropped off of a bus for the ENTIRE day and either have millions to spend and take up at least 5 slot machines, or they have 2 dollars to spend, spend it all in the first 10 minutes and then stalk other people.

I was the lucky person to be the stalkee of at least 2 of these old woman. When we first arrived I went up to the both where you get a member card. I was telling the person across the desk that I lost my card. The old woman next to me starts to tell me how easy it is to lose cards in the slots, how she has done it a million times, how she has gotten a new card too, and how now she has one of those clips so that she can clip it to herself so she will not lose it.

Later on I was sitting a slot by myself. I was very happy with my slot machine selection. There was no one sitting next to me! Then I felt a presence behind me. There was this little old woman cheering me on! Now, I honestly don't need a cheerleader for something like pressing a button on a slot, if I was running a marathon maybe, but NOT a slot machine. So, I continue to lose my $20 while this woman is trying to coax three 7's to pop up on my machine. THEN, she touched me!! She was patting my shoulder as I was at least winning some points on the machine. I slightly moved forward thinking that this would help. A little after that her friend came over to her. I was relieved because I thought they were going to leave. BUT NO, her friend said, "Stay right here. Don't move. I will be back in a while". .......Shit....now the woman was sitting next to me telling me her life story. She was telling me about the history of slot machines, about her son in law....etc, etc.......

Now, talk about an awkward situation. How do you get out of this pickle? A lonely, old woman is talking my ear off and all I want to do is run away. Well..Eventually my money ran out. The woman continued to talk and talk. Finally she asked me why I didn't put more money in the slot...I explained to her that I didn't have any money and that I was going to look for my father. Well...great...my dad just sat next to me....damnit....he was my out!!! So I causally got up and began wondering around....I actually felt bad...but hello, I just could NOT deal.

Well...needless to say I did not win big that day and I also didn't meet any hot studs. But I did meet some really hot grandma's;)

Back to the cell phone thing....

I have funny superstition with my cell phone. It is actually more pathetic than funny. But nonetheless it is something that I have done since I purchased the darn thing senior year of college

I have everyone that I would ever need to call located in my cell phone and if for some reason that person is taken out of the cell phone I literally have no way of contacting them. When I first meet someone I will not automatically place them in my cell phone as a contact. I feel that they have to earn this location. If I am dating someone, this person may actually never make it into my cell phone. Even after a few dates this person may still be a number on a scrap piece of paper in my top drawer. I feel that to be placed into my cell phone this person will have to be someone that I will call like forever or until they have done something to lose their spot in my phone. I also don't want to jinx anything by placing someone in my cell phone. For some reason I feel that if they go in my phone too early, they may never call or things my not work out. Weird, I know.

But I do the complete opposite if I lose touch with someone or if someone really ticks me off. Say for example,I have not spoken to someone in quite a while and I have done everything in my power to keep in touch with this person and they never call back...Well..They will be removed from my phone. Also if someone really pisses me off...Even if they have earned their space in my phone, I feel that as ultimate punishment they will be removed from my phone. For some reason, this makes me feel so much better knowing that I will not be the one to pick up the phone and call. Last night someone told me they were going to call me and like most times they ended up totally not calling at all. I was so annoyed that I removed them from my phone! I immediately felt like an ass. THEN I told this person that I removed his number and he was totally bummed or annoyed or something. Needless to say, he is back in my phone. This can also backfire somewhat fierce if that person emails you and tells you to call them..And you CAN'T and you have make up some lame excuse that your phone numbers got mysteriously erased and you need them to give you their phone number again!

So cold!!

O.K. I told myself a hundred times that with the high gas prices I would not be turning my heat on until like mid January;) However, as I was sitting my house earlier, in like 10 layers of clothing, under a down blanket...I decided that I would turn it on even for a just a few minutes. To be honest, I am not even sure the heat is working. My hands are frozen just typing this message and my nose feels like it could be chipped off...and is that my breathe I see????

But on a positive note, cold weather does bring thoughts of fall and I absolutely love this season. I have started to decorate the house in honor of Halloween and have started to burn my fall candles-yay! This season always brings back good and bad memories and I love the feelings that it brings back. I love the smell of apple cider, seeing pumpkins on sale and people getting ready for trick-o-treat!

I do hope do a few things this fall that I never get to do. I want to go apple picking, I would love to visit a corn maze, I want to have my second annual Halloween Party, I definitely need to figure things out with my current relationships, I would really like to lose some weight, and I actually might consider purchasing a snow blower for this winter because I totally remember what it was like to be out in that driveway every single morning at 5am...blah!

Sometimes you are just like WTF...

I have been thinking a lot today about someone from my past who I thought could have made a good friend. We hadn't seen each other in a while and a few months back decided to meet up. It was sooo awkward and I tried to make it bit more comfortable by being my goofy self. He however, continued to make me feel horrible for not keeping in touch with him, and making me feel guilty for not wanting to go out with him when we were hanging out.

It is so hard to be on the otherside of things sometimes. I didn't have feelings for this person and they continued to push the issue. He tried so hard and even made me a CD with a love song on it. I honestly did break his heart, but not intentionally. I thought he was a good guy however, I chose another person at the time to be with. Eventually as time went on he got a girlfriend and I was living the single life. I thought that he was happy and we even met up a few times. It then went a almost a year until I last saw him a month or so ago. After we got together he wrote me an email and he made me feel horrible. Basically telling me that I am the reason that we haven't kept in touch. Whatever!! I wrote him back and told me him what a moron he was being (OK I didn't use that exact word..but I wanted to).

He works with my mother and since this email he has not spoken to her either. My mother actually mentioned something to me the other day about this person not speaking to her anymore. My mother said that she asked him if he didn't like her anymore. I told my mother it was my fault!! lol

I have a few things this person has given me laying around the house. While cleaning today, I was trying to figure out what to do with them. I have no ill feelings towards this person, but do I get rid of these things because he thinks I am the devil???? I will let you know what I decide to do!

What is up?

What is up with the Burger King commercials with that scary King that shows up at the creepiest places (windows, doors, the woods!)?? Honestly they are quite scary and I feel that because of them I will never to near a Burger King. I do think, however, that I will have a nightmare someday with that creepy king in it. And I have only been watching T.V. for about 45 minutes and I have seen that commercial 3 times...yikes!! Who thought of that commercial anyway...I mean really...they must have been smoking something hardcore...ANYWAY, I need to be getting to bed. It is Saturday night and I am tired!! NIGHT:)

I don't get it...

I honestly don't understand it. Every time that I am in a rush it seems like everyone around me is slow as hell!! But then, every time that I want to take my time everyone around me is in a hurry! Sometimes I think that it is my imagination, but then other times..I am like..no honestly...these people are doing this to piss me off. For instance, say you are on your way to work and you are running late....you will most definitely be placed behind the slowest dumbass on the road..or placed directly behind a school bus who stops at like every house on your route and then stops one house before your turn off for like ever! Finally after like 5 minutes of sitting behind this stop sign...a little boy runs out of the house hand-in-hand with his mother and she places him in the bus, kisses him a million times, checks his book bag for his hw and finally places him on the bus. Or...you are going to work and you are like 5 minutes early so you stop at Dunkin Donuts to get a coffee. You hop into the drive through and you are placed behind a van of a million people who are each ordering a uniquely made coffee and specialty ordered breakfast sandwich. You are now stuck behind this van and unable to get out of line and you are now..LATE for work...Honestly, I just don't get it!! And for some odd reason you feel that yelling at these people/cars from the inside of your car will help move this situation along. What is the person infront of you thinking? I mean.. why can they take their time? I mean....don't they have to be somewhere too? Don't they CARE aout me?!!! But then again..someday..I will be that person that is holding up the line or who is the recipient of some intense road rage.....

Here it is...

Ok..my 17th blog entry....I mean...what should I write?? So much pressure to keep everyone updated on my thoughts and feelings and I like have nothing!! Well..this week was one of the longest weeks of my life! Work sucked... as usual...(if you would like to know about a normal day in my life...please refer my blog entry from September 19th). My work outs were completely weak...which resulted in a very small weight loss this week..which consequently effects the fate of my treadmill (long story...but if I don't lose 30 lbs by January there is a good possibility that the treadmill will be in a better place). My motivation this week was very low...both at home and at work and I can't really figure out why...all I know is that I need to step my game up for next week.

Well..the weekend is finally here and I am wicked glad that it is a long weekend. I have a lot of nothing planned which is always good. I am going to take a small trip up to Loon mountain on Sunday, which sounded like a good idea before I knew about the on coming torrential downpours. I also plan on getting a Dunkin Donuts breakfast sandwich tomorrow morning (which is 15 points) so I will be starving the remainder of the day... so I will be the one w/ the celery stick!!

So basically...as you can probably tell..I am just writing this blog to write a blog...Many people have commented on my lack of blogging lately and others have commented that this may be the "end" of my blog! Well..I just wanted to let you all know that I am here...and I am ready to continue my blogging:)

Just thinking....

Sometimes I catch myself thinking about the past. About what I have done wrong and what I should have done. Today I found myself thinking about relationships. I think that a lot of the thoughts were because of a conversation that I had this weekend about relationships, and a lot of the thoughts were about feelings that I miss. I don't go into every relationship with the need to get married and have kids, but I feel that as time goes on the relationship should get more serious, not more distant. Like, I let things bother me...some for good reasons and some because I just feel that I should be selfish sometimes. Like, I really feel that if you are dating someone, their parents should at least know that you exist, or you have met more than one of their friends. I also feel that if you give a gift with a lot of meaning or thought..that they should at least reciprocate. I mean, I am not looking for expensive things here, I am talking a card or flowers........

I mean, I have dated a few people and I have never once received a flower from someone I was dating. I mean, I don't want this to come off selfish at all..it is just something that I was thinking about today. I actually went on two dates with a guy about 2 years ago. This guy actually sent me a dozen roses for my birthday....needless to say....he never picked up his phone afterwards, not even for me to thank him...but honestly...I will remember that bday for ever because of that gesture.. He was the first and only person to give me flowers....odd...I know...

I was also thinking about soul mates....I honestly believe that everyone has a soul mate. I am not sure that everyone belongs with that one person..but I definitely believe that each person has an intense connection with one person. I think this can be very frustrating at times...at least for me. No matter what this one person does to me...I will aways forgive them...no matter how horrible. I honestly don't know what kind of person they are trying to find in this fucked up world...but it is obviously not me....Perhaps someday they will realize that what they are searching for is right there.....

Anyway...Enough of this mooshy stuff...I think I have thought too much about love/relationships today. I promise another happier blog later:)

The Smallest Woman in the World

So...thinking that it was good idea, I took my annual spin around the Topsfield Fair. A couple of my sister's friends were there as well. We walked around for a while, enjoy the sites, looking at the games, avoiding creepy people, drooling over the food, until one of her friends goes..."dude...we should totally go look at the smallest woman in the world. It is only 50 cents!" Becoming very curious and realizing that this is probably going to be so dumb it will be funny, I decided to run over and check it out. It turned out the adults were $1.00 but still to be entertained for a couple minutes, a $1.00 was totally worth it. We all had our predictions. My sister thought it might be a picture, I was picturing a hologram of some sort, while others were picturing something just ridiculous. We all gave the man our money an ran to the back of the tiny house that was set up for "the little woman" to sit in. We were all laughing and talking and running to the back of the house. Then...we all stopped!

There in this tiny house was a little black woman, REAL mind you, just sitting there watching T.V. She had a little chair set up and some photos on the wall. We all felt like complete asses!

She started to tell us that she is from Africa and that she has children and that they are all normal sized. I honestly was not listening because I could not have felt like more of an asshole. I mean really, who would have guessed that they had a real person behind this house. Needless to say, I mumbled thank you to her....some of us threw some money into the pan she had on the ground and we left.

I don't think anyone spoke for a good 2 minutes. Almost at the same time we all said how bad we felt and I think a few almost shed a tear....I honestly could not stop laughing. Not at this woman, but at the completely awkward situation that we just put ourselves in. I mean, really...think about it..it is FUNNY. Anyway, we all convinced ourselves that she put herself in this situation and chooses to do so, so it is in no way our fault what-so-ever. Anyway....we continued on our journey throughout the fair...I think we stayed clear from any genetic anomalies for the remainder of the evening.

Horny?

What is up with guys and being horny all the time. I mean......really. You can do it anytime, anywhere...Literally. AND...to make things worse....you think that you can like touch my ass and be like" I am sooo horny" and think you are going to get some instantaneously! Umm...right;)~

Over happy people!!

What is up with these people....don't you ever have a bad day? It's like, hello! Get mad or sad or something!:) GRRRRRRR;)

Same thing every day....

It's funny. I never really paid much attention to this before, but I do and see the same things every single day. I wake up at the same time, I get out of the shower at the same time, I leave the house at the same time and I get to work at the same time.

Everyday I leave the my driveway and I see the same three kids walk across the back of my driveway. I now know to watch out for them. When school first started I almost ran them over a few times, however, now they walk freely behind my car and then I pull out onto the road. Everyday before taking my left onto Corning Street I see the same man on this bicycle. I think that he must be going to work because I saw him in the summer as well. He always has the same helmet and backpack on. He stops at the same stop sign everyday and leans over. I think he must be either checking the chain on his bike or adjusting his socks or something. I really don't know, but he does it everyday.

Continuing on my way to work, I see the same people walking to work. They are always in the same place everyday. I am assuming that they are coming from the train. There is one young girl, short, kind of cubby that I see walking rain or shine on the right side of the road. I see her everyday and wonder where she is going. Sometimes I wonder why she is so chubby if she walks to and from the train everyday. But then again, I really shouldn't talk about that issue;)

There is another woman that I see closer to my work every single day. She is always walking like son of bitch in the oddest clothes. She is tall, thin, wears glasses and has very long ratty hair. I seriously have no idea where is going and could not imagine where she works. But where ever it is she must need to be to work at 8 because that is the only reasonable explanation for the speed of her walking.

Now I leave for lunch around the same time everyday as well and I see the same woman jogging. In the summer she would be wearing the same shorts and the same tank top, although, I noticed yesterday that she had changed to a t-shirt. I agree with her change of outfit because it has definitely been a bit chilly lately. I just wonder if I will continue to see her through the winter?

I will be sure to keep you all updated on my "friends" if I have chance or if I ever actually speak to them!

A few random things that I have done lately...

Bought a new DVD at full price. I seriously think that all my other DVDs were purchased at like $6.99 or less.

I totally saw a spider in my house. Attempted to kill it. Missed it. And didn't freak out even though I know it is still lurking around somewhere

Designated an entire room in my house for my cat...you heard me, my cat;)

Decided to make another hair cut appointment, even though last time I left bald and swore I would never cut my hair again.

Gave my cat WAY too much catnip....nuff said.

Actually went to Target and didn't buy anything for myself!

Read "the 101 sex tips" in Cosmo and actually thought.....maybe someday I will have the guts to do actually do some of those things :)~

My stupid Cell phone

Ok. I think that I am being punished for making fun of people with horrible cell phone reception. As much as I hate hearing " please hold while the Nextel subscriber you are trying to reach is located", I hate even more running around my house trying to get reception. Lately, my reception has been so bad...that my cell phone searches for reception for hours at a time and eventually runs the battery low.....excellent.

Now, say I tell someone that I will call them at 12. Ok, that sounds fine to a "normal" cell phone user. But for me...I literally have to get on my roof, climb up the nearest tree and PRAY for reception. By the time I have one bar showing up on my phone, it is now like 12:15 and that person has already called and left me two messages wondering what the hell happened to me.

Last night, again not having any service on my phone, I started to freak out. Like...what if my house catches fire, or someone tries to break in. There is no way in hell that I will be able to call 911. I will DIE! Ok...this is a little dramatic, however, I feel that it is a very valid fear.

SO...I plan on first going to Verizon and seeing if this may be a problem with my phone. Then if this problem can not be solved I am going to call Comcast and have them install a phone line.....

Soooo...to all those people that I either hung up on because I lost signal or to those people that I just never call because my phone is shit...I AM SORRY:)

Sunday Night TV

Ok. So Sunday I basically did nothing all day. Because of this I was up ALL night watching the most random things on the Discovery Channel. You know you what I am talking about...you were probably watching them too..those shows that are either so disturbing that you can't stop watching them or so disturbing that you just can't watch them!

I started off my evening with the 700lb woman. Now I did feel very bad for this woman, but she also kind of made me feel a little better about my weight issues. She had gastric bypass and after a lot of complications and illness finally cam out as a thinner version of herself. Then just when I thought I had watched all the obese medical miracles of the evening, the next show was the half ton man. Now, I really didn't know what I was getting into when I started to watch this show, however, an hour later...I felt like I knew exactly what it would have been like to weigh as much as a car. I know I am making light of this situation and I did feel horrible for this man, however, I was in disbelief. They had to like take down and entire wall in his house to get him out and his skin was competely stretched to capacity. But don't worry, he also received surgery and calls from Richard Simmons and he is now living a pretty normal lighter life.

Now, still not being tired, I decided to partake in the next show, again really not knowing what I was getting myself into. Now, mind you..the next show was called "The two-headed baby". Um...ya....well this poor baby was born in Egypt and she happen to have two heads. Not knowing how graphic this was going to be...I decided to start my journey into the "two-headed baby". Now the show started ok, with the mother having twins and needing a C-section. I was also chatting online with a foo that was also watching the same show so I was not paying too much attention at first. Then they showed the baby with a second head attached to her head...now the baby was not crying but the second head was! ...As much as I wanted to continue my adventure...I had to stop....the train had arrived and I was getting off !!

Now, I am in no way being insensitive towards these people. I am just expressing how my night was spent. I also have to live with these images day in and day out...which will shape the way that I live my life.

Very Awkward

Have you ever been put in a very awkward situation. Take tonight for example. I was meeting Jacyn at Starbucks for an iced tea (she actually got iced GREEN tea, but that is besides the point) and I happen to get there a few minutes early. I was then confronted with the decision to wait outside for her in front of Startbucks or go inside and sit at a table and wait for her. If I went inside I would then be confronted with the issue of, do I order and sit down and wait for her or sit down and wait and then order with her, or just hang around the doorway and wait until she comes in? So avoiding this absolutely ridiculous decision, even though it was raining out, I decided to stand outside under cover and wait for her.

I found my place directly to the right of the door and was completely content until I heard the door slowly open and close next to me. I turned and saw this guy exit Startbucks. Right off the bat I was completely sketched out by this fellow because he had a scary resemblance to a guy I went out on a date with about a year and half ago. Needless to say, this date didn't go very well and because this guy reminded me of him...I actually moved a little bit more to the right of the door.

Great. Then he decides to pick up his phone and leave his friend the most ridiculously long and boring message ever. At first I thought he was actually speaking to the kid, until he ended the call with "SO call me back if you want, peace!" I was relieved when his message ended thinking that he would enter the building again. But I was wrong. We actually stood maybe 10 feet away from each other in complete silence for a good 3 minutes. The entire time I was thinking, "Do I look over and smile?" or "do I just stand here and act like he doesn't exist!" But the thought that was racing through my mind the most was..."Where is JACYN!?"

Luckily the kid picked up his phone again, moved further away from me, and Jacyn pulled into the parking lot. I know that this situation may not sound awkward to most people, but for some reason it was very uncomfortable for me. To make things worse, this random kid placed himself directly behind Jacyn and I in Startbucks and continued to look over at the table...ODDD!

Ooh...and the most awkward thing about this short meeting at Starbucks was that my mother and her friend were also there and called us over for an awkward chat in the middle of the store.......

Away messages

The art of the away message intrigues me. There are some people that just don't use away messages at all and let themselves go idle, others that don't use away messages or go idle, some people use the generic away message, some people use the most random away messages ever so you have no idea what they are doing or even what they mean, and then there are those that feel the need to explain what they are doing every minute of every day.

As much as I want to say that the people who tell what they are doing at all times of the day are annoying, I actually find myself completely addicted to them. When bored, I will read what each person is doing and know that if I check later I can find out what they did after that! I can't seem to keep up with my away messages like this...Most of the time I just put up a generic one or attempt to write one with what I am doing and leave it up for like 10 hours.....Take yesterday for example...I think I was at dinner from 5pm to like 10am;)~

I also find myself getting worried about those people that usually keep everyone update on their lives when they all of a sudden either disappear or keep the same away message up for hours at end without telling anyone what they will be doing that day. I mean, how dare they! They spend every other day keeping me up to date on what they did morning, afternoon and evening and today there away message says, "I will be around". I mean, what does that mean. Are they doing something they want to keep for the world?

I could keep going for hours about the art of the away message. Perhaps, I will write again later about this most exciting topic. But for now, "I will be away from my computer for a while".

Will someone please hire my sister?!!

Very well qualified for any job except for a job at Salem Hospital. She is committed, friendly, somewhat willing to make new friends and socialize and is very very very sure that she is ready to move on from her current job. She is also very dedicated to finding a new job.

For example, she has applied at Electric Insurance, my current employer...What seems like um...10293028 times. They are putting her through vigorous interviews that ask her highly intelligent questions. Michelle emerges happily from each interview to only find that someone else has been hired over her. I personally do not understand this. She is so qualified for a job other than dealing with people's blood and stool and I completely think that anyone should be happy to hire her.

She had one last interview with Electric Insurance yesterday, but in the case that she does not hear back, I wanted to see if there is anyone out there that is looking for chick like Michelle. She is like a genius, who has worked with computers, majored in business or something like that, and is very willing to do almost anything. If you think you know someone interested...Please let me know!!

A little example of what was done when I was bored....

So...about a year ago, Sarah, Michelle and I made a list of things to do when you are bored. I felt that I should share it with you....I know it's long, to some (John) not funny at all...however, here it is!!!

1.Jump into a hedge when you feel fat.
2.Stand in the middle of street until a car comes (then don't move)
3.Make signs that say "bring it on" and put it in all your windows.
4.Sleep with a rifle up your nose
5. Dry heave.
6. Swallow a dime. Act like you didn't know where it came from when it comes
out.
7. Eat sticks. Actually eat everything that you see.
8. Tell everyone that you see that you are bored numerous times.
9. Make love to a house.
10. Stick your tongue on a battery.
11. Throw coconuts at random people.
12. Pretend you are a monkey and run after people
13. Spit on your foot and have someone else lick it off.
14. Paint your nails with mustard or peanut butter. Then put socks on.
15. Paint your neighbors house, nail the door shut and then sell the house.
16. Mail a friend to Australia.
17. Chase your tail.
18. Befriend a tree.
19. Dare your friend to lay in the road for 10 secs. Then offer a leaf as the
prize.
20. Walk uncomfortably close to strangers and make car noises. OR, just lick
their neck.
21. Hump a bus.
22. Stick your head out a first story window and act like rupunzil, have your
friend climb up your hair.
23. Find someone with toe fungus. Offer to eat it for them.
24. Sleep on the ceiling.
25. Draw a picture of armagedon. Staple it on your ass.
26. Ask Jeeves every question that you have ever wondered about.
27. Start a fight club. First rule of the club; "no fighting".
28. Snort uncontrollably.
29. Go door to door Christmas caroling. At the end of the song say "Trick or
Treat". And stand there until you get candy.
30. Dress up like a conquestador. Claim your neighbor's driveway as newly
conquered land.
31. Watch the radio.
32. Make up your own language.
33. Dress up like Big Bird and breakdance in the mall.
34. Interview a cloud
35. Chase after cars and bark.
36. Light your farts on fire. Yes, it works.
37. Use a pogo stick on thin ice.
38. Introduce people to your teddy bear, get upset when they do not start up a
conversation.
39. Eat a live animal. Then say ooooooooooops.
40. Run for the mayor of your house. Go door to door campainging.
41. IM people you hate. Pretend you like them. Ask them to come over. Then not
be there when they show up.
42. Reshingle your roof, with bread.
43. Dig a moat around your house. Put paranas in it.
44. Go to a 711. Ask where they keep there bras.
45.Try to redeem a dunkin donuts coupon at weight watchers.
46. Sit out side in August with a snow suit on while selling prune juice on the
side of the street. Continually tell people how warm you are. When told to take
off the suit, say you can't because you are naked under it.
47. Talk out of your foot. Have a conversation with your face.
48. Kick yourself in the head. Then get pissed off.
49. Call everyone you know and tell them you have just been abducted by aliens
and probed with a candy cane
50. Tell everyone that comes to your house that there are land mines
stategically placed without. good luck
51. Attempt to merge onto the highway on a big wheel.
52. Drill for oil in your backyard.
53. Walk into a store with a ski mask on. Demand ALL their gum. Then pay for
your puchase.
54. Make a fall clothing line out of toilet paper and duct tape.
55. Run on your hands.
56. Yell out the window to all passers by advising them to "Get off your cloud!"
57. Walk outside at 5am on Saturday morning and crow like a rooster as loud as
humanly possible.
58. Drag your sofa to the top of your stairs. Stand on the sofa and "surf" down
the stairs.
59. Wear shoes on your hands and gloves on your feet.
60. When a person crosses the street. Yell at the them and give them the finger
out the window; your house window.
61. Put soda in your coffee.
62. Make pancakes in your car.
63. Just eat glass.
64. Eat a pumpkin like an apple.
65. Drink until your bladder burst.
66. Choose your favorite deadly sin and tatoo it to your forehead.
67. Wear a pink tutu to a job interview.
68. Sing everything you say; Pretend your life is a musical.
69. Break into dramatic monologues randonly throughout the day.
70.Speak in Old English...
71. Wear a costume. Ask people if they know who you are. No matter how they
answer, tell them they are wrong.
72. Learn yiddish. Then speak it all the time.
73. Change your name hourly.
74. Throw a party. Invite only your imaginary friends.
75. Fucking never swear again.
76.Every time your sneeze. Blame it on the little man in your nose.
77. Backpack across your backyard. Stop at your neighbors house for water.
78. Act like you haven't seem people in like days!
79. Make a drive up window to your house.
80. Everytime the mail man puts mail in the mailbox, yell out the window tell
him to stop trespassing and call the cops.
81. Create a password. Only the people who know it can speak to you.
82. Tell everyone you are going to die in 6 months. Hope that you don't.
83. Call everyone in your cell phone and ask "is this you?"
84. Make your backyard into a gas station for bicycles.
85. Perfect the "Care Bear Stare"
86. Stare at a light...FOREVER
87.Jump out a window. Hope that the fence breaks your fall.
88. Set your time 5 hours ahead of time. Just for the heck of it.
89. Talk on the internet for 3 weeks straight and do not stop; bathing and
peeing is not an option.
91. Eat onions until you puke.
92. Don't wear deoderant and see if people notice.
93. Tie your hair in knots.
94.Pierce your ass and volunteer to show EVERYONE.
95. Creat your own magazine. Name it "Pimp your Monkey"
96. Go up to everyone you see and ask, "who's your Daddy?"
97. Ask everyone if they have seen your leprachaun?
98. Convince people you are a transvestite
99. Contemplate hermaphites.
100.Make a list of 100 things to do when you bored!

D Day

As many of you know I have been trying very hard to lose the weight that I have gained over the past three years. A lot of it has to do with graduating college and actually getting a "real" job, a lot has to do with the stress of this real job, and a lot has to do with other personal issues that have occurred over the past couple years that have caused me to want to eat lots and lots of chocolate. After out growing a lot of my clothes, I finally decided to join weight watchers and I actually bought a treadmill. Basically I thought that spending a ton of money would solve all weight issues.

I did great for about 4 months and now I have hit a low. For the past two weeks I have eaten competely off the diet and I even skipped three days of working out. I honestly need to get back on the weight loss train....toot toot!

So I am calling tomorrow D Day. I am getting back on track. I am going to eat right and exercise. I was even thinking about putting a picture of myself in a bathingsuit on my desk at work, however, I really didn't want to bring the moral of the department down. But none the less, it is starting. If you see me with any type of chip or ring ding in my hand, I give you full permission to remove it! :)

Reality TV

I am completely addicted to it! I honestly think that I have a problem. It is sad to say, but I don't remember the last time I sat down and watched a sitcom. Sometimes I miss the days of "Friends" or "Dawson's Creek"...but most of the time I can not wait to see what reality show will be on that night!! And to top it off...Reality TV is like not even reality ..and there is even a new reality show about reality shows! They are taking over my TV!

Take tonight for instance. "The Biggest Loser", "Big Brother", and "The Real World" are on. This is like an insane amount of reality TV for one night. I don't even know if I can handle it! What is a girl to do:)

Is it Friday yet???

I went to school for four years to become an elementary school teacher and what am I doing now.....Working at an insurance company. When I was five I wanted to be a scientist, when I was in middle school I wanted to be doctor, in highschool I wanted to be a nurse, I went to college to be a teacher, and now I sit at desk, get screamed at on a daily basis, and pay claims that probably shouldn't be paid, work like crazy all day to come home and think about work constantly....Wow...So much fun!

Today was a good example of why I sometimes want to come home, sit on the couch in my pjs and eat chocolate. I walked down my row of cubes and said good morning to the co-workers that sit close by me. I was very nicely ignored as I walked quickly past them to my desk. I sat down at my desk (I couldn't technically see my desk, but I knew it was there under the hundreds of papers and refrigerator parts that lay all over it) and put my purse in it's spot next to me in the extra chair in my cube. I glanced at my phone which had about 20 missed calls from the weekend, which translates into about the same number of angry consumer's on my voicemail. As I was turning on my computer I could hear the girl behind me talking about the birthday gift that her boyfriend had given her over the weekend. I slowly glanced over my shoulder and I saw a largest ring I had ever seen in my life on her finger shining under the fluorescent lights. Right then, I knew this day was going to be sooooo great.

After I was situated. My phone rang. A rep from downstairs was calling. He proceeded to tell me how my consumer was screaming at him telling him how I was the worst adjuster ever and how I never doing anything right. Needless to say, my supervisor got this call. My day pretty much continued like this. On a good note, the claim with the woman who called me a f'in moron the other day will hopefully be closed tomorrow:)

Work is not all bad. I really like the people that I work with and I am lucky that I can call a few of them friends. However, to top things off today...I had a tiny little mishap with a person that I don't quite call a friend, but she definitely disagrees. Sometimes, you just need the line between co-worker and friend. This person just does not understand this line. I honestly can't describe in a few words how difficult this person can be and would rather not go into any details, however, it definitely added to my Monday.

Well...At least tomorrow is Tuesday...Let's see what that brings shall we:)

Tea Society

So, I have started a Blog. That's right..I am going to write all my most secret and intimate thoughts online! Well...Maybe not... But I do want to try to keep people updated on in my life because I am not always great at keeping in touch or remembering all the goings on in my life. I also have a lot of random thoughts that I am always willing to share with others:)

I am not sure exactly why I suck at keeping in touch with people, I usually have every intention of calling or emailing, but somehow something always gets in the way. However, I am going to try to be a lot better at keeping in touch and seeing people! I feel that this should have been my New Year's resolution...However, later is better than never.

Tonight Jacyn, Sarah and I did attempt at having our weekly Sunday society. We actually used to get together every Sunday and drink tea...We even named this gathering "tea society". Although, "tea society" does not occur every week, we do try to get together as often as possible to keep in touch and reflect on the past week and prepare for the week to come. Usually we discuss our "boy situations" and "weekly stories". At this weeks society we discussed Sarah's running 100 miles to get to her Agent's Exam in flip-flops in the rain, HowJacyn saw Ashanti at Fasion Week in NY and confessed that she can not sing and lip syncs almost as well as Mili Vinilli and how I was at a restaurant tonight where the waitress actually dumped an entire bowl of bean dip on this old ladies head. We even had Christopher Walken as our guest society goer;) He offered us sangria!

I actually should be going at the moment to end the society and flip through the latest issue of "Claims" magazine;)~ But I will be back soon or even later tonight to update you all on my RANDOM THOUGHTS:)