Esprit de l'escalier

Alright, I promised before that I would post an update from where I left off on the last super, ridiculously long entry (of which nobody commented on because I can only assume nobody read all the way through it…which is perfectly understandable). Anyhow, I’m going to try and make this one not as long as the others. But I can’t make any promises.
So I the day I left off on was Monday. That night I went to work at A&F to put in my all-night shift. It was actually refreshing to be back in such a social environment where I feel useful. There are sooooo many cute new clothes this season! But I was strong and I kept myself from buying anything. I had two exciting things happen that night. One was when I met a girl named Jessica. Super sweet and fun girl. We were talking about hours and stuff and we were comparing schedules. I was explaining my hectic work life and I mentioned my Bible study. She perked up when I mentioned that and she was asking all these questions about it and about how to teach a Bible study. I was soooo jazzed! I invited her to come join us on thursday nights and I think she just might come! The second exciting thing was a decision I made that I want to start making my own scarf. I used to knit when I was younger, but I really want to re-teach myself. I figure it’s a practical skill to have especially since I’ll be living in Seattle for the majority of the next three years. But yea, I came to this conclusion as I was looking at the new scarfs that A&F just got in stock. They’re really cute but the prices (naturally) are kinda steep.
Tuesday was weird but great. I woke up before my alarm clock and decided I’d go for a nice long jog. It was such a beautiful day! So I got up, woke my parents up and found out that I didn’t even have to go to work that day! My brother was assigned the duty of keeping an eye on the plaster guys, so he didn’t go to work either. So I went on my nice long jog and by the time I got back my brother was awake and we decided to wash our cars. My car was filthy! I turned the hose on it and you could literally see the dirt dripping off. After washing my car I went out to Target to look for a pompazon. My roommate and I have really been wanting one of those, they’re so neat! I heard they had them at Target for $40! Which is awesome considering normally they’re in the hundreds. While at Target I bought three little boy shirts that are super cute and I got my pompazon. Only I found out later that it wasn’t really a pompazon, but more like a smaller, cheaper imitation, but it works just the same. After running a few more arens I came home and met Loreanne at my house and we went with my bro to visit Heather and see her new dorm room. We met her roommates, went to Coldstone, played cards and ordered pizza for dinner. It was fun. I enjoyed seeing a campus other than my own and seeing the differences in living conditions.
Wednesday was long. Work was slow. But things picked up after work. My brother and I had an intense conversation on the way home. Very heated. I went to church and saw my girls. They had pizza and all this food! It was Jason’s last night as jr.high pastor, it was sad. He gave a very passionate last message. Jxxx was there too and he presented Jason with an original page out of one of the oldest most historic Bibles and the page contained his life verse. It was so awesome! After youth group (and resisting all that yummy food!) I went and met up with Lance and Loreanne to play some night tennis!!! Oh it was so much fun! We’re going to go play again tonight! I’m super excited. Oh and that night Lance gave me a gift that he got for me when he was on his trip to Maui! He got me a hawaiian wrap, a vine lei and a little coconut clip to go with the lei. Isn’t that sweet?! I love Lance, he’s the coolest. So we played tennis until the court lights went out.
Thursday was exciting. We got news of a great blessing. The office and warehouse building next door is like three times the size of the building we’re in now. We’ve been looking for a long time for a new building to move into and this one went up for sale because the people in it previously went out of business. They came over to us with an offer to sell! This new building is everything we’ve been wanting and then some. We’re currently paying about 3500 for the place we’re in now. This building is about 17 thousand! There was no way we could possibly afford that. But these people really want us to have the place and they are super picky about the tenants they allow to take their spot. He lowered the price to 13 thousand! Which is still a lot, but WOW! What a drop! So we’re really praying about this offer and making sure it’s God’s will that we move in. So far everything has been falling into place. When I got home from work, my Bible study girls were waiting for me, hehe. We had an awesome session! A great study. Even though a lot of the girls couldn’t come because of homework, there were still three that came and we worked on making our necklaces. So that was great. This Saturday I’m taking my girls for a hike and we’re going to have a picnic. I’m really excited, we’re gonna have fun. Also, last night one of my brother’s best friends came over to talk. I was so relieved, because I knew my brother needed someone (like Jason, his best friend), to talk to. So while they talked I watched the coolest episode of CSI. I must have missed seeing a few episodes while I was at school, because this is like the third one in a row that I don’t remember seeing before. haha. So anyway, Jason left and my bro and I watched “Along Came a Spider” and I chatted with Jxxxx online. We had a great conversation and I was able to clear up a nagging feeling that I had from our last discussion the night before he left to go back to school. I feel a tremendous weight off of my heart now that it’s all cleared up. Hooray!
And that brings me to today. Although I know I’ve forgotten a lot of ‘actually interesting’ details, I’m glad I’m all caught up in my update. I just got done calling my Bible study girls to confirm tomorrow’s hike and now here I am. *deep breath* So, I can’t wait until I get home and I can go play tennis! Yippi!

*This is an email I wrote to a friend because I hadn’t updated my lj for a while and he wanted to know what was going on…so to make things easy I just cut and paste…this email is from the 26th. I know it is still from a while ago, but hey…It’s a start!*

Hey Xxxxx!
(Haven’t I called you that before? I could have sworn I have before, oh well). I’m glad to get an email from you! Makes me feel loved *grin*.
Life has been crazy. I’ve hardly had any time to just chill and chat online. I’ve been trying to fight for some time to update my journal. But the truth is I hardly know where to begin. So much has happened, especially last night. Well, let me see….I’ll try to start from the beginning (and perhaps if this stream of consciousness comes out good, then I can maybe copy and paste it into my journal…selectively of course. haha)
Thursday was crazy! I had the day off and I got up reasonably early to clean the house because one of the girls is really allergic to cats so I had to completely de-fur everything! It wasn’t so bad because our house desperately needed a good cleaning. The only bummer was that the vacuum that we normally use to de-fur the couch broke so I had to clean it by hand which took forever. I needed to go grocery shopping but I was hesitant to leave just yet because I was still waiting for some confirmation calls from the girls I had called earlier and left messages on their answering machines. Furthermore, I had received a call from my friend Jxx W. who needed a ride to the blood bank because he had to have blood drawn for a surgery he is going to have in a few days. He couldn’t drive himself because when you have that much blood drawn you get really light-headed and weak and it’s just not safe. I couldn’t leave him hanging so I ran out and picked up some groceries, a birthday present for Angela (she just turned 13 that day!), and checked at A&F for my schedule (which wasn’t ready but they told me to come in today from 8-12 tonight anyway, blah). Then I hurried back home to meet up with Jxx and check the messages. Bolted out the door to the blood bank and got there right at 4:30pm. Girls would be showing up for the sleep-over at 6pm, so I had to hurry. We ended up sitting at that place for a half hour before they got him set up and then the lady told me that the overall process was going to take at least 45 min! I wouldn’t make it back in time, but God always provides! Loreanne called me on my cell phone while I was waiting and thank the Lord she wasn’t busy! She drove over and met the girls and explained to the parents why I was running late. Such a blessing! And she stayed over night as well to help me out with the girls.
I got home with Jxx at around 6:30 or so and he still couldn’t drive home so I gave him some food and let him sit and talk to the girls for a while. He knows a lot of them because he coaches the volleyball team at their school and he is on staff with me at church. He goes in for surgery to have his large intestine removed on the 30th, so keep him in your prayers.
The rest of the night went great, we watched movies and ate pizza and junk food. Angela’s mother brought a birthday cake for her too and the girls also brought some of their favorite games like Life and Twister. We got to bed around 4am and woke up the next morning to watch another movie and play some games before their parents picked them up around noon. I had the rest of Friday off as well, so after cleaning up the house, Loreanne and I went and played tennis for the rest of the afternoon. It felt soooooo nice to be on a court again! We had so much fun goofing off and we were cracking up when trucks drove by whistling at us! haha. We came back home, took nice hot showers and got on some comfortable clothes and watched one of the new movies my dad brought home the other day.
The Polings came over like they do almost every Friday night and so we ended up watching MORE movies while my mom and Judy Poling gossiped and scrap booked. Loreanne went home and finally I fell asleep while watching some of the bonus material on the Lord of the Rings DVD.
Saturday I had a rude awakening from my mother which I am not going to talk about, but it sort of set an odd tone for the day. I went and had a manicure and a pedicure and I also got a chance to talk with my roommate because she called! I miss her, so it was good to hear her voice again and see how she was doing. I then came home to finish cleaning a few things carefully. My friend Txx came and picked me up and he took me out to Half Moon Bay. On the way to Half Moon Bay we stopped at the office to say hi to my dad and brother and we ended up staying there and talking for quite a while. My dad and bro were working in the office all day Saturday painting and installing surveillance cameras. When we finally got to Half Moon Bay we ended up just driving around for a while. It was nice to just relax and look out at the beaches. We went up and down the coast debating which beach to stop at and if it was really practical to chill on the beach when the weather was so cold. Then Txx took me to get dinner at this cute little café, but it turned out that the kitchen was closed and all they were serving was hot beverages and desert. So I had a bit of pie and hot chocolate for dinner. (Later I had left-overs to justify a meal) We sat for a long time in the café and talked. Overall, we didn’t talk very much that night, but the cool thing about it was that the silence was never awkward. So after finding out that all the beaches were closed, we drove back to Castro Valley, went to the video store and rented ‘A Walk To Remember’, stopped by his house to pick up a t-shirt and some cds and chat with his parents a bit. Then we went back to my house where we watched the movie and burned some cds. Then he went home and I just laid on my couch…all sprawled out and tried to process everything. Txx had brought up the issue of dating a few times that evening and the air of discussion got pretty thick a few times as well. But I feel God helped me handle it really well, Txx is an understanding guy, so it wasn’t as bad as it potentially could have been.
I didn’t go to sleep until about 2am and then I got up the next morning to head to church. One of my favorite people spoke at the service that day. Jxxx Mxxxxx. I grew up with him and he was also the high school pastor for my church and a very dear friend. He gave a message from Matthew 25:14ff about avoiding missed opportunities. He discussed different lessons from the parable in Matthew like why aren’t all people equally talented and stuff. I learned a lot.
Another strange thing about yesterday was how many people I ran into that were from my past. It turns out that a dear friend was visiting from Mexico. His name is Israel and I met him during a mission trip to Chalco and Mexico City. It was great to see him again as well as a few other friends that I had grown close to from that mission trip. But it was after I gave Israel a hug and turned around to talk to one of my Bible study girls that I saw someone I never expected to see. His name is Jxxxx and he and I have been close friends ever since I can remember. Our families are friends and we grew up in the church together. He was dating one of my friends Mxxxxxx for a really long time and only a little while after they broke up, she got engaged to another friend. Mxxxxxx was the only girl Jxxxx had ever dated and their relationship was just amazing. But it was for that reason that Jxxxx just about fell to pieces when Mxxxxxx broke up with him. Anyhow…Jxxxx is like a brother to me and we have kept in touch a bit, but last I had heard from him he was helping out a children’s ministry in Russia. I later found out that he had been home for the past 3 weeks. The sad part of this all is that he left to go back to Wheaton College in Illinois today! But I thank the Lord for the time that we had together yesterday. After church we went and got deli sandwiches at Katie Lu’s deli (an old favorite). We sat and caught up a bit and then decided to go see what was playing at the theater. I had to stop at home first to let my parents know what was going on and also so they could see Jxxxx and catch up before he left the next day. We saw Road to Perdition at the Hacienda and then had dinner at Fuddruckers. We talked forever…it was so nice! We used to hang out and talk about random stuff all the time, especially in high school. Jxxxx is another one of my friends, like Loreanne, who has the ability to put into the perfect words exactly what’s on my mind. It trips me out every time!!! From there we decided to go back to my place and chill for a while before I took him home and we had to say our goodbyes. We talked with my dad for a long time. My dad has always liked Jxxxx. He is one of the only guys that my dad trusts to look out for me. Mainly because he was one of the guys in my dad’s Sunday school class at church. For the rest of the night we played chess, watched Harry Potter and talked…I didn’t want the night to end. But he had to pack and I had to get up early for work in the morning, so finally I broke down and took him home. Jxxxx is also one of those people I hate having to say goodbye to because I never know when I’ll hear from him again, or if I’ll ever hear from him again. The day I heard he was going into ROTC was one of the saddest days of my life…and now with the direction the world is going in…I fear for the lives of many close friends and family who could be called to service at any time. I didn’t get to sleep until after 3am that night…I’d know the moment I saw Jared that day that it was going to be a long evening. With the way we talk, it always is.
Thus, here I am at work once again. I’m sad, but yet I’m still happy to know that Jxxxx and my other friends are doing well. Plus, I’m excited because Loreanne and I are going to try and play tennis every Friday. Which is something I need, I feel incredibly out of shape and I miss the courts.
Tonight I have to work an overnight shift at A&F, which is not bad. I think I might enjoy working there again. Unfortunately the sadness of goodbyes and the strange reminiscence of old times hangs thick in the air like the smell of burnt toast in the winter. You want it to fade so you can move on, but you don’t want to open too many windows to let it out for the fear of letting the cold air in. But I suppose we all have to let times change and air circulate eventually, it just gets harder and harder to deal with the chill, especially when you are starting to get comfortable again with the air of the moment you were in.

*Okay, yea…that was a long email, hehe. But I have to add one more thing that was interesting. The message that Jxxx gave about ‘Avoiding Missed Opportunities’ had a huge impact on my actions the rest of time up until this very moment. I’ll tell you about those later…but one big moment that it affected was when I spent the rest of that Sunday with Jxxxx. I actually had three other invitations to go to lunch that day, but when I thought about it…I knew that I didn’t want to miss this opportunity to hang out with such a dear friend that I hardly ever get to see. There was another huge moment that day which was affected by the sermon…but I can’t reveal that now, because I would have to kill you. But I can tell you this much, it caused me to do and say some things I would not have normally even considered! Crazy! hehe*

Okay, so I am feeling sorta bad about not having updated in a while. But, don’t fret! An interesting update is just around the corner! There is much to talk about. First of all, let me just say…you know how you have these like revolutionary thoughts or ideas…and you think to yourself “Oh I have to remember that!” But then later when you try to remember it, you keep drawing a blank? Ya, that right there…story of my life. Anyhow, I was just remembering today how annoyed I get when people start saying something and then stop right in the middle of the sentence. That bugs me sooo much!!! Almost as much as when someone points out how loud a person is munching on their popcorn in the movie theatre, and then you start to notice every other minute sound…which eventually ruins the whole experience of the movie. But what brought me to this irritating train of thought was when my boss called me into the office and asked me to come to the other side of the desk so she could show me how to do something on the computer (which by the way was something she didn’t know how to do either, you can imagine where this is going). So I’m standing behind her chair while she starts trying to figure this stupid thing out and I keep saying “Well, just call me back in when you figure it out” because I had like a gazillion other more constructive tasks I could be accomplishing. But no, she wouldn’t let me leave! My feet were hurting, my back was on the brink of giving out and I’m seriously feeling like an old woman! What’s even worse is that I’m starting to fall asleep! haha. I wasn’t even tired until she started talking…I know I know…that’s mean, but it’s the truth. So I figure I can sneak around the desk while she’s focused on the computer screen and then I can sit down before she says anything. *dramatic sneaking reenactment* Mission accomplished! I plop down in the chair and I am still very attentive, but the whole ‘drift-off-in-your-train-of-thought-and-don’t-complete-your-sentences’ thing was really irritating me. But I was still trapped. So I start sinking into the comfortable office chair and the inevitable happened. I started falling asleep. haha. She obviously wasn’t trying to tell me anything important or she would have been more attentive in her grammar. “This right here….you will ….need to do…” is not an informative sentence, let alone a coherent thought! Well, anyway, I know it’s mean for me to harp on things like that, but it just irritates me so bad. It’s gotten to the point where I stop and ask her to finish what she was saying. And that has worked in the past, but it’s almost easier to just avoid talking all day.
Anyhow, I should get back to work…”lunch break is…” <----incomplete sentance. Irritating, isn't it?

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Yes that’s right…can you imagine? Jet Li and Donnie Yen, as well as a number of other notable martial artists, in one amazing action packed martial arts film? I’m counting the days. From what I’ve read about it, it’s going to be awesome. Anyhow, I just wanted to share my excitment with you all. So yea, it’s back to work for me.

I don’t know what’s wrong…I’m just not having good luck with frogs. I believe Scuba Steve passed away some time yesterday. I’m super sad because he was dearly loved by many guests. My Jr. High girls loved him tons. He will be missed. I could easily take his body back to Petco and get another one for free, but I don’t know if I can handle any more death. My heart can only take so much.
Well, today was another extrememly boring day at work, but youth group tonight was great! I’m so excited for tomorrow! I’m having my girls over for an overnight! We’re going to have so much fun. We’re going to talk, watch fun movies and chow down on some junk food. I haven’t done that in a while. I can hardly remember the last sleep over I had.
The message tonight at the jr.high group was great. I think it spoke to me almost as much as it did to the kids. A new guy from Iowa, who graduated from Moody Bible Institute, named Josh, spoke about who you identify yourself with. It was a great message about identifying yourself with Christ. I started thinking to myself “how do I identify myself?” Like, am I Sarah – Josh’s sister? I mean, that’s what I’ve been ever since I can remember. Sometimes I’ve been Sarah – the 1st grade VBS teacher. But yea, that is a good question to ask yourself. John in the Bible identified himself as the man Jesus loved. I think that’s how I want to identify myself. So yea, I was wondering…how do you guys identify yourselves? Comment and let me know!!

Well, I’m back at work and already I think I broke something. While this computer seems to be working fine, the color is a bit off. (Actually the color is completely messed up and I’m not sure how, but I’m pretty sure I broke it). Oops! Other than that, this morning has been sunny and the faces have been cheery. The commute was amazing this morning! I was so suprised, it only took us 45 minutes to get to work this morning.
I just went out to the Godfather (the roach coach guy) to get my usual watermelon plate. We call him the godfather because his horn is the tune of the godfather movie. And, once again I was suprised because he didn’t make me pay as much as usual. It seems like I pay a different price every morning. But I never worry about it, as long as he doesn’t go over $4. I’m proud of myself because this morning when my brother went to turn the radio to 104.9 fm, I stopped him and explained to him my music fast. So he was nice about it and let me listen to 100.7 – The Bridge. A very wholesom but fuzzy Christian station. I would have listened to Classical 102.1, but I didn’t want my bro to fall asleep at the wheel.
Well, it’s almost 9am and I have been trying this new exercise to firm up my abs. I figure if I’m not going to do anything constructive and I’ve lost interest in my magic 76 ball, I might as well try and work myself back into shape. Oh by the way, the Magic 76 Ball told me this morning that I wasn’t going to do anything constructive today and it said ‘absolutely’ when I asked it if I was going to be bored. I also asked it if our head secretary, Soliette, was going to be a superstar and it said ‘Dream on’ and she was upset so I put the ball away. *yikes, bad question*.
Anyhow, to work my abs I have devised a number of fun exercises to do in the office. Please note that these entertaining exercises can also be done in a classroom setting, but be warned that the result may not only be the firming of abs, but the loss of friends too.
The first one that I’ve been doing is the autistic rock.
Sit straight up in chair and let your arms drop loosely at your sides. Slowly start rocking front and back. Eventually work yourself into a rythm and you can even start chanting something cheerful to keep your pace steady or simply to set a mood for yourself. Make it fun!
So I was doing this when I was sitting in the conference room and man are my abs sore! It works! And I had fun seeing all the reactions from my co-workers.
So those of you that try it – let me now how it works out for you! Success stories are always an encouragement to read after a long pointless day at work.

Ok, so I’ve been thinking a lot more *suprise*. On my way to the bank to deposit my cash I started thinking about this past weekend. On sunday when I spent the day with my grandma, I was reminded of a lot of important things that I had forgotten. *Confession Time* Lately I have been letting a lot of wordly things get the better of me. I haven’t been very strong in standing up against little compromises. Those of you that know me very well, (what am I saying, is there anyone reading this that doesn’t already know me pretty well? haha) know that I hate being weak, I am not very comfortable with vulnerability. Anyhow, I’ve been letting music, movies and media take over my life. All day at work I sit and listen to the radio; after work I get in my car and listen to the radio or a cd all the way through commute; when I get home I change into my comfortable clothes (usually old Abercrombie & Fitch or Aeropostal or somthing of that nature) and I get ready to chill with my brother and his gf and watch a movie, or make dinner. Sometimes if I have talked to a friend earlier that day or week, I might have plans to go see a movie or go to a concert or even just hang out and rent a movie. I’ve come to realize after spending a ‘almost-music-and-movie-free’ day with my grandma that I have let those things take over my life. My relationship with God has not been nearly as strong as my relationship with music or movies and I feel like such a fool for letting it get to this point. What triggered all of this was a phrase that has been running through my head ever since my grandma said it to me. Until now it’s sort of been a cliche. As I was driving us back to her place from visiting the work site of my aunt and uncles new estate I was talking with my grandma about how amazing that place was going to be. She was telling me about how far they’ve come from back in the day when they were first married and my aunt would make one big pot of soup and buy one loaf of french bread to last them for the week. Then see said something to this extent “You’d be suprised how much God can bless you when you really truely make Him the center of your life.” I think she might have said it in better words than that, but it’s really what she was saying, not how she said it that stuck with me. (heh, you know you’ve really impacted someone deep down when they remember the meaning of what you said rather than the words you used to say it). But yea, that’s been weighing heavily on my heart, almost moreso than ‘summer fever’. That mood has been pleuging me since I’ve come home! Which reminds me of some super cool information my mom told me about the other night. *claps* I’m soooo excited! I hope it works out, well actually I can’t say much about it because he hasn’t directly told me anything, I got the news from my mom. She said he called her at work to ask about it! But that’s all I can say because I have no idea if he’s reading this or not. hehe. But I can tell you this much, I might be going to see a production I have been dying to see since I first heard about it! *jumpig up and down* But once again, I can’t get my hopes up. Because I’m not sure if he’s even considering taking me or not. I have to remember that God blesses those who focus completely on Him. And in an effort to completely sumbit to that idea, I’m going on a music fast…sorta. I’m going to listen to nothing except music that doesn’t have words for a whole week. Which means I will be strictly an avid listener of soundtracks and classical music. I’ve already been doing this since yesterday and it’s hard! But I feel that I have to work my way up to the point I want to be at very slowly. I can’t eliminate movies too fast or I might go into withdrawls. So it’s sorta like I’m going on a hiatus from music. Well, I’ll stop here and continue with the laundry…*dryer beeping*…yea yea Cinderella is coming…

Thank the Lord, I got to stay home today to try and finish some laundry. Even though I still have to work, I’m glad I got to sleep in. Oh my goodness, just guess how late I slept in! I feel like such a bum! I slept in until almost 2! I feel like I sorta wasted a day, but I’m not regreting it too much. haha. So after I threw a load in the wash and *gasp* had a cupcake for breakfast, I turned on the TV and plopped down on the couch like the lazy bum that I am. I was watching the making of a music video on MTV (which in itself is kinda weird because I rarely ever watch MTV) and that show was cool, I’ve watched it a couple times before. But then this rediculous excuse for a TV show came on…it’s called the Wannabe Show and all these girls were trippin’ out about trying to be Jessica Simpson. They were all screaming “I want to be the next Jessica Simpson!” and I was just thinking “Why can’t they just be happy about being the beautiful women that they are?” It was just ridiculous. So I changed laundry loads and folded clothes during that show and here I am now, watching Road Rules. Once again I’m thinking, this is ridiculous….so much drama. I kinda want to try being on Road Rules just to show them that all their little squabbles are lame. But anyway, perhaps I’m just jealous because I don’t have enough petty squabbles in my life. I dunno, sometimes I wish I could be in the spotlight like that, doing something well and having people cheer me one for some great cause. But on the other hand, I don’t know if I could pull my weight in a situation like that, so yea, I’m not sure, whatever. I wouldn’t mind being on SNL, because I could meet Jimmy Falon, hehe. But yea, the chances of that ever happening are about the same as meeting a mullet wearing gargoyle with integrity that’s bigger than his biceps. *sigh* haha. Well, once again I’m hoping that a certain someone will call to hang out tonight. I don’t think they are aware of who they are and I’m not even sure they read this journal. I’ve showed it to them, but yea, they’ve probably been super busy because they just started school yesterday, so I’m not getting my hopes too high. Anyhow, I’m off to go deposit four weeks worth of paychecks, yippi!

Today was the worst in a while. I was tired and just bored out of my mind. I couldn’t focus no matter how hard I tried. During my lunch break I went out to the car and took a nap on the back seat. I dunno what it is…I tried to eat breakfast but I just couldn’t get anything down. I had absolutely no appetite, but I knew I had to eat something so I had a Slim-Fast. After this long day of scrap booking and not to mention a discussion with my brother about my frustrations, I had a decent commute home with a few hundred times of being cut off. *grrrr* Not what I needed. I dropped my bro off at his gf’s house and went to the grocery store to get food, because our kitchen was absolutely bare. I had a yummy quiche and a glass of fresh milk for dinner and then I baked some chocolate chip cookies to top it off. I watched an awesome forensics show. When I was flipping through the TV Guide, hoping a certain someone would call to come and keep me company…I came across one of my all time favorite cartoons…Gargoyles. They just don’t make cartoons like that anymore. *sigh* I wish I had a Gargoyle friend. That would be soooo awesome! But yea, I shouldn’t get my hopes up. haha. What are the chances of coming across a huge gargoyle with a mullet and integrity bigger than his biceps? Fat chance, unfortunately. Oh hooray! Next up on Disney is a bunch of original Donald cartoons! I haven’t seen any of those in a long time. I’m such an old maid! haha. Well, I just got a call from my dad, he’s at Hollywood video picking up some DVDs to add to our collection. Yippy! I love getting new DVDs. DVDs, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream and quality time with the number one man in my life (my Dad)…what could beat that? Not much..I’ll tell you that right now. I can’t wait ’till God brings a man as awesome as my Dad into my life. That will be something else. *sigh* But for now, I will be perfectly content with dreaming and working at putting together my own life focusing on my career. Well, Dad will be home soon so I shall impart to you my pearls of wisdom for the day: There’s nothing better than fresh baked cookies and mullet wearing Gargoyles to fill an evening with excitement.

Good morning all! Commute wasn’t that bad this morning, but driving it was! I had the hardest time staying awake at the wheel and my brother was just snoring away in the passengers side. *grrrr* We resolved some of my frustrations with him yesterday. But I was still cooling down a bit. Anyway, while he snored and slept like a baby…I cranked up the radio and turned up the AC to try and keep myself awake. I was soooo scared! It figures that the one morning where commute is light, my eyelids are heavy. I walked into the office this morning with red cheeks because I had literally been slapping my face to keep myself awake. (Yea, it was pretty bad).
Besides that, the morning has been really slow as usual. I bought a box of Slim-Fast off of my brother for $5 because I didn’t have a chance to get to Walmart and buy it myself. Now, I know that those of you reading this who know me really well are thinking “Why in the world is she drinking Slim-Fast?! She’s going to kill herself, she needs to be eating big tubs of lard every morning if anything!”. Well, allow me to explain myself. I drink Slim-Fast in the morning to make sure I get all my vitamins and such. Sometimes I have one with something else like a bagel or whatever. But I assure you I’m not on the Slim-Fast diet. Although everyone else in the office is. haha. I sat and wrote my name on all the cans with a Sharpe marker before I put them in the refrigerator. That’s how bad it is…there have been some pretty nasty brawls since the diet craze started in the office. “Who’s been drinking my Slim-Fast?! *grrrrrr*It was you! You’ve been in my stuff haven’t you?!!! *punch punch, scratch, bite*” yea, it’s pretty ugly. So for breakfast this morning I had a pack of somewhat stale Cheese-It’s and I’m waiting for my French Vanilla Slim-Fast to get cold enough in the freezer. Sounds like a yummy breakfast eh? I hate the after taste that Cheese-It’s leave in your mouth, yuck!
Last night I had a great conversation with Juan. He’s back in Seattle *sigh*. I’m sad about that. And now Loreanne is in school *sigh*. So now she’s going to be busy with homework all the time. Anyhow, I was feeling a bit discouraged last night about stuff in general and Juan let me vent to him. What a pal! Then my buddy Tim called and his friends dropped him off at my place to chill for a while. My bro, Heather, Tim and I watched Enemy of the State and then I took Tim home. Tim’s a nice guy. He always has been. I really like his family too, it’s always a blast to hang out with them. Anyhow, it’s going to be another exciting *cough cough* day in the office. Especially now that the parents are back! oh boy! Well, I think I’m going to get back to my scrap booking. fun fun fun. Later folks!