I am a 25 year old gal who has lived in Dallas, TX for about 2 years. Seeing that I am 25 and live in a state on my own, you might think, "Wow, how grown up and mature" Well you would be wrong. I love High School Musical, Hannah Montana and the Jonas Brothers and I am absolutely not ashamed of it. Random thoughts pop into my head on a daily occurrence , now there is a blog for them. And I really do wish life was a musical.
So as my sister would say "It's year of the Keena" (Keena is my mom's maiden name if you didn't know..) Jen is having a baby! And while my life is not that exciting, I do already have a chunk of my new year's resolutions completed!
1. I GOT A NEW JOB! I am so excited. I will be the Catering and Suites Manager for Aramark out at Kauffman Stadium. A lot of what I did in Dallas, but on the Food and Beverage side. Today was my first day and it was great. Its way more laid back, like you can cuss, and the department is small. I am also excited because drunk people at a baseball game make for way better stories, and in turn blog posts, than me getting pissed off on a Mandarin or Spanish or Vietnamese interpreter call. Which also means GCHAT! Don't worry friends, I'll be back soon.
2. I am moving in 2 weeks! I found a cute apartment in Mission. I'll only be about 20 minutes from work and a lot closer to shops and restaurants and what not.
3. I am down 15 pounds. I haven't been doing great as of late. I had a couple weeks where I wasn't losing and I think it was because of Insanity. I did some research and they said you lose inches but don't expect the number to go down. Which is fine, I just want to see my weight lower than what it is. So my plan is to drop 20 and then restart Insanity. (And yes Emily, I am eating breakfast)
Anyway, that was kind of braggy. So funny posts and posts that don't make sense are soon to come!
So this morning started my crusade into the new year to be skinny, which meant my first weight watchers meeting with my cousin Erin. "If you want it, you got it" The musical styling of J. Hud were pumping through the speakers and I was ready to go - pumped up if you will. It was basically like the theme from Rocky.
It was everything I expected it to be. I went in and hopped on the scale. I don't remember the exact number on the scale (that's a lie, I do, but I'm just not telling you). But I will tell you the words that were under that number. You had to squint to see it, but it said "Gross, you are disgusting" with a smiley face at the end. But if that number was not motivation, I don't know what it.
After you weigh in you walk back to the meeting area, on the way you pass their little store. There was a book called "I Got This" by Jennifer Hudson, a bunch of food and the coolest thing I saw was an Oil Sprayer. Basically it measures out the oil for you so you are only squeezing 1 point worth of oil into the pan. I thought that was pretty nifty and I'll probably have to pick up one for myself.
Meeting starts. It starts with them giving out awards to people who have lost certain pounds of weight. 5, 10, 15 lbs, etc. Then you go through and its more of a round table discussion about recipes and tricks that work for you as well as learning to plan out your meals throughout the day. So they ask what people eat for each meal and how many points that meal is to give ideas. Breakfast. And this quickly became my favorite part of the day. Everyone is giving great ideas. A few examples:
*Cream of Wheat with Applesauce Mixed in. Filling and like 3 points
*Greek Yogurt with Granola in it so it is more filling.
*Smoothies and shakes
*Vegetable and Egg Beater Skillets. Pre cut the peppers and freeze - lasts longer and easier in morning.
Then, all of the sudden, in the Chris Farley voice from the diet skit. (See below for a video reference, but if you don't know it, we are no longer friends) You hear a woman say "EGG MCMUFFIN". "I eat an Egg McMuffin everyday. I'm a protein girl. Sometimes I take off the top part of the muffin. And on good days I have them take off the cheese. Its only 8 points. I just love their new commercials and their new promotions about healthy eating. Makes me feel really good"
Are you freaking serious? Only 8 points - yes. But EVERYDAY?? It took - 1. Half of my energy to not die laughing 2. Half of my energy to not throw up. Most of the room was just dead silent. And you could tell the meeting leader was doing her best to encourage, but she had to be thinking "McDonald's breakfast commercial make you feel like you are eating healthy now - bitch you be crazy".
I was about to tell them my little trick for when I don't eat breakfast. Yes, I know this is horrible and I am going to start now. But basically I just pop 1 jolly rancher in my mouth and it curbs the grumble in my stomach. I didn't say this out loud because I was afraid Egg McMuffin lady would eat me.
Below is the nutrition info for the Egg McMuffin. I thought the little triangle and square graphs were really interesting.
Anyway #2 resolution is a go. As well as #3. And #1 is basically consuming all my free time. More on that to come later. Hopefully this week ;)
Hello All! So I know it's been 7 months since I blogged, but truth be told, nothing too exciting is going on in my life. But, hopefully that's all about to change.
New Year's Resolutions, I've never been big on them, but this year I figure it's time to start. I am going to start by blogging about them, to maybe hold myself to them. If in 6 months, I haven't held to them I will do something embarrassing and post it on the web. Now taking suggestions....
#1. This will sound ridiculous, but #1 is figure out my life. I have been saying it for the past 3 days. Figure out my living situation, job situation and the general direction in which I want my life to continue.
#2. Lose weight. I know it can be done, because end of Freshmen year of college I was at a good weight. Be toned and in shape. How I am doing this. Weight Watchers and for the first 60 days - Insanity. Aaaahhhh! Goal #1 - lose 20 lbs in the next 2 months.
#3. Blog and read blogs. I might have figured out an app that helps me to read blogs more often. Or maybe I can just spend some less time on pinterest.
Updates to come. Hope everyone had a great New Year's and I will see you soon!
So there are probably many reasons that I don't have a boyfriend, but I would have to say, what you are about to read is probably #1, and if not #1 - top 3.
Everyone knows I love Harry Potter, but I think I took it to a whole new level this weekend. I am going to the Midnight showing on Thursday, which is not out of the norm, but in preparation, we had a marathon extravaganza to get ready. Starting at 8:00 PM on Friday night, we put in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and the magic started from there. I'll put this in pictures for you.
The scarf I wore all weekend
(My wonderful sister Jena got this for me when she visited Harry Potter theme park in Orlando. Also earlier in the week, I told my friend Emily that I was going to bring this scarf, she then asked me if I had all the movies, my answer "I own a Harry Potter scarf")
Butter Beer
Pumpkin Juice
(Orange pop and orange vodka)
Pumpkin Pasties
Cauldron Cakes and Botts Every Flavor Bean
Harry's Birthday Cake
(For those of you who are not aware, 17 is the "man" birthday in the wizarding world, you lose the trace and can do magic whenever you want. My sister told me that when I bring the cake out I have to say "O no Harry (British accent), Ginny and I made you a birthday cake and were going to bring it out after the wedding")
Turkey
(Instagramed of course)
Ron Weasley cutting the turkey
(Hogwarts has the best feasts-every movie)
My feast
(Turkey, Cheesy Potatoes, Stuffing - we also had green bean casserole)
And this, this is my crowing jewel, I really can't put into words how proud this made me. This is my poly juice potion invention. Poly Juice potion is in most of the movies, its obviously a potion, but you add hairs from another person and drink it, you then become that person.
(I mixed champagne (for the bubbles), a little midori to make it green, and the genius part-dry ice-to make it smoke. After mixing it all together, it started bubbling-JUST LIKE A CAULDRON OF POTION. It was truly amazing.
We also obviously made it into a drinking game. Times to drink
1. Whenever Dumbledore owned a room 2. When Ron said "Bloody Hell" 3. When someone said Expelliarmus
Etc, Etc.
3:51 PM, Sunday - finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. All 7 complete. We took a couple breaks here and there - to sleep, gym and prepare the feast. All in all it was a great, relaxing weekend and got me so pumped for Harry Potter 7 part 2. I am extremely excited, but also so sad that it's ending.
For all you muggles that would like to have your own Harry Potter themed party, here are a couple links to get you started
Hey kids...I'm back. Don't get too excited because I work in insurance now, so I'm like an adult. And we will see about the first post back....Let me ease in.
I recently saw a commercial that said the average person has 3,000 thoughts a day. Um......dizzzzattt. (For those of you that didn't go to Olathe South-that is "doubt it" Picture your tongue sticking out,well yours-cause I can't, whilst saying it)
Anyway, I think that is a bit much. Then I started thinking about my thought versus the average person's, or a smarter persons. Here is a true documentation of my thoughts in about 3 hours in the correct order, obviously not close to 3,000 but I just realized that if a person has 3000 thoughts, some have got to be ridic....
And the thoughts came on a recent trip to Tulsa, OK so lots of time to think while starring at nothing...intermixed with belting tunes....
*****
I wish I could sing better
I wish I had a helicopter
I wonder what would happen if Justin and Britney never broke up. Would they have ridiculous kids, still be making music, would Britney have gone crazy?
I think that Taryn and I would go on Amazing Race, 1. I think we could win, 2. I think we would be really entertaining.
The star dome in Junior High was awesome, I wonder if they still have it? (For those of you wondering, I texted my sister Aimee and they don't....Lameness) I wonder if you can rent it for parties?
(Then I wrote "Vanessa blog name" but I don't know what that means...)
My thoughts are kinds of scattered
Who gets to name cities? Who gets to name stuff like grass? Who names things?
I wish I had a plane
How do names catch on. Like how did everyone know to call a bar of soap a bar of soap, I mean they didn't have commercials back then.
Why would someone ever put a decal of a wolf on the back of their car.
I wish I could apparate
I just wish I was magic.
Getting older sucks, look at these bags under my eyes.
*****
That's it. That is 3 hours of thoughts....of a 26 year old. Sad City
I was home for a quick trip this past weekend in Olathe. The whole family loves cooking shows and so we did our own little competition. Previously, the kids had done a dessert round. Cody was ahead by 1 point after round 1. We decided to do appetizers this time, so the kids told us what they wanted to make and then my mom and I went to the store to purchase all the goodies. Each kid got a Sous Chef to help, myself, my mom and my stepdad Scott. After the tasting the sous chefs went down in the basement to judge.
Chef:Sous Chef
Jared: Mom (Paula)
Korie: Scott
Cody: Me!
The following are the final product with judges commentary underneath...
Cody had nice use of the pantry with the tortillas and taco seasoning. He had an abundance of food but his food lacked contrast of color. 12 out of 15 points.
Jared's wings had excellent taste and the presentation was wonderful. Way to know your judges Jared!. However he didn't stretch himself. 13 of 15 points. (My commentary: these were the bomb.com, we marinated them in lime juice/soy sauce)
And the winner is.....
Korie showed excellent creativity. The donuts rocked! However her ravioli lacked substance. 13 out of 15 points. Appointed winner for her creativity and she took a risk.
It was a really fun activity and the kids really enjoyed it. Cody even told me, he "really enjoyed cutting the cheese", which got a laugh from all.
Today at work, I have been doing a lot of manual labor. Fun? No. Necessary? Yes. Well part of that day has been sitting on my knees writing down numbers and organizing boxes. To make this job less fun, my knees are killing me, like I can't even crawl around. Why might you ask? Well let's take you back in time......
(cue harp music)
Friday night I met up with Landon and Ashley to go out. We hit a couple bars and meet up with some more friends later. I may have ended up drinking a little too much.
I wake up the next morning and don't feel well at all. Ashley and I decide the cure is breakfast, so Ben, Ash and I hit up State & Allen. They keep asking if we want mimosas and I think that I cannot possibly bear another drink. Well, Landon shows up and we all decide to get a drink. We finish eating and decide to go watch the rest of the KU game. Ashley ditches us and Hanna meets up with us instead. We watch my boys dominate the #15 team in the country (thank you very much) and decide to stay. At one point, we look down at our bar spot and see about 25 bottles lined up, so much for the not drinking part of the day. I laughed really hard all day, got to meet the Captain Morgan captain and learn that OSU's mascot is a tree. Seriously? We stay at the MAT until about 5PM and run back to my place so I can shower. O did I not mention that I was still in the same clothes from the night before?? Yea, I was. It was gross.
We get back to my apartment (its about a 2-block walk) and we are all feeling pretty good. The boys are jacking around in the elevator. They keep hitting the emergency button and jumping around like 5 year olds. As soon as the doors open, I just want out of that elevator, so I make a break for it. All the sudden...BOOM! I hit the ground on my knees and fall onto my back. Landon had stuck his foot out and I went down hard. The 3 of them all start running around laughing uncontrollably. I'll admit, I was laughing too. But it hurt. We decide to tone down the rest of our night and just do mall, pizza and movie.
I woke up the next morning with bruised and swollen knees and they are even worse today.
But, all in all, a pretty good weekend. One of my favorite Saturdays ever. Minus the way my knees feel today....
O! And I went to the Jonas Brothers/Demi Lovato concert on Sunday. I was working, but had signed up to work this one. :)
(Disclaimer: I know this is not the best blog post, but I am rambling and feel like I should write a post...)
Technology is cool. What did we do before email? Blah Blah. My ode is a bit different. Technology allows me to indulge in my guilty pleasures even more. Some of you will probably read this post and not want to be my friend anymore or will probably think I am crazy and the biggest dork ever, but isn't that one of my most endearing qualities??
This email from my sister Jena is how it first started:
"I randomly came across this. There is a wikipedia devoted to HP. It is called Harry Potter Wiki....this is the page that has every spell and hex. How to pronounce it, what it does, and who used it on who.
http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Spells
I am going to print off a copy and memorize some that Jordan will think I am an even bigger loser than he already does. "
I've been on Twitter for awhile now. I like it. I can follow celebs and I think I know them. The other day, Avada Kedavra was a trending topic. For those of you not familiar with twitter, trending topics are the 10 most "tweeted about" things that day. Avada Kedavra was #1 for 2 days. (Brett Favre was #2-but the incorrect spelling of his name-they spelled it Farve-different topic). Anyway, Avada Kedavra is the killing curse in Harry Potter, so that made my week. As much as I love Justin Bieber, this one was my favorite tweet...
"And I was like baby, baby, baby ooh! Like baby, baby, baby noo! Like..." AVADA KEDAVRA! *silence* Much better. (via @aSmileSaysItAll)
Another thing I discovered on Twitter was that I can follow Lord Voldemort. And he is really funny. A couple examples..
The final HP movies will be in 3D. If they don't make "Harry Potter style" 3D glasses, they're idiots. If they do make them, they're idiots.
#Datingtips Men: If you hear a woman say she's looking for her 'Edward,' RUN. Women: If you're looking for your 'Edward,' enjoy being alone.
"Avada Kedavra" "Harry Potter" is trending in Canada in that specific order. This is the first positive thing Canada has done. Ever.
iPhone-my favorite piece of technology, and thanks to Twitter, I got a new favorite app. Enjoy the pictures for more details.
App:
My acceptance letter to Hogwarts!
I got my wand at Ollivanders...
And sorted into my house. Gryffindor of course, only the best.
You then get to practice spells. You can either wave your phone in a specific shape or just draw on the screen. I tried waving and didnt get it, so I just draw them on my screen. Its probably not necessary for me to say the spells out loud when I am alone in my room (or out in public for that matter), but where is the fun in that??
My patronus:
And then you can duel (the whole point of the game), but I am not good at all. You have to remember all the spells and their shapes. Really hard.
(Maybe this should have been titled "Ode to Harry Potter")
So, you probably all think I am a huge loser now, but I dont care and you better watch out, because I am getting really good at the spells and I have no problem using an Unforgivable Curse on you.
Back in January I had my first dentist appointment in about 2.5 year. I had a looney toons cleaner girl and she was back this time.
It starts with a call the day before asking me to come in 10 minutes early. "Sure, no problem" However, I then proceed to wait 30 minutes for my appt. DHG (Dentist Helper Girl) was "running late"- Strike 1.
She begins cleaning my teeth and once again, points out my lingual fraenum. DHG asks if I went to an oral surgeon to have it removed. Well obviously not, since its still there.
DHG: "I wrote in my notes last time that you had a date around your last appointment" Me: (In my head) "You freaking wrote it down?!?! Why?! Maybe its good people skills?? No, no...its just creepy"
What I really said "O I don't really remember that date, but it didn't work out" DHG: "That's so sad. I would hate to be single, its the worst thing in the world" Me: "I guess" DHG: "Are you dating anyone now" Me: "Yup. 4 months now. Its great" (thinking it would be way easier that hearing about how tragic my life is as a single woman.
DHG then proceeds to retell me all about meeting her boyfriend on eharmony when she was 20 because she was so sick of being single. She then tells me a story (about 30 minutes long) about trying to hook up her friend with her bf's friend, but her friend played on her Nintendo DS the whole time. Yes, her Nintendo DS, DHG has to be at least 24 or 25. I stopped paying attention because then she went into another monologue about how tragic being single is.
Next DHG talks about how she hates it when people don't "grind" on the dance floor and when girls do their own thing and dance goofy. "Its just so lame. And they wonder why they are single". So I guess that is why I am single. :) - Strike 3-8.
So I am now in the process of looking for a new dentist. I really like the actual dentist but I cannot handle the DHG. She is awful and annoying. I am convinced her boyfriend is deaf. I mean, he just has to be.
Side note: I hate to look up the word for tongue tied (lingual fraenum) because I obviously couldn't remember it and here is what it said. My favorite part was the "oral play" part.
The tongue The most important articulator for speech production is undoubtedly the tongue. During speech, the amazing range of movements the tongue can make include tip-elevation, grooving, and protrusion.
Relatively short at birth, the tongue grows longer, and thinner at the tip, as we get older.
As well as having a speech function, the tongue is needed for sucking, chewing, swallowing, eating, drinking, tooth and gum health, kissing, sweeping the mouth for food debris and other particles (such as hairs), warming the air during mouth-breathing, and oral play (for instance, poking the tongue out and waggling it about for fun).
Its been awhile, but nothing too exciting is going on in my life. Random title for a blog, but I couldnt think of anything clever and this will be a random blog.
If you are looking for a laugh. Read Emily Griffin's post . Funny little rhyme. Too funny.
Then I was reading Ashley's latest post about how great her friends are (me being one of them so duh). Then I continued to read the rest of my usual posts. Vanessa, Brittany, Erica, etc. and kept looking at all their pics and they are all so pretty and great and funny and wonderful. So long story short, Ash-I agree with you. I have great friends.
Lastly, I am doing Weight Watchers. Why would I post this? Because I have been doing it for awhile now and lost pounds here and there, but really need to shed more. So I figure by posting it where millions of people read it (or tens of people), they have to hold me accountable. And once I can move again, I'll go back to body pump more (a little too sore right now).
Anyway. I am so pumped for the Snyder-Wassinger wedding this weekend. Whoop Whoop!
Part 1: A couple months ago I wrote a post about my love for Eminem. I mean, who doesn't love him. Taryn and I have both been watching many Eminem videos while he prepares for his comeback. Just today we were watching Eminem and Lil' Wayne's video. (Which is weird. I don't know how you make videos in jail) And Taryn loves T.I. LOVES him. I embedded the video if you want to see some magic.
Part 2: Some of you know, but we have a group chat set up permantely on AOL Instant Messanger. It's myself, Erica, Rachel, Taryn and Ashley and its called DFU. This way we can all chat together about things all day long. Usually its about work, weddings, boyfriends (or lack there of in my case), etc. Sounds like a huge waste of time doesn't it. Well it is, but I love it. I seriously don't know how I get any work done.
Part 3: Mix the first 2 parts together and you get today's conversation on IM. I thought it was too funny not to share. I mean, why are a bunch of 25 year olds talking about this seriously??
(trynphlps87) would you all rather marry TI, eminem or Lil Wayne haus1303:eminem haus1303: duh (trynphlps87) haha haus1303:Im sure you are TI haus1303: Lil Wayne is gross (ericapbp) TI (trynphlps87) too many kids haus1303: that hair...sick (trynphlps87) i like the hair (trynphlps87) and the teardrop tats on the face haus1303: mean he killed someone (trynphlps87) TI but eminem is a SERIOUS close second (trynphlps87) you really think he did? haus1303: thats what tear drop tats mean (trynphlps87) ohh (trynphlps87) i suppose i don't like those then (racheltx307) did you ever see the movie cry baby haus1303: his hair is dreads...do you know how those are made? By not washing your hair (trynphlps87) haha i know (racheltx307) isn't that what its called, explains the tear drop tattoo (ericapbp) I guess TI did kill someone t (trynphlps87) you can wash your hair though (ericapbp) that is pretty serious haus1303: so eminem is the best. duh haus1303: i seriously love him (racheltx307) i say non of the above (ericapbp) Em does hate kim. (ericapbp) Anthrax on your tampax (ericapbp) that is scary too (trynphlps87) hahaha haus1303: cause kim is a bitch (trynphlps87) eminem is a good daddy haus1303: he adopted a kid (trynphlps87) he adopted kim's other daughter (trynphlps87) and niece (racheltx307) how you people know these things...?? (ericapbp) But you'd have to visit detroit at christmas haus1303: cause I am obsessed with Eminem. haus1303: as you should be haus1303: Detroit what (racheltx307) ha no haus1303: then i could act like I was in 8 mile (trynphlps87) would be awesome
Anyway, just another day in our lives...hope yours is just as exciting.
One of my most exciting moments in Dallas was when a Goodcents opened up. I mean...who doesn't love Goodcents? As to be expected, we Kansas folk here in Dallas frequent the restaurant often. Well, I'm starting to think a little too often.
Case #1: Last week I stayed outside on the patio to save our table while Ashley and Erica went in and got my sandwich. Ashley ordered my sandwich (wheat bread, turkey and Swiss-that's it) and one of the owners said, "Heather is here?"
Boring blog post title right? Well mark the date and time because you will NEVER hear any of the words from the next sentence come out of my mouth, EVER.
I kind of have to give props to KState.
Ahhh! That was awful to type, it felt like my hands turned to stone. Every finger was so heavy to even move to the next computer key during that sentence. Blech.
On with the explanation...
One of my best friends from high school went to KState. You may have heard of her, her name is Vanessa Calcara. As much as I judged her, I always had a grand time when I went to KState, even if I was tearing apart a fellow pi phi's room. Then I moved to Dallas and didn't know anyone, Vanessa put me in touch with one of her pi phi friends. You may know her too...Erica Snyder. I have now been living with Erica for almost 2 years and she has become one of my best friends. Now the ho is getting married and I am forced to move out, but who am I moving in with...a KStater. Ashley Payson. And...all my friends down here went to KState. It's ridiculous.
Another realization came when I was at the Bruns/Carter wedding 2 weekends ago. Brittany and I became friends because of course she is a KState pi phi. I had a great time with the KStaters at that wedding. Same thing happened at the Otto/Griffin wedding last year. And I generally enjoy all the KStaters that I meet. I have many other KStater friends...those are just a few examples...
So props to KState, you produce some pretty cool people, occasionally. Or is this just another testament to how awesome I am to win the hearts of all these K-Staters. I will go with the later.
And don't misunderstand this post. I still LOVE KU and would never go to KState. Just giving props where props are do.
So mark the time and date, because you will never hear those words again.
Maybe I cuss too much. I don't know. But I like cuss words because they are so expressive. 1 of the reasons I like the sports industry is that everyone cusses. Its great.
Well today I found out its not so great (sometimes).
I tend to get a little tongue tied sometimes. It usually takes me a couple of times to record my voicemail greeting at work. Monday I rerecorded my greeting after being out of the office all weekend. I messed up the first time so hit stop and then rerecorded again. Well today I received the following email from a client...
"Heather - I'm trying to purchase the tickets, but it's not letting me.
Also, on a personal note, you might want to change your voicemail, because we can hear you say "s#!t" I guess because you messed up the first voicemail.......heehee. I'm sorry, but I wasn't sure if anyone else had mentioned this to you, so I thought I would. :)"
No Coraina, I had not heard that from anyone and it's been 4 days. Also, I get about 30 calls a day at least. No one told me.
Needless to say, I fixed it. But, will probably not stop cussing. F*#! that.
A couple months back I wrote a post about the apple not falling far from the tree. This was referring to the fact that my mother use to always get locked out of the house and I was starting to follow in her footsteps...
You know that I was locked out last fall while trying to mow the lawn. Well I learned my lesson there and no longer mow the lawn. Then you heard about me getting locked out when Landon and Parker were trying to steal our table. Well I also left out a couple more lock out stories.
I babysit a girl named Abby. I have for about 2.5 years. The first time I ever babysat her, I got locked out. We were sitting on the front porch waiting for the pizza man to get there. When I went in to get the money, boom, door was locked. The pizza man was kind enough to leave the pizza and come back later. Long story short, I remembered the dogs were out back so figured the back door would be unlocked. I had to borrow a ladder from next door, climb the fence (in a dress) and jump down the other side, almost breaking my leg. Luckily the back door was unlocked and the Carlisle's allowed me to continue to watch their daughter, because I don't know that I would have. The pizza man continues to bring up the story, EVERY TIME we get pizza.
Then last fall, I went to help a co-worker find her missing dog. Low and behold, I lock my keys in my car. So this now puts Heather at getting locked out of car once, locked out of babysitting house once and her own house twice. Well today makes 3 times.
At about 9:40 before work this morning (I worked last night, so got to go in an hour late) I went to change my laundry out. I decided to close the door because we have had a lot of bugs this weekend. Erica is getting the kitchen remodeled so with all the traffic in and out-lots of bugs. Well of course, the freaking garage door locks. I have my mini 1 minute panic attack. I knew that Brennan was suppose to be by soon so I decided to go outside and wait for him. Jose (a worker) shows up and we have about 1 minute of convo before I realize that he has no idea what I am talking about. So Jose and I sit there for 45 minutes in silence (holy awkward) and BK finally shows up. I get to work about 1 hour late. Not bad though. That might be the shortest amount of time I have ever had to wait to get back in my house. And this time it didn't cost me $75.
I did get to spend my time watching a dragon fly attempt to learn how to fly. However, it was unsuccessful for him and quite pathetic to watch. I just don't think it could be that hard to figure out how to fly. And I made leaf art. Picture below as I am sure all of you are very curious.
I decided to make a label for posts called locked out, because it seems to be becoming a theme.
Luck o' the Irish. That's the saying when referring to St. Patrick's Day right?
Well Saturday, the DFU got together to partake in the St. Patrick's Day festivities together. We had a little breakfast, watched the parade and then went down to the block party on lower Greenville. For those of you who have not been, Greenville is a "bar" street in Dallas that closes off for a party containing thousands and thousands of people.
We are all having a grand time as we make our way to the Dubliner. It's jam packed and people are pushing through one another to make their way to the bar. Now, I have no problem with this. You brush past people, say "Excuse me" and move on your way. Occasionally someone will get shoved into you, but that person usually ends up apologizing and you carry on with your day. But you are acknowledging that you would rather not have to push past them (or even touch them for that matter). I don't really need to explain this to anyone that reads my blog as I know most of you (4 people maybe read this?) and you are all upstanding, polite ladies. But in case Snooki is reading....Lesson 1.
However, one girl thinks that this is her world and we are all just living in it. This "lady" starts shoving through the crowd, making no apologies and stepping on people's feet. She shoves me (likes pushes me a couple feet out of her way) and I say "Excuse you" then proceed to turn around and continue talking to my friends.
All of the sudden I feel my head yanked back as this girl pulls my hair. And its not a little pull, she GRABS a chunk and yanks me back. I turn around just to see J-Woww (not really, but I feel like I was in an episode of Jersey Shore) running through the crowd. WHO PULLS HAIR????? Seriously?!?!
O trailer trash, that is who. When I was showering on Sunday, it physically hurt to touch my head...
I really wished she would have stuck around so she could see how we handle situations in O-Town instead of running away like a ho fo sho.
My phone at work has caller ID. Today I received a call from "Moneybag Shawty" inquiring about a job. This kid seriously registered with the phone company as "Moneybag Shawty".
I have been to many concerts in my life, but none have had this affect on me. I am in love. You heard it right...However, the guy does not even know I exist. Its John Mayer. I know he can come off as a douche, but he is not. And I know that for a fact. He was very genuine and sincere last night in concert. Not too mention hot, an amazing singer and an amazing guitar player. Like mind blowingly good. And he has tattoo arm sleeves. Which lately, have been my weakness. Don't ask why, but serious....arm sleeves, ugh. For the past 15 hours or so, I have been planning my life with Mayer. I can't get enough...I might even move to New York. A girl can dream....
Just like every morning, I log into I.M. (Yes IM-like old school AOL). I am talking to Ashley Payson (like usual-also part of the DFU chat we made so we can all talk at once-which gets stressful sometimes). Anyway, Ashley and I are talking about lunch and what we each brought. Ashley not only loves eating food, but loves talking about it as well. So, she sends me her latest blog post:
I read it, laugh at my desk and respond to her IM. The following IM conversation ensues....(notice the bolded comments)
haus1303 (12:08:25 PM): Ha! I commented ashpayson (12:09:27 PM): bahahahahha ashpayson (12:09:31 PM): Love the comment!!!!! ashpayson (12:09:38 PM): even more proof that I have issues haus1303 (12:09:59 PM): Well we all know that. ashpayson (12:10:18 PM): haha haus1303 (12:10:37 PM): I wish I had someone to peel my orange for me. ashpayson (12:10:55 PM): oh man! I love peeling oranges!! ashpayson (12:11:15 PM): makes me think that maybe i was a serial killer in a past life. haus1303 (12:11:26 PM): Lol. I just don't want to get my hands all dirty ashpayson (12:11:26 PM): they say that serial killers like to peel oranges haus1303 (12:11:33 PM): baaaaaaaaaaaahahahahahaha ashpayson (12:11:34 PM): and like to peel flesh
