It's Saturday morning at freaking 7 a.m. Usually I would be awake at this time so it isn't a big deal. But this morning I was particularly unwilling to get out of bed because I picked up Tim from the airport last night at around 10:40 (his plane was an hour late getting in). So, we didn't hit the sack until about 12:30 a.m. So, getting up at 6 a.m. to shower and get ready to go to the DMV was a challenge.
As we are looking online for directions on how to get to the only DMV in the west valley that is open on Saturdays, we see the FINE print that any Saturday before a Monday the DMV is closed. Monday just happens to be Martin Luther King day... although I don't have Monday off work so I don't think that is very fair for the DMV to be closed if I have to work. So, all of that build up for nothing. Grr.
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Friday, January 13, 2006
Other random thoughts
I am grumpy and I am craving lots and lots of peanut butter. And mashed potatoes. With a glass of chardonnay. Anyone in?
I hate the dentist. Am too grumpy to explain the HUGE FREAKIN ordeal that my cursed teeth seem to be as of late but I will suffice it to say that I did in fact chip a filling (which explains the hole) and I do have another cavity (the one that I refused to fill at my dentist in Iowa before I left...apparently it has grown to enormous proportions. Go figure).
And then it hit me in the middle of the afternoon...it's friday the 13th. Aahh. It all becomes clear...the grumpiness, the unusual cravings, the cursed teeth. Hmm.
You might think I just have mood swings but I have to convince you that I really don't. I'm usually quite a stable person. I've spent today prepping myself for the trip to the DMV I have to make tomorrow morning...which I partially contribute to my grumpiness (the other contributors being my teeth, my insurance, and difficult clients). I would literally rather have teeth pulled than go to the DMV. Yes, my friends, it's finally time to face it. I have to submit and get my license and plates. After 7 months of absence from the DMV, I have to return to the land of horroric torture otherwise I might face real consequences. The main being that I was SUPPOSED to get my license and plates 10 days after moving here. Oops.
I hate the dentist. Am too grumpy to explain the HUGE FREAKIN ordeal that my cursed teeth seem to be as of late but I will suffice it to say that I did in fact chip a filling (which explains the hole) and I do have another cavity (the one that I refused to fill at my dentist in Iowa before I left...apparently it has grown to enormous proportions. Go figure).
And then it hit me in the middle of the afternoon...it's friday the 13th. Aahh. It all becomes clear...the grumpiness, the unusual cravings, the cursed teeth. Hmm.
You might think I just have mood swings but I have to convince you that I really don't. I'm usually quite a stable person. I've spent today prepping myself for the trip to the DMV I have to make tomorrow morning...which I partially contribute to my grumpiness (the other contributors being my teeth, my insurance, and difficult clients). I would literally rather have teeth pulled than go to the DMV. Yes, my friends, it's finally time to face it. I have to submit and get my license and plates. After 7 months of absence from the DMV, I have to return to the land of horroric torture otherwise I might face real consequences. The main being that I was SUPPOSED to get my license and plates 10 days after moving here. Oops.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
And I definitely feel guilty for that last post...
Aahh... like I said, I was fine in a few hours. The morning just started off a little rough as I thought about the several trivial things that were bothering me. By the time I got to my client, I was perfectly fine. A short drive and a good CD really does a lot to clear the head and put things in perspective. I don't want to be known as someone who complains so loudly, so incessantly that anyone and everyone can hear. It's really quite humiliating when you look back and realize that your rantings are so silly. So, my apologies.
I've been thinking a lot lately about change. Do people like it or dislike it? I think that at my age change happens frequently, perhaps without any awareness that it is happening. I feel like since I've graduated from college, I've changed a lot. I've developed a new career, I've met new people, I'm still trying to discover who I really am, who I want to be, how exactly I want myself to come across to other people. I would consider myself to be more of an extrovert now when I used to consider myself an introvert; more flexible when I used to be more stiff (not literally-I used to do more yoga than I do now); more willing to expose my character flaws when I used to hide my faults; more willing to face confrontation when I used to avoid it at all costs. I am still more of a listener than the life of the party but I've come to accept that isn't all that bad. I feel more liberal, more open-minded to anything. I've broken down everything I was taught growing up and I have re-taught it to myself, making sure that my beliefs are really what I believe in and why or why not.
I wonder if this is a part of growing up or if that just happens as people take paths in their life that develop their character even more. I feel like a different person than I used to be and I think I like it. I think that change is good. I feel as though I am blessed to have the family and friends that I do. I am lucky to have a man that I am slowly learning to change with, a man that is becoming my partner and my best friend in this new stage of our life. I have found a job that I love. I feel like I live deeper and more fully and that I am independent and capable of anything. Is that ignorance or optimism? I feel like it is just a change in me. A change that accepts life with all of its faults but that loves it anyway. I feel like I am just living the process and loving every minute of that.
Call this the cheesiest post ever, if you will. I will probably agree when I look back and read it tomorrow. But, hey, I was feeling philosophical. What can I say?
I've been thinking a lot lately about change. Do people like it or dislike it? I think that at my age change happens frequently, perhaps without any awareness that it is happening. I feel like since I've graduated from college, I've changed a lot. I've developed a new career, I've met new people, I'm still trying to discover who I really am, who I want to be, how exactly I want myself to come across to other people. I would consider myself to be more of an extrovert now when I used to consider myself an introvert; more flexible when I used to be more stiff (not literally-I used to do more yoga than I do now); more willing to expose my character flaws when I used to hide my faults; more willing to face confrontation when I used to avoid it at all costs. I am still more of a listener than the life of the party but I've come to accept that isn't all that bad. I feel more liberal, more open-minded to anything. I've broken down everything I was taught growing up and I have re-taught it to myself, making sure that my beliefs are really what I believe in and why or why not.
I wonder if this is a part of growing up or if that just happens as people take paths in their life that develop their character even more. I feel like a different person than I used to be and I think I like it. I think that change is good. I feel as though I am blessed to have the family and friends that I do. I am lucky to have a man that I am slowly learning to change with, a man that is becoming my partner and my best friend in this new stage of our life. I have found a job that I love. I feel like I live deeper and more fully and that I am independent and capable of anything. Is that ignorance or optimism? I feel like it is just a change in me. A change that accepts life with all of its faults but that loves it anyway. I feel like I am just living the process and loving every minute of that.
Call this the cheesiest post ever, if you will. I will probably agree when I look back and read it tomorrow. But, hey, I was feeling philosophical. What can I say?
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Can anyone guess what type of week I'm having by the following clues?
1) I have yet another hole in my tooth. Check out the July archives for my dentist story. I think what happened this time is one of the fillings chipped. And I've put off going to the dentist AGAIN for 3 weeks even though I have insurance now. So I've probably managed to complicated the problem.
2) My cat is compulsively losing clumps of hair...still. I found about four rats worth on the floor this morning. I have no idea what is wrong. We're scheduled to go to the vet next Tuesday.
3) A friend of mine from work can't hang out with me anymore outside of work because his girlfriend is uncomfortable with it. Apparently, it's not because of me (hello...I am married) but it's because of him and her distrust in him. Right. Because I am totally THAT girl and our relationship, of course, is anything but platonic. Come on. Kind of think it sucks though I completely understand and respect it.
4) I have two zits which really makes me pissed.
Answer anyone? I'll answer for you: Shitty.
I know everything seems so trivial in the grand scheme of bad things that can happen but sometimes the little things add up and just get to you. A grand bout of PMS complicates the problem even more. So, while I don't have cancer and no one that I love has died, the little things are just getting to me. So, I'm sorry to anyone that I'm sure has massive problems compared to my little tiny ones. I cannot comprehend the type of pain some people experience and for that I am grateful. But right now in this moment, I just want five minutes to feel sorry for myself and my little shitty week that I think I am having. I'm sure in a few hours I will be completely happy again and I will want to delete this post. And for that, I know everything is great.
2) My cat is compulsively losing clumps of hair...still. I found about four rats worth on the floor this morning. I have no idea what is wrong. We're scheduled to go to the vet next Tuesday.
3) A friend of mine from work can't hang out with me anymore outside of work because his girlfriend is uncomfortable with it. Apparently, it's not because of me (hello...I am married) but it's because of him and her distrust in him. Right. Because I am totally THAT girl and our relationship, of course, is anything but platonic. Come on. Kind of think it sucks though I completely understand and respect it.
4) I have two zits which really makes me pissed.
Answer anyone? I'll answer for you: Shitty.
I know everything seems so trivial in the grand scheme of bad things that can happen but sometimes the little things add up and just get to you. A grand bout of PMS complicates the problem even more. So, while I don't have cancer and no one that I love has died, the little things are just getting to me. So, I'm sorry to anyone that I'm sure has massive problems compared to my little tiny ones. I cannot comprehend the type of pain some people experience and for that I am grateful. But right now in this moment, I just want five minutes to feel sorry for myself and my little shitty week that I think I am having. I'm sure in a few hours I will be completely happy again and I will want to delete this post. And for that, I know everything is great.
Monday, January 09, 2006
A stolen idea
Rachel just posted this meme on her blog the other day. I struggle to come up with things to post about and this looked fun, so here you are (Thanks, Rachel!):
1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30 a.m.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? Umm...I really don't remember. Tim is going to be embarrassed.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Grey's Anatomy
5. What did you have for breakfast? An orange and a ziploc bag of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal in the car on my way to work.
6. What is your middle name? Lyn (yes, with one 'n.' I'm told that's weird).
7. What is your favorite cuisine? I'm really into Greek food right now.
8. What foods do you dislike? Cows and pigs
9. What is your favorite chip flavor? I am obsessed with tortilla chips
10. What type of car do you drive? Mini Cooper Sport
11. Favorite item of clothing? I really love this blue sweater I just bought. And I'm currently in love with my new Seven jeans and I just discovered Express editor pants (I highly recommend them...they are much cheaper than BR and they look fantastic!)
12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Europe (London, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ireland...) or Tahiti
13. What color is your bathroom? The walls are white but my decorations are sage green and ivory.
14. Favorite brand of clothing? I always love Banana Republic
15. Where would you like to retire to? I would love to have a summer house in the Colorado rockies and a winter house in Arizona, California, or Hawaii.
16. Favorite time of the day? Morning
17. What was your most memorable birthday? Probably my 18th...although I don't know why exactly that one sticks out in my memory.
18. Where were you born? In a hospital.
19. Favorite sport to watch? College basketball and professional football (specifially, I love watching the Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tarheels, the Chiefs, and the LA dodgers [baseball]...just kidding. Tim probably just had a heart attack. I actually like the New York Yankees). Oh and I love watching tennis.
20. What fabric detergent do you use? Tide
21. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper...remember the bubble post?
22. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning...I get grumpy at night sometimes.
23. What is your shoe size? 7
24. Do you have any pets? 2 cats-Berkeley and Emerson
25. What did you want to be when you were little? A doctor or interior designer
26. When is your birthday? Sometime in April.
1. What time did you get up this morning? 5:30 a.m.
2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds
3. What was the last film you saw at the movies? Umm...I really don't remember. Tim is going to be embarrassed.
4. What is your favorite TV show? Grey's Anatomy
5. What did you have for breakfast? An orange and a ziploc bag of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal in the car on my way to work.
6. What is your middle name? Lyn (yes, with one 'n.' I'm told that's weird).
7. What is your favorite cuisine? I'm really into Greek food right now.
8. What foods do you dislike? Cows and pigs
9. What is your favorite chip flavor? I am obsessed with tortilla chips
10. What type of car do you drive? Mini Cooper Sport
11. Favorite item of clothing? I really love this blue sweater I just bought. And I'm currently in love with my new Seven jeans and I just discovered Express editor pants (I highly recommend them...they are much cheaper than BR and they look fantastic!)
12. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Europe (London, France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Ireland...) or Tahiti
13. What color is your bathroom? The walls are white but my decorations are sage green and ivory.
14. Favorite brand of clothing? I always love Banana Republic
15. Where would you like to retire to? I would love to have a summer house in the Colorado rockies and a winter house in Arizona, California, or Hawaii.
16. Favorite time of the day? Morning
17. What was your most memorable birthday? Probably my 18th...although I don't know why exactly that one sticks out in my memory.
18. Where were you born? In a hospital.
19. Favorite sport to watch? College basketball and professional football (specifially, I love watching the Kansas Jayhawks, North Carolina Tarheels, the Chiefs, and the LA dodgers [baseball]...just kidding. Tim probably just had a heart attack. I actually like the New York Yankees). Oh and I love watching tennis.
20. What fabric detergent do you use? Tide
21. Coke or Pepsi? Diet Coke or Dr. Pepper...remember the bubble post?
22. Are you a morning person or a night owl? Morning...I get grumpy at night sometimes.
23. What is your shoe size? 7
24. Do you have any pets? 2 cats-Berkeley and Emerson
25. What did you want to be when you were little? A doctor or interior designer
26. When is your birthday? Sometime in April.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
We have pipes and front yard landscaping!
Our new house has pipes sticking out all over it. I don't really know what they are for, but I do know that it is some kind of progress. So, we're excited. We went to our landscaping appointment on Friday morning. Front yard landscaping is included in the package from our dealer but if you don't schedule the appointment and go to it, you get stuck with a standard package that is probably pretty shanty. So we went with an 'Oasis' package. Sounds fancy cool, huh? It actually just means that instead of rocks (the desert package), we'll have grass in our front yard. We will also have several colorful plants (purples, yellows, white, and red flowery plants that bloom mostly all year), a desert-ish tree, and an Evergreen Elm tree which is more like an Elm than an Evergreen. It actually changes colors and loses its leaves during this time of year so that's pretty neat. We also picked out the brick border around our grass and our color of granite rocks that we'll have. The irrigation system was included in the package which was awesome. We thought it would be a major upgrade but it wasn't. So, we're pretty excited with everything on the new home front. We'll keep everyone updated.
Weekend was great. We went to a friend's wedding in Fountain Hills. Tim's known him since he was little and we both went to Graceland with him. There were several people in town for the wedding, including Tim's parents, so it was cool to see everyone.
I don't think I've updated since forever ago. So, going back, New Year's was pretty good. It was kind of lame due to my uncontrollable urge to pass out and fall asleep. The night before New Year's, I had an inventory observation from midnight to about 2:30 p.m. I didn't sleep at all before going to the observation which could have been the first mistake I made. Tim's family was in town so we stayed up and played games, hung out. I finally got home and went to sleep at around 3 a.m. Then the next morning I got up a little before 6 a.m. to go to another observation. I had an observation that lasted from 7:30 a.m. to about 9:00 a.m. and then another one from about 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. I got home at about 3 p.m. and Tim and his family were golfing. Instead of taking a nap (mistake #2), since I was still feeling the affects of my Starbucks peppermint mocha I had gotten earlier in the day, I decided instead to clean my house and go on a run (mistake #3 and #4...note: do not try to convince yourself that exercise will give you energy when you are going on about 2.5 hours of sleep. It really just makes you feel like crap). So, needless to say, by the time midnight rolled around, actually by the time 10:30-11:00 rolled around, I was falling asleep in the middle of having conversations with people, literally. It was bad. So I feel extremely bad for being such a bad hostess to Tim's family but I made it to midnight while staying somewhat coherent which I was proud of. I think I was in bed and asleep though by 12:15 a.m. Perhaps on this night some shots of something would've kept me awake and made me more of the life of the party. Maybe next time.
Anyway, it was a good New Year's weekend. We went on a hike on New Year's day. Hikes are probably my favorite thing to do so I had an awesome first day of the year. January 3rd marked the official start of my busy season. I will try to post as much as possible but until about the 2nd week of May, I could be going certifiably insane and considering my life could be somewhat non-existent, I might not have much to post about.
Now, I am going to attempt to exercise. The 500 billion cookies I've eaten in the past 4 weeks are starting to show. Seriously.
OH YES! Today I went shopping and got THE BEST DEALS EVER at Banana Republic. I was extremely over excited. I got a pair of jeans for $13. Much better than the Sevens Tim just got me for Christmas for about 12 times that. I just had to buy the jeans because 1) They were actually super cute... BR jeans for $13 should not be cute...it just doesn't make logical sense. Usually if their jeans are that cheap, they would be nasty. BUT NOPE! The other deals were pretty sweet too but that topped the chart.
Oh, and to add to this random, rambling post (a result of what happens when I put off posting for a week and a half), I got Chelsea and Scott's save the date yesterday and I thought it was the cutest thing ever! Yea for them!!
Weekend was great. We went to a friend's wedding in Fountain Hills. Tim's known him since he was little and we both went to Graceland with him. There were several people in town for the wedding, including Tim's parents, so it was cool to see everyone.
I don't think I've updated since forever ago. So, going back, New Year's was pretty good. It was kind of lame due to my uncontrollable urge to pass out and fall asleep. The night before New Year's, I had an inventory observation from midnight to about 2:30 p.m. I didn't sleep at all before going to the observation which could have been the first mistake I made. Tim's family was in town so we stayed up and played games, hung out. I finally got home and went to sleep at around 3 a.m. Then the next morning I got up a little before 6 a.m. to go to another observation. I had an observation that lasted from 7:30 a.m. to about 9:00 a.m. and then another one from about 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. I got home at about 3 p.m. and Tim and his family were golfing. Instead of taking a nap (mistake #2), since I was still feeling the affects of my Starbucks peppermint mocha I had gotten earlier in the day, I decided instead to clean my house and go on a run (mistake #3 and #4...note: do not try to convince yourself that exercise will give you energy when you are going on about 2.5 hours of sleep. It really just makes you feel like crap). So, needless to say, by the time midnight rolled around, actually by the time 10:30-11:00 rolled around, I was falling asleep in the middle of having conversations with people, literally. It was bad. So I feel extremely bad for being such a bad hostess to Tim's family but I made it to midnight while staying somewhat coherent which I was proud of. I think I was in bed and asleep though by 12:15 a.m. Perhaps on this night some shots of something would've kept me awake and made me more of the life of the party. Maybe next time.
Anyway, it was a good New Year's weekend. We went on a hike on New Year's day. Hikes are probably my favorite thing to do so I had an awesome first day of the year. January 3rd marked the official start of my busy season. I will try to post as much as possible but until about the 2nd week of May, I could be going certifiably insane and considering my life could be somewhat non-existent, I might not have much to post about.
Now, I am going to attempt to exercise. The 500 billion cookies I've eaten in the past 4 weeks are starting to show. Seriously.
OH YES! Today I went shopping and got THE BEST DEALS EVER at Banana Republic. I was extremely over excited. I got a pair of jeans for $13. Much better than the Sevens Tim just got me for Christmas for about 12 times that. I just had to buy the jeans because 1) They were actually super cute... BR jeans for $13 should not be cute...it just doesn't make logical sense. Usually if their jeans are that cheap, they would be nasty. BUT NOPE! The other deals were pretty sweet too but that topped the chart.
Oh, and to add to this random, rambling post (a result of what happens when I put off posting for a week and a half), I got Chelsea and Scott's save the date yesterday and I thought it was the cutest thing ever! Yea for them!!
Saturday, January 07, 2006
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