Hooray! I called my landlady today, and she said I could move in MONDAY afternoon instead of Tuesday morning after I went to my 2 classes! Which means I gotta get my rear in gear and start packing the rest of my shit up!! That part kinda sucks, but oh well. I'm excited YAY!!!!
Plus, I found THE coolest futon on earth that I want for my apartment. I'd get it and have it shipped to my apartment, but I sure don't know my new address...Guess I should figure that out soon. That and get internet and cable. YAY. Still excited. Tee hee. Guess I'd better finish packing!!
What I'm Listening To: Taco (??) - Puttin' on the Ritz
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Eggs
This morning I made myself some fried eggs for breakfast. After years of only scrambling my eggs because I always broke the yolk on the fried eggs, I decided I was sick of scrambled eggs for the time being, and ta dahhhhh! I made fried eggs w/o breaking the yolk. Dad wasn't even there to pester me about how to do it. So proud of myself :)
Still haven't heard from my landlady, she was supposed to call yesterday about when I could move in for sure, but she didn't, so I will give her a call up this afternoon and find out the information on that. I also have to make sure I can hang my bookshelf up, otherwise I'll have to bring my tall free-standing shelving unit...that thing will just take up floor space. Bah.
I think I'll take apart my baker's rack today...I don't really know what else I should pack! I don't want to bring too much stuff, but I need to have the necessary things with me. It's confusing. I've never done this before lol. Oh well, I'll be back home over Labor Day weekend.
Oh, btw, I might not have internet right away when I get into my apartment, so I probably won't be able to IM or update my blog for a bit until I get it set up.
What I'm Listening To: Ben Folds Five - Kate (strings version)
Still haven't heard from my landlady, she was supposed to call yesterday about when I could move in for sure, but she didn't, so I will give her a call up this afternoon and find out the information on that. I also have to make sure I can hang my bookshelf up, otherwise I'll have to bring my tall free-standing shelving unit...that thing will just take up floor space. Bah.
I think I'll take apart my baker's rack today...I don't really know what else I should pack! I don't want to bring too much stuff, but I need to have the necessary things with me. It's confusing. I've never done this before lol. Oh well, I'll be back home over Labor Day weekend.
Oh, btw, I might not have internet right away when I get into my apartment, so I probably won't be able to IM or update my blog for a bit until I get it set up.
What I'm Listening To: Ben Folds Five - Kate (strings version)
Saturday, August 28, 2004
randomness
Waitin’, watchin’ the clock, it’s four o’clock, it’s got to stop
Tell him, take no more, she practices her speech
As he opens the door, she rolls over...
Pretends to sleep as he looks her over
She lies and says she’s in love with him, can’t find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man...
Can’t find a better man (2x)
Ohh...
Talkin’ to herself, there’s no one else who needs to know...
She tells herself, oh...
Memories back when she was bold and strong
And waiting for the world to come along...
Swears she knew it, now she swears he’s gone
She lies and says she’s in love with him, can’t find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man...
She lies and says she still loves him, can’t find a better man...
She dreams in color, she dreams in red, can’t find a better man...
Can’t find a better man (2x)
Yeah...
She loved him, yeah...she don’t want to leave this way
She feeds him, yeah...that’s why she’ll be back again
Can’t find a better man (3x)
Can’t find a better...man...
Ohh...ohh...
Uh huh... (5x)
Ohh...
Man, people do not know how to drive in this town. Yesterday on my way to lunch I cut through the Walmart back parking lot instead of getting on the highway so I could get to KFC. Two different people at different intersections both appeared to be going straight, so I started to turn behind them, then they both changed their minds and turned right in front of me, neither of them using their turn signals. I was fuming.
Then on the way into town today (my sister needed to get new tires for her car, so I went into town and she followed me) my sister almost got hit by this lady in a minivan who turned into the turning lane Ashley was in and almost ran right into her. Then on the way back to the tire place, some jackass who wasn't paying attention almost pulled out in front of me from the road he was on. Slammed on the brakes, squealing tires. It was great. It was on the passenger side, too, so needless to say, my sister was a little shaken up for the day...glad the horn works in the car...
What I'm Listening To: Widespread Panic - Big Wooly Mammoth
Friday, August 27, 2004
fertig!
DONE with work! And so happy to be done! I'll be back home labor day weekend to pick up my paycheck, but otherwise...I'm done.
Also, I need to call my cell phone company and ream someone because they charged me $25 to reactivate my phone because THEY didn't get my phone bill paid for 2 months and THEY disconnected it. Because I have it set up for an automatic payment dealie where they take it out of my checking account every month. They said the reason it didn't get paid wasn't due to insufficient funds, but they couldn't tell me WHY it didn't get paid. And there's no way I'm paying fucking $25 because of somethin THEY did. My phone bill was over $70 this month, and that is complete and utter bullshit. I am NOT happy. I should call them now while I'm still mad...
Crap...buisness hours. Gotta call in the morning, I guess. Tomorrow's when I should hear from my landlady, too.
This weekend:
laundry
packing
find someone to go to the carnival with me
What I'm Listening To: The Darkness - Growing On Me
Also, I need to call my cell phone company and ream someone because they charged me $25 to reactivate my phone because THEY didn't get my phone bill paid for 2 months and THEY disconnected it. Because I have it set up for an automatic payment dealie where they take it out of my checking account every month. They said the reason it didn't get paid wasn't due to insufficient funds, but they couldn't tell me WHY it didn't get paid. And there's no way I'm paying fucking $25 because of somethin THEY did. My phone bill was over $70 this month, and that is complete and utter bullshit. I am NOT happy. I should call them now while I'm still mad...
Crap...buisness hours. Gotta call in the morning, I guess. Tomorrow's when I should hear from my landlady, too.
This weekend:
What I'm Listening To: The Darkness - Growing On Me
Get to Know the Real Me
| Get to know the REAL you by crash_and_burn | |
|---|---|
| Your Name | |
| You Are A: | Dork |
| Your Favorite Band/Song | Barenaked Ladies - One Week |
| You Like To Read: | Everything |
| You Firmly Believe In: | Orange juice |
| Everyone Thinks You Are: | An easy fuck |
| You Were Conceived: | 52nd Street, New York City |
| You Will Marry: | An Italian plumber |
| Quiz created with MemeGen! | |
Drats. Not What I was hoping for. I put my last name in there, too, but it said I would marry a porn star, that I firmly believed in sex at first sight, and that my song was Penny Lane by The Beatles (the only thing out of those three I'd agree on...) Got this from jazz's page.
Off to my last day of work! Yay!
Thursday, August 26, 2004
One more day!!!
Oh, thank goodness! I only have one more day of work! Today I only had to work 6 hours, too, so that was a nice change. Then this weekend I will be doing bunches of packing. Everything except the bed and my desk shall be packed and dismembered. I want to get a new desk, 'cause this one is a hand-me-down from my sister and is wobbly and doesn't have enough space on it, 'cause I need some place to put my printer, too.
Wes gave me one of his 'Tennessee' shirts when he visited so I could have something to remember him by, and I wore it today, and had 2 people ask me if I was from TN. Tee hee.
Went to the Ford dealership today to redeem my $500 shopping spree, but they were OUT. And they were STILL trying to sell me a car! I don't want a damn car, I want a hood for my car! Okay, I guess I should back up, as I haven't explained any of this.
I get this thingie in the mail the other day. It's a remote entrance clicker for a Ford Explorer. You take the clicker down, try to open the Explorer, if you do, you win it. Well, I don't really want a new Explorer. But they also have these other prizes that you are guaranteed to win by calling in this phone number and putting in a code that is given to you. So I called it and won a $500 shopping spree. I was like, "SWEET! Now I can buy a new hood for my car!" 'Cause I thought it was a shopping spree of Ford stuff, and my hood's dented and chipped from this big hail storm we had last summer.
I go down to the Ford place after work and talk to some of the salesmen down there, inquiring about the shopping spree, asking what you can buy. "Anything and everything," the guy tells me. Sweet, because I want a new hood for my car, I tell him. So he assumes that means I actually need a new car. No, quite the contrary. I just got that car a year ago last weekend. So he's trying to sell me a car.
Ford Guy (FG): Are you making payments on your car now?
Me: Well, my Dad is...but yeah.
FG: Well, I'll get you into a newer, better car for the same payments.
Me: I don't need a new car, I have a new car. It's only a year old and doesn't even have 20,000 miles on it yet. I just want a new hood. I thought the shopping spree was for Ford stuff.
FG: Oh no, it's for this online shopping mall. What kind of hood do you want?
Me: A blue one?
So I go show him my hood, and he tells me I can either buy a new hood or take it in and get it fixed and repainted, but I'm SOL if I want a new hood. For free, that is. Drats.
Wes' mom has invited Wes and I out to Charelston, North Carolina sometime in late September, possibly. I'm excited if I get to go. We'd have to buy a plane ticket for me to get out there, but otherwise, everything else will be paid for. So I thought that was really cool and nice of her. She's a really nice lady.
Also, either today or tomorrow is my parents' 22nd wedding anniversary, so congratulations to them for having never fought in front of us children. I still have never ever seen or heard of a fight between the two of them. They act like they're still madly in love, kisses all the time, it's cute. And sickening. Oh well. I can only hope I have something like that when I'm in my 40s.
What I'm Listening To: Weezer - El Scorcho
Wes gave me one of his 'Tennessee' shirts when he visited so I could have something to remember him by, and I wore it today, and had 2 people ask me if I was from TN. Tee hee.
Went to the Ford dealership today to redeem my $500 shopping spree, but they were OUT. And they were STILL trying to sell me a car! I don't want a damn car, I want a hood for my car! Okay, I guess I should back up, as I haven't explained any of this.
I get this thingie in the mail the other day. It's a remote entrance clicker for a Ford Explorer. You take the clicker down, try to open the Explorer, if you do, you win it. Well, I don't really want a new Explorer. But they also have these other prizes that you are guaranteed to win by calling in this phone number and putting in a code that is given to you. So I called it and won a $500 shopping spree. I was like, "SWEET! Now I can buy a new hood for my car!" 'Cause I thought it was a shopping spree of Ford stuff, and my hood's dented and chipped from this big hail storm we had last summer.
I go down to the Ford place after work and talk to some of the salesmen down there, inquiring about the shopping spree, asking what you can buy. "Anything and everything," the guy tells me. Sweet, because I want a new hood for my car, I tell him. So he assumes that means I actually need a new car. No, quite the contrary. I just got that car a year ago last weekend. So he's trying to sell me a car.
Ford Guy (FG): Are you making payments on your car now?
Me: Well, my Dad is...but yeah.
FG: Well, I'll get you into a newer, better car for the same payments.
Me: I don't need a new car, I have a new car. It's only a year old and doesn't even have 20,000 miles on it yet. I just want a new hood. I thought the shopping spree was for Ford stuff.
FG: Oh no, it's for this online shopping mall. What kind of hood do you want?
Me: A blue one?
So I go show him my hood, and he tells me I can either buy a new hood or take it in and get it fixed and repainted, but I'm SOL if I want a new hood. For free, that is. Drats.
Wes' mom has invited Wes and I out to Charelston, North Carolina sometime in late September, possibly. I'm excited if I get to go. We'd have to buy a plane ticket for me to get out there, but otherwise, everything else will be paid for. So I thought that was really cool and nice of her. She's a really nice lady.
Also, either today or tomorrow is my parents' 22nd wedding anniversary, so congratulations to them for having never fought in front of us children. I still have never ever seen or heard of a fight between the two of them. They act like they're still madly in love, kisses all the time, it's cute. And sickening. Oh well. I can only hope I have something like that when I'm in my 40s.
What I'm Listening To: Weezer - El Scorcho
Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
damnit damnit damnit
Well the new girl didn't show up today. Which really struck all of us as weird because she took lots of notes and asked lots of questions and wanted to do more than she was supposed to do yesterday. So she's gone. Have a guy coming in tomorrow morning to interview, I'm pretty sure he'd stick around for a while. Who knows. I'm just going to stop worrying about it because I only have three days left there.
Found a piece of bullet shrapnel in my meatball at dinner tonight. Was chewing and Dad was saying something about how this meat was really good for hamburger and stuff like that, and that Don, one of his employees had shot it and he gave Dad half of it, and I bite into something hard...grrrreat. I figured it was a piece of bone or something that'd been shattered, but no...it was metal.
Also, my left boob hurts a lot on the inside, near my armpit. It's been sharp, shooting pains all day since this afternoon, and it's starting to hurt more and more now, and I'm not sure what it is. Dad said, "Maybe it's growing pains?" And I said, "I hope n...wait...that wouldn't be so bad," and we all got a big laugh out of it. Weird after dinner conversations, yes.
My LAST 10 hour day tomorrow!!! And three days left. Then it's packing-my-room-up city!
What I'm Listening To: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Old Salty Dog Blues
Found a piece of bullet shrapnel in my meatball at dinner tonight. Was chewing and Dad was saying something about how this meat was really good for hamburger and stuff like that, and that Don, one of his employees had shot it and he gave Dad half of it, and I bite into something hard...grrrreat. I figured it was a piece of bone or something that'd been shattered, but no...it was metal.
Also, my left boob hurts a lot on the inside, near my armpit. It's been sharp, shooting pains all day since this afternoon, and it's starting to hurt more and more now, and I'm not sure what it is. Dad said, "Maybe it's growing pains?" And I said, "I hope n...wait...that wouldn't be so bad," and we all got a big laugh out of it. Weird after dinner conversations, yes.
My LAST 10 hour day tomorrow!!! And three days left. Then it's packing-my-room-up city!
What I'm Listening To: Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Old Salty Dog Blues
Monday, August 23, 2004
congratulations me!
I am now officially debt free!! I paid off my credit card bill tonight since I was able to get my paycheck from Saturday deposited today. And I still have a bunch of money left over. So, yay! I had about $80 left over from when Wes came here and paid me for his half of the plane ticket, so I thought that was pretty good, and added that to my deposit, as well.
Also, I've started balancing my check book again, or at least recording my checks and deposits in the register thingie again. I haven't done that in years. Kinda feels good. And gives me something nerdy to do.
Wes just left me the cutest email. He's getting ready to take the GRE test for graduate school and is pretty nervous about it because he doesn't think he's going to do well on it, but I know he is...anyway...here it is:
I'm off to take a shower. Adios
What I'm Listening To: Incubus - The Anti-Gravity Love Song
Also, I've started balancing my check book again, or at least recording my checks and deposits in the register thingie again. I haven't done that in years. Kinda feels good. And gives me something nerdy to do.
Wes just left me the cutest email. He's getting ready to take the GRE test for graduate school and is pretty nervous about it because he doesn't think he's going to do well on it, but I know he is...anyway...here it is:
pray that I do well on this test....so that I might be able to get some money...
if I do well...and I can get into school....don't be surprised at all...if I call you out of the blue (assuming we're together), and say "pack your bags baby...we're going to Belize for 5 days". I mean it....damnit.
I'm off to take a shower. Adios
What I'm Listening To: Incubus - The Anti-Gravity Love Song
Sunday, August 22, 2004
deviantART
OMG I am totally obsessed with this deviantART site that I joined today. I have a friend who's been using it, but I thought, eh, what the heck? I'm not joined to enough online stuff...I put a permanent link to my site there under the TagBoard...
So it's basically a place where I can post my pictures and artwork...not that I've done a whole lot of that lately, but whatever. It'll be fun, and I like getting comments from people on my stuff, and I seem to get more comments on there in one day than I have the entire time I've had my photo blog up.
What I'm Listening To: rain falling outside
So it's basically a place where I can post my pictures and artwork...not that I've done a whole lot of that lately, but whatever. It'll be fun, and I like getting comments from people on my stuff, and I seem to get more comments on there in one day than I have the entire time I've had my photo blog up.
What I'm Listening To: rain falling outside
blahhhhh
Packing sucks. And unpacking's going to suck even more because I'm going to have to take that stupid baker's rack apart and then put it back together again.
I'm still trying to get ahold of my landlady to see when I can move in, or if she even knows, but I haven't been able to get ahold of her yet.
I've got most of the stuff off my bookshelf, all my books, movies, CDs, that kinda stuff. There's still a few knick knacks, but I think I'm going to leave them on the shelf that I'm not taking with me. I've never had to do this before, so it's different for me, but kinda exciting. I'm a little ahead of schedule, however because I can't move in for over a week, but I guess it's good to get an early start, right?
What I'm Listening To: Bif Naked - Moment of Weakness
I'm still trying to get ahold of my landlady to see when I can move in, or if she even knows, but I haven't been able to get ahold of her yet.
I've got most of the stuff off my bookshelf, all my books, movies, CDs, that kinda stuff. There's still a few knick knacks, but I think I'm going to leave them on the shelf that I'm not taking with me. I've never had to do this before, so it's different for me, but kinda exciting. I'm a little ahead of schedule, however because I can't move in for over a week, but I guess it's good to get an early start, right?
What I'm Listening To: Bif Naked - Moment of Weakness
I stand in the pouring rain
You couldn't even be there to pick me up
You're takin' me for granted again
You're runnin' out of time and you're out of luck
Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said
I'm sick with the Bejing flu
And you choose then not to come home
A week later I caught you
Kissin' a girl who was my clone
Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said
Oooh, why should I still pretend
You make me laugh again
My darling truth is
We are not even friends
Oooh, love comes and it goes
Where your heart stops, no one knows
How did I wind up in this mess here with you?
Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said
I didn't mean a word of it
Saturday, August 21, 2004
This Love
This love has taken its toll on me
She said goodbye too many times before
Her heart is breaking in front of me
And I have no choice 'cause I won't say goodbye anymore
I was going to start packing up my room tonight, but I decided...fuck it. I'll do it tomorrow. I'm tired.
What I'm Listening To: Maroon 5 - This Love
new idea
Instead of the waterbed frame I'm using to hold my mattress...if I could find a daybed frame that would fit a Single sized bed...it's got storage space underneath, plus, is a couch, too, when the bed's made...something I'm thinking on. A customer had one in the back of her truck today, so I mentioned something about it and got to thinking it might be a good idea...I guess she found it garage sale-ing. (Saling looks funny, and I know it's not sailing...)
Lance's last day in Gillette is tomorrow, then he moves down to Laramie for the school year, which is four hours away from Gillette, which means 5-6 hours away from Spearfish...so we're going out to Hong Kong for dinner tonight :) And he still owes me for cutting his hair.
What I'm Listening To: Sara Evans - Perfect
Lance's last day in Gillette is tomorrow, then he moves down to Laramie for the school year, which is four hours away from Gillette, which means 5-6 hours away from Spearfish...so we're going out to Hong Kong for dinner tonight :) And he still owes me for cutting his hair.
What I'm Listening To: Sara Evans - Perfect
'Nother dream
This is a weird premise for a dream: First of all, it has something to do with someone from real life, a customer who came in yesterday named Andrea...that's why she stuck in my head, because we have the same name...now, onto the dream.
Somehow, Andrea and I had switched hair. Like, we had our original hair color, but we got the other person's haircut. Hers was very short all over, but I was determined to do SOMETHING with it, whereas she just ran off for the day (I think we only had to switch for the day), and all I was worried about was that she would cut her hair short again, so that when we switched back, I'd be back to that damn short hair again.
Something else was going on in the background of the dream, like I was getting ready to go somewhere...but I don't rememeber exactly.
Oh, on the plus side, we finally hired a new girl (again, I guess) who will start on Monday so I will have someone to train. She's kinda short, cute, and seems really nice. Ken talked to her for about half an hour to let her know what all she would be responsible for and what would go on at the job, and she still accepted, so I guess that's a good sign, since the last cashier didn't fare so well. This one looks a little more determined than the last girl :) Yay. Also, Ken gave Tim the day off, so Ken will be in today. Which means we probably won't work the whole day since he doesn't like to do that. Again, yay! I don't care about hours anymore, I just wanna be done with work!! And I won't be able to move all my stuff in 'til labor day weekend, which is four days after school starts, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to pack as much shit in my car as possible and head down there ASAP. I'll just have to wait for my bed when the weekend comes lol.
And with that, I am off to work.
What I'm Listening To:
Somehow, Andrea and I had switched hair. Like, we had our original hair color, but we got the other person's haircut. Hers was very short all over, but I was determined to do SOMETHING with it, whereas she just ran off for the day (I think we only had to switch for the day), and all I was worried about was that she would cut her hair short again, so that when we switched back, I'd be back to that damn short hair again.
Something else was going on in the background of the dream, like I was getting ready to go somewhere...but I don't rememeber exactly.
fin
Oh, on the plus side, we finally hired a new girl (again, I guess) who will start on Monday so I will have someone to train. She's kinda short, cute, and seems really nice. Ken talked to her for about half an hour to let her know what all she would be responsible for and what would go on at the job, and she still accepted, so I guess that's a good sign, since the last cashier didn't fare so well. This one looks a little more determined than the last girl :) Yay. Also, Ken gave Tim the day off, so Ken will be in today. Which means we probably won't work the whole day since he doesn't like to do that. Again, yay! I don't care about hours anymore, I just wanna be done with work!! And I won't be able to move all my stuff in 'til labor day weekend, which is four days after school starts, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to pack as much shit in my car as possible and head down there ASAP. I'll just have to wait for my bed when the weekend comes lol.
And with that, I am off to work.
What I'm Listening To:
Friday, August 20, 2004
Arg
Turmoil among friends is the worst. I'm in the middle of this war between two very stubborn people. I'm not going to be mediator, we've all already decided that, but God, I just want to help! And I don't know what to do, and it's killing me. One friend wanted the other. The other was busy wither someone else. Now realizing a possible mistake, the other possibly wants the friend back, but I don't know if it can ever happen.
Why can't people just listen to me and do what I want them to do? Life would be easier. A friend of mine said this to me earlier, and it makes perfect sense. If people would just do what you wanted them to do...how you wanted things...it would just make your life that much easier. Even when those things don't involve you, except that you are the person who people talk to about their problems, and they won't listen to you. That's the worst. I know you can't live your life vicariously through someone elses', but damn, give it a try! I know that it's hard to step out of comfort zones, but I think that you need to live your life a little. Stepping out of your comfort zone every once in a while is a good thing. It opens your eyes to what you want and what you don't want, that way you're not always sitting there on your safety net, wondering why things aren't going the way you want them.
Blargh. I know both of these people are stubborn, and I know both of them read my blog. And I know both of them are being tools right now, and need to pull their heads out of their asses and get things figured out. This is hard on everyone. Including me, and I'm not any more involved than listening to each side of their story and trying to bring them together. ARG!!!!!
This is dumb, I've rambled on for too long. You know who you are, and no one else does.
I had a margarita for the first time in months tonight at dinner because I am PMSing and work was hell and I needed a stress reliever. This is the first time in my life I have ever used alcohol as such. And I was buzzed, and it felt good.
Good night.
Why can't people just listen to me and do what I want them to do? Life would be easier. A friend of mine said this to me earlier, and it makes perfect sense. If people would just do what you wanted them to do...how you wanted things...it would just make your life that much easier. Even when those things don't involve you, except that you are the person who people talk to about their problems, and they won't listen to you. That's the worst. I know you can't live your life vicariously through someone elses', but damn, give it a try! I know that it's hard to step out of comfort zones, but I think that you need to live your life a little. Stepping out of your comfort zone every once in a while is a good thing. It opens your eyes to what you want and what you don't want, that way you're not always sitting there on your safety net, wondering why things aren't going the way you want them.
Blargh. I know both of these people are stubborn, and I know both of them read my blog. And I know both of them are being tools right now, and need to pull their heads out of their asses and get things figured out. This is hard on everyone. Including me, and I'm not any more involved than listening to each side of their story and trying to bring them together. ARG!!!!!
This is dumb, I've rambled on for too long. You know who you are, and no one else does.
I had a margarita for the first time in months tonight at dinner because I am PMSing and work was hell and I needed a stress reliever. This is the first time in my life I have ever used alcohol as such. And I was buzzed, and it felt good.
Good night.
I can see it now...
"Dinosaur Stomps VW" 
A little Scene-O-Rama I have set up on the dash of my car for entertainment...
A little Scene-O-Rama I have set up on the dash of my car for entertainment...
Big Horn Mountains
More thumbs up for the Big Horn Mountains
Wes bought this Wyoming Cowboys shirt at some sporting goods store in Gillette the day we went up to the mountains because he wanted something to bring back from his trip about Wyoming. And of the times I visited him, I never got anything "Tennesseeish" because I didn't have a job, he gave me one of his tshirts that had Tennessee in the Volunteers' orange :) Very nice of him.
Wes bought this Wyoming Cowboys shirt at some sporting goods store in Gillette the day we went up to the mountains because he wanted something to bring back from his trip about Wyoming. And of the times I visited him, I never got anything "Tennesseeish" because I didn't have a job, he gave me one of his tshirts that had Tennessee in the Volunteers' orange :) Very nice of him.
Tie Hack
Thumbs up for Tie Hack lake
I think my dad fishes up here quite a bit. It was a really pretty place, and it's made from a dam, which is what we're standing on. It was very nice and pretty, and the waterfall down to the stream was very cool, and you could walk right over top of it and look directly down and see it under your feet.
I think my dad fishes up here quite a bit. It was a really pretty place, and it's made from a dam, which is what we're standing on. It was very nice and pretty, and the waterfall down to the stream was very cool, and you could walk right over top of it and look directly down and see it under your feet.
Devil's Tower strikes again
Wes and Devil's Tower
This was Wes trying to give himself an image booster by making his penis look bigger...or more "volcanic plug"-like...beats me. But it's amusing, nonetheless.
This was Wes trying to give himself an image booster by making his penis look bigger...or more "volcanic plug"-like...beats me. But it's amusing, nonetheless.
Cockeyed and Skewed
Wes' wonderful camera skills...
He likes to take pictures at weird angles...this is why I don't give him the camera too often.
He likes to take pictures at weird angles...this is why I don't give him the camera too often.
Thursday, August 19, 2004
Dream
I had a dream last night that I was packing up and getting ready to move out of the house. Except it wasn't just me getting ready to move out for college, I think it was my whole family...and we were using laundry hampers to pack a lot of our stuff in...I was cleanin out the top shelf of my closet when I found like, 6 boxes of 50-packs of Crayola colored pencils...jackpot. Not sure why I needed to buy so many of them...maybe because I kept losing them, but Dad was asking if I was going to throw the old ones away, and Mom told me I'd better not because some of them were still good, damnit.
Then in the background, there was something on tv, like a movie or a show, and it was ending...there was a wedding happening, between two people who were having a hard time deciding whether or not to get married...as they WERE getting married, the voiceover of an old black man came on, talking to another person over the phone, I presume, and he was talking like, "Yeah, old brown dog, some of us, we got the face of a human..." something something something...I think he was implying that they thought of themselves as dogs in the world, but that sometimes a woman might still find them attractive?? I don't know where I come up with this stuff.
Then in the background, there was something on tv, like a movie or a show, and it was ending...there was a wedding happening, between two people who were having a hard time deciding whether or not to get married...as they WERE getting married, the voiceover of an old black man came on, talking to another person over the phone, I presume, and he was talking like, "Yeah, old brown dog, some of us, we got the face of a human..." something something something...I think he was implying that they thought of themselves as dogs in the world, but that sometimes a woman might still find them attractive?? I don't know where I come up with this stuff.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Keep your nose to the grindstone...
It keeps your boogers sharp ;)
Kinda feels good to get back into the swing of things, but I was a little gloomy this morning. I only have 8 work days left at work, for which I'm very excited...I think the change of pace and activities will help out.
Started cleaning my room...I need to start packing, as well, as I only have 12 days until school starts. I think the last thing to go down besides my bookshelf is going to be all my pictures. And I think Target is the place for me to go for apartment stuff...their commercials are always so much fun :D That's where I got my lamp that stands 5' tall and fits in something the size of a film reel cannister...Sweet.
What I'm Listening To: ZZ Top (osmosis...Dad's really listening to it in the living room...)
Kinda feels good to get back into the swing of things, but I was a little gloomy this morning. I only have 8 work days left at work, for which I'm very excited...I think the change of pace and activities will help out.
Started cleaning my room...I need to start packing, as well, as I only have 12 days until school starts. I think the last thing to go down besides my bookshelf is going to be all my pictures. And I think Target is the place for me to go for apartment stuff...their commercials are always so much fun :D That's where I got my lamp that stands 5' tall and fits in something the size of a film reel cannister...Sweet.
What I'm Listening To: ZZ Top (osmosis...Dad's really listening to it in the living room...)
Where I've been the last few days.
Went to pick Wes up at the airport, but because of the hurricane down south, he missed his connecting flight in Salt Lake City, so he had to catch a later one, and we were both forced to sit around an airport for hours on end. It was really great to see him again after three months.
Friday:
Parents had left that evening, and Mom gave us her debit card so we could eat while they were gone. We went to Las Margaritas 'cause that's one of our favorite places to eat. Wes got the veggie expresso burrito. Little did we know that they put peanut butter in the sauce that goes over the burrito. Wes is deathly allergic to them. After about three bites he started feeling sick, and it was pretty scary. He ran to the bathroom, then ran across the street to Wallgreens, then we stayed in town for a while in case we needed to take him to the hospital.
Saturday:
Wes and I went to the Big Horn Mountains and Buffalo, Wyoming since Wes likes the mountains so much. Got some good pictures that I'll have to post later on when I have more time. Ran into some cows on the way there, too.
Sunday:
Went to Devil's Tower since Wes had never been there, hiked around that, then went to Spearfish so we could get something to eat and so I could show Wes my school, where my apartment is, and the fish hatchery. I guess the fish in the big tank were left over fish from when the hatchery closed 20 years ago...they're freakin' huge for trout. Then we drove through the Spearfish Canyon, and Wes did some fishing in the stream, but didn't catch anything
*side note*
For the last few days, my car had been riding really rough, like one of the tires was out of allignment or something was wrong with it.
The car was riding harder than before, and it was really getting on my nerves. We pulled off the interstate on the way home to make sure the lugnuts were all tight, and they were, but the back passenger tire was warped. We got back on the road, and less than 10 miles later, the tread on the tire blew off...freakin' scared me to death. and scratched the hell out of my wheel well. Grr. Put the spare on and were on our way.
Monday:
Went to the tire place to get new tires, walked to Perkins for lunch where our waitress all but ignored us except to take our order and to take our plates when we were done. No refills or anything. No tip for her. That night we drove to Casper and got a hotel room. I hate driving that road at night because of all the deer everywhere. It's scary.
Tuesday:
Got to the airport in plenty of time since we were only a few miles away from it instead of a couple hours. Wes bought some beer the other night (Fat Tire) because they don't sell it east of the Mississippi River. We got it all packaged up and everything, but when we got to the airport, they had to cut it open and inspect it. All that hard work, gone! The security guy didn't look too happy, either...little styrofoam peanuts everywhere...hehehe.
A quick goodbye while he was standing in line waiting to go through the metal detector, and I left quick because I was going to start crying and I didn't really feel like doing that in front of a bunch of people. He made it home okay, and now we're back to normal...I guess...talking on the phone every night before we go to bed and me calling him on my lunch break. It's not so bad.
What I'm Listening To:
Sunday, August 15, 2004
i really am here...
...I've just been busy with Wes being here and all. We're having a good time, and I'll be sure to post about it later on when he's gone...that way I'm not spending all this time on the computer while he's here and being a rude host.
Anywho, I am alive and well, aside from a blown tire on the interstate, which I will go into at a later time :) G'night all!
What I'm Listening To: the dishwasher on its rinse cycle
Anywho, I am alive and well, aside from a blown tire on the interstate, which I will go into at a later time :) G'night all!
What I'm Listening To: the dishwasher on its rinse cycle
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
FINALLY!
Nicole finally decided that she'd work my usual shift tomorrow so that we wouldn't have any problems while I was gone, since I'll only be in for two hours in the morning before she gets there. That was really nice of her, but I'm wondering what made her decide to do it?? Doesn't matter, it makes everyone's life easier, so I'm glad.
Just found out someone I used to go to school with got knocked up a while back...having a girl. I think it's something in the water here...girls my age have all these little kids running around, and they're yelling at them and trying to get them to behave...so glad I don't have to worry about this when I'm only 21.
Wes gets here tomorrow! So I have to go into work for a couple hours in the morning, clean my car, and change clothes (I want to wear the new skirt I got, but I don't want to wear it at work since there's guys in the pit below the cars that could look up lol) before I go pick him up, not to mention fill up my car with gas beforehand.
Well, I'm tired, hungry, and waiting on dinner. I have cleaning to do, so I'd better hop to it. Adios!
What I'm Listening To: Army - Ben Folds
Just found out someone I used to go to school with got knocked up a while back...having a girl. I think it's something in the water here...girls my age have all these little kids running around, and they're yelling at them and trying to get them to behave...so glad I don't have to worry about this when I'm only 21.
Wes gets here tomorrow! So I have to go into work for a couple hours in the morning, clean my car, and change clothes (I want to wear the new skirt I got, but I don't want to wear it at work since there's guys in the pit below the cars that could look up lol) before I go pick him up, not to mention fill up my car with gas beforehand.
Well, I'm tired, hungry, and waiting on dinner. I have cleaning to do, so I'd better hop to it. Adios!
What I'm Listening To: Army - Ben Folds
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Red? Who wears red to work?
I've realized over the last couple of days that the songs I am favoring listening to all have to do with love/relationships...
"All That Glitters Is Not Gold" - Dan Seals
"Something About You" - Five For Fighting
"I've Got My Mind Set On You" - George Harrison
"Me and You" - Kenny Chesney
"Sunday Morning" - Maroon 5
"Sorry Signs on Cash Machines" - Mason Jennings
"Perfect" - Sara Evans
"Suds in the Bucket" - Sara Evans
"No One Needs To Know" - Shania Twain
Oddly enough...most of them are country songs. Well, not so odd, since that's the only thing I can listen to at work. Oh well.
Full day at work tomorrow, then 2 hours on Thursday, then off to the airport to pick up Wes :) I'm excited to see him again. We don't really have a lot planned, except go see a movie, go to the mountains for some fishin', and all that fun stuff. I just want him to get here. Doesn't matter if we sit around all day long and watch stupid movies or play checkers. Fortunately on Friday when I have to work a long day, my sis will be off work that day and can take him around town if he wants, or at least keep him company so he doesn't have to sit out in the camper by himself lol. That's just sad.
New girl didn't show up today...she and her sister got in a fight, so she called in sick...Weird. She might get canned after one day. Sucks to be her. Guess she shouldn't get beat up by her sister.
Well, I think I'm going to go read for a bit and then sleeeeeeeeep at last. So tired. And it's not even 9:30 yet. I'm so lame.
What I'm Listening To: Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
"All That Glitters Is Not Gold" - Dan Seals
"Something About You" - Five For Fighting
"I've Got My Mind Set On You" - George Harrison
"Me and You" - Kenny Chesney
"Sunday Morning" - Maroon 5
"Sorry Signs on Cash Machines" - Mason Jennings
"Perfect" - Sara Evans
"Suds in the Bucket" - Sara Evans
"No One Needs To Know" - Shania Twain
Oddly enough...most of them are country songs. Well, not so odd, since that's the only thing I can listen to at work. Oh well.
Full day at work tomorrow, then 2 hours on Thursday, then off to the airport to pick up Wes :) I'm excited to see him again. We don't really have a lot planned, except go see a movie, go to the mountains for some fishin', and all that fun stuff. I just want him to get here. Doesn't matter if we sit around all day long and watch stupid movies or play checkers. Fortunately on Friday when I have to work a long day, my sis will be off work that day and can take him around town if he wants, or at least keep him company so he doesn't have to sit out in the camper by himself lol. That's just sad.
New girl didn't show up today...she and her sister got in a fight, so she called in sick...Weird. She might get canned after one day. Sucks to be her. Guess she shouldn't get beat up by her sister.
Well, I think I'm going to go read for a bit and then sleeeeeeeeep at last. So tired. And it's not even 9:30 yet. I'm so lame.
What I'm Listening To: Maroon 5 - Sunday Morning
"there's a bad moon on the rise"
Well, since I was too tired to post about yesterday YESTERDAY, I guess I will do that today.
At work we hired a new kid. Well, lots of new people, actually, but one in particular stood out...in one of the worst ways possible. I was at the end of the driveway because we were 3 cars deep out there, getting vehicle information, and I come back inside to the garage to put it in the computer, and the new kid, who we call Stinky, was bent over vacuuming a car...and there it was...in all its *shudder* glory...the moon, half full this afternoon. OMG. How do you not notice that there is a breeze on half a foot of your ass? Why do you HAVE half a foot of ass, anyway!? It was so gross. Peter, Tim, and I giggled about it for the longest time. We're probably going to have to let Stinky go here. Tim made him wear one of the boys' in the pit's trenchcoats so his crack would no longer be seen. I mean...jeez. Customers can see that!
We have a new girl who I am training. She gets a little flustered on the computer system when she's entering a car into the computer, but when you don't know the system, that's obvious. She takes too many smoke breaks, though, and just sits at the counter flipping through magazines, not really paying attention to the computer screen to see if anyone's ready to cash out. Tim said he'd put a stop to that real quick.
Then, against my own will, I bought The Da Vinci Code. I couldn't wait any longer for it to come out in paper back, and I don't go to the library anymore 'cause of bad memories. I started reading it last night. Pretty interesting so far. And I haven't had a good book to read in a while.
Also, my Victoria's Secret undies came in the mail yesterday :D ! I was really excited. They're so cute! New underwear always makes me feel better.
What I'm Listening To: Ween - Chocolate Town
At work we hired a new kid. Well, lots of new people, actually, but one in particular stood out...in one of the worst ways possible. I was at the end of the driveway because we were 3 cars deep out there, getting vehicle information, and I come back inside to the garage to put it in the computer, and the new kid, who we call Stinky, was bent over vacuuming a car...and there it was...in all its *shudder* glory...the moon, half full this afternoon. OMG. How do you not notice that there is a breeze on half a foot of your ass? Why do you HAVE half a foot of ass, anyway!? It was so gross. Peter, Tim, and I giggled about it for the longest time. We're probably going to have to let Stinky go here. Tim made him wear one of the boys' in the pit's trenchcoats so his crack would no longer be seen. I mean...jeez. Customers can see that!
We have a new girl who I am training. She gets a little flustered on the computer system when she's entering a car into the computer, but when you don't know the system, that's obvious. She takes too many smoke breaks, though, and just sits at the counter flipping through magazines, not really paying attention to the computer screen to see if anyone's ready to cash out. Tim said he'd put a stop to that real quick.
Then, against my own will, I bought The Da Vinci Code. I couldn't wait any longer for it to come out in paper back, and I don't go to the library anymore 'cause of bad memories. I started reading it last night. Pretty interesting so far. And I haven't had a good book to read in a while.
Also, my Victoria's Secret undies came in the mail yesterday :D ! I was really excited. They're so cute! New underwear always makes me feel better.
What I'm Listening To: Ween - Chocolate Town
Monday, August 09, 2004
movie review
Went to The Bourne Supremacy last night with Mom and my sister. It was good, definitely, I liked it, but the camera action was very jerky, definitely handheld cameras the entire movie. Good plot, definitely more for the boys this time, and Julia Stiles made a more believable CIA agent this go-round.
I think I still like the 1st one better, however. But I'm a sucker for car chase scenes and explosions, so it was good in my book. Wes had already seen it before I did, but he wants to go see it again when he gets here probably on Thursday or Friday. I think on Thursday the five of us (Mom, Dad, Ashley, Wes, and myself) are going to go out for dinner instead of Dad cooking for all of us, since Wes will have just arrived. Las Margaritas is sooooo good.
Ashley started working her grave shifts for the week, so she gets home at 7am, by which point I'm still sleeping, or trying to. Yesterday she was trying to sleep so that she could be awake for the whole night, and we were trying to be quiet in the house, but it's just so hard to be quiet and get anything accomplished, like cleaning for a guest...so we were "too loud" for her. I guess she was taking that out on me this morning 'cause she came stomping up the back deck (which runs right by my window, which my bed is right up against), and slams the door shut when she gets in. Mom says, "Andrea's still asleep, shhh." Ashley, because she's still a little upset from yesterday, I think, says, "I know, and I don't care." Then Mom asks her to get something out of the camper for her, so Ashley starts slamming more doors. Grrr.
She's asleep on the couch right now. If this slamming doors thing continues, I'm just going to have to start being loud in the mornings when I'm getting ready for work and she's trying to sleep after work. It's gonna suck for the both of us...
But I gotta call the school to see what my financial aid situation is. Adios.
What I'm Listening To: Widespread Panic - Tall Boy
I think I still like the 1st one better, however. But I'm a sucker for car chase scenes and explosions, so it was good in my book. Wes had already seen it before I did, but he wants to go see it again when he gets here probably on Thursday or Friday. I think on Thursday the five of us (Mom, Dad, Ashley, Wes, and myself) are going to go out for dinner instead of Dad cooking for all of us, since Wes will have just arrived. Las Margaritas is sooooo good.
Ashley started working her grave shifts for the week, so she gets home at 7am, by which point I'm still sleeping, or trying to. Yesterday she was trying to sleep so that she could be awake for the whole night, and we were trying to be quiet in the house, but it's just so hard to be quiet and get anything accomplished, like cleaning for a guest...so we were "too loud" for her. I guess she was taking that out on me this morning 'cause she came stomping up the back deck (which runs right by my window, which my bed is right up against), and slams the door shut when she gets in. Mom says, "Andrea's still asleep, shhh." Ashley, because she's still a little upset from yesterday, I think, says, "I know, and I don't care." Then Mom asks her to get something out of the camper for her, so Ashley starts slamming more doors. Grrr.
She's asleep on the couch right now. If this slamming doors thing continues, I'm just going to have to start being loud in the mornings when I'm getting ready for work and she's trying to sleep after work. It's gonna suck for the both of us...
But I gotta call the school to see what my financial aid situation is. Adios.
What I'm Listening To: Widespread Panic - Tall Boy
Sunday, August 08, 2004
does this whole mad season got you down?
Man, yesterday sucked. I had to work on a Saturday, so that didn't help, but as soon as we opened (which was 15 minutes early, anyway), the boss was yelling at Tim, my manager, about all kinds of things. They were both pissed at eachother, and it was just stupid. The boss forgot to order automatic transmission fluid and some fuel filters, so we couldn't sell them, and yet he's getting mad at Tim because we're not making enough in sales. Jeez.
Also, if you work on a Saturday that is a payday, whoever arrives first is the first to go to lunch. Lunch starts at 11:00, and the bank is only open until Noon. Half an hour lunches mean that only two people can get their paychecks cashed before the banks close, otherwise you have to wait until Monday to cash your check. And who wants that, really? Fortunately I was the 2nd person to get there, so I was able to get my paycheck cashed and still go to lunch. On the way to the bank however, there is tons and tons of road construction that I was not aware of. Had to find this weird alternate route to get there, plus I almost hit someone's dog. Scared the piss out of me. For a second he disappeared from sight, and I was sure he was a goner. I slammed on the brakes as soon as I saw him, tires screeching. I had a lump in my throat for the longest time afterwards, I think it was my heart, but the stupid dog just kept on runnin' across the street.
Ashley starts grave shifts today, so last night was the "try to keep Ashley up as long as possible" movie marathon night. Too bad she only rented one good movie, otherwise I would have stayed up to watch the other two with her. I think the intent of the other two movies was to scare her awake, or to keep her from going to sleep...The Butterfly Effect (not really scary, but I'm sure it'd be creepy), and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I don't handle scary movies well, or I have nightmares, like after watching Dawn of the Dead. Anyway, Mom, Ashley, and I watched 13 Going on 30 with Jennifer Garner from Alias, and it was really cute. Good chick flick.
Kill Bill Volume 2 comes out on Tuesday, and we haven't even had it here in theatres! So we're probably just going to buy it anyway.
That's it for now. Going to go see The Bourne Supremacy with Mom and Ashley tonight, so yay. I've wanted to see that for a while and we just finally got it here in town. Too bad it's not at the newly remodeled theatre...I really like that one now. Oh well. Popcorn and Twizzlers, here I come.
What I'm Listening To: Mason Jennings - California part II
Also, if you work on a Saturday that is a payday, whoever arrives first is the first to go to lunch. Lunch starts at 11:00, and the bank is only open until Noon. Half an hour lunches mean that only two people can get their paychecks cashed before the banks close, otherwise you have to wait until Monday to cash your check. And who wants that, really? Fortunately I was the 2nd person to get there, so I was able to get my paycheck cashed and still go to lunch. On the way to the bank however, there is tons and tons of road construction that I was not aware of. Had to find this weird alternate route to get there, plus I almost hit someone's dog. Scared the piss out of me. For a second he disappeared from sight, and I was sure he was a goner. I slammed on the brakes as soon as I saw him, tires screeching. I had a lump in my throat for the longest time afterwards, I think it was my heart, but the stupid dog just kept on runnin' across the street.
Ashley starts grave shifts today, so last night was the "try to keep Ashley up as long as possible" movie marathon night. Too bad she only rented one good movie, otherwise I would have stayed up to watch the other two with her. I think the intent of the other two movies was to scare her awake, or to keep her from going to sleep...The Butterfly Effect (not really scary, but I'm sure it'd be creepy), and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I don't handle scary movies well, or I have nightmares, like after watching Dawn of the Dead. Anyway, Mom, Ashley, and I watched 13 Going on 30 with Jennifer Garner from Alias, and it was really cute. Good chick flick.
Kill Bill Volume 2 comes out on Tuesday, and we haven't even had it here in theatres! So we're probably just going to buy it anyway.
That's it for now. Going to go see The Bourne Supremacy with Mom and Ashley tonight, so yay. I've wanted to see that for a while and we just finally got it here in town. Too bad it's not at the newly remodeled theatre...I really like that one now. Oh well. Popcorn and Twizzlers, here I come.
What I'm Listening To: Mason Jennings - California part II
Saturday, August 07, 2004
Friday, August 06, 2004
sweating up a storm
Just spent the last half hour chasing my sister's cat around the house with my dad (it was twilight, the cat is grey, she's a little hard to find). Got bit by some bugs, some of those bugs got inside the house, now we're all itchy. Yuck.
Found 2 sets of license plates from my neighbor so I can work on some more purses. Dad was giving me some pointers for them so they're not too tight when we bend it, so the plates fit around eachother nicely. One's old, from like 1985 or something, and the other one's 1995-96, I think. I haven't taken the sticker tags off of them yet to see when they were made. The old one is really ugly lol, goldenrod and brown, with black numbers stamped into it. The newer one is a little different than what mine is, as it doesn't have Devil's Tower printed on it. But I'll work on that tomorrow or Sunday because I'm pooped from Delilah chasing.
The owner's son at work is always sneaking candy bars out of the back room (the room where we keep the pop and candy to stock the machines with) and not paying for them like everyone else has to. It's getting a little irritating, and I know that he's the son of the owner, but this isn't a once in a while thing, it's a couple times a day every time he's here. No one likes it, especially not the boys in the garage who work harder and have to pay for their own candy. So one of the guys in the shop is going to talk to the owner about it, because he doesn't think it's fair, and I've been trying to stock the candy machine whenever I get a free second so that there's nothing left in the back room, as there's only like, three Hersheys bars and 5 Three Musketeers bars left...hopefully I can get them all in the machine by tomorrow and the kid will have to pay for his own stuff! When I worked for my dad, I had to pay for all my candy and pop. Rawr.
What I'm Listening To: my heart rate slowing
Found 2 sets of license plates from my neighbor so I can work on some more purses. Dad was giving me some pointers for them so they're not too tight when we bend it, so the plates fit around eachother nicely. One's old, from like 1985 or something, and the other one's 1995-96, I think. I haven't taken the sticker tags off of them yet to see when they were made. The old one is really ugly lol, goldenrod and brown, with black numbers stamped into it. The newer one is a little different than what mine is, as it doesn't have Devil's Tower printed on it. But I'll work on that tomorrow or Sunday because I'm pooped from Delilah chasing.
The owner's son at work is always sneaking candy bars out of the back room (the room where we keep the pop and candy to stock the machines with) and not paying for them like everyone else has to. It's getting a little irritating, and I know that he's the son of the owner, but this isn't a once in a while thing, it's a couple times a day every time he's here. No one likes it, especially not the boys in the garage who work harder and have to pay for their own candy. So one of the guys in the shop is going to talk to the owner about it, because he doesn't think it's fair, and I've been trying to stock the candy machine whenever I get a free second so that there's nothing left in the back room, as there's only like, three Hersheys bars and 5 Three Musketeers bars left...hopefully I can get them all in the machine by tomorrow and the kid will have to pay for his own stuff! When I worked for my dad, I had to pay for all my candy and pop. Rawr.
What I'm Listening To: my heart rate slowing
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Let's see...a little over three weeks and then school starts. Less than a week until Wes is here, I get paid this weekend, and I have a cell phone bill due this weekend, also. But I work this weekend, so I can't deposite my paycheck until Monday. Bummer. I used to work on the non-payday weekends, but then I switched with Nicole for Wes' visit. For which I'm getting very excited. 6 days!
I'm desperately trying to find stuff to decorate my bathroom with in the apartment at Walmart and Kmart, but I'm not having the best of luck. Their supplies seem to be a lot lower than they were last year, but maybe they're waiting until closer to the start of school. Beats me. I'm just gonna wait 'til I get to Spearfish so I don't have to pack more things back home.
On a completely different note, 2 of my friends have drifted apart and aren't speaking to or seeing eachother anymore, and that makes me sad, but maybe it's for the best...I want them both to be happy.
What I'm Listening To: D12 - My Band
I'm desperately trying to find stuff to decorate my bathroom with in the apartment at Walmart and Kmart, but I'm not having the best of luck. Their supplies seem to be a lot lower than they were last year, but maybe they're waiting until closer to the start of school. Beats me. I'm just gonna wait 'til I get to Spearfish so I don't have to pack more things back home.
Telemarketers are freaks. One just called me today asking for Mom. Told him she was at work. Of course he butchered our last name, then asked how to pronounce it.
I told him, he says, "That's kinda a cool last name, isn't it?"
*mental eyeroll* "Yeah, it is," says I.
"Well, what about Andrew?" he asks.
I didn't understand him 'cause he was talking so loud so I had to hold the phone away from my head to not go deaf. "Who?"
"Big Andrew, is he in?" asks Freaky Telemarketer.
"No, he's at work, too." Duh. Why would someone be home at nine thirty in the morning? (I am, but that's different, damnit.)
"Oh, well that's good. We like that, don't we?" asks the telemarketer, implying that we like the fact that my dad is at work.
Yes, yes we do. Keeps me fed and housed.
"Have a good day!" says the overly-cheery harasser of phones.
On a completely different note, 2 of my friends have drifted apart and aren't speaking to or seeing eachother anymore, and that makes me sad, but maybe it's for the best...I want them both to be happy.
What I'm Listening To: D12 - My Band
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Tasks completed
Let's see. Okay, so I didn't do laundry, but I did ask a few people about old license plates, so I should be getting some of those before the month is out...bought some clothes at Maurices, still have about $50 of my "limit" to spend, so I have to decide what to get. I already have a pair of jeans, a new skirt, and three new tshirts. I hate how expensive jeans are. Sheesh.
And that's about it for this post, except to say that I'm really tired and kinda grouchy for some reason. Adios.
What I'm Listening To: Widespread Panic - Stop and Go
And that's about it for this post, except to say that I'm really tired and kinda grouchy for some reason. Adios.
What I'm Listening To: Widespread Panic - Stop and Go
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Tasks
Alright. Tomorrow is my day off for the week, so I have a list of things to do:
And I think that's it for my list of things to do. If Lacey would ever talk to me I could have her send me her old plates so I could start working on her purse.
What I'm Listening To: Indigenous - Things We Do
- Buy clothes for school this year
- with Mom's money
- Do laundry
- with Mom's detergent
- Find some old license plates so I can make more purses
- with other people's plates
- which means I have to go ask people if they have old license plates that I can borrow, which shouldn't be too hard...but it's time consuming
And I think that's it for my list of things to do. If Lacey would ever talk to me I could have her send me her old plates so I could start working on her purse.
What I'm Listening To: Indigenous - Things We Do
Internet Explorer
I just viewed my blog for the first time on Internet Explorer instead of Mozilla, which is the browser I use, and everything's all crowded together. Poo. I might have to make some changes.
Went to bed at not even 9:30 last night...slept all the way in until my alarm clock went off. I did wake up a couple times in between, but not as bad as usual. Also had some odd dreams about parasites taking over the world by going through your ears. Then when they infected you, your head grew all weird and lumpy...but then was back to normal. Sometimes things kinda exploded like in Alien, and I think shooting them just made the parasite move to another body...and the infected people had tenticles or something coming out of their ears.
Then I was at the school visiting for a while in the dorms, but no one was really there yet, like Jill wasn't, but Alyssa and Alicia were and already had their room set up. Then I think I left my sister alone for a while, but she found some people to hang out with at the cafeteria (which looked like my junior high's cafeteria, not my college's...)
And there was one more about rain, I just remember that there was lots of puddles and mud everywhere when I was trying to drive. That one wasn't as disturbing as the parasite one, thankfully.
What I'm Listening To:
Went to bed at not even 9:30 last night...slept all the way in until my alarm clock went off. I did wake up a couple times in between, but not as bad as usual. Also had some odd dreams about parasites taking over the world by going through your ears. Then when they infected you, your head grew all weird and lumpy...but then was back to normal. Sometimes things kinda exploded like in Alien, and I think shooting them just made the parasite move to another body...and the infected people had tenticles or something coming out of their ears.
Then I was at the school visiting for a while in the dorms, but no one was really there yet, like Jill wasn't, but Alyssa and Alicia were and already had their room set up. Then I think I left my sister alone for a while, but she found some people to hang out with at the cafeteria (which looked like my junior high's cafeteria, not my college's...)
And there was one more about rain, I just remember that there was lots of puddles and mud everywhere when I was trying to drive. That one wasn't as disturbing as the parasite one, thankfully.
What I'm Listening To:
Monday, August 02, 2004
Celebrities
Well, since everyone at work could have made 7 toolsheds if put together and I was grouchy from the cell phone incident and work...I have decided to make a list of all the "celebrities" I have met over the last few years.
What I'm Listening To: Sloan - Stand By Me, Yeah
- Burt Ward
- Rod Stewart
- Linda Blair
- Don Johnson
- Barbera Bush
- Scott Wolfe
- Mike Myers
What I'm Listening To: Sloan - Stand By Me, Yeah
I hate Cellular One
I am fucking pissed off. Yesterday my phone was turned off, so every time I tried calling someone, I kept getting this message saying they were going to send me to my account information. I didn't listen to it because I figured something was wrong with the towers, but then I saw other people talking on their phone, so I figured maybe I should listen to it. Well, turns out that somehow I owed them $84.11!!!!! What the FUCK?!
I have my account set up as an automatic payment account, so the money should automatically be taken out of my checking account, and I don't have to mess with anything. That was the beauty of the entire thing. So somehow 2 months' worth of bills didn't get paid, and I was totally unaware of this because no one fucking told me anything.
If this keeps me from getting the apartment (she had to do credit reference checks) then I'm going to fucking rip Cellular One a new asshole. I gotta call on my status for the apartment and if anything like this comes up, explain it to Lisa and let her know what happened and why I'm all of the sudden not paying for 2 months' worth of cell phone bills. Man. I'm so mad. I paid my bill last night over the phone and it should be activated right now, but I gotta call someone and chew them out. So. Mad.
What I'm Listening To:
I have my account set up as an automatic payment account, so the money should automatically be taken out of my checking account, and I don't have to mess with anything. That was the beauty of the entire thing. So somehow 2 months' worth of bills didn't get paid, and I was totally unaware of this because no one fucking told me anything.
If this keeps me from getting the apartment (she had to do credit reference checks) then I'm going to fucking rip Cellular One a new asshole. I gotta call on my status for the apartment and if anything like this comes up, explain it to Lisa and let her know what happened and why I'm all of the sudden not paying for 2 months' worth of cell phone bills. Man. I'm so mad. I paid my bill last night over the phone and it should be activated right now, but I gotta call someone and chew them out. So. Mad.
What I'm Listening To:
Sunday, August 01, 2004
ugh
Man. Sitting at home with nothing to watch while my mom talks to her sister and my dad sits at his computer trying to fix it and my sister is at work sure is DULL. I'm freakin' bored out of my skull.
Lacey's still ignoring me on IM, and when she does talk to me, she turns everything I say into her story so that I can't tell mine, and when I get the chance to, all she says is "ic" and that's pretty annoying. I need Wes to get here soon. Only 10 more days...but jeeez. This is taking forever. I guess I could start working on my cross stitching again. Or figure out what kind of design I'd like to do in the apartment...which I need to call on tomorrow to see if I got it since she didn't give me a call back before the weekend. I could always clean...but I just did that, and it's a pit again, so that's a lost cause. I'll just wait 'til right before Wes gets here.
What I'm Listening To: Paul Brandt - I Meant to Do That
Lacey's still ignoring me on IM, and when she does talk to me, she turns everything I say into her story so that I can't tell mine, and when I get the chance to, all she says is "ic" and that's pretty annoying. I need Wes to get here soon. Only 10 more days...but jeeez. This is taking forever. I guess I could start working on my cross stitching again. Or figure out what kind of design I'd like to do in the apartment...which I need to call on tomorrow to see if I got it since she didn't give me a call back before the weekend. I could always clean...but I just did that, and it's a pit again, so that's a lost cause. I'll just wait 'til right before Wes gets here.
What I'm Listening To: Paul Brandt - I Meant to Do That
Summer
Man...summer is almost over. Only a month left until school starts. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited to move into my apartment...not so excited to retake Biology Survey 101 with Sieman. But I might have it with Ashley's friend, Amy, so I'll at least have a study buddy.
I finally got around to listening to Orlando's CDs that he sent me. They're great. Like he knew, I would like the live album best because it has songs I already know on it, but the newest CD is also quite good. Just sad that I don't know any of the words!
Only 11 days until Wes gets here. Was talking to Mom the other night about him and being here and saying he is kinda nervous about meeting my parents...Mom's super easy to get along with, and he and Dad have a lot of the same interests; camping, fly fishing, fly tying, hiking, so I know they'll get along great, too. Gotta mow the lawn next weekend before he gets here since we've had a bit of rain and things are starting to grow finally. Lance's birthday party is also on the 6th, so I'll be going there. Otherwise, it's just work, work, work for me. Still need to get Mom set up with her MiniDisc player. She's having a hard time trying to figure out what songs she wants to fill 5 hours of music. It's cute.
What I'm Listening To: Ash - Meltdown CD
I finally got around to listening to Orlando's CDs that he sent me. They're great. Like he knew, I would like the live album best because it has songs I already know on it, but the newest CD is also quite good. Just sad that I don't know any of the words!
Only 11 days until Wes gets here. Was talking to Mom the other night about him and being here and saying he is kinda nervous about meeting my parents...Mom's super easy to get along with, and he and Dad have a lot of the same interests; camping, fly fishing, fly tying, hiking, so I know they'll get along great, too. Gotta mow the lawn next weekend before he gets here since we've had a bit of rain and things are starting to grow finally. Lance's birthday party is also on the 6th, so I'll be going there. Otherwise, it's just work, work, work for me. Still need to get Mom set up with her MiniDisc player. She's having a hard time trying to figure out what songs she wants to fill 5 hours of music. It's cute.
What I'm Listening To: Ash - Meltdown CD
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