Wednesday, August 31, 2011

day 43

Well my throat got a lost worse over the past 24 hours, I literally couldn't swallow and my throat felt like it was closing up last night. Today I feel like I swallowed a spiked baseball and it is now stuck in my throat. I finally went to the clinic at Walgreens, and this really nice doctor said I had strep throat. I was kinda relieved, I was thinking it was a tumor. She asked me to rate my pain from 1-10, I said 10 and she said ok you need to go to the ER and so I quickly changed my answer to 9. I was very impressed with this clinic. I used my insurance and it didn't cost me a dime (so far) and it was a better than the doctor because they didn't try to get me out in and out of there as soon as possible, she actually took the time to answer all of my questions. And she gave me some advice, she told me I needed to chill. She saw me freaking out about my potential tumor in my throat and she could see I was a little spastic, so she said "girl you need to chill" Ok, thanks I will work on that, I mean I was in there for 30 minutes and she called me out, wow.

So now I am laying on an air mattress in the living room texting Brandy (who is in the kitchen) because it hurts to talk. She is taking good care of me. Ok I gotta go GARGLE salt water.

Monday, August 29, 2011

still day 42

Brandy just yelled at me because she caught me drinking the boiling hot salt water instead of gargling it and spitting it out. She said dehydration is definitely in my future. gargle...drink....potato potahto...details details...I think I need my mommy

Day 42

Ha, there is a sign on the Crunchy Oat cereal box in the pantry that says "I will only stay fresh if Stephanie closes the bag" haha. I hear ya loud and clear Brandy, I will work on it girl.

Well I am feeling a little under the weather today, my throat hurts and my ears have felt better, so I think I am sicky and need to go lie down for a bit.

But I am excited that I got a free spray tan today, I am sitting here slowly getting tanner and tanner while typing on my laptop, its awesome. I should look like a Tropicana Girl in 2-3 more hours. People at work will be confused in the morning.... I opted for the darkest shade they had.....BAM instant Magda Oompa Loompa, its not a good look for me according to every picture I have ever taken, but somehow that doesn't stop me, it was free, so there ya go.

Ok I am gonna go guzzle some boiling salt water and try to relax for once.

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Day 42

Sunday is my day to eat my face off. I eat whatever I want all day long and its usually pretty disgusting and none of the food goes together. So today I am going to keep a running journal of everything that I eat. I am a grazer, not a sit down and eat a meal kinda gal. For instance, I have been up for 2 hours and have eaten the following things:

extra sharp cheese (cut a few slices off the block)
sun flower seeds
peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough
one saltine
apple juice
sweet tea

typically I would just have cereal, but we are out of milk.

While we on the subject of what I typically do, I think its time to reveal some of my suspicious behavior that I have only tried to explain to one other person.

I am very superstitious (or maybe that's not the right word, and by the end of this you will have diagnosed me with some acronym disorder) but for now we are are calling it superstitious. It has calmed down over the years but some of the things are still lingering.

If I want to have a good day, I have to alternate things:

For example:

I never wear the same earrings two days in a row, I have to alternate them.

I have to alternate the day I use the same brand of shampoo and condition, the pattern goes like this:
2-3 days in a row: same brand shampoo and conditioner
2 days in a row: just shampoo
2-3 days in a row: same brand of shampoo, different brand of conditioner
repeat

Now, the shampoo and conditioner bottles must be facing each other with the lids open, if I want to have good time with whoever I am spending time with that day

Ok moving on,
Back in the day when I got manis and pedis (now I can't afford it)
I had to alternate:
fingers and toes had to have the same color one one visit and the next time, they had to be different

The toilet paper always has to go a certain way (over not under) and if I come to our house, I will change it if its under

The pillow cases (back when I had a bed) had a schedule:
Face each other (the open ends) for 2 days
One faces the other end for one day
and never did they have their backs to each other

When I was living with Gary, I always had to make sure that the tooth brushes were facing each other in the tooth brush holder so we would have good communication

Before I go into work or someones house, I need to decide if the radio or a CD should be playing before I can shut the car off. I have been known to go back in the car, turn it on and change my mind if I didn't feel good about my decision.

I have to alternate the parking spaces I park in at work.

If I am not having a good day, one of these things would be changed immediately

I think that is enough sharing, just a few examples of what I have been doing all my life.

Ok is this normal? everyone has their own little quirky things that noone knows about, right?
 Ok I will write back in a bit with a Sunday food update.

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Day 41

What does one do when she is all alone in the middle of nowhere Tennessee on Saturday night? She prays for everyone in the way of Hurricane Irene. New York City? really?

Friday, August 26, 2011

Day 40

40 days and 40 nights.

First of all let me say:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!
I promise that I won't mention that you are 67 because you only look 47 :)

Actually let me contribute this blog to my mom.

I was going to tell you about how I was a complete SpaZ at work today, as I made coffee with out the coffee or filter, just hot water and how I was pouring tea into a pitcher, not paying attention, just pouring it onto the floor instead and how Brandy came up to get some lunch and I gave her the worst service ever and she tipped me 100%. Nope not gonna do it, I will only focus on my beautiful Mommy instead.

Karen Lou AKA the bravest woman I have ever met. To know her is to love her, bottom line, end of story.

She has been fighting cancer for the past 2 years and I cannot even begin to tell you all the crap that she has endured . I don't want to define her as a cancer patient, because she is much much more than that. But I do wanna tell a little bit of her story, just to give some insite on how amazing she is and she doesn't even know it.

She has had a complete bone marrow transplant and blood transplant and has come out of it like a champ, throwing up her middle finger at that damn cancer. She has been unable to drive and has literally been making her life as good as it can possibly be in the comfort of her own home. My dad and brother have done an outstanding job of taking care of her and I know she is eternally greaful. The Lord has been with her every step of the way and for that, I am eternally grateful. She is the most positive person I know, she is strong, etremely generous and kind. She has her dingy ways, her silly ways, she loses her glasses about 4-5 a day, and has no sense of direction. But that is the charm in her, I can sorta relate, seeing as the apple stopped right at the trunk of the tree and didn't move an inch further. Her laugh and smile light up any room and I honestly don't know what I would do without her. She goes with any flow, she creates her own holiday traditions (we usually celebrate Christmas on the 17th because other families/plans are involved, sometimes we have sauteed oysters,  scrambled eggs and stew for Easter dinner) She loves making crazy arts and crafts (one day she may even finish the pillow cases that she keeps making and unmaking and remaking out of a string, tree bark and sequence from an old prom dress) She has taught me how to see the good in everything. Today, she got pots and pans, new free cell phone and lunch at Wendys for her birthday and she couldn't be happier. She lives as simply as possible, she enjoys the little things in life, and she is pretty freaking funny if you ask me. I can go on and on with the quirky and hilarious things that can come out of her mouth. She asks for nothing and expects nothing. What else can I say, I love you Mommy, I believe in you Mommy and please please keep inspiring the good in people.

**Oh and your glasses are on your head, in case you are wondering :)

XOXOXOXOXO

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Day 39

Today is a new day, or was. I had a new attitude sorta. I really have nothing to report. I went to work, made $30 and put in directly into my gas tank, like I did the day before and the day before that. I literally work for gas since I drive an hour to and fro. So, I need to work on plan B, whatever that may be. My little friend Max made me laugh all day today, we were singing country songs all day and now he wants to go Kareoking with me soon. I told him I can rock a few songs on stage, so this should be fun. The last time I did kareoke, I sang Beyonce's "All the Singles ladies" and acted out the entire video, I am surprised I wasn't signed buy a major record label at that moment. Tomorrow night I am staying with a friend from work, gonna check out her place as a potential place to live in Nashville.

Oh my gosh, me and Brandy are sitting in the living room right now and Jacob just got up and I think we just witnessed him sleeping walking. That was trippy! He had no idea where he was! Whoa!

Ok, gotta go, we have to watch the Real World/Road Rules Challenge finale!! I love it. Its my favorite

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Day 38

Um where do I begin.

I will begin with saying that I had the most fun while my cousin was in town.
Between, Brandi teaching me how to two-step, to playing darts, to bon fires, to cooking out, to watching the real world/road rules challenge with Brandy, Brandi, and Randy (ha), to honky tonking in Nashville, I have no complaints. (ok that is a complete lie, but I truely had a great time during the events I just listed)

Brandi (my cuz), Bama Boy and I went to Nashville and listened to the most amazing music, we sang, danced, laughed and had a freakin blast. I needed to see my twin cousin, we are truly two peas in a pod. We totally act off each other and make the room a better place.

Yes, I will say the weekend didn't end as it started....and I got dumped. But ya know, I will not discount the a good time. I will not bash "what's his name" for cutting me loose. Well his exact words were "we need to take a break" and "you never know, things do having a way of working themselves out" so I guess I will hold on to that line of BS for a bit until I am over it. I ordered me up a country boy, he made me laugh, he let me be myself, he talked my ear off, he told me were a good fit and I agreed.

So, I will trust that everything does happen for a reason and if we will be, we will be.

My Mom, sent me the sweetest email today to cheer me up and I gotta say it did. Thank you Mommy :)

I just got off the phone with Marybeth and she told me to stop dating for awhile and focus on my career search and place to live. I truly enjoy living with Brandy and her kids and she has been nothing but wonderful to me (thanks girl) but the last thing I want to do is wear out my welcome, so MB, you are right.

anyhoo, I am gonna go waller for a bit, the couch is calling my name and I just can't ignore the couch, its been very good to me.
tootles

Monday, August 22, 2011

Day 37

Don't feel like blogging. I just got dumped by Bama Boy. Still confused. Apparently I am a jealous person. hhhhmmm didn't know that about myself. I always thought I was too trusting. I am sad :(

Went from having a blast to sad. so extreme. I will go into the ridiculous story tomorrow. I was told that we needed to take a break. a break from what? a 3 week relationship? so confused

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Day 36

I know I missed yesterday but and I don't have time to write today either, but I will say me, my cousin, Brandy and Bama Boy had a blast night. Brandi taught me how to 2-step and right now we are about to get in the car and go Honky Tonkin in Nashville. yee---haw!!!!!

Friday, August 19, 2011

Day 35

Last night was really fun. Me and ol boy cooked dinner and then went outside and jumped on his trampoline (he has a daughter who comes over every other weekend) I showed him my butt-knee-flip. I am pretty sure I heard his heart flutter when I landed.  He has 3 gardens full of vegetables and 2 grape vines that will be used to make homemade wine one day. We picked fresh veggies and made taco salads. I really like the country living, I think it agrees with me. I feel so calm when I am out here...my new name maybe Calmwell....has who am I kidding Spaswell is alive and well.

My kitchen manager at work is named Kendra, I try to make her laugh all the time and she keeps insisting she has no sense of humor and I keep insisting that one day, I will make her belly laugh (just a side note that I will update on)....it will happen...one day...I may need to pull out some serious material for this to happen, but it's now a goal of mine.

I am currently waiting on my cousin, Brandi, to arrive, her is ETA is 9:03pm Central time and I cannot wait!!
She ain't never been to the south before and now I gotta show her what's up. Her goal is to see some cowboys, I think I can make that happen. We will either go to the Wilson County Fair or Nashville...either way, cowboys will be in the mix.

Ok I gotta go pull some more ticks off of Kilo, its something I have come accustomed to. The ticks are out-of-control here, and he is a low-rider dog and when he plows through the grass he comes out half tick/half wiener dog---poor guy.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Day 34

Today was good day at work. Bit before work, Bama boy's brother (Chad) stopped by (he was in the area for work) so about 830am he shows up and wanted to see if he Brandy wanted to do somthing tonight and since he didn't have her number he just came over. AWW! How sweet, I think that whats they used to do in the olden days, come over to girls house and ask her for a date. So I think they are going to Mason's Open House for their first date.

 Ok, gotta scoot, heading over to Sand Mountain in Flat Rock, Alabama to hang out with Bama boy (his name is Randy) I wish I had a Valium I could slip in his sweet tea. Oh and BTW, my Granny used to live on Sand Moutain....how funny is that???

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Day 33

Ok Bama boy just forwarded me a pic of a tattoo of my name on his back. I am pretty sure that its a downloaded photo off the Internet, but either way, the fact that he went through the trouble to do that is hilarious....or maybe its real and we have a whackadoo on our hands.

Today was good at work, I really like the people I work with, this little guy Max is my buddy, we laugh all day long. I was very pleased to get a $60 tip on $120 check...what what...the hour long drive can be taxing but its really not bad because of the no traffic factor.

Ok filled my blog quota, now gonna dive into some crap reality TV.

Wait...just got off the phone with my cousin, Brandi, she is coming to visit me this weekend YAYAYAYAY!!!!! She resides in AZ, but is working in St. Louis for awhile, so she is gonna drive down here!!! I am so excited! She is my twin cousin, we look alike, act alike,cuss alike and just figured out we bought the same exact bathing suit this year...so its safe to say we think alike. can't wait!!!!

Day 32 Make-up blog

I got an excuse for not blogging. Bama boy was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday. He was talking Brandy's ear off for a while in the kitchen, waiting on me to get home....I thought it was sweet that he wanted to surprise me. So Brandy made us all dinner and then Bama's bro came over and we built a fire in the back and had a random Tuesday night bon-fire. So Bama boy is nice BUT he is extremely ADD (I call it "shiny ball" syndrome) "So I was driving down the road to work, look a shiny ball, I played the guiter one time,oh look a puppy, maybe I should get a pet pig, where are my shoes?" He is all over the place, and talks non-stop. literally. I had to tell him that he needs to let other people have a turn to talk, I had to explain to him that a conversation is a 2-way street and you have to take turns. He switches subjects so much like he is changing channels on the TV at top speed. He said that people have told him that his stories last too long and he goes off on tangents a lot and then he went on a tangent about going on tangents. It was exhausting. But he is a very nice guy, he was great with Brandy's kids, took Mason out and shot the BeeBee gun with him and then helped Jacob with his homework. It so funny, when I was hanging out with Doug's friends, Justin, (the guy with the mules) it was like pulling teeth to get him to have a conversation, he was like a tree that didn't talk back, I actually had him in my phone as "tree" at one point. Now, I have the polar opposite guy, why must everything be so extreme??? No middle ground in sight, we either have silent cowboy or Chatty McChatterson from Alabama. Everyone knows that I have had my bout with ADD over the years and this guy makes me feel like I've never taken my eye off of the ball once. ha

 have to log off and write again in a bit so I can have a blog from yesterday and today.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Day 31

Ok Bama guy is about to pick me up for a dinner date. This better go better than yesterday......wasn't thrilled when this guy was 1 hour late after I drove for a freakin hour and forty minutes. He was not exactly as I pictured, or actually he pictured. I think the pics on his profile were of his cousin, there was a slight resemblence, but not quite him. He sure as hell wasn't 6" 3". My cousin Brandi warned me about the height liars online. So I came up with a formula, subtract 3 inches from what they claim, and if they are still 2 inches taller than that number than you are good. So we were supposed to go bowling, and well we never got to the bowling protion of the evening, because after about 45 minutes, I told him I had to get home to watch Brandy's kids while she went to buy an new AC unit. Knowing very well that its Sunday night and all the stores are closed, oh and she doesn't need a new AC unit, but he bought it. And he didn't get the hint nor has stopped texting me, by the time I got home I had 4 texts. I didn't respond and then got one more this morning. Ok gotta got Bama is here...roll tide roll....wish me luck!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Day 30

Day 30! 30 days of following through with writing something. I am impressed with myself, I usually start things and don't follow through, so yay me :)

Today I am going bowling with Knoxville boy in Crossville TN. I told he better not stage anymore B & E's (breaking and entering) at his house to get out of our date. He said LOL LMAO. Which brings me to something that is actually bothering and its getting down right annoying. Boys need to realize that LOL means you are laughing out loud, a smiley face :) is when you are joking about something but no necessarily laughing, and LMAO means your laughing your ass off, therefore, something needs to be pretty darn funny in order to write it and so on and so forth...each of these acronyms or symbols that we have designed to look like winks, winks with tongues sticking out, hearts, and sad faces does not need to go at the end of each sentence.

 Here is a perfect example of what I get all the time:

How's your day going? lol. Went to the store earlier :)  Do you have to work tomorrow? : / Bout to go cut the grass : p When I am done, lets talk on the phone.lmao. ok TTYL. hehehe

Ok lets review: was any of that funny? did any of those statements warrant anything at the end of it besides and punctuation mark? The answer is NO. So stop treating them like they are mandatory in each text. Use them correctly or don't use them at all because you look like an idiot. Don't be an inappropriate LOLer.....

....LOL :) hehehe

Saturday, August 13, 2011

Day 29

So first of all, Amber I am very sorry I was a disappointment yesterday, it wont happen again.  Brandy's friend Doug is over here and we just got done playing reverse trivia. We all came up with our own questions for everyone to answer, I came up with some doozies but I also learned alot...did you know that cows have 4 tits and the earth is 4.5 billion years old and Gelatin comes from bone and there is 5,249 feet in a mile?

 So last night we cut a Bradford pear tree up and made a bon fire, that's why I got distracted and didn't blog. Today I was at work and almost had my friend Max (he is a young kid who seems to be a stoner and not all there) I was tauting him, saying he couldn't fit in the freezer, he bowed up and said he could, I almost had him "dared" into it and then he got a table...dangit..maybe next time. So I had a date tonight but he decided he would rather go 4-wheeling with his buddies and I got bumped to tomorrow. (whatever...) I didn't really care..I was tired anyway.
 I will not tell you what my cousin's Scottish friends talked me into doing last night...as my dad just advertised my blog to his entire friend base on facebook...not sure how selective I am gonna have to be with my disclosure..I will think about it. I love Tennessee, I think its gonna add about 12 years to my life span....no traffic and no drama, everyone is nice as pie and I feel a no stress policy in the making. Oh this was weird, I followed a Sonama truck to work today and when I was on my way home, there he was, the whole way...weird. Anyway, just rambling, gonna get in my jammies and relax...tomorrow is my day off, I feel something brilliant brewing that I will soon write about. Tootles!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Day 28

I just realized I hadn't blogged today, I vowed to blog everyday. so I apologize, but I will make it up tomorrow. good night.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Day 27

Ok well nothing much to report. Other than Brandy said she may start her own Blog about what its like living with Spaswell. I think that is an outstanding idea...I may just have to tune into that....

Oh and I was invited to Florida today by one of my prospects....and he gave me an hour notice, so I had to decline. He is going to the Redneck Riviara!! HAHAHA! I just had a glimpse into the train wreck days of singing Ice Ice Baby while hanging out of a car window, while sitting on someones lap on A1A...Beachfront Avenue! Actually, the first time I went down to Panama City with in the 9th grade. Spring Break was right around the corner and no one had invited me down to go with them. (most of the people I am referring to were going with their parents to a condo and such) So my dad offered to take me and my brother down in the Full Size Grey Dodge Prospect. I agreed to go on the road trip in hopes of running into a few of my so-called friends ( oh and the day before I went, I was at my friend's house and we decided that I needed to dye my hair red with temporary dye, shockingly, it turned out Ronald McDonald orange. Long story short, me, my dad and brother cruised the strip in the van.....14 years old, orange hair and pimpin with the fam! we finally found some of my friends, but they wanted nothing to do with me.....and you know where they are now? Still in Powder Springs, all strung out on drugs and probably wishing they woulda jumped in the van with Bucky Split (my old nickname the senior boys gave me because I had a a foot long gap between my two front teeth....I seriously could eat corn on the cob through a chain link fence....don't ask how I know that) The second I told my Mom this nickname, she ran me up to the orthodontist, and even though I still had 8 baby teeth left, they yanked them all out and put braces on me, so no teeth and braces.....HOT! And that's where is all started...

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Day 26

Today I went to work, came home and Brandy and I did some yard work. Now we have been sitting on the porch trolling for future prospects online and juggling the existing ones. Its exhausting! That's it, I am gonna organize an Old Fashion Barn Dance and call it a day. My dad informed me that he has given up on the idea of grand kids, but I have not and though they maybe be 84 or so before my parents see a glimmer of hope in that area (my Dad has been asking for grand kids since I was 15, I asked him if it was ok if I finished high school first..ha) I guess my parents may have to adopt at this rate. Boys are tricky and difficult and bless all you folks who have managed to skip all the drama and start a family. My life, as if right now, is exactly how is was back in 1996. I live with Brandy and we were trolling for boys....accept she has had the husband and kids in the meantime and well...I have stayed the same. Not pitying myself by any means, I have have had two GREAT 5-year-relationships (and didn't have to get divorced either time, because well lets face it, the cow was free) So my optimism is not dying, but the water in my half-full glass is sorta of evaporating. Oh who am I kidding, my life is great and I love living it. EACH TURN LEAVES NEW TIRE TRACKS THAT EQUAL ONE BIG SKID MARK. ha, I just made that up.

***I am now turning on the egg timer to see how long before my mom calls to see if I am ok and my dad calls to tell me he hasn't given up hope and he was just kidding....I am GOOD Ma and Pops, I know you were kidding! xoxoxo

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

day 25

So my last day of training went something like this:

Trained with this guy Zack, and worked with a manager for the first time named Mark.

Well I am going at top speed trying to get things done so I can get outta there, I turn the corner at the same time Mark is turning the corner and neither of us are looking at where we are going and BAM we run straight into each other. Our forehead heads collide, I literally was knocked back at least 3 feet into the air and land hard on my bum and I am now lying flat on my back in the middle of the dining room. I sit up, shake my head (its like a cartoon and the stars are circling my head) I look up and Mark the manager is standing there in a daze looking for his glasses on the floor. I get up all embarrassed and thank goodness my training partner, Rob, was the only one in the room, he is sitting there and says in a monotone voice, "that was awesome" I start nervously laughing uncontrollably. Yep that's gonna leave a mark, my forward head already has a bump and my bum is so soar.

I am still laughing in the car on the way home and it reminds me of the time when I was playing softball and during  practice (my dad was the coach and the assistant coach was this guy named Mitch) I was running at top speed through the outfield going after a fly ball and BAM run straight into Mitch and send us both flying 3 feet into the air and onto the ground. Mitch was limping for like a week after that.

yep, never a dull moment on Planet Spaswell

Monday, August 8, 2011

Day 24

Today was pretty uneventful, until Brandy got an accidental text from her ex-husband of his new girlfriend. It was a video of her taking a crap on the side of the highway while he is narrating it. Don't think he meant to send it to her and she is calling it a Christmas present. WTF who does that??? Who goes number 2 on the side of the highway and who takes a video of it?? Um, I know, WHITE TRASH DUMB F**KS! WOW! Brandy is currently sending the video to everyone she knows! Its weird that there is never a dull moment in the country! I myself have been catching up with my peeps today and waiting by the phone to see if my country boy texts me....he hasn't since last night but he probably has a life......so now I am just watching Brandy's phone blow up. HA! Oh BTW, Brandy's ex cheated on her with this same girl at Bonaroo in a Porta-Jon. And we thought chivalry was dead.

Sunday, August 7, 2011

Day 23

CHA CHING!

SUCCESS!!

Best date in a long time! Besides the one when I flew in on a private plane (thanks Stuart) and jumped off an plane and onto a horse and road off into the sunset..that was pretty awesome.

Anyway, I drove down to Chattanooga, and met up with this guy and his brother (yes I knew the brother would be there)

Actually let me back up....when I got home from the pointless drive to the cancelled date, Brandy was getting ready for a date herself. So I have a new attitide and I head down to Chattanooga. As I am driving over the moutain, I decide to take a precaution since it had been raining, I put my car in 3rd gear on the 6 % incline. When then I started smelling something burning, I called my Dad. He said that it was the smell of me burning up my transmission and to never take it out of drive on your "Automatic" ever again unless you are hauling a trailer over a boulders. Ok got it.

SO I get to Chattanooga and meet this guy and his brother at the Wal-Mart and follow them the spot where we are gonna hang at (public place, don't worry). I don't mind his bro being there since the main reason I am on this site is to meet folks The brothers are super nice, cool, funny country boys and we all have are having a great time. Then I get a call from Brandy, she got stood up! And here is the kicker! She go stood up at the same exact place in Murfreesboro that I did the week before. I am gonna put a hex on that place. I tell her to head down to Chattanooga and join us! She is game and takes a road trip down to even out the odd-man out situation. Brandy shows up, and before you know it Brandy and his brother are playing thumb-war, perfect. This is great, all four of us hanging out and more importantly, Brandy and I are both supposed to be out with two totally different dudes at this point. HA! I love it when a plan comes together. Long story short, everything happens for a reason and our crappy night turned out to be a blast.

Side note: this girl was in the ladies bathroom and she was talking to her friend and her friend just left and this girl was still talking. So I decided to go into the stall and pick up the convo where she left off and pretending to be this girl. It was hilarious, she had no idea, we went back and forth for a few minutes and I took off before she came out. (wait why was she in this stall for so long? hhhhmmm)

ok gotta get ready for a busy work week!

Saturday, August 6, 2011

still day 22

My life cracks me up. I had a date in Crosseville at a bowling alley today at 5. I am on my way and I get a call from the guy and he has to reschedule because his house got broken into today and he is waiting for the police to show up. Excuses Excuses. So I turn around (I have been driving for 40 minutes at this point) Sorta like last Saturday. Drove 30 minutes and had to turn back around, wait, no, its exactly like last Saturday! Ha! If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all. So I get home, Brandy is making plans to go out and I have a night of TV in my future. BUT wait hold on, another boy for emails me, he is gonna be in Chattanooga and wants to know if I want to me meet him. Um well I am all dressed up and nowhere to go AGAIN, so what the hell! So now I am about to get back in the car and drive to Chattanooga. to meet another boy and yes he lives in Alabama right on the line and yes he sounds like a country bumpkin. Its a fine line between being desperate and adventurous :) No I take that back I shouldn't have said desperate, I am far from it, I am however on a mission to make one of these "meetings" a success. Wish me luck!

Day 22

Today I woke up thinking about the time when me and my friend Megan, decided to "borrow" my dads old beat up green clunker of a truck (loud as all get-out) Neither one of us was old enough to drive, but that didn't seem to be a factor in our decision making process. So we start up the truck and head down an extremely long and steep driveway. We got all the way to the bottom of the driveway and it runs out of gas. hhhhhhhmmm. This is quite a pickle, not only have we broken a huge household rule, but we are about to be cold busted if we don't act quickly. So we gather up all the neighborhood kids on Tommy Dr. in Powder Springs, GA to try and come up with a plan to get that 2 ton piece of crap back up the driveway. So we decided to siphon gas out of the neighbors riding lawn mower. Yep, my neighbor Miranda, one house down, actually sucked gas out of the lawn mower with a tube and spits it into the gas tank. Thanks girl, for putting your life on the line for my cause but it didn't work (weird). We try pushing it, but the driveway is too steep so we are forced to sit and wait until my parents get home to be caught red-handed for wanting to take an innocent joy-ride. MAN oh MAN I can honestly say, I have never been in that much trouble in my life. Besides all the other times I hung out with Megan. (sorry girl I blamed everything on you and you were deemed the trouble maker for awhile)

Friday, August 5, 2011

Day 21

Today was good. 2nd day of training...well it kinda sucked but can't expect much when you are expo-ing. The good part was when my dad took me out to dinner on his way back from Michigan. He went there for his high school reunion and came through TN to take me out to dinner and it was so good to see him and I will always remember that!

I had a potential date tonight...he is a cop and wanted me to come to his farm after dark where I would have to meet him near his farm and him drive me to the "camp fire spot" in is truck because I don't have a 4 X 4. Since when do I have to have a 4 x 4 to go on a date?? LOL This is hilarious. I opted not to let a stranger drive me into a country on our first date and insisted that we meet in public another time.

So now I am gonna go to bed early and get ready for my date tomorrow with a guy from Knoxville. We are meeting in the middle in Crossville and go bowling . PUBLIC PLACE WITH WITNESSES!

In the meantime, Me and Brandy are watching Jerseylicious.

Stay tuned!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Day 20

Started off the day wanting to take off my layered clumped up toenail polish, so I go to drug store and buy some remover.  Its a little bitty jar, and to my surprise, it was the kind with the sponge in it that is designed  to dunk your finger in it, not your toe. I am desperate so I lift up my toe and dunk it in (the jar is as big as my toe) and it spilled all over the floor and my shoe. Ok polish stays on a little longer.
Good first day! Played hostess today with my boy Rob, we both started today. Me, him and the hostess totally got a long, busted some chops, laughed and got to know each other. Turns out he was married at the age 18 to a 32-year-old...whoa cougar town! And they are now divorced. shocking. Anyway, I talked his ear off all day, I think he was ready for the socially deprived girl to shut the hell up by the end of the day.

 I am currently doing some NFL research online, so I can sound cool on my date this weekend. He loves football so I am gonna try and impress him with my some factoids. I look at it as being prepared, kinda a like I would for an interview. Preparation equals confidence. I am good at first impressions because of preparation, the 2nd and 3rd impressions are a little suspect and completely unpredictable. sorta like a bait and switch, come outta the gate swinging and from there I coast straight into La La land.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

day 19

So today Brandy left me in charge of not only kilo, but her 8-year-old son....until Friday, while she is in Gatinburg for work.  Check me out Mary-freakin-Poppins! She took her other son to his Grandmothers, I think she thinks that if I manage to keep Jacob in one piece, next time I will get both. This is the test run (poor Jacob).

Ran some errands all day, went to Walmart and I gotta say the teeth/person ratio is astonishing around these parts. I don't get it. Where do all the teeth go? Once one falls out, they just say screw it? One less thing to do in the morning? I am confused. But I gotta say it was the first time I was the most stylish person in a store, pretty sure that has never happened. Anyway, I run my errands and go sit in line with all the other moms to pick up their kids from school. He gets it and I ask him about his first day of school and if he has any home work, he says no, so we get home and I decide we should go on for a run ( isn't that what all 8-year-old boys like to do for fun?).  He is actually all about it, he said he needed to get in shape for football anyway. We head out and the neighbor kid comes running out and joins us. So here we go, me and the boys going for a jog. We go about a mile and a half and the kids are looking a little sluggish, so we turn around, and then it begins "are he there yet?" and "I am gonna pass out!" and "can you carry me?" so I did, I picked up Jacob on my back, yea that lastest for about four steps (it is 3pm at 1000 degrees out). Finally, we got back and they went straight over to the neighbors house....and that's how its done. Wear em out and send em away. He should be ready for bed in about 30 minutes.

Tomorrow is my first day of training. I went and got some shoes, I got the Sketcher Shape-up thingys so my legs and booty will get a nice work out. Wish me luck!

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Day 18

Today was a good day. I started off getting ready for an interview that I was not excited about because I have been through these types of cattle call entry level marketing deelios and mostly its just a waste of time. Maybe if I were just out of college and I needed something to put on my beginner resume, but not now. So I get in the car and bam! first sign I shouldn't go...my car won't start. What??? That's a new problem I haven't encountered yet, I guess it was bound to happen. My 08 Camry started acting up on me. The lights come on, the radio comes on and the engine makes a clicking noise. So I try it again and again and again. I am all dressed up and I am not about to have no where to go AGAIN. So it finally starts, not sure what the problem is a this point. Most people might not take an hour long drive to Nashville 5 seconds after there car won't start and have no idea whats going to happen if I turn it off, but perhaps, I am not like most people so I go. What the hay. I get there like 5 minutes before I am supposed to be there and this large group of teenagers and twenty somethings are marching out to the parking lot and are splitting off into groups like they are about to go on a field trip. Oh did I mention that this interview was supposed to me shadowing another manager all day, not going off to camp. So I make the decision to not leave my car in the parking lot until 5pm with the 90 % chance its not going to start back up. I leave the parking lot and go to Midas instead.

The guy at Midas says its my battery and I would need to pay all kinds of money, so I tell him to point me to the nearest  Autozone so they can install my battery for free. Sorry don't need the Midas Touch leaving my back account empty. So this nice young lady changes my battery while I watch and I am feeling like I should be helping or something. Ok good problem solved, $100 and ten minutes later I am free and clear to turn off my car as needed.

Since I am looking all presentable and stuff and have a stack of resumes, I feel like this is a good time to pound the pavement. I park the car and walk down the street in the West End. I go into two hot spots on the way (Ted Montana Grille and TGI Friday) haha. The super flaboyant host at TGI Friday was sporting a lot of Flare and loved my outfit and said he would hire me, but he doesn't make those kind of decisions. "Ok so great can I have an application?" Oh well we don't have any at the moment but you can try back tomorrow. Ok thanks.

THEN the stars aligned as I went into Blackstone Brewery and Restaurant. They happened to be hiring and happen to be interviewing at that very moment, so I went back to the back room where the manager was and sat down like I  had an appointment and he interviewed me and hired me right on the spot!

YAY! I have a job!!! In Nashville! Like I wanted!! I am gonna start off serving and there is one bartending spot open and he is gonna wait to see who he hires, but he knows I am very interested and he said I have a pretty good chance of grabbing it! YAY ME!

I am on my way people! Look out moon, I am about to jump over ya!

Monday, August 1, 2011

day 17 don't expect much

after a long day of job searching on the Net, I decided to go on a run, I don't know what got into me, but decided to head out into the country side. I am running and running and running and not feeling good about my internal GPS. I am now hoping I don't  pull the same mishap as I did in Ashville when I went on a run and had to hitch hike back to the hotel after being lost forever. As I am running, pretending to be Forest Gump, I pass a field of huge bulls staring at me like 3 feet away and suddenly that barb wire fence between us didn't look so sturdy (I am not sure if bulls ever feel the need to come after a city folk runner, but I really don't know the defense mechanism if they do) heart pumping, picking up speed and I come to an area that says "hunting ground, big and little game, no trespassing" ah crap, why am I not carrying a rifle? and wearing orange for that matter. So I sprint passed that and this large Suburban come rolling up, I flag it down and ask directions and I swear this lady had 2 teeth, no joke, and said told me what road to take. I FINALLY get to the Rock Rd. and walk home, my legs are not functioning properly from all the panicked induced sprinting (I drove it when I got home to see how far I ran/walked...6.6 miles thank you very much)

 Tomorrow I am going to Nashville for an interview, I am not expecting much, its for a Marketing Firm and I get to shadow someone for 8 hours. not excited, but you never know.

tootles.