day 155 sicky

I stayed home from work today. I had a tummy bug since last night (threw up a few times...not fun...good way to start my new diet though). I stayed home and watched more Lifetime movies than I have watched in my entire lifetime. It turns out they are all OnDemand in categories, "Love ending good", "love ending bad" and "psychotic love" I mixed it up. I must go finish up my LMN marathon  and then go to bed, gotta make sure I am tip top for tomorrow.

day 154

Ok I am whooped, my tummy hurts and need some serious healthy down time. I went to the grocery store after work to pick up some feel good eats. I usually look like a homeless person when I go to the grocery store and I typically don't make eye contact with anyone. This time I was in my biz casual attire so I dared to make eye contact with a very cute boy in the aisle. He looked at me and weirdly smiled as he passed by. I kept on walking and then noticed the pills that I threw in my cart earlier and forgot about, there on top of my groceries in big block letters "ANTI-GAS!" I wanted to turn around a yell, "It’s the enzymes, the enzymes!!” Let’s face it my body is still getting acquainted with all the healthy foods that I now eat and well my car has turned into a Dutch oven…. I had to take some action. Whatevs. On that note, I have to go lay down, I feel sicky icky.

dAY 153 surprise! birthday bonus round!

What a great weekend!! Kelly talked me into going out to dinner Friday; she said it was still my birthday week, so I should go out. I told her I was so sick of my birthday I cold spit. BUT somehow she twisted my arm and if people want to extend the celebration, who am I to stop them. I met her at her house and she said we had to wait on her friend Henry to come by, that he had to drop something off and then we could go. Finally, there is a knock at the door, Kelly asked me to get it, and I open the door and its Henry AKA Marybeth Thompson!!!! She drove all the way up here from Atlanta to surprise me for my birthday! I was so surprised; I promptly slammed the door in her face (knee jerk reaction). I honestly can't remember the last time I was surprised, it’s hard to pull the wool over my eyes ya know, but they pulled it off, thanks ladies!

We went out in Midtown and got some pizza at a place called Winners. We had every intention on showing her the town (at least to Losers next door), but never left the first place cause we were having such a good time. Karaoke was involved of course, shocking I know. Kelly signed us up to sing Shoop, cause that was one of the two songs that MB knows by heart, the other one was Whatta Man. MB did not go on stage willingly; actually a big bald guy had to carry her up there. After kicking and screaming, we ended up rockin some Salt n Pepa like pros. The Fratastic guys after us were hilarious!!

 MB and I came back to my place while Kelly went on home. Woke up the next day and off to lunch we went. MB's Aunt lives here, so we met up with her near the mall. MB warned me her aunt is a little coo coo, but I thought she was perfectly delightful and funny.  

Next stop Broadway to listen to some music. We posted up at the Stage and listened to this very talented band play while we did some awesome people watching. People are not scared to do some day drinking in Nashville, resulting in people falling all over the dance floor and spilling drinks before the sun goes down.  We watched this 70-year-old lady boot scoot all over the floor with whoever would take her. It was hilarious. Kelly joined us a little later as we enjoyed an afternoon of jammin, watchin and laughin. Next stop Tootsies. We met some dudes from South America and who quickly became our chums who we palled around with during our visit to Tootsies. They were nuts! One of the guys complimented MB's white, perfect teeth, asked if they were real and then asked if they could feel them, NO Grant, I mean, No Graunt, you cannot feel her teeth. lol. We ended up clogging on the speakers in front of the band like it was a ho-down. People come from all over to see us perform, we are extremely talented.

Now its dinner time and we are Chewy’s bound (the latest Mexican restaurant that the whole town is talking about) It was awesome food and exactly what we needed to keep the night going, because there are board games in our future. Back at Kelly’s we recruit her new temporary roomie to play a board game with us. Yes, she has taken in another poor soul who moved from Atlanta, without a home, her home is now a hub for people seeking a new life in Nashville.

Well that about wraps up the fun we had, I love the no plan plan weekend, we had nothing planned and had the best time ever. Love my friends, thank you for everything girls!! (including the millions of dollars you spent on tabs and cabs) Oh speaking of cabs! MB and Kelly knew the Ethiopian cab driver; he used to live in Atlanta! It’s a small world after all!

day 152 zzzzzzzzzzzz

I usually don't go back and read my posts, but I thought I should read the last one since I was in a walking coma. wow. That almost made sense, almost. I did not blog last night, thought it was best if I got some sleep instead. (anyone who can sleep through the night, I hate you) I slept for about 11 hours; I think if I sleep another 11 tonight, I will be caught up.

I am hoping artichokes have secret sleep aids in them, so I made one. Artichoke is not my favorite but I do love the hearts....except I got one without a heart. I ate a bunch of leaves with miracle whip/butter trying dig my way to the middle and I all I got was a heartless artichoke! (Is that bad luck?) So I just ate the stem instead, not bad, not good either.

We have a new chick at work, she is a little odd. Ben told me that she announced to the entire room that her belly button was oozing. Um gross, we do not want to know this, new girl. Today, she announced that she wished she had balls instead of a vagina. Um ok, we are not talking to you anymore, you are in time out. That said, my two bosses moved out of our "bull pen" and into their own offices (I tried not to take it personally).  I took over the entire office and now have my own space! yay! I kind of liked having them in there though, it kept me on task. When I am by myself, my "self-starter" skills that I put on my resume become a total sham. Turns out I need to be micro-managed and under constant super vision, otherwise I start day dreaming of what I would do with my lottery winnings. I have gotten so deep into that dream, I have to remind myself that I really didn't win and I am always disappointed.

Anyhoo, I was so overwhelmed from my "operation pay for nothing" or whatever I called it comments that I must comment back, it was awesome. Expect for the part where I was eating by myself at Jason’s Deli on my birthday, it’s cool, I had a coupon. But my work peeps made up for it at the Mexican restaurant after work. Well until the Mexicans made me put on a used sombrero, gave me fried ice cream and sang Feliz cumpleaños.  One of the hombres smeared whip cream on my face during the song, dude, what I am 8-years-old, stop, no bueno! But it was fun and everyone else thought it was funny.

Tonight I caught up on some TV, starting with the premier of the latest Real World/Road Rules Challenge (one of my many guilty pleasures) CT is so hot I can’t stand it! No Kennys this time, so sad, I love Mr. Beautiful.  And American Idol of course, I am still talking about Wolf from the other night, I call him in the top ten fo sho!

Ok its siesta time!

Day 151 happy belated

what up. I am exhausted. I am glad my birthday extravaganza is over. I am exhausted. I haven't slept in weeks. I had a WONDERFUL birthday though! All of my friends made is so very special. ITs amazing how facebook can help out making a girl feel awesome! I got E-cards, birthday wishes, comments, Sarah gave it the ol college trying to  sound all Sinatra-like on my birthday song over my voice mail. My mom also sang me Happy Birthday a couple of times over voicemail....one of the times she just made up all new words....I loved it, it was brilliant :) I got a birthday card from Meredith..it said "What. is up, bitch, happy birthday" I got all warm and fuzzy inside..thanks girl and of course a card from Sarah! Her card said " I really hope you like this card, somebody farted in the card shop and I could only hold my breath long enough to grab this one!" ha! Oh holy crap I have to go to the work place! after that I think I should go to a sleep doctor. I will go over the rest of the day's events after work..I am running late!

day 150!! operation B-day prep

Ok, so I am totally going to ignore the fact that I witnessed my neighbor letting her dog pee in the breezeway as I watched through my peephole. I saw that the door was open when I looked out my peephole, because I heard voices, and I wanted to see what my neighbor looked like, so I became a peeping Spaswell. The damn door was open for like 7 minutes! I don't have that kind of time lady, they are supposed to reveal that ol boys killed himself on Real Housewives of Beverly Hill in a couple of minutes (I hate this show, but wanted to see how they slipped in the suicide of a wife beater). SO yes, the lazy white girl across the hall let her dog pee in the breezeway; I will deal with her later.

 Right now I have to make sure that I have all of my coupons in order. I goggled FREE BIRTHDAY STUFF for tomorrow. I am now signed up to get a free lunch at Qdoda Mexican Grill, and free Smoothie at Smoothie King, a free drink at Sonic, a free appetizer at Chili's and a free dessert at Teds Montana Grille. Tomorrow, “Operation not pay for a thing” oh and my work folks are taking me out for Mexican at Cinco De Mayo for a light snack. I gotta get some rest for my tour of the free stuff.

 Night!

day 149 gettin Jiggy wth it!

Well last night was a BLAST! Nashville is so much fun, I can't get enough. Me and my half circle of friends started off the night at MargaritaVille for our signature meal. When us three get together we always order nachos and wings, and we are not afraid to send them back if they are not crispy enough. Just a typical night, hanging out with a stilt walker, sporting the fun birthday balloon hat that he mad me. The stilt walker made me stand in front of the entire restaurant and everyone wished me a happy birthday (not gonna lie, it was kinda cool) Brandy had a crush on the guy, she is a sucker for tall dudes, so this 10 ft guy had her heart going pitter patter. It was a huge buzz kill for her when she saw him later, no makeup, no stilts, 5 foot nothing and um gay as the day is long.
My girl Allie waited on us as we sat by the window watching the sidewalk traffic, great first stop!

Next stop, Legends to get my country music fix. We scored another great table right in front of the dance floor. I still sporting my hat, Brandy won't let me take it off since her boyfriend made it for me. It was quite a fun conversation piece though I didn’t mind a little attention. Just as were getting comfortable, the flood gates opened and out of nowhere the place is filled with people in red jerseys. The Predator’s games just got out and they were apparently playing the Chicago Blackhawk’s and Chicago literally took over Nashville. Not sure where all the Predator’s fans were, but it got so crowed we had to leave and pour ourselves into a sea of red in the streets, it was madness!

 Next stop...Cadillac Ranch! Did a little dancing, met some fun boys from Chicago and some football players for the Nashville Storm, apparently we a minor league football team...hhhmmm who knew? We ended the night on the dance floor. Well, I ended it on the dance floor. I told the girls I had to use the bathroom and they would wait for me at the door. I got side tracked by a dance floor and a stage of course and found myself getting Jiggy with it all by myself, I am not scared. It was a lot of fun and no drama, that’s how we roll. My first birthday celebration at new stompin grounds was a success!

 I think next week we are going to go out, attract more attention and pretend one of us is getting married; Kelly has a boa and a Tierra. Brandy said she doesn’t want to be the bride, just her slutty friend; I will let you know the how this social experiment goes and how many things we can get “on the house.”

I just watched Superbad for the first time. Um it must be mandatory to hit the bong a few times before watching, everyone says its hilarious, I thought it was super bad.

day 148 celebration!

I would like to take a moment to wish my very good friend Sarah a very happy birthday!!! Sarah and I have been friends for going on 7 years now and we have always celebrated our birthdays together, so this year is a little weird without her to celebrate our 35th. She and Janeen are coming up in February to celebrate late, so I will just look forward to that. We have had some very very funny and fun times together and I miss her so much. Every year we sing happy birthday to each other over voicemail, this year she said I made her LOL. I put some soul into and sang it National Anthem style. She wanted to yell "play ball!" when I was finished. I was laughing today while I was remising to myself, I used to live 2 doors down from Sarah so the memories are endless and hilarious. Love you girl, I hope your day is great!!!!

Today I did a little GTL (only Jersey watchers will get that) I will say that my freakin armpits are BURNT!! I stood in the stupid tanning bed, the idea behind it is that you hold on the some poles and let the sides of you get tan. Well my decision making process should be put in a test tube and studied, it’s amazing how often common sense doesn't even enter my mind. I stood there like an idiot with my hands in air, armpits exposed and just let them burn all to hell. They are on FUEGO! (That’s the end of my free tanning, so no mas)

Ok enough about my scorched pits, I must get into the shower now, The Half Circle is going out on the town. We are gonna be straight up tourists. Dinner at MargaritaVille, then Tooties and Legends for some country music and ending the night dancing at Coyote Ugly! I am pumped, it will be interesting to see how far we make it, we are old now so I will report back tomorrow.

day 147

Ok so the 60-plus-year-old-receptionist told me that I looked like Robin Hood today. Um ok I went and looked in the mirror, I guess I could see what she was talking about, but hello, you are new, keep your opinions to yourself lady. I am about to go on a date with Jeremiah, I went to the tanning bed and I am now BURNT! Don't misunderstand, when I bought the $10 spray tan, it came with a visit to all the 5 other tanning beds that they have, I am not going to start tanning. But I have them, I might as well use them. I stood in a tanning bed, yes stood, and let it bake me for 6 minutes. I am now BURNT! I am just going to tell Jeremiah that I just got back from the Bahamas. I haven’t seen him in a few weeks, he won't know the difference.

This morning I started my day off getting into a road rage fight with a dude in a truck. This guy was trying to merge into traffic and I was trying to let him in, but he didn’t act fast enough so I had to move up, he got all red in the face, rolled his window down and started screaming at me. My natural reaction was to flip him off, so I did. His arms were flaying about like a lunatic and I should have taken the high road, but I just started mocking him instead. I didn't want to start my day off like this, so I just got over 4 lanes and went about my business. This is the first sign of road rage I have encountered in TN. Normally everyone is so cordial and in NO HURRY (no one got the memo that there is actually a fast lane). I usually feel like a badass, exercising my Atlanta traffic skills and mowing down everyone in my way.

I have to get ready now. Wish me luck!!!

dat 146 I've got mail!

waahoooo!! I love my family! I got my birthday package in the mail today and I did a little dance. They sent me exactly what I asked for....socks!!! I got socks!! (Just in time cause I just wore my last pair today and haven’t done laundry) and an added bonus...a note pad that says "I live in my own world" at the top "but it’s okay, they know me here" on the bottom. HA it’s perfect, thank you! My simple little family brings me joy!

The card said "Daughter, You've grown up so fast......and loveable"

Then my mom signed it, “Keep it up! You're doing great, you've landed in your own place. The notepad is a little a joke and I have the pin"  HA, thanks Mommy

My brother signed, "Good job staying alive, 35 years" …. hahahahaha…no joke Ryan J

 My dad signed,  "You are still the one"    AWWWW so sweet Pops!

It means so much to me! I can't explain it. It’s the little things in life that make me happy!

 Getting mail is awesome! BRING IT!

day 146 my computer has a mind of its own

Working out is making me hungrier than I care to admit, so I won't admit that I ate my snack at 930am and my lunch and 10am and mooched some, ok lots of Triscuits from the receptionist and then ate Arby’s at noon and then more Triscuits, then went to an open house at a new flooring company, they had cheese in crackers, cha ching! Then I got home and made a pork chop wrap while I still had my coat on. I may be a tad hormonal, add that factor to my workouts and that equals me standing with the fridge door open, eating left over cold brussel sprouts and shredded cheese straight out of the bag. GEEZ stop already!!! Hopefully tomorrow I will do something besides eat.

 Today I took myself off of POF (I think it worked) it’s becoming entirely to ridiculous to deal with, the guys I shunned awhile back are trying to put themselves back in the rotation by asking what they did wrong, aaaahhh no no no, at this moment I am not recycling and that includes dumb boys.(I will start recycling my aluminum and plastic, once I figure out the best way in apartments)  It’s time to hang it up, so I did, I feel good about not rolling my eyes everytime I dare check my inbox. I did keep one boy around,  we have taken our convo off-site, so we shall see. He is from GA (a Bulldawg), so we have had a lot to talk about, haven’t met yet and I am ok with taking it slow slow slow again.

I am getting pumped about this weekend...details to come

(oh and this post posted itself earlier when I was in the middle of writing it, so I am not sure how many of you read it the second I post (amber)but that is why you are confused :)

day 145 loco

So it’s confirmed, I am crazy. I went to the leasing office, told her about the footsteps and the blood splatter. She said that I am on the top floor, that I shouldn't hear footsteps and she doesn't know of any protocol that would allow her to take any action on the imaginary footsteps. She did offer to write up a service call to paint over the blood splatter. Ok, I will take what I can get.
I have learned my lesson my eating pounds of beans before I go to the office (I thought that if I ate them the night before, that it would be ok, um nope, not ok).  I will have to start eating them when I have a few days off, so maybe Memorial Day. I am starting the 7 day count down to my 35th, so I worked out tonight until I almost passed out. All good.

Speaking of working out, my brother is an amazing personal trainer and had a news article written about him in the Rome Tribune! He started a program for people with Parkinson’s disease. It’s an amazing program that he invented and does for free every week to help these people. I will not try and explain it; I will just copy and paste the link:

http://rn-t.com/view/full_story/17028278/article-YMCA-trainers-focus-on-Parkinson%E2%80%99s-rehabilitation

day 144 sleepless in Nashville

The Bachelor has turned into the dumbest show on TV, I am embarrassed that I watching it (don't tell anyone). I am blaming it on the delirious state that I find myself in. I haven't slept in a week, ever since I have been hearing the footsteps on the my ceiling nightly, I find myself sleeping with the light on and um the TV, I think I may need a night light. It kinda goes hand in hand with what seems to be blood splatter on the bottom of my door in my lavatory (the toilet room). I noticed this drip of red blood on the bottom of the door when I was cleaning the floor. I looked closer and it appears that blood splatter is all over the door and has been painted over. There is a good chance I have watched too much Dexter, but those two things have been keeping me up at night. I even went outside to check the building to see if there was a secret floor over mine that I didn't know about. There is not. Brandy told me to stop looking for secret apartments and if I am curious about the murder that may or may not have taken place in my bathroom, to check Google instead. I did, I can’t find anything. (I didn’t look too hard, as I may not need to know the answer). She said that I have quite an imagination and I am nuts. I really really hope she is right. So I am going to try and go to sleep now, I am some making up to do. The baggage under my eyes would have to be checked at the curb, it’s too big for the overhead compartment.

day 143 sunday kinda funday

 I am digging this whole stay home and get stuff done stuff weekend (every now and again) everything is cleaned, organized and put its place. I made my moms bean soup...delish! Caught up with a few friends and just relaxed. Then Kelly had to drag me out against my will. I went and picked her up from the airport and we went out for a bit, she convinced that I needed to get out of my apartment for a little bit (i.e. come get me and take me home). She wanted to grab a bite to eat so we accidentally fell upon a Packers bar....um OMG cheese heads everywhere! Good thing it was during the last 2 minutes of the game, angry cheese heads everywhere! We got to watch a hooker go home with 2 guys, that was fun.  So now I am at home and gonna finish the 3rd chick flick of the weekend, Sarah Jessica's latest, it kinda sucks but I need to finish it. I may sleep on this recliner, its that comfortable.  PS I have had something in my eye for the last 4 hours and it is really starting to tick off! good night

day 142 me day

What a great day! I am having a much needed Stephanie day. I am now chillin on my new/old recliner that I got from Aimee this morning, with an added bonus of a place to store my unmentionables, that’s right a chest of drawers, yee haw! I am actually looking at my living room right now and every single piece: recliner, shelves, more shelves, entertainment center, TV, rug, coffee table, end table was all donated ... love it! It’s so funny, I have been on my own since I was 18 years old and I have nothing (furniture wise) to show for it, where did it all go??  My couch, I am very proud of, it was my first purchase when I became single again, I paid cash money and I love it.

Today has been great, a big ol me day. Cleaned, cooked, shopped, moved furniture, worked out, cussed out Comcast and just enjoyed a movie from the Red Box “Bad Teacher.” I am now about to watch “Friends with Benefits” for the 2nd time, I am excited. This weekend is shaping to be exactly what I needed. I went grocery shopping earlier while my mom was on the phone directing me to all of the ingredients I am going to need to make her bomb-ass bean soup. It’s a 2 day process and I will be also be cooking a cabbage. I probably shouldn’t have any visitors anytime soon.

A few blogs back I mentioned that I needed a CD and a few days later it appeared in the mail. I am testing the waters when I say I need a slapper chopper thingy (as seen on TV) to cut up my onions....just throwing it out there! Do it do it!

Ok well I must get to the 2nd movie of the night. I fell asleep in my recliner earlier, I haven’t taken a nap since 1982 and I found myself sleeping today on my new favorite piece of furniture. Me likey

day 141

This is a first; I have no idea how to act right now. I usually have something to do or someone to talk to. I have always wondered what it was like to just chill on purpose and not make any plans. I made plans with myself this weekend, I fully intended on hibernating and spending a weekend by myself. I am not so sure I know how to do that, I love to hunker down in between plans, but don't know how to make it THE plan.

My 90-day evaluation did not happen today, due to the fact that the new marketing guy rammed the gate that lets us into parking lot. He tried to outrun the gate as it was closing, he didn't make it. Instead he rammed his car into it, broke the gate, dented his car and flattened his tire. So, my bosses ended the day trying to figure out how to close the gate for the weekend. Thanks Robert. Ok, I am going to bed early on a Friday night and going to spend the weekend as I intended...wait, I think I hear a knock the door.....stay tuned

day 140 cold as ice

Its cccccccccold!!! It’s snowing in Nashville! I drove home through downtown; I drove real slow and watched people on stage in almost every window down Broadway singing their little hearts out under the neon moons, which were beaming beneath the snowflakes......so awesome.
 I didn’t feel like writing last night, no reason, just wasn't feeling it. I didn't feel the need to talk about my stage 5 clinger, who has now surpassed stage 6. I was ignoring him so I wouldn't have to be mean, but I had no choice. I had to be stern and tell him to …GET TA STEPPIN!  Hopefully that won’t translate into call me tomorrow.

 My tan (I got sprayed tan, I slipped, I relapsed, it was $10, I could help it) the color has finally toned down to the color of a human and it’s not so bad. Now that I have lost a couple of lbs. and I have a little color on my skin, I am feeling pretty good. I eat so freakin healthy I can't stand it. Usually, if I am left to my own devices, I have zero qualms about eating a block of cheese and a sleeve saltines for lunch and dinner. But for some reason, I make my salad every day for lunch and eat protein/veggies every night when I am home....it’s quite shocking.

Ok everyone cross your fingers. My 90 day "introductory" period is up at my job. My evaluation is tomorrow…...NO WHAMMIES NO WHAMMIES!

I am not going to think about it, I am gonna go clean up my turkey burger mess and watch Greys! (It was so good last week, I cried) but I also used to cry at every final episode of The Real World....so........

day 139

Why are all the misspelled words still in yellow on the last post?? I usually just ignore them and now they are highlighted!

I would like to give a very Happy Birthday shout out to my good friend Casey! Miss you girl! Looking forward your visit ( A.Stiff is coming too...maybe y'all can carpool)

I am exhausted, worked out like a crazy person and it felt good! Good night!

day 138 dangit!

Ah man, the Egyptian gas station guy just asked me for my number! Dangit, you are the guy that I rely on for my nightly individually sized pack of Tylenol PM. Now, I have to drive all the way to Walgreens and by the economy size bottle, thanks John.

I mean the Steelers lose to that weenie Tim Tebow and now this. I am so not happy about the loss and I am almost positive it was the old T-shirt that I got in the mail that brought the bad luck, damn it Sarah!

I am not a fan of Tebow, but I must admit, it is crazy that he wears 3:16 on his cheek and during this pummeling of the Stees, he threw 316 yards and averaged 31.6 yards per completion, HOLY crap, that is nuts.

Well I am gonna chill out and go to bed early. I didn't sleep last night because there was someone walking around above me. I heard someone walking around on my ceiling in the middle of the night and the crazy thing is, I live on the top floor. I am freaked. I may have to double up on the meds.

day 137 its like Christmas!!

WAHOOOO!!!!! I just did like 3 back flips in my living room and I didn’t even know I could do a back flip! I am sooooooooo excited!!! I just got the mail and my most amazing friends sent me presents!


Sarah sent me my favorite long sleeve Steeler T-shirt that I used to wear all the time. Its Sarah’s shirt, but I borrowed it from her while she pleasantly plumper, then she went lost a bunch of weight and she stole her shirt back from me! I was just cussing her out in my head last week when I wanted to wear it and TA-DAH it appears in my mailbox...LOVE IT! This shirt has history, I put a lot of miles on this bad boy and now it been passed down to me..YAY!! The note she sent said "I got a new shirt so I am passing down the torch just in time for playoffs!" (She is from Pittsburgh) Thanks girl!

AND my friend/sorority sister, Patty, read my blog, saw that I lost the very first Jennifer Nettles CD when she was in Soul Miners Daughter and mailed me a copy!!! I mean how amazing! THANK YOU GIRIL! I am jammin out to some OLD SCHOOL J. Nettles right this second, oh how I missed this!

Both gifts are two things that I will cherish.
Last night was all kinds of fun!
I am almost positive that I was a rock star in my past life. Not one vocal cords in my voice box is in tune, I have not one instrumental skill, and even though I do have some moves that I keep alive from the mid-80s, it’s really weird that I love getting on a stage and pretending that the people came to see me perform. Kelly and I met up with my former co-worker Christina, her husband and his friends. We had a BLAST! I love meeting Nashvillians, they are super duper. This poor unassuming sports bar progressed into a karaoke bar aka the Stephanie and Kelly show and it was on! I am still laughing at Christina’s husband (who is hilarious) he got up on stage and dedicated a song to his beautiful wife on her birthday, it was so sweet, but then 2Live Crew starts playing and the most vulgar song ever was dedicated to his wife (I cannot repeat the words, my mom would ground me for sure) but just imagine the worst word a girl could udder and it was the main word in the song, it was so funny!

Ok now I have to get ready for some Football! Playoffs...Steelers! I wonder what I am going to wear?

day 136 it takes a villiage

Brandy and Kelly always say it takes a village of people to raise me, well that village is expanding. We now have random strangers volunteering their time for the cause. This nice lady followed me across town where I finally stopped at a gas station. She wanted to return my debit card that I left in the ATM machine, thanks girl! I have been trying to lose my wallet and/or its contents for months and nobody will let me. Just last week, Kelly found it in the parking lot of my apartment complex. When I was in Atlanta not too long ago, I heard my name over the intercom at Kroger telling me to come to the service desk. When I got there they handed me my wallet they someone else found in the parking lot. Three people that I know just happened to be in Kroger at that very moment, so I had to explain to 3 different people (one of them, Danny Seelos), why they heard Stephanie Baswell over the loud speaker, and none of them seemed all that shocked. Oh and yesterday, my co-worker, Paul, texts me to tell me that he found my license in the scanner. (I had to fax a copy of my license to my car insurance people, they had no driving record on record for me, I thought that might be a good thing, but it’s not) I texted him back and told him that that's where I keep it...hehe. Ok I am starting to see a pattern here. This is the time to make my New Year’s resolution……. stop strewing my crap across two states.

day 135

What a great day! I just got home, went and hung out with my new friend Jeremiah. He's cool, a musician, I guess it was only a matter of time before I ran into one of those in Nashville. I actually met him the old fashion way, by accident. Got to hear some of his music and I gotta say, he will be famous and I get to say, "I knew him when." It will be another one of claims to fame...kinda like the day I met Cuba Gooding Jr. in Atlanta and my friend Jim Daley almost got into a fist fight with him..that was a memory. Hanging out with musicians is a whole other ball game, its like they eat, drink and breath music, not something I am used to, but intriguing all the same. I told him that I would one day show him how I can rock "Mary had a Little Lamb" on the piano, but I didn't want to show off this soon in the game.

 Anyway its late and I have been talking to the Egyptian gas station attendant about Germany for the past 30 minutes and I am exhausted.

day 134...I YAM what I YAM

Today was interesting...you know my 3 my cronies, my work bitches?  1 quit, 2 fired. One bean, 2 pork. Happy New Year! I guess that solves the problem of how I am gonna stay out of the gossip arena. I am now one of 3 girls left in the company...hhhhmmm interesting odds. I do feel bad about telling Christina that she was about to get a raise right before she quit today. She called me today after work and I let that one slip...ooppsy! (sorry girl) Well, at least I won't feel weird about wearing all the hand-me-down work clothes she gave me the other day. She cleans her closet out every few months and chose me as the charity case recipient...and I am OK with it. They are all new nice clothes in my size from Express and Calvin Klein. I was wondering how I was gonna feel about strutting around the office looking like Christina,  um well, one less thing to worry about! ( I will also miss her taking me out for sushi at lunch...dangit!)
I really really need to go grocery shopping, I had a spinach salad with a side of cooked spinach for dinner, come to think of if, I had a veggie sub from subway with spinach on it, I'm strong to the finich cause I eats me spinach, I am Popeye the sailor man. I YAM what I YAM! I am also starving. Ok, that's it, I am going to the store.

day 133 stage 5

OK we have a situation, I believe the technical term is STAGE 5 CLINGER! THROW the FLAG, THROW the FLAG, and make it RED!  I met a boy and this guy is LOCO! I made the huge mistake of giving him my number because he was not wearing his straight jacket at the time and I didn't think to ask if he was cleared from the psych ward or if he escaped. If I don't answer your 7th text in a row... um its ok to stop trying! and when I say the words "ENOUGH with the full-court-press!" that is not your cue to make up little nicknames for me (that word is plural BTW) sunshine, lil cutie, miss cutie, sweetie..ICK... AND just in case I wasn't clear when I told him to go away and he told me he wouldn't bother me anymore ( I did a premature fist pump) in his mind it was the perfect time to send me one word texts every 10 minutes... the word Hi, then hello, then hey...all with a smiley faces of course.

little life lessons:  Hints are not overrated, the actual words should be taken at face value and irony is hilarious.

Day 132....NEW YEAR

After a successful weekend of fun, I am chilling on the couch like a bum. NYE was a blast in the country, the half circle had a fun night by the fire, it was a good way to to end a crazy year. Brandy went out of her way to feed us and risked the possibility of being shanked at the local shady trailer park to get a rick of firewood, thanks girl!

The next morning we went back up to the city and get ready for a day of New Year's football. Kelly and I are now at the local watering hole watching the Steelers play the Browns. Channel 5 news is there and wants to interview people about the Titans possibly going to the playoffs by default. Well I am in my black and gold and not caring about all the possible scenarios that have to play out for them to make the playoffs. BUT I act like I know everything on the subject and agree to an interview. The guys sitting next to me quickly brief me on what needs to happen after they see a bit of panic appear on my face. After my crash course on the fact that Denver has to win, the Ravens were involved I think and possibly Buffalo helped the cause, I found myself winging it on air. I seriously doubt I made the cut, and it actually aired, but it was funny. Kelly and the guys sitting next to us were also interviewed, it was a trip. After that was done, the camera guy hung out for a bit and I ended up shooting a video of him asking him his thoughts on online dating. That turned into me taking a survey on everyones thoughts on online dating, all of this is captured on my phone. I got mixed reviews on the subject. BUT my very good friend Lilsteph just got engaged on the NYE and she met this guy on Eharmony, there's a positive note for ya and a nice advertisement for Eharmony.

Today I watched the Outback bowl, AWESOME game, right up to the part where the Dawgs lost in triple OT! That sucked but the game was very exciting.

Ok, I have to get back to doing nothing.