Wednesday, February 29, 2012

day 181 soap box

Whoa whoa whoa, more responsibility served up on a platter with a side of ADD. Lori and Rob brought me into his office to present me with an opportunity. He wants me to work for the other company too (so like have 2 jobs in 1) I work for Ascension, we do the repairs after the other company, Servpro, cleans up the mess (floods, fire etc). He wants me to run Accounts Receivable for Servpro, basically manage the cash flow of all the jobs. I will have a second office and work for that company and do my job at Ascension. I will be working on salary at my current job and commission on the other. Well alrighty then, I will accept the challenge and roll with it(where is an Adderall dispenser when you need one?) Bring it I say!
I'm just gonna go ahead a give myself some props, why the heck not? Every day (well this month) I feel great about the choices that I am making, I am becoming a better me and I don't think I have ever said that about myself….
Who woulda thought making a fresh start in Nashville would prove to be such a great move on my part....I have been blessed with a chance to live my life on my terms for once and it feels awesome.

I have had this secret goal.....when I was in Atlanta, I went to a stupid singles event and someone asked me what I liked to do for fun, I couldn't think of anything! I mean, I hang out with my friends...is that good enough? hobbies...nope...interests...hhhhhhmmmm let me think...watching football? It was a sad realization and my secret goal was that the next time someone asks me that question I can spit out a few things .....activities and such….I won’t bore you with my running list, I will save it for my profile…I will say things are lookin up.

 I was going to make salmon patties tonight, but I opened the “Mom recommended”  canned Salmon expecting it to be like tuna...nope! Someone just put a whole fish in a blender and stuffed it in a can. Gross! The skin, the bones, the eyes everything....disgusting...sorry mom, it’s in the garbage....

Idol is on....my favs are the boys, the girls are struggling! For the official record my top 5 picks of guys in this order:

Phillips Squared
Reed
Chinky
the guy who looks the muppet...Beaker..
Joshua

The girls....um not as fun and most of them suck but I will pick:

Mini Reba (Skylar) she is my fav
Shannon
Jessica
Elise

ok good night


Tuesday, February 28, 2012

day 180 dancin dancin dancin!

AAAAAHHHH! I did it, I signed up for dancing lessons! HA! I hope they didn't stick me with the hot dance instructor as a bait and switch type sales pitch cause I totally fell for and signed up for... not the "get your feet wet" starters package, not the “I can now dance at a weddings" package, but the Medallion "I can teach Dancing with The Stars in a year package" Ok, yes, I signed up for the big daddy package. BUT only after we worked about a little payment plan.....he showed me the total, he asked how I would you like to split it up? If half? In quarters? Um how about by 20? He laughed and asked, “ you want to split this up into 20 payments?” yes. He just looked at me and said, deal. HA! So there you go, I get unlimited group dance lessons, unlimited "parties" they host a "party" a few time a week, where you can just practice and dance to different music at the studio and just have fun with what you learned. I also have 20 private lessons, with Jason, he is awesome, he is a ball buster, very cute and is a good teacher. Gay? Straight? The jury is still out on this one. It’s just like the practice studios on Dancing with the Stars...look out Nicole from Pussy Cat Dolls here I come!

So I am pretty sure I forgot to brush my teeth today. I am not 100% sure but pretty sure, this is not a regular occurrence just so ya know, just on the days when I have to come face to face with a cute boy. I don't know what happened, I have a system in the morning, I do things in a certain order, so I must have gotten side tracked during the “brush your teeth” section or I just did a really bad job. I convinced myself all day that I did, but I don't think I did. On top of that I had my homemade egg salad for lunch which includes more onion than egg. SO I am of course self-conscience as I hold my breath, we are just getting my lesson going and I notice some gum near the stereo. I ask Jason if I can have a piece and then he takes a piece too cause he thinks I am giving him a hint that his breath stinks. Long story short, I now have gum and can now concentrate. It was a blast; I am pumped and ready to bring it!  Now I just need some boots.

Time for Idol! Amber, I haven’t started watching it yet so stop texting me spoiler alerts! J


Monday, February 27, 2012

day 179 out with the creepy

Just got done watching the Bachelor, is it me or are all of the conversations exactly the same? They are all in love and can see themselves together forever, I get it…..if someone injected me with wine every minute of the day and plopped me on top of the Swiss Alps, I would probably be in love too….that is until I sobered up and realized that Ben is a dork with a butt cut, no sense of humor and I have mistaken love for weeks and weeks of being hammered in foreign countries on national TV. Who wins already? Is the gossip correct or just gossip….we will find out in 2 weeks…I am on the edge of my seat.

Still tired. I am mad at the now creepy Egyptian gas station attendant, I went up to get at Nyquil packet and somehow during the 7 second drive home, I lost the packet. I went back thinking I left it on the counter, nope, he thought I was coming back to see him and thought it was a good opportunity to ask for my number...again. I said um no, ok can I give you mine he asked. um no. If I want to talk to you I will come up here I said. He asked if he could he take me out tomorrow night, um no, I am very busy. And now I have to go to the Shell Station from now on, thanks.

I actually am busy tomorrow.....getting excited about my dance lesson! It’s just a free lesson/consolation, so I don't know if I can actually afford it. I am hoping I can cause I spoke with my instructor today and he is all about country dancing (please don't be creepy, please be tall dark and handsome). I will report back tomorrow.


Sunday, February 26, 2012

day 178 never gets old!

Ok I am a zombie once again, my stupid neighbors were partying from 330am until almost 7am this morning! Loud death metal music and slamming doors, I had the phone in my hand at 530am to call the cops, but I was trying not to be over dramatic and thought it would stop soon. I found myself looking out the peep hole at 6am watching people come out of the apartment all hammered. The birds are chirping people! What in the hell are you doing, besides ruining my Sunday?? I couldn't even get up for church I was so tired. I am still tired; it was all I could do to open my laptop. But I had to write about my Friday night with Anna!

We had a blast, I love it when I have visitors, I get to do the exact same thing with everyone who visits. It’s like Ground Hog day for me, but for them, its brand new fun. Start off a MargaritaVille for eats and then hit Broadway for some honky tonkin. It never gets old, I love it! Anna’s birthday was last week, so I told the band it was her birthday. They brought her up on stage, it was early in the night (dinner time) and I quickly realized that there is a time and a place for people to sing happy birthday to you. The time is not during dinner, no one was paying attention, no one was singing, except for me and the lady sitting next to me that I elbowed for her to join in. It was awkward, Anna gets off the stage and asks me "Have I ever told you about my fear of standing on stage and everyone staring at me?" Ha! No, and clearly we are not related.

After dinner, we decided to buy a disposable camera, we wanted to document the evening (actually she really wanted a picture of Elvis)  but neither one of our phones had a flash. The camera was the biggest conversation piece! People were in awe, the fact that you had to rewind it, hold down a flash button and you couldn't look at the pic after you took it, it was a running joke all night.  I can't wait until she gets those developed; hopefully they still do that somewhere.

We went to a few different places, Legends, The Second Fiddle, The Stage, and another place that just opened that night, the lead singer was standing on a piece of plywood above the bar twirling his microphone stand like he was Bon Jovi, so funny! We met some fun Canadian boys who we kept running into all evening; we ended up tearing up the dance floor with them at Cadillac Ranch. Anna and I went to the bathroom and decided it was time to go, so we snuck out the back door and made a bee line for the hot dog stand. Anna ate her hot dog and mine and we went home.

Woke up the next morning, got ready, went back out, had lunch at Noshville Delicatessen in Midtown. After lunch we walk around town and took some more picture with our fancy camera. Besides seeing me, she had her cousin’s bachelorette party that night, so we had to run some errands and get some fun stuff for all the girls to wear. We laughed all day long; my stomach was hurting from laughing about the events from night before and just being silly in general. She was trying to get me to come out that night, hell no, I have a DVR full of a weeks’ worth of my shows waiting on me, I was not going anywhere.

So here I am still on the couch, going to bed in a few minutes. Next time, I am calling the cops, no one interrupts my sleep and gets away with it.  Night!


Thursday, February 23, 2012

day 177 happy days and talkin craps

Hot digity dog, gettin my apartment ready for my guest, Anna Stiff, comin in from Atlanta tomorrow night! Excited! I am ready to take a break from Operation Hibernation for a night out and knock some of the dust off. Anna and I were bartenders at Hudson Grille and we had a blast. We were quite the pair, workin it, playing off each other and making the folks of Brookhaven laugh. I would make Mojitos that tasted like cotton candy and then she would re-make them so the customers wouldn’t ask for a refund. We pranked fellow bartenders and well I got it back 10-fold. I remember one night having a whole box of tooth picks dumped in my large purse and my car completely saran wrapped after I got off a 12 hours shift at 3am. Good times, needless to say, I am happy to hang with my little munchkin. (Casey you’re up girl…gitty up)

My Bestie made a surprise appearance in Nashville and took me out to lunch today....that was nice touch to my week. I haven't seen her since my birthday and we decided that that was unacceptable. Brandy and I have one million inside jokes that mostly stem from reality TV. Our conversations are a lot like watching the Soup. We had a good laugh on the way to Jason’s Deli about our Asian Sensation from American Idol, Chinky, as we like to call him. His real name is HeyJune and he is hilarious, he talks a lot of craps….he has this weird, dry, slap-knee humor with an Asian gangster twist who sings like an angel with an accent (in a nutshell).

The cherry on my sunny and high of 74 degree Thursday was learning that my family is coming to see me! I have been throwing around the idea of coming to Atlanta for St. Patty’s Day weekend. The deal was sealed today when Mom and I came up with the plan that I would go to Atlanta, have fun with my friends, kidnap her and bring her to my place for the week. The following weekend my dad, bro and bro’s girlfriend are coming up to collect my mom, but not before The Baswell Clan adds a few more footprints to my new stompin grounds, cause they are all staying the weekend! Nashville is not ready and I am pumped!

Ok gotta get back to cleaning


Wednesday, February 22, 2012

day 176 Holla!

A few of things ,first, my laundry/gym routine is not going to work if I don't start all 4 dryers before heading back to the gym. If I leave one off, I then have to go home and come back after dinner OR hope that the clothes are still there tomorrow cause I ain't going back down there.

Second, I had good laugh today. Watching the Channel 4 News lady in our office (we did some work for her) talk Vera the receptionist. And as this lady is talking you can see Ben try to chime in a couple of times.  He is trying to tell her she has some dirt on her forehead, he starts to reach up to wipe it off, but Vera catches this and elbows him in the side. He winces and the lady was confused as Vera motioned for Ben to stop. Poor Ben was confused as well, he had no idea it was Ash Wednesday. The lady left the building with her ash intact.

Oh and lastly, I am gonna take dancing lessons! I have my first lesson on Tuesday at Nashville Ballroom. Its dancing that you do with a partner, but I don't have to have a partner, my instructor is my partner. I want to learn how to country dance (two-step etc.) and swing dance. They also do Salsa etc. so who knows what I might get myself into. Tuesday is my orientation/free private lesson. They are going to sit down with me a see what I want to focus on. I am pumped! I have always wanted to twirl and spin around the dance floor while everyone claps to Boot Scootin Boogie…yeehaw.

Side note that crakes me up…In GA everyone says “Holla!” and in TN everyone says “Holler!”

On that note, I will holler at y’all tomorrow!


Tuesday, February 21, 2012

day 175 slow controlled movements

Ouchy! I may want to rethink my song selection in the shower, no more remixes of Rockin Robin, flappin my arms tweet tweet tweet is a good way to lose an elbow against the hard tile walls.

 Great work out tonight! I have a new routine; do 1-2 loads of laundry a night, the gym is next to the laundry room, so I am forced to stay down there during the 30 minutes spin cycle and 45 minute drying period. It worked out cause by Bro put me on a new regimen. 30 min elliptical/bike and 7 sets of 7 reps of each leg exercise (sloooow controlled movements of course) with a 1-2 minute rest time between each set, and that is almost exactly how long it takes to do the laundry, win win!

 I took a break at work today to try and win some J. Aldean tickets. Brandy told me when to call in to the radio station. So I had my cell phone plugged in to an ear piece in one ear and my desk phone head set in the other ear while listening to the radio on the speakers. It takes some coordination, listening to busy signals and pressing redial in both ears. Brandy was at her house doing the same thing. We didn't win, wah wah wah. There is still a chance my cabinet guy will pull through.

 Ok that’s all for now, I gotta watch The Good Wife (my fav).


Monday, February 20, 2012

day 174 some things are best left unsaid

Just got done watching the Bachelor, um did anyone else notice that the dumb, fake wedding vows that that Squeaky hooker, I mean, model recited? (I can't believe I watch shows that make me gag) anyway for those who don't watch the stupidest show on earth, this girl decided to tell Ben that she loves him by reciting vows to him in a fake wedding she secretly planned. Every line in her vows was stolen from Sex and the City, Friends, Days of our Lives and the generic "to have and to hold" wedding vows you see on TV. It was comical, way to go, you look like a fool...like a fool!
So anyway, I went to workout, I just got goin on the bike when Creepy Creeperson walks in, he was listening to his music and humming quite loudly as if we could I could hear the music too. Usually I am in there by myself and I am jammin to Salt n Peppa on Pandora but nooooo, creepy guy made me think that we would snap my neck if he got to close behind me, so I jumped up and got the hell out of there. I got a good 5 minutes in, I'm good.

I don't know what it is that makes people want to spill their guts as I am passing by, but it happens quite a lot. I went up to the receptionist’s desk to grab a fax, and she was talking about sleeping meds. I asked her what she took, and that somehow ignited a huge explosion of information that I was not at all prepared for. In the span of 5 minutes (prepare for one long run-on sentence cause that is how fast this conversation was) I learned that she takes bi-polar meds to fall asleep but she is not bi-polar, although she is a wino, she hasn't slept in her bed since her divorce, um 7 years ago, she sleeps on the couch, her husband beat her up, put her in the hospital because she told his dad about him having a girlfriend, her husband was a forensic scientist, who slept around a lot, that is how he caught chlamydia, that is how she found out he was cheating on her, she is now a much stronger and confident person, one time she did take Ambien, but her mother witnessed her sleep eating, she threw up the food on the very plate she ate it off of and then ate it again, so now she takes the bi-polar medicine and if she ever over sleeps, it’s probably because she woke up at 4am, took another bite of a pill, drank a glass of wine and went back to sleep. TMI TMI TOO MUCH INFORMATION!

 I just wanted to get this invoice off of the fax machine and go back to my desk…holy crap.


Sunday, February 19, 2012

day 173 booo Aldi's

Not happy with my Aldi's food selection, I guess the old saying rings true and you do in fact get what you pay for. The blueberry waffles sucked! The onions were mushy and don't get me started on the eggs. One of them was hollow and 2 of them cracked cause I looked at them funny. I thought eggs were eggs and it didn't matter where you bought them, well apparently there different classes of eggs, if that is the case, I got the eggs from the trailer trash chickens. I need some upper class eggs pronto. I am sure the canned peas will be quite lovely, but I am going back to being a loyal Kroger shopper.

"Operation hibernate until spring thaw" is still underway, therefore it was mega boring/lazy/nothing to report weekend. It was snowing this morning on the way to church and that was about the most exciting thing that happened. On that note, I am gonna go make some sleepy time tea and go to bed. My neighbors were having “Operation Party all night long” and kept me up with some soothing death metal blasting through the walls. Needless to say I am tired after my day of movie watching. I rented Ides of March, I had no idea what it was about, I just saw that Ryan "hubba hubba” Gosling and George "Sexiest man alive” Clooney were both starring in it and that was all I needed to know….turned out to be really good. And last night’s viewing of The Help was well received, although I didn’t cry like everyone told me I would. I think I cried more in the last scene of Sister Act when they were singing for the Pope and the little blond girl finally came out of her shell during her solo.

Ok nighty night


Saturday, February 18, 2012

day 171 I'm Your Baby Tonight

I just got home from a day of errands, I recorded Whitney's memorial services cause I thought it would be like Michael Jackson's with performances and such. So far no performances, just a normal run of the mill funeral, oh wait Kevin Costner is up, maybe we will see some performances. Michael Jackson gets the award for best funeral hands down.

I got my taxes done at H&R Block today, I usually do them myself, but with the amount of W-2's I have collected this past year and the transfer from GA to TN, I figured I would let the experts do it. She showed me the amount that I was getting back and I didn't a little jig, but she forgot to add in my unemployment. Well that cut it in half and the wind was knocked out of my sails, then she showed me the amount after the fees for doing my taxes, $274!!! What?? She said it was $34.99! What a sham! She said the cost goes up for having to process so many pieces of paper, whatever, now my sails were flattened.  I am not mad atchya Pearl, the lady who did my taxes, she was about 108-years-old, sweet as pie and a total crack up. She was telling me about this guy she picked up at the bar down the street, that he was calling her all the time and annoying the crap out her. I told her that I felt her pain. So long story short, I am getting a tiny bit back.

Next stop, ALDI'S!!! HOORAY for the cheapest grocery on earth!!! Brandy told me to go there a while ago, so I gave it a whirl and holy crap the prices were so low. I was skipping around the store cheering when I saw the price of everything. My grocery bill was literally cut in half, the people in the store were wondering why I was clapping at the price of chicken, I love saving money, woohoo!

 After Wal-Mart, last stop, GNC, I needed some more knee medicine. I tell the guy that I need some glucosamine and he tells me that I should also get Shark Cartridge to build the cartilage in my knees back up. Ok so I am already taking fish oil, cod liver oil and now shark cartridge? After all of that, I should be able to swim better at the very least. I decided to hold off and do some research on the Shark Cartridge. And who in the world had the bright idea to see if the oil from a cod's liver could be beneficial for us? Sarah told me to get that for my knees as well, but the guy at the GNC said it is actually used to prevent heart disease and it helps burn calories. Well alrighty then, real good Sarah, you have may have accidentally prevented me from having a heart attack and possibly responsible for helping me burn the calories from eating that bag of M&M's last week.

Ok, its movie time, I am gonna go wash off my mascara, grab a box of Kleenex and watch The Help.

Thursday, February 16, 2012

day 170 bringing down the noise, bringin down the funk

Ok I am in much better spirits and! I started off the day by disregarding my alarm and sleeping until 730 and I have to leave the house at 740! I jumped up (thank goodness I took a shower the night before) threw my clothes on, made a cup of cereal, jumped in the car, and zoomed out. Driving with my knee is a handy skill I picked up that allows me to eat Rice Chex and put on my make-up while negotiating traffic at top speed; I made it with one minute to spare!
 My mom called to check on me and my funk, she knows I don't like to get into trouble with my authoritative figures.  I mean I got caught chewing gum in the 5th grade and started crying (I still get a little choked up) so she had one encouraging sentence that really made me dig deep and move past it, "You made a mountain out of a mole hill cause it was the straw that broke the camel’s back, but you didn't slip on a banana peel so everything is ok."

 ….. Thanks mom...

I spent the entire time that I was on the exercise bike cleaning out my contacts on my phone. The AT&T people told me I have to wipe my phone clean(long story) so in order to transfer my contacts and pics onto my sim card, I have to delete some. That was a trippy trip down memory lane. I held onto quite a few people from way back in the day. I deleted "douchebag" and "don't answer" and "psycho" who knows what time in my life those lovely people entered my phone, it was hard to let them go. I deleted Aunt Ruby and Aunt Myrtle, well cause they died a couple years ago and many other people I no longer talk to. They told me to reduce the amount of pictures that I have as well. The pictures are going to take some time, I managed to delete the pic of the 2 eggs sunny side up and a few pictures I have of goats, cows, .a lama, a batch of cabbage soup and a glass of carrot juice. But I don't know what to do with the 49 pics of camp fires or the 10 I have of my dog, Jake, stitches from when he had surgery. I think I will keeps the pics of my trunk of my car when it doubled as my closet, it will remind me of a simpler time. Project for this weekend I guess.

 Ok I have to go sew a rip in my favorite black turtle neck with a sewing kit that I bought from the dollar store......for a dollar.


Wednesday, February 15, 2012

day 169

I am in a funk, I have been all day. No real reason, it happens. Working out didn't even snap me out of it. I think its because I got into trouble yesterday and I am not losing weight as fast as I would like (I miss when I was in my 20s and could drop 5 lbs by walking up a flight of stairs) I will be better tomorrow. Its all good. Nothing else to report, gonna go watch Idol and go to bed.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

day 168 Didn't We Almost Have it All

I honestly forgot about Valentine’s Day, so it was very uneventful. Well, I take that back, I did get into trouble at work for gossiping. I am not going to gossip about gossiping so this story ends now. Oh and I did get to witness an argument in the parking lot of my apartments, this girl was screaming at her man for always having to pay for everything, I am guessing she didn't get roses. And I returned a movie to the Red Box. Oh I did get a box of chocolates from Lori, she gave everyone boxes, thanks for throwing me off of my diet. So that sums it up, I did get a text from this guy who I met at Tooties's while with MB, but that was yesterday and he quickly annoyed me, so I hit the eject button. I honestly don't think I have any memories of Valentine’s Day, the only one that comes to mind was with my ex ex boyfriend, Adam, who gave me white roses from Publix. He felt the need to tell me that he switched the price tag from cheaper flowers with the ones that he bought, so he wouldn’t have to pay as much. Basically, he stole flowers that meant "remembrance" in honor of his love for me. I think that was his way of saying he will remember me fondly, as he broke up with me shortly after, shortly after he cheated on me, oh woe is me. Ha, that is funny, ok well it’s all good, I don’t need no stinkin man, I have my health. Ok well time for beddy!  Happy Valentine’s Day everyone!


Monday, February 13, 2012

day 167 Queen of the Night

Well I fast forwarded through about 85% of the Grammys, I thought it was kinda lame.\What happen to the times when Janet Jackson, Eminem, Kid Rock, Madonna, Christina and Brittany were bringing down the house with amazing get up get up and get down performances? Now the only person really breakin it down is Chris "girl beater" Brown? (who was pretty awesome BTW) I mean, I am all for Cold Play and Paul McCartney....but come on…snoozefest! And don’t get me started on Talentless Swift. It was all very tame and mediocre.....that is until Jennifer Hudson sang I Will Always Love you and tears squirted out my eyeballs. She nailed it! Bravo Jennifer! Her voice was and is amazing, all while fighting back tears, I have no idea how she pulled that one off, loved it!!
While I am rippin on music, I just got back from the gym, I was doing some sit-ups to Biz Markie. How in the world was that song so popular?? Oh Baby You, You Got What I Need, sucks! It’s horrible, yet I owned the single tape version and played it all the time.

Anyway, I would like to discuss the interview the owner of the company and the production manager had with a potential employee on Friday. During the interview a gigantic rat runs across the floor! A freakin rat scurries across the floor, probably just as they were asking him about his strengths and weaknesses. Ben jumps up and yells “ah sh*t!” and Rob reportedly had never moved so fast. I am not quite sure what the interviewee was doing, but WTF! I thought my rat drama was over, but they opened the office door and let him run down the hall, nowhere to be found and now I have to start eating my lunch in my car. Now, don't get me wrong, we have a nice clean office, but we are connected to a humungous warehouse that stores people’s furniture while their houses are being restored. Hard telling what we are bringing in, so I am sure the rat just walked right on in. GROSS!!! I am so curious if this guy will show his face for a 2nd interview.

Some people are disgusting, we have dealt with hoarders lately, I have seen some nasty pictures of crap just piled up to the ceiling and drenched from a pipe bursting in the basement. My flooring guy just told me about this lady (not one of our customers) who had millions of roaches; she just sat in her wheel chair and watched them crawl all over the floor. The flooring guys told her to have them cleared out by the time they got back so they could lay the floor, she didn’t and they couldn’t’ get rid of them. So they just covered them up with the new vinyl. Um, ok, so there are live roaches sealed under this ladies new vinyl and she is just gonna roll right over them in her chair? Nothing shocks me anymore.

On that note, I am going to go clean something.


Sunday, February 12, 2012

day 166 "I Wanna Dance with Somebody" cause "I'm Every Woman"

Had a good day, now I am watching more coverage on Dateline of Whitney. Watching her career in a nutshell has brought me back to my childhood, I remember singing one of her songs in the 8th grade choir. Yes, somehow someone let me in a choir, it’s very puzzling, but at least I have that memory. (did they feel sorry for me or were they borderline deaf?)
Today’s events included church, shopping, cooking a massive pot of cabbage soup (with ground turkey and bacon this time). I rented 50/50, it’s about a guy who has cancer and since Seth Rogan was in it, I thought it was going to a funny movie about cancer, turns out there is no such thing. Note to self, stay away from movies about cancer. My mom is the only one who can make cancer funny, she somehow keeps it light, laughs at herself and her chemo-brain.  So next time I want to laugh, I will just give her a call. Wow, between the death of Whitney and the cancer movie, I think I need to lighten it up around here.....come on Grammys!

Saturday, February 11, 2012

day 165 crack is wack

Wow, I thought me getting all dressed up and nowhere to go again was the headline news but Whitney Houston stole my thunder. Poor thing, it’s such a waste, she was so amazing and that stupid thug Bobby Brown came into her life and flat out, straight up, no questions asked, ruined it. I was such a huge fan, along with all of America, we adored her, her talent and then she went down, down hard with that asshole. How in the world did that happen??? I remember running into her and Bobby Brown at The Palm in Atlanta many years ago, she was sickly thin and I remember feeling sorry for her. What a waste. I will always remember her fondly when I listen to her songs. Sarah informed me of this news and I immediately flashed back to the time when Sarah and I were having dinner at our favorite Mexican restaurant and looking up at the screen, seeing the words Michael Jackson died in huge letters on CNN. That was wild and this is crazy. We expect DMX or Lil Wayne to die of drug use, but Whitney? It’s such a shame. I think I am gonna sing I will always love you the next time I am on stage as a tribute to Whitney; she was so awesome pre-Bobby Brown.
Ok back to me getting all dressed up with nowhere to go. I literally had my boots on, purse in hand, waiting on Ben to pick me up and I get a call. The ticket he bought for me was in the freakin student section, he bought his bro the same ticket, his bro was at the stadium and they require a student ID to get in with a student ticket. Since I do not go to Vanderbilt it’s a problem. He was mad and insisted on finding me an adult ticket. I told him to not worry, I am fine not going, it is 27 degrees out and well I am ok with staying in. So here I am...stood up...again! Is anyone keeping count? I just took my mascara off and now watching a movie that has a one star rating...its cool, I will just get some extra much needed rest...RIP Whitney.


Friday, February 10, 2012

day 164 yes, I am back

What what! Had a smashing evaluation! My boss had nothing but good things to say! He loves my positive attitude and believes it to be infectious! He loves that I am never late (except for the first day, that Lori pointed out, yes I was 40 minutes late and she will apparently never let me forget that) he said he likes that I am eager to learn, a team player and he is pleasantly surprised with my performance. He said that he wants me to continue in the direction that I am going in and continue to train to be an exceptional employee. He said that he has noticed a progression in me since I started; I am not as timid on the phone, that my confidence has escalated and he really enjoys working with me. To sum up, a glowing evaluation, they took me off of hourly and put me as a salary employee, which means they are wanting me for the long hall. No more overtime, I am ok with that, although overtime was awesome, only good things can come out of being a salaried employee. I am gonna work hard and prove to be an asset to the company. YAY!

I ‘m now just chillin watching TV, cause tomorrow is gonna be a long day, I am going to the Kentucky/Vanderbilt game. Supposed to be like a college football fan day in Nashville (except for its basketball), so I am excited, especially since its free, KY is #1 and a rival of Vandy.. I know nothing about basketball and have a single ticket, so I will be sitting by myself…ha..guess I am gonna make some friends and just jump on the band wagon…I am not scared!


Thursday, February 9, 2012

day 163 chew toys

Ok let me paint a little picture for you. I have a nasty habit of putting pens in my mouth while I’m at my desk. Today it wasn’t the usually clicky pen, this pen had a top on it, I had been chomping on it for a while so the top of the pen top came off and is now hollow. So I am hard at work on a repair estimate all while having this pen in my mouth. The office manager, Lori, comes up to my desk and is telling me something, I am now holding the pen and slowly turn it upside down. As she is talking, this enormous amount of saliva starts oozing out of the pen top onto my sweater. I didn’t notice at first and then I see her eyes open up bigger and bigger, I look down at it’s like this long thick rope of slobber slowly making its way from the pen down the front my turtle neck sweater. She is just says "Oh my gosh" and walks away. Wow. Seriously? Needless to say I was giggling for a good 30 minutes.

Ok I have to go prepare for my 90 day evaluation finally; well it was supposed to be a 90 day, now it’s more like a 120 day evaluation. I have to fill out this form stating my goals, my strengths and things I need to work on, how’s this:

Things I need to work on:  stop chewing on pens
Strengths:  the ability to realize the things I need to work on

Goals:  chew on pencils instead
Lori will be very impressed, I see a raise in my future.


Wednesday, February 8, 2012

day 162 my people know people...have my people call your people

So Allie is over here, I invited her over for dinner and I haven’t hung out with her in a long time. The second she comes over she is one her phone, I hate that crap! I ask what she was doing over there on her phone, she said she was looking for a quote, um ok, well happy hunting, I am gonna go cook dinner. So we just ate and she is still here and still on her phone, so I figure she wouldn’t mind if I blogged. Whatever, it’s sorta a pet peeve of mine, when you are hanging out with me, you are talking to me, I need undivided attention! I always leave my phone out of site when I am hanging out with my friends and I expect people to do the same, I don't get it. But I can’t take it personally; she has always been a phone addict, even at church. Ok, I am done venting.
On to the fact that I got to know the guy who installs our cabinets for our customers a little better today. Only in Nashville does the "rough around the edges" cabinet guy double as a famous song writer. He wrote songs for Alabama and many other bands, his most famous song was High Cotton. His name is Scott Anders and is neighbors with Jason Aldean and his BFF is Luke Bryan's ex-publicist. Perfect, that’s the concert I want to go to!! He comes in a lot, I knew he was connected and I finally got the nerve to shamelessly hit him up for tickets to the Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan concert. He said he would ask around.....what what come on! Brandy and I want to go to this concert so bad, but are not willing to pay 1 million dollars to sit in a crawl space next to the ceiling. Did I mention that we both went to the same high school in small town suburbia? He is a fellow McEachern Indian from GA for cryin out loud! Fingers crossed and no whammies!

So Allie just left, I reached up and did a big yawn and asked what time it was because I was exhausted, she said it was 745pm and then called me an old lady, whatever, I don't care. So that’s that, I must reclaim the couch and watch CT on the Challenge.


Tuesday, February 7, 2012

day 161

Well today was interesting, I had an impromptu 6 hour meeting about a lot of stuff that had nothing to do with me, so in order to pay attention I turned into the court reporter and took 12 full pages of notes. I was with the owner of the company and some corporate people, so I thought it was important to act diligent. (I was also keeping track of how many times the new girl yawned) Who yawns 15 times in front of all of your bosses?
I just got done watching The Voice, it’s totally awesome, I love the dynamic of the judges, so fun. I am happy to add it to my roster of reality TV (and watching Blake Shelton doesn’t suck).

I have decided that when the time springs forward and we gain some warmth and daylight, I am getting a dog. I need a pooch back in my life; I miss my Jakey so much and have decided that its time. It has nothing to do with the fact that I am still hearing the people on the ceiling, and we are now adding what sounds like a lady humming to the mix. ITs so freaky! I am learning to deal with it, it’s unexplainable and I don't really know what to do. I just have to keep telling myself that I will wake up the next morning and everything will be fine in the light of day. I am thinking a dog will be just the distraction that I need around 11pm when the footsteps begin their walk-about around my ceiling.

Monday, February 6, 2012

160 yuck

I just made something not quite as good as the massive pot of squash baby food of yesterday. I somehow screwed up the tuna salad that I was making for my lunch tomorrow. I let my Ninja chop up some onions, celery, then I threw in the tuna, mayo and relish and the stupid thing pureed it instead of mixing in. yuck. So I thought that I would try and salvage it my pouring cornmeal in it and making tuna patties, um don't cook anything with mayo in it.. GROSS! FAIL!
Last night was not the hoorah I pictured, Kelly totally bailed on me, but I ain't mad at her, I got to experience watching a Superbowl all by myself. (I could have gone out with Jeremiah, but I am not feeling it…at all, so I told him I was in Atlanta so he wouldn’t bug me) Anyway, surprisingly, I didn't feel like the loser I thought I would, I was busy manning the squares that my co-workers put me in charge of.  I drew the numbers, completed the board, took a picture of it and texted the picture to everyone involved. I then split up all the money and put it into 4 envelopes, one for each quarter. My phone was blowing up all night; I got a glimpse of a day in the life of a bookie, so watching a great game while manning the books didn't suck. And I was home sweet home when it was time to go to bed.

Yuck I can't move past the pureed tuna. So I made yet another avocado & sprout wrap to get the taste out, I am obsessed with avocadoes, I eat about 4 a week. I can't help it.  My first day of “operation hiatus” went as planned, started my book (love it so far) worked out and ate great....on to day 2. But not before I watch the stupidest show ever, The Bachelor, I have no idea why I am still watching, I just am… maybe cause the smug, villainous, red toothed  model intrigues me) Also, I like to be in the loop when they talk about it on the Bert Show in the morning. .


Sunday, February 5, 2012

day 159 Superbowl!

Productive weekend thus far! Yesterday I stocked the fridge with wholesome goodness, did all of my laundry (7 loads to be exact) I love that I can do 7 loads in 2 hours...it’s awesome. I did however pull a Spaswell at the laundry facility. I was trying to get into the door with my basket of clothes and laundry soap on top.  I lost my balance; the laundry soap went flying into the air, and landed upside-down just as the big heavy metal door shut. So now my brand new bottle of soap is upside down and being squeezed by the door forcing the liquid soap to gush out. I managed to rescue the soap, but not before half of it puddled up in front of the door. Oops. So people are now stepping in it, walking in, slipping and sliding on my soap, just tracking it everywhere. I just kept to myself and prayed no one would fall in front of me; hopefully no one broke their leg after I left...

Went to church for the first time at Cross Point, it’s just like Buckhead church (not as grandiose) but same concept (Non-denominational and casual). The second I walk in I run right into my boss, now I am all about building a relationship with my boss outside of work, but I like to separate church and state. I go to church to sing my little heart out and if I cry, so be it, but now I was sitting next to my 7 ft. tall boss and trying to remain not uncomfortable. I sang, I didn't throw my hand up or anything but sang loud enough to let him know I meant business. It was good, lot less awkward than I thought. Excited to start going and meeting some folks.

Now I am cooking from butternut squash soup from scratch….. who am I? I don’t even recognize myself sometimes. It’s got every vegetable you can think of in it, I purchased a food chopper, this little Ninja does the job, I love it! So I am all set, I am going on a hiatus from the world for the next 2 weeks. I bought 2 weeks’ worth of healthy food, bought me a book and I am going to do nothing but workout, read, cook and center myself. I have been going out a lot lately, I need to reel it in and lose some weight. So that is the plan, I bought The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, I plan on working out my brain muscle as well as my legs. Its 600 pages and my goal is to finish it before the movie comes out on DVD, I am banking it takes 3-4 months.

BUT before I hunker down, I must have one last hoorah, and what better way than a Super Bowl Party! We did the Squares at work, everyone pitched in a dollar for each square they wanted, I am in charge of this, we didn't sell all of the squares, so I have to go this party of Kelly's friend’s and sell the rest of them, it’s kind of stressful.

Ok, well I must get back to my soup, there is a massive amount so maybe that should be my dish I bring to the party, some people bring dip and I bring soup. This is my first time not going to Jim and Elisabeth's Party (9th annual) I have been to all of them except for 2( the 2 years the Stees were in the Superbowl) I am gonna really miss seeing everyone and driving the go-cart! If  it was Superbowl Saturday, I would be there, but can't be missing work on Monday. Ok, go um Giants I guess.


Friday, February 3, 2012

day 158...um rocky top? no no no

Big day...its official...got my Tennessee plates!! I love it here and still adjusting..a couple of differences off the top of my head between here and my old stompin ground....

No one pronounces their L's... it’s not cold its code, you’re not old you're ode, she doesn't have mold, she has mode AND it’s a $90 flat rate for your tag registration! No matter what car you drive...it’s not $323…its $90 what what!

I found this out after I spent 30 minutes in line at the police precinct getting my tag. I stood in line with a 19-year-old Rain Man with Tourettes. It was WILD! He was with is mom, he was autistic, he talked non-stop, like he had a word limit that he had to hit and he wanted beat his record from yesterday. The mom was so sweet and clearly had blocked her son out years ago, cause she was telling me her life story while he was talking about the fact that he was mad at the cops that peppered sprayed him 3 years ago. He was still mad about it, talked about that and the fact that he hated CNN and Obama and the world in general, all while his mom talked over him. I literally did not say one word, but was involved in a conversation with two people at the same time... it was pure insanity. I laughed a few times cause this guy was spitting out F bombs every other word while keeping a serious face, just kept talking and talking without taking a break or to let us know that he was changing subjects. Bless him and his mom’s heart, she was so proud of her son, it was an interesting time at the tag office.


Thursday, February 2, 2012

day 157 ....6 more weeks of winter

I was all excited to cook a bunch of shrimp tonight. I planned on gettin all Bubba Gump like… had a few different bowls of seasonings happening… BBQ shrimp, Cajun shrimp, garlic shrimp, Italian shrimp, and blackened shrimp. How is the world did it all taste exactly the same??!!… I Gubba Bumped that all up! dangit

I hung out with Jeremiah for a bit tonight. He is this deep, name dropping musician who is very talented but we are not exactly soul mates. I try to act like I’m impressed with his inside track on random musicians as he quizzes me on names of guitarist and drummers while I’m humming the stupid Taylor Swift song that’s playing in the background. I must admit I am a local musician neophyte and plan to learn more, but right now I am Miss Mainstream USA. I mean it’s cool to know that you are rubbing elbows with the ex-guitarist for Kid Rock and the base dude from George Clinton & P Funk, but I think he finally realized that it doesn’t impress me. Dude, just make me laugh, that’s what going to impressive me. Basically the only thing we have in common is our shared hatred for the Patriots and I too had braces. Although, I got mine removed in high school (you can't really tell, but yes ol boy is sportin some bling on his top grill). I got mine removed after my they slapped em on with 8 baby teeth still holding on for dear life. Oh wait, then they yanked the baby teeth out, so I had braces with no teeth, just had to wait for the grown-up teeth to grow into the braces. I was HOT in the 10th grade.

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

day 156 random thoughts

AAAAhhh! I started watching Single Girls from Atlanta, a show on VH1 and I just watched the last one on OnDemand, is that it? Was it one season? It was just getting good! I need more information. Someone text me with the 411.
I worked out hard tonight! My bro put my on a physical therapy exercise regimen to help my knees heal. It involves building up my leg muscles, I am gonna be a hoss when this is all said and done, my legs are gonna be massive. BUT I will do what I have to do to one day run again. My knees are shot from running incorrectly all of these years. I have also been instructed not to wear high heels for a while. Wow, I am sad, I was really looking forward to wearing stilettos for the 2nd time in my life.

I was looking around my apartment for a book to read tonight, the only one I could find that looked interesting was the Bible. I enjoy going to church (when I can make it), but I have never really sat down and read the Bible, so I started on page one (Mom do not do a back flip, you will break your ankle). Lots of stuff happening on the first 7 days, very very busy first week! Excited to see what happens next :)

I had a dream about Brandy last night, I woke up mad. In my dream, I had a date with this guy; we went to a sports bar and watched a football game. The guy got up from the table and disappeared for like 2 quarters and then returned. Turns out, Brandy had picked him up, took him home, slept with him, and then dropped him back off. I found out and tracked her down at our old house in Woodstock. I fully intended on beating her up, but she ran from me! I couldn't catch her, that damn Brandy put it into 5th gear and booked it across the lawn, so I just chased her around the yard for like an hour, I never did catch her, then I woke up. That damn hoochie.