day 223 stepped it up!

I finally asked the owner of the company about my bonus! I don't feel good about the results, I went in there fully prepared with reports and a prepared speech, he seemed a little taken back and a little sideswiped.  He said he needed a day to think about it..we shall see...fingers crossed!

I just had to break up with Mr. Deep and Broody, a huge tatted photograph takin biker dude. He wanted to take me on a bike ride and show me how to shoot guns, sweet, the two things that scare the crap out of me. But I found him intriguing until he didn't get my sarcasm and wanted to talk about nothing but himself. I called him out on thinking a lot of himself and that was it, he didn’t like that one bit. He didn't get my jokes and I didn't get the fact he now wants to be a dental hygienist, it was doomed from the start.

POF sucks! 

I finally talked to Sarah for the first time in years, this girl just got a new job and so far has spent the past 7 weeks in Brazil, China, Japan, Hawaii, Arizona and is leaving for New York tomorrow! How does she keep up with the time zones?! I wouldn’t know whether to scratch my watch or wind my butt, much less which currency I am supposed to use to buy a Big Mac with….talk about needing constant supervision! I needed Brandy to walk me through the city of McMinnville, TN not too long ago. Go girl, get it get! Bring me back a fortune cookie next time, I could use it!

Day 222 day of rest

I am whooped! I had the opportunity to do volunteer work and it was so fun! Getting up at 4am wasn't all that bad, I got downtown in record time cause they turn off all the red lights at time of the night, it’s just blinking yellow lights, awesomeness.

We set up tables at mile marker 3, mixed up thousands of gallons of Gatorade, poured thousands of cups of Gatorade and waited. The first 2 guys came running up ahead of the pack, one white boy and one Kenyan, who were neck in neck. Then the masses came, literally, thousands of people running towards us (35,000 to be exact). And they were thirsty! We held out cups for the very serious runners to snatch out of our hands, after they passed, the nicer runners who were very appreciate came running through. So many people thanked us for volunteering, it was nice to hear. We had a band up on the hill cranking out some good music and everyone was in a great mood on a nice day! I am not gonna lie, I was a little envious of the people who do not have knee problems and who were running just fine, I miss it bad!!! If a guy with 2 prosthetic legs can run, or if a blind guy who requires a stick and a leader can run, then I need to figure out how to make this happen. I guess I will go to the doctor. After we yelled out Gatorade for 2 hours, the madness stopped and it was time to clean up thousands and thousands of cupps smashed off the ground. My boss gave me mad props for bringing four very helpful people, who seemingly had a great time too. After our mission was complete,  we walked to Noshville Delicatessen for some vittles. Across the street we kept seeing foam flying all through the air; someone apparently put some industrial strength liquid soap in the water fountain of the salon. Ha, suds everywhere! I wonder if the people who owed it did that on purpose to attract attention to the salon, cause it worked!

 After breakfast we went and sat on a patio and soaked up some good weather, but then we realized a nap was in order if we were gonna make it to the concert. We all went our separate ways and reconvened at Kelly’s for some grilling out and then off to the concert. It was a good show; everyone had a good time including the folks who hate country music. All in all a good day.

 Now I am relaxing after going to 7 different stores to try and find the latest book everyone is talking about. Don’t tell my parents but I want to read "50 shades of Grey" its supposed to be racy and sexy, a must read for woman and I can’t find it! Am I gonna have to break down and get a Kindle? Are they going to stop selling books soon? Whatever!

Ok movie time!

day 221 marathon plus one 5k

So I ran into the rodeo clown today...it was him knocking on the door. He was dropping of a CD he made for me. Why do I have rodeo clowns and midgets making music for me?

My boss took me out for lunch today...another victory on the workout challenge, I totally crushed him. I could get used to this.

Going to bed, I have to get up at 350am to get ready for a day and night at the Country Music Marathon....see u on Sunday.

day 220 hiccup

DONE. 2 ½ hours later, 7 loads of laundry washed, folded and put away.  I went from no clean clothes to all clean clothes...no more commando, yay! Although, had I known that I had $11 in the pocket of some dirty jeans, I would have opted to not buy my dinner from the dollar store....do you know how much damage I could have done with $11?! Geeeeeeez! Tomorrow payday, I made it, hallelujah.

Vera took me to Logan’s for a steak lunch, it was such a treat! I swear I will never take anything for granted.

My friend Anna is coming into town for a wedding and she is bringing her boyfriend. We were gonna try and meet for a bit this weekend but she is the Maid of Honor and may not have time for her ol pal. But get this; her man has had the hiccups for the past two days straight!!! They were supposed to be here already but may have to stay and go to the doctor tomorrow. She asked if I knew of any doctor friends that could help sooner than tomorrow. I told her to call my super smart nurse homie, Casey, to see if she could help. Not sure what the status is now but one thing if for sure, that sucks! If I had the hiccups for more than one hour, I probably would wanna jump off something tall and onto something sharp, but two days! How does that happen and what is the cure? I would be hanging upside down from a tree while drinking water out of a glass backwards while reciting the alphabet in Spanish while pouring sugar in my mouth if I were him.

Ok time to unwind from my laundry marathon...I hear some clean sheets calling my name!

day 219 Momma mia momma mia!

Some things I will never have an answer for, like coming home, changing out of my work attire and finding a piece of scotch tape on my bare bottom. How did that happen? I don't even own any scotch tape. People in the park baffle me too, I don't know if I have every mentioned this, but I go to the park every day for lunch. I sit in my car, eat my salad and then read my book. I usually don't get out and there are hundreds of people that do the same thing. There is always a row of people in every parking lot, sitting alone, just wanting to get out of the office and be surrounded by a gorgeous park. I actually got out today for once, I was in a funk all morning, moping around the office, so I got a blanket out of my trunk and lay down. I took off my shoes, got all comfy with my book and what do ya know, its starts to rain, perfect. I got back in the car for some people watching. There are two guys who I enjoy seeing, the guy who walks his dog on a skate board, it cracks me up to watch this dog haul ass while his dad is sailing behind him on a skate board. The other is this guy who juggles whiles he is running, not sure what that is all about, but it’s quite entertaining and impressive.

I make my way back to my desk and the boss gathers us office girls up and presents us with a dozen cupcakes from Gigi's for Admin Appreciation Day. Nice touch, I ate the most delicious 5 lbs cupcake and all of a sudden my troubles disappear. I no longer care that I am snacking on bacon bits and watching the gas in my gas tank slowly disappear knowing I have two days left until payday. Everything is all good, the cupcake lifted my spirits, I got straight to work, ended up having a great, productive day and celebrated with another cupcake.

Vera is taking me out to lunch tomorrow cause she saw I feeling blue, so that solves the whole out of salad mix problem. I love my co-workers, most of them.

All my troubles are temporary and I have to keep that in mind. The real thing I want to concentrate on is my Mommy and I request a small prayer from each of you. She is making the journey to Emory tomorrow to get a little bone marrow snipped from her bones to get a reading on what's been going on with the cancer. The doc told her to stop the chemo for that past 3 weeks to see how her body reacts and she has felt like a whole new and improved person. The result comes back May 7th so until then, happy thoughts must be sent her way, and that's an order. :) No whammy’s no whammy’s!

Ok back to the top 6 on American Idol, they are singing Queen songs. The first song was Bohemian Rhapsody and now I can’t get Marybeth Thompson’s beautiful voice out of my head.

day 218 spellcheck is a virtue

Omg I just noticed the spelling of my title on the last post, pactience, WTF is pactience..geez! Just when you think you are doing better at the whole spelling/grammar thing. My mom was an English teacher once upon a time, she is now taking experts out of past blogs and emailing them to me with all the mistakes highlighted and numbered with a legend at the bottom of the page referencing each number. It’s actually quite helpful, but that was from the very beginning when I just wrote and didn't proof read, now I at least glance at it (at the request of a few folks).

I have the pleasure of running into creepy rodeo clown this evening. I made the mistake of saying hi and that led to what he was doing for work and what he aspires to do for work and a few history lessons on some country music singers. Thank goodness I had my phone in my hand so I could text Kelly to call me, she did, it worked, and I escaped. BUT as I was cooking dinner there was a knock on my door, I crept over to peep hole, its dark and I can't see anything. I just never opened the door (hopefully it was not him). Not sure who else if could be though.

Today I managed to talk 4 people into getting up at 430am on Saturday to volunteer with me at the Country Music Marathon! Me, Kelly, Gary and the Philly couple, Mae and Arnold (no they are not 85-years-old). If we are there at 5am to man the water station that my work is hosting, we get a free T-shirt and free concert tickets to see Rodney Atkins and Gloriana. They are playing at the arena that night! Plus, live bands are all over the route the runners are running on, so it should be a fun day of music. We'll see if they all show.

Thank you Meredith Mathers for the suggestion of clear nail polish on the chigger bites, but I have been there done that, clear nor any other color works!  And Homeboy never called and that’s cool...next!

 Ok off to bed.

day 217 pactience is a virtue

hhhhhhhmmmmmm writers block! I got nothing. Should I talk about the fact that I am a special needs person when it comes to boys (more on that later) right now I am too embarrassed. I think that’s it silly that I have to consult my advisors before every move I make but I guess that’s what’s it gonna take to get me outta the gate. This guy on POF is super-hot, 6’6” from Athens, GA and seemingly pretty cool. We have been texting. His #1 thing is "no needy chicks.”

Yesterday when our text conversation stopped abruptly, it was weird cause we were just lightly chatting and he responds very quickly. I let it go for the rest of the day and this morning I text "Are you testing my "needy" level?” He wrote back immediately, “no”, he said that I stopped texting which wasn't true, we argued that the other one put the brakes on, we ended up blaming it on our phones and moved on.

Today the same thing happened. After not hearing back after 2 hours I resent my last text thinking that it didn't go through first time. I got crickets. (Everyone go ahead and slap your forehead with the palm of your hand, cause it gets worse). Now I am thinking that it just so happens that the one person on earth who has trouble getting my texts is him. I say screw it and text him again tonight like around 8 (our last text was at lunch) and asked “are we having technical difficulty again?" I got nothing. So I turn my phone off, take out the battery and nothing.

Now I am left wondering, did I just fall into the needy category or are we really having technical difficulty? The only reason I am baffled is because I was throwing out some pretty good material and he said he wanted to meet me sometime this week. So here I sit, I need to remember to the let the guy hunt! I like to hunt and so do they, but there is also the teeny tiny chance that he thinks I am ignoring him because he is not getting my texts. Or he was jacking with my this morning and I look like a chump, either was I am staring at my phone and wondering about a guy I never met. wow. I guess I wasn't that embarrassed as I just spilled my guts, actually I just made a really short story long. The short of the long of it, that’s what happens when I have nothing else to talk about.

Changing the subject to the fact that I chickened out today, other people haven’t gotten their bonuses yet either and since I am low man on the totem pole, I need to be patient. So there you go, I think the key word of the day is patience and the word sad. J