Seriously!

I work with many professional, well-educated men. These men have families and wives. Some hold several degrees, have succeeded in many careers, and are valuable assets to our school. Why is it then, that with so much that skill and talent that they possess, can they not avoid PEEING ON THE SEAT?!?! WTF?!?! It's not like the bowl has a small opening, or even that you can't lift up the seat. You can't tell me that you are so busy that you can't A) pick up the seat or B) wipe up after yourself. Do we have to leave Cheerio targets in the bowl? I mean, I hover for a reason, it's so I don't have to clean up after you before I go, (and believe me, hovering is a lot harder than the straight shot that you have!) So please, for the love of all things sanitary, clean up your spray! Thank you.

Overrated

Every relationship I've ever been in has been with a guy who thinks that Valentine's Day is overrated. While I've always agreed that this entirely commercial holiday was invented by Hallmark to make some change, I've always been a little resentful of the attitudes my significant others had. They always seemed put out by the idea of one particular day to show love for one's partner when they "could just show it all year long." I see now that the problem was that love wasn't shown all year long.

My man gets it! For the first time in my life, I would have absolutely no hurt feelings if he chose not to observe it because he makes me feel like every day is Valentine's Day. Truly. I love and appreciate Kyle so much. I am so thankful to have him in my life.

Going down

Alright, I'm back at it again. I've lost 2.6 lbs. this week. I haven't really exercised but I plan on starting. I've mostly just been watching what I put down the trap. It really hasn't been hard, I think mostly because my partner in crime is doing it with me. My goal is to be down 15 lbs. by April and then we'll see how it goes, hopefully another 10 by June. After all, I have a bridesmaid's dress I have to look hot in! Though that is not my reason for doing this. It just helps that I ordered one smaller than my current size.

Just a thought

Does anyone else see that continuously comparing Obama to Lincoln is a really bad idea? I mean, we all know how Lincoln ended up. I'm just sayin'.

Your MOM is honest!

This is the second or third time I've been tagged for that "Honesty" thing, so I figured I'd better do it now.

So now I have to write ten random honest things about myself then tag seven other people who blog. This should be interesting since I have like two whole readers on here.

Here's my ten:

One - Around Christmastime when I has six, maybe seven, my mom told me to leave the Christmas lights on the tree alone. She told me that every year. This time I didn't listen and I went to plug them in. I must have been touching the metal of the plug because then I felt a poweful zap and saw everything in skeleton vision (ya know, like in cartoons when a character gets electrocuted). How much does that explain about me! Oh, and I don't think I ever told her. The currents through my body was enough to keep me from doing it again. I didn't need to be yelled at.

Two - Sometimes at night, especially if everyone else is asleep already, I still have to take a flying leap from the middle of my room to my bed so the monsters underneath can't grab me. I also have to sleep with my fingers and toes under a pillow or blankets so said monsters won't eat them while I slumber.

Three - I HATE being in school. I love teaching. I hate studenting. (I have an English degree. I can make up words.)

Four - I loathe drivers from Oregon. The speed limit is 65 buddy!!!

Five - I regret giving up choir. I know one is supposed to live life without regrets, but I was happiest when I was singing and I never should have given it up. Karaoke's just not the same.

Six - I spend way too much time driving and on the computer - not simultaneously of course.

Seven - I refuse to drink the water at work because I am convinced that I will be the next one to be knocked up. Seriously.

Eight - Sometimes while driving to work I space out for miles and can't remember the drive from the levee to the freeway. It really freaks me out when I do this in the fog.

Nine - I recently started going back to church and love it. I don't know why I stopped going for so long.

Ten - My favorite place to go is the beach. When I die, I want to be scattered at the beach. Beach location to be determined at a later date.

These seven people need to do their own list now. You're welcome!

1. Kyle
2. Jenn
3. Nichole
4. Joel
5. Lindsay
6. Jaime
7. Deanna

A plug for drinking...

The evening before New Year's Eve I decided to finally get my papers done for an online class I'd signed up for through University of San Diego. I had to read a book and then complete four papers on different prompts for the book. Well, I read the book last summer and never got around to writing the papers. I mean, I had nine months to complete this thing... what can I say? I'm a procrastinator.

So anyway, I'm at the counter working on the first paper (by the way, I don't do drafts) and my sister pops open a bottle of wine. Who am I to turn that down. Wine hits me FAST and before I knew it I was on my second paper with a happy little buzz. By the fourth paper I was definitely drunk but was as focused as ever to finish this paper. Well I did, and then I thought to myself, "Self, should I review these in the morning before I fax them off for a grade?" NOPE. I had them faxed over that evening, which was difficult because I have a hard enough time with fax machines when I'm sober, but I got it through.

I got my grade in the mail on Friday and managed to get an A for my thoughtful analysis and response! I should have drunk more in college. I would have been a much better English student and had a much better transcript. :)

Highs and Lows - 1/5/09

My high for today was that I got an email from a director in Indiana who said he heard some great things about my musical that I finished last month and wanted to know if I could help him out with his show. INDIANA!!! I mean, I knew I was a rock star, but damn! HAHA!!

My low for today was that I had to get up early this morning.