Finally!

It's sunny! YES!

Finally, finally, finally. So, I'm in a good mood.

Work was as boring as ever. Looking forward to going to STL this weekend. My only problem will be I will want to go longer and I won't want to leave. Le sigh.

I made double chocolate brownies and peanut butter cookies today. I had a hankerin' for pb.

I also found this thing that I immediately knew was fate and that I should probably buy it. But, it's for Yakob. So, I have to send it to him.

I should prolly go check on said cookies.

Just wanted to make a happier post.

ta!

I feel like I should have known...

I had that same damn feeling this morning that I did the morning Branden died.

I even turned on the TV to make sure that nothing major had happened in the area overnight.

It makes me sad. I'm going to start to really have to start listening to that feeling, if I ever have it.

I think that's part of the reason that I could never be alone in the apartment, and this just sort of reinforces that theory for me.

Granted, I was not close to Kelly, but I did know him and he was truly a good person. I am happy to have known him.

God Bless You, Kelly. You will be missed.

My Life's "To-Do" List

I won't tell you the round about way I found this, but I thought it was cool. Mine are bolded. Copy it and pass it on.

Life's to do list - Completed items are bolded

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with wild dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Held a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said 'I love you' and meant it (Of course)
09. Hugged a tree (I think I hugged one in my engagement pic)
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise (Oh V-Ball)
14. Seen the Northern Lights (In Wauwatosa, no less)
15. Gone to a huge sports game (I count the Packers...that's history)
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables (I NEVER had that problem)
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne (You bet I did)
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (Jim and Loni's wedding)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can (See #34)
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen an eclipse (in Grade school, seen Sun and Moon)
34. Ridden a roller coaster (Loved X-Flight, despite the almost throwing up; too bad I was too cold to get Dominated with Colin)
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking (Crashing the PMA Initiation last December)
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment (I do, despite my bitching, enjoy my life more than not now)
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 10 provinces or all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk (But, only if they try to sleep on the bathroom floor of the House; or they need to take long long walks around the block for hours)
42. Had amazing friends (I DO!!!)
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched wild whales
45. Stolen a sign (I've stolen table #'s at restaurants, so that counts)
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip (Just did...!)
48. Gone rock climbing (Devil's Lake -- WI Dells)
49. Midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer then you were actually in love (I think.)
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your cds
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Posed nude in front of strangers
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud (My first semester of College out in front of Governor's)
64. Played in the rain (All the time as a kid!)
65. Gone to a drive-in theater
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken (See #72)
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie (Major League -- the first one)
74. Crashed a party (Initiation party! That was really fun!)
75. Gotten divorced (I hope not)
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Dead River
82. Been on television news programs as an "expert"
83. Got flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Had a one-night stand
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in aisles at Rocky Horror.
96. Raised children.
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Created and named your own constellation of stars
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an illness that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Petted a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a T.V. game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a body part of yours below the neck pierced
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse -- and fell off
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for more than 30 hours over the course of 48 hours
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school (The first time didn't take, hopefully, the second time will)
131. Parasailed
132. Petted a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad - and the Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read their books.
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146: Dyed your hair
147: Been a DJ
148: Shaved your head
149: Caused a car accident
150: Saved someone's life

Le Sigh

Recap of week: Really dislike the job right now. There is not enough for three people to do...I can hardly keep myself busy for 4 hours. But, I know that if they would just get rid of someone, things would be a-ok. I don't really give a crap who is in charge of what or who checks what, to be honest with you, but someone needs to go! And if they don't get their shit together soon, it's probably going to be me. I'm very tired of putting up with all the crap. I hate going because I don't want to hear the latest bullshit. It is RIDICULOUS that people think that just because they are bestest friends that they need to employ their bestest friends so they have a job, no matter if they are qualified for said job or NOT.

Rant over.

So, Jake's at work today and then he's going up to GB for a bachelor night with all of the guys in the wedding (or most of them) that he's in the first weekend in October. I think that he's staying on Sunday, to hang out with Josh too. I was thinking about going to up the Eau C (my dad was going today), but then found out that the BMB started camp today. So, while it would have been fun to be up there, because everyone is back, marching band camp would have made the day boring and then I would have left Sunday. One night just wasn't worth it. And we're going to see Maggie and Ryan next weekend, so that wasn't an option. Brooke's in CA, that's out. James and Colin were another option, but a) they just got there and b) I just saw Colin, so that crossed my mind for a split second before I realized the following:

I should probably just stay home and clean up the apartment.

Not really as much fun, but needs to be done. I have to clean out the cage downstairs because our bikes need to fit in there, and they definitely do NOT right now. I need more storage and more space. Or less stuff.

To be honest, I don't know why I am wasting the time writing all this down, but I feel like. I'm watching this movie on MPTV that is film noir, but I can't tell if it's pre or post "The Maltese Falcon" or "The Big Sleep". The actors sound like Bogart and Bacall, but I don't know who was imitating who at this point. Perhaps if I knew the name of said movie. I'll probably go look it up.

I need some friends down here. Or I need to move to Saint Louis. Either one.

And that was the most that I ever threw up.

Ate WAY WAY too much for dinner. Then went golfing with Jake. I don't know why exactly the golf made me MORE full after walking around and stuff, but I think that it has something to do with not processing all of the water that I chugged down. Needless to say, I only feel like laying around and not thinking. And trying to not throw up. Although...I bet I would feel a LOT better if I DID!

Shot a 38 on a par 27, which made me feel great! I even got two pars and was a millimeter from two birdies on the first hole and the 8th hole. And the 8th was 100 yds, but it was completely up hill. I don't know if I've just golfed more this past summer than before, but I have been doing pilates religiously everyday and I think that may have helped. I want to see what doing pilates 10 days in a row will do for me.

But, if I keep eating too much, it won't do jack shit for me. So, no more overeating. Guh. Plus, I just feel bad. Oh well. Jake and I are going to watch Narnia on the DVD and he will drink coffee, out of his new coffee maker that he bought today. He made $125 on a gig two weeks ago, so I told him that he could buy a new one. Then, he'll stop hinting that he wants a new one, when Christmas is a LONG way off.

I've noticed that many people are heading back to the Eau C this week -- Marching Band camp and the like. I don't know if I feel jealous or not. There are only a handful of people left in EC that I hang with or that I would call a close friend. Many are out and about in the world or we have just fell out of touch. I don't think that I am jealous, but one thing that I did learn (and I'm sure that I've said this already) was that seeing friends, when you are only seeing them a short time and then heading away where you won't see any again, reminds you of what you don't have instead of what you do have. Probably not a good state of mind. You just feel lonely. There's no one my age at work really and same with Jake and I don't know. I'm just not into that party scene unless I'm very comfortable with the goings on at the time (or I'm fucking trashed), so it is useless for me to go to bars in MKE, etc. That, and I'm really ready to be done with this place too...

NOW look where I am. How did I think myself down this road....? GRRRRR!

Anyway, MY POINT is that I miss everyone, but I don't think that I am that sad that it is back to school up there and we're down here. We'll be up there eventually. :)

And it goes...

Fast weekend. Drove up to GB after work on Friday, found out that Jack was fishing all night, stopped at the mall, found a SWEET dress, which actually looked pretty good on me, ate dinner and had a beer. Hung out at Heyer house until 11:00pm, when we had to pick up Betsy at the airport, because she was flying home from LA/Brookie.

Went to bed late (1:30am). Woke up REALLY late on Saturday (10:45), but sat around for some hours and then got ready for wedding. Drove to chapel (which was very small) for short wedding ceremony. Drove to bar for drinks and appetizers. Went to wedding reception, which was VERY small again. The Bar was VERY smoky and it didn't seem like the staff at the reception hall was taking care of the reception very well.

Hung around for a while, did not drink, was very crabby and tired, until Pepsi, then was awake. Left, sat up a big at night and went to bed.

Got up at 8am, sat around until 12noon, went mini-golfing, which I tied/won with Kristine, got EXTREMELY CRABBY/ANGRY at the grocery store, drove home, sat alone/watch the Nextel cup race/Golf on TV, ate dinner, watched more TV, ate cake, went home.

Went to Target, Blockbuster, and Chipotle (for CHIPS AND GUACAMOLE!) and am sitting around typing on this blog.

I'm really just tired and not feeling very well. Have to work tomorrow, but Jake has off. We're going to go golfing over at the nearby golf course tomorrow afternoon and I think that Jake said that he would take me to dinner, which is looking less and less likely right now, because Jake is talking to me about buying a new coffee maker. Guh. Why did I say it was okay? I'm crazy.

Oh well, I'm done for the night. Sorry for the play-by-play. I can't talk about myself all the time and have to do the superfical BS on occasion!

Whoops

Remember when Jake forgot to reset his alarm today and we both woke up at 9? Oops.

Anyway, I think that I may have finally made a decision about going back to school, which I have been going back and forth about. After thinking about who I know that is in graduate school and thinking about the amount of time and effort I would have to put into getting back to where I was in 2004, right after my recital, I probably would not be able to go back for music performance. Which, I think, after have a conversation with Adam on the way home from Ohio, is probably not what I want to do REALLY, I just want to play more than never. So, I contacted some groups in the area to see if they are needed any horns (or trumpets, for Jake). The Music Director of the Menonomee Falls Symphony Orchestra has answered me back and will be getting in touch with me about it, because they need subs for their horn players sometimes. And I think that will be enough. If I really wanted to do performance, I should have made the switch over back in 2002, when I finally decided that music ed could go fuck itself. More so, the School of Ed at UWEC. I'm generally about 2 to 3 years behind my real age. Like I've said, 23 was like the perfect age and everything has been on a downslide since.

I really hoping that having some kids will be another upswing. :) But, not just right now.

ANYWAY, I think that my decision is to go to graduate school, but to go for a Master of Science in Accounting! UW-Downtown has a program where if you have another Bachelor's degree (in another area), you can apply for a program to get a Master's in Accounting, as WELL as get enough hours to sit for the CPA exam. I think that this will help for two reasons: 1. I can probably ask my job if they will reimburse me part of my fees and stuff, because it's related to work and 2. If I finish my studies, there is a chance that I can still work in the financial part of the arts for a company or orchestra.

WEll, I have to go to work. No updates this weekend -- I'm internet free! BYE!

Misc.

I think that I'm going to update once an hour to make up for those who only update every 6 months or so.

So, we're not going to be in EC for Homecoming as planned (which is a bummer) because Jake is in a wedding that weekend in Green Bay, which will be totally awesome. Did you know that you can register for a honeymoon and people can buy you parts of your honeymoon? Tip to all those who are getting married in the future. Even if the future means 10 years. Hey, if you've got all the householdy crap and what-not, what else are you going to register for?

I was sad about Homecoming, just because, but since I am not sure if anything else will be going on related to the one-year anniversary of the world exploding, maybe it's better that we can go another weekend. I DID want to attempt a Branden Atherton Memorial Pub Crawl. Branden always wanted to play golf on Water St. too.

But, I am looking forward to going to the State Marching Band Championships, mostly because we'll be right here and it should be pretty sweet. At least watching the big ones will be cool.

Anyway, that's all for today. Nothing much else.

There are things I can handle and things that I can't

I just don't understand things sometimes. They baffle me. Amaze me. There almost aren't words to describe it.

Torture almost. Why would you DO THAT?!? WHY?!

Makes me feel bad...terrible.

Well, I have to go to work, but I am going to ponder this, even though I know that I will NEVER have an answer for it. It's entirely to confusing for me to even begin comprehending it.

Post Secret

So, I got this link from another friend's blog, and it's on my side links under "Share a Secret".

It's an art project where people can anyonymously mail in postcards sharing a secret to the readers of said blog. While perusing said site today, I noticed that one of the postcards mailed in had the UWEC Counseling Services address on it -- someone taped their appt. card to an index card which had 2122 Old Library. Not too many schools have addresses that list "Old Library" as a place to go.

I just thought it was interesting.

Some secrets are very serious and make me sad while others are sort of funny and just make you think.

Also makes me wish that no one had to have secrets (wishes, desires, problems, etc.) from each other. But, who really knows if telling the truth is worth the pain that it can cause, especially if you are affecting more than one person.

In my past year spent in RF, I learned that having troubles that you cannot talk to anyone about will only cause you pain and possibly worse. So, don't be afraid to find someone to talk to. Your sounding board may be in the last place that you expect to find it. If they are worth anything to you as a friend, they will listen to you. But, don't keep bottling it up. It's just not worth it.

So, that's all from Tosa-land today. More serious than I like to post on my blog, but I felt like saying it, so there we go.

Colin, Josh, Keith and Justin

are probably the funniest four guys together in the same room that I've ever had the pleasure of hanging out with.

So, this WILL BE an INSANELY long post....you have been warned.

Ohio was, for the most part, terrific. The first day was a little slow for me, because the guys were at the park at like 8am and never came back that day, but I still woke up at 9:30am. Adam was sleeping like a rock, so I didn't wake him up. We drove a lot the day before. At 6am, Josh saw that I was awake in the living room and he said, "Angie's awake" to which I replied, "Yeah, I'm waiting for you fuckers to leave."

Hey, it was early and Keith was real loud.

I wandering around the apartment, doing this and that. I ended up reading in Colin's room for a while, hacking the web and what not. Colin sent John (the first trumpet) over to the apartment to get Josh's wallet, Colin's wallet and to drop off Colin's keys for us, which we needed to leave. Well, the idiot doesn't leave the keys and Adam ends up having to drive all the way out there to get them, which is how the rest of the day went, pretty much.

So, then, since it was hot, but I figured that I would be cold at some point, I threw on a tank top and stole Colin's button down shirt (see Facebook photos) and wore that downtown. It was actually a pretty nice shirt and I pretty much wanted to steal it permanently. Got downtown, ate a long lunch, because the server was a d-bag and was slow as hell, then found out that the R&R Hall of Fame and the Science Museum BOTH closed at 5:30. As well as everything else. So, we walked around downtown Cleveland, looking for SOMETHING to do, and found...nothing. Abso-fucking-lutely nothing. So, at 7pm, after walking around for an hour or two, we drove back to the apartment, watched Firefly, laid around. Went to dinner at Ruby Tuesdays, which the server was kind of dumb. And by dumb I mean this:

Justin: "We work at Ge-a-ga Lake" (You know, with the Wisconsin 'A')
Server: "Wait! What? You say that funny! Say it again"
Justin repeats himself
Server: "It's Ge-aw-ga Lake. There's a U in that."
Rest of us: Shut up, we're from Wisconsin.

Went back to apartment, and waited for Ben and Randy to get to the apartment. There was some poker, TV, and just general sitting around. Ben and Randy finally got there...which was sometime after midnight I think. We all sat around and Randy went and woke up Colin (who had gone to bed by then) and they all sat around BSing. I attempted to follow what they were saying, but there was too much jazz in there for me, so I just zoned out. Everyone pretty much went to bed, but Ben decided that he wanted to sleep out on the porch, so he did. I pretty much could not sleep the whole night, and kept on waking up.

Finally, I was asleep for the night and the morning and all of a sudden, I snapped awake to see Colin walking into the kitchen. It was like I was a motion detector or something. He left for the park to baby-sit the high schoolers and ended up coming back up for the iPod. He left again and Ben woke up when he was leaving and yelled for the porch at him. We got up, went to breakfast, where the crazy coffee giver waitress lady yelled "you're welcome" at Ben and Randy at one point, came back to the apartment and drove to the park. Justin drove Adam and I over there and dropped us off and then met us in the park. We found everyone else (being Ben, Randy, Josh and Keith) and we went on a ride (I don't remember the name). I was absolutely terrified and so was Adam, when his buckle on his harnness was undone going up the hill to the big drop. Colin was going to meet us, but ended up not being able to (sometimes being in charge sucks), so they got Dominated and then we wandered over to a "Pussy roller-coaster" which actually ended up being just as scarifying as the first, but I had to hold onto my sunglasses, so I was a little panicked on that one. Josh and Keith took off at this point. Then, we went on X-Flight, which you get really securely strapped into and then you go out laying on your back. I was a little aprehensive and almost decided to say that I was going to wait for Colin to go at night, but I figured I would really puss out then, so I got on. We rode up and went over the drop and it flips you over so it seems like you are FLYING! It was great! It was probably my favorite one. I even had the crazy laughter that I get when I am a little more comfortable with something that is still scaring the crap out of me. Then, all of a sudden, we go into a corkscrew turn at the end and I just about lose my breakfast. You know, sweaty, can't see straight, stomach turning. I was out of sorts for about two hours afterward. But, Ben, Adam and I went on this really lame water ride, which Adam got soaked on.

After that, it was time for the Boogie Down Band. It was really funny and entertaining. I suppose it was more so, because we knew the guys, but I really enjoyed it, each time. Ben and I sat right in the middle of the action for a while and Randy and Adam joined in. They do have some dance moves, although I will say that Justin was probably the most enthusiastic dancer. (Sorry Colin) It was just really a lot of fun. Adam and I both started laughing hysterically when they played the opening to Fanfare for the Common Man...I think that was it. I get that one and Zarathustra confused a lot. But, they played James Brown, some Ohio State stuff and other stuff that I don't remember right now. Josh shook his butt a lot and there was lots of pelvic thrusting to the delight and horror of the occassional 10 year old standing nearby.

We hung out a little bit after the first show and then wandered over the bridge to listen to the fake movie music. My favorite was the combination of Take 5 and Stolen Moments in 5. Walked around the water park and was going into the lazy river when I noticed we had to get back to hang out with the boys on their break. Watched the magic show, I tried to not be sunburned and tired. Based on Colin's reactions to me on occasion, I don't think that I was having a lot of success hiding my exhaustion. I agreed to get Dominated with Colin later that night and Adam and I headed out again for the lazy river, which I went in with all my clothes on (BIG MISTAKE!). We wandered back after going around three times and I was having a LOT of trouble drying off. So, I stood under the air dryer in the bathroom and hot dryed a little bit. Went out and saw the 7:15 show, hung around and tried to win prizes, decided before the 7:15 show that we were FREEZING! and I bought a bright orange Geauga Lake sweatshirt and Adam a bright yellow jacket. I felt more warm. Watched the 8:15 show, where Keith sat on Adam and freaked out some of the people around us. Waited for them to come out and Colin and Justin tried to convince us to go on the Dominator, but Adam didn't want to and I was too cold with my wet pants, so I started swearing, which easily ended the debate, but probably solidified my reputation for being a complete bitch. Oh, Colin was meeting us to take us back and we're waiting and waiting. Finally I call:

Me: "Hey, did you forget about us?"
Colin: (in a midly irritated and frustrated voice) "No, I can't go any farther, and Keith is sitting on the hood of car."
Me: "Did you call us?"
Colin: (same tone)"Yeah, twice, and you didn't answer."
Me: "Okay, well, we'll find you"

Little did we know, we though he meant the outside loop and he meant the parking lot. Oops. Oh, and I've decided that his phone and my phone just don't get along.

Went through the drive through liquor store, ate pizza, watched Serenity (which was a mistake, I think), drank, and hung around. Colin went to bed and we hung out more. Then, Jake calls me, freaking out, which causes me to freak out and I hide in the kitchen and Josh and Keith's bedroom. Then after that is all over, I go use the bathroom in Colin and Justin's room and almost have a crying breakdown in the bathroom. I was seriously considering waking Colin up, just to get a hug and maybe feel better about everything, but Justin came in, so I just went and cried myself to sleep instead. It was not a pleasant night.

Saturday am: Colin never sets alarm. Keith wakes Colin up at 9:10 "Did Colin leave?" Me: "I haven't seen him", then, *SLAP* "Why didn't my alarm go off!?!?!" I know why, because I've been up all morning -- he never set it. He rushes out of apartment and the guys slowly get up and head out. Adam and I got to the downtown again to go to stuff for real this time, are highly disappointed, and head back to the apartment. I grab laundry and we go to laundry mat, so I mostly wash Colin's shirt that I borrowed and some clothes that I wanted to wear home the next day. That took a couple hours of running around -- to Subway, to Target and back to laundry mat. But, got finished. Then, we had a siesta and Firefly at the apartment until the guys were home. Well, I drank in an attempted to be loaded when they all came back, but there just wasn't enough beer. Waited until 10, went to Applebee's, hung out there. Back to apartment, and stayed up way too late, but had funny conversations about different stuff. I stole Colin's phone, got Josh to sit on him (which was gross), and flashed him in the dark.

Sunday am: I wake up, shower and pack. Keith gets up, wakes up Colin. I got stare at him from the doorway until he really gets up and I talk to Josh for a while. Colin comes out and we talk a bit until he has to leave and we say good bye. We'll see each other again, I'm sure, but time and place cannot be decided on now. Plans made with one Colin Gilliland, Esq. need to be fluid until about 24 hours in advance. Said good-bye to the other guys (well, except Justin, who didn't wake up)and they mostly wanted to know if we were coming up to EC to visit. Probably Homecoming is my guess. Not before then.

Adam and I hit the road, make a stop here and there and stop over in Chicago to see the King Tut exhibit, which is missing one vital part of the collection: KING TUT! No mask, no mummy, no nothing. Boo. The Field Museum is really cool, and I would like to go down there again and visit the Aquarium and the Planetarium too. We are back in MKE at 9pm and Adam continues on.

I get home to realize exactly how much I miss everyone and everything in Eau Claire (and points beyond now too). So, now I have spent the past two summers living in two places that I sure as hell never want to live in again. I'm really hoping that Jake could find something else that is a better fit for him. Full time repair, not part time repair plus sales whenever we feel like scheduling you. No WEEKENDS! Something in Green Bay, or maybe elsewhere.

I'm not too in love with my job anymore, because of a recent management change. I'm feeling rather unsettled about it all. I'm just never satisfied. I don't think that I will ever be.

So, I apologize that it was so long and for the play by play type entry, but I had a lot of fun and wanted to share it with the world. :)

So, I started this Sunday night and am now finished Monday at 5pm. I did work in there too, you know.

Wedding of Jake and Josh's cousin this weekend. I should go find a new outfit I think. Or not. I'll just wear an old dress. Maybe. I did lose some side fat, so maybe that's a good thing. Or whatev. :)

Later, alligators!

Welcome to Ohio: The most BORING state in the 50 Nifty United States

Some observations made on the approx. 10 hour trip out to Streetsboro:

1. Downtown Chicago sucks for driving, but you sure do get through the state fast.

2. Indiana, while has a lovely national lakeshore just outside of Gary, is completely construction. Illinois is still the bastard sister of Indiana despite this. Adam and I did spend an hour hanging out in Lake Michigan and the water and beach was beautiful. If you ever have the chance, going to the West Beach in the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is pretty sweet.

3. The drive on I-80 through Ohio is the most BORING piece of crap drive in the world. Again, Indiana has another bastard sister: Ohio. The only drive that I have had that is this boring is the hour drive from Milwaukee to Fond Du Lac...but that's only an hour. The only thing that we saw that told us that we passed Toledo was the Toledo Manufacting facility that we passed.

That pretty much sums up the drive.

We get to Streetsboro at 7pm, try to drive around to find a golf course to kill time, end up WAY out in bum fuck nowhere and drive back. Then we drive to try to find the park, so it's easier when we actually go, and figure that out. Then, we sit and wait for the boys to be done and get back to the apartment. Going backwards for a second, Colin calls Adam at 7:40, completely spazzing out, tells Adam a bunch of stuff with no explanation, and then has to go. They had a softball game after work, and what was failed to be mentioned about that was: It didn't start until 11:30pm. Crazy Colio.

Anyway, we hung out, saw the really really nice apartment, with no furniture. But, internet, which is how I am writing now. Colin's new lappy is pretty sweet, BTW. :)

Went and watched them play softball, which was hilarious, because they can't go any farther in the game, so they just fuck around the whole time. The other team didn't know what hit them for 3 innings. I have some funny pictures, but probably not enough. It was fun to heckle them, especially whoever was playing shortstop. Which was usually Justin.

Game was done at 1am, came back to apartment, and went to sleep. The new air mattress is really nice. Justin blew it up for me too. So, I didn't have to do shit. The four boys had to be up at 5:30am to go to the park and play for a TV show in Cleveland. So, they all left, I went back to sleep and here I am.

I think that I'll probably post in parts, because it will get too long otherwise. Ben Herpaderp and Randy are getting here today sometime on their way to NY and we are hanging out tonight and are going to go to the park with them tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it. Mostly because I'm the only girl. If you don't count Colin.

Okay, so, going out of town...

I'll probably be off the interweb while in Ohio, unless they have internet (which they must...) or I steal internet somewhere.

Anyway, I am done working this week, but I don't know how I feel about 8 hours in the car.

Well, best get packing my shit.

Busiest week EVER to come

So....

Had a really fun day today. Played 18 holes of golf with my Dad on a Par 3 and didn't shoot too badly. Actually made par a couple of holes, which was great! Shot a 93 on a 55 overall, but that's okay. I played well and I had fun. Just need more practice and a bit more consistency shooting. That and some more power. :)

Met my parents downtown at this place called Coast, which was close to the art museum and I THINK it's where my senior prom was held in 1998...geez. It was really fun and we had a bunch of drinks and appetizers, and they were delicious. It was a huge bill...I can't wait for the day when we have that much money to blow on one day. :)

Then came back to my parents house and sat around and then came home. Which is where I am now.

So, the week ahead is the following:

Tomorrow: State Fair in the AM and maybe golf in the pm
Monday: Josh and Kristine are coming down, so we can go to the Fair, again! Oh, and I work, of course. I'll probably only stay until 2 that day, just to make things easy. Unless they really want me to stay until 4.
Tuesday: Adam Boll is coming down to hang out, so we can go to Ohio.
Wednesday: Leave for Ohio until Sunday

I'm looking forward to going out there for a few days. Get away from this place again. Makes me wish that I had more friends around here though. No one is here. I don't mind my parents, but I get SO tired after a while. Social circles are much more fun. I wish that everyone was here, OR, that I lived in St. Louis, so, AT LEAST, I could hang out with Maggie a couple times a week, or once a week or whatever.

I just get that let down from seeing everyone after it's over, which I KNOW is going to happen after Ohio, just because it will. I had a let down after EC and I REALLY wanted to be home when that was over.

I'm just hoping that Ohio doesn't completely suck ass. Which, at this point, might go either way, you know? Depends on the mood that I am in, but I am sincerely hoping that everything ends up okay. I just want to come back with lots of sweet pictures. That would be excellent. :)

Okay, I'm outie. It's bed time. Got to be up early for the fair!

Love and hugs!

Three cheers for Crazy Shit Week

I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the moon cycles or something like that.

Anyway, the first two days back to work for me where tiring because it was the end of the month and I had a lot of closings and comission checks to cut for people. Not a big surprise and there weren't as many as I thought that there might be. But, there were enough to be going on with still.

Today I get to work and the boss tells me that she has found a better job closer to her home, so she will be leaving in a week and a half to start that job. I am very happy for her, because her commute just had to suck a LOT. She was in Wind Lake, which is not an easy commute. So, she'll be done the Friday that I will be in Ohio.

So, there is a new girl starting to be trained in the department, which I don't think that we need, BECAUSE the two of us have trouble finding enough to do now. But, we'll see what happens. The business manager for the company is basically taking my boss's spot, which is good, because she was a CPA and now they will have to farm that work out.

However, the powers that be have decided to move the accounting department out to Hartland, which means that I get to start communting again. However, two things are very cool about this: 1. I will get another raise when I start full time in September to help out with the gas money and for the excellent, amazing worker that I am. :) 2. If I really really can't handle the commute anymore (which I don't think will happen, because I would actually like to move further out that way when we try to buy a house. We could live in Waukesha. But, only if I'm in the Waukesha West part of the school district. I hated North for Marching Band AND South is...meh.), they will move me back to the Brookfield office to continue working out of there.

But, I think that the commute will be SO easy that I will not worry about it too much. Just the gas money expenses make me nervous again. That's what got us into trouble last time.

Anyway, just wanted to share. YEAH!