Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.
– Don Marquis
September is the month that ate my soul…. September 21, 2007
I hope I can come out of this month with no more scars.
Let’s just give you a taste of the month with a snippet from last Friday….
(I work at a healthcare company that provides travel techs to hospitals and outpatient facilities )
So we get a call from the director of a hospital…my tech decided to go lay down in a hospital bed and pass out…because apparently he is diabetic and hadn’t had his medicine because he was waiting for his paycheck to buy medicine…he left the hospital refusing treatment, etc, etc. (If he would have just COMMUNICATED with me the following could have all been avoided)
My boss tells me to go check on him and bring him to the hospital if need be. On my way I get lost in the ghetto and get a ticket for an illegal left hand turn in a construction zone. Awesome so much fun.
As i’m lost my cell phone dies. Awesome again.
I finally find the place knock on the door. He’s totally out of it, tells me he’s had medicine and food and should be fine in a little while. I call the office and am informed since this was an “incident” I have to take him to get a drug screen before he can be cleared for work again.
Take him for the test, wait around in a stinky hot lobby for a few hours. Yet again Awesome.
On the way back to his Extended Stay he proceeds to roll down the window and just throw up all down the side of my car. Can you guess what i’m going to say next? NOT awesome. I could handle all of the above but when my poor innocent car gets violated with some strangers insides it is NOT awesome.
It’s about 3 o’clock and I realize that I have not eaten. At All. I think I had a few m&m’s but that’s about it.
My spirits were low my energy was even lower. I had a surprise birthday party to go to that night…. which I made it to, but was home in bed by 11.
That was just a taste of how September of 2007 has treated me, let’s not even talk about how much money it’s sucked out of me with plane tickets and traffic tickets!
I would like to just jump ahead to October and see how she treats me… who’s with me?
UPDATE: I also no longer have a job. September really was horrible.
12:04 August 1, 2007
It’s 12:04 in the afternoon. I still have 5 hours and 56 minutes until I can go home. I have already scarfed down lunch and have sent Andrew on a search for some Starbucks… that beautiful liquid that makes me all happy. I have a serious caffeine addiction. Strange thing about my addiction… I never had one while I was a Barista for 4 years… nope, didn’t happen until I got a desk job, and I had coffee at the same time everyday. Then when I don’t get that coffee I get the worst migraines ever.
I am feeling a bit off today. I have no motivation to do anything. Things have started to change in my office, the senior recruiter and the accounts manager are leaving. Which is sad, because I like both of them. It’s always a better work environment when you like the people around you. So that means we get a new boss and I am the new senior recruiter by default, which means I get a little raise. I’m excited for the change but then again I am not. I feel it will be a good thing but in my head I don’t feel I’m ready. We shall see what happens.
On a different note, one of my friends is going to have a baby! I’m so excited!
Also Meg got a new kitten!
Congrats to you both.
almost… July 31, 2007
This Friday makes Ryan and I’s ONE YEAR anniversary. In all my years of dating this will be the first one that has gone such a distance. I guess have always been sort of a sprinter, but now I’ve finally graduated to a marathon level. I am now one of those people that I have always admired from afar. I have sat and wondered many a times what it would be like to be with someone for a year, which seemed like forever to me; it really feels no different… except I have more invested in this one than I have in the past. The other relationships felt more disposable. Especially my few encounters since I’ve moved to Arizona. Moving to a new place where you know NOT A SOUL will really lower your standards for awhile(sadly). I think back to those days and just see a girl who wanted to feel like she belonged. I was just seeking a little bit of love. The moment I met Ryan I knew that things were going to be different. Those who had just been bringing me down I could now let go of without a second glance, because I finally had someone who cared for me. If all else fails I’m glad I’ve had the year to realize I was better than what I was letting myself settle for.
I just have to make it 3 more days, and I have NO idea what to wear… any suggestions?
Wish me luck.
Monsoon!!! Run for your lives…. July 24, 2007
… so it’s my 2nd “monsoon” season. The word monsoon seems a bit intense. I think it should be changed to “occasional lightning and perhaps 15 minutes of rain” season. Growing up in the south where “summer showers” is a true statement it is hard for me to grasp this monsoon business. It is not a storm to me if it rains for an hour… A storm is when it’s been raining for 3 days and you still have 3 more to go.
These silly Arizona folks just don’t understand, I guess living through numerous Hurricanes will make you a bit bitter…
Happy Monsoon Season!!
That’s the nicest thing anyone ever said to me… June 8, 2007
Me: “No I think Jude’s eyes are so sexy, oh and Jared Leto, even with the makeup is still hotastic, hot of all hots is Brad Pitt.”
D: “I liked Brad in Fight Club, he looked really good in that movie.”
Me: “When he was in Troy and he was buff beyond control, now that was HOT… Wait! 300 that was the best movie of all time, 300 half naked men, I think I drooled the whole movie”
D: “You are a gay man trapped in a women’s body”
Me: “Why Thank You!”
Vegas!! May 29, 2007
I went to Vegas this weekend. Here is a summary.
Midgets:4
Number of those Midgets in Leather: 1
Elvis Impersonators: 0
Level of disappointment between 1-10 on not seeing Elvis: 11
Disposable camera’s bought: 4
Level of embarrasment over said disposable cameras: 15
Sound of clicking and winding of camera: 190 Decibals
What I was going to do with winnings (if any): Fix digital camera
Celebrities that I didn’t pay to see: 2 (Adam Sandler and Kevin James)
Celebrities I did pay to see: 1 (Lance Burton the magician)
Seconds away from almost missing Adam Sandler and Kevin James because I was taking my contacts out to put on glasses while waiting in Ceasar’s palace super long taxi line: 2
Current love of all things bright and shiny due to Vegas affect: 12
Brides: 6
Favorite quote: “If i’m going to go to Vegas to get married i’m going to do it right and go to the Little White Chapel and have Elvis marry me, that’s the only way”
Stores I visited that I couldn’t here in Scottdale: 0
Minutes spent in front of a slot machine in order to receive a free drink because I was broke: a whole lot
Money lost on gambling/shopping/shows/food: too much to mention
Details and pictures in next post.
New territory…brain can not compute. May 17, 2007
The boyfriend and I have been together for about 9 months, this far exceeds any relationship I have ever had. I always feel that when I tell people this they think that maybe i’m unstable? or unfaithful? or just can’t keep a man. I could be all of these things or none of these… i would like to think that i’m just picky?
I’ve been having these horrible dreams of infidelity and just general horribleness… my psychology degree kicks in and immediately I know it’s my sleeping brain trying to work through the fears of my waking brain. (that’s the easy way of saying it without getting all complicated) I just don’t know how this is suppose to go. I’m so happy and sadly i’m just not use to that lasting for this long. I’m kind of liking it. Then I go to sleep and the fear of losing it just takes over my brain. It’s horrible because it’s not one of those dreams where you immediately forget it. I will remember bits and pieces throughout the day. The horrible images my imagination blessed upon me the night before are replayed in my idle brain. Even the feelings that I felt in the dream are as real as if it had just happened. There are no justifications for these dreams, no reason for my brain to be thinking this… the only thing I can think of is that I’m just not use to it. In my experience, this is about the time the heartbreak happens… and since i’m happy my brain is just not sure what to do. I need to just chill out and stop being such a chick… but I just want one night of dreamlessness that isn’t wine induced.
Update!! May 14, 2007
Wow I know it’s been forever but I just got a new job!! And i’m here from 8-6!! Which equals forever!! I work with people that are actually my age! and they are nice! and normal! (which is a big deal! I’ve worked with some weird ones….)
But I like it! And I’ve had enough caffeine to kill a small animal!! So excuse the excessive exclamation points!!
Here’s some more news with more exclamations!
*My best friend of 10+ years got engaged last week and was getting married in Sept and I was going to be in the wedding and wear my own dress of my choosing!!!! but then she just informed me that she decided to get married this weekend on her birthday! still going to have a big reception in sept! but don’t get to be in a wedding 
*I’m bringing Ryan to the reception but the next day is my big country family reunion! He gets to meet all the family in one big swoop, kind of going to blindside him. He should talk to Leah and see what he’s in for because she came with me last year, I’m thinking she should come again so there is a friend buffer if he gets scared.
*The few days before the reception and reunion i’m going to take him to New Orleans and show him my old stomping grounds! I think Leah and Ian should also join us for this too! It’ll be fun!
*I keep mentioning Leah because she’s my number 1 fan!
*I’m updating today to make Leah laugh!
*I think i’m done with the exclamation points.
