I'm still here. . . barely. . .

I'm going to make this rather short. It should be rather long seeing as I haven't written in forever. But my friend Amanda BBM'd me and said that she loved Katy Perry's new song that I wrote in my post in June since she was just catching up on my blog and then I realized "Wait, I haven't written anything since like the end of June." And I have to tell you about the new guy* I'm dating and moving in with!!

I'm sorry for slacking!! I also got a comment from a newbie on my last post, which totally caught me by surprise! Usually the only people that comment are people's blogs I read or family and friends! So after looking at her blog, I am going to start reading it seeing as she is a great writer, funny stories, and has alcohol recipes. And well, I do like to partake in an alcoholic beverage now and then. . . :) Thanks!

The following excuses have kept me from updating my blog though:

• Work
• HBO Sunday nights. I must literally divert all my attention and if I don't, Dean says "Umm, are you even paying attention?!?" (And yes I am because like most girls, I can do 2 things at once. And I want to get the dishes done now, so I can sit and relax and not have to worry about it afterwards.)
• I enjoy being outside when it's nice out in the summer.
• More Work
• Travelling for Work
• Travelling in general
• Work

I think that about sums it up!! I swear I will try this week/weekend to write something. I do have a ton of stories.

*That's a joke to Amanda. I'm not dating anyone, nor moving in with anyone. She asked me what was new and I said "Nothing." And she said "Not even any guy stories?!?" And I said "No." And she said that she'd just have to wait and read it in my blog then. Which is funny because I would totally tell her about it first before I put it in my blog! Crazy lady!!!!! :) Love you Mo!

Things I do because apparently I am the BESTEST friend ever. . .

Usually Sundays are my day to sleep in. And by sleep in, the latest I ever let myself sleep is like 10-10:30, but that's sleeping in by my standards. I'm usually always up at 8am on Saturdays to go to my Gramps. And this Saturday I will be playing in a mud volleyball tournament at 8am.

However, yesterday morning I got up at 5am. That's 5am. . . before the sun comes up. . . to watch some of my good friends participate in the HyVee Triathlon. Anna kept reminding me she was picking me up at 5:45am. And yes, I am crazy. My friend Jamie went with us too and I told her I would make her a to go coffee mug and asked her how she took her coffee. And she said black. And I said "With Baileys?!?" To which she thought that was a great idea. Apparently in the morning I do not function and ended up with a slight cut on my finger from trying to open the mini-Bailey's bottle. So she got some coffee, Baileys, and perhaps a little iron from the blood that may or may not have gotten into it.

I was actually amazed at how many people I knew that were doing it. I only knew of 6 people off the bat, but instead I knew like 12+. . . so that was cool. My friend Jamie said "How many people do you know?!? Perhaps you should just start going with who you don't know doing this!" Especially because this guy ran and I did not insult him* this time. I only cheered him on.

My friend Emily did especially awesome. She did it in under 3 hours. A guy Adam who works in my building did it in 2 hours, 24 minutes. INSANE. My neighbor Joe and his friend Robb, did it in 3 hours, 15 minutes-ish. They were 6 minutes apart. Two other guys in my building did it in under 3 hours. I am soo proud of those people. Maybe I'll do a relay next year. . .maybe. . . My friends that did the relay portions did a great job too.

I was especially impressed with a woman who was like 80 something that did it. She was a good inspiration. All my friends had finished by the time she started the run even. But still AMAZING!!

Overall, I guess it was good to see them, not so good to be up so effing early on a Sunday. But I did lay out for an hour and took a nap and then went inside and slept for another hour. Yes, I was tired!!

*Awhile ago my cousin Mac went and was talking to one of her friends after a 10K race and Tim was standing with him. So he introduced them and Mac asked him how he ran and then proceeded to say "Really?!? You look like a pretty athletic guy and ran pretty slow!!" She had actually ran faster than he did. She then went on and on giving him crap about how slow he ran. She had no idea who he was, until she got back to the table and our guy friends were like "Do you know WHO you were talking to!?!?" Of course, Mac can get away with this because she's very pretty. He also ran part of her 20-mile run with her a couple of Saturdays ago.

Then a couple of Fridays ago, I meet her out and Tim comes up and introduces himself to me. I am chatting around the table and he starts talking to me. Well his head is right below the College World Series, so I keep looking at the game while I'm talking to him. It was tied 2-2 bottom of the 7th, AZ State and Texas. Well he calls me out on this. I am super embarrassed and he informs me it's kind of hot that I keep ignoring him to watch the game. Then I start going on and on about how I could sit and watch college sports all day, especially basketball and football. But how I'm not really a pro fan. And the only NFL teams I'll watch are the Bears and sometimes the Packers. And really I only watched the Packers because of Brett Favre but I did watch them a few times this year and thought Aaron Rogers did a good job. Oh and how I thought that pro athletes are now only in for the money and how they have sort of lost the love of the game and just want the power and money now. Yeah. . . I am awesome. Way to insult a former NFLer.

I Want You Back. . .

As I said earlier this week, the passing of Ed McMahon made me very sad. . . and then yesterday happened.

Yesterday morning I was very sad to hear the passing of Farrah Fawcett. I wanted to be a Charlie's Angel. I still do. Not going to lie. When her story came on about a month ago with her fight with liver cancer, my mom asked me if I was going to watch it. And I told her I couldn't because if she died soon after I watched it I would be too sad because that is the type of cancer that Josie has. And at the time, Josie wasn't doing all that well. And now Farrah Fawcett has lost her battle with cancer. I know many people overcome cancer everyday, it's just that her death hits closer to home. And makes me thinks about things that I really refuse to think about because in my heart of hearts, I know if anyone can survive it, it's her. I know it. Farrah Fawcett will forever be a 70s/80s icon for her flawless beauty.

I had to play softball at 6pm yesterday, and as we were sitting there, a guy came up and said "Did you hear Michael Jackson died??" And I said "Wait?!? NO!! He was just rushed to the hospital!!" Then I googled it, and sure enough, Michael Jackson had died. So weird. Michael Jackson although in the last decade has been under scrutiny (and had maybe gone a little batty) had no doubt changed the world. He changed music. He changed pop culture. He was an icon and crossed barriers. I am wondering what will happen to his children and if they will finally not have to wear veils or masks in public. I will miss you Michael Jackson. And whenever I watch Center Stage, I will think of you. And anytime I hear your songs, I will miss you.

Well when I got home from softball last night, Dean and I were watching the specials on NBC waiting for H and Bill to get there. We were talking on and off through the Michael Jackson one and then when Farrah's came on, I got silent. And I teared up. It was just sooo sad watching hers. And how Ryan O'Neal was all choked up when he talked. It was very sad. Then Dean got off the couch and did the moon walk to the bathroom and I smiled.

And the only reason I was even hanging out with him was because he was really wanting to hang out with H and Bill. H didn't believe me, but he really did. He called me during my softball game to make sure that I called him when they got into town. And yes, I do realize it's weird seeing as he's only met them like once or twice, but they are pretty awesome. Then later, when Dean was outside smoking, I said that I added his number back into my phone as "Don't Call Me" because Sarah said that deleting it would be what you would do to a boyfriend. . . not a friend. Touche! So I added it as that. Then H turns to Bill and says "Told you she'd add it back soon." Ouch. Then she informed me that putting it as that in my phone is still a girlfriend thing to do. Double Ouch. It's staying that way though. Either way.

It was great to see H for if only a brief moment. Maybe I'll get up to see you sometime! Maybe!! :)

Happy Friday people!! Remember each day is a new day and to live each day with a smile on your face.

Why I need to pay better attention to what I'm doing or start drinking more coffee in the afternoon

So this is not the first time you have heard this sort of thing from me. This is like the 2nd time in almost 2 months now. . .

So. . . since it's hotter than all get out, outside, I have worn a dress or skirt all week. Well today, I'm wearing a cute little dress with a short sleeve cardigan. (TMI ALERT) However, I couldn't wear a normal bra with this dress just in case I wanted to take the cardigan off if it got too hot, so I wore my strapless bra. Well, after having my strapless bra on now for about 6 hours or so, I IM my friend Sarah this.

I think nothing of this and go about my work. Then out of no where I get an IM from this guy Matt who used to work in my building but just moved to Colorado. It simply states this: ?

I respond with: ?? (because I have no idea as to what he wants or is needing)

To which Matt says:
Oh I'm sorry I just thought that maybe you didn't mean to send that to me
but ok, I'll go for it...so why do you regret it?

So I say: What did I send to you??

Matt says:
about your strapless bra
and your dress today
and how you regret it
just sorta came out of the blue

I then reply: Oooh. hahahahaha. I'm soooo sorry! I meant to send that to Sarah!

Matt says: Thats what I thought


I then say: So, since you were curious. . .the reason I regret it, is that strapless bras tend to dig into you more. Like underneath your breasts because they have no shoulder straps to lift them up. That's why I'm regretting it.

Matt says: Thanks for letting me know. I'll try and remember this for future reference.

Now, I would be completely mortified had he still worked in the building and got that IM. . .and had we not had a little thing for a brief moment.

Anywho, the original IM that was supposed to go to Sarah said this: I wore a strapless bra today with my dress and I am really mad at myself now.

And I will remind you again. . .my cool factor is way beyond belief. . . WAY beyond belief. . .

Things that irked me this week. . .

I'm an overly sensitive person. I know this. With some people, the overly sensitiveness is extremely heightened. But within the last week, it got ridiculous.

So. . . last Tuesday I went out to The Hangover with Dean and Jamie. On the way there, he informs me that his ex-girlfriend was having her 21st birthday the next night and she wanted him to go to it. And I said "Really?? After a couple of weeks ago she had texted you and said not to talk to her or touch her because she couldn't handle it?? You're soo getting laid." And he said "What?!? No. . ." And I said "It's her 21st birthday, she'll be drunk, and she's in love with you still. So you'll sleep together, she'll want a relationship again, you'll tell her you're not into her still, and she'll start stalking you. Your relationship goes full circle then." He did not find this funny. I thought it was pretty funny. And I've had this happen to a number of guy friends! haha! Plus after they broke up she apparently was quasi stalking his Facebook because she got mad at a couple of comments his friends made after they broke up.

Anywho, fast forward to after the movie and us sitting at the bar having a beverage. So these 2 girls from where Dean and Jamie work part-time and said ex-girlfriend worked come in. The one is all over Dean, and you can tell that he is not enjoying this at all. Jamie and I found it kind of funny. Well Jamie tells me that this girl is super annoying and just loves to hear herself talk and repeats things over and over. And Jamie was right. I heard the same thing 4 times in about a 10-minute span when Jamie asked about how her job was going. Well it was getting to be 10pm, and I was needing sleep. So we leave and in the car, Dean tells me that this girl had said that she wanted to have sex with him. And I in my quick wittedness say "You totally should. You could sleep your way around the restaurant!" He did not find this funny. At all. And got very defensive. I said "Well I was only joking. Apparently it was a bad joke." When we got to his house, he didn't even hug me or high five me when he got out.

I email Wyatt on Wednesday and ask if he used to get kind of mad at me when I would kid him about stuff like that and Wyatt said "at first, but then I got over it." So on Wednesday, I texted him in the morning and said "I hope you know I was just razzing you. You seemed kind of pissed when you got out of the car. You didn't even hug or high five me." Then I wrote "Oh and if you need a ride home on Sunday, you should ask Emily." And the response I got was "Can you give me Emily's number." And nothing else. He was going to the Phish concert on Saturday, and was leaving Thursday, so I was like, well he's busy. Then on Sunday, when he was supposed to be coming home, I still hadn't heard anything. Now, I'm kind of pissed and decided I would just delete his phone number.

Now Monday night comes around and I'm getting even more agitated because usually by then he would have called me to tell me about his weekend and whatnot. No matter how busy he was, I would at least get a phone call when he went to bed. So Tuesday I am now livid. I look his number up on my phone account and text him Tuesday morning and say "Are you gravely ill, dead, or still pissed at me???" And no response. . .until about 8pm last night. All day my stomach started hurting and I just felt sick to my stomach. I got a call from his prefix and I let it go to voicemail. I wasn't sure it was him seeing as I deleted his number but figured it was his. He left a message saying he had a good weekend, was just getting back from work, blah, blah, blah. So I called him back and said hi and then was like "If someone texts you twice saying that they think you are mad at them, you should probably text them back and say that you are or aren't mad at them so they don't get a stomach ache for a whole day." He said he was soo busy at work that he didn't have time to text me. Which he could have done really quickly at say oh LUNCH?!? And he said "Ooh I wasn't mad at all. I don't even remember what you said on Tues. So not a big deal."

I wanted to punch him. I don't call him back one day because I was upset and he calls me and texts me non-stop. I don't believe that he wasn't mad. Most everyone I know would say "Oh I'm not mad. Just busy." Or something along those lines. I mean really.

And I still haven't added his phone number to my phone.

It's so hard to say Goodbye. . .

It seems my life if full of death lately. Thank goodness the only person close to me that has died was my great grandma's first cousin who I knew but not really well. I do however, feel bad for a great number of my friends who lost their grandparents in the last couple of weeks. I really don't know what I'll do/be when Gramps goes.

Anyway, I'm sad that Ed McMahon passed away. Can they still do the Publisher's Clearing House Sweepstakes without him?!? I'll probably get a little teary eyed if his Gold commercials come on as well. It seems in the last 6 months that we've lost some pretty iconic people from my childhood. Two of the Golden Girls, Estelle Getty and Beatrice Arthur and now Ed McMahon. Ed, thank you for bringing us Star Search. And "Hey OH!". I'll miss you.

However, with death, there sometimes comes good. I read this and I think I might have cried a little. . . or at least smiled REALLY big.

Allergies. . . I hate you. . .

My post has nothing to do with my allergies, although I'm pretty drugged up at the current moment. Did you know you can get straight Antihistamine?!? However, it makes you really sleepy and somewhat loopy. My allergy drugs weren't working on Monday, so the pharmacist suggested straight antihistamine because it will knock me out. Yeah, that it did, and I'm still loopy from it when I wake up!!!! I seriously sneezed 200 times on Monday.

Anywho, I'm probably more random than I normally am, except now I can blame it on the drugs.


Things I'm way over and would love to quit hearing about or seeing:
--Pretty much anyone from The Hills. On Chelsea Lately, she like the rest of us is sick of Speidi, and Josh Wolf said they should just start referring to them as Herpes because you hate them and they're annoying, and they'll never go away as much as you try to get rid of them. I love it and will now do that from now on. I'm also really upset that my fave boy from My Boys is dating Lauren Conrad. I don't like you as much now Kyle Howard aka Bobby.
--Adam Lambert. I really don't think I need to go into detail about him.
--The Octo-Mom
--Jon & Kate plus 8
--Reality stars being in the spotlight in general I guess. I don't care. You're not celebrities, so why do you keep popping up in the celebrity section.
--Going to the bathroom, sitting down, and then realizing you didn't get quite get the latch all the way over, so your door is open and you can't do anything because you're already midstream. So all you do is hope that no one comes into the bathroom and causes the door to swing open.

Things I love:
--guys with facial hair. Bradley Cooper in The Hangover. LOVE the facial hair. Chase Crawford with facial hair in People. Loved it and I don't even really think he's cute. There's something about facial hair all of a sudden for me. But not crazy facial hair. Just the slightly scruffy facial hair. Dan-love your facial hair too!
--guacamole and margaritas/sangria are the perfect summer combo
--my cousin H because I get to see her next Thursday! Oh and Bill too! :)
--outdoor patios
--long walks on the beach or in my case long walks through the trails along the creeks and rivers
--The new Katy Perry song "What Happens in Vegas" or whatever the name of the song is. I can't tell you why I like it either. I just do.
--my summer leagues. We've won 1 maybe 2 games in softball (Team Name: Big Bats, Softballs) but we are having a good time doing it this year. In Volleyball, we've won every game and have only lost a total of 4 matches. We're like 17-4 because they go on the total of matches for tournament time. And our team name is Here for the Beer. We don't sound threatening, but apparently we are!

Content in this paragraph may make you squeamish.
I'm really proud of my little cousin. She broke up with BF3 after a week or so of dating because he wanted to have sex and she didn't. I was so proud of her. Then completely terrified when she told me that most of her friends just hook up with guys instead of dating them. Isn't that what you do in college and not in high school?!? I'm just glad she stood strong. Then my sister informed me that my niece told her that one of her friends (who is also 14) broke up with her boyfriend because he kept wanting her to give him a bj. Seriously?!? At 14?!? It's not like she was dating a senior in high school or something. She was dating another 14-year-old!!! What is up with kids these days?!? I'm pretty sure had I seen a penis at the age of 14, I would have ran away and said "You want me to put my mouth, where?!?" I mean, I know guys love them and all, but at 14?!? Man. . . .