This morning when I came in it was NEGATIVE 5 DEGREES! It is now 9:00 and the temperature has fallen to NEGATIVE 7!!!!!
I have no idea what that makes it with the wind chill factor!
Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Tuesday, December 21, 2004
Pop Discovery
I hate Diet Pop. (For those of you in Texas, that's Diet Cokes to you. Even though Coke is a brand not a type of drink!) Well, I decided I better just suck it up and drink Diet when I get the urge to drink some soda. So I first went out to buy some C2. The new Low Carb Coke. Well, it turns out that Diet Coke has 0 Carbs, while C2 has 15!!!! Then at our Company Dinner they had Diet Dr. Pepper, and so I took a can. I am just now drinking it, and it's not too bad. There aren't any weird after tastes like Diet Coke or Diet Pepsi. So I think I can make this switch over now.
Woo hoo! Go Diet Dr. Pepper.
Woo hoo! Go Diet Dr. Pepper.
280 Car Crashes
Yesterday morning we had freezing rain. Apparently the salt truck drivers were all at home sleeping. There were a record of 280 Car Crashes yesterday. And another record of 116 reported Accidents within 1 hour! On an average DAY they report 140.
That's for all DAY!
This leads me to the question I've been asking myself over and over again.... Why am I hear???!!! Save me... Someone!
That's for all DAY!
This leads me to the question I've been asking myself over and over again.... Why am I hear???!!! Save me... Someone!
Monday, December 20, 2004
This Fabulous 5 Degree Weather
So I head out to work this morning. Pull out of my nice tuck under garage, and hear this "ticky ticky ticky sound". I realize that it is freezing rain hitting my windshield. Now, I must admit. I sort of felt like it was an old friend of mine that I have missed. Why you might ask? Well, because whenever it is cold in Texas, this is what happens. The crap always freezes when it hits something solid, therefore making for a wonderful clusterf*#ck on our highways. So I had no worries. I have driven in the freezing rain several times in Texas. Although it is no picknic because you have to beware of all the idiots on the road, but I have always handled my car pretty well.
So off I go to work. While driving out of my apartment parking lot, I slide a little, and my Traction Control light on my car goes off. AFTER I have slid. So obviously that warning light is useless. Then I get out onto the main street. (Luckily, I don't have to take the freeway to work). I'm sitting at the light, waiting to turn left, and watching these trucks and cars fish tail through the intersection, and I think to myself. This is going to be the longest drive to work I've had so far here! Plus, we'll see how well I fare driving this automatic car that I have. (For those of you who don't know, I have always driven a stick shift, and I am used to being able to shift to wherever I want to whenever I want to. So driving an automatic, I'm not sure how I'm going to fair.)
I actually do pretty well. Of course I hit every stupid red light there, so I got to practice starting up on ice everytime too. I got to work safely, and now all I have to do is sit here and worry about how many people are going to slide around in that ice slicked parking lot, and possibly slam into parked cars. So I'm sitting here crossing my fingers and praying that noone hits my car. I can't afford to have a messed up car. Plus, I like my car just fine the way it is! Man I miss the fabulous parking garage of Pier 1.
So off I go to work. While driving out of my apartment parking lot, I slide a little, and my Traction Control light on my car goes off. AFTER I have slid. So obviously that warning light is useless. Then I get out onto the main street. (Luckily, I don't have to take the freeway to work). I'm sitting at the light, waiting to turn left, and watching these trucks and cars fish tail through the intersection, and I think to myself. This is going to be the longest drive to work I've had so far here! Plus, we'll see how well I fare driving this automatic car that I have. (For those of you who don't know, I have always driven a stick shift, and I am used to being able to shift to wherever I want to whenever I want to. So driving an automatic, I'm not sure how I'm going to fair.)
I actually do pretty well. Of course I hit every stupid red light there, so I got to practice starting up on ice everytime too. I got to work safely, and now all I have to do is sit here and worry about how many people are going to slide around in that ice slicked parking lot, and possibly slam into parked cars. So I'm sitting here crossing my fingers and praying that noone hits my car. I can't afford to have a messed up car. Plus, I like my car just fine the way it is! Man I miss the fabulous parking garage of Pier 1.
Monday, December 13, 2004
Wind Chill Factor
The radio just told me that it's 12 degrees out, with the wind chill factor it is -9 degrees!!!!
What did my husband do to me?!!!
What did my husband do to me?!!!
Early Christmas For Me!
Friday night my husband was scheming yet another trick on me with his brother.
Before I got to Wheaton, he asked me if I wanted to go to Breckenridge to go to a movie (Oceans 12). So I thought, "That sounds nice, yes! Let's do that". So off to Breck. we went. Once we arrived at the theatre, he says, "Delane is in town shopping, I'm going to call him and see if he wants to see a movie." So Delane shows up and we all go into the theatre. I sit down, Darin sits, and then gets back up and says, "I have to go poop." So I'm like, "Oh no! He's going to miss most the movies!" In other words, it takes him a long time to poop! ha! Then his brother says to me, "I'm going to go smoke.". So there I am. All alone. In the theatre. Looking like a loser during the previews and the begining of the movie. With my popcorn and drink. I felt like a big fat loser!!!! Then Darin comes back shortly after the movies starts. "That was quick!", I say. Then Delane comes back and we all watch the rest of the movie.
One the way out, Darin suggests we all go get a drink. So obviously I say yes! He tells Delane to go get his car to warm it up, and that I need to wait for him while he pees. So I think this is strange becuase Darin is one of those that never goes to the bathroom, and here he is going twice in a 2 hour time span. So then, Delane drives up, Darin even OPENS my door to get into Delanes car, and off to the bar we go.
When we leave the bar, Darin tells Delane to just go home because he has to get some tractor part in Breckenridge in the morning, so we can just pick up my car later. So I kind of freak out because a. I don't want to leave my car anywhere, and b. All my stuff is in there for the weekend. But Darin tells me not to worry about it, and after fighting about it for a while, I give up. After all, he is my husband, and I trust him. So I suspect nothing.
The next morning it all starts coming together for me. Now that the alcohol is out of my system.
1. Delane is convieniently in Breckenridge shopping, but has no gifts in his car
2. It's weird that Darin has to poop at the begining of the movie
3. He came back way too soon if he did poop
4. He asks me to wait for him while he pees after the movie
5. I didn't actually see my car in the lot when Darin was wisping me into Delanes car
So I told Darin that I thought my car was getting Astro Start installed. And he confessed. I was right. Then he procedes to make fun of me for not suspecting all night. And my whole thing was he IS my HUSBAND, and I'm not suposed to suspect him. He calls this his Oceans 12, since his proposal was his Oceans 11. What a dork. I picture him and Delane humming the Mission Impossible theme to eachother all night long. But I don't mind, because I have the most fabulous Christmas present ever! Now my car will always be warm and cozy!
Before I got to Wheaton, he asked me if I wanted to go to Breckenridge to go to a movie (Oceans 12). So I thought, "That sounds nice, yes! Let's do that". So off to Breck. we went. Once we arrived at the theatre, he says, "Delane is in town shopping, I'm going to call him and see if he wants to see a movie." So Delane shows up and we all go into the theatre. I sit down, Darin sits, and then gets back up and says, "I have to go poop." So I'm like, "Oh no! He's going to miss most the movies!" In other words, it takes him a long time to poop! ha! Then his brother says to me, "I'm going to go smoke.". So there I am. All alone. In the theatre. Looking like a loser during the previews and the begining of the movie. With my popcorn and drink. I felt like a big fat loser!!!! Then Darin comes back shortly after the movies starts. "That was quick!", I say. Then Delane comes back and we all watch the rest of the movie.
One the way out, Darin suggests we all go get a drink. So obviously I say yes! He tells Delane to go get his car to warm it up, and that I need to wait for him while he pees. So I think this is strange becuase Darin is one of those that never goes to the bathroom, and here he is going twice in a 2 hour time span. So then, Delane drives up, Darin even OPENS my door to get into Delanes car, and off to the bar we go.
When we leave the bar, Darin tells Delane to just go home because he has to get some tractor part in Breckenridge in the morning, so we can just pick up my car later. So I kind of freak out because a. I don't want to leave my car anywhere, and b. All my stuff is in there for the weekend. But Darin tells me not to worry about it, and after fighting about it for a while, I give up. After all, he is my husband, and I trust him. So I suspect nothing.
The next morning it all starts coming together for me. Now that the alcohol is out of my system.
1. Delane is convieniently in Breckenridge shopping, but has no gifts in his car
2. It's weird that Darin has to poop at the begining of the movie
3. He came back way too soon if he did poop
4. He asks me to wait for him while he pees after the movie
5. I didn't actually see my car in the lot when Darin was wisping me into Delanes car
So I told Darin that I thought my car was getting Astro Start installed. And he confessed. I was right. Then he procedes to make fun of me for not suspecting all night. And my whole thing was he IS my HUSBAND, and I'm not suposed to suspect him. He calls this his Oceans 12, since his proposal was his Oceans 11. What a dork. I picture him and Delane humming the Mission Impossible theme to eachother all night long. But I don't mind, because I have the most fabulous Christmas present ever! Now my car will always be warm and cozy!
Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Christmas Shopping
So it's very nice for me to know exactly what everyone is getting for Christmas this year. The problem is, I ran out of money. I'm sure some of you have heard me complain that even though I am making more money, more of my money is being sucked out by the government up here because of State Taxes, and plus my higher rent, and new car payment... The thing is, I was just starting to feel on top of things again, and now Christmas is upon me. Luckily, I get to share the gift giving cost/burden with my husband, so I will at least be getting reimbursed 1/2 of all money spent. But that doesn't help me at the current situation. I am literally out of money. I still have to buy postage, and stationary for our Christmas Cards and get them sent out pronto. Plus, I have to finish purchasing the rest of the gifts. (Even though I know what and where to go to get them.) I will be very thankful when this season is over with, so I can get back to being on track with things! In two weeks we'll be in Albuquerque where I'm sure I'll drop whatever I haven't already on gas money (Thanks to my husband wanting to drive) on restaurants and clubs in an attempt to hang out with my good friends over the holidays. Why does the world have to revolve around money? Why can't we pay only for the things that are bad for us like, cigarettes and booze, and all else is free to us? Wouldn't that be grand? I think yes!
Thursday, December 02, 2004
I Love My Buyer
My buyer is awesome! Some days, she's my only lifeline to sanity. So many people at my office take their jobs so seriously, that they have lost their sense of life. All they do is sit at their desks and pound away. Which obviously is neccessary right now since it is the heart of the holiday season and face it! This IS retail! But people hardly go out to lunch. And if they do they go out, get it and come back. They are so stressed out that they need a little bit of a break in the day to help them break the misery.
Well, I lately have been falling into that same rut. I've had so much work to do, plus, since no one else goes to lunch, then I don't either unless it's by myself. Plus, I'm trying to lose weight and save money, so I haven't been leaving. This is how I recognized the importance of leaving the office at lunchtime, if only for a few minutes in the day. I have gotten so bitter and pissy this week. Anyway, back to my buyer.
She inspires me. I can't remember many times where I have thought to myself, "I wish I had some of her traits" in my adult life. Well... Actually I can. There have been 2. But she has a way about her that says, "I am in control, I've got my poo together, but I'm not a bitch, and things are fun!" Her long drawn out meetings aren't so hard to bear because we joke and are silly as well as get business done. When I'm almost to the boiling point, she might pop in her head, and say something funny or dumb. Even when she's giving me a big ole pile of crap to day, she does it in a way that I don't really mind. Because she A. makes me feel appreciated B. Bribes me with flatery. ha! Anyway. I'm very thankful that I wound up with her, because other people's buyers are all work and no play, and they seem to be a lot more stressed out than my team is. Thank God for Sarah!
Well, I lately have been falling into that same rut. I've had so much work to do, plus, since no one else goes to lunch, then I don't either unless it's by myself. Plus, I'm trying to lose weight and save money, so I haven't been leaving. This is how I recognized the importance of leaving the office at lunchtime, if only for a few minutes in the day. I have gotten so bitter and pissy this week. Anyway, back to my buyer.
She inspires me. I can't remember many times where I have thought to myself, "I wish I had some of her traits" in my adult life. Well... Actually I can. There have been 2. But she has a way about her that says, "I am in control, I've got my poo together, but I'm not a bitch, and things are fun!" Her long drawn out meetings aren't so hard to bear because we joke and are silly as well as get business done. When I'm almost to the boiling point, she might pop in her head, and say something funny or dumb. Even when she's giving me a big ole pile of crap to day, she does it in a way that I don't really mind. Because she A. makes me feel appreciated B. Bribes me with flatery. ha! Anyway. I'm very thankful that I wound up with her, because other people's buyers are all work and no play, and they seem to be a lot more stressed out than my team is. Thank God for Sarah!
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