Utah trip '09, volume 1

So...I've been mapquesting all morning. I'm trying to find out the best ways to fit in all the places we want to see into the 2 weeks we'll have.

Casa Bonita, Lakewood, CO: A supercool restaurant, made famous in the "Casa Bonita" episode of South Park. I promised to bring Brian back a souvenir. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Bonita 7-8 hours from SLC, according to Mapquest.

Colorado Springs, CO: A visit to Katie, Ben and Mackinsie. I may take this one alone, depending on if Brooke wants to go or not. This would be a great chance to get a two in one, being that Colorado Springs is only a little over an hour away from Lakewood.

Sacramento, CA: We don't have a specific place set yet for our visit to CA. Our friend Dustin will be living in Sacramento and he says it's a beautiful city and a great vacation spot. 9-10 hours from SLC.

Disneyland, Anaheim, CA: I'd love to go to Disneyland. It would be a great trip with Nick, Jen, Layla and Julie! Plus, it appears to be very close to the beach! This would definitely outrank Sacramento! But this idea is, of course, depending on finances of all involved! Approximately 10 hours from Salt Lake.

Roswell, NM: Do I really need to explain why? Approx 13 hours from SLC.

Socorro, NM: A visit to a high school friend of mine who just moved there. 2-3 hours from Roswell. 11-12 hours from SLC.



So, I think that sums up the places we want to visit, outside Salt Lake. More updates to come as we make our plans more concrete.

My life, sad, boring and blessed

As I sit here and read my friends' blogs I realize that I really have NO life. I am still single...still...yep, still single. I graduated with a degree that I don't know what to do with and can't afford to go back to school for a different one yet. My job is part-time and it is killing me financially, but I keep hanging in there, waiting for the full-time position. Jen and Nick have a beautiful family and marriage. Brooke has a great job she loves, is going to school to better herself, and loves Aaron. Jordan, also going to school to make something of himself, has some very deep things to say and does lots of stuff. Steve and Heidi just got married and recently bought a house together. Emma has an amazing family, including her new daughter-in-law, Heidi.

I am, however, very lucky to have such great friends to love and inspire me. I am very grateful for everything I do have. I may have a boring job and no life, but I am blessed with friendship.

So, thank you all for allowing me a chance to peek into your lives and minds. I do love you all so very much!!!

Rob Zombie and Michelle

This is Rob Zombie. He's a hottie. How can a chick look at this and not think "You are the hottest man to ever exist. Marry me!"? I can't answer that question.

Neither can Michelle. She's one of the best friends I've ever had. I met her when I lived in Turtle Creek Apartments. Brooke had met her first, of course. She is the ultimate friendly girl, Brooke. Michelle had moved in next door shortly after we moved in. Brooke introduced herself and told her about me. She told me to do the same. The first time I met Michelle we kept each other company in her apartment for several hours, until 1 or 2 (I think). We hung out a few more times, discussing the hot guys in the other building and her uber quiet upstairs neighbor. We would go to the building across from ours and try to see if there was really a neighbor upstairs from her because the woman was so quiet. We laughed about her being ghost haunting the upstairs because no human could make so little noise. Shortly after our first meeting our apartment burnt down. I was sleeping on the couch and my smoke alarm went off. I went outside, thinking someone was burning something, saw nothing and turned around to go back in. It was then that I saw the flames shooting out of the building. My memories of the morning are vague and dreamlike. I remember being at the top of the stairs, then I was back at the bottom of the stairs and was at her door banging and yelling her name. I remember her face, terrified, asking me to help with her dog and ferret. I took Cessna, the dog, while she grabbed Loki, the ferret. Later while we were watching the building burn I took Loki because she was allergic to him and was causing welts on her skin. This event was what finally solidified our friendship. We had a bond. Despite all that we had in common, this one event was the one thing that made our friendship strong. That was 2001. We're still friends, closer actually.

Now, I don't know why I went on that tangent, but I did.

Back to Rob Zombie. He's hot. That's all.

Spam texts

Why the crap do people send spam texts??? I don't want that junk. I will not forward it, I will not read it, I will just get angry at you for wasting my time! Junk mail, junk e-mail, junk texts! This is getting ridiculous! Quit that junk!

Web browsers--IE, you stink!

I've had it with Internet Explorer. It keeps quitting when I'm on Facebook or surfing the internet. Henson on the Geek Squad suggested I download Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. I downloaded, but Chrome wouldn't install and Firefox wouldn't connect. Today Jon suggested I try Safari. It installs but won't connect either. I'd reached the point of tossing my laptop out the car window while driving down the interstate when Henson offered to connect to my computer from his house and try to fix it.

*LIGHT BREAKS THOUGH THE CLOUDS. BIRDS SING. ANGELS SING IN BEAUTIFUL HARMONY*

After spending his time on his day off troubleshooting my computer, Henson (the mack-daddy Geek Squad Agent) manages to fix my laptop remotely and I can now install Chrome and run Firefox and Safari. Apparently I had 3 different firewalls running and blocking them from running/installing. I now have an overabundance of browsers. After testing the new ones, I have found I'm partial to Chrome and Safari. Firefox is alright. IE cannot compare at all. As of right now, I'm crazy in love with Google Chrome. I understand now why so many BBY employees talk about it like there is nothing on Earth as extraordinary as Chrome (except maybe Spore or WOW).

Now, I'm happily surfing the internet without worrying about how long I can go before IE stops responding and I have to start all over again.

Henson--you're awesome!
Geek Squad--I love you all!
BBY--thanks for hiring me!

Housesitting

I get to house-sit this week. I'm excited! They have Dish Network AND internet!! It's wonderful! I'm so excited!

Walking Wounded by Everything But The Girl

*My friend Diana sent me this song on Facebook*



Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew

And no, I'm never gonna let you go
And no, I'm never gonna let you go
And now I know I had a choice though you never made it clear to me
I thought you never felt it deeply
Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
'Cause I could have loved you forever
I could have loved you forever

What do you want from me?, Are you trying to punish me?
Punish me for loving you, punish me for giving to you
Punish me for nothing I do, punish me for nothing
You punish me for nothing, for nothing

Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew

Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
And now I know I had a choice though you never made it clear to me
I thought you never felt it deeply
Now I'm never gonna let you go
Now I'm never gonna let you go
'Cause I could have loved you forever
Oh I could have loved you forever
Or I could have left you forever
I could have left you forever

What do you want from me? , Are you trying to punish me?
Punish me for loving you, punish me for giving to you
Punish me for nothing I do, punish me for nothing
You punish me for nothing, for nothing

Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every bus
Is you and me and him and her and nothing can replace the us I knew
Nothing can replace the us I knew
Out amongst the walking wounded, every face on every train
Is you and me and him and her, some days I think I could go insane
Some days I think I could go insane

You promised...

You promised that it wouldn't be a problem.
You promised we'd stay friends.
You promised things wouldn't be "weird."
You promised.

You lied.

You ignore my calls and texts.

I had a question, not about us, but about something else, and you pretend you didn't get it.

I text to see how you are, you ignore it.

I tried to pretend that it didn't matter to me, but it does.

I regret it.

I'm sorry I chose you.

I'm through crying.

I'm done.


*After rereading this post I realized it sounds like I'm talking about having sex with him. To clarify, I'm not.*

Sucker???

Apparently I am...

So...I was asked to stay until school starts. I said ok. Really, I need to just say no! Plus the boys were told they are the reason I'm quitting. This angers me because SHE and her HUSBAND are the reasons I'm quitting. He treats me like a theif and I won't put up with it. He's mean to the boys, he yells too much and he bosses her around like a dog. I just won't stand around and put up with it! I told Tracy and she said she and Rob would talk to the boys and make sure they knew the truth. It's such a line of bull to tell them that!! GRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!

Anyway, I'll stay until the end of July, but that's it...I'm done!

Other than that, still no changes. I got a new phone because mine just gave up on trying to live. It just shut itself off whenever it felt like it, battery charged or not. I now have a LG EnV2. It's pretty much the sweetest phone ever. IT READS MY TEXT MESSAGES TO ME!!!!! I got a text last night and my phone proceeded to read me the text! Sweet!

Brooke is making shampoo, conditioner and lotion now. She will probably start making body wash too. They smell great!

I think that's all for this week.

Love you all!
A.

For Anyone Still Reading

Lots of new stuff... Loving my job at Best Buy. I am leaving the nanny job. Well, mostly..I'm staying on one day a week. It's time to move on. I'm addicted to Facebook. It's my personal crack. Other than that everything is the same. I really should be using this more, but I'm lazy! ;) Love you all, though. I'll try to put more in soon!

A.