Archive for May, 2006

yes i know, 2 entries in one day, SHOCKING!  I try to refrain from posting more than every other day..I’m afraid I’d bore yall.

Here is the thing, I’m a little stressed about our trip to Europe, not knowing where we will be, where we will stay and how we will get anywhere and will I have enough money or not…yeah it’s weighing on me.  In the end I know it will be the experience of LIFETIME, and more FUN that I’ll know what to do with!  I am absolutely ECSTATIC!  Okay so I’m watching “Something’s Gotta Give”, that’s right, I’M NOT ASHAMED, CFR, I think it’s a sweet movie.  I wish our house in Sanibel looked like the beach house in that movie.  Anyhoo they keep listening to French music in the movie and I absolutely LOVE French music.  So now I’m DYING to be in Paris, walking by the river and hearing La Vie En Rose … I would just cry.

Okay enough of the late night schmaltzy-ness.

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In less than 24 hours I will be in PARADISE!  That’s right, we’re going to the Lake, wahoo!!!  It will be the only time I can go til August, so I’m gonna soak it all in!  I absolutely cannot wait! 

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ps.  Mom and I have decided we absolutely need a puppy, because we need canine protection, it’s true!

EDIT: the other day i was sitting somewhere drinking my DP thinking of how reassuring it was that some things really never change, like the DP cans, they’ve looked the same for what seems like the last 15 years, of course I wouldn’t know because I wasn’t allowed to drink soda 15 years ago, once I was allowed I went through a Pepsi phase.  I am a recent DP addict, our relationship goes back about 3 years, anyhoo, IMAGINE MY SHOCK when I get a DP out of our fully stocked basement fridge and the can is COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, i mean yes it is still maroon, but TOTALLY DIFFERENT.  I mean, it looks ok I guess, but I really like the old can.  Still tastes great and I guess that is all that matters.

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I am home, yay.  I have a car and a double bed, wahooooo!!  It has been a crazy week I tell ya.  We’re trying to organize this trip to Europe, I hope everything works out, because I’m majorly stressing over it, which is sad because it’s the “chance-of-a-lifetime-dream-vacation”, not something to stress over!!!  WHEW!

In other news, I’m puppy-shopping.  The Riester house just isn’t the same without a puppy!  So hopefully I can win over the rest of my family and we can get a little golden retriever puppy soon!!  Mom’s dr even said she could get one and we already have a name picked out for him, Ajax.

So Ajax where are you???

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This is me hurling curse words at that *certain* dealership that NEVER calls to tell me, “Ms. bla-bla, we’re glad to announce your car is FIXED and FINISHED and ready to be picked up.  Sorry it took so long, we’re gonna only charge you half the original estimate because it took us a WEEK to get it together.”  Instead I keep getting, “uh there’s something else wrong and it’s gonna take another WEEK!”  Consider curse words hurled…$%&^*@*&@&#&^%^&#*&!!!!
Sorry, occasionally the xanga-rant-entry is necessary.  I am done now.

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Man, I’d be so much more mad if I weren’t watching Full House.  Bet their cars don’t take 2 weeks to fix.  oh no…the “sentimental-resolving-our-issues” music just started, I’m in trouble.

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After watching the Grey’s Anatomy Finale, I feel I should update.  Just for the record, I strongly feel the G.A. should have warned people about the dog thing.  People who have recently had their dogs put down need to know ahead of time if a show will contain material reminding them that their beloved dog is no longer alive.  Yes, I cried like a baby…I didn’t KNOW they would show it…so sad…oh Timber we miss you so!  Anyway, I cried again.  That’s right, tonight, when I got home from work, I watched G.A. alone and cried twice…I guess it’s better than watching t.v. alone while getting drunk and crying…2 out of 3 isn’t NEARLY as bad…I am NOT Bridget Jones, not YET at least!! 
In “normal people” news, my car is STILL not fixed, but I’ve YET to cry about that…I am indeed proud of myself.  I am starting to feel very disgruntled toward this certain dealership, they make me want to hurl choice words at them!! 
In “normal people” GOOD news, I got to tell one of the kids I watch and his parents how good he was today!!!  I LOVE IT!  I love watching kids grow and mature and display the love of Christ….ahhhh, makes all the dog-deaths and car-deaths dim in comparison.
Okay I’m gonna go to bed and stop the delusional madness that is this very post!!!

C.F.R. - CONGRATULATIONS, I AM SO PROUD OF YOU.  I love you VERY dearly.  ps I wrote you an email…….

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The verdict on my car is torque-converter failure…eck!   I am now accepting donations for the “help me pay for my torque-converter failure fund”….accepting cash and check.  I’ve decided to delay gratification and wait to get my Macbook Pro until Mac OS X Leopard comes out.  It’s gonna rock your face off.  My sweet little iMac will do until then!

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ps me and mom right after graduation (the paleness is due to strep, i promise!)

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For all of you who supported my B&J breakfast, thank you!  I definitely had B&J for dinner, after my car died and I had to drive back to the dealership in reverse.  AHHHH!  This totally stinks.  Don’t worry, I’m trying my very hardest not to feel sorry for myself, I haven’t even cried, though I have come close a couple times.  No going home for me tomorrow morning…:(  I will miss Mother’s Day and the Davis Family celebration - double
So, here’s to hoping my car gets fixed tomorrow…maybe it will be a Mother’s Day MIRACLE and I WILL be able to go home…oh the pure joy!
I’m out of Half Baked, so Dr. Pepper will have to suffice…it will do, trust me.
In all honesty, my life isn’t that bad, I know.  Sometimes it just feels like you’re getting kicked while you’re down!  But, I am going to Europe in 33 days with my bestest friend in the whole world.  Then, hopefully I will be a nanny and make money that I can blow on purses, shoes and jewelry…and a Macbook Pro of course!

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So I totally had some Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked for breakfast this morning.  DON’T JUDGE ME, it is technically summer, and everyone knows that all bets are off when it’s summer.
I woke up at 3:45 and couldn’t go back to sleep till like 6:30, what’s up with that.  So I researched for our trip to Europe.  I’m kinda freaking out about it, seeing as we don’t know where we’ll stay when we get to a certain place or how we will get to that place…AHHH!  That’s it!  Today I will go buy Rick Steve’s Europe Through the Back Door and calm my fears! 
Now I need a shower!

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College is over.  How sweet the victory is…ahhh!

Now, my lust has over taken me.  Soon I shall be the proud owner of one of these;

until then, work!

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IT’S OVER!  I AM AN OFFICIAL JBU ALUMNI!  SOOO CRAZY!

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