OMG It Was Great

I had such a great time last night with my mom sister and her boyfriend. It was an experience to say the least. Never thought I'd ever see a Seahawk game in my life but there I was, in the nosebleed section and enjoying every minute of it. Thank you so much mom love you!!

Tonight's The Night

After spending a great night with my sister, mom and bear we are ready to invade Century Link Field. I'm super excited but still have a little time to wait for some football. I will be heading over to Best Buy to pick up a CD and then over to the Red Wind to cash in a freebie. After that it's to Auburn once again to spend some time with my mom and wait for the sister to get off of work and head to Seattle. I so excited that words can't explain.

It's Here

Today marks the arrival of our wonderful new sectional. I'm so happy and are hoping that the day flies by so I can come home and enjoy it before we rush off to Auburn to have dinner with my mommy and sister. I'm super excited to actually be able to afford new things. The next big thing is our move to our new apartment. Then it's all up hill from here.

A New Sectional

The bear and I had big plans today, first trading in my regular 3ds for the XL version while they had a sale going, trade in the original receive  a $100 towards the purchase of the XL. Plus, we had games to trade in so it made the purchase a whopping $45. Can't beat that when the system is selling for $199. I feel like I stole it lol. Well we started to talk about getting a new couch a while ago and decided that tonight we would browse the stores on our way to dinner. We originally had a couch in mind from Big Lots, but I suggested that we see what they wanted at the Rack. A few minutes around the store and we were unimpressed with their pricing. So we ate and Russ suggested we go and look at the furniture store by Shopko. Not expecting much we browsed and were like wow these are nice but expensive, and then I saw that the price actually included the love seat as well. We were greeted by Dusty Kindred (I know a porn name if I had ever heard one) who asked if we had any questions blah blah blah, the normal sales stuff. We told him we were just browsing. Then I found my couch, it was freaking nice and very reasonably priced $550 after tax and this included the love seat. Dusty made his way over to us just knowing he just made a sale. We decided to see if we could get credit, and after filling out all the papers and him doing his computer thing we were approved. I had never been approved before and that was awesome in it's own right, but we were approved for $2400. WTF, after the Bear heard this something caught his eye and walked away for a minute and then came back and said how about we get a sectional instead which was actually part of their No Tax event they were having for Labor day. I went and took a look and I was in love, and instead of picking it up ourselves we are having it delivered even better. So we finalized the sale and got all the paper work done, we walked out of the store as if we were floating on Cloud 9. After we finished our running around, came home and fired up the 3DS XL and got it all set up, and let me just say the screen is amazing. I can actually enjoy playing games on it now. Oh and watching Netflix. The interweb is a little on the annoying side but hell who cares. I can see things now lol.

I Stopped Awhile Ago

When I was younger in middle school, I had this overwhelming feeling of trying to please everyone and needed everyone to like me. So I made up story after story to just fit. My most notorious one is me telling everyone I was related to Hitler. I didn't say they were the best of stories, I was only in middle school. However as time progressed my family moved around towards the end of my schooling and I just gave up making friends because I didn't know if I was going to have them the next year or not. Still, I felt awkward and didn't know why and for the ones who would listen, I kept on telling those stories. It wouldn't be until I came out when the stories would stop. My guess is my inner personality was making up lies to cover up what was truly going on inside. The realization of everyone not liking me came when I was in job corps and it bugged me still. I didn't know why at the time but I hated the fact that there was still something wrong with me to where one or more person didn't want anything to do with me. After graduation, I started to not care as much since I was going into my adult years and the petty shit was beginning to fade. I said to myself that I can still be genuinely kind and nice to everyone but I don't expect the same back to me. I really started to not care either way if someone liked me, because if they did then I have a friend for life, if they didn't I wouldn't spend too much emotion on something that will never be. At this moment, I started to find the real me. A sarcastic, loveable, sometimes immature, and caring person. I stopped pretending who I wasn't and started being me. It took a long road and self reflection to get to this point and believe me when I say, I enjoyed the ride but I will not repeat it.

After All These Years

Growing up, you have needs that only your parents can provide for you. As you become an adult the tables begin to shift, and it is your turn to provide the same love and attention to your own children. But what if the children aren't really children but those same parents that raised you. In a jokingly way, as technology becomes a little too much for those who were never savvy in the world of "high tech gadgets" you come to the rescue on many occasions to help the ones who seemed to have all the answers. I remember being about 12 or so and seeing my parents as the holy grail of knowledge. They knew the world like the back side of their hand, and little did I know that world was so damn small and just a speck of what I'd be experiencing later in life. Although my illusions were shattered, I still see them from my wide-eyed 12 year old kid eyes. Oh and yes, I got your ticket mailed to you Mom, LOVE YOU!!

It's Over

Well a good friend is calling it quits, and I couldn't be more happier for him. He hasn't been happy for a long time and it's time for him to shit or get off. Well he finally took the leap and granted it may not seem like the best move, it is for him and I respect that. So here's to you my friend and may this one work out better than the last!!

The Perfect Gift

Yesterday as we were shopping for our couch, I wondered the store to see what other godly things they were selling for home decor and came upon the perfect gift for the diva. She's going to absolutely love this. I can't wait to give it to her today.

Dream: Moving Day

In my dream last night, me and a few co-workers were hanging out downtown Olympia (a much more modern, cleaned up Olympia). We were going from shop to shop just having a good time. We then decided to go see the new place that the bear and I will be moving into in 2 1/2 months. The outside was blue and chipped paint, with the numbers of the building all crooked and ready to fall off. I was so excited despite the outside appearance. As we walk in Derek Kinzel was there to greet us by showing what he had been cooking in the kitchen of our place and was excited that I was moving in. I guess I didn't think anything of this because I just continued showing my peeps around. The inside of the place was HUGE, like mansion huge. A massive living room, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and the weirdest part of all BAT POLES.......yes BAT POLES!! It was just a weird dream and god I loved it.

Thought of the Day

I don't remember the last time that I've felt so good about what I do. I'm a happier person on a daily basis now that I can't stand it. I've been working so hard for so long in one place that I never thought I'd be happy again, just doing the same thing every day with no reward. Now, I've been given a new release on life. Granted it's almost been 2 months since I've switched over to my new position but I've accomplished so much and even met all my goals. I now have new goals in place, which will take me a little longer to achieve but I will achieve them like I did all the other ones. I guess the universe is in line for me "knock on wood". On a personal level, the bear has seen the happier me and loves it. He's so happy that I'm not coming home all pissed because of something. To be honest, I was tired of it myself hence why I made the change. Now it's only 2 1/2 months before we move to our new place and away from the craziness of this apartment complex. Boy is it time for us to move. Since we've paid our first deposit, a crazy bitch across the way decided that her apartment needed to be burned down, so she set it on fire. I worked 13 hours that day and that is what I came home too, fucking great right? Our neighbors (downstairs and upstairs) have become best friends it seems and OMG are they the poster children of pure white trash. To hear them scream (not talk but scream) to one another is just ear shattering and disturbing. I guess I never really paid that much attention since I have a place to go on a daily basis and don't have to be around all the crazy people, but ever since the bear pointed out all the trash, that's all I see now. Kinda fucked up if you ask me and I guess this is what they truly mean by ignorance is bliss. The lodge down in Cali is finally seeing potential again, and the California Dream is becoming reality once again. The only thing now is the hope of a transfer. Knowing that there are a lot of people down there already chomping at the bit to get a job, my chances of getting transferred at my position now are very low. However, my boss man has come to me with a plan of his own and wants me to be apart of it. He's got my gears turning in my head and all the preparation needed to fulfill his plan is now being set in motion. I just hope that it pans out the way he imagines. Stay tuned on this developing story as it unfolds in the coming months. 

Monday Already???

Yep, it comes every week and yet we are still surprised and a little bummed. The weekend has come to an end and the work week is about to start. As we struggle for that last precious minute before it's time to do the morning routine to get ourselves ready, we drink our coffee, read our personal emails, catch up on Facebook, update our blogs, and maybe catch some news. As I sit here, the thought passes "What will this week bring and will be asked of me". Well whatever the answer to this question, I would love to say that I'm prepared, however are we ever really prepared?

Long Days, Short Nights

Yesterday, I put in 13 hours at work doing double duty. I helped with the payroll process, but my partner in crime is catching on and caught a few mistakes that would have been bad if not caught before payroll was processed. She is truly greater than she gives herself credit for. Our orientation went well and I'm getting my groove, now I just need to stop getting so defensive when people are trying to change things after they have been established by the ER team. We changed a few things to help with the class so people learn from the experts instead of some one just talking. As I was coming home a few weird occurrences took place before pulling in the driveway of our apartment complex. There was a tow truck on the side of road with an ambulance, which both had their lights on. Not thinking much of it, I was driving down past Taco Bell and saw two police cars racing towards me but turned up our side road and I thought to myself "Oh I bet I know where they are going". Boy was I right but never did I expect to see 2 fire engines also sitting at our complex. I pulled in and sat behind the police cars as I watched the entire neighborhood standing down by my apartment building. Then I saw the bear talking to a lady near the basketball court. I'm thinking what the hell is going on. He sees me and directs me to go around the complex and enter on the other side, but as I was turning around he caught up to the car and told me that some insane tweeker bitch just set her apartment on fire. Oh boy, a crazy person lives here, NO!!!! I can only think to myself "3 more months". Before it was over, two more fire trucks showed up as well as an ambulance to cart the crazy lady off. Just another crazy fucked up ending to a rather exhausting day.

Taking a Day Off

Doctor appointments usually mean coming in late, but I'm taking the day off to get myself taken care of. I don't want to get too descriptive for fear of the gross factor. While I recuperate, I'm taking a much needed breather and also to mentally prepare myself for whats ahead. Monday is going to be a hard day for my family and the least I can do is dog sit. Then Tuesday is my dad's birthday which thankfully enough I have work to keep me distracted for the most part. It's probably going to be a 10 hr plus day for me. But that's what I need, a good old distraction. But right now my focus is getting things taken care of and then healing. 

Time

It is the one thing that it seems to drag on yet we never have enough of. On the weekends we see it fly by so quickly. In life it seems like it went on forever when we were younger. The summers were long and never ending. Now that we are older time is just going faster and faster. I used to be one of those who would think of what could've been, but now I don't see the point because all it's doing is wasting time on something I can't change and taking me away from the future and how great things are. Time doesn't have to slow down, I just need to slow myself down and enjoy life. People who know me knows that this is no problem for me. I'm crazy after all.

Catching UP

After a long busy day at work *sarcasm*, I ended my day at a local bar with an old friend. We hadn't talked (besides on facebook) for over a year. It was so good to see him and it felt like old times. We just bullshitted for 2 hours over beers and a shot of whiskey. I really missed him and hopefully we don't go another year without hanging out, besides I owe him one now!!