for brittany

for dinner i'm eating a frozen chimichanga. well, a chimichanga formerly known as frozen. these always remind me of the movie encino man. hot on the outside, icy cold in the middle. what i really want to do with frozen chimichangas is put them on my ankles. they're killing me. we played ultimate frisbee yesterday. it was hot and sweaty. and by it, i mean me. that games involves a wicked about of running. ultimate frisbee is the universe's way of saying i have a lot of working out left to do. if we played frisbee every night we would all be seriously in shape.

it is currently 8 billion degrees in my house. i want to DIE. the heat sucks the will to live out of me.

so nate introduced me to this new gum. it's called stride shift. it starts as citrus and then becomes minty. i'm chewing some right now and it's amazing. it reminds me of willy wonka and that gum that turns girls into blueberries. except it doesn't turn you into a blueberry. i don't know how they do it. and honestly it's probably better not to know what's in it.

today i was driving to meet a friend for lunch and i noticed that there are a lot of cars on the road at 11 am on a thursday. where are all those people going? lunch with ann?

i wish i had something else to say. i feel all out of sorts lately. this makes the third week in a row that i've missed a day of work. there's just a lot going on i suppose. saturday dan arrives for memorial day weekend to remember. i bought a new mirror to replace the one that jumped in the shower. i'm trying to decide where to put it so it won't be tempted to jump.

hmmm... now i really want to get some donuts and watch willy wonka.

Funny Girl

things i don't want to deal with today: a list

1. the mirror in the bathroom that committed suicide. there is mirror everywhere. i'm just glad i was out of the shower when it decided to jump off the wall.

2. my hair. it's almost long enough to be normal. almost.

3. shoes.

4. my eyebrows. i really should have gotten them done yesterday. sadly on saturday mornings sleep seems more important than well groomed eyebrows. today that is not the case.

5. other people. no offense to other people. i just don't have the motivation for you today.

in case you haven't met me

in case you haven't met me i'm totally in love with qwantz.com. i'm also usually totally in love with some guy who just wants to be my friend. so when i read this dino comic today i nearly passed out. i hope it brings everyone else as much joy as it brought me.

oh t-rex you always know just what to say!

feeling like the weather

thanks to jim for sharing this song.

sickness

so i seem to have developed some sort of weird sickness where every night i get dizzy and feel like i'm going to vomit. it also makes me very tired. and nervous. that i'm dying. ha.

in other news, my new boss had a few of us fill out this survey yesterday. he had getting to know you questions and a couple questions about how we like to be dealt with, you know like if i want to be called every day, week, month or emailed instead. i filled it out... paused for a few moments and thought 'should i have been so candid?' and then sent it off. when i got in this morning he had responded simply: "wow." and then talked about how he thought h&m was a good store too. at least he didn't say 'so i noticed you're nuts!' that would have been worse.

tomorrow i'm going to a seminar and i'm going meet sarah palin. not really, but really.

things are going well. going well here and there. there's a lot going on and nothing all at the same time. it's a big waiting game.

i wish i had a friend here.

ok time for sleeping in hopes the queasy goes away.

run for your mud!

oh to be 22 again

what a clown shoe

here is a funny story from days of yore:

once my mom was driving along and she saw a briefcase lying on the side of the road. being a woman who enjoys a good adventure as much as her daughter she pulled over to retrieve it. she gets it home and we open the weather beaten case to find:

clown shoes
a colorful wig
a squirty flower
index cards with jokes on them

which makes me wonder:
1. what happened in this poor clown's life?
2. what kind of clown carries his supplies in a briefcase?!

and now i'm wondering:
3. where did that stuff go?!? i hope we threw it on the side of the road again for some other adventurer to find.

this reminds me of the time i dressed up for halloween as 'this book will change your life.' it was a pretty amazing costume but i guess not too many people have heard of that book and all night people were asking me 'what book will change my life?' and i'd have to be like this book will change your life. those were the days!

UPDATE: because laurel is awesome she was able to find this:

happy 100th post!

to celebrate my 100th post here is a list of 100 things that make me happy! in no particular order:

1. new socks
2. godiva chocolate
3. roller derby
4. dancing
5. getting prints made of pictures
6. daffodils
7. letters in the mail
8. running
9. my nieces and nephews
10. my friends' kids
11. my family
12. my friends
13. disneyland
14. virginia
15. trail running
16. feeling the sun on my arms
17. being stuck in the house because of snow
18. pizza
19. traveling
20. nyc
21. having time alone
22. baseball
23. when someone says "i knew you were going to say that"
24. new pillows
25. feeling artistic
26. church
27. long car rides
28. america
29. adventuring
30. quiche
31. yard gnomes
32. hats
33. bacon
34. hockey
35. hugs
36. painting
37. salsa dancing
38. salsa
39. hummus
40. sleeping
41. roller coasters
42. reading
43. finishing the laundry
44. blue powerade slushes
45. going to the movies
46. dark red strawberries
47. finding the perfect gift
48. surprises
49. flowers
50. when people comment on my blog
51. knowing all the words to a song
52. dancing in the car
53. people who like to have fun
54. pajamas
55. baking cupcakes
56. working hard
57. having my finger nails painted
58. mary poppins
59. looking at old pictures
60. going for walks
61. vanilla ice cream cones
62. being a tourist
63. small boats
64. karaoke
65. vacation
66. laughing
67. inexpensive, fancy jewelry
68. falling asleep on the couch
69. new books
70. staying in a hotel
71. hot tubs
72. looking at the stars
73. listening to the river
74. downtown richmond
75. having someone drive me around
76. boys who open the car door for me
77. feeling like a song was written for me
78. cotton candy
79. getting an email from laurel
80. going to dinner with a new friend
81. knowing i'm doing the right thing
82. telling an inside joke even though the one person who would get it isn't there
83. eating chicken and stars soup when i'm sick so that if i puke i'll puke stars
84. pinkberry
85. unexpected presents
86. jewelry with sayings on it or that have more than one function
87. trying new things
88. being a bridesmaid
89. paying tithing
90. when a guest i'm working with says i'm fast at doing something or offers any kind of compliment
91. when people make eye contact and then smile
92. the rain storms in the produce section of the grocery store
93. holding hands
94. penguins
95. making a wish on a dandelion
96. amber's text messages with stories about felicity
97. being barefoot
98. picnics
99. getting the ensign in the mail
100. LIFE

king of wishful thinking

we went camping this weekend. and by this weekend i mean friday night. here i am saturday morning ready to make the traditional much too large camping breakfast. we even had a bacon scented fire for a while. what more could a person ever want?! hey, look at how green those trees are! welcome to virginia friends.

next is a picture of jim and his fire starting skills. look at him go. best camping moment: the fire was starting to die down and without any question in his mind jim jumps up, rips off his shirt and begins fanning the flames. kristi and i just sat there, shocked, wondering what in the world was going on. maybe some man ritual we'd never experienced before? a few moments passed, he came to, realized what he was doing and put his shirt back on and moved on to the blowing on the fire portion of the ritutal... which actual worked remarkably well!

after breakfast we did a little hike which led to a river overlook. i wish i would have brought my camera with me so i could have gotten some pictures of us there. instead i have this:

that's some guy from the internet. we'll call him steve. he looks so happy to be there. it was a really pretty view and some awesome people came and talked to us about how we should go to a berry festival. every single one of us decided that we wanted to be those people when we grow up. they were amazing. i bet they even know steve.

friday morning when i got to work i had about 30 emails and i was sooo confused b/c normally when i get to work i have about 15 emails. anyway, as i'm freaking out at the potential increased work load i notice that the majority of them are in response to an email with the subject: 2010 q1 sales contest winner. i open in the first email in the series, and who won the contest for highest percentage to budget for the quarter? this guy. oh yeah. i was 173% to budget for the quarter (being 260% to budget in march really helped on that one). my prize is coming in the mail this next week. i hope it's something awesome. like money. or an ipod. an ipod is not something i would ever buy for myself but if someone gave me one i'd think it was awesome.

i'm hoping to get a trip to california in some time this summer. i need a vacation soon. in fact, i would love to take a day off some time soon. work makes my brain crazy... i've been extra aggressive lately so i think that means i need a little break. ps sorry for punching you yesterday kevin (you totally deserved it though).

baby!

i am a little ashamed to admit just how much i love this song. because i love it a lot. i also love that i know that this is filmed at the jillian's at the universal city walk in la. i love that the bowling lanes say eat drink play on them. the slogan we purchased from jillian's when we bought the majority of their stores. but that's not why i love this song. it's just so catchy and fun to dance in the car to. also this kid is famous because of youtube. i just love everything about this.

ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out

this wasn't my original thought but i'd like to say i don't understand why people lie. i mean, eventually the real story is going to come out. especially when he made us all connect with him on linked in. so weird.

dave & buster's was acquired two days ago. to reiterate the sentiment of corporate... nothing is going to change. but the one thing i know in life is that the one thing that never changes is that change always happens. when he told me nothing was going to change i told him buddy i've been around this place long enough to know things always change and we just roll with it, don't worry about me. i don't know why a person would ever promise that things will never change. it would be terrible if things stay like they are forever.

back to my original thoughts: first, when i put on my running shoes i feel like i could power through anything. i think these shoes must be magic. anyway, running gives you time to think. i do a lot of thinking like this 'my heart is going to explode. my heart is going to explode. i'm going to puke.' luckily neither of those things has happened yet. whew! this morning i was thinking about how i currently don't know what it is that i want. there are so many things going on in my head and it's confusing. but there are some things i know for sure. i know i am a daughter of God. i know i want my family to be eternal. i know i am capable and able to take take care of myself. i know my mental agility is a 5 (ha! that's a joke for me... we're doing our reviews at work and we have to score our own mental agility on a scale of 1-5. i gave a big speech about why mine is a 5. james says i have something smart to say about everything. i told him that proves my point exactly.). i know i can do anything i put my mind to. i know i need to learn patience.

and i suppose those are the things i know this morning.

this afternoon we have a meeting of the party planning committee.

have your cake and read it too

some days you just can't get rid of a bomb. and then this happens...

luckily this cake was in california so i wasn't tempted to stay up all night eating it. thanks katie! you make me happy.

a little less talk

in the interest of doing things the way i always do them i must begin by saying: 'i'm exhausted.' that's nothing new i suppose. some day soon i hope to have an evening where i just it at home and enjoy being alone. not that it isn't great to have all sorts of fun adventures but i'm tired.

so this evening i went to a squirrel's game. i was walking along minding my business when i suddenly felt something smack the top of my head. i realized that a portion of the fence was bent and i had slammed my head on it and in the process the top little pieces managed to get stuck in my hair and i was caught. luckily erica was there to free me as nate ran off yelling 'wait i have to get my camera.' nice, right? luckily i only sustained minor head injuries and i've moved on with my life. i blame this incident on the fact that it is ridiculously hot out lately. it makes no sense but i'm going with that.

tonight when i was leaving the grocery store it was humid out. i enjoy the humidity. it lets you know that the air is filling the empty space.

i can't wait until the fireflies come back.