Sir? Sir, is this yours?

Every month, without fail, I make a trip to the store for some necessities. A box a Tampax Pearl Regular, a 1/2 pound Almond Toffee Symphony bar, the new Cosmopolitan, and a bottle of Midol.

I get back to the apartment to start my monthly ritual and UH OH! My tube of Vagisil is empty. :( I need to stay fresh during the devil's awful visit, but I already showered and got in my comfy clothes; going out again just wasn't an option. Thank gosh for text messaging. I text my wonderful boyfriend and asked him to pick up a small item from the store for me on his way home. He agrees; he is so sweet.

When he gets home, I am greeted by a not so pleasant version of my boyfriend. Something is bothering him, I can tell, so I pry.

You are now going to be entering Lover's mind:

I'm standing in line to pay for your item. The cashier finishes with the woman in front of me, grabs the item divider thing and put it aside. Then, he grabbed the Vagisil, held it up and asked, "Sir? Sir, is this yours?"

Why did he have to do that? Of course it's mine! I'm next in line right?

That's not even the worst part, behind me was a group of ASU girls and guys. They were probably thinking how whipped I am and what a fool I am.

Back to my mind:

Between spurts of laughter, I managed to remind him that they probably though he was in a loving, caring, relationship. Not to mention the girls were jealous of him because their boyfriend's can't even buy them dinner, let alone a feminine hygiene product.

I got "the look."

I had to ask.

"So, does this mean that you wont be going to the..."

"NO!"

"K."

I Think The Maids Are Thieves

I am pretty sure the maids that we hire at my company are stealing my stuff. I mean stealing my stuff, not my stuff that belongs to the company, stuff I bought. Food I bought. I am noticing that my Balance Bars are dwindling faster than the rate I am eating them. AND the other day, my chip bag was lower. Yea, exactly. They stacked on some of my Ranch Doritos. Where is anti-chip-thief technology???

Apples and Onions?

This morning I was digging through the crisper drawer in the refrigerator; I knew I had some fruit in there and since I didn't have time to enjoy a healthy bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, I need something quick and easy. Quick. And. Easy.

AWW HA! So, THAT is where the left over "fixings" for the tacos I made last week went. Chopped up lettuce, cheese. OH! There's an orange. I'll take that. Onion, tomato. Apple, two apples. Perfect! Should I grab some peanut butter? No, no. I have some at work.

I put the new found fruit into my purse and off to work I went.

So, I get to work (mind you, I am starving at this point) and immediately reach for that apple in my purse. Mmm... Crisp. Cold. Fresh. Onion! Huh?

My apple has a suspicious amount of onion hint in it. Gross. I'm done!

Is this one of those life lessons that I get to learn and can only learn by living by myself? That HAS to be why my Mom always used one crisper for vegetables and the other fro fruits. Come to think of it, I don't even remember her putting the chopped up onion back IN the crisper, she just left it in the plastic zip-loc on the shelf.

I don't know about this whole getting older/growing up thing. Where's my Mommy when I need her most?

I Miss Recess

Remember when your school day was only 6 hours long. I wish the work day was 6 hours long. I also wish we had recess again. Companies should implement this into their schedules, it will keep employees from getting "burnt out." Not that I am getting burnt out, I just want a recess. Oh and while you are at it how about decreasing the work day to 6 hours too? Actually, I couldn't afford to only work 30 hours in a work week so that wouldn't be any good. See, where I am going with this?

Vote Yes For Recess!

The new 9-5 has become 8-5 for a total of 9 hours a day (1 hour for lunch) that you will never be able to get back. Imagine you had a recess in there somewhere. Or even split up your lunch into 2 30 minute breaks OR you could just turn your hour lunch into 2 15 minute recesses and a 30 minute lunch. This transforms your work day into:

WORK 8 - 10

RECESS 10-10:15

WORK 10:15 - 12:30

LUNCH 12:30 - 1

WORK 1 - 3:30

RECESS 3:30 - 3:45

WORK 3:45 - 5

Now, I don't know about you, but I like the new schedule. I want recess again. If I could go back to any time in my life, I think I was pretty happy in Kindergarten - where we had NAP TIME too!!!

Back in Business

An update from this post.

1. Met The Parents

Unsuccessful - Dad was out of town. So, what did he do? How about you meet Mom instead? Oh great!

She was nice, didn't talk much (but Lover already warned me months ago that she wasn't much of a talker). I'm pretty sure she liked me, but again, I don't care either way.

I'm suppose to be meeting Dad soon.

2. Weight Gain

Must have been retaining water. Got some iPhone Apps to help out. How about Calorie Tracker, Couch to 5K, and Weight Watcher. So Couch to 5K seems really cool, it gets potatoes off the couch and running 3.1 miles in 9 weeks. (Can you say new blog?) The down side? I have to be consistent, and by consistent - I mean every day! :(

3. Vacation

See Sedona and Starbucks!

4. Reunited

I don't know what I was thinking before! Some people are just busy! So it was really nice to get with them again. Between my complaints of flakiness, I don't think I have mentioned how good of people these two are! And the age thing.. hmm... Well, I know SHE doesn't have a problem. But, I still think he does. Time will tell. I had greek food for the first time!

5. Job Hunt

I didn't get the job I applied for. I'm keeping my head high and I'll keep looking...

6. Back in Business

The first bartending gig of the new season went GREAT! I'm so glad to have made some money, I mean, I actually made some money!!!

100 Things About Me

YAY!!! I did it!

1. I want to be a lawyer, well, I want to be a judge, but I have to be the lawyer first.
2. My eyes are brown.
3. I have curly hair, which I love to see straight, but am too lazy to straighten on most days.
4. It took me 18 years to be comfortable enough with my body to walk out of the house without a baggy sweatshirt.
5. I miss wearing sweatshirts.
6. I'm good at hiding my emotions.
7. I hate feeling vulnerable.
8. I'm strong and independent.
9. I love being a woman; but sometimes I can't help but think how “good" the male species has it.
10. I hate stereotypes.
11. I'm EXTREMELY liberal.
12. I don't believe in God, the Devil, reincarnation, hell, heaven, Adam and Eve, or anything religious.
13. I LOVE gay people, not because they are gay; but because most of them rational and logical, open and loving, caring and trustworthy and I don't feel judged when around them.
14. I average a ticket every 3 or 4 months. I am a good driver, I just like to speed.
15. Greek Mythology fascinates me.
16. I believe in scientific paranormal stuff, like aliens, people who only age a day in a year and astrology (okay I know it’s not a REAL science).
17. Same-Sex couples should be allowed to marry. Period.
18. After the age of 12, I have only had 1 boyfriend. I'm with him now and I know we'll be together for life.
19. I LOVE animals, but I especially love cats.
20. I can't have any cats, because my boyfriend is allergic. This makes me sad on some days.
21. I think that if people believed what I believed they would be happier and less stressed.
22. I respect that they don't and don’t ask that they do.
23. I don’t get along with, nor do I like my biological father; I miss my younger half sisters sometimes.
24. I hate my job right now and I am looking for a new and better one.
25. I love reading romance novels, the ones set from the "old days" (when women listened - kidding! :P)
26. I believe I was born in the wrong time, and should have been born back in the day when women were courted and virginity was earned.
27. It's tough being a young girl.
28. I was adopted to my step-dad; I agreed to do it, because I thought it would make him like me and make my Mom happy. It made my Mom happy.
29. I don't regret anything, because my choices then make me who I am today.
30. I am glad that my Mom is no longer married to him and is with another amazing man instead.
31. I'm close with my family, but I like my privacy as well.
32. I'm non-confrontational.
33. From the time I was 13 until about 16 I wanted to get emancipated and live my own life
34. I can't believe I ever wanted to do that, because I love my Mom unconditionally.
35. High School bored me, I was only there for 2 years.
36. I took the California High School Proficiency Exam and graduated with my diploma just after I turned 16.
37. I graduated with my AA in General Education BEFORE I would have graduated high school, had I continued with it.
38. I graduated with my BS in Business with an emphasis on Administration a month after my 20th birthday.
39. I'm afraid of bridges.
40. I don't like bugs.
41. I don't like reptiles (snakes, frogs, lizards, iguanas, etc.)
42. I HATE rodents (ferrets and hamsters count)
43. I don't like feet touching me.
44. I didn't get my first pedicure until I was 16.
45. I wish I could walk around in boxers and a tank top all day every day (no bra).
46. I see a chiropractor 2 times a week.
47. I don't always feel pretty, but my boyfriend makes me feel like I the most beautiful woman he has ever set eyes on every time he looks at me.
48. Drunk people amuse me; that's why I bartend.
49. Being a stay at home Mom would be an AWESOME job.; one that I would be okay with, even though I want my own career.
50. I wish I could help everyone.
51. I act older than what I am.
52. I want to own a bar someday.
53. I look older than what I am.
54. I smoked a pack a day between 13 and 20 years old. I don't crave them anymore, but I will indulge in a Black & Mild every now and then.
55. I don't feel comfortable crying in front of anyone expect my Mom.
56. I like being complimented.
57. I like the idea of psychics and palm readers. I have only been to one but she said a lot of stuff that made sense.
58. I don't like being told what to do or how to act.
59. My iPhone changed my life.
60. Buying my own car was an amazing accomplishment for me, I'm still proud of that day.
61. If I don't stay busy, I find things to do. Those things aren't always ethical, or legal.
62. Pizza, is not my favorite and I would prefer to not eat it.
63. I don't like the taste of any cooked animal, but I'll eat it.
64. Being a C.I.A. agent, or a spy, or someone that gets to pretend to be someone they are not (not an actress or actor) in real life would be cool. I wouldn't know how to even get into something like that.
65. Drugs are bad.
66. While staring at my palm, just now I think there is a big new line that wasn't there before and it is creeping me out. I wonder what it means?
67. I'm terrified of needles.
68. I learn by doing and watching.
69. I don't like being hairy, so I shave everything but my head and eyebrows.
70. I'm afraid of what could be in the dark.
71. I was arrested once, for skinny dipping at a Country Club pool. They released me to my friends parents and I enjoyed the rest of my weekend while my Mom and her boyfriend were out of town.
72. I never had any real friends until high school.
73. I love to cook, but eating out is just as enjoyable
74. I think growing up in a small town is engraved deep within me and makes me who I am.
75. I never wanted to go to the pool or be around water. Now, I can't get enough of it.
76. I could sit by the ocean all day every day and never get tired of it. I am going to live by the ocean some day.
77. I don't want to be anywhere near a corn field, EVER!
78. The friends I choose end up using me, and I generally take it until I can't stand it anymore, because they need my help and I will feel bad if I just left the friendship.
79. I'm done feeling bad for other people; friendship is a privilege not a right.
80. I always thought I would marry my high school sweetheart; until I didn't have one.
81. I love having big boobs.
82. I move a lot, because no place ever feels like "home," and I am constantly searching for it.
83. Eating healthy is hard.
84. Have you ever smelled your hands after holding a bunch of coins? That is what left over macaroni and cheese tastes like to me.
85. I use to hate country music, because it was the only thing I was "allowed" to listen to. Now, I love it!
86. I can't read educational, informative, or text books - they just aren't entertaining.
87. Winning the lottery would be nice!!!
88. I wont walk out of my house without mascara on.
89. I'm too honest sometimes.
90. I think differently than most people.
91. My comfort food is mashed potatoes.
92. I am very competitive.
93. I don't like watching T.V. I prefer movies, or watching T.V. shows when they come out on DVD.
94. I don't like to lie; therefore, I am a bad liar.
95. I could not live without technology and I wonder when the flying car will be released.
96. I think I am going to run out of numbers before I run out of things about me.
97. I can't wait to start my own family.
98. I am happier now than I have ever been.
99. I'm okay with me.
100. This was surprisingly easy.

Sedona

So, I thought I would do a Photo Blog of Lover and I's mini day vacation trip to Sedona.

First, you might want to read about the Starbucks Debacle.

THEN...

He thinks I'm weirdWe see the next 3 rock mountains

We really like waterfalls

Look! The color green!!!

I know the rock is pretty, but look at the sky; it was a beautiful day!Then we saw these pigsSo I gave her a kiss and the man... ...well, I don't know what he did :S We went shopping and found this sign. Very fitting. Stopped to have a beer... ...and fed Cinderella We found a statue

When he wasn't looking...

I sneaked a peak - good tuck!

We found a big slippery rock - Slide Rock I swear I didn't fall down Then Lover went in... Face first! ...then he slipped ... and tried to cover it up

And then we went home...

Starbucks Debacle

The picture above shows a coffee purchased at a Starbucks.

Now, you might be asking yourself why I would take time and energy to take the picture and THEN to write a blog about it. Well, it just so happens to be because I think stupidity is a disease and I like to call it that when I see it.

While on a little day trip to Sedona, Lover and I stopped at a Drive-Thru Starbucks to get some coffee. We ordered at the speaker, pulled to the window, he had card his card in hand, paid for the coffee, we got our straws and receipt followed by our coffee and we pulled away.

FREEZE.

Now, isn't that how it normally happens when you order coffee at a Drive-Thru. Not us.

REWIND...

We pulled to the window (card to pay in hand), we were then greeted by someone who did not take our order (gender told us so), he handed us our coffee, and said, "thanks guy, have a good day." I looked at Lover, looked back up at the employee (who by that time was closing the window and thus his window of opportunity to correct himself. So, we pulled away with our free $7 coffees.