damage control

if you have nothing to do, i suggest going to walmart on a saturday night. especially if you like to people watch! wow, what a crowd.

today was fun. got to rip my speakers and stereo. and by that, i mean that i'm lucky enough to have a manfriend that ripped it out for me. i did, however, get to pry the passenger door open, which was a lot of fun. so, unnumerous thanks go out to ben for all of his patience today! (and every other day)

after purposely getting to damage the car, we got to see a friend perform a solo show down at cicero's. acoustic music is always good. plus some new, fun company for me, which is gladly welcomed. lunch at noodles after that. (green, did you read that??? i had NOODLES!!!)

from there i've made it home, took a trip to look for something to get me from a to b, and had a walmart and slackers run. now i am getting around to this and i intend on cleaning up a little bit. laundry is on the list as well, but currently i love money 2 is sucking me in. (yes, i've already seen this first episode, but it's sooooooo bad i want to watch one more time...)

i'll end this blog with a picture my cousin beth sent me via text today.

this is beth's son owen, who is the funniest kid i know.

my sweet ride, RIP

first of all, i'd like to say that yesterday was an amazing day for me, even including what the majority of this blog will be about. i got to meet an awesome family and have dinner with them, which was a great time. i also got to go to the blues game, and they went to a shootout! even though they lost, it didn't take away from my awesome dinner. and the hit and run driver that totaled my car also did not take away from the dinner OR the blues game.

getting straight to the point, ben and i were in the living room of his place, participating in the best activity ever, where i get to relax and get warm and cozy under a blanket while he reads a really good book to me. (seriously, how awesome, right?) we hear quite a commotion come from outside, and casually decide to check it out. what was it? it was some dude (or dudette, not sure) plowing into my car. my sweet sweet ride was parked on the side of the road. this dude(tte) came around the corner apparently pretty fast, and plowed into the right rear end of my vehicle, which threw the front end of my car into the van in front of me. let's just say that when ben moved it out of the middle of the street, it was discovered that the back right tire is impaled with metal and does not want to move.

so, my car that everyone always said looked like me? i hope someone doesn't see it now and say "geez, that car looks like you" because i would hope on my worst day that i wouldn't look that bad. also, since my car is 10 years old, i only had liability coverage, so no need to turn a claim into the insurance company. it won't be covered.

and because i have endless optimism, i'd now like to point out why it's a-ok that this happened:
- everything happens for a reason. it's not my reason, it's God's reason. while i don't know what that reason is now, and i perhaps will not ever know this reason, i will say that i'm fine with that.
- no one was in or around the accident scene at the time it occurred, so i'm very thankful that no one was hurt.
- i guess my dad and i get to go look at cars. i'm a minimalist, so i'll take whatever car i can get a deal on. but it will be quality time with my father and i. we're both pretty busy, so this is a good thing.
- i was dreading the fact that when i sold the car, i would have to remove and subsequently replace the new and old head units and speakers. now i can just rip them out and go on my way.
- now i can really clean out my car.
- i can sell my baby to a junkyard and get a little cash for it.
- the trunk hasn't opened in about a year. i was hoping that the dude(tte) that hit the back right panel would have popped the trunk open. no such luck, but THAT would have been hilarious.
- i'll have a vehicle with a new car smell.
- i only had a half tank of gas as opposed to a full tank.

so, there's my list of good things that should go through your head when something like this happens to you (which i hope it never does).

don't get me wrong. at a point last night, that endless optimism was running on empty. good thing is that it never ran out of gas.
=)

here is a shot of the car from every side. the dude(tte) hit me from the right, and plowed my front end into a van that was in front of me.

sleep

i know some people who say that they just hate sleeping alone. for a while, i thought i may be one of these people. i, however, am not. today i want to share why sleeping alone is glorious sometimes (while i listen to extreme):

- you get an entire bed to yourself. and let's face it, if you have to share, you get a lot less room.
- if you have pets, you have to share the bed with them. but you can kick them off the bed if needed, and they won't stay mad at you.
- you're the only possible sleep talker/snorer. so you've no one to blame except yourself if your own sleep talking/snoring wakes you up. and it probably won't.
- no one will steal your blankets.
- you can watch vh1 reality tv programming before bed and no one will argue with you.
- you can dance and sing to yourself if you're just not tired yet. (yeah... i don't know ANYONE who would do that.......)
- my favorite part: you can sleep naked. it feels good against flannel sheets, and there's no one who will try to put the moves on you. added bonus if it's a really cold night and you're all bundled up and warm.

so, there. as always, i will try to turn something not-so-fun into something fun for all of you. i hope this helped.

happy thursday! and GO BLUES!!!!!

zombies!

today i'm tired and work is wearing me out, but i am taking a break for a quick post.

since everyone knows i love zombies, practically everyone i know has forwarded me this. it's funny and something i wish i had done, so it's obvious that i should share.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/illinoisnews/story/3E711699CF4E8864862575530014BC8C?OpenDocument

enjoy. and later when i get home i'll post the best picture ever taken of me, which includes a zombie and me in a zombie squad t-shirt and a gun. yeah, it's golden.

probably my best halloween costume ever. more gems that can be unnoticable: i am wearing a long sleeve thermal t-shirt with rubber duckies on them, and my jeans were ripped everywhere so i wore super long socks. best thing? my face here = awesome. really.

weight loss

so today was spectacularly cool (because i can't tell you the last time i didn't have a day like that). and i'll touch on a really cool thing that happened while i was at work tonight: i weighed myself.

at the end of last summer/beginning of last fall, i weighed in at my highest i've ever been (seriously, topped at 150lbs). and i had a bet with someone to lose the most weight in two months. i won, but at the time that i won i had dropped maybe 10lbs. still good, but not what i wanted.

it's been a long time since i weighed myself because i've just been so busy. but lately my jeans have been horribly big. in fact, my mom noticed that i had been wearing a pair from high school (yeah, you read that right- high school) that um... had a hole in the crotch. not noticable unless it's pointed out, or you're folding them next to your mom, who points to the crotch and says "holy geez, those are the ones from high school! why are you wearing those?". since then, there's been a lot of discussion of her fixing the hole so i don't have to get rid of my trophy jeans. instead she made me buy a new pair that fit.

i think curiosity got to me, and i just had to weigh today. it had been so long and i can see a difference. so... i've lost over 20lbs since september. and i'm pretty proud of that.

that's my good news for the day. =)

superbowl champs: not the arizona cardinals

sorry, had to get that out of the way.

GOOOOOO STEEEEEEELERS!!!!!

if you couldn't already tell, my team won the superbowl. now i'm just waiting to hear what santonio is going to nickname that game-winning touchdown catch. and while i'm glad we had a win, this is the time of year when the sports i like to watch begin dwindling down. oh well, i've got ncaa basketball and hockey. plus, this year, i'm going to make a conscious effort to follow baseball. let's hope it's a success!

have you ever had one of those days when you just don't think life can get much better? yesterday was one of those days. didn't think i could get much happier after a good ball game AND a win, but it really did! how cool is that?

that's all for today. lots going on!

superbowl sunday

we all know i love football, and i LOVE the steelers. so today is a big day for me. but superbowl isn't the only reason.

i am going to a church this morning at which my friend josh is a youth pastor. i am eventually hoping to take a leadership role within said youth group, so today really starts me on an amazing path that i am extremely thankful for. keep josh and myself in your thoughts and prayers. we have a lot of great things that get to be discussed, and i'm very happy.

still.... it IS superbowl sunday.

i'd just like to say that i'd like to see omar epps take home a win. wait... i mean mike tomlin.... or omar epps... no, mike tomlin. ever mixed those two up? i do. here's the comparison:

seriously, sometimes i have to remind myself that i am not, in fact, watching house.

have a blessed sunday, a nice time watching the superbowl, and GOOOOOOO BIG BEN AND THE STEEEEEEELERS!!!!