Only 2 days left!

2 Days until I'm OFFICIALLY a member of the "real world." And I definitely don't mean the MTV show, although that might be kind of cool... I wonder which character I would be? I'm not gay, I don't get into physical altercations, I'm not a raging alcoholic... but I do love hearing gossip... so maybe that would be my role. Or I could be the girl who is way too easily sidetracked.

SO ANYWAY. On Monday I'll be starting my new job! I'm starting to get really nervous about it, not about the training or the long hours or anything like that... oddly enough, I'm nervous about getting up early and being away from Daisy and Carlie. Daisy is practically my child and Carlie is sick so I feel like I should be spending quality time with both of them. This brings me to another point - I'm excited to make new friends at my new job :o) I made a few friends at the Ruby's here in Simpsonville, but only one or two of them I think I'll actually stay in touch with. JJ or Rachel if you read this - lets get together!

Last night I went out to a local bar around here called "The House" and had a few drinks after my last shift at Rubys. A few of my Ruby crew buddies came with me and we had a few beers, a few shots of tequila and then I decided it was time for me to be on my way before driving was no longer an option. Today I woke up with a slight hangover, but after a large glass of water and 3 Advil I felt much better. Mom called me around noon and asked if I would come help her decorate her bulletin board at school and I gladly accepted. Her students were doing a lab about acceleration and it looked really fun... made me kind of jealous. After school ended mom and I went up to take a tour of the local gym because we're planning on joining. I seriously need to get in shape so I'm excited!

After our tour mom and I came home and made some delicious burgers and watched the last few episodes of American Idol. I can't believe that the black dude who mouthed off to the band during Hollywood week made it through. Ugh. He and Vienna should find the nearest tall building and jump off. After American Idol I helped mom cut out about a million pictures of organs (bodily organs, not church organs) for some unit she's about to do. Reading this back to myself makes me feel pretty lame. But of well, it's my life!

I'm gonna head to bed now so I can get up and be lame again tomorrow. Maybe I'll go to Clemson? Who knows. Goodnight all!

P.S. I LoVe the Olympics...

I forgot to say why I love the Olympics!

I watch for the wipe-outs... but who doesn't?

I LoVe the Olympics

Still can't figure the whole title capitalization thing out... I'll get it eventually.

Today was my 2nd-to-last day as a bartender... hopefully forever. These last 2 days I've decided to just go in with a positive attitude, regardless of how crappy the customers are. The hostess who doesn't like me (we have never really spoken, so it's pretty strange) sat me with some real characters, so today was quite a test. My night began with the engaged couple straight out of the boondocks The man came dressed in his finest camo and his lovely future bride/bodyguard was sporting a fat fake engagement ring. So needless to say, I wasn't shocked when they stiffed me on the tip. My night ended with these 3 construction workers (I've served 2 of them before, the second brought his brother this time) who made one inappropriate comment after another in an attempt to woo me with their "charm." This truly is a test... only one more shift.

I have Friday, Saturday, and Sunday off this week so I'm thinking I might take a trip down to Clemson on Friday and just hang around the house on Saturday and Sunday to get rested before I start my new job :o) I'm excited to finally be in the "real world!"

Daisy keeps licking her lady parts which most likely means she's going into heat again... I probably should have gotten her fixed by now... darnit - her nipples are going to be huge.

Well on THAT note, I'll wrap this up :o) Goodnight world!

A Productive Day

First of all, I'm not sure exactly how to capitalize the titles to my blog posts. Do I capitalize every word? Or only the first word? I'm not quite sure yet...

Anyway... I had a very productive day today! I got up sort of late, but I'm still feeling a really crappy so I'm okay with the early rise. Then I let the doggies out because the sun was shining and made some coffee. Then - sans bra - I decided that I was going to go run a few errands that did not require me to get dressed, like get gas and drive through the bank teller. As it would turn out, both of those outings turned into serious adventures due to other peoples' and my own stupidity, so I decided to go home and get cleaned up before running my other errands. After a shower and the first use of my new make-up brushes I had a cup of coffee (that I had forgotten about) and some leftover Chinese food from last night. I fed Daisy and got myself together so I could go to Spinx to vacuum my car out and then go grocery shopping for dinner tonight.

Once I got home it was around 4 o'clock and I decided to do all of my laundry. So I stripped the sheets off of my bed and began doing laundry. By the time I had gone to bed tonight I had done ALL of my laundry, including comforter, sheets, clothes, towels - you name it. After I began the laundry I started making dinner. I bought ground sirloin at Bi Lo and made burgers for me and mom. I seasoned the meat with salt, pepper, and Mrs. Dash "garlic and herb" before putting it into patties. Then I made some french fries and heated up some baked beans as the sides. We topped the burgers with Colby jack cheese, lettuce, tomato, mayo, spicy brown mustard, all on a wheat burger bun. All in all I thought the dinner was pretty delicious.

After we had finished dinner I changed over some laundry and folded what had dried. Then I tackled vacuuming (pretty much the whole house) and some residual unpacking that had to be done in the office. Mom and I then watched American Idol as we do every Tuesday, I voted for the girl with the little blonde baby and the dread locks :o)

I just got off a skype call with my friend Josh Thorneycroft from Australia! He's in Disney world right now working as a life guard and apparently having a grand old time. He's always traveling the world and working at crazy places to make ends meet. I think he takes classes as well but I'm not sure exactly how he got to the USA this time. He's a great person though, so skyping was fun - it's always nice to catch up with old friends. Well Daisy has assumed the position next to me and her deep breathing is starting to make me very tired so I'm going to wrap this up.

Goodnight everyone! I hope you enjoyed the domestication that was my day today :o)

Poor Carlie Doo

We got some bad news today - Carlie, our 12 year old Border Collie may have cancer in her bladder. Unfortunately, we can't know for sure if she has cancer unless they do an invasive biopsy and try to remove some of the tumor that showed up in her x-ray, which is all very expensive. The other alternative is to give her a sort of anti-inflammatory steroid that will ease her pain and slow the growth of her tumors. This however, would be like sticking your finger in the dam because the tumors will continue to grow and eventually plug up her bladder, making it impossible to pee, at which point she will have to be put down.

So what to do?? Painful and expensive surgery to give her maybe another year or two? Or ease the pain for as long as possible (probably around 9 months to a year) until she shows symptoms again and needs to be put to sleep. Both alternatives suck - Carlie has been a wonderful dog and the thought of losing her makes me really sad.

On the bright side, I feel like I'm on the mend, so hopefully I won't be sick by the time my first day of work rolls around on March 1st. I don't feel much like blogging today... and the bachelor is on so I'm gonna go. Everybody say a little prayer for Carlie.

My first blog post as a college graduate!

Well what a few months it has been since I graduated! I graduated on December 17th and in less than 2 months I have moved to Greenville, found a job bar-tending at the local Ruby Tuesday, found a REAL job at a company called Aerotek, and put in my 2 weeks notice as a bartender :o) I have kind of come full circle I guess...

I should probably take this time to give Jen a shout-out, since she helped me start my blog! So... Hey Jen and John! I miss you guys!

So anyway... I'm sitting here feeling pretty sickly at the moment while my dog Daisy chases cats in her sleep - which only reminds me of how discontented I feel in comparison to her right now. I had work today which was grueling (spelling?) as all Sundays are. The old people love to come in and order regular coffee (so they don't pass out) as well as a small meal (which they never finish) only to be followed by more coffee and a $5 tip - no matter the bill total. I had a lady order a STRAWBERRY MILKSHAKE today and I honestly thought our bartender was going to kill me. Seriously? A strawberry milkshake?! Does this look like Dairy Queen? Strawberry-milkshake-lady should join small-cup-of-manderine-oranges-man and do-you-make-lattes-here-dude and all go out together sometime and harrass someone else. (In case you couldn't keep up, those were actual requests I've gotten lately!)

I feel like that last paragraph was pretty negative... soooo... I'm excited about my new job at Aerotek! Mom reminded me today that these last few shifts as a bartender are a test, and will only encourage me to do well in my next job - which is going to be awesome! I'll be a recruiter in the professional services division and will deal with people who need my HELP rather than just a strawberry lemonade refill or a ruby relaxer "with more alcohol please". I'll get to dress up every day and learn a new skill which is very exciting. Hopefully I'll be able to pay off some of these loans too... :o)

This blogging thing is pretty neat and way easier than writing in my diary... so I imagine I'll be able to stick with it! I'm going to head out now to add some pictures and spruce it up a bit. Ta ta for now!