WOW

I just have to say...my life today was out of movie!! Seriously! That kind of stuff just doesn't ever happen to me...

Oh...yeah..I guess I will just have to fill you in later. Hope your curiosity doesn't kill you!

24

Oh yeah, and here is just a glimpse of my birthday! The further I get from 21, the older and older I feel. I actually didn't mind this year when the waiter guessed I was 17. I don't have photos from my awesome birthday surprises last night. But I seriously have the most amazing friends EVER! And I loved spending my actual birthday with the fam. I think I appreciate all the time with people because I know it is quickly coming to an end. This was definitely my best birthday year yet!

(And yes, for some reason we lost our number four candle. I was forced to improvise...)

TRAVEL TIME

I am leaving for Cambodia in less than 2 days!!!! So don't expect a lot of blogging for the next couple weeks (at least I don't think so)...but you can read my trip blog. And I will return to my lovely blog once I get all settled. Let's just hope that that is sooner rather than later. I can write from the streets..which at this point is where I will be living. Hah. All I know is I will be glad when my living details are confirmed once for all. Although it wouldn't be an adventure if I knew all that...and I probably shouldn't jump ahead. I still have to make all my flights and not get lost or anything. I am kind of a spastic traveler. I just have this bad habit of not noticing signage. Gate number. Simple..but I look right past it. I don't even mean to. I had first time luck when I traveled to the Philippines. But this trip will be the true test...oh dear. Hopefully next time I write I will actually be in Cambodia...

COMPLAINING

Since I am going to be all grown up tomorrow, I need to get my childlike complaining out of the way tonight.That picture below should have been the photo for this post. I am tired. My eyes are swelling shut. My body aches. I can't think straight. I want bed. And my list of things to do before I leave seems to grow by the minute. Geez...if only things will quit breaking on me. And I don't want to pack and run errands, I just want to hang out with my friendssss.

A MORNING IN MY LIFE...

I am highly ambitious with my alarm times. 7:00. I push snooze upwards of 7 times before turning it off. (This is magnified in cold weather)

Eventually I am brave enough to push off my heated blanket, only to quickly pull it back up. I compare it to swimming in really cold pools. I am the type that drags that whole process out. This morning...for 2 hours. And I am still sitting in bed.

However, after I finally make it out of bed. I hit up the kitchen. Yogurt, bagels, honey nut cheerios. All staple food. (All of which I won't be eating in 5 days..sad)

Then it is on to figuring out what to wear. Most of the time I get back in bed to make this decision. It takes me quite a while and I take up any and every opportunity to get back in bed, even if its only for 2 minutes.

After 10 minutes of bed deliberation about my outfit, and having wasted my entire morning, I devote about 5 minutes to doing my hair and makeup. Most of the reason why I wear my hair up all the time.

Then, if I am not heading to Starbucks I will make tea before I go, putting me 3-4 minutes behind schedule.

Or I blog...probably making me even later. Which is what I am doing this morning. I should go. Gotta primp this morning for my picture in the paper.

HANDS ON A HARD BODY

My plans today did not involve making a snowman...or blogging, but waking up to 5 inches of snow will do that. However, it has given me more time to do a little research...about Hands on a Hard Body. I watched this movie 7 years ago. Wow. That makes me feel old. But one night hanging out with my best friends in high school, we were exposed to the most interesting thing ever. I sat there with my mouth wide open for the entire film. Seriously. And my friends and I have talked about watching it again, but never have. Apparently we have made this film sound so interesting that my friend's husband spent several hours looking for it. Even opened a Netflix account to watch it. All to know avail. Because apparently, it costs over a hundred dollars to buy it on Amazon!! Who knew I would be so lucky to actually get to watch this amazing documentary. But now it makes me want to buy it or rent it SO much more...I want what I can't have.

THE UNGLAMOROUS TRUTH

I don't do laundry very often...as you can tell. I think it's safe to say that my day will be consumed with just such an activity. I'm going in...if you don't hear from me, I probably suffocated underneath.

"YOU KNOW MY LIFE!"

-i've had quite the job

it's going on two years

but today ends this era

and has brought so many tears

-i want to dedicate this post

to the reason i blog at all

my dear coworker katie

who is beautiful and tall

-she begged me for some reading

one day when work was slow

and said that i should start this

if only she would know

-how much she has inspired me

to write and even rhyme

she's definitely the kind of girl

who writes poems all the time

-who knew when we first entered

the doors of mnb

the memories that would be made

and the things that we would see

-the only coworker i can mention

is one no longer there

she snooped and bragged

and told us that she really didn't care

-our days were filled with breaks

and drinking lots of tea

and staring at the hourglass

on our blank computer screen

-my computer's drawn attention

with its rocket blasting sound

but at least i have a friendly face

right when i turn around

-i know that we can be

less professional than..well all

which has caused a lot of drama

in the back along the wall

-at least we are so far removed

so our giggles will not carry

over to the hard working guys

of who we may be wary

-everyday we sat and watched the clock

for noontime was our break

we went to sonic, parks, the car

it was our hour to escape

-the storage days were so fun

we had to lift a box

or two, or twenty five of them

but every thursday stephen rocks

-we made those days out of office fun

between a mouse and locking keys

and discovering a furniture store

we did just what we pleased

-i can't forget our work fish

john david sebastian the third

he is very spastic

and his chewing can be heard

-but we love our little baby

who we have shared so far

we even gave him a vacay home

and buckled him in the car

-i just don't know how i could

be more lucky than i've been

i really have had the best coworker

eight thirty in the a.m.

-every morning without fail

i always have a hunch

on our desks: a mug, some tea

a bag of cheerios to crunch

-so thank you katie for keeping me sane

and all you've done for me

and in return you get

five minutes of uninterrupted eye contact for free!

VALENTINES PART 2

I can't forget. Another tradition I have is getting sweetheart candy from my mom. So sweet. My first two candies this year...

TALK

MATE

Way to break it down guys. Nice and simple.

BETTER THAN OPRAH

I should start a book club. I think I have read more books in the past few months than any other point in my life. Well, maybe except for my AP English class. But my go-to genre lately: depressing. Yep. Countless books, but the topics have been human trafficking, sex trafficking...and now...the Khmer Rouge killings. Very depressing. First They Killed My Father has actually given me a lot more insight into Cambodian culture, but the personal memoir aspect...makes it yet another depressing book. Time to switch genres..I am thinking Ramona Forever next. Maybe it will bring back my childhood naivety.