HOW TO LOSE MY READERS IN 10 DAYS

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days happens to be my all-time favorite movie. Probably the only movie I can actually quote from. But there is this part in the movie where the clueless girl makes a comment about how she will list all the things she had to eat for the day to her boyfriend. This was obviously a "don't" and the other characters laugh at her about this. Well, I think about that every time I talk about what I have eaten for the day. So since I am not calling up a boyfriend and telling him this...a more appropriate title should be How to Lose My Readers in 10 Days. I think I will be off to a good start after this post..

So I was horrified when I actually reviewed what I have eaten today....the list is as follows: bacon, bagel, pizza, fried pickles, and a cupcake. The only decent thing I have had is cheerios. I know their commercials swear to do amazing things for your health..but I doubt that enough of those o's have entered my body to counteract all the crap I have already consumed.

Sick. I am thinking salad for dinner.

3 IN ONE

I could attempt to weave 3 completely random things together to create this seamless and cohesive post. Yeah, but I'm not. So brace yourself for the random things that have consumed my mind today at work...

For you domestic diva fans, I finally cooked something yesterday. I burnt myself out after cooking 10 desserts in 2 days in December. This was the first time I have made anything besides Christmas breakfast. And it was nice. There is something about putting on an apron, blaring Ray, and making soup...especially when it is negative 20 degrees outside. It makes me extremely happy. I have decided that baking is a science, and cooking is an art, an art where I happily omit measuring cups and just put in what I want. I may not be free and loose when it comes to my drawing style..but man am I when it comes to cooking. So here's a picture of my cheddar potato soup..of which I am eating as I type. Gotta love having leftovers..or at least no more hot pockets in my lunch.

Lately, I have been shocked so much more than normal. Static is everywhere. A conversation I had actually sparked this thought. Wow..honestly didn't mean for that to be a pun. Anyways, I have been wondering what causes it more in the winter. I thought someone once told me it was because the air is drier. I wasn't sure so I looked it up. This link actually explains in a little more detail why that is true. So interesting...

And lastly, can't forget guyliner. Something I don't hear about or see often because I don't live in a trendy or artsy city. But something that was the subject of a conversation I had this morning. And let me just clarify, for you guys considering it, it is NOT attractive. Just sayin...but apparently this sort of fellow is not repulsive to everyone and happens to be the object of someone's crush. I just know it isn't me. Apparently these guys have so much creativity in them that they must draw on their faces too. Please someone buy them a lifetime supply of canvas and charcoal. Please!

BEGINNINGS AND ENDS

Today I am exactly 5 weeks away from boarding a plane to Cambodia. Something I hear a lot is "Are you excited? How do you feel?" Honestly, I think any answer I would give would be correct...in that I feel just about every emotion possible about this new phase of life I am entering. I am definitely nervous because I will be traveling completely by myself to a country I have never been to and I don't even know where I am living once I am there. So yeah...that could be interesting. Yet I am so excited and cannot wait to meet all these people I have been communicating with through email the past few months...and to do something that seems like a perfect fit with what I love. I am also sad as there are things here in Memphis that are ending too. My life is a jumble of emotion. Plus, I am a girl..add a couple extra in there just for that.

So this weekend seemed to be a rather typical weekend, yet, to me, not at all. I was so excited I got to take a mini trip with some of my friends up to Nashville. But that also meant seeing my friend who lives there for the last time before I leave. I don't believe in such things as goodbyes..well at least not with my good friends...but "see ya later"s are not a whole lot better.

Then, I come back home to give my first official presentation about my trip to part of my parent's church. I feel like this marked a new phase in my process of leaving. It also conjured up lots of flashbacks to my oral communication class...luckily though, I didn't make up anything or anyone in my talk today. Maybe I have matured since my juvenile college days. (I like the liberty I have to sound really old just because I have graduated from college..even if it was less than a year ago) As nervous as I get though, I think I secretly enjoy speaking in front of groups...which is good because I have many more to go.

And lastly, I finished my last Sunday of working in the baby room during the service at my church. This of course needed to be a monumental day since it was my last day. I was wondering what could have topped it when earlier this year I was exposed to the swine flu through the cutest curly haired kid in the class. (Yes, of course, I was the one holding her the whole time) So with all that happening, I knew it would take a lot. But believe it or not...it happened. My time spent holding the sweetest babies climaxed with baby Grady drinking 4 oz. of his bottle and proceeding to spit it ALL up on me. I knew it was likely and had even taken the necessary precautions..but to no avail. He turned his head right at the perfect moment. Did I mention how much I love kids? Hah. Not a huge fan at times like that, but then he proceeded to cuddle with me the rest of the time so I forgave him pretty quickly.

So what seemed to be just a typical weekend was really the end of a couple things...but the beginning of so much more! I am simply excited, nervous, sad, happy, uncertain, passionate, and ready for my trip to begin!!

LISTS

So if you lose your mile long to do list...that just means you don't have to do anything...right?? Well then, here's to the weekend..and nothing to do!

JUST A LITTLE VENTING

I would like to preface this post by stating that I really am a laid back person. Go with the flow. Very flexible. I had to learn many ways to say this, because when I was in the Philippines a couple years ago, they had never heard that term before. Probably because that is just normal for them...while us Westerners can be a little more intense. With all this being said...

The second I step into a Hobby Lobby my laid back personality fades away. Rage ensues. I must have a sign stamped on my forehead that says "Please make my shopping experience as miserable as possible". Because that basically is what it ends up being...without fail. If you want to make me rant for hours on end, just ask me to pick up something in that store. The sad thing is I have already vented about my experience in person today...and it still is not enough. Nothing infuriates me more than Hobby Lobby. Bizarre, I know. But you also haven't shopped with me there...

Normally, I run when I get upset. However, it is too cold. Well, that and slippery. Not a good combination. I am needing to come up with an alternative strategy anyways once I leave for Cambodia...and the best one was actually suggested to me this afternoon. Jump rope! I will be training like a hard core boxer...and it may be starting tonight.