hello, lovely

Thank you all, first of all, for the birthday comments. I had a great time this week, hanging out with friends/family and, of course, my Joe.

Joe arrived Thursday, and after work, I went and met him at the hotel. We went to Whataburger for dinner since he says they’re good and they don’t exist in CA. After dinner, we went back to my apt so I could drop off my stuff & pick up some PJs so we could spend the night at the hotel. On the way up to the apartment, we ran into this kittycat I’ve seen around the complex. I made the mistake of picking it up and petting it. It meowed that it wanted down, pretty much, so I set it down & we went upstairs. We were in there for only a few minutes, and usually the cat’s gone by then, but it waited around for us. LOL We walked the short block to the hotel from my apt, and it FOLLOWED US THE WHOLE WAY. It almost managed to get run over by a speeding truck but had the brains to get back to the side of the road. It was scary. I haven’t seen the poor thing since, though, but I kept telling Joe if I see it again, I’m keeping it because it’s completely obvious that I am MEANT to have this furry feline friend. We made it into the hotel w/o the cat following us in & we watched tv. Sadly, like.. USA was the only channel that had anything worth watching. *lol* Yes, we’re completely boring.

We slept in the next morning and woke up and went back to my apt. No kitty, but I took a shower when we got in and missed a ton of birthday phone calls, and got lots of “I know Joe’s in town, but you can at least answer the phone” messages… can’t a girl take a shower? geez ehehh

We went out to lunch at El Fenix where I had a bug in my salad, and they wanted to give me a free dessert. Ew?? If I find a bug in my food, do you REALLY think I want to eat something else out of that kitchen?! On top of that, Joe ordered beef flautas & I ordered the chicken flautas, but they gave us both chicken. We should’ve mentioned that now that I think of it. *lol* But yeah, gross… the manager goes, “did you want something else?” Umm. NO?! and she’s like “maybe something sweet.. a sopapilla?” Uh, no thanks.. I’m not really hungry anymore. They comped us my food, but still. grossness. won’t be going back THERE anytime soon.

After lunch, we stopped by the Hallmark store so I could pick up some Thank You cards for my Bday Presents, and then we went to see Elizabethtown, and I was spared seeing Doom: The Movie thanks to one certain scene in Elizabethtown. After the movie, we came back to the apt and hung out for a couple hrs, and then we went to Bennigan’s for dinner, and everyone showed up! Jerry and Vanessa, Scott, Jenny, Teresa & Alex, Dina, April, Stacy, Gavin & Karen, me & Joe… lol. it was lots of fun

Jerry & Vanessa gave me a card, and Jerry was kind enough to call me an “old fart”.. lol. Teresa & Alex gave me a card with a “your present is on the way”. Jenny gave me an awesome journal & some pens. Dina gave me yarn, buttons, and a pattern book with specific instructions that I knit the iPod cozy. *g* So that’s what I will do. hehe.. Stacy, Karen, and Erik, who was MIA due to being sick, gave me a Starbucks gift card.

After dinner, Jenny took us home & came up for a little while & we had a nice little chat, but she went home, and Joe and I watched Robots annnnd.. I think we watched another movie, but I don’t remember. *LOL* OH! The Adam Sandler version of The Longest Yard. I don’t remember because I fell asleep.

We slept in again on Saturday, and we went to lunch at Chili’s where we pigged out, then went to get some razors for Joe. We got back to the apt and found out that he didn’t need to get any because he had some spares here. Oops. He bought a birthday cake for me too, and I bought some Christmas cards (THey were cute and $1.99, so I got 2 different sets).

After lunch, we hung out at my apt for a couple hrs, and then we went to my mom’s for dinner. we had yummy bbq’d chicken cooked by my stepdad, some new potato salad recipe made by my sister, and cake and ice cream which, of course, my mom made all by herself in the walmart bakery *lol* jk. Very tasty stuff. We watched Infernal Affairs, which was really good. Megan was sick of waiting for Present Time, so she went, got the Lane Bryant box my present was in (I was like, what, she bought me clothes ? huh? LOL). Turns out it wasn’t clothes…but knitting stuff!! A really big, spiffy bag and a ton of yarn!! Mom ended up getting me this book I was looking at for her & a nifty little book light.

So, my birthday was awesome.
Presents received but not mentioned: A card from my aunt (yay! thank you :D), a card + bday check from my grandparents (yay! thank you :) ), a card + gift card to Michael’s from Joe’s aunt & dad, and Joe’s present plus some cards from other people that he forgot & left at home. Poor thing was so exhausted & not all there, I’m just happy he got on the plane. He did get a “belated” bday card for me that I got after midnight (he rememered that one. LOL), that says it’s MY FAULT I didn’t have my birthday later, and that’s why the card is late. *LOL* He said it sounded like something I’d say/do, and I have to agree.

Anyway..I’m off to knit & wait for Joe to call from Denver. Man, I miss him. I know it’s only a about 8 months until he’s here, but I so can’t wait! It it December yet?? *lol*

So Joe got in last night, and I”m officially 25 years old! We’re getting together at Bennigan’s with a bunch of my friends tonight, so that should be spiffy!!

I’ve already gotten three cards… 1 from my grandparents, 1 from my Aunt/Uncle/Cousins, and 1 from Joe’s aunt/dad. Apparently there were others, but he forgot them at home. heheh.. oh well. Thanks to all.

Annnnnnyway, back to cuddling with Joe. I’ll post on Monday or something.

have a good weekend!

I just got solicited for the Dallas Morning News for the office from a 604 area code. Upon googling it, it appears that 604 is in British Columbia.

WTF?!

It’s only 3pm? Geezus.
Today’s never going to end.

In other news - I think my neighbor kicked her boyfriend out.
The parking lot is wet, so I guess it rained.

Also, there’s a gray cat wandering the complex. I see it all the time, and I decide I’m going to go upstairs, grab some tuna that I have every intention of eating but never do, and when I come back out of the apartment, even if I’m only in it for 3.2 seconds, the damn cat is nowhere to be found. It looks like it got into a fight or something. It’s tail’s all messed up.

Okay, I should be cleaning, but I just folded/hung up all my laundry, so I’m taking a break to watch some Gilmore Girls. Because I can.

I’ve been doing laundry since 8am… I went down about half an hour ago to get my last two loads out of the dryer, and one of the dryers I was using was .. in use. It should have been finished, because the one next to it was done, and I started that one afterwards. I opened it & found someone else’s clothes in the dryer, with one of my socks. Okay, weird. I used that dryer earlier, too, and maybe I just left a sock in it.

So I take my clothes out of the second dryer and come back to the apartment. I’m 99% sure that I used 2 dryers for the last time. I just went down to check all the dryers to make sure my stuff was still there (I discovered I was missing a pink towel I like to use when I get out of the shower + a couple of shirts I KNOW I washed). My clothes were there, but shoved in another dryer with the door shut.

What the fuck?
Who just grabs someone else’s clothes & shoves them into another dryer so they can use the top dyer?? It takes less time to just throw your stuff in the bottom dryer. I know who the guy was too, because he was in there when I went this time AND the last time. I know it was him. What a jerk.

I’d never touch anybody else’s clothes… what gives them the right to touch mine?? I mean, if the other four dryers were in use and they needed a dryer, I guess I can understand that SORT OF, but MY stuff was the only stuff in the laundry room, so he purposely moved my crap so he didn’t have to bend down, which is STUPID because he had to to SHOVE MY STUFF in the bottom dryer!!!!!!!

Ugh. I’m thankful I’ve had very good luck with the laundry rooms in my complex. I know others have many horror stories, but seriously. Show some respect, even if the stuff isn’t yours, y’know?? Grr.

You Passed 8th Grade Math

Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct!

Yay! I am still smart! At least for an 8th grader!

EDITED: 1:11pm
Been Up Since: 6am
Amt of Cleaning Done: half the intended stuff! if I clean the closet.. i get bonus point.
# of Trash Bags Taken Out: 6 + 1 box.
# of Times Apt Left for Non-Cleaning Related Endeavors: 3 (store to pick up 1yr+ old pics & get quarters for laundry, get pkgs and mailbox key, was given wrong new mailbox key!)
# of Rooms Clean (5 possible, including closet): 2 (bathroom + livingroom. still need to do bedroom & kitchen.)
# of Times Distracted by Online-ness: 3
# of times distracted by Knitting: 1
# of times Stopped to watch a movie & knit: 1

Basically, I woke up at 6am … tossed some papers in a trashbag left over from the last time I started cleaning, put some pizza boxes (yes, plural. I’m terrible) in a bag, took those out & went to the store to get some of April’s wedding pictures, cat pictures, and pictures from my first trip to Joe’s neck of the woods. *lol* I also had to get quarters for laundry, because I only had enough for 1 wash&dry and 1 wash. lol. I’m back now, and at some point today I need to run up to the office & pick up my new mailbox key & any packages that might be there. Yay!

Hopefully I’ll get to leave the apartment for more fun things later, but we’ll see how today’s cleaning frenzy goes. Back to work!!

PS: I have some spiffy news, but I can’t post about it until next weekend. So um, live in suspense until then!

Your 1920’s Name is:

Madeleine Verda

… I’m glad I was born in the 80s. Amanda/Manda is a much cooler name.

My friend Rochelle got married today!! I haven’t talked to her in a few days, so I hope everything went lovelry for her!!

An email I sent earlier today:

I noticed that list was woefully inaccurate.

Yes, I am a nerd. I wish I talked/typed/wrote like that all the time. *lol*

* Title courtesy of TC, who replied to the aforementioned email.