Patrick and I hit a new milestone in our relationship last night. We got a pet!!! Its name is Wick and....its a FISH. Last night we went for drink to the Wickeden Pub (over 100 varieties of beer!) and I, well dave, won the raffle. Dave's tickets came up twice and I got his second one, a blue fish inside a Crown bottle. Not that it matters because I am even more resolved that I am NOT having kids any time soon. I have heard way too many things about pregnancy and childbirth in the past few weeks. A client told me "I'm still leaking" yesterday in response to me asking if her water broke. Leaking? ewww. I couldn't even bring myself to touch her tummy to feel the baby. No thanks.
Someone once told me that before you have children you must first: adopt a shrub outside for a year, if it lives then get a fake plant. If that lives then get a cactus, if that lives get a plant. Then after that MAYBE a fish. We don't have any shrubs outside our house and the fake plant on the living room table is doing fantastic. So we now have a fish.
Yesterday a did my first weight in at Weight Watchers, 3.6 lbs! I'm pretty excited. I really do like Weight Watchers and the meetings are great. I need to go get a journal so I can write things down that the lady says, along with the recipes. Right now I just need to up my dedication a little bit and make sure I'm not slacking off anywhere, which I know I do.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Saturday, February 23, 2008
I'm back from Bama and my computer is finally working well enough for me to sit down and recap what all happened at home. Overall it was a great trip. The wedding was lovely, hanging out with my family was fantastic. I didn't see as many friends as I wanted to, which is totally my fault. But it was Alabama, home sweet home.
A lot of stuff has changed in the past few months since I moved. Mom has done fantastic things with the house. Breanne moved into the big bedroom upstairs and Mom redid the two little rooms. The front room is an office and Breanne's old room is a guest bedroom, which is lovely. I guess now that Mom is down to one kid instead of 3 she's able to do nicer things like that. In Hoover, a lot of the stuff is still the same. At the high school (yes I went to go say hi) everyone is still there going strong. Construction is STILL ongoing on 150, which I really don't think will ever end. There can't be much progress since I left, what a pain in the ass! Tuscaloosa on the other hand, that has changed a little bit. First of all the Houndstooth is gone!!! I know they are rebuilding, but its awful sad. Thats where Patrick and I met 9 long months ago! We spent the night in Ttown trying to see some old friends. Well, I knew better than to hold my breath for anyone I knew down at school and I was right to. I saw Jen because I went to the bar to see her. Meagan never called me, which really hurt my feelings. Still haven't talked to her. But we drank, hung out with a few of Patrick's friends at the new bar The Red Shed, where I saw a bunch of old friends. The next morning we ate lunch at City Cafe, which was fantastic and packed as ever. I had hamburger steak, creamed corn, okra and something else that I can't remember. And sweet tea, oh how wonderful that was. Its almost impossible to get fresh brewed tea around here. I almost forgot what it tasted like. We also stopped by Mugshots for dinner and BWW to see if anyone was there. I didn't really k now anyone at either of the restaurants. A lot of turn over since I've been gone.
Of course the real reason we went home was for Shayne and Stephanie's wedding. It was...dry. Besides being dry it was pretty and fun, even if we didn't really know anyone. Honestly, we were out of the church within 2 hours and at Ross Bridge (the new nice hotel by my house) in 3. The hotel was gorgeous and there was alcohol, which was the important thing. We drank, hung out and everyone toasted the bride and groom. Asides from a momentary freak out about the tab, we had a great time.
Now its all over and I'm back in Prov where there's 4 inches of snow and at least an inch of ice on the ground. I will admit that I missed work like crazy. Those little buggers get under your skin. I resisted calling the office every day, but I did talk about the kids non stop. What can you say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I had a snow day yesterday and there's a possibility of having another one today. Yesterday I was in the house ALL DAY and it was absolutely boring. I was about to go stark raving mad. Today I'm not sure what's going on. I very well might have another snow day. Its also freezing so theres a little chance I'm going to walk anywhere and smaller chance that I'm going to drive. I have nothing to read and there's never anything on TV on saturdays. Lets hope for work!
A lot of stuff has changed in the past few months since I moved. Mom has done fantastic things with the house. Breanne moved into the big bedroom upstairs and Mom redid the two little rooms. The front room is an office and Breanne's old room is a guest bedroom, which is lovely. I guess now that Mom is down to one kid instead of 3 she's able to do nicer things like that. In Hoover, a lot of the stuff is still the same. At the high school (yes I went to go say hi) everyone is still there going strong. Construction is STILL ongoing on 150, which I really don't think will ever end. There can't be much progress since I left, what a pain in the ass! Tuscaloosa on the other hand, that has changed a little bit. First of all the Houndstooth is gone!!! I know they are rebuilding, but its awful sad. Thats where Patrick and I met 9 long months ago! We spent the night in Ttown trying to see some old friends. Well, I knew better than to hold my breath for anyone I knew down at school and I was right to. I saw Jen because I went to the bar to see her. Meagan never called me, which really hurt my feelings. Still haven't talked to her. But we drank, hung out with a few of Patrick's friends at the new bar The Red Shed, where I saw a bunch of old friends. The next morning we ate lunch at City Cafe, which was fantastic and packed as ever. I had hamburger steak, creamed corn, okra and something else that I can't remember. And sweet tea, oh how wonderful that was. Its almost impossible to get fresh brewed tea around here. I almost forgot what it tasted like. We also stopped by Mugshots for dinner and BWW to see if anyone was there. I didn't really k now anyone at either of the restaurants. A lot of turn over since I've been gone.
Of course the real reason we went home was for Shayne and Stephanie's wedding. It was...dry. Besides being dry it was pretty and fun, even if we didn't really know anyone. Honestly, we were out of the church within 2 hours and at Ross Bridge (the new nice hotel by my house) in 3. The hotel was gorgeous and there was alcohol, which was the important thing. We drank, hung out and everyone toasted the bride and groom. Asides from a momentary freak out about the tab, we had a great time.
Now its all over and I'm back in Prov where there's 4 inches of snow and at least an inch of ice on the ground. I will admit that I missed work like crazy. Those little buggers get under your skin. I resisted calling the office every day, but I did talk about the kids non stop. What can you say, absence makes the heart grow fonder. I had a snow day yesterday and there's a possibility of having another one today. Yesterday I was in the house ALL DAY and it was absolutely boring. I was about to go stark raving mad. Today I'm not sure what's going on. I very well might have another snow day. Its also freezing so theres a little chance I'm going to walk anywhere and smaller chance that I'm going to drive. I have nothing to read and there's never anything on TV on saturdays. Lets hope for work!
Monday, February 4, 2008
The housewife inside of me is very very excited, i bought a shark today! Okay, so nobody knows what that is. Its a motorized hokey. Or a very small and rather inexpensive vacuum cleaner that I can use on all the floors in the house. Its kind of awesome, we had them at one of my restaurants.
So the superbowl has come and gone and alas, the Patriots did not get their undefeated season. It was a very upsetting time had by all the fans. Even if we didn't win and Patrick did many a happy dances (he's a HUGE giants fan), my food went over well and was all WW friendly! We went to our friend Chris's house for it last night and it was fun. I cuddled on the couch with Diane and read my book until the game got interested. I will admit it, I have a short attention span when it comes to televised sports. This weekend was pretty much a bum-tastic weekend. I hung out by myself all friday night and it was glorious. It was one of those nights when I just enjoyed my own company. Well, myself and guitar hero which i played for a good 2 hours. But after today I will be good and ready to get back to work. Three days off just gets boring at about 3 on Monday.
Over the past few month's I've realized I'm turning into a Rhode Islander. Not that I'm willing to loose my accent or other little southern habits, but there I have tons of things I do now like.....
-Driving : Passing to the right is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged.
Anything farther than 10 minutes is a trek and is avoided at all costs
- I've gotten my eyebrows threaded, its fantastic!
- I can pronounce the weird RI town names...Woonsocket, Pawtucket
- I've eaten a weiner (in Woonsocket, which is supposed to be the best too!) with meat sauce and celery salt
- I have said "Nosuh!" in conversation, embarrassingly enough
- I will still order iced coffee even if its freezing outside
- Ocean State Job Lot is my FAVORITE store
- I don't go to Starbucks, I go to Dunkin Donuts
- And even I really like Buddy and hope he runs again
So the superbowl has come and gone and alas, the Patriots did not get their undefeated season. It was a very upsetting time had by all the fans. Even if we didn't win and Patrick did many a happy dances (he's a HUGE giants fan), my food went over well and was all WW friendly! We went to our friend Chris's house for it last night and it was fun. I cuddled on the couch with Diane and read my book until the game got interested. I will admit it, I have a short attention span when it comes to televised sports. This weekend was pretty much a bum-tastic weekend. I hung out by myself all friday night and it was glorious. It was one of those nights when I just enjoyed my own company. Well, myself and guitar hero which i played for a good 2 hours. But after today I will be good and ready to get back to work. Three days off just gets boring at about 3 on Monday.
Over the past few month's I've realized I'm turning into a Rhode Islander. Not that I'm willing to loose my accent or other little southern habits, but there I have tons of things I do now like.....
-Driving : Passing to the right is perfectly acceptable, even encouraged.
Anything farther than 10 minutes is a trek and is avoided at all costs
- I've gotten my eyebrows threaded, its fantastic!
- I can pronounce the weird RI town names...Woonsocket, Pawtucket
- I've eaten a weiner (in Woonsocket, which is supposed to be the best too!) with meat sauce and celery salt
- I have said "Nosuh!" in conversation, embarrassingly enough
- I will still order iced coffee even if its freezing outside
- Ocean State Job Lot is my FAVORITE store
- I don't go to Starbucks, I go to Dunkin Donuts
- And even I really like Buddy and hope he runs again
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
In the past month I've been trying to mildly alter the way I live my overall life. I'm making some improvements that are long overdue. Either that or I'm on a diet. But its not really a diet because diets don't work, weight watchers does. Who hasn't seen those commercials? Unfortunately because (surprise) I have a lack of disposable income, I'm doing it kind of weight watchers light. I am counting points and all that, just not going to the meetings, or paying for it. The whole point of weight watchers is the community and you loose more when you have support and all that jazz. For right now I have enough support in the office. Its a group effort and we're in it together, some doing better than others. Overall its an easy thing to live by. Its portion control and watching what you eat. I've already noticed a little bit of a difference in my body. I'm fitting into some things I haven't been able to in the past 6 or so months, woohoo! I'm also going to the gym three or so times a week. I was supposed to go this morning but its dreary and rainy outside and I am definitely not that dedicated yet. But I have to go early Friday morning for a personal training session to figure out what I need to be doing to start really loosing weight. This all goes back to my New Years resolution, "Do what you say you're going to do." I'm working on my eating habits and going to the gym.
While there is nothing but love in the office, outside the office I want to bang my head against the wall. And by outside I mean the kids. Somebody really dropped the ball when teaching most of these kids the idea of respect towards anyone, not just authority figures. I'm not used to being called a fucking bitch to my face, nor being called fat by a 15 year old boy. That was my day yesterday. I got called fat twice (it was a general comment towards everyone in the room, but still. Seriously, that kind of talk is unacceptable and will NOT be tolerated (thats pretty much what I say to them). My thing is, even if a kid in the south would talk to me like that they'd still turn around and say ma'am afterwards. Its just a different way of thinking down there. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids. Its just that things can be trying every once in a while. They've lived tough lives and breaking down the barriers is a long and arduous process. But I'm off to do it all over again until late tonight. *sigh* Somedays I wish I just was waiting tables. At least you could be mean back to the people!
While there is nothing but love in the office, outside the office I want to bang my head against the wall. And by outside I mean the kids. Somebody really dropped the ball when teaching most of these kids the idea of respect towards anyone, not just authority figures. I'm not used to being called a fucking bitch to my face, nor being called fat by a 15 year old boy. That was my day yesterday. I got called fat twice (it was a general comment towards everyone in the room, but still. Seriously, that kind of talk is unacceptable and will NOT be tolerated (thats pretty much what I say to them). My thing is, even if a kid in the south would talk to me like that they'd still turn around and say ma'am afterwards. Its just a different way of thinking down there. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids. Its just that things can be trying every once in a while. They've lived tough lives and breaking down the barriers is a long and arduous process. But I'm off to do it all over again until late tonight. *sigh* Somedays I wish I just was waiting tables. At least you could be mean back to the people!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Another birthday has come and gone. People wonder why I have serious anxiety when trying to do something with lots of people like my birthday or a party. Its because things like last night happen. While it wasn't a repeat of graduation night or anything, I am still not happy with some of my friends. We had made plans and at the last minute they decided they wanted to go somewhere else, so they did. I still had Patrick and three other friends. We had a bunch of fun at the place we went to. It was fantastically horrible, but still a blast. Then we went and played scatagories, which isn't a great idea after drinking. Well, its all over and done with now. Not much I can do about anything.
Now I'm just counting down the days until I get to go back to Birmingham for a long weekend. Not that I have high hopes of seeing anyone while in Tuscaloosa, because honestly, my track record for friends down there is less than perfect. Everyone knows I'll be there and I said I'd try to call people but I'm not going to hold my breath. I just want to go hang out with my family and at least see tuscaloosa. Even if it is just me and Patrick out down there it will be okay.
Now I'm just counting down the days until I get to go back to Birmingham for a long weekend. Not that I have high hopes of seeing anyone while in Tuscaloosa, because honestly, my track record for friends down there is less than perfect. Everyone knows I'll be there and I said I'd try to call people but I'm not going to hold my breath. I just want to go hang out with my family and at least see tuscaloosa. Even if it is just me and Patrick out down there it will be okay.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Today was a very happy day in our little household. Six months after being "moved in" we finally got our bed frame. Yes, now our bed is off the cold floor and our room looks less like a cell and more like, yanno, a bedroom. I am terribly excited and now I might actually make an effort to decorate it. That is if I ever have enough money. But thats a whole 'nother story. I want to run to home goods and all those good stores and buy up all the brown and gold stuff I can find. Maybe tomorrow, after all it is MY BIRTHDAY!
Right now my birthday plans consist of hanging out with Patrick tomorrow night, Mike on Friday and then everyone else on Saturday for the real shindig. We're going to gussy up and head out to Prov, which is a local club. I've never been there but its past time to diversify our drinking locations, seriously. I don't think we've been to a new bar since...October I believe. We are in a serious alcohol rut. All will be well come Saturday night. I'm excited about the festivities, I'm even thinking about trying to do a VIP thing if it doesn't cost too much money. I am going to call tomorrow night.
Its strange, I'm constantly thinking about things to post about, writing them in my head and whatnot, then as soon as I get around to sitting at the computer my mind goes completely blank. What else is going on in Caro-world? I am slowly but surely turning into a middle aged housewife. This past weekend I added knitting onto my list of old lady activities. Okay, so cooking and watching Medium in and of themselves, not so bad. When you mix in some knitting? Well, lets just say I need to get out more. Even if it is just to a friend's house to ...knit. I bought a book about knitting so I can do more than complete the "scarf" that I'm working on. We'll see if it turns out into something more than a yard of knitted ickiness soon. I plan on going to the knitting store down the street from me this week to see if there are any classes. According to my grandmother I have a marginable amount of talent and I enjoy it. I figure why the hell not? Speaking of being a housewife, I have 2 great new websites for shopping that I've stumbled across (one I found in Real Simple magazine, my new favorite next to cooking light) www.thecompanystore.com and www.uncommongoods.com. They're awesome.
The job has been job like. There's not too much I can talk about here, considering confidentiality and all that. It might be the most trying thing I've ever done. These kids are TOUGH. They're all awesome, but sometimes I can't wait until my 3 day weekend without the phone. Drama and stuff going on is never ending. I am beginning to understand why this position is only a year. And they definitely don't pay us nearly enough. But this is a great job to do while I make those big decisions about my life, like what I'm going to be when I grow up. At the current moment I'm leaning back towards teaching high school english. Maybe thats what I'm really meant to do. I'm beginning to think so.
One last thing, I have new phone and for some reason all my numbers weren't saved on my SIM card. I need pretty much everyone's number. Yeah, I suck.
Right now my birthday plans consist of hanging out with Patrick tomorrow night, Mike on Friday and then everyone else on Saturday for the real shindig. We're going to gussy up and head out to Prov, which is a local club. I've never been there but its past time to diversify our drinking locations, seriously. I don't think we've been to a new bar since...October I believe. We are in a serious alcohol rut. All will be well come Saturday night. I'm excited about the festivities, I'm even thinking about trying to do a VIP thing if it doesn't cost too much money. I am going to call tomorrow night.
Its strange, I'm constantly thinking about things to post about, writing them in my head and whatnot, then as soon as I get around to sitting at the computer my mind goes completely blank. What else is going on in Caro-world? I am slowly but surely turning into a middle aged housewife. This past weekend I added knitting onto my list of old lady activities. Okay, so cooking and watching Medium in and of themselves, not so bad. When you mix in some knitting? Well, lets just say I need to get out more. Even if it is just to a friend's house to ...knit. I bought a book about knitting so I can do more than complete the "scarf" that I'm working on. We'll see if it turns out into something more than a yard of knitted ickiness soon. I plan on going to the knitting store down the street from me this week to see if there are any classes. According to my grandmother I have a marginable amount of talent and I enjoy it. I figure why the hell not? Speaking of being a housewife, I have 2 great new websites for shopping that I've stumbled across (one I found in Real Simple magazine, my new favorite next to cooking light) www.thecompanystore.com and www.uncommongoods.com. They're awesome.
The job has been job like. There's not too much I can talk about here, considering confidentiality and all that. It might be the most trying thing I've ever done. These kids are TOUGH. They're all awesome, but sometimes I can't wait until my 3 day weekend without the phone. Drama and stuff going on is never ending. I am beginning to understand why this position is only a year. And they definitely don't pay us nearly enough. But this is a great job to do while I make those big decisions about my life, like what I'm going to be when I grow up. At the current moment I'm leaning back towards teaching high school english. Maybe thats what I'm really meant to do. I'm beginning to think so.
One last thing, I have new phone and for some reason all my numbers weren't saved on my SIM card. I need pretty much everyone's number. Yeah, I suck.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Right now it is a positively warm 59 degrees outside at 10 in the morning. in january. I am officially loving this weather and plan on enjoying it for the next few days. This means there will be no bundling up, i can wear shoes other than my 2 pairs of boots and short sleeve shirts!! Absolutely fantastic. Of course this lovely weather is going to end with rain and then more snow. Such is life in New England I guess.
This weekend we didn't do much to enjoy the weather. Luckily I was off but the only thing I really did was help patrick out and work the raffle at brown. Basically I'm the best girlfriend in the world, and I made $15. On Sunday we had a much more active day. I made a whole turkey dinner and we had friends over. I cooked everything from scratch, including the gravy. Things turned out fantastically and I am so proud of myself. We also broke out the board games along with watching the premiere of American Gladiators. I love the fact that we can get together with friends and play Scrabble and Scatagories and (most) everyone is happy. The premiere of American Gladiators was pretty awesome too. There was a lot of screaming, yelling and cheering. Overall the show gets thumbs up, at least until we get sick of it. The day was nice, kind of like being a kid again. What is more iconic than our childhood than American Gladiators? The show changed a bit from the original, but it was totally worth it.
Right now we have a lot of things in the working for this upcoming month. It amazes me how busy we get! We're trying to plan a bowling night, roller skating night along with all the normal weekend stuff we try to get in. On top of that Patrick and I are going to see Spamalot in Boston AND we'll be having company for a few days. And of course my birthday! Being a grown up kind of rocks, especially when I have such wonderful friends. Of course, being a grown up is calling me right now, I have to leave for work. Going back after the 3 day weekend is always hard. Especially because I don't have to be there until noon. But my children need me and I have to go to the gym this evening after work.
This weekend we didn't do much to enjoy the weather. Luckily I was off but the only thing I really did was help patrick out and work the raffle at brown. Basically I'm the best girlfriend in the world, and I made $15. On Sunday we had a much more active day. I made a whole turkey dinner and we had friends over. I cooked everything from scratch, including the gravy. Things turned out fantastically and I am so proud of myself. We also broke out the board games along with watching the premiere of American Gladiators. I love the fact that we can get together with friends and play Scrabble and Scatagories and (most) everyone is happy. The premiere of American Gladiators was pretty awesome too. There was a lot of screaming, yelling and cheering. Overall the show gets thumbs up, at least until we get sick of it. The day was nice, kind of like being a kid again. What is more iconic than our childhood than American Gladiators? The show changed a bit from the original, but it was totally worth it.
Right now we have a lot of things in the working for this upcoming month. It amazes me how busy we get! We're trying to plan a bowling night, roller skating night along with all the normal weekend stuff we try to get in. On top of that Patrick and I are going to see Spamalot in Boston AND we'll be having company for a few days. And of course my birthday! Being a grown up kind of rocks, especially when I have such wonderful friends. Of course, being a grown up is calling me right now, I have to leave for work. Going back after the 3 day weekend is always hard. Especially because I don't have to be there until noon. But my children need me and I have to go to the gym this evening after work.
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