I’m bored but am not in the mood for a real update. Maybe later this week if there are new developments.

But for now, a thingy that I took from a friend’s myspace bulletin:

50 Facts…

1) Favorite object in your room
my bed – I hate getting out of it in the morning

2) Have you ever smoked heroin?
yeah right

3) Do you own guns
absolutely not

4) What flavor do you drink at sonic
cherry sprite

(where are 5 and 6? why do these stupid surveys always leave out questions??)

7) Favorite song
hrm…I dunno – my mind is not in the mood to think right now

What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
water – I’m not much of a juice person and I certainly don’t drink milk – that would make for a rough day

9) Can you do pushups?
can I? – yes; do I? – no

10) Can you do a chin up?
I seriously doubt it – and I’m in no hurry to find out

11) What’s your favorite piece of jewelry?
I don’t wear jewelry – though I am on the lookout for a pair of nice, every day studs

12) Do you like blue cheese?
yeah, not so much

13) Ever been in a car wreck
hi – have you met me?

15) What’s one trait that you hate about yourself
I’ll admit it – I’m a pushover

16) What’s your middle name?
Ann

17) Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?
work tomorrow could possibly suck
I really shouldn’t eat this homemade peanut butter cup
I hope I get a reply in my inbox

18) Name 3 things you bought today
breakfast. shopping was yesterday, t.v. and cleaning was today

19) Name 3 drinks you drink regularly
water
Dr. Pepper (not so much anymore)
sweet tea

20) Current worry
how am I going to pay for my upcoming dental work

21) Current hate right now?
my hair – stupid hair stylist

23) How did you bring in the New Year?
ugh – nothing exciting, per usual. this is going to be on my list for this year

24) Where would you like to be right now if you could choose?
not here – I don’t know where, but not here

25) Name three people who will complete this
nobody – and I don’t care; I hate chains

27) What shirt are you wearing?
red long-sleeved Capital Gymnastics shirt that I took from Kash when he cleaned out his closet. I love long-sleeved

28) Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
I dunno – as long as the sheets aren’t itchy

29) Can you whistle
not very well

30) Favorite color
it was blue – now, I’m not so sure.

31) Would you be a pirate?
only if I’m skinny and can look hot in a corset with the off-the-shoulder white blouse and those knee-high boots

35) What’s in your pocket?
no pockets

36) Last thing that made you laugh
um…probably something I said to Kash on the phone. I crack myself up all the time

37) Best bed sheets as a child
who the heck knows

39) Do you love where you live
no – I desperately want a house

40) How many TVs do you have in your house and where?
2 – living room and my bedroom

41) Who is your loudest friend?
toss up b/w Kash and BJ

42) How many dogs do you have?
1 in Austin – Gigi Megi
at home in Corpus, I have Astro. there are other dogs, but I only claim Astro

43) Does someone have a crush on you?
probably not

44) What is to your left?
the sliding door

45) What is your favorite movie?
hrm…again, my mind is not in the mood to think right now

(46 and 47 seemed to have been misplaced)

48) Where is the next place you want to travel to?
somewhere – anywhere. I’ve saved up money from working casino parties, so right now I have about $1,000 saved up to go somewhere in the next few months. I’m thinking San Diego

49) What were you doing 12 AM last night?
I believe I passed out way before that last night – I was feeling awful

50) First thought after you woke up this morning?
I wish Gigi could take herself out

–I just noticed the 8s come out with smiley faces. I have no freakin’ clue why.

I really don’t know why I haven’t updated in so long. When I had a xanga blog, I updated all the time. Let me think about what’s been going on…

I got a haircut yesterday. Went to Avant again…new stylist…this one makes the 4th. I showed her 3 different pictures, and my hair doesn’t look like any of the 3. She gave me these hideous side bangs, which I did not ask for. We kinda got into an argument. And she cut off about 4-5 inches of hair – after I had finally grown it back out after last time’s hacking – when she was only going to cut off about an inch. I think I’m done with that place – for real this time.

So my brother Ralph (stationed in Afghanistan) is allowed to talk to us now, but he can’t tell us where he is or what he’s doing. But he got a facebook, which I think is real funny. It’s fun commenting back and forth, but then he doesn’t respond for weeks, so I get nervous. He told me to download skype, which I did the other night, so now I’m just waiting for him to come back online so that we can see/talk to each other. I’m super excited. I miss him.

So I was re-reading some of my older posts and a common thing I mentioned in some of them was how my life was just passing me by. On Friday I was at home nursing a foot injury from Thursday night’s volleyball game, so I bought and read “The Last Lecture.” It was so inspiring. Professor Randy Pausch lived his life to the fullest, right up until his death. So I started to come up with my own list of things to do in 2009. Some of them are ways to be more brave (go skydiving) but most of them are personal enrichment things (get my first manicure, read 35 books this year, go to the movies 2-3 times a month, try a new food once a month, etc). Anywho, I was telling Denise about my list, and she thought it was lame. That’s nice. Apparently my list should include things like give a guy my phone number, ask a guy out on a date, etc. Though it would be nice to go on a date every now and then, I don’t think my list needs to encompass every possible way to talk to a guy. I don’t understand why my friends can’t be more supportive of me. It’s like when I told one of them that I bought 5 cookbooks the other day – his response was “yeah, like those will ever get used.” Wowsers. I’ve already tried 3 recipes.

This entry is getting a bit too text heavy, so I’m going to cut it short. I’m going to start posting more pictures and fun things and try not to complain so much.

I’ve been up since 3 a.m. baking cookies and cupcakes for our potluck dessert lunch at work today. I wasn’t able to bake them last night since I worked a casino party and then fell straight to sleep. Anywho, I slightly messed up the cookies and I completely burnt the cupcakes, so I’m a bit d-worded in myself. I’m afraid if I try to go back to sleep that I will just sleep through the day. So I don’t feel like writing a real update, so I’ll do the survey thingy that both Terri and Selina had on their sites.

a year in review

1. What did you do in 2008 that you’d never done before? A lot of things actually. I was a bridesmaid – twice. I went to Mexico, where I had never been before. I spent a month trying new foods – fruits, vegetables, sushi. I rode in a 6-passenger plane a couple of times.

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I don’t make resolutions. I just strive to be a better person – physically, mentally, personally, professionally – than the previous year. I think for 2009 I need to kick it in high gear.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Nope

4. Did anyone close to you die? Betty from work passed away after a short battle with cancer.

5. What countries did you visit? Mexico. It was definitely a much-needed vacation away from it all.

6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008? Um…more of a social life. I kinda became a homebody this year. I feel like my life is wasting away.

7. What date from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? None really. Nothing major – either good or bad – happened to me this year.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? I honestly don’t think I achieved anything in 2008. It was a pretty unremarkable year for me. Definitely ranks as one of the lowest.

9. What was your biggest failure? Letting people’s actions get the best of me. I sorta slipped into a sad state for awhile.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? Early 2008 was the start of some crazy eye problems. Luckily I haven’t had any problems for awhile.

11. What was the best thing you bought? After all the drama, and yelling and crying, I would have to say my car. I absolutely love it. And my new bedroom furniture. And the Twilight series.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? It’s sad to say, but nobody. Like I said, it wasn’t a good year.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? There were some friends who really upset me. And then of course my (ex) sister-in-law Kim. And a co-worker, but she no longer works with us.

14. Where did most of your money go? The car, the bedroom furniture, the dining room table and the daily trips to Target.

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? Once the car drama was solved, I was really excited about the car. And after the drama surrounding Mexico, I was also excited about getting the heck out of Texas for awhile.

16. What song will always remind you of 2008? Probably Flo Rida’s “Low” – that song played non-stop 24/7. You can only take so much.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
i. happier or sadder? I can’t really remember much about 2007, so I’m going to say sadder.
ii. thinner or fatter? Fatter – boot camp helped me out, but I kinda let it slip a bit.
iii. richer or poorer? The same

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? I wish I had worked out more, maybe made some new friends.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? Definitely wish I hadn’t been so dang emotional all the time.

20. How will you be spending Christmas? Corpus. God, I hate that city.

21. How will you be ringing in the New Year? I have no clue. At this rate, Gigi and I will be in bed before 9.

22. Did you fall in love in 2008? Ha.

23. Who was your hero? Edward Cullen

24. What was your favorite TV program? One Tree Hill, Gossip Girl, So You Think You Can Dance

25. What was something you needed to do and didn’t get around to? Pay off my debt. But I’m working on it now.

26. What was the best book you read? I really enjoyed the Twilight series. Sometimes you just need a good book to get lost in.

27. What was your greatest musical discovery? The Twilight soundtrack opened my ears to some classical piano music. I thoroughly enjoyed it, so I’m going to start downloading more of it.

28. What did you want and get? Definitely the car.

29. What did you want and not get? I wanted butterflies…

30. What was your favorite film of this year? Hrm…I can’t remember all the 2008 movies. But some standouts were 27 Dresses, The Dark Knight, and of course Mamma Mia. I completely fell in love with the movie and soundtrack.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you? I turned 26. I really wanted to have a Sweet 16 10 Years Later sock hop, but due to some family issues that popped up right before, I wasn’t in the partying kind of mood. Co-workers treated me to lunch at Chili’s, and then friends treated me to Chuy’s for dinner.

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? More vacations. I had some massive anxiety attacks this past year, so more vacations would have helped calm me down.

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2008? Same as always. My wardrobe is quite boring. Denise took me jewelry shopping a few weeks ago and then to Sephora this last weekend to buy some make-up. So I’m trying to expand my look slowly.

34. What kept you sane? Nothing. Like I said, anxiety attacks all around.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? None.

36. What political issue stirred you the most? No issue stands out – though the whole gay marriage thing was kind of ridiculous. I mean, why would the state of California make it legal just to overturn it months later. Stupid stupid stupid. I am glad the election is over though.

37. Who did you miss? My (ex) sister-in-law. My family on Thanksgiving.

38. Who was the best new person you met? Though I technically met Courtney (from work) in August 2007, we didn’t really start talking/hanging out until this year – mainly because we were joint partners on some projects. She’s pretty fun.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008: Even the non-profit workplace is a dog eat dog world. Keep your ideas to yourself or others will take them and pass them off as their own.

40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year: I’m not good with song lyrics.

Sorry for the delay in posting. Things have been a bit hectic, and I guess it’s easy just to forget about this. I’ll update you on everything that has been going on in the past month and a half, so this post should be quite lengthy.

CAR

So the car drama finally ended. My mom showed up to my apartment on October 18th (before the Missouri game) with a set of keys. The Corpus dealership ended up finding another dealership that had a 2009 model, so they sold it to me for the same deal that I would have gotten for the 2008. Since I had already been pre-approved and did all the paperwork for the 2008 model, my mom secretly went to the dealership and signed the papers so that she could surprise me.  I have now had the car (2009 Honda CR-V EX) for a little over a month, and I freakin’ love it!! I love having to step up to get in the car and not feeling like I’m sitting on the ground. And I have to remind myself to look at the speedometer every once in awhile. I catch myself easily going over 80 mph – I was so accustomed to my car shaking as it approached 70 mph. So I’m super glad that the whole car drama is finally done and over.

MEXICO

Mexico has come and gone – I can’t believe it’s only been a month since we got back. It feels so much longer. I’ll kind of give a play by play of the days:

Thursday: Caitlin and Terence picked me up bright and early so that we could head down to San Antonio and catch our 10:00 a.m. flight. We met up with Staci and Scott at the airport. We had a bit of a layover in Mexico City, but by the time we made our way through that confusing airport, it was time to get on our other flight. Then we boarded for our flight to Puerto Vallarta, and that’s when shit in the fan. Oh lordy!! Mexicana completely overbooked our flight. People were standing in the aisle yelling at other passengers to get out of their seat, that they booked their flight so many months ago. The passengers were yelling at the flight attendants and the Mexicana officials who finally had to come on board and try to figure out the situation. The guy I was sitting next to had half of his group of friends still in the waiting area being forced on standby. So while all this yelling was going on, another group that was headed to PV for a wedding was yelling at the same flight attendants and Mexicana officials. The second plane was significantly smaller than the first plane we had been on, and there was nowhere for the bride and groom to hang their dress and tux, even though they were told they could. More yelling ensued – by all parties: mother of the bride, bride, groom, friends – ugh!! The flight attendants told the bride to fold her dress and put it in the carry-on compartment. Oh lordy – wrong thing to say!!! More yelling, more cussing. Meanwhile, there is still yelling and cussing from the overbooked passengers still standing in the aisle and from their friends sitting in the seats. Finally they found a place to put the dress and tux, the overbooked passengers were forced off the plane, and we were ready to go -or so everyone thought. I was the closest one to the front and could see what was going on, so I turned around and mouthed the situation to Terence and Caitlin. The flight attendants and pilots tried for about 15 minutes to lock the plane door, but it wouldn’t lock. After about a 30-45 minute delay with all the drama, we finally left and made it safely to PV.

Thursday, cont.: Once Caitlin, Terence and I arrived at the hotel (Staci and Scott stayed at another hotel), we were starving. We ran into BJ in the lobby, so we checked in and then went in search of food. We walked and walked and walked and finally couldn’t take it anymore so we decided to go in to a place called Burger Paradise. We were bummed to eat at a restaurant called Burger Paradise, but once the food arrived, holy smokes!! The best food I had the entire trip!! My beef tacos and rice were aaaammmazing!! The most tender meat I have ever bitten!! Delish!! We headed back to the hotel after that to relax and get ready to meet up with everyone. That night all the adults (aka parents) went to a restaurant together, and the rest of us went to a tapas restaurant. Once again, the food (and sangria) were delish!! We got back to the hotel and met up with the parents and hit up the hotel bar and sat around in a big circle just hanging out. Then it was off to bed.

Friday: We woke up bright and early and headed to our canopy tour (zip line). The bus ride there was extremely painful. I was a bit scared that we were driving on a winding road in the jungle, following two truck loads of military men holding guns. I was convinced we were going to be dropped off and surrounded!! Needless to say, we made it to our destination. The canopy tour was absolutely amazing and fun!! Our guides were hilarious and really made the tour! I would definitely recommend one of these tours to anyone – but be careful – I had no clue it would be such a workout!! Walking up the darn trail to get to the starting points was painful. Oh, and definitely wear clothes you won’t mind throwing away. Nobody said it would be so dirty. The grease coming off the pulley and line completely splattered our clothes – not to mention our faces, teeth, ears, arms, etc. So we got back to the hotel, showered, and then headed to the bar for 2 for 1 happy hour before the rehearsal. Then it was off to the rehearsal, in which it rained, so that lasted only 5 minutes. We then headed off to the rehearsal dinner, which was tons of fun. And then the guys and girls decided to join forces and spend the evening partying together. So it was off in search of fun place. We came across a bar that was open bar for the ladies and open bar for guys for $20. So of course we had to go in. Oh lordy, the shots of Patron were flowing freely!! A couple of hours of shots and drinks and more shots and more drinks – we were all feeling it after that. We left because the music blowed (techno), so we walked along the beach. A few drunk people jumped in (Staci and Mark), a couple of drunk people were shot putting rocks (Terence and Derek), and another drunk person was making sand angels (BJ). Then another drunk person kicked a drunk person in the balls (Denise and BJ). One drunk person jumped in the ocean because he through a drunk person was drowning when she fell (Scott and Staci). So we rounded up all the drunk people, and Staci and Scott took off back to their hotel. I heard Soulja Boy playing in a really packed club across the street, so Amy and I decided to go in there to use the bathroom. We ended up staying in there to dance. Then Caitlin and Denise came in to use the bathroom, so I had to go back out and ask the staff to let the guys in (Terence, Mark and Chris). Paul and BJ stayed outside. So some pretty good music played, so we danced for awhile, and then Paul showed up. He left drunk BJ outside on the sidewalk. We danced (and profusely sweated) for a bit longer and then decided it was time to go. We found BJ practically passed out on the sidewalk. Apparently a cop came up to him 3 times and said next time he would arrest him. So Chris escorted the too drunk to walk (Amy and BJ) back to the hotel in a cab, and the rest of us walked back.

Saturday: After breakfast, the girls hung out by the pool before our hair and make-up appointments. The guys were headed to a restaurant to watch the UT/OSU game. It was time for hair and make-up in Denise’s room. Staci and I were the first to get our hair down. We both asked for beach waves. I wanted them to be pinned up half-up half-down in a loose updo. Needless to say, we both got tight Shirley Temple curls, and for some reason my hair was teased to a height of 6 feet. Ugh. It was so hard to communicate with them. Then I was the first guinea pig for make-up. I swear, the lady was working on my eyes for about 15 minutes. I then heard Staci say “I’m not going to look like that am I??” My eyes shot open and saw her looking at me and then she said “uh, yeah I don’t want my eyes to look like that.” So I headed to the bathroom to get a look. Holy smokes!!!!!! MY EYES!!! Bright neon green eye shadow (apparently to match my dress) completely covered my entire eyelid, up to my eyebrows. My eyebrows were filled with a color that didn’t blend. And the eyeliner – or sweet Jesus, the eyeliner! – dark black liquid eyeline completely surrounded my eye and then came out the corner of my eyelid and curved upward, a la Cleopatra. I looked like a tranny. Oh lordy…it was a mess. I walked back into the room and everyone was just staring at me. Luckily at this point Diana (Denise’s sister) was in the room and she spoke Spanish so she told the girl to take the green eyeshadow off and the curvy end of the eyeliner. She did, but I still felt like a tranny, so I headed down to my room to do damage control. I took my eye make-up remover and went to town. It was disgusting how many Q-tips were covered in eye make-up. I then used my own make-up and tried to fix everything. Luckily hair and make-up totaled about $65, so I chose not to complain too much when we were quoted about $90. So we got dressed, took some pictures, and then waited for the ceremony. There was way too much drama before the wedding, so we were delayed in the freakin’ humid hot sun for about 15 minutes. Speaking of sun – this was the first time the sun decided to come out, which we were thankful for since the whole ceremony was based around the sunset, which up to this day hadn’t existed. Wedding was short and sweet, more pictures, then off to the reception. Food was amazing, drinks were thirst-quenching, music was fun. There was dancing and sweating, more sweating and more dancing. The DJ didn’t have any current music and he didn’t have an ipod or any sort of connection so that we could hook up our own ipods. So some of the fun music that we were hoping for wasn’t played. But we made do with the music that there was. I “caught” the bouquet – so really I was the only girl standing out there, so I kicked it when it came close. Denise didn’t have a garter, so Derek tossed the bouquet to the guys – there were 4 of them compared to the lone girl. And then the night was over. It was extremely fun – disgustingly humid!! Everyone’s clothes were drenched in sweat. It looked like we all jumped in the ocean. I headed straight for the shower after that.

Sunday: The youngins (me, Derek, Denise, Mark, Chris, Amy, Paul, BJ) woke up super early on Sunday morning and headed out to the ocean for deep sea fishing. The sun decided to make an appearance, and apparently it came back with a vengeance. Holy geez, it was burning hot. We spent about 4 or 5 hours out on the ocean and caught some fish. The boat guy made the girls reel in the fish, and of course I had to be the one to reel in the biggest one. I was reeling for over 5 minutes and felt like I was getting nowhere, so Chris jumped in and spent another 15 minutes reeling. After that we decided to head back to shore. The boat guy filleted the biggest fish for us, and we took it back to the hotel for dinner. We got back and headed to the pool. Derek, Mark, Denise and I joined a water volleyball game. A few more hours in the pool, and then we got ready for dinner. We ended up not doing the fish, so Mark, BJ, Paul, Chris, Amy and I headed downtown for dinner and then for some festival. We really just ended up walking around for the night.

Monday: I was super sad to check-out of my room. I hung out in BJ and Mark’s room until it was time to catch my flight. There was so much drama back in the States leading up to the wedding, that I almost cancelled my flight. But I’m glad I went. It was the vacation I needed that I didn’t know I needed. There was no t.v., no cell phones, no internet. It was waking up every day and actually being outside and being active for hours. It was doing things that occupied hours of the day for little money. In the end, minus my flight and hotel, I think I spent maybe $200-$300 on food, alcohol, canopy tour, deep sea fishing, hair and make-up, and cab rides. Pretty much the cheapest vacation I’ve taken in awhile – and for sure the most relaxing. It was lovely. I need another vacation like that!!

BOOT CAMP

The first week of November I began boot camp. It was a 3 week, 4 days a week camp. I went from 7:00-8:00 a.m. It was good. I started to feel good everyday. However, I didn’t like all the running that came with the camp. I’m not much or a runner. I would rather walk, which I don’t see a problem with. Even though the camp directors stressed doing things at your own pace, they seemed a bit non-accepting if you started to walk. I would probably sign up again, but only in the spring or the summer. It was too cold to do some of the things they do in the warmer weather (kayaking) – I felt like I paid for someone to tell me to run.

WORK

The past few months, and in actuality weeks, have been extremely trying on me. It’s hard when most of the fall months are spent working 6 days a week, with most of the days hosting evening functions. Being at work from 8 a.m. to about 10 p.m. and then coming in for another 4 hours on gamedays is trying. I’m usually spent by the end of the week, which is why the blog has beeen neglected. There’s been some drama at work lately – namely due to being on the staff retreat team. The staff retreat occurs every December, and each year is alternated from looking outwards to our members and then looking inwards to ourselves. This year we are looking inwards. I’m on the team. It’s like being on Elmer’s committee – though the team isn’t secret. But everything that is planned is secret – the location, the gifts, the topics, the speakers, etc. The retreat will be next week on the 9th, and there is still so much to do. I can’t stand people who wait until the last minute to plan things, and that is precisely what is going on. I just want it to be over. I feel like some of my relationships with people at work who are on the retreat team are suffering because of all the drama. Work is about to pick up even more. Tomorrow is the scholarship deadline for incoming freshmen. Last year we received over 4,000 applications, so I’m assuming that number will only increase this year. So the next month will be spent alphabetizing, stapling, weeding through the applications, etc. Then January 1 we hit the ground running. Oye. I better stock up on a few bottles of wine. I desperately needed a glass last year when I got home from work. Reading some of those applications gave me pounding headaches. I feel like I need another vacation before all of this starts back up.

UPCOMING THINGS

Tomorrow starts my first gum treatment with my dentist. It’s a series of four treatments, so Dec. 1st, Dec. 10th, Dec. 16th, and Dec. 23rd. We squeezed them all in December so that I could take full use of insurance and get my full coverage before the end of the year. Then after the 1st of the year, I need to get my wisdom teeth pulled (all 3 of them) and get a tooth implant to fill the missing tooth that got knocked out back in high school. I’m hoping to have a good mouth by this time next year. But there are still other things I want done: my gap filled – I have hated my gap for as long as I can remember; I swear since I had the cleaning a few weeks ago, they made my gap noticeably bigger (just as I thought it was getting smaller) – I also want to get my gums scaled back so that more of my teeth show when I smile and I’m not so gummy. But we’ll see what all happens.

I really want to do something for New Yera’s this year. Some of my friends will be indisposed (Caitlin and Terence will be at Kathy Tapperson’s wedding; Staci is preggers, so that’s a no-go), so I’m not too sure. I need to start coming up with something because before I know it, it will be time.

Hrm…I guess that’s all the rambling nonsense I can come up with today. Again, sorry for the long delay. I’ll try to keep updating on a regular basis.

Sorry for the last few rants. The past couple of months have been rough, with everything caving in the past two weeks. Needless to say, my 26th birthday definitely turned in to the worst birthday ever. I like how none of my closest friends (i.e. all of them except Kash) didn’t even tell me happy birthday. Ohsie wellsies.

Mexico is a week and a half away. My mom took me shopping at Target. i bought four new books, so I’ll have to take a couple of them with me to read on the beach/by the pool.

So I’m trying to decide how to do my hair for the wedding. I originally wanted to do this:

However, Denise showed me a picture of what she is planning for her hair, and it looks too similar so I’ve decided to change it. Plus, I need something that works with the dress. I hate strapless dresses – particularly the way my shoulers and arms look, so maybe I’ll leave it down and wavy – like this:

I’m also really fed up with my boring hair. I need it to grow out a bit longer since the stylist whacked it a couple of months ago. Then I can do something with it. I’m thinking of this:

I dunno if I would look good with bangs though. I really like the overall look of this hair, but my chubby face my not look good with bangs. And I really like the color, but every time I ask the colorist to dye my hair, she says no. Whore. She says you can’t go lighter, which seems bogus considering the two different shades of Alexis’ hair.

So the Austin car dealership calls me this morning to “follow up on my interest in the car.” I asked him why he didn’t trade the car to Corpus, and he said “because we were waiting to sell it to you.” I told him that I was done with it, and he asked me what I meant. I said that I was not buying the car from him or from Corpus, that there was too much shadiness going on. I could hear him laughing as I hung up. Asshole.

So I decided to venture to another Honda dealership. This man came up to me and we got in a CR-V and drove to their stock lot to see what we could find. We weren’t finding any black ones at first, and then finally we found one. However, it was a 2009 model. We got back to the dealership and the guy wanted to see what else they had in stock, so he had me come inside. They only had 5 CR-Vs in the model I was looking for. He started filling out paperwork on a CR-V that I didn’t even want. I told him that I had to go and that I wouldn’t be purchasing a car today. He said he would be right back and left for like 20 minutes. He came back and said he spoke to his manager and they could get me a good deal on a 2008 if I bought today. I again explained that I wasn’t going to purchase today, that my mom needed to be involved in the process. He told me to call her – no, she is at lunch with her sisters because it is my aunt’s birthday. He then said “okay, let’s just fill out the papers so that when your mom comes up next week, you’re all set to go.” I again said no, my mom will need to be here before I do anything. I started to lose my impatience, seeing how I had now been there for an hour and a half. I told him that I needed to go, so if he could please speed it up. Then he went f’ing nuts on me! He said in a real angry tone:

“Oh, don’t worry you will leave soon. I have other customers who want to buy cars, so believe me, you’ll leave soon.”

Then he picked up the phone and called his manager and said:

“Dan, I have Kristy here. She doesn’t want to buy the car from us. Yes, I told her about the discount, and she still doesn’t want to buy it. She said her mom needs to be here, isn’t that right Kristy? When is your mom coming? She doesn’t know when her mom is coming. She said her mom needs to fill out the paperwork, isn’t that right Kristy? She can’t make the decisions herself. She said she has to leave, isn’t that right Kristy? Yeah, I know.”

And then he dropped the phone receiver and said “there, you can go home and be happy.”

WHAT THE FUCK???

People were looking at us, and I was livid. I stormed out of the dealership, called my mom and just started crying my eyes out. Next thing I know my aunt is calling asking for the salesperson’s name, and I could hear my mom on the phone in the background chewing the dealership out.

I don’t know what the fuck is wrong with Honda dealerships, but I think that I am now completely turned off and will be extremely reluctant to buy the CR-V after all of this.

The first Austin dealership who wouldn’t make the trade was Howdy Honda – Billy Watson was the asshole salesperson. Today’s dealership was Honda Round Rock – Terry Doan was the asshole salesperson.

Okay, not really. But I feel like venting, so I’m just going to type. Feel free to ignore.

My mom and I have been working out the deal of my new car for weeks now. I was going to get a 2008 Honda CR-V. My mom decided to go through Corpus since my aunt works for a dealership and we could get the employee price. They didn’t have any on the lot, so they were going to dealer-trade and get me the one I wanted. Weeks went by and we were still waiting. The car has just been sitting at the port in Houston. So then we wanted to know if it was in Houston during the hurricane. They didn’t know – or if they did, they weren’t telling us. So we kept waiting. Finally the car came in this week. The Corpus dealership was going to make the trade with an Austin dealership. Well, the Corpus people were going to drive to pick the car up, then drive it down to Corpus, and then I would drive it back to Austin – like drive it! They weren’t going to pick it up on a truck. So in one day it would have like 500 miles on it. Absolutely not, I said. So we worked out a way for me to receive it in Austin once they did the dealer-trade. I still wanted to see the car though and make sure there was no damage, so I went to the Austin dealership where it was at. I explained what was going on – test drove it, etc. The Austin dealership guy wanted to sell it to me, but not for the same price I was getting it in Corpus – a few thousand dollars more. I said I had to go, that my mom was taking care of everything. My mom called the Corpus guy and said we were ready for the trade. As of yesterday at 5 p.m., I was suppose to receive the car today. Then we cut to 12 p.m. today. The Corpus dealership called me mom and said that the Austin dealership would no longer trade the car to them. What f’ing whores!! So now no new car. I have to start over from scratch and I was hours away from having the car.

So my mom calls to tell me this and then is also crying because Kim filed for divorce today – Ralph leaves  tomorrow morning at 5 a.m. She filed hours before his departure. And he is sitting alone in a hotel room because he can’t be at the house, so he doesn’t even get to see his kids before he leaves. So Arnold is now driving to Oklahoma right now to be with him so he isn’t alone his last day.

I’m seriously about to lose it.

Thanks for listening.

I posted about Betty’s admittance to hospice on Wednesday. We just received word that she passed away at 6 p.m. tonight. I feel like I never got to tell her goodbye. One Friday she was at work, the following Monday she wasn’t in the office and never came back. She was quite possibly the classiest and most graceful woman that I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting. She was so full of life and passion. She stayed strong and positive throughout her fight, and it’s a shame that the world has lost such a beautiful person.

Wednesday was a pretty darn rough day for me, followed by Thursday morning. I feel like I haven’t had any time to just sit and think, and with everything that is going on right now, I’m in desperate need of that kind of time.

On Wednesday we got word at work about Betty. To get everyone up to speed, Betty is the Director of Travel (all the Flying Longhorn trips). A couple of months ago she went to the ER b/c she thought she was having a heart attack. They ended up diagnosing her with cancer (renal cell carcinoma). She hasn’t been to work since, but instead has been making weekly trips to M.D. Anderson. She’s been in and out of the hospital, and on Tuesday we received word that she was in pretty bad condition at the hospital. Then on Wednesday during lunch we got an email that she was being transferred to a hospice and that her family requested no visitors. I’m pretty sure that’s not a good sign. I’ve only known Betty for a year, but I loved every minute of talking to her about her travel adventures. She has a beautiful smile and is full of grace and class. I know that things are pretty grave, but I still hold out on hope that she can somehow overcome this.

After checking that email on my blackberry while at lunch, I then received a call from my mom. She was crying, so I figured that wasn’t a good sign. My oldest brother Ralph is getting a divorce. This came as a huge shock to me. Ralph wasn’t expecting it either, and my mom said he was a mess and crying on the phone. They have three kids, and apparently the kids aren’t taking it very well. And my sister-in-law Kim won’t give Ralph a reason as to why she wants a divorce. Her family is apparently mad at her. This is so confusing to me, especially since Kim is one of my very closest friends. I don’t know where that leaves us now, considering that my mom is extremely upset with her and doesn’t want to talk to her. I love my brother and of course he comes first. But Kim has been in my life for over 10 years now, and it’s like I’m losing a friend and a sister.

If that wasn’t enough to make me sad, then the news continued. Ralph is being deployed to Afghanistan at the end of September. Ugh. I hate when he gets deployed. His superiors said he won’t see combat, but you don’t go to Afghanistan and not see combat. He is suppose to be partaking in some secret mission, and he can’t have contact with the outside world for 6 months. That’s a long time of not being able to talk to him. Even when he was in Iraq, we had an address where we could send him care packages. I feel so bad for Ralph. I hope he still comes down for the Arkansas game so that I can see him and try to talk and make sure he’s okay…though I know he’s not.

I didn’t have a chance to think about any of these things on Wednesday b/c I had a scholarship dinner that I was solely responsible for that night.

After the dinner, I ran to go buy a new mattress before the store closed so that I could ensure a Friday delivery. Well, the store wouldn’t take my check. They didn’t tell me why. I had money in my account, but for some reason they wouldn’t take my check. I was so pissed off, I just left without giving them an alternate method of payment (I eventually went back yesterday and paid). So needless to say, my day wasn’t good. Then I got home to find a FedEx slip on my door saying they left a package on my patio. I didn’t order anything, so I was very confused. I opened up the package, saw what was inside, and hurled it across the living room. Of course J.Crew found a damaged dress after I already bought a dress and had it ripped to pieces for material. Of course! It was at that point that I figured it was time to just close my eyes and forget about the day.

I woke up early on Thursday to get to work early since we had a really big scholarship dinner that night. I jumped in the shower, and of course I would have no hot water. It was the worst shower ever. I was not in a good mood!

But anywho, I took a mental health day from work today and awaited my new furniture. I have new bedroom furniture and a dining room table. As soon as I get everything in place, I will take pictures.

Alrighty, off to bed. Toodles!

There’s something about some of my friends who always seem to rain on my parade. I don’t really get it, but this time I’m trying not to let them get me down. Two good things happened this weekend, and two different friends weren’t very supportive.

I found the car that I’m going to buy (crossing my fingers). It’s a 2008 CR-V. Black exterior, black leather interior. Sunroof. Tinted windows. Navigation system. I wasn’t there to look at the loaded one, but it just kinda drew itself to me and my mom. I was so excited when I sat in it. It was definitely THE car. Unfortunately, I can’t get a new car until the week of September 15th, so I’m hoping nobody goes to purchase the car. Anywho, when I told one of my friends about the car, I was told “um, you know that’s a mommy mobile right?”. Then the exterior of the car was critiqued. Sheesh. Whatever happened to “yay”?

Yesterday I participated in the Nike Human Race 10K with my brother Arnold and sister-in-law Paige. i haven’t run a mile since probably high school. Well, a real mile – not counting the mile on the elliptical machine. This was my first 10K ever, and it was a doozy. Holy smokes, the hills in downtown Austin, MLK and Dean Keeton are killer!! I started off running at a good pace, but I hit that first hill and lost all energy for awhile. I thought about cutting through campus and taking a short cut…haha! But I decided to stick it out, so I kept alternating jogging and walking. My official end time was 1 hour and 36 minutes. Not great, but I don’t think it’s too horrible for my first 10K…especially considering I went into the race cold turkey without any preparation. Anywho, another friend called me after the race to say a few of them were about to get some gelato. I said that I was exhausted and that my feet hurt, so I would pass. He then proceeded to say “what? how could you be tired after walking the entire race?” Ugh. A-hole.

But anywho…I love the idea of finding a new car. I hope that the same one is still there in two weeks!!! I will be super sad if it’s gone when I finally go back. And my entire body (back, neck, arms, legs, heels) are in so much pain. I am in need of a deep tissue massage.

Well I gotta go. Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill start tonight!!!!!!!!!!