This Week

 

 

Has been miserable.

 

Probably the most miserable week I've ever had at work.

 

And you guys....it was only four days long. 

 

I started my new position of load planner this week.  My coworkers thought the above cartoon was hilarious, and therefore printed it out and posted it to my cube.

 

For many different reasons this job sucks, but none other than to realize that no one wants to do their job.  And it has never been more apparent to me than it has been this week.  Suspicions of people who really don't do their job have been confirmed, and while there have been some nice surprises from people I didn't expect, the majority of them suck.

 

Which has allowed me to be a semi-bitch this week.  And as good as that feels, it's left me in tears more than once this week.

 

So, yes, I'm looking forward to this weekend.  And yes, there will probably be alcohol.

 

And most likely a banana split.

 

 



#tbt ; Prom 2001

These are almost too embarrassing to share.  I'm pretty sure I had a uni-brow and my date had blonde tips in his hair.  The only thing I'm proud of is how awesomely perfect my prom dress was for me.

 

Bright blue and sparkly.  Perfectly me in every way.

 

This wasn't my prom; I went with my then boyfriend at the time, and I went to his prom with him and his friends.  I honestly don't remember too much about the actual prom or what we did afterward. 

 

But enjoy these perfectly nerdy pictures of me from twelve years ago.

 

 

Oh.  And I forgot about the updo, which I absolutely loved!!!  I love how young I am in these pictures; too young to know how to pluck my eyebrows correctly, and also too young to know how to cover up those ridiculously pink cheeks.

 

My mom had also given me the necklace that I'm wearing in these pictures, which I know you can't see, because the quality of these things is terrible, BUT I still own it and wear it quite frequently.

 

I haven't brought these out in forever; I really wish I still had that dress!

 

 

 



5 Reasons

why I love this man....

 

(I like to remind myself of these every so often)

 

 

1.  He cooks for me pretty much every night, and doesn't ever make me feel bad that I can't do it. 

 

2.  He hung up on iPad holder thing in front of my treadmill, so I can watch TV while I'm running.  Which I've found out is a way better option than always listening to music.  It definitely helps with the trying to forget I'm running part.

 

3.  He pretty much lets me drink wine whenever I want.

 

4.  He puts up with my clothing/hair accessories/Pinterest/nail polish obsessions and rarely says anything about it.

 

5.  He sometimes lets me think I know what I'm talking about, even though sometimes I know I have no clue and fake it anyway.

 

and a bonus....

 

He lets me complain about and talk about my job as much as I want.  Sometimes he'll add his input, but most of the time, he'll just listen.  And most of the time, that's all I need.

 

So to you, sweet B, for being the unfortunate person on this planet that has to deal with me.  I sure do love you a lot.

Memorial Day 2013

This past three-day weekend was much much needed.  I started my new position at work today (which was a nightmare, but I'll get into more on that later.  not today.  I don't want to think about it anymore), and I needed a chance to clear my head and get prepared for it.  I just didn't know how much clearing I would need until today.  Again, another story for another time. 

 

Our Memorial Day weekend all started innocently enough when I posted a picture of a homemade banana daiquiri to Instagram.

 

Here is the picture that started it all...

 

 

So after this was posted, Miss L responded back.  And then I responded back, and then before you know it, she sent me this:

 

 

a sweet picture of their puppy Avery, winking at us with a message that they were on their way.  So in two hours, they were in Birmingham!  We were so excited to have guests for the holiday! 

 

So they got here, and of course we go to our favorite stand-by for dinner:  Slice

 

 

We tried a new one...the meatball pizza.  It was amazing.  I don't think we've had a pizza there that we didn't like.

 

After dinner, we decided to go to a bar in the Avondale neighborhood that B had heard had a great patio.  And they did.  Parkside was definitely a great choice for the weekend; it was Sunday, and they were open, and hardly anybody else there.

 

After that, we went to 41st Street Pub for some mules and a friendly game of Jenga.  Which I promptly lost.  I am so bad at games.

 

 

After that, a trip back to the house for some card games, and a late night trip to Waffle House.

 

 

Then we spent the entire Memorial Day in the sunshine, eating BBQ and drinking yummy drinks.  It was definitely twenty times better than my last Memorial Day which was filled with work problems. 

 

I hope you all had an enjoyable weekend, as well, remembering those that gave their lives and those that continue to serve.

Last Austin Afternoon

This week has been long.  Just really really really long.  They announced my promotion at work.

 

That was promptly followed by three people telling me how they expect all of this to fail.  All I've ever asked for was support.  I know that I am going to make mistakes.  My company has never had this position.  Ever. So yeah, I know that I'm not going to be perfect.  I know that all sorts of things are going to go wrong; I'm not that naive, but I would just like for someone, anyone, to say that hey, things might just be ok.

 

I also have to work this weekend, which sucks, but that's another story.

 

Anyway, again, on crappy crappy days I like to be reminded of something fun, and our last day in Austin (after our doughnuts), we went to the most gigantic Whole Foods, then just drove around.  We found a cute little brewery and had some queso and homemade chips.  I mean, could you have a better ending to a trip?

 

I don't think so.  So here ya go, Uncle Billy's Brew & Que

 

 

Here ya go guys, here's pretty much what I look like 99% of the time. 

Queso with added bbq?  Yes.  And those chips?  I could eat this everyday for the rest of my life and be ok with it.

  You can't see on the sign, but this place, of course being a brewery, does not serve Bud Light.  They had a snarky sign on one of those chalkboards, but I couldn't quite zoom in on it.

 

I'm really hoping that this weekend is amazing.  I can only assume that we're going to blow up the baby pool, mix up some frozen adult beverages and enjoy the sweet Southern sunshine.  After this week, I could most certainly use it.



#tbt; My Bachelorette Party

I had a very small bachelorette party.  I had dinner with more people than actually came out, but it was still a really fun time. 

 

My mom and sister came out to dinner with us, as well as my step-mom, but of course none of them came out to party with us. 

 

We went to Blue Monkey and danced and drank the night away.  My three besties at the time, Caitlin, Sarah and Robin joined me in the festivities.  Caitlin had made me a task book, full of things that I needed to complete during the night, and for every task left undone, I had to take a shot.  Needless to say, shots were had anyway, but these pictures are all from the book.  Also needless to say, that sort of messes with the quality of the pictures, but you can gather the evening from the following pictures.

 

 

 

 

And then, once Caitlin had given me the book, I found this message on one of the pages.  It was from Ed, a guy that had mostly hung around us all night watching us drink and egging on the ridiculousness that was in that book.

 

 

It really was a memorable night, and even though I wasn't surrounded by a million people, it was one of the best of my life.  It was mainly made possible by my bridesmaid, Caitlin, and I will be forever grateful to her for setting the whole thing up.



Garment - Kansas City

While in Kansas City, I went to heaven.

 

It was a placed called Garment.

 

It combined two of my most favorite things:  clothing and alcohol.

 

It was a really cute boutique shop, with a bar in the middle.  The people that owned it were so sweet and helpful.  I also couldn't leave without bringing back a few cute tops.  I probably could have bought everything in there and been completely okay with it.

 

 

 

They had this cute little chalkboard trash can outside of their store.  The two above were my favorites. 

 

Next time we're in Kansas City, we will definitely be visiting again.

 

 

 



Austin Cinco de Mayo

After drinking beer and Lime-A-Ritas all day, we decided to go to Sixth Street to see if there was anything going on.

 

And there definitely was.  We had to look for drink specials; apparently Sixth Street is known for them.  They also had a few art booths, street food, and even a petting place.  We were also just a tad bit hungry; I mean, sitting all day in the sun drinking will do that to a person, so we headed to the Iron Cactus , and the food there was incredible.

 

 

 

Their queso dip was probably the best I've ever had; and then, THEN, they put a fried egg on top of my amazing enchiladas . I mean, could food get any better?  B's convinced that all you have to do is put an egg on something, and it makes it exponentially better.  I tend to agree with him. 

 

It was definitely a fun experience to get to celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Texas.  I'm hoping that we'll get many more!

You Think Ya Know....

I've really come to a breaking point with people lately.  I am so tired of people thinking they can treat me whatever the hell way they want.  I have never once done something to purposefully harm somebody and to get this text,

 

"I don't want to be ugly, but your company has threaten legal action against me and I really don't care to have anything to do with you,"

 

really pushed me over the edge.

 

Apparently this person got some incredibly false information from someone else, but you know what, that's fine.  I'm tired of caring about it.  Obviously this person is not worth being in my life, and since he isn't mature enough to come to me and ask, then I could care less about him and his life.  So there's that...

 

This past weekend I went to my dad's.  It was a much much needed time away from anything work related.  It was nice to just push everything from my mind and just focus on being with my dad.  I tell ya, being in transportation is not for the weak.  I'm not even sure that I belong there. 

 

A few pictures from the weekend...

 

 

 

We went to an Art Festival on Saturday at the Power and Light District; I found B the best anniversary present, and I'm really excited to give it to him.  Unfortunately, it was a little too big to put on the plane, so he won't get it until July when they come down here.

 

It was a good, good weekend.  I wish I didn't have to leave and come back here to all of this, but here we are.  Life's not perfect, but I am trying.

 

 



#tbt; Friends Before Love

Sorry about the short hiatus; I was training in Cedar Rapids for my new job.  Same work place; just a promotion!  I know; less than two years, and two promotions at this place.

 

Then there's Penske, where it took three years for one.  Anyway, that's where I've been all week, and with my forgetfulness, I forgot to bring my iPad, so no blog posts.

 

But here we are at throw-back Thursday again, and since I missed my hubby so much, I wanted to put old pictures of us on here, PRE-dating in Birmingham (well except for one).  I usually like to start out B and mine's story by telling everyone that I did not like him.

 

We worked together at Ruby Tuesday, and I honestly thought he was the cockiest person I'd met.  But he became good friends with my then best friend, so we were sort of forced to hang out together.  I had obviously gotten over my hatred in the following pictures...

 

 

1.  From one of our Ruby's parties...oh there were quite a few.

2.  Cassie's Halloween party.  Obviously B was way too cool to dress up . Even I could afford the $6 black cat kit at Wal-Mart.

3.  The very first picture that I have of B and I together.  I, for some reason, loved that dorky pink belt I was wearing.

4.  Lastly, this is one after we started dating at an AU football game.  Yes, my hair was that blonde, and yes, B still had bangs.

 

All in all it's been a great trip; next month makes four years.

 

It was hard to be away from him so much this week, and today was the only day we had together all week.  Tomorrow he's off to NOLA, and I'm off to KC.  At least this weekend won't be spent in a corn field.