Quiche is Good

I am at the adorable Colonial Coffeehouse enjoying a piece of quiche and an iced mocha. It is so good, and it's almost like being in France again, except the people are really friendly and I understand everything they say. Today was the craziest day at work, I was yelled at twice by random people (not nice things, they swore at me!) and a co - worker (the crazy one who was in the circus) called me fat. It was a very depressing work day, but now I have coffee so things are looking a little better.

In relation to my last post, I have discovered that Eric actually has two kids. Stetson was not in my class but his son was born and they named him Landon. Yep, Landon. I wouldn't name my child Landon, but whatever, I guess that is the type of name you get when your mom is 18.

I mentioned that my one friend was "pearled" and it is like a pre-engagement with a pearl promise ring. When I heard about it I was reminded of the Sex and the City episode where Sam was given a "pearl necklace" by a guy she is sleeping with.

Babies and Weddings Part Deux

As I was thinking about my cousin’s wedding and my other cousin’s baby I began to think about the people I graduated high school with. I graduated with 56 people, 80% of those people I had known since kindergarten. Small town, and as you can imagine everybody knew everybody else and everything about them. Now that I am stuck at home for the summer I see some of them occasionally and it seems like most of them are engaged, married with children or divorced or have a kid or two. It is crazy! I have created a list:
Zarina - married and divorced
Kristy - married, divorced and pregnant
Andrew - married
Jaime – married, two kids, another on the way
Veronica – married to Brandon, kid on the way
Brandon – married to Veronica, kid on the way
Eric – married, one kid
Cassie – married, kid on the way
Ashley – married
Danielle – married
Sara – engaged
Lauren – “pearled” I guess it is like a pre-engagement

That is 21% of the people I have graduated with!!! I am sure there are others that I just don’t know about! Isn’t that just crazy!
In other news, the Michigan Theatre in J-town is having a girls movie night next Wednesday showing “27 Dresses”. If anyone would like to come down it will be fun!! Toi it is only a half hour drive from L-Town to J-Town!!!

To answer the comments on the older post: I met the soothsayer downtown while I was watering the flowers and I think I have decided on dress one and shoes one, but there is still a lot of time to change my mind....

"Beware the year Twenty-oh-nine!"

Today was an interesting day at work my friends. First there was the soothsayer that told me I needed to "Beware the year twenty-oh-nine! It is going to be weird and we haven't seen nothin' yet!" He seemed nice and didn't look like a soothsayer to me, but then he made that little prediction so.......ya.

Then, there was the very old, very shirtless, very, very creepy old man who hit on me. I was totally creeped out. My skin is still crawling.

Here is a picture of the pigeon that has been hanging around my house, and sorry I still haven't looked up the number!:

Babies and Weddings

I can’t believe that July is almost over. Where did the time go? It seems like only yesterday I was freaking out about a silly communication study! This weekend is my eldest cousin’s baby shower. This will be the first great-grandbaby for our family. It’s kind of weird. Not that my cousin is having a baby, but weird that she is old enough to be having a baby. Heck, it’s weird that my other cousin is getting married in only a couple more weeks! Anyhow, here is what I picked out for the baby:

It’s a little sea horse that plays lullabies and glows. The package says it will help the baby fall asleep. I thought it was really cute and it reminds me of my glow bug that I had when I was little. I am so tempted to keep if for myself! It’s so soft and adorable!

Speaking of family affairs, I have purchased two dresses and two pairs of shoes for my cousins wedding. Here’s dress one that I bought around Christmas time:

Here’s dress two that I bought just a few weeks ago:

Here’s the first pair of shoes I bought:

Here’s the second:

I have no idea what to wear! I was planning on wearing dress two and shoes two until today when I pulled dress number one out of the closet. Any advice? The wedding is a summer wedding (Aug 9th) in a church with the reception indoors and a kind of fancy dining hall. I kind of like dress two the most because it seems a little retro to me (1950ish) and it has a built in bra which is a plus. But dress one is cute! I don’t know what to do!

Anyhow, I promised an update one day last week about other stuff which now doesn’t seem very important. I did have a job interview last Thursday and it went really well, but I haven’t heard back from them yet, so I am not sure what to think about it. They did mention that they had 3 other people to interview so I am sure they will contact me once they have interviewed everyone. I am still not entirely sure this is the job I want, but the town is really cute, and it is only 1.5 hours away from Chicago AND it is on Lake Michigan. If I am offered the job I will take it, lease a cute apartment and make myself try it for one year. Wow, this grown up talk is scaring me!

p.s I just broke my zip drive, does anybody know if they can be repaired?

Wow, that was a big cup of coffee!

Do you ever have one of those moments when everything becomes clear? Like, really clear and you know what you are suppost to be doing? Ya, I had one of those today, but then I began to doubt it.

Ooops!

So Friends quite a bit has been happening lately and I even took pictures to go along with my stories but do you think I remembered to upload them to my computer so I could put them on my blog? Nope, so I will update later.

Dalmation Plantation

I watched the original 101 Dalmations the other day and was so suprised when I discovered that it took place in London. I totally forgot!!! Now I want to go to London!

In dog related news I saw two adorable dogs today at work. One was a golden retriever and the other was some kind of small fluffy dog. The golden retriever was walking the small fluffy dog. He had the leash in his mouth and everything! When they got to the corner the g.r. stopped the s.m.f. and made him wait for their owner! Too cute!!

I finally watched the doctor who season finale. It was.....interesting. I will admit I wasn't watching it with my full attention, but I still have to say boo to the two doctor thing, the dr. donna thing and making Donna dumb at the end. That being said, I will give props for the very hot dr. who in the rain and for bring back K9!!!!!


Oh, one last thing, Bruni (the first lady of France) has just released an album and it is awsome, some of her lyrics include the kind of crack she like. I love it! Oh France you are so special!!

Creepy Bums

J-Town has an oddly large population of bums. Bums that stink, laugh, talk to themselves, ask weird questions and manage to scare the crap out of me.
I
just
don't
get
it
!!!

I am having *major* issues downloading the newest Doctor Who. I may never see the episode!

I am very frustrated and can't read anybody's blog until it down loads, I don't want to spoil anything!

But in good news: I have a job interview next thursday, but I don't really think I want the job, but I guess I can't be too picky right now.

Funny conversation I heard today:

Person one: I think having babies is a bad idea, I mean a big baby had to come out of a small whole. I'd like it better if the baby would just appear.

Person two: That's called adoption.

Person One: Well what's I am going to do.

Person two: Aren't you already pregnant?

Person One: Ya, but now I've changed my mind.

Person two: ok, whatever.

It was funny, I had to share!

Just Another Manic Monday

I watered in the rain today. It was fun.

I also noticed that one of the guys I work with had really great arms. I mean really, REALLY great arms. Too bad he has a girlfriend.

I am reading a new book "The Great Awakening" by Jim Wallis. I let you know what I think when I am done.

Ex-Pat

So dear friends another 4th of July has come and past and once again I feel let down by the holiday as I always do. I have never been a big fan of the holiday, mainly because nothing exciting happens, sure there is the grilling and the fireworks, but it just doesn't seem enough. I don't even like the parades, in fact I detest them.

Every year Hanover's library has a book sale on the 4th where I stock up on books to read for the rest of the summer. I love the book sale, but to get to the book sale is always a challenge. Every year I end up trapped at the Hanover-Horton Parade pretending to have fun as we run in to every single person I have ever met. I would have more fun at a protest. When I metioned this to my mother she mentioned that it wasn't very patriotic, which made me think about where I could rather be and I have decided I am going to be an ex-patriot, drinking wine in a cafe somewhere in Paris one day soon.

In other news, I just finished "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris and it is a great read. If you have time pick it up!!!

Live from Jackson it's Wednesday Night!!!

To diverge from my usual work week habits I am sitting in a little cafe drinking chai and listening to a guitar guy play a cover of "Like a Rolling Stone". Ya, it's pretty fun. But the exciting part what the drive to the cafe. I had to drive through a storm with lots of wind, rain, hail and trees. When I arrived at the cafe I had to find a parking spot in the back and I had two choices: the side of the building under storm tortured trees or behind the building like half a mile away. So at fist I picked the side of building, but then I was afraid that a tree would fall and as I moved from the spot A TREE DID FALL ON MY CAR!!!!! Ok, only a very small branch and it did no damage, but a tree decided to hit my poor little car!!!!!!

Ok, I'm out~~~~~~~~~

June 30, 2008

Sorry, I realized that I forgot to put a picture in of the evil dog so here we go:

She is crazy and she annoys me.

Speaking of dogs, I am disturbed by the new show about America’s best dog. I don’t disagree that dogs are part of the family, but they aren’t people and they can carry fleas. Ewwww!!!!!

Anyhow, I am a graduate of College and have a Bachelor of Arts!!!!! The Diploma came in the mail today!! I was so excited to see it! It is very weird to know that I am college grad! I think it will really hit me when I don’t move back to college in the fall or when I get a real job.

P.S. my dad is going crazy on some kind of super mower right now. He is zooming around the yard mowing really fast; I think maybe he is trying to break a mowing record.

P.P.S. I mentioned in my last entry that I was very drunk on Saturday night; I think I remember speaking to someone in French. Why is it that when I am drunk French comes out of my mouth? Isn’t that weird?

Gosh I feel like a major dork.

P.P.P.S. I just watched Doctor Who – OMG!!!!!!! I knew it was coming, but I still can’t believe it!