crushed dreams

Had fun with the Tornado warning yesterday. Got to spend 50 minutes in the basement with my least favorite person. Luckily she went and talked to some other people for awhile. The best part was that once we got down there, a employee with IT or something was walking around asking everyone to try and stay quiet because there was an interview taking place in one of the rooms downstairs. I didnt think he was serious! Im sorry the building might be sucked up into the sky at any moment but I will try and keep my screams down. whatever...
I forgot to mention last time that I was recently accepted at UNO. Not as exciting as it sounds. I thought I would just go for it and get graduated! Well I choose the major 'Bachelor of Arts in Studio Arts with K-12 Endorsement' knowing that it might be hard to find art night classes but I was going to go for it anyway. Well with nothing to do this morning I have been looking through the course schedule and hardly any of the classes that I am needing are offered at night. It sucks I have to work around my work schedule. So now I am sad because I shouldn't have wasted my first opportunity to get my education done when it was easier. GRRR I know millions of people probably work full-time and go to school, Im just hoping it will work out for me to.
I complain about my job a lot but I like what I do (just not my co-worker!) and the benefits of working at a University are really good and Im afraid of losing them.
Something will work out and maybe I wont be the evil co-workers sidekick forever!

I've been a bad blogger!

(quick opener: Im not even going to read through this to make sure everything made sense. I will warn you again...this blog has not been edited...No life guard on duty...read at your own risk! And no I have not taken my meds today!)

I was going to open this blog with a rap song about being "back again" but I cant really remember the words so I wont try...instead I will open with

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DAD!

He is turning the big 5-1 today! yeah!

Okay, so it has been beyond crazy the last two weeks and I dont feel like blogging for 9 hours so I will try and shorten it into a list...here we go:

1. Snow storm that hit last week...one word SUCK! Long story short, I was left to open the office on Monday only to get to work and have them close the University at 1 pm. Then the next day I wake up at the butt crack before dawn only to find out that we were having a late start. I guess I was lucky that my car was stuck in my driveway and didn't leave before they announced that one. Good timing by the way! GRRRR

2. Hurt my back shoveling the mounds of snow behind my car and was crippled pretty much the entire week. No fun!

3. The evil co-worker was gone all last week (hooray!) but she is back. But it was one of the craziest weeks last week and I never thought it was going to end. Everything and anything happened at work...not cool.

4. Got a raging case of food poisoning or something Sunday night. I seriously thought my stomach had turned inside out. I was really close to somehow transporting myself to the hospital to have my stomach pumped, but Im sure that would have not been fun either. Called out Monday and spent the day in the fetal position.

5. My stomach so far has only allowed jello or plain popsicles to enter since Monday evening, but I am working myself back up to whole foods.

6. Having the worst week with the evil co-worker. I think I made her mad being sick on Monday (like I choose to have my inners turn inside out!) so she has decided to be extra beaver-ish this week. But there is a light at the end of the tunnel...it is looking like her chances of being gone for 6 weeks this summer are increasing. YEAH!

7. We are still working on fixing the house but it is going slow. "Ma says one day we have floors again in ar' ketchin!"

8. Have to make a point again of the beaverness level of the co-worker. So I took down the mail and somehow I missed one and you would think I did it on purpose. "it was there...i know it was there...well I can guess it can go tomorrow." I guess the world will have to stop for a moment...im sorry!

9. To end this sad saga...my one year anniversary is coming up here at work. Only some higher power knows how I have made it this long. I will try and work up a special one year tribute!

So there you have it. My last two weeks in a boring nut shell. Hope all is well with everyone out there!

Pictures

(Editing NOTE! I forgot I made this post and I think I got mad at AOL and gave up. Here are some pictures of the water damage!)

These are a few pictures of our house (aka the wind tunnel). Since AOL and dial-up blows I dont have enough patience to waste 4 hours uploading them all up to the internet. Hopefully, we will be able to shut the fans off soon because they have been going 24-7 since Monday and frankly, they are getting a bit annoying.


This is just one of the many holes in the ceiling downstairs.



This is the floor in the kitchen, now that we have no tile. Dont forget to wear shoes!



Not the best picture, but this is all the CRAP we had to move out of the storage room in a panic. It goes all the way back to the white spot in the upper right corner of the picture.

These are a few of the buckets of water that were able to collect.

One of the holes were water was coming out of. This picture was taken early and by the next morning there was a good size hole there.

For the love...thats all that comes to mind!

So my mom and I were enjoying a quiet night at home on Sunday, watching Desperate Housewives and getting some laundry done. About 35-45 minutes into the show, it went to commercials and my mom decided to make some popcorn and I was going to go switch loads real quick, since I started the washer about 7:30-7:45 ish. My mom came out the kitchen first to find at least 1 or more inches of water in the kitchen. All you could hear was water running down the walls. I ran downstairs to find 4 or 5 holes in the ceiling with water coming out of them. I opened the storage room door, which is directly below the washer/dryer and it was like a waterfall. Of course the room was a total mess to start with and then add a waterfall. My mom and I were hauling stuff out of the room like no other. At one point I did a total face dive on the tile section of the basement. All you could do was laugh at the time but I seriously thought I broke my foot. Then the phone started ringing, and my mom cant answer it because she is stuck under a waterfall and so I somehow stand up and was able to get the phone. We were dumping out trashcans and storage containers to catch all the water...utter madness! I thought I was going to dry, but its like those times where you have an emergency and find the strength to carry a 90 lb box of antiques books out from under a waterfall.
Needless to say...we all stayed home yesterday and tried to clean up some more. Restoration specialist were sent out to try and get stuff mended before it got worse. They had to tear up all the tiles in the kitchen and half of the carpet in our basement. Not to mention the 3 holes they had to make in the ceiling downstairs. Then to make it worse, all the dirty laundry was sitting on the floor in the laundry room when it happened so we had like 5 loads of wet dirty laundry; plus the load of towels in the washer. My mom and I did 11 loads of laundry at the laundry mat yesterday...no fun!
The real fun part is that to dry out the house, they brought in these fans and they are all over. Just the name of the fan says it all...Gale Force! It is so freakin loud in the kitchen and basement and we have to keep them on 24-7. I just cant wait until we start really going through all the boxes that got wet. Im sure some childhood memories will be lost.
I will get some pictures up hopefully tonight! Until then...stay dry!

Welcome to Omaha...

Trying to keep in the running for Favorite Offspring of the Year (you try to beat Prince Billy!) I agreed to pick up my mom at the airport last night. I had dinner with a couple of friends (props to Mattie and Elaine!) and got over to the airport with sometime to kill. I tried to save some money by parking in one of the lots next to Carter Lake but that place is so sketchy that after sitting in the dark, by myself for like 2 minutes I had to leave. After circling the airport a couple of times, I thought I should head inside because I think the airport police were starting to notice! I got up to the waiting area, at the end of the terminals and was tempted to enter the bar but I didn't have an extra $50 on me to have a drink so I opted to play the bar video game machine instead.
I started to notice people were coming up from the terminal and went out to greet my mom. As I walked out I noticed that a woman was changing her toddlers diaper on the floor. Okay, so if you have never been to the Eppley airport, passengers walk up this incline from the terminal to the small waiting space for "visitors". So imagine getting off a long flight and come up to the top of the incline and see this woman changing a diaper in an airport terminal. I understand you have to do what you have to do, but seriously...maybe move off to the side! whatever...
After picking up my mom, dinner was on the agenda next. Three drive-thru's later, I was running out of room to put stuff. I thought we were going to have to open the trunk. Made it home in time to have a fight with my brother (I was RIGHT) and get ready for the next day...just glad today is FRIDAY!
In other news....
1. I got my new glasses today and totally love them. The girl at the glasses shop totally was stealing my thunder because she kept trying on MY glasses before I even got to try them on because she was "so in Love with them." I wanted to tell her to get her own freakin pair! Hooker!
2. We are beyond dead this afternoon and its going to be tough. So what does the evil co-worker do...ask if she can leave early! for the love! Im hoping my boss will say I can go home to, but Im sure thats wishful thinking!
3. CONGRATULATIONS matt on your interview. You will do awesome! GOOD LUCK!
4. For a good laugh...check out these pictures. If only jasmine would sit still for that long!
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

I wanted to dedicate today's post to my mom because, its her 50th birthday! Hope you had a good day and we will have a FIESTA when you return! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Opps I did it again...again!

(Okay...quick observation: You really need to be careful when falling asleep while watching HBO. My mom and I were watching Bill Mauhr when we got a case of the sleepies and decided to go to bed. Well after laying in bed and not able to fall asleep I got up and decided to get on the computer. Passing my parents room, I found that she had fallen asleep and the show that is now on is like "Hooker: Life on the streets" and they are following these real life hookers around. It is actually really funny. Plus the best part is, the volume is turned up that I am still able to hear it down the hall. I just hope when my brother's girlfriend leaves, the sounds that I just heard will not be happening again!)

So today felt like the karma gods were taking the day off and forgetting about all the nice stuff I have been doing for others lately. I got to work, somewhat early and got out to put my coat on and once again, let the FREAKIN door shut and locked my keys, purse, and "work" shoes sitting on the inside of my car. I stood there and stood at my door hoping it would just magically pop open but no such luck. This couldn't be happening to me AGAIN. All I could do was walk into work and hope for the best. Flash forward...I thought that I would try and save my dad a trip to Omaha (because I have still not been smart enough to make a spare key to leave at work) and got campus security involved. Of course they send not the brightest crayon in the box. He has me sign a waiver and starts giving me the warnings. "We have been known to do some damage and people get mad, but we are not professionals. We have broke windows, torn out wires and damaged doors. It's mainly pure luck if we get it open." Yeah, this guy should never be in sales. I nervously watched as he basically violated my car in not such a good way. I stopped him after he shoved a larger metal strip into my door, not even watching what he was doing because he was too busy telling me that his next car is "gonna have that satellite thing in there "and "all he's gonna have to do is press a button." Spare me. I had to stop him before he raked the metal thing across my window again, and told him I was just going to have to call someone to bring me a key. So I returned to work, empty handed, an even bigger headache and a crabby co-worker to make the day better. My dad being too nice, brought me a key so I was able to at least change my shoes and oh yeah be able to drive home. The day did go pretty fast and before I knew it my boss was letting us go 15 minutes early. But I found the real cure to be a trip to Old Navy after work and the fact that I couldn't be happier that today is FRIDAY!

I heart Lewis Black!

For the love its been forever! We are starting to get a lot busier at work and I think I am going to have to blog at home...which blows. I have to stop myself from throwing my computer at home over the cliff and into the Platte River when I am on the internet. I loath AOL and dial-up. Maybe someday someone will be cool and make it possible for us to get high-speed internet in our area...but lets not get into that.
So I heart Lewis Black! My parents, brother and I got to go to his show this past Tuesday and it was awesome! We were seated in like the front section and we were dead center. I got a little scared half way through because he started making fun of the law NE is trying to pass involving concealed weapons and the lady that was sitting right next to me was the only one for it. He kept making fun of it and the people are for it so she got quiet and started pouting. I tried to get my dad to switch seats with me but he wouldn't...I didn't want to get shot! Then he started talking about evolution and that was the last straw for her I guess, because she got up and left. I was relieved because I was laughing at everything (imagine that) and it obviously was offending her. Her loss!
As we were leaving, Lewis Black passed right by my mom and went to the front to sign autographs. My brother and I hopped in line and I tried to figure out something to have him sign. I was a little star struck (ask me about Shawn Toovey sometime..tee hee) and was trying to get my mom to take a picture so I didnt have to. I guess she thought this would be a good opportunity for me to face me fears (remind me to thank her later) and she turned the pressure right back on me! I quickly ran up to the table where they were selling stuff and paid $10 for two pictures, so my brother and I could have something for him to sign other than our face. I forced my mom to take a picture of him and my brother because I was only able to handle one confrontation at a time. The picture turned out hilarious and I will have to post it later. It was my turn to have him sign my picture and I forgot my name. He asked me who I would like it made to and I couldn't say my name. Somehow it came out and he signed my picture. It was so awesome! I did not expect AT ALL to be able to meet him! All around it was an awesome night!
I have some more stories to tell but I cant at the moment because someone who reads this blog isnt supposed to know about what I have been up to until after this weekend...tee hee! So stayed tuned and I promise to try harder to get something posted more often.