Stress, Bowling, and family

Well, as most of you know....this past weekend, was probably the most stressful weekend we've had in a long time. Being that most of you know what happened, I won't elaborate...but I will say drunk drivers piss me off. On our way home from Minneapolis, my dad was rearended. So, being sane, he pulled over and started to get out to go talk to the guy. Well, said guy zoomed off. It's been awhile since I've seen Bob so angry. It was crazy. Well, needless to say that was the end of any spending the night ideas mom and I may have had.

Bowling. Man, we thought it would be just a great idea to start our own bowling team, since Sabrina, Tammi, and I all wanted to...you would not believe how hard it is to find two other bowlers. No one we know who wants to lives in the area. It's unbelievable. But, we have two that are looking into it...hopefully we'll have a guaranteed 4 at least and then can just rotate 2 or 3.

I cannot believe that Labor Day is already here...Jen is going to be here tomorrow evening. Jake should be here like Thursday and then the whole Lansing clan (Westmoreland group) will be here at like 5am on Friday morning. It's crazy!!!! So, it may be a hectic 2nd half of the week and a crazy weekend. But hey, I'm gonna see my family and I'm gonna hang with my girls...what more could I ask for. Those of you coming home this weekend, I can't wait to see you. And those of you not able to make it, wish you were able to be here and I love you all!!!

In Honor of Jen Coming Home

TOP 20 REASONS WHY ALCOHOL IS BAD

20. you avoid elevators because the motion might make you puke.
19. You can't figure out where you left your car last night.
18. YOUR DOG IS LICKING YOUR FACE AS YOU LAY ON THE FLOOR OF YOUR LIVING ROOM AND SUDDENLY YOU REMEMBER, 'I DON'T HAVE A DOG!'
17. it takes you an hour to walk a 1/4 of a mile
16. you fall asleep with a beer in your, not spill a drop, and wake up the next morning and drink it.
15. You have to report your car stolen, because you forget where you left it and then find it in your driveway
14. decide that the toilet is not a good place to take a leak, and procede to try to piss on your friend's shoes. (not I left this on the list because we all know guys who have done this....intentionally)
13. Your mixed drinks taste like shots and your shots are the size of mixed drinks.
12. Your favorite place to sleep is the bathroom, because of the cool tile floor.
11. You claim that you "only smoke when you drink", but you have enough Marlboro miles for the Pool Table.
10. Suddenly, mooning a cop seems like a fun idea
9. You spent Sunday night in jail for cow-tipping -- with your Oldsmobile.
8. Worried friends call Monday morning to make sure you returned the goat.
7. you crawl into the back of 'your' pickup to sleep it off---and the next day you wake up in the back of a stranger's pickup, in their garage, in a town you don't recognize.
6. You have to fight off the urge to kiss everyone in the bar
5. you spend twenty minutes trying unsuccessfully to start your car, only to realize its not your car you're sitting in.
4. You try to pick up women ten years older with the line "Are you seriously thirty?"
3. You look around the bar and realize you are the only non-staff there.
2. you whistle your favourite march melody in the morning, expecting those little dwarfs to march out of your mouth and take along their hammers.
1. You can't remember where you went last night or what you did, but you know you had a good time.



Now I realize that some of these aren't great...or are aimed at guys...but the sad part is sooo many of them sound familiar...either things that have happened to me or us....or guys we know.
Besides it was fun and wasted some time.

I hate Crickets

I don't really have much to say...but I thought I'd let you all in on my love for crickets. Well, in case you didn't understand it from my title. There is absolutely NO love in my heart for the little chirping bastards. There is a cricket in the back room of the store, and he has been there for almost a month I think (unless he died and a new one showed up but what are the chances). This stupid jerk just chirps and chirps and chirps...and as soon as it seems like I may be close to where he is, he stops...and I'm lost. ARGHHHHHH! All I can say is that if he hangs around much longer, it will come down to me attacking any little sound with a bat. I'm just gonna go insane. Mother F$#*ing little piece of shit cricket. And yes, that is how I feel. Taunting little jerks.

You Are A Weeping Willow Tree

You are a dreamer, and you're into almost any kind of escapism.Restless and capricious, you love to travel to exotic places.You are easily influenced by others, as long as they don't pressure you.You tend to suffer in love until you find that one loyal, steadfast partner.An empathetic friend, you love to make others smile and laugh.

What's" Your Celtic Horoscope?

I love my brother

Well, at last I have something new to write about. Nothing overly exciting, but it's new. Snaker came home for a visit last night, and will be in town until Friday afternoon or so, before he runs off for a concert or something over in the Dells area. So, today he met me for lunch. It was nice. I can't believe how much I miss him...well I can, but he's a brother, you'd think it wouldn't be that big of a deal...but we all know how great of a guy Jake is that it's hard not to miss him. Anyway...we were at lunch and for some reason he's got this idea in his head that I just need to pack up and leave Hillsboro at least for a little while anyway. It seems like lately when we talk he always manages to slip it into the conversation...like today it was...so when you work here you cook too, right? and I was like yes I do. And he says, "so basically you could take what you have for bartending skills and use it anywhere and make a living...like you could come out to San Diego for a year and work, just bartending at a place this size (dan and nancy's) and make 300 a day. Which him doing this isn't a big deal nor is it suprising...the real problem is that it's something that I would do...but I can't just say ok Mickayla we are moving here for awhile to try it out and see how we like it. There would be soooo many people here that would be upset with me for it.

I deserve a raise!!!

Holy fricken cow!!!!!

Ok, so I'm going over August's schedules and boy oh boy am I busy. First of all...after my lovely canoeing outing with the Hubbard clan (and Hillsboro cement) I get to drop of Mickayla with my saviour Sabine for two nights while I venture off to Racine for our Spring/Summer buying show. I get to leave at like 5 am on Sunday. Then the 13th after Noah's bday party again we are off, this time to Minneapolis for a gift buying show. Fun? Yes....but takes up a lot of time...and causes me to work on my only guaranteed day off. Then there are the fun days off. Visiting Beeth and Bater for a weekend...and Jen coming home the following weekend. Plus that weekend Jen will be home...so will a lot of others...including Jake the Snake...but still...all the traveling and working on the Sundays and the days that will be 9-9 I think that entitles me to a little extra...but it's just a thought.

What in the world.

Ok...I know I know, it's been almost a month. I suck. I got it. So here's an update.

First of all...I couldn't tell you what in the hell is going on, but for some damn reason I'm more broke than those boys on the mountain (yeah I know stupid joke). I'm not really going out at all and just wasting money. I pay my bills and about 4 weeks ago, I missed an automatic withdrawal and have been screwed up ever since...I can't seem to get my shit in order...and the bank doesn't seem to have my statement...which I never got. So, I can't go through and balance my checkbook and I haven't hardly spent any money...yet it's all gone...go figure.

Second....I have a question...and I know most of us discussed this last night, but I have to ask the rest of you. If you had a daughter how old would she have to be before you let her shave her legs? The reason I ask this is because Tammi let her 9 year old, only going to be in 3rd grade daughter start shaving. I honestly don't get it, and wouldn't let Mickayla start until she's at least in 6th grade. That's the year I started shaving mine...and really only because all my friends had started and I didn't want to be left out....now Mickayla is really hairy...but that's no excuse to let her start early. Well, that happens to be part of Tammi's reasoning. The rest of it, is because she thinks that Elena's bitchiness means that she is going to be starting period in the next year or so...but girls get bitchy...and just because she may start early doesn't mean she needs to completely grow up yet....SHE'S ONLY 9!!!!! It seems like she's pushing her to grow up...which is not good. So, I was just wondering if I was the only one who thought it was nuts or not.

Third....and yeah, she may be pissed if she reads this, but oh well. Would you tell your friend (or roommate) if you thought your kid was smoking and suspected them of stealing cigarettes from the roommate? I know I would and that I would want to know. Well, Darrin had been and she suspected it and didn't tell me...until I found out and was about to tell her that he had been caught...and she was like yeah I already knew and had suspected it before we went to MI over 4th of July. And when they got home she was keeping an eye on my cigs and saw they were coming up missing...but waited until 3 weeks later to tell me...when I said something to her. And she was pissed at everyone else basically...for not coming to her..and for butting into her business...and she basically told me that it wasn't really my business either...and I was like...I'm sorry...you may think it's not...but when he lives in my house and is around my kid..and there is a chance she could see him do it...AND he's taking them from me...I should have been told the second she suspected it. What do you guys think????

Anyway...I know that was a long as post...but I was way behind...and actually needed to rant a bit....