Somebody has a case of the Monday's...

I really don't like having those kind of weekends when you don't get a lot of down time and then you have a busy week. Yeah... had one of those.

Worked a lot this weekend. There was a swim meet this weekend... 450-500 kids ranging in ages from 6-18... craziness. I worked 15 hours Friday and Saturday alone. 12 of those hours were on Saturday... it was painful. I had to keep reminding myself... you are getting paid for this... you are getting paid for this, not enough, but getting paid none the less. 

I wanted to destroy my phone this morning because of it waking me up... yes I did have to get up and I knew that it was going to go off, but I just don't like getting out of bed in the morning.  Doesn't matter if it is a song I like or just something to scare me out of bed... I don't like alarms going off in the morning. This semester I'm seriously up and down with the sun. Sometimes a handful of hours down after the sun.  You've gotta do what ya gotta do.

I realized how stinking old I am compared to others I work/hang out with. The conversation I was having was about going out on the weekends. I don't do it a whole lot because if I care to have a drink I can buy my own alcohol and enjoy it in the comforts of my own home. Nothing against going out to the bars or anything, I personally don't like paying a $10 cover to get into a place that sells mix drinks at about $8. The places that normally have the covers are the ones that have bands/DJs and usually are 18+... always crowded and you can barely enjoy yourself. But anyway the conversation... I asked a girl I worked with if she would like to come hang out and get some drinks after class... she was like um I'm not 21 yet... I just turned 20... I was like wow, I forget that I'm actually older than the others I work with. I'm not the baby anymore. Lets just say I have to really hunt out people to get drinks with. Now if  Zach was in the same town as me I would definitely would call him up and tell him to meet me somewhere for a few drinks before din din time. There are those days that I have the want for a drink or two after classes. To each his own though.

I guess embracing the dork in me and studying more leaves me little time to really have afternoons of going to get a drink with a friend or going out on the weekends to enjoy myself. Not this past weekend but the one before, I was in Mobile for a Mardi Gras ball... The idea of it was fun (3rd year to go), but being ill while there was not so much fun. The day before leaving to make my way down to Jackson to meet up with Zach, I became really good friends with the porcelain... I was hugging it b/c I was such good friends with it. I rallied and forced myself in the car, had my water and propel beside me and I played freeze out by myself on the ride down to Jackson. I was so stinking cold but it was the only thing keeping me from... well... you know. People driving by were looking at me like I was crazy for having my window down, but if they only knew. Same thing with the car ride from Jackson to Mobile... Thank goodness for duel a/c control. I get hot easily anyway but still... thank you whomever invented that! But I had a great time on the trip down there, I need to get a copy of the photos from that weekend so I can post some on here. But, until then, I hope I have something "blog worthy" of posting.

Rodeo, Yazoo, Bonfire, Vicksburg, umm don’t know you and my truck…

So my schedule this semester leaves me a lot of time to study... so I embrace the dork in me and go to the library. Which isn't a bad thing it gives me no excuse to why I can't have something done on time. Now to the reason why i mention the library in this post... there is a story I can't resist in telling...

So today I'm wearing a baseball cap to cover up the fact that I was unable to shower this morning before I left for work (had to be at work @ 6:15). Of course that isn't all I have on... scrubs and a t-shirt... comfortable clothing choices of the day. So back to the story... I'm buries in a book that I have to read for a class I had this afternoon... it was about 10:30 or so in the library and I'm sitting on a couch/love seat thing head down totally engrossed in the book, highlighting and making notes... I hear a cat call whistle and a girl's name being called. I don't look up b/c that wasn't my name and I don't really go for the cat calls... not really my thing. This guy keeps saying this girls name, and I'm hoping this guy realizes that this girl is probably ignoring him  and that I hope he shuts up soon. The next thing I know is this guy is sitting down next to me.. like almost on top of me and has his arms around (one behind me and the other draped over my book). The guy starts to talk but as I look up he stops and has a look of "oh shit... what now?!" Of course I have this look of W.T.F. and all I could get out was... "Umm hey I don't think we know each other..." all he got out was "Uhh... Ummm.. yeah we don't... Sorry." Gets up and walks (almost sprints) as fast as he could where ever he was going... I was doing all that I cold to not bust out laughing...

But anyway this past weekend for me was a lot of fun. I got make my way down to Jackson to visit Zach. First time in about three weeks since we have seen each other last. Friday night on a very last minute deal, we got to go to the rodeo! Yeee haw! I enjoyed myself I have to admit... probably think of me as a red neck now but so be it. Chad is who we got the tickets from. His brother plays with the group Lady Antebellum, who happened to be playing during the half-time/intermission of the rodeo. We left after they played though... Saturday was the most fun though... Zach and I went Yazooing... Went and saw the Everitts... T-Train (Thomas) has gotten so big! He is almost 2 years old... There is another one on the way... Harris. So excited. It was so much fun hanging out with them catching up and playing with Thomas. It is probably funny hearing a 23 year old say that enjoy hanging out with a married couple that has a kid and another on the way... Don't be fooled... they still know how to have fun!

That night Zach and I made it to a bonfire cookout birthday party... I'd much rather call it a "burning of the green" cook out birthday party since there was a small Christmas tree farm in that bonfire. I promise you that the flames were up to probably 20-30 feet... But we all went old school and made 'smores. Then we all got into a great conversation of how there is an exact science to make the perfect 'smore... "OK, pay attention. First you take the graham. You stick the chocolate on the graham. Then you roast the mallow. When the mallow's flamin', you stick it on the chocolate. Then, you cover it with the other end. Then... you scarf. It's kinda messy, but it's good." (yeah i busted that movie quote out...) SO after the bonfire... Zach, Chuck and I went to the boats in Vicksburg... we definitely didn't leave until 4 or so. It was fun getting to hang out with everybody/seeing pretty much everybody. The drive home on Sunday on the other hand was rather difficult... but the sacrifice of sleep was worth it...

But since it is Monday I should mention the best way to start off a week... getting your vehicle backed into! Wooo weee. ha ha... Yeah, it wasn't that bad of a hit it is just the location of the hit... just behind the drivers door and before the rear wheel well... that whole back end side is one piece... not excited about getting it fixed... The call to the parental figures wasn't enjoyable and then having to go home to show them wasn't a barrel of fun either. But hopefully the week can only get better from here... if it gets worse I just might cry... but I do have a Mardi Gras ball to look forward to this weekend so I'll just think of that when I think about my truck today...

One last spring...

So that time has come in my life when I can actually say it is my final spring semester... ha ha wow. Scary thing that I'm going to be out in the "real world" working. Networking and getting job interviews lined up is a scary thing. This isn't some summer job or one to have some extra money after rent... This is for a career... huge gulp. Lucky for me I have mobility with my future degree. I can either be in a high school teaching or at a college. I would love to do either. 

Ok, big deal for me now is getting all my ducks in a row for classes this semester. My parents want to know who I am and where is their daughter... yeah so I'm not having much of a social life since I have to do well in all my classes and I rarely if at all go out on the weekends. 

I'm also getting back into shape... starting off slow but have to start somewhere. I've started running and I hope to get up to running 4 miles by the end of this month. I wish it wasn't so cold outside so I can run outside that way. Come warmer weather I sure will be running outside. My goal with all the running is to run in the Double Decker 5K in April. I hope to have at least sub 8 minute miles. I think that is a good goal to have. 

I should be going to sleep now or finishing up my response for a class tomorrow. But I think I'm choosing sleep over reading and going to catch some Sportscenter...