<3 fruit

On my top 10 list of reasons why I love summer:

Fresh Fruit. I guess I'd put it immediately after No Classes and The Beach.
















I can easily make a meal out of fruit. I am a fruit whore. Any time my mom goes to the store and asks if she can pick me up something, my response is always, "fruit!"

And, I don't really cook with fruit. I just eat it as-is or cut it up into a yummy fruit salad. Maybe add a dash of cinnamon or some nuts, but not much else.

In the summertime there's always more of it and it's cheaper, so I can eat it more and THAT makes me a happy girl.

movie

I saw that Zohan movie Friday night. First of all: $18.50 for two tickets. WTF?? Not even getting into it, but that's messed up. This is why I do not go to movies anymore. I rent them for 5 bucks after they're on DVD and watch them with 30 cent popcorn in my undies. Forget $11 for a drink and a bag of popcorn, which is what it actually cost.

The movie was pretty dumb, with a few laughs here and there. I think if I was more aware of the cultures I would have gotten a lot more of the jokes. Besides that, though, it was funny. I even found myself chuckling about some of the scenes later that night.

The best part, though, was the soundtrack. It was full of old-school dance songs that if I download my sister would make fun of me for downloading... but would then add them to her mix cd and totally jam in the privacy of her car.

More to say, but gotta head to sleep.

OY-ness!

K so I was intrigued by drewann's comment about "oy." So, I went through and did a quick search using ctrl F for "Oy" and I found out I say it (or blog about it) a lot. That, and apparently a lot of things annOY me. I cracked up a little bit.

slurp

I just finished ghetto-rigging the driver's side mirror on my car. The mirror is intact, but it's not sitting on the motor and it's just hanging off. It got hit just enough to jar it off. So, dad Gorilla-glued it and I've taped it to the right position, hoping it will dry right. Oy.

Sucking down this glass of wine. It's been a long day. Not bad, just long and tiring. I'm actually proud of myself. I wrote the content for a web site today. At first I was confused and it took quite a bit of coaching from Lee, but I finally figured it out. In the end I realized it is not very different from writing a paper. I'll get the hang of it and the next one will go much quicker. Thank goodness my bosses are patient and have faith in me, LOL.

In other news, guess who got official business cards today??? Me! I'm excited. I've never had business cards before. They have my name on them... :o)

Speaking of work, I hope my ass gets paid soon. I'm berrr-roke. I had to creatively transfer money from different accounts to get enough to pay the car note this month. It's my own fault because I'm lazy and don't want to get an additional job and work all the time. Life's too short to work your ass off and never get down time. I will be working full time very soon for the rest of my life, so I don't feel too bad about it. I can be poor for a while.

Speaking of money, I got a substantially larger amount of federal grants for school next semester, which totally rocks. And it's done so early, too. Usually I don't get the info until right before school starts and I'm all stressed out. I'm not fooled, though. Nothing in financial aid is easy. Something will have me in tears before the end of summer.

But for now, let's put something else besides wine in my stomach.

sleep? nah...

The very nice glass of wine I drank before bed to make me tired has now morphed into a very nice case of heartburn at this very sleepy hour. I awoke with my cat curled under my armpit and her furry face smashed against mine. Ash, maybe you were right about it being very cold in here... as Pumpkin does not usually snuggle so vigorously.

I spent the late evening organizing the scrapbook mess in the two boxes under my bed, in the hopes that maybe if I sort it all out and make it easier to see what I have, I will actually DO some. I came across some neat stuff that I had saved to scrapbook, and a lot of stuff that I really don't remember where it's from. Also, since most of my photos are now digital and I've been meaning to save them somewhere that is not subject to crash unexpectedly, I think I'll really start saving them onto CD and placing the cd in a pocket within the scrapbook, or something like that.

Yesterday was a fun day at work. Jackie took me out with her while she did sales calls, and I think I can do it no problem. She got me mexican food for lunch and we had a couple of very good conversations throughout the day. I was telling my friend Bob earlier in the week, how this has just been the best job because the people are so laid back and they actually give a crap about you instead of just throwing work at you and checking in when it's due. That, and they have cats that I can play with when I've been staring at a computer for 4 hours and need a break. But that's just a bonus, haha. Seriously, though. They're always offering to feed me, asking how I am, how my family is, etc. Like I've said before, they're good people.

I have just noticed that I have a cut on my finger. How the hell did that get there??

Another thing: I've gotta really pay attention to my diet. It sucks. I've been living on microwave popcorn, cereal, apples and an occasional various baked good that I've whipped up. Oh yeah, that and chick-fil-a french fries. No joke, either. It's that bad. Time to mix in a salad here and there.

Working out needs to commence again as well. It's been hard waking my butt up to go before work this week and I don't really like going in the evenings. Gotta quit bitching and just get up, I guess.

Well, I guess now I'm tired enough to get some sleep, and the meds have kicked in.
nite (morning) ya'll.

things

I am intrigued by these "photo challenge" websites I've come across. Might start participating in some. Since, you know, one of my summer goals was to take more pictures, and I have.

Sometimes when I'm bored I surf craigslist and look under the "volunteer" tab for surveys to take for research studies. I took one about eating habits while eating a bag of doritos and a klondike bar, and washing it down with wine. Sounds nasty, I know. But it was gooood. The thing is, I always follow my cravings, no matter what it's for (with the exception of the obvious wheat-laden items). I figure if my body is craving it, I better listen.

Oyyy I have to work tomorrow. I let my aunt and cousin take my room, and I haven't gotten very great sleep at all these past few days on the couch. Turns out it's not very comfortable for extended periods of sleep. That, and the first person up in the morning would wake me up. The combination did not make for very restful sleep. So I've been tired and grouchy and not very ambitious. I get to sleep in a fresh clean bed tonight so hopefully I will awake tomorrow refreshed.

Here's a photo I snapped on the ferry from Galveston to Bolivar last weekend (I think).

and then we flew kites

Yes, the boyfriend and I saw kites in Walgreens and decided that it was windy enough to fly them. What fun! I haven't flown a kite since I was a kid.

Got family in town for Frank-o's graduation tonight, so it's good to see them.

Stomach has been upset pretty much constantly lately. It's probably time to go get tested for additional food allergies. If only the insurance company would pay for it...