st. maarten here i come!
So I'm leaving Saturday morning for St. Maarten for Jaimie and Derek's wedding - beach style. I think I have everything done that I need to do to prepare.. which was really just tanning and shopping. I'm definitely tanned, and I DEFINITELY went shopping. So far (because there's still tomorrow!!!) I've purchased:
-one yellow t-shirt with snaps down the front (cute with tan)
-one skanky black shirt which reallllly doesn't cover much of my "meloneas", as sarah had hers called in Dominican
-one army green off the shoulder t-shirt - sexy
- one pair of bright blue terry cloth shorts for the beach
- one pair of maroon American Eagle cotton shorts (but from Winners, so they were CHEAP!)
- one 1-piece bathing suit - Roots, two tone blue
- one 2-piece bathing suit - teal with flowers and shit.. again make my +1+$ look huge (because they are.. haha)
- one pair of khaki shorts
- one pair of khaki coloured capris with a very cute belt
- one pair of blue-green capris, cargo style w/ drawstrings at the bottoms of the legs
-one red tank top that says canada on it hahaha friendly tourist
- one orange sundress for the wedding
-one pair of beige sandals that are covered in like, cloth.. they go w/ the dress
- um.. i think that's actually it.
- wrong. Last thing - one pair of sweatpants that say "cougars" on the ass.. those were just for fun, because they were 10 bucks.
I managed to justify all that stuff.. I'm quite proud of myself. My brother told me I'm terrible to shop with. We went to Old Navy together yesterday. I asked him why, and he said "because every time I ask you what you think about something, you say 'i dont know, get it'"
The kid has a point.. i really am a shopping whore, i have no standards. My general rule of thumb is if it's on sale for less than $10, buy it, even if you're not crazy about it. Because it's a steal!! HA!
Today at work I felt like throwing a tantrum. I was so frustrated and I just wanted to throw myself on the ground and yell and scream and refuse to work anymore. Brian the stupid gardener who thinks he knows everything told me to cut this area with the Ex-Mark, which is basically a john deere-esque riding grass mower. Problem is, the grass is really long, and was on the wet side, so it kept getting all stuck up in the blade cover so that the blades wouldn't spin fast enough to cut anything. It did it a few times the other day but I just sat in one spot for a few seconds to let the grass spin out, and then it was OK again. But TODAYYYY such was not the case.. Today it got so bad that the stupid blades just stopped. And wouldn't start. I was angry anyway because Brian the Stupid Gardener is annoying and never shuts up, so me and Teresa the Cool Nice Gardener get quite irritated. B the SG has this chip on his shoulder, and even though Teresa has almost as much gardening experience he still tells her that her way is wrong.. at least once a day. I think B the SG almost caught us talking about him today.. it was a close call... we dont know for sure. ANYWAY, I was already irritated with his foolishness, and then the ExMark blades stopped, so I just wanted to push it down a hill and crash it into the cars... I am finding recently that when I get angry I want to hit people or break things.. I have never been like that before. I think I might need to see a therapist, maybe. Sometimes it's actually very hard to NOT hit/throw things. I'm going to try the "count to 10" strategy for a while, so if you hear me counting, you better start being super nice to me or get out of my arms' reach. I drove the thing to B the SG and told him what happened. I was pretty bitchy, I think I likely sounded as if I thought it was his fault.. which I felt it was at the time, but only because I wanted somebody to be mad at. It's just not gratifying swearing at a grass cutter. (which i did anyway)
Yeah so he shoves his hands under the blades and pulls out some grass and tells me to start it up.. of course the blades work again, but then he tells me when it does it again, to just reach under and pull out the grass. FUCK YOU BUDDY! I'm not putting my hands near the blades.. i dont care if the friggin tractor is turned off or not. THe funny thing was, he told me "to be sure, you can pull out the spark plug", except in our training a few weeks ago, they made a ridiculously large point out of the fact that even if you pull the spark plug, blades can and will still spin. Terrific. Thankfully, he told me to just finish up the area and then go and trim this mile long ditch with grass up to my hip.. that was cathartic, I made a BIG mess, and went very fast, shredding the crap out of everything. I felt much better after.
I saw Mean Girls last night.. Daniel De Santo has a speaking part in the movie.... i went to the same high school as a guy in mean girls woooooo!!!! Also, parts of the movie were filmed at our very own Sherway Gardens. Shazamm
I got my income tax refund and felt like singing when I opened it, because the little number on the right said "1626.98" so that's how I got to do all my shopping. But really, it's to pay off my visa. I also got paid today for my first week of work.. apparently I got paid for the 2 days I didn't go to Stupid Disco.. OMG, that's a song. Stupidisco - Junior Jack. NOW i know what they're talking about.. !
I think tonight I'm going to make CDs for the trip.. I will put STUPIDISCO on one of them. Does anyone have any fun suggestions for CDs? Perhaps Themed CDS?
Here are some date-related tidbits:
1. tuesday was me and dave's 1 year and 9 month anniversary - not that we ever celebrate the months, but we acknowledge.
2. My birthday is in exactly 2 weeks
3. In less than a month I will find out if I got into Physical Therapy anywhere. This wait is KILLING me.
Ok, i have to go.. My mom is coming over on her way home from some art gallery so I can give her a fashion show of all my new toys. And by toys, i mean clothes.
Maybe I will post from St. Maarten......... Maybe not.
-one yellow t-shirt with snaps down the front (cute with tan)
-one skanky black shirt which reallllly doesn't cover much of my "meloneas", as sarah had hers called in Dominican
-one army green off the shoulder t-shirt - sexy
- one pair of bright blue terry cloth shorts for the beach
- one pair of maroon American Eagle cotton shorts (but from Winners, so they were CHEAP!)
- one 1-piece bathing suit - Roots, two tone blue
- one 2-piece bathing suit - teal with flowers and shit.. again make my +1+$ look huge (because they are.. haha)
- one pair of khaki shorts
- one pair of khaki coloured capris with a very cute belt
- one pair of blue-green capris, cargo style w/ drawstrings at the bottoms of the legs
-one red tank top that says canada on it hahaha friendly tourist
- one orange sundress for the wedding
-one pair of beige sandals that are covered in like, cloth.. they go w/ the dress
- um.. i think that's actually it.
- wrong. Last thing - one pair of sweatpants that say "cougars" on the ass.. those were just for fun, because they were 10 bucks.
I managed to justify all that stuff.. I'm quite proud of myself. My brother told me I'm terrible to shop with. We went to Old Navy together yesterday. I asked him why, and he said "because every time I ask you what you think about something, you say 'i dont know, get it'"
The kid has a point.. i really am a shopping whore, i have no standards. My general rule of thumb is if it's on sale for less than $10, buy it, even if you're not crazy about it. Because it's a steal!! HA!
Today at work I felt like throwing a tantrum. I was so frustrated and I just wanted to throw myself on the ground and yell and scream and refuse to work anymore. Brian the stupid gardener who thinks he knows everything told me to cut this area with the Ex-Mark, which is basically a john deere-esque riding grass mower. Problem is, the grass is really long, and was on the wet side, so it kept getting all stuck up in the blade cover so that the blades wouldn't spin fast enough to cut anything. It did it a few times the other day but I just sat in one spot for a few seconds to let the grass spin out, and then it was OK again. But TODAYYYY such was not the case.. Today it got so bad that the stupid blades just stopped. And wouldn't start. I was angry anyway because Brian the Stupid Gardener is annoying and never shuts up, so me and Teresa the Cool Nice Gardener get quite irritated. B the SG has this chip on his shoulder, and even though Teresa has almost as much gardening experience he still tells her that her way is wrong.. at least once a day. I think B the SG almost caught us talking about him today.. it was a close call... we dont know for sure. ANYWAY, I was already irritated with his foolishness, and then the ExMark blades stopped, so I just wanted to push it down a hill and crash it into the cars... I am finding recently that when I get angry I want to hit people or break things.. I have never been like that before. I think I might need to see a therapist, maybe. Sometimes it's actually very hard to NOT hit/throw things. I'm going to try the "count to 10" strategy for a while, so if you hear me counting, you better start being super nice to me or get out of my arms' reach. I drove the thing to B the SG and told him what happened. I was pretty bitchy, I think I likely sounded as if I thought it was his fault.. which I felt it was at the time, but only because I wanted somebody to be mad at. It's just not gratifying swearing at a grass cutter. (which i did anyway)
Yeah so he shoves his hands under the blades and pulls out some grass and tells me to start it up.. of course the blades work again, but then he tells me when it does it again, to just reach under and pull out the grass. FUCK YOU BUDDY! I'm not putting my hands near the blades.. i dont care if the friggin tractor is turned off or not. THe funny thing was, he told me "to be sure, you can pull out the spark plug", except in our training a few weeks ago, they made a ridiculously large point out of the fact that even if you pull the spark plug, blades can and will still spin. Terrific. Thankfully, he told me to just finish up the area and then go and trim this mile long ditch with grass up to my hip.. that was cathartic, I made a BIG mess, and went very fast, shredding the crap out of everything. I felt much better after.
I saw Mean Girls last night.. Daniel De Santo has a speaking part in the movie.... i went to the same high school as a guy in mean girls woooooo!!!! Also, parts of the movie were filmed at our very own Sherway Gardens. Shazamm
I got my income tax refund and felt like singing when I opened it, because the little number on the right said "1626.98" so that's how I got to do all my shopping. But really, it's to pay off my visa. I also got paid today for my first week of work.. apparently I got paid for the 2 days I didn't go to Stupid Disco.. OMG, that's a song. Stupidisco - Junior Jack. NOW i know what they're talking about.. !
I think tonight I'm going to make CDs for the trip.. I will put STUPIDISCO on one of them. Does anyone have any fun suggestions for CDs? Perhaps Themed CDS?
Here are some date-related tidbits:
1. tuesday was me and dave's 1 year and 9 month anniversary - not that we ever celebrate the months, but we acknowledge.
2. My birthday is in exactly 2 weeks
3. In less than a month I will find out if I got into Physical Therapy anywhere. This wait is KILLING me.
Ok, i have to go.. My mom is coming over on her way home from some art gallery so I can give her a fashion show of all my new toys. And by toys, i mean clothes.
Maybe I will post from St. Maarten......... Maybe not.