Absolutly Lacy

Wow

2010-03-15T02:08:00.000-07:00

So, it's been like two years since I've done anything here. You wouldn't believe how much has changed!

First, the big news. I'm an Aunt!!!!! My sister and brother in law have the cutest little boy you would ever want to see. He's got the biggest blue eyes and the cutest smile in the whole world. It's amazing how much you can love someone that you just met. He's 5 months old right now and absolutely amazing.

There's been some sad news as well. My Grandmother passed away on December 31, 2009. She was 93 years old and she will be missed greatly. I was at work when it happened, but I had already said my good-byes to her earlier that day. I know that she is happy, healthy and with the Lord and my Granddaddy again so it makes it a little easier to deal with. There are times that I still miss her; times that I still cry; but I know that I'll see her again one day.

I still work at the AC-T. The job is good. I have learned every job in my department in my time there, so I'm a jack of all trades now. There have been a lot of changes made since I started working there; people have come and gone, others have been laid off, ad sales are down, etc., but we're still plugging right along. I think our department is going to be gone by the end of the year. I'm not sure if they'll get rid of me or not, but I'm still looking for another job just in case.

This seems to be a trend in all of these posts, but, I'm getting ready to move! As heart wrenching as losing my Granny Florence was, something good did come of it. I get to move into her house and call it my own. Don't get my wrong, I didn't want her to die so I would have a house. I wanted her to be around for as long as God wanted her to be, but it doesn't mean I'm not happy about moving. Right now, we're working on the walls so that we can paint and then I'm putting in new carpet and new flooring in the kitchen and in the bathroom. Once all that is done, I'm moving in! It will be so nice to be in a place that I don't have to pay rent on.

I went back through my earlier posts and read them. It's hard to believe that all that stuff happened to me. It seems like a lifetime ago that I was dating UGA and worrying about him leaving. Now the only things I worry about is when the putty is going to be dry on the wall so I can sand it down for painting.

Well, sadly, that's all the news that I have to share. It's not good that two whole years of your life can be summed up in just a few paragraphs. I think that either speaks to how boring my life is or to how bad my memory is.

Either way, it's not good.

I'm gone.

Bloggin' In The Bathroom

2008-05-15T22:52:00.000-07:00

Alright, so I know that my schedule is a little different from 'normal' people's. I work from 4 p.m. till midnight, so my sleeping pattern is slightly altered. I understand and accept that.

So, tonight, at 2 a.m., I am sitting in my friend Shannon's bathroom floor, bloggin' because I can't sleep.

It's great.

See, I'm down in Raleigh this weekend for Kat's wedding. (She's not bloggin' about it, which is strange.) But anyway, everyone is in town. Kim and Johnathan came in from 'Bama, which is cool, cause I haven't seen them in months.

The apartment is one bedroom, which means people sleep on the floor. Kim and John are on an air mattress in the living room and I'm sleeping on the couch.

But I'm not sleeping.

I'm sitting in the bathroom floor, bloggin'.

It's awesome.

Other than that, I got nothing. My life is pretty boring. I work, I go home, I sleep, I wake up, I work out, I clean up and I go back to work.

Repeat, repeat, repeat.

Last week, I work seven days in a row. Good lord it was horrible.

But for now, I'm bloggin' in the bathroom floor.

At least I'm not drunk. (Or maybe I should be?)

I'm gone.

So This Is Christmas.......

2007-12-26T22:37:00.000-08:00

And it was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had so much fun this year, aside from the fact that I had to work on Christmas Eve and didn't make it to my Granny Florence's on time and missed everyone.

Anyway, Christmas Day we went back to Granny Florence's and ate lunch. There were a lot of people there that I hadn't seen in a while, so it was nice to catch up with my family again. Granny wasn't doing so well. She was really confused about who everyone was and why they were there and she was very overwhelmed at the amount of people. She got really upset and was beginning to cry and it broke my heart.

After that, I went to Mama and Poppa's house and got my New Year's present. It was to naughty to be associated with Christmas. Anyway.....moving on.

Next was Mom and Dad's. It was great. We just open gifts, sat around and talked and played Guitar Hero III.

It rocks.

Then we went to Granny Sis's house and had dinner and dessert with Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It was really nice to just sit around and talk and be with my family without a lot of hassle.

Then I came home, played Guitar Hero till 5:30 a.m. and went to work.

Exciting I know, but hey, it was a great Christmas.

I'm gone.

Quiet Time

2007-12-21T23:23:00.000-08:00

Well, it's quiet time here at my house.

I've gotten no phone calls, no text messages, no e-mails, not anything in the past week.

Last Saturday was a bit hairy. The stupid boy sent a text message to a wrestling friend and asked how long we had been dating.

I've only met the friend three times.

He lives 8 hours away.

How have we been dating?

The friend tried to set him straight, but he wasn't hearing it. He told the friend that he had heard all about it from another friend and knew what was going on. There was much yelling and argument and in the end, the friend told him to get over it or get lost.

Last Sunday was quiet too.

Until about 6:00 p.m.

The stupid boy called the wrestling friend and told him he was going to take a bunch of pills. The friend, being the good person that he is, called and texted me to try to help. Finally, once he had called the stupid boy, the stupid boy told him that everything was fine.

I explained to the friend that this was one of his ploys to gain sympathy. Needless to say, the friend was pissed!

When I got home from Church, I had two messages on my house phone from the stupid boy. It was something about the hospital and getting help. I wasn't really listening, I was clearing off the answering machine. I forgot about it.

I go about my day, and Monday evening, I get a call from a hospital in Hickory. They tell me that I have a phone call from the stupid boy. I ask why but the lady transfers the call anyway. I talk to him for like 5 minutes, long enough for him to lie and tell me that he checked himself in to get help and that he wants to be my friend and needs to talk to me to help him out. I told him no and told him not to call me anymore and hung up.

Later that evening, I got another call and a message giving me a number to call to get a patient code so that I could contact him. I used that number to call on Tuesday morning to tell them not to let him call me ever again.

So, that's when it got quiet.

Up until today. Apparently the stupid boy is out of the hospital.

He called me, using a restricted number, and didn't leave a message. I sent some text messages out to warn people about him calling them. I have it on good authority that he's told a couple of different stories about why he was in the hospital in the first place.

Other than that, I haven't heard from the stupid boy. I hope to never ever hear from him again, but I couldn't get that lucky.

Does anyone have the number for the witness protection program?

That's it.

I'm gone

Just....yeah

2007-12-07T02:45:00.000-08:00

So, since the last time we've talked, I dated someone.

His name was Joel Williams. He started out nice enough. He was sweet, charming, cute and all the things that you look for in a boyfriend.

We dated for three months. Things were good. We had our problems, yes, like most couples, but after a while, things just got to be to much. We were fighting all the time over the same problems. He never listed to me, he never always thought he knew what I was thinking, overall he just was very selfish and self centered.

Well, I told him that I couldn't be with him anymore because I just couldn't take it anymore. This was on Thursday, November 30th. He came up to the house to get the rest of his things and we ended up talking. I explained that I needed time to decide what I wanted to do. He told me that was fine and that we could do that.

This is when the fun started.

He went into the bathroom, came out, and went into the guest room to get in bed. I told him to set an alarm so he could get up for work in the morning. He told me that he only hoped that he could wake up because he had taken 4 Vicadin and was going to kill himself because he couldn't live without me.

I got a little worried because he was getting really sleepy and incoherant, so I called his parents. His Dad told me that he wouldn't worry about him because he did this sort of thing to get attention. That didn't make me feel any better, so I went back to talk to Joel about going to the hospital. He finally agreed and we got there about 5:30 a.m. on Friday morning.

After about an hour of waiting and a blood test later, the Doctor told him that he didn't have enough of the drug in his system to so anything but make him sleepy. He sent him home to sleep it off and feel better.

Needless to say, I was pissed.

We came back to the house and I went to sleep. I didn't want to talk to him, I didn't want to look at him, I didn't want to be in the same room with him. When I did wake up, I had to get ready for work because it was so late.

He tried to apologize. He played our song and wanted to dance with me. I pushed him away and finished getting ready. Then I finally did look at him and tell him that I was done and that he needed to get away from me.

So, I left the house and went to work. On the way there, I got several text messages from him, telling me that he had more pills and he was going to take them and get drunk. He asked several times if I would be mad at him if he took them. Of course I told him yes, but that I couldn't come home so that we could discuss it.

During work, he called a could of times to tell me he was going to go drink with his friends. I didn't answer him, I figured it was all an attempt to get my attention again. There were more drunken text messages from him.

Then I got home.

He called me from the bar, asking me if I will come pick him up because he doesn't want to drive drunk. I refused. I mean, I'm not going to pick him up espically after what happened earlier that morning. He drove home anyway, texting me to tell me that he had gotten pulled over and the cop had taken his keys. Anyway, I told him I wasn't going to pick him up from anywhere.

Well, he called my phone, crying, telling me that he had to walk 16 miles back to his car and that it was cold and that he was drunk and he needed me. I refused him again. Then I stopped answering my phone. He sent me a text telling me that he was coming to my house. I told him not to and he got mad, thinking that I was either going to be at someone else's house or that I was going to have someone here.

Anyway, when he gets here, I refuse to let him in. That's when he started crying on the front porch, begging me to let him in, telling me that he had nowhere else to go because his parents had kicked him out because he was drunk. I still told him that I wasn't letting him in.

Now here's where it gets good.

He starts crying about how he's going to have to sleep in his car, and it's 28 degrees and he's going to freeze to death. So, I gathered his things, put them in a bag, and put that and two blankets on the back porch. I called him and told him what I had done and to be warm.

That's when he started to kick the doors and the walls and yelling at me to let him in. The first punch that he threw against the backdoor, I called 911 and told them there was a drunken fool on my porch that needed to be removed. They promised to send someone out and to just stay inside and not let him in. (Duh. That was a no brainer.)

It takes about 20 minutes for the sheriff's deputy to get here and during this time, he hasn't stopped yelling, and kicking, so I call my cousin who lives across the highway, just incase he does break into the house. She and her husband wake up, and she talks to me until the police do show up.

Now, during all this, he's still on his rampage outside. I hear him walk around the house, and threaten to kick a dent in my truck. I still don't go outside because I'm not going to be manipulated like that. Then, like an idiot, he hits the air conditing unit that's attached to my house. He started moaning, telling me that he's broken his arm and he needs help. I just tune him out and wait for the cops.

Finally, the police show up. He drives up the road beside the house, with his searchlight on. He sees Joel outside, still rampaging, and turns around in the road to come to the house. Joel spots him and jumps in his car, trying to get away from him.

The policeman stops him, just before he gets out of the driveway. When Joel finally gets out of the car, he's yelling that the cop can't do anything to him, because he's a cop too. After a while, he calms down enough so that they can get the handcuffs on him. This is the time that he decides to rush the cop. Well, lets just say he ends up face down in the dirt.

Finally, they get him in the car and take him down to the station. I get calmed down and get comfy on the couch. About 30 minutes later, my phone rings. It's him, calling to see if I will come pick him up and bring him back to his car.

Of all the nerve! I realize right here and now that he's got balls the size of grapefruits!!!!!!!

Anyway, I refuse to pick him up anywhere. He has a friend call amd beg me to pick him up. I explain the situation to her and she agrees with me.

So, finally, I get to sleep. I wake up the next morning, planning on not thinking about him at all. I call Heather and the parents and let them know what's going on. Mom stops by to hug me and then she goes on to Granny's.

Not 20 minutes after she leaves, Joel pulls up in the driveway! He knocks on the door, but I don't answer it. He leaves a card on the back door and goes away.

For a day, I don't hear a thing from him. Then, he calls, he text, and he has a friend call to try to fix everything. I tell him, for the second time, that there is no chance that we're going to get back together.

All this week, I've gotten text, I've gotten calls, and he's gotten three of his friends to call me and try to get me to listen to reason. I finally talked to him today. He promised that things would be different this time. He said that he would know that when I said something, that's what I meant. So I told him that I didn't want to see him anymore. He told me that I didn't mean that.

So anyway, that's the story. He's already got our new relationship planned out. He has a schedule worked out for when we'll see each other. He knows how many times we'll call each other during the week. Then, he even knows when he'll be allowed to start staying at my house again.

I can't make him understand that I'm done. I was done before all the stuff with the pills and the drunken rage and after those nights, I was really done. Any ideas on how to make him understand?

Help would be appreciated.

I'm gone

The Greatest Weekend Ever!!!

2007-05-28T13:09:00.000-07:00

Ok, I will officially say that this was the greatest weekend ever!

Let's start with Friday, shall we?

Work wasn't great. One of the color units broke on the press so we had five pages that were in color to start with, but they had to go to black and white in the final paper. That wasn't good.

Anyway, I left there and Josh called. He and Jason were at Ivan's and wanted me to come by. So, of course, I did. I mean, I can't leave Josh hanging can I? So, I stopped in to hang out. Michael, our favorite bouncer, was outside so I ran up to hug him. He picked me up so I wrapped my legs around his waist and was talking to him. So, I went inside to grab a drink.

A few minutes later, he came in and sat down. He told me that his girlfriend, Adrian, was upset. Someone had told her that he had a cute blonde straddling him outside. Well, she came in and I told her that it was just me. Funny thing, she was ok with that.

Ron was working the bar, so I went and sat with him and talked. It was nice to catch up with him and see how happy he is now that he's not working at the VP.

I ordered another drink and sat down at the table with Josh, Jason, Michael and Melanie. We're sitting around, talking trash to each other. Well, the bar turns the lights out on us. That's their way of saying get out.

So, we move on to Saturday. I had thrown the idea out to Rodney and the boys about having a cookout at my house Sunday. So I had to go into town to get some things. Captain Morgan, Margarita mix, you know the like. I came home and got a quick shower so that I could go with Mom and Dad, Heather and Bryan for Mom's birthday dinner. We went to Ruby Tuesdays in Hickory. After that, we went shopping, cause that's what they do. I did get two movies, Monty Python's Quest for the Holy Grail and The Comedy Central Roast of William Shatner.

We got home and Rodney and the guys called. They were going to JC to the Electric Cowboy, but had to go on a fire and ended up going to Ivan's. So, I rode down with them. We didn't drink all that much, we just sat around and talked and watched the UFC fight on TV. (Chuck Liddell got beat! I would have lost money on that one) There had been some minor arguments on and off all night, but most of the people that had been involved were already gone. So, the bouncer head on home like 15 minutes early.

Now, Rodney, Josh and I are talking to Mama (our waitress) and settling our bills. People are making their way outside and then all of a sudden we hear a really loud noise and people shouting. We look up and right at the door, three guys are beating the crap out of another guy. Well, my boys jump right in and start breaking it up.

Apparently, the three guys had been asking the one guy, Joey, to find a seat all night because he was blocking the television. He had been running his mouth all night to them and they were the ones that the bouncers had been watching all night.

So, he followed them outside and said something to them and they all came back in and decided to put a stop to it. And they did. What Joey didn't know was that these guys are almost the the level of UFC fighters.

I have never seen so much blood in all my life. Jason and Josh are grabbing people, trying to pull them off, Rodney is clearing the area so no one gets hurt to much and Vince comes running from the back with a rake. I was standing behind the podium where they take money and I got splattered with blood. When it finally broke up, the potted plant near the door was broken, Joey and his wife were covered in blood, along with most of those who were trying to break them up. The three guys were gone and the cops were on their way.

I went to wash the blood off of me and Josh ended up in the bathroom with me. We were cleaning up and talking about how cool a fight it was, but I mean, it was still intense. So, we go back outside and head home.

I swear, this fight was just crazy. Joey was hurt and hurt bad. His face looked like he'd been drug behind a car for a few miles. His shirt was ripped, he was bruised and cut and bleeding and still he was running his mouth about revenge on the guys that beat him up. Even the cops said that he shouldn't be saying things like that in front of them.

What a way to end a night right?

Well, it gets better.

We get back to my house and the guys leave. I get ready for bed and grab my computer cause I'm going to blog about the fight while it's still fresh in my mind. My cell phone buzzes that I have a text message. I flip up the phone and the text is nothing but someone cussing me up one side and down the other. It's some girl asking why my number is on her man's phone and that it will not be on there again. I sent her a text saying that we were just friends and that he had been texting me and not the other way around. She sent me another message telling me that I wasn't nothing to him anymore. I sent one back saying that was fine and asking who she was.

She calls me.

Yeah, calls me and says that I'm nothing to him anymore and the next time she sees me at Ivan's she's going to kick my butt. I tell her to back up because I'm not doing anything with her man and she doesn't even know me. But she continues to tell me that I'm going to carry a whuppin'. I just brushed her off and told her she was crazy. I hang up and call Rodney to tell him about it, then I call Michael and let him know what happened. While I'm talking to him and Adrian, the boy calls and apologizes for his baby mama.

Eh. I think it's all stupid girl drama anyway.

Alright, let's move on to Sunday.

I wake up early and go down to Hick's Chapel Church for decoration. I stopped and got Mom's flowers for Grandaddy and the little baby's grave. Heather, Bryan and I were there for a little while before we left to go to our separate churches.

After church, me, Mom, Dad and Jeff went to get something to eat. We went to the new Greek/Italian/American resturant in town. It was really good. (I'm actually hungry now.)

We came back to Mom and Dad's and I read and watched TV for a while before church. I went back to church and then drove to Rodney's to give him back his car. (I've been driving it while Dad got my truck fixed.)

We went to Wal-Mart and got stuff for the cook-out. My phone had buzzed with another text message so I answered it. My 'parents' Cindy & Curt asked if we wanted to move the party to their house.

Well, of course we did.

We got there and cooked some hamburgers and hot dogs. Now, you must remember, I've already had a few. (You've got to love Captain Morgan and Sprite.) Jason and Josh had brought three 12 packs and I brought tequilla and margarita mix.

We sat on the back deck and drank and drank and drank and drank.

The 12 packs didn't last that long.

Neither did the margaritas we mixed up.

And did I mention the Hot Tub on the back deck?

I didn't? Wow. Must have slipped my mind. Ok, so Michael, Jason and I were the only ones to get in. There is a rule in the tub. No swim suits. It changes the pH in the water and clogs up the filters. Yes, yes, I was naked in the hot tub with two men.

It was awesome.

So, I decide to get out of the tub. I put my suit back on and jump out. With a gleam in my eye, I run over and sit on Dad's lap and get him soaking wet.

He's laughing, but all the time, he's telling me that I need to get wet again and sit in Mom's lap. Well, I'm not one to disobey my parents. Dad, Mom and Rodney were soaking wet by the time I go finished with them.

After that, we just talked and drank. Finally, around 3ish the folks told us they were going to bed so we needed to leave. We got our stuff together and left.

Rodney brought me home and we cleaned up the kitchen a little and then watched a little TV. He left after about 20 minutes.

So, this has been the best weekend ever. We are going to try to party with my 'parents' at least once a month. We're even talking about taking them with us on trips and to other bars that we go to.

It's great to be able to party with your Mom and Dad isn't it?

I'm gone.

FINALLY!

2007-05-20T21:19:00.000-07:00

It finally happened folks!

My sister is remarried!

May 19th was the big day. She married Bryan Greene at 5:30 in the afternoon. We were standing on a mountain in Little Switzerland, overlooking the McDowell county valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains. It was amazing and stunning.

She looked so beautiful it was sickening. I mean, the first wedding was pretty, but this was beautiful. The sky was an amazing shade of blue, the grass was green, the birds were signing and everything was just perfect. God couldn't have made a better day for the wedding!

There was only family there and close friends. Overall, there couldn't have been 45 people. The service was about 10 minutes long. We walked away from the altar and had a line to talk to everyone. They took a few pictures and then they were gone. We cleaned up and that was it.

Jerm and Shan were up here so, they, Rodney, Jason and I went to Ivan's to drink and celebrate. My adopted parents were there and we had a great time! I mean it, things were freakin' awesome. I did drop a Josh tab on Ivan's but, that just made it that much better!

Well, that's about all the news that fit to print. I'll post pics of the wedding soon.

I'm so glad that she's happy and out of my house.

I'm gone.

Hanging Out

2007-03-07T13:00:00.000-08:00

Well, last Wednesday I started coughing. It was just a nagging, back of the throat cough, so I didn't think all that much about it.

Saturday, I wasn't feeling good, which really sucked because it was Rodney's birthday. I headed over to his house to pick him up. We went up to Josh's and from there we went to eat at Boyd's. It was really fun, because when Josh, Rodney and I get together, it's a party!

We went back to Josh's and sat around. I swear, for the people that think I'm a bad influence on small children, they should have been at that house Saturday night. I drank one beer, and everyone played Dance Dance Revolution. That was the funniest thing in the whole world. Rodney just sat and laughed at us. There were only 4 beers drank that night. We are such drunks! After that, we watched Child's Play and the first four episodes of The OC.

When Rodney and I left that morning, it was snowing. I mean, a lot. Bandana was solid white when we got there. I came home and went directly to bed because I felt so horrible.

We didn't have church Sunday, which was a bummer, but it did give me a chance to rest. I slept in and then went to Granny Florence's to hang with Mom, Jeff, Brian, Selena and Whitney. Granny was in the bed because she wasn't feeling good.

After that, I went up to Mom and Dad's to watch the ACC Women's Championship game. Come to find out, Mom and Dad's cable service didn't carry the game, so Mom and I came back to the house to watch it. Carolina won! 3 years in a row! Then we went back up to her house so we could all watch the Carolina/Duke game. Carolina won! Yay!

Monday, I woke up and I was sick. I mean, the cough was worse and my nose was so stuffy. I went to work anyway, even though I didn't feel like even being out of bed. I worked all night and came home and basically collapsed in bed I was so worn out.

Tuesday, I got up and went to the Doctor's. I have some sort of virus cause by a strand of bacteria. (That's according to the Doctor.) He gave me three types of medicine and told me to stay at home.

And that's where I am right now. I'm out of work until tomorrow. It's nice to have a few days just to rest. My cough medicine makes me all dizzy and sleepy. I swear, it's just like being drunk.

I'm going to go lay down now.

I'm gone.

The Hits Just Keep On Coming

2007-01-29T13:23:00.000-08:00

Alright, alright, I think I may have had enough.

This weekend was another one for the books.

Friday night, Michael called me after work. He was in Asheville and wanted to meet up with me again. This time, he had Jeff, aka Keebler, and his girlfriend Barb, both of who have been in Iraq the past year. Barb was getting a tattoo and I had to see Michael's new one.

I met with them at Ace of Spades. We sat around for a few minutes before Michael and I decided to go try to find some food. We ended up at Northside Grill, but they weren't serving food. We drank a beer and snacked while we waiting on Keebler and Barb.

Finally, we headed over to Waffle House to grab some food. I was so hungry! Anyway, Keebler and Barb met us and we sat there and shot the shit till 3 a.m. Then I took Michael back to his car and came home.

Saturday, I had to go to McDowell Tech for a class. It was Defensive Driving. Yeah, I had to go. Something about 5 tickets and speeding. I'm not sure really why I had to go.....

After that, I came home and took a nap. I mean, I was tired. I had to get up at 7:30 to make it to the class on time. Then that was four hours of crap, but it's done now.

After my nap, I got ready and went up to Mom and Dad's. I had already told them about the nose ring, but it was the first time they had seen it. Mom wasn't happy. She said she would accept it, but I could tell she was unhappy. Dad didn't look at me much. Oh well.

I left there and went to the Bakersville Fire Department. I met up with Rodney and Boonie (Ryan). We headed over to Johnson City for another night of fun. We started out with dinner and beer at Hooter's. That was an experience in and of itself. Our waitress wasn't much to look at but she was nice. The guys liked her, anyway.

We left there and ended up at The Mouse's Ear. Man, I swear, I've got to stop going to places like that. We sat around and drank and watched the girls dance. Boonie fell in love with a blonde. Rodney found him a redhead and I thought that Ashley looked pretty good.

Sadly, I didn't get a lap dance this time, but I did have fun. I mean, how can you not have fun drinking, watching horny men give girls money?

Sunday, we finally got to go to church. I can't believe how much I missed it. I hadn't been able to go all month. I put in one of the plastic retainers to go to church. I mean, I didn't want hearts to stop this close to the first of the year.

It started snowing and church was cancelled for that evening. We got about an inch down here, but Mom and Dad got more at their house.

Now, I'm just sitting around, waiting to go to work.

Man, the weekends are much more fun nowadays.

I'm gone.

Another Memorable Evening

2007-01-26T00:57:00.000-08:00

This is just a week of memorable moments.

Michael is home on leave from Iraq. We ate lunch together on Tuesday and we had a great time. It was nice to just be able to sit and catch up with him and talk about the things we used to get into.

Wednesday night, we got together and drank for a while. We ended up getting a hotel room cause we were to drunk to drive. Never fear, there were two beds in the room.

I took Thursday (tonight) off so that we could go out again and just hang out. It was nice. We went over to Asheville to find a tattoo parlor for him because he wants to get a new tattoo. We went to a couple of places and found a really nice, really artistic place called Man's Ruin. They do custom tattoos and piercings. It's an all female staff and it's really cool.

Michael went in with his idea and the owner drew him up an amazing tattoo. It the Virgin Mary and it's amazing! He wasn't able to get it done tonight, because of her schedule, but he's going back tomorrow. I can't wait to see it. She did such an amazing job. If I get another tattoo, I may end up going over there because she is so great.

While we were looking around in the office, Zoe asked if I wanted to get anything done. I told her that I wasn't really sure and we talked and shot the bull for a while. Apparently, they're getting their own TV show like Miami Ink and they were looking for people to come in and get tattooed for the camera. It was a really neat conversation. I told her that I would let someone at the paper know about the show and maybe they could cover it.

Then I decided. I told her what I wanted and she told me that she just needed to get things set up. I waited nervously, like always. Finally, I sat down in her chair and she pierced the side of my nose.

It looks so freakin cool, I just don't know if I can stand myself. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it was going to, but now it's a little sore. We went to the mall and bought some of those clear retainers so that I can put one in before I go to church.

I'm pretty sure that I'm going to end up telling Mom and Dad about it, but I know that they won't want me to wear it to church. That's fine with me, as long as I can wear it everyother time I'm around them.

Anyway, I came home tonight and was cleaning it. It's really neat about the stud stays in. It's bent in an L shape and the long part lays against the inside of your nose. It's really stable and it's great. Anyway, I was cleaning it, and the Q-Tip got caught and the stud slid out. There was so much blood! I got the stud back in very quickly, and easily I must add, and the blood stopped. Hopefully, it won't bleed and I can put in one of those retainers for church Sunday.

All in all, this has been a couple of memorable days. I've just got to get through this weekend and maybe, just maybe, I'll get a chance to rest.

I'm gone.

Scrapbook Worthy Night

2007-01-22T01:26:00.000-08:00

Alright, let me just start out by saying that in the past little bit, I've been depressed. Not anything that would require professional help, but just the kind of depression that made me want to cry.

Which I did.

Christmas was great, but it was also very sad as well. Both of the Grandmothers were very sick. I know in my head that one of them will not be around next Christmas. I'm trying to come to terms with that, but it's hard. New Years was good as well. I got to spend it with Jeremy and Shannon. They were super great, but it still sucked cause I was alone.

Oh well.

Anyway, I've gotten over all that now.

Michael called me the other night. He's home from Iraq for a couple of weeks and we're going to hang out before he goes back. I can't wait to see him! You have no idea how much I've missed those boys. They were what made living in the mountains so much fun!

Now, here's what happened last night.

I spent most of the day with Mom and Granny. That was great. We had a really good time just sitting around being together. Granny was having a good day and she was laughing and joking with us and telling us a lot about her childhood. It was so amazing! I can't believe that her mind can play such tricks, so that she can't remember her children's or grandchildren's names, but she can tell you exactly how much it cost to take the train from her house up the mountain to her brother's house.

After I left there, I came home and got ready. Rodney called and said that he was coming down to pick me up and we were going out to drink. I got ready. I mean, ready. I looked damn good, even if I do say so myself. I straightend my hair and really fixed up.

On a sidenote here, my hair is red. I don't mean auburn, I mean red! Its awesome. To bad it's going to wash out in a couple of days.

Back to last night, Rodney showed up in the new truck. A 2006 Dodge MEGA CAB Diesel. I nicknamed it "The Short Bus." It's as long as a damn school bus and you can fit that many people in it! Ryan was with him and we headed on down to Ivan's to hook up with the rest of the boys. We started drinking and didn't stop till almost 4 this morning. There were some body shot involved. Ah, good times.

We met up with Josh, Brian, Angel and the Yankee (who I don't think has a name, cause I've never heard it). We had a really great time until about 11:30 when Josh, Ryan, Rodney and I got bored. We talked about it and decided that we were going to Hickory.

Once we drove the hour to Hickory, we ended up at The Play House. Yes, a strip club. It was hilarious fun! We drank again and watched the dancers. Josh got a very special lap dance and came back to the table. He grinned at me and told me that I had a surprise coming up. A very pretty blonde walked up to me and took me over to a couch in the back. Josh bought me a very special lapdance.

Charlotte was a very nice girl. She sat on my lap and made sure that the guys were watching as she bagan her dance. Then about halfway through, she told me that there was another surprise. Let's just say that the boys got an even better show that what they thought they were going to get. (There was some mouth on body action. It's amazing what dancers will do for money.)

We watched more dancers, Ryan got a lapdance of his own, and then they closed the club down. We finished our beer and left. On the way back, I had to follow the rules. (Don't ask what the rules were, you'll only shake your head and wonder why I hang out with those people.) I also followed the rules in the driveway at my house.

Everyone we home happy.

All in all, last night was amazing! It was good to get back out with my friends and have a really good night. It kicked the depression's ass and told it to never come back. Hell, I'm just glad that I do in fact have friends that will take me out and that want to hang out with me.

I'm just glad there wasn't a camera around. We don't need evidence!

I'm gone.

P.S. I've got a MySpace page now. *Mind boggles* Check it out!

Sigh

2006-12-05T00:15:00.000-08:00

Well, things are officially over with Beautiful Ben.

I tried to get him to talk to me about what was going on with him, but he wouldn't even talk to me about anything. I refuse to be ignored, so I told him to get his shit together. When he did, if I was still interested, good for him, if I wasn't interested, then it was his loss. His exact words "That sounds good."

Oh well, he wasn't ready to be the pig.

In other news, I'm sick. I have some sort of crud. I slept over 12 hours today and now I'm wide awake. I'm hot but I can't get warm. My throat hurts and its really clogged up. Other than that, I'm feeling good!

Before I go, I'd like to address one thing: Girls Gone Wild.

I think in the two hours that I've been home tonight, I've seen about 25 of those commericals. I know there are stupid girls out in the world; I've seen them, but do they really have to sell the DVDs for only $10? The Guys Gone Wild videos are $20 a piece! If they're going to sell them, and you know that they are, can't they be fair in price? I hate the fact that they sell them anyway, but geez....

I'm gone

Well...

2006-11-16T18:41:00.000-08:00

Last night, I was going to go stay at the new boy's house, because he always wants me to stay with him if I'm leaving work late. So, I told him that I
planned on staying and he said that was fine, just call before I came over.

Well, before I could leave work last night, I got a text saying that maybe I shouldn't come over. I asked why, and as a joke, ask if his other girlfriend was coming over. He sent me back a message saying that he 'just wasn't feeling it tonight' and that he 'had a lot of things that he needed to work out.' I told him that was fine, I wouldn't come over.

So, I didn't.

I didn't text him last night when I left work like normal.

I didn't text or call him during the day to see how work was going.

I didn't ask him to meet me outside of work to talk for a few minutes this afternoon.

I didn't walk by his desk on my way to my office.

I didn't e-mail him when I got to work.

I didn't venture downstairs to try to find ads.

I didn't walk with him to the parking lot to get my truck, either.

In other words, I just wasn't feeling it today.

So, we'll see if I have a boyfriend, or an anything by this weekend. It should be a fun ride.

*It should be noted here, that all the 'didn't' that I mentioned before are things that he instigated when we first started seeing each other. I'm not a crazed stalker, as everyone well knows. I was being laid back and going to see how all this panned out before I became the ham in this relationship. (For those that watch Grey Anatomy, you'll get that.)

I'm gone.

Lacy

Sup?

2006-11-02T11:28:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

I just wanted to pop in and let everyone know how my life is going. It's great. Work is going well. Things have calmed down now that we have all the servers working properly.

I have to go to the dentist today. I broke my tooth yesterday. I was eating a tasty and delicious roast beef sandwich and it just broke off. I've got to get it fixed today.

In other news, I'm dating.

His name is Ben and he's beautiful. He's 6'4" with beautiful green eyes and dark hair. He's sweet, funny, thoughtful and just wonderful. We went out for Halloween and had a wonderful time. I think I'm going to really like him. We're going out again this weekend and I'm excited for it.

Heather and Bryan are good. Mom is doing better. They say there's nothing wrong with her heart. Both Grannys are wonderful.

There are problems with my church group, which is to be expected. Lots of backbiting and two face talk. I'm trying not to get in the middle of anything. I'm just trying to work with the kids and keep things going in the right direction. Let's hope that everything works out like it's supposed too.

I'm gone.

It's getting better

2006-10-24T10:25:00.000-07:00

Well, things are getting better.

Mom is doing a lot better. We're starting to think that it's just her nerves. She does worry to much and she knows it.

Anyway, last week, I got an e-mail from a guy that works downstairs. He was asking if we could go out and do something. We e-mailed back and forth the rest of the day and worked out that he would cook dinner for me and bring it to work.

Ben is 6 foot 4 inches tall. He's got beautiful black hair, a nice smile, and beautiful eyes. He's just a really fun, laid back type of person and I think that he and I can get along well together.

He did on Thursday and we sat for an hour just to talk and get to know each other. It was really nice. He's a great guy and very together. He text messaged me after he left and said that he had a really great time and he wanted to do that again. We had planned to go to a Halloween Party next weekend. He's going as Abraham Lincoln. How great is that?

Anyway, I didn't work Friday so I could go down to Raleigh to visit Shan and Jerm. I got down there Friday afternoon. Shan wasn't working so we took the downstairs neighbor to work and then we took Cody to the dog park. Friday night, we went to eat at Bear Rock. It was freakin' great. We went the Old Navy and shopped for a while. We came back to the house and watched the Hockey game. The Canes lost, but it wasn't a bad game.

Saturday, we had planned to go to Busch Gardens. We got up early, and got ready, but then talked ourselves out of going. I think we're going to go when everyone can go and we can afford it more. We went to Bojangles and ate breakfast, then went to the mall and walked around. We messed around for a while more at the apartment, then we went to Red Robin for dinner. We came back to the apartment and watched more Hockey. Again, the Canes lost, but they played well and it was a good game.

Sunday, we woke up and lazed about before we went to IHOP (I have on pants) for breakfast/lunch. We ate and then came back to the apartment to take the downstairs neighbor to work. We headed to Durham but made a stop at Khols to shop for Jerm some shirts. We then headed on to Durham to the Tattoo Asylum and got new ones. I have one on my ankle, Jerm has one on his other shoulder and Shan has one on her other ankle. They are really cool. After that, we went to Texas Roadhouse and ate dinner. (Are we starting to notice a pattern here?)

Monday, they had to go to work, so I got up and went to Meredith. I wanted to get a Alumna Sweatshirt cause it's getting cold up here. I figured since I was on campus that I would go check on Dr. Creagh. It's a good thing I did. He has cancer. I didn't have a chance to ask what type, but he is bald and he's lost so much weight he looks to skinny to be teaching. I didn't get a chance to talk much cause he was in a hurry, but I'm going to e-mail and see how he's doing now.

I didn't have to work last night, which was great. Ben wanted to drive all the way to Marion from Asheville just to see me. It ended up that he couldn't, which was fine with me because that is a heck of a drive just to turn around and go back. We've planned to eat dinner tonight, which makes me happy.

Alright, that's gotten everyone caught up with my life. Let me hear about yours.

I'm gone.

Sucky Week

2006-10-15T16:54:00.000-07:00

Yeah, the title says it all.

Wednesday, Heather called me at 9ish to ask if I knew where my Mother was. Since it was Wednesday, I guess that she was at work. I was wrong because she was in the ER in Spruce Pine Hospital. She had been having chest pains for the past couple of days and finally ended up going to the hospital. Heather told me not to come up because they didn't think they were going to be keeping her.

About an hour later, Heather called back and told me that she thought they were going to admit Mom to the hospital in Asheville, but that she needed me to do her a favor. My cousin had called and said that they were taking my Granny, Mom's Mom, to the hospital in Marion because she was having chest pains. Heather wanted me to go down there so I could help with Granny and keep them updated.

I went down there and sat with Granny, my Aunts Jean, Cathrne and Linda. They did all types of tests and things and said that Granny was fine and that her Angina had just acted up. She was sent home a few hours after getting to the ER.

Mom was taken to Asheville, to the Heart Center. I got a quick shower and headed that way. I got there when the Doctor was talking to her. He said that he wanted to do an Ultrasound and a Heart Cath. She had to stay there overnight for that.

The next morning, Heather said she was going to call me at 8 so I could come over. She didn't, she called me at 10:30 just to let me know that Mom still hadn't been taken down for her Cath, but that she would call me when they started taking her down.

I got up and got ready, ate breakfast, watched the news, and then started out. It's an hour drive to Asheville, but I wasn't in a hurry cause they hadn't even preped Mom for her surgery. I stopped for gas and headed towards the Interstate.

My phone was vibrating so I checked it and saw that I had a message from Heather. I checked the message and she told me that Mom had already had her surgery and that she was doing just fine.

I got to the hospital and walked into Mom's room. My Aunt Cathrne and her daughter Donna and Donna's kids Leah and Brent were there. I was so mad at Heather that I was ready to cry. How dare she not call me about Mom. Her excuse? "We thought you were on your way and anyway we didn't want you to worry."

I was just mad for a while.

Mom made me go to work because she was feeling better. She called me later and told me that she was heading home.

The next day, I went up and checked on her and Granny Sis. Both were doing fine so I went on to work early. Mom had left one of her bags at the hospital so I stopped by to pick it up. It was suppose to be at the Nurse's station in the Heart Center, but they had sent it down to Security.

I went to Security, which was at the Main Entrance of the Hospital, 5 floors down and at the front of the building. (The heart center is at the back.) They had taken it to the Vault so I headed there. The Vault is on the 2nd floor, at the back of the building.

I found the vault, but they had moved the bag again. I went to where they said it was and asked the Guard for it. He went to see if he could find it. He opened the storage room door and I pointed out the bag on the shelf. He went to see if he could release it to me. He came out and asked if I was Mom's Power of Attorney. When I told him she didn't have one, he asked what my relationship was to her. I told him and he asked if I had proof. I wanted to tell him DNA, but I said I had my license, which were in my truck.

I walked back out to the truck and drove over to the ER entrance where the vault room was. It was right around the corner from the Heart Center, where I was parked. I took my license in and he took them from me and went into the room again. He came out with the bag and said "I'm going to release this to you, but just know that if Mrs. Cuthbertson comes looking for this bag, we have a copy of your license and we will come get this back."

I wanted to scream at him and tell him that I was taking it right home to her, but I was nice and just left and went to work. I was late, but that's another story.

Saturday, we went back up to Mom's and she was sick. We ended up taking her back to the Walk-In clinc at the McDowell Hospital. She had a bug and they sent her home after some tests. We didn't want to take the chance with her after she had the heart cath. Her PA was a Meredith graduate. It was nice.

Today, Heather and I stayed with Granny Florence for Mom, then we went up to see Mom and Dad and got something to eat with them. Then we checked on Granny Sis and came home. I took a nap and here I am.

Like I said, sucky week.

I'm gone.

Sometimes.....

2006-10-03T23:21:00.000-07:00

I do wish bodily harm on people.

Really.

Like tonight. I'm sitting at work and we get done with all of our ads. I mean, everything. There's nothing left to do. Nana, net, nien, bupkus. Nothing right?

So I tell Chuck to go home. He's always complaining about how he drives an hour to work and when he gets home it's always to late to do anything, blah, blah, blah. Also, he's sick. (Well, that's what he said yesterday when he didn't show up for work.) So, I offer to let him go home tonight early. He can easily make up the time tomorrow when we have work. He spends the next 30 minutes reading his e-mail. Then, he turns around and says "I don't think it's fair that I'm getting sent home when other people aren't."

I tell him that I'm not going home because I'm waiting on the press to call and give me the all clear. Linda isn't going home because she's here incase something does happen to the press after I'm gone.

He's still sitting here, refusing to go home because 'it's not fair that some people get to sit and surf the internet while I'm getting sent home early.'

Damn me for trying to do something good.

In other news, the Carolina Hurricanes start their season tomorrow! I can't wait. My jersey is on it's way as we speak. I'm so happy about hockey. I just can't contain myself.

That's all.

I'm gone.

Weekend Fun!

2006-09-26T10:40:00.000-07:00

This weekend was amazing!

I went down to Raleigh to see the girls and Jerm. Kim was up from 'Bama to visit and we were really excited to see her.

I took the day off Friday and drove down. I met Shan at her house and we drove to the Morgan's to pick up Kim. She, Shan and I went to the mall to hunt Shannon a dress for a wedding reception. We found her one and then we went to the food court and got pizza and cookies. Then we took Kim back so she could go to the lake with the Morgan's.

After Jerm got home, we decided to go grab a bite to eat. El Rodeo, baby! It was great. While we were eating, Jerm called a friend, Jonas, to see if he was working. He was, so we decided to go see him. He works at this little place called the Tattoo Asylum. Yeah, that's right, I got another one. It's a start cluster, The Pledies, on my left hip. Shan got a star on her ankle and Jerm got one on his shoulder. It was freaking awesome!

Saturday, we went up to Lake Gaston in Virginia and went out on the lake with the Morgan's and Kim. We went tubing and it was great! The kids were nice and well-behaved. After that, we came back home, stopped for Bojangles, and came home. It was a nice night to just rest and relax.

Sunday, we sat around and did nothing till around 2, when we went to eat at Red Robin. (Noticing a trend here?) We went to the Mall and walked around and shopped for a while. Afterwards, we went to Frankie's to play putt-putt. That in itself was an experience. The Mexican's were walking through the course, not playing a game or anything, just walking. It was annoying. Kim got scared by a rabbit, which was hilarious cause she cussed the rabbit. We left there and went to Krispy Kreme for doughnuts. Then we went to the grocery store for pizza and salsa and chips. At the apartment, we ate and watched a movie till bed time.

Cody woke me up the next morning, by licking my nose. It was cute. Jerm and Shannon got ready and left for work. Kim and I got ready and I dropped her off at the airport. It was sad cause I didn't want her to go back home. She really needs to stay here, with us.

I drove back and dropped off my suitcase at home then went to work. It was ok. Some of the ads messed up and the newsroom missed deadline. It wasn't my fault, it was something to do with the pictures. Anyway, we got a lot of things finished and I did the lay out for our next publication.

Now, I'm laying on the couch, doing nothing but watching TV. I've got to go to work in a few, but that's not for at least 45 minutes. Yay.

BTW, Heather went to Bryan's last night to talk. I don't know what happened but hopefully it was something good. We'll see later.

I'm gone.

Workin' In A Coal Mine

2006-09-12T09:33:00.000-07:00

Well, work has been hectic! If I'm not staying late, I'm going in early. We've had 2 ladies on vacation for two weeks and we've been trying to keep up.

Everything was going well too, until last Wednesday. One of the guys I work with, Tom, grabbed some ads off the shelf to work on. Around 12, he looked at me and asked if he should stay or go home. I told him that the ads had to be finished. He had about 10 or 15 on this desk to finish.

So we're working and around 1, he turns around to me and says that he's going home because he has to be back in 11 hours. I told him that the ads needed to be done, but he put them back on the shelf and left anyway.

I e-mailed our boss, because she's already talked to him about this once or twice before. So we talked about it Thrusday. Then we talked to him about it. That was a really fun thing. He was so mad and so upset. He felt like we were picking on him and singling him out. He felt undeappreciated even though he was trying to be a good employee. He told my boss that the reason he didn't get those ads finished was because he was working on an ad that took half and hour to finish. (I didn't bring up the fact that I had worked on one for 2 hours) Then, he told her that he asked us to take some of those ads to get them finished but we all ignored him and were just sitting around talking.

After he left the office, I was stunned. I told Vicki that he was lying that he never asked for help and we were not just sitting around talking. We were working on other ads and correcting mistakes on the other real estate ads. She said that she takes my word over his anyday.

He didn't get fired, but I wish that he would have. He's lazy and very disrespectful. He tries to make people think that he's the most knowledgable person on the floor. When people ask me a question, he jumps in to answer, even when he's wrong. There have been many times that I've looked at him and said "No, Tom" and then answered the question.

Ugh. He really makes me mad sometimes.

Anyway, Kim's coming up to visit!!!! I can't wait. She'll be home and we'll be together. All except for Kat who will be in Jersey. That makes me sad, but I know that she's happy.

I came up with a whole thing that compares us girls to the A-Team. Kim is Hannibal cause she always comes up with a plan. Kat is Murdock cause she's insane, but truly intellegent underneath it all. Shannon is Face cause everyone loves her and she can charm the world. That leaves me to be B.A. and watch over and protect my team. As for the guys that we've acquired along the way, there's always the characters of Amy, Frankie Santana and Stockwell. We'll have to see what their personalities turn out to be.

Ok, there's all the news that fit to print.

I'm gone.

3 months already?

2006-08-29T23:53:00.000-07:00

Well, tonight at work, I had my 90 day evaluation.

I passed.

With flying colors.

Vicki said that I was doing a great job and she was putting a very favorable report in my personnel file. She let me read the report and it was really good. She wants me to learn more of the other side of the ad room, proofreading, classified paganation, dispatch, etc., but other than that, she was really pleased.

So pleased, that she's not extending my probation period.

I'm now an official member of the Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper.

She was also so please that she decided to put in that I get a raise.

6%.

That's right.

It works out to a dollar more an hour. I'm fine with that.

No really.

If they want to throw more money at me I'll be ok with that.

I'm happy.

I love my job.

I'm gone.

Heartbreak

2006-08-22T10:31:00.000-07:00

My heart is broken. My fiancee of one day left me. :(

There is a reason I had a finacee of one day. My friend Rodney called me about a week ago, really upset. His ex-fiancee was spreading all the rumors about him and calling and harassing him about being alone and being single until he dies and telling him she was the best thing that ever happened to him. This is after she cheated on him with three of his best friends.

Then, after Rodney's father died and she found out he had inherited some money, she came calling again. She thought he had inherited close to 3.5 million. I'm not sure where she got that idea.

So, we decided to go the the resturant where the lady worked. Sadly, she had quit and moved to another resturant in Hendersonville, but we went anyway cause he daughter worked there.

We went to the resturant and I was looking HOTT (even if I have to say so myself) I had on this red corset top with a black lace-up front. I matched it with a pair of tight jeans that were low cut. The shoes were kitten heels with diamonds along the straps over my toes. To top it off, the thong that I was wearing, and it was visible, had a
small jeweled heart right above my (excuse the language) ass crack. My hair was straight and my eyes were done up just the right way.

Anyway, we get to the resturant and it starts raining. I started laughing as Rodney and I ran inside. We're standing in the front and I started wiping my arms off and laughing about my hair. He pushed it back from my face and told me that I wouldn't melt, then shook his head and told me that maybe I would cause I was all sugar.

Well, the woman's daughter came up to sit us down. When she realized who he was she was all happy to see him. I had my hand in the crook of his arm with my ringed hand over it. He introduced me and I held out my left hand to her. She was a little shocked at the size of the ring. She commented on my top before she took us to our seat. I would say the ring was about three karats.

We sat down and the whole resturant was looking at us. I made sure that I sat close to him and snuggled close. The daughter walked by several times and just looked.

After we ate, we went to the bar and drank a couple of beers. Then we went back down to tell Holly goodbye and give her one last look at the new happy couple.

Then we rode around, went to Wal-Mart, then rode over and looked at his house and tried to find some of our friends to show off too. As we were coming home, his neice called his phone, so I answered. She was a bit shocked so I played up the story for a while longer.

Once she was good and upset with me and her Uncle, I told her the truth. She thought it was hilarious! She's even going to play it up more when she goes to the store where Holly works.

Now, here's where it gets strange. We get back to my truck and are talking for a while. So, I get out of the car and tell him goodnight. He hugs me and thanks me for the evening and for all the fun he had. So, I'm getting in the truck and he stops me. He tells me the next time that we all go out, that I need to wear more clothes because he's getting some ideas and he shouldn't be thinking those thoughts.

I just laughed and told him it was his fault cause he wanted me to be sexy. He agreed and made sure I got in the truck alright. I rolled down the window and talked to him for a few more minutes then started the truck. Before I could pull out, he reached in the window and kissed me.

Twice.

It was strange.

Really strange.

Really.

Then Sunday went as normal. Church, which was great, lunch with the family, a nap and then back to church. We went to check in Granny Sis, who is feeling better after her back surgery. Heather and I went to Wal-Mart and got some stuff then we came home.

This is where I saw the greatest TV show ever.

The Roast of William Shatner.

It was on Comdey Central and I hope that you all watch the reruns of it because it was so hilarious that I know I wouldn't be able to do it justice if I tried to repeate any of the jokes.

Well, that's about it. My life is pretty boring.

Anyone else got anything fun to add?

I'm gone

Catching Up

2006-08-17T10:59:00.000-07:00

Lets see, when we last left off, I had just started my new job at the AC-T. Like I said before, it's a great job. The hours are amazing. I get to sleep in during the days and work late at night. The people I work with are great too. Except for one, but I think I can deal with him.

Fridays are the best days. We usually get everything done around 6 or 7 and then we've got the rest of the evening to do nothing. We talk and we laugh and we really have a good time.

Umm, that's about all that's going on in my life. I'm getting to catch up on my Soaps which is nice. I miss hanging out with Heather, but I still get to see her on the weekends.

This weekend is going to be good. I've got this plan going on with Rodney and it's going to be so much fun! I just can't wait to see the look on these people's face when we get done. It'll be to sweet!

Whoa, that was a throw back to Kevin Nash......

Alright, I'm gone for now. More updates as they happen.

I'm gone.

Tribble

2006-08-08T22:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of my cute little kitten. Isn't she lovely?

More Updates

2006-08-08T22:02:00.000-07:00

Hello, hello. It's me again. I'm not dead and I'm not lying in a gutter somewhere.

Let's start with the new job. It's great. The first few days were a little hetic. After the first week, I had most of the programs whupped. Quark is a real pain, but I knew how to use it and it just took a little time to get reaquainted.

It's crazy how many people we have to do different jobs. We have the spec department downstairs who creates the ads, then a whole department that just deals with making sure that all the pictures that go in the paper are in the correct format.

Then there's out department that makes sure all the ads that are in the paper are in the correct format and in the correct place. That's my job. I go through the "dummy" papers and check off the ads as they are finished.

Tonight didn't go so well. There were five ads that we didn't get up in our department. I finally had to go ahead and make them, final them, and put them in the paper. I wasn't happy doing it, but what choice did I have? Anyway, come to find out, the paper work never got sent up to us. I guess I'll hear about it tomorrow.

I really love my new job. It's nice to work for a paper that is actually doing something. I can see a finished product. I can see how we're making a difference. I can see that we are a voice in the community. It's really great. The people that I work with aren't to bad either.

In other news, I have a kitty! Her name is Tribble. She's solid black and so cute. She doesn't meow, she chirps, hince the name Tribble. (From Star Trek: The Trouble With Tribbles) She's adorable. She jumps around and chirps at me when we play. She follows me everywhere. She's better than a dog!

I think that's all the news that I have about me. If there's anything else that I've left out, I'll fill you in later.

I'm gone.

Updates...long overdue

2006-07-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

Since my blog messed up, I'm going to fill you all in in a couple of posts.

First, I'll start by telling you that I left ValuePrint. It was a hard decision, but well worth it. The new job is great. I've been there almost a month and a half now. It's great, but that'll come later.

Here's a run down of my last day at ValuePrint, Inc: June 2, 2006

Well, today was my last day at ValuePrint, Inc. I hate to leave the place because it was a good place to work. So, I wasn't expecting much today because when Stephanie left all she got was "We don't get to attached to our employees."

Around 11, Ron came down from upstairs and asked if I had a jacket. I was a bit confused because it was like 85 inside and at least that outside. I happened to have a sweatshirt in the car, so I said yes. He told me to get it and he would be back. I was helping Christy when I heard a loud rumble. Ron went and got his Harley and he was taking me to lunch.

We went to this burger joint and got a couple of burgers and drinks and rode up on the Parkway. We rode for a while and pulled off and ate. It was really nice. Then we rode on up towards 221 and came back down Three Mile to work. I really didn't want to quit riding but I did have to go back to work.

After I clocked back in, I was helping Christy until her lunch time when Ron came back in. He walked over to me and said "If Floyd asks you why we were so late getting back you can tell him that they let the rooms out for an hour and we had to get our money's worth." I laughed and told him that didn't explain why my butt was wet. (The railing we were sitting on was damp.)

The day went on, with tons of work and customers. I worked till about 5 before everything was done. Ron left before that, with a hug and him telling me he was going to miss me. Richard hugged me before he left, and Jewell too. Floyd Sr. told me that I better not be a stranger. Floyd Jr. hugged me too, which was weird because he never touches anyone. He also told me that now that I'm not working for him we could hug and go out and drink and stuff.

Then outside, Dean needed a ride down to the garage. I was going to give him a lift in my vet, but he said that we needed to take his truck. So we got in and went down to get the car. After talking to the guy about it, he tossed me the keys and told me to drive it back to work. I got to drive his 1991 vet today. It was nice. It is a smoother ride than mine, but the handling and throttle response is so much better in mine.

Other than that, my day hasn't been much. I had a ball at work today and if every day had been like this, I wouldn't have left. Anyway, I hope to start my new job at the Asheville Citizen Times on Monday. I'm excited but a little nervous. Things are going to be good. I know it.

At least I have a job to go back to at ValuePrint, Inc. if things don't work out.

And I'll get to ride on a Harley or two.

Yee Haw!

I'm gone.

Conundrum

2006-05-16T20:00:00.000-07:00

I have a major decision to make here. I've been offered a job with the Asheville Citizen Times. I would be the ad department supervisor. The money is better than my job now, with benefits and a 401k plan. I would be working from 4 till midnight, which doesn't bother me, cause I love night time. I think the job would be ok and I would be fine doing it. Everything seems good so.....

Here are the pros:
More money ($13.50 per hour)
Raises every year
Insurance (half of what I'm paying now)
401k

Here are the cons:
Driving to Asheville
Missing my evenings
Stress
Gas Prices

So, I'm sitting here debating. Thoughts? Comments?

I'm gone.

Breaking Up IS Hard To Do

2006-05-06T18:59:00.000-07:00

This week has been pretty crazy. Work is getting better. We're caught up, so most of the office had Friday off. I didn't because I opted to take another Friday off instead. (It's the Friday we're going to the beach. :D )

Anyway, the day before that, I stopped by the tanning bed, like normal. I was going to a Chorus program, so I sat with Steph and worked for her for a couple of hours. During that time, I had 2 margaritas. Very nice I must say. It was really relaxing to just sit and do nothing but drink, eat pizza and shoot the breeze. So, time for the concert rolls around and I make the incredibly short journey to Pinebridge. I park and go inside for what was the best 4th and 5th grade chorus concert ever. (It could have been because I was tipsy or it could have been really good. Either way, I was happy.)

So, afterward, I talked to a few people and then headed home. I got here and decided that I didn't want to stay here. I loaded back up in the car with a few drinks and headed out to find someone to drink with.

At first, I didn't find them. Apparently, I'm the only person who wants to drink on Thursday night anymore. Go figure.

I called everyone I knew up here and they all had jobs or something that they had to do on Friday. Blah. Finally, in a last ditch effort to find somewhere to drink so I wouldn't be drinking and driving, I called UGA.

That's right, I said UGA.

He wasn't doing anything but watching the Braves game, so I went over to his house. We sat around and talked for a while, watched the game. Bob came to visit, so we talked to him for a few minutes.

The game went off and we're sitting there and he leans over and kisses me. I started smiling, because this is exactly what I wanted. I don't miss the whole relationship with him, actually, I don't miss dating at all, but I do miss kissing. Anyway, off that subject......

We're sitting on the couch kissing and he pulls away and shakes his head. He looks at me and tells me that he shouldn't have done that and that we shouldn't do that. I agreed, but ended up on top of him telling him and he didn't have to do anything, I would.

The next thing that happened, is that we ended up naked and in bed together.

In a word: WOW

I'm not sure if he learned a few new tricks or if it was the fact that I had been drinking or that it had been such a long time since I had had a good bang, but it was freakin' amazing. I swear, I've never been completely unable to move afterward, but this time, damn.

After a couple more round of Clue*, he gets up and gets dressed in self-defense. I get up and follow him into the living room to get my clothes. He's sitting with his head in his hands. I sat myself down in his lap and kissed him. He tell me again that we can't make this a habit and I asked again, Why? I never got a straight answer.

I got up and got dressed. I told him that if he ever found himself in need again, just to give me a call. I offer him no strings, anytime he wants it, and what does he do? He tells me that we can't do that again.

Holy crap, he's only going to be in the state, heck, on this side of the Mississippi, for a month. I plan on making it the best month of my and his freakin' life. I'm talking all the freaky stuff that he's never mentioned to anyone, all the stuff that I've never tried, all that stuff, I'm offering him that.

And he says we can't do it again.

Who do you think is going to win out? Him or me with the cute, tan, sexy body? I don't think the fight is quite fair.

On to other days, Friday night I had dinner with my friend Josh. I've really got to get it through his head that we are not dating and that we will not be. He tricked me into dinner in the first place. He told me that there would be a group of people. There wasn't. Me, him and his nephew.

Today, he showed up at the house. I told him I might go with him to a softball game today, but I was just going to make an appearance and then go clean out my Vette. I didn't plan on having to tote him around for half the afternoon.

I got home and changed my clothes and the spent the next four hours, from about 3:45 till 7:36, waxing my Vette. I waxed, I buffed, I Rain-Xed, I Fog-Xed, I Armor All-ed, I rinsed, I even put Vasoline on all the weatherstripping to make it softer so hopefully it won't crack or leak. Yeah, almost 4 hours on my car. The only thing I didn't do is work on the tires. That's for this week when I get the stuff to shine the wheels. That reminds me, I've got to go to Wal-Mart sometime.

Well, that's about it. That's all the news that's fit to print from Spruce Pine/Marion.

I'm gone.

Ok, is it over now?

2006-04-18T19:33:00.000-07:00

She had the baby. Katie Holmes had her and Tom Cruise's freakin' baby. I'm sure it's a cute thing; so tiny, and new and amazing, but sheesh, aren't you tired of all the hoopla?

I don't give a rat's ass about what celebrities do. If they want to jump off a ledge, whatever, but this "TomKat" thing has gotten out of hand. Every time you turn on the TV, log onto the internet, pick up a news paper, buy groceries, there they are. I even saw today the poor child has been called the "TomKitten." Can we shoot some reporters?

Our society needs to step back and think about what we're obsessed with. Sure, there are actors that I like to read about. Notice I said actors and not celebrities. That's because they're not. They're just people who are in really great movies (ok, many not all are really great). They are not the end all be all of my existence. There are so many other things in this world that deserve our attention. War, poverty, the economy, high gas prices, the problems that our youth and children are facing in their lives. Maybe the paparazzi should take pictures of that. Would that make it more interesting?

Ok, I'm done. The soap box has been put away.

My new iPod should be here soon. Hopefully before Friday. If not, Monday. I want it. Right now, but I will be patient. Another fun fact. Terri Hatcher was in an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now, can we connect her to Kevin Bacon?

I'm gone.

Happy Easter!

2006-04-16T18:59:00.000-07:00

Hello all! Happy Easter! I hope everyone had a great day and got to rest and spent some quality time with your families.

As for me, today was good. I made it to Sunrise Service. It was really nice. Then the church went out to eat breakfast. That was really fun. Then, I came back to Mom and Dad's and napped before service.

We cooked at Mom's after church and then I fell asleep. When I woke up, me and Dad were the only people there. When I asked, Heather had already gone home. She left me asleep on the couch with no way home. I wanted to go home and be at my house instead of at someone else's house. I had to wait until 8:30 for someone to take me home. It pissed me off so much.

Ok, next thing on the list, I've crossed Daron off my list. I'm done with him and I feel good about it. I went to a friend's last night and she invited him over. Without boring you with details, he ended up at my house last night. After things took their natural course we went to sleep. When I woke up this morning, I looked at him and it hit me. I was so uncomfortable with him and it just didn't feel right. When I was with UGA, it was nice to sleep with him. I could sleep with no problem and not wake up every time he moved. Last night, just felt wrong. It wasn't because I hadn't shared a bed with someone in so long, but just because it wasn't right. I've never been so glad to see someone leave my house as I was with him this morning.

Well, that's about all of that. I've got to get ready for work tomorrow.

Ugh. Just ugh.

I'm gone

What a Day!

2006-03-20T11:09:00.000-08:00

It's only 2:03 and it's already been a day! To start it all off, I overslept this morning. I got up 15 minutes after I was supposed to leave my house. Great huh? Turns out, I was only 10 minutes late for work. Not to bad considering I live 30 minutes away from work.

Anyway, I've worked my butt off this morning. Tons of things to get done and only one person to do them! I'm taking a mini break right now just to get my head straight.

Another cool thing, it's snowing! I don't mean just blowing around. I mean, big, huge, white, fluffy snowflakes swirling around and gently piling up on the ground. There's a good 1 or 2 outside right now! I love it!

Things are going ok here. The boss is on vacation this week, so it's going to be a good week. That means I can actually get things done and get caught up a little.

I'm going to the beach next weekend. YAY! I'm a chaperone on the High School band trip. Yes, I know it sounds corny an stupid, but it's going to be good fun. Chad is my roommate and that's just going to be crazy. Ok, ok, let's hear the comments on him. Still, I'm going to have a good time.

My iPod is refusing the software. Anyone with any ideas is welcome to let me know. I need to fix it!

Ok, break is over. Got to get back to the grind.

Lord, I love my job!

I'm gone.

Hate

2006-02-26T23:03:00.000-08:00

This has been one of those weekends. I was taken out for my birthday on Friday night and got good and drunk. It was great. I mean really great. It was just a blissful night of just no worries and no problems. It was amazing.

Then I got home. Here's where it all went downhill. I got home and got all ready for bed. I went and got in bed was all set to go to sleep when the dreaded phone monster got a hold of me. Yes, yes, I did a bad thing. I called UGA. I know that I shouldn't have, but what's done is done. We started off just talking about how drunk I was, then I told him that I would like to sleep with him again because that what I want to do when I'm drunk. He told me that he didn't think that was a good idea and then we got into the discussion of why he broke up with me.

I told him that I didn't know where he thought it got serious. I also asked him why he felt like he had to call me. He said that he knows that I didn't ask for that, but he felt like our relationship was getting to that point. He also apologized for hurting my feelings. He apologized for staying after we broke up. He apologized for everything. It really threw me off. He didn't show any remorse for it, but at least he said he was sorry.

I still don't understand, but at least he apologized right.

Saturday night, I went out with friends and got good and drunk again. We bowled a few frames and ran into some people that I graduated with. It was nice to hang out with old friends and drink beer. We're actually going to do it again next week.

On the way home, I stopped by and saw Mike. It was stupid, but I did it. He had a friend, a girl, over so I just popped in to say hi. I left shortly after I got there.

I got home and got all ready for bed and picked up the computer. That was a mistake as well. I came up with the following:

"Let me start by saying that I hate you. I really really hate you.

Now that that is out of my system, I want to explain why.

I hate you because you didn't even discuss this with me. You just threw it out there and expected me to accept it.

I hate you because you acted like nothing was wrong.

I hate you because you don't care.

I hate you because there's no remorse. You don't act like it upset you at all. You don't act like it was a big deal. You don't seem to care about it.

I hate you because I can't hate you. I can't hate you because you are so nice and so sweet and because I know that you didn't want to hurt me.

I hate you because you made me feel special. You made me feel like I was beautiful and funny and wonderful and now I just feel like an idiot.

I hate you because you make me forget all my promises to myself and make me wonder what it would be like to just let go and be a real girl.

I hate you so much. I just really hate you, but then again I don't hate you because I can't hate you.

I just miss you. I just miss having someone to laugh with and talk to. Someone who knew all about my strange likes and dislikes and someone who really cared and who would be there when I needed them.

I miss the guy who came to the hospital when Granny was sick even though he didn't like them.

I miss the guy that charmed my family.

I miss the guy who wanted to go hiking with me.

I miss the guy who you were. I miss the guy who would explain football to me. (Though I know more than I let on.)

I miss hanging out with you. That sucks because I can't just hang out with you. Its not that I'm in love with you or anything like that, but it's just knowing that I can't.

All in all, I just hate you. I hate you for being so nice and so sweet and so caring and I hate you because I really don't hate you.

I really hate you."

So, there you have that. I was drunk. I didn't know what I was saying. I don't know why I'm posting it here, but I am. Let's just say there was a lot of hate.

The hatred still isn't all gone, but it's getting closer.

Maybe it'll be better in July.

I'm gone.

I've Said It Before....

2006-02-01T22:59:00.000-08:00

and I'll say it again. I HATE JJ REDICK!

OK, yes, I know he's good. He's crazy good. I'll give him that. Otherwise, he's a bastard. He knows he's good. And he acts like it.

I'm sitting here watching the BC/Duke game and BC is doing well. They're holding their own. But here's the rub, BC cut the lead down and got excited. John Marshall was excited, as anyone would be, and on the way off the court he was calling for the crowd to get into it. Redick was walking in front of him and took offence I guess. He got in Marshall's face, talking trash. Marshall didn't say anything, he just kept moving.

Automatically, the TV announcers blame Marshall! "There's not room for that." "That should be a technical." "There's no room in this game for trash talking. Marshall should have know better." He didn't say a word! He was just calling for the crowd and JJ got in his face and you could see he was talking.

After the timeout, there was some good defense by Duke and BC turned the ball over. Redick knocked down the ball handler and started down the court. He stopped and decided to help the guy up, still talking trash. The announcers commented. "Oh, that's class. What class! Redick helping up the same person who's been talking the whole game." "Kill 'em with kindness." Can he do no wrong? I mean, honestly. He's not perfect.

I just hate the fact that just because he's a good player people automatically think he's a good person and decided to give him the benefit of a doubt. Even when he does foul someone, like he just did, the announcers say that the other person has gotten really good at acting. Geez, let him be wrong for once!!!!!!!

That's really all I have to say tonight. Just let Redick be wrong, one time, for me?

I'm gone.

I probably shouldn't even post tonight

2006-01-26T22:33:00.000-08:00

The reason? I'm so pissed off at everything!

Work sucks ass. I mean, big, hairy, crap covered ass. We are so freakin' busy and he won't hire anyone to help me. The reason? Business hasn't picked up. If we don't have enough to do right now, I won't be able to function when it does pick up.

Today, Floyd was off with his girlfriend, paying for more implants. There's a story about this. Let's just say she's already had her boobs done. Yeah, a little farther south. Anyway, apparently since he was gone, it was my turn to answer all the questions. I swear, every little thing. "What color PMS? They need these when? What type of paper did they order on this? When is that job going to be done? You shipped that when?" I don't know!!! I swear to the good lord, I could have wounded people today with little or no remorse.

Then, to top the day off, I messed up. I was busy and didn't write down a phone message. I didn't get yelled at, but I figure that I will tomorrow. I swear, they can't expect me to do everything, right? Oh wait, they do. That was a dumb question.

I decided today that I'm just bored. My job isn't horrible, aside from the stupidity of people I work with, but it's the same thing over and over. The same stupid customers asking the same stupid questions. The same stupid problems and just the same stupid stuff. I'm tired of going into work in a good mood and ending up pissed off and tired before lunch. I'm tired of sitting at my desk thinking, "Why? Is there a point?"

I've applied for a job in Durham. It's with a creative firm and it sounds pretty good. I've got to send in a hard copy of my portfolio tomorrow. We'll see how that goes.

As for now, I'm going to go crawl in bed and get warm. Heather's in the Bahamas and I'm in the cold, going to a ball game tomorrow.

Man, I wish I wouldn't be pissed off all the time.

I'm gone.

Another Day or Five

2006-01-15T01:27:00.000-08:00

Well, there's really not much to report. Things have been going pretty well. Work is really backed up. I mean, I've got to much stuff to do, it's not even funny. I've got things from last month that I haven't gotten around to yet. Yeah, it's that crazy.

Basketball is going well. Daron's doing a good job with the team. They won big on Friday night over Madison. We were supposed to have a game tonight, but it was canceled due to high winds and snow.

Speaking of which, the wind is really blowing up here. The power has flickered, the car cover blew off my car, and it even blew a large metal sign into the road on the way into town. I had to get out and move it just so I could get to supper. It's been fun.

I talked to UGA a few times lately. It's been civil, I haven't yelled yet about what happened. But then again, it's not been brought up in conversation. I made sure he was ok tonight with the weather and all, and he was kinda upset that I interrupted his movie. Oh well, he misses me.

Oh, for those reading this, my cell phone is broken. I don't mean the service is down, I mean that the phone is broken in half. I can't get anyone to fix it and I don't have a loaner phone to have activated to use till May. I'm going to switch to Verizon. So watch out those who have Verizon, I'll be calling alot more.

Ok, that's about it. I'm going to go catch up on my Soaps. I'm about a half week behind. The storylines are getting good.

Yes, I'm addicted. Sue me.

I'm gone.

It's Gotta Be Karma

2006-01-03T13:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, before I explain the title, let me tell you about my weekend.

Saturday, I drove down to hang with Shan and Jerm. It was great. The hockey game was awesome. The Canes won 5 to 3. It was freakin' awesome! I also learned that if something happens to Shannon, she's leaving me Jeremy in the will. YAY! All that I have to do is make him cookies and cut his hair every 2 weeks. I think that's acceptable.

We also learned a new euphuism. "Shaving the goat." It's a long story, involving drums, goat skins, and Mythbusters. Ask me about it sometime, you won't get it, but you'll laugh, I bet. Jerm and I did.

Ok, Sunday afternoon is when the karma comes into play. We're sitting around, watching TV, recovering from the drinking, and we see that the Panthers are playing the Falcons. I get excited cause if the Cats win, they're in the playoffs. I'm also excited because if they win, that means they beat the Falcons!

We watch the game and lo and behold, 44 to 13, Cats win. Cats Win! I was so happy! Now, the Panthers will play the Giants in the first round and the Falcons will be at home. Yay for us!

Now, work today was good. I did inventory and that's about all. Floyd is out of town till Wednesday, so its like getting a few more days off, but I'm getting paid for it! Yay for me!

I come home tonight and eat with Heather, Bryan, Brooks, Amy and Meredith at the Mexican restaurant. It was awesome. Even more so because it didn't cost me anything. No one else had to pay for me, so that was even cooler!

We come home and watch wrestling like normal, but we all know that today is a football holiday. Yes, the day of Bowls! So, I'm catching up on scores and the like in between wrestling commercials when I see that Georgia is going to be playing. I decide to watch a little bit and just see what happens.

Now, it's bed time and I'm in the bed watching Soaps and clicking back and forth to the game. I see that Georgia is getting beat. I also see that West Virginia has faked a punt and thereby iced the game. The Dawgs lose the game.

Ok, so here's what I'm thinking. UGA was horrible to me, with what he did and all, so karma came back and got him. Two of his teams, the Falcons and UGA, were beaten in big games and had to go home crying. I'm sure this is not how karma really works, but I like to think it is.

So, that's about it. There was really nothing to post about, but I did anyway.

Now, I'm gone.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2005-12-30T23:20:00.000-08:00

Well, it's almost 2006! How fun is that? Another year. My question is, where are the flying cars? Weren't there suppose to be flying cars in the year 2000? I mean, come on, it's 2006. You'd think they'd have that all figured out by now right?

Anyway, today has been one of those days. Heather had another surgery on her sinuses. The first doctor really messed her up. She was out for weeks and this time, she's only out for a few days. They went in an cleaned her out again. I really hope that she starts feeling better after this. I hate to see her sick and tired. I mean, doctors should be able to figure out something after 2 and a half years. Anyway, she came through the surgery well and she's not in any pain and she's not bleeding much at all. She said the only thing that's bothering her is the stuff that they used to put her to sleep. She's sleeping it off now so she'll feel better in the morning.

As for me, everything is well. My sister is getting better and I'm glad of that. I'm heading out tomorrow morning for Raleigh. I'm going to spend New Year's with Jerm and Shan at the hockey game. I'm so freakin' excited too. Since it's going to be such a great weekend, I'm going to drive the car down and give her a little exercise. I can't wait.

I got a new toy for my iPod today. One of the Griffin iTrip devices. It broadcast a signal to your FM radio and plays music through your radio. It'll be good for the car because I don't have a tape player in there. I can't wait to drive tomorrow!!!

Well, that's about all that I know to tell. Work is good. Parents are good. Family is good. So....it's all good.

I'm gone.

Merry Christmas!

2005-12-26T00:23:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Yes, it's Christmas time at the Cuthbertson household. We all know what that means, right?

That's right. Christmas Eve is spent with my Mom's family at my Granny Florence's house. I had such a good time this year. There were a few rough spots, namely with some family members who are just out for what my Grandmother has left. Anyway, barring that, it was a great family time and I can't wait to get back together with the family that means a lot to me.

This morning, I got up and went to church for a very wonderful Christmas message. When we elected Vernon, I was a little worried about his preaching style. He's a really quite man, but it would amaze you how much power and fire he preaches with.

After that, we opened gifts at Mom and Dad's. Mom and Dad were really happy with their gifts and that made me so happy! I don't really care what I get, just as long as everyone is happy and healthy. I got clothes and movies and a waterproof car cover. There were other things, but they're not important. Family is more important, anyday.

After that, we headed down to Granny Florence's for lunch. There weren't a lot of people there, but it was great to sit around and talk to the ones who you know really care about you and Granny. Lunch was fantastic and I ate entirely to much. It was awesome.

We went up to Granny Sis's to visit with her. She's not doing to well. She tweaked her back again and she's having some problems moving around. She won't let us help her, which is flustrating, but that's the way she is so there's nothing we can do for her. Mom and I cleaned up for her so she wouldn't have to do it, but of course, she wasn't happy about that. Like Dad says. There's really nothing you can do.

Heather and I left there and came back home. After a LONG nap, she and I and Bryan opened our gifts here. I got a couple more sweatshirts and a nice watch from Heather and Bryan. It's really neat and I love it.

Christmas is one of my most favorite times of the year. All the family and friends and love and goodness that you can feel in the air, just makes everything that much better. I worry about people who don't like their family or who can't be with their family. I mean, how could anyone deal with that? Yes, my Mom gets on my nerves and Dad just infuriates my sometimes, but when I don't see them, I miss them and worry about them. Heck, I worry about everyone that I know and them not being with their family.

So, I ask those of you who are reading this, think about the true meaning of Christmas. It's not about getting presents, it's not about running around to make sure everything is perfect. I mean, think about it. Mary and Joseph thought they were going to have a room in the Inn when they got to Bethlehem, but things didn't go according to plan. In the end, everything worked out the way God planned and that's what we should dwell on today and everyday. Jesus came to earth to make sure that we would be happy for the rest of our lives. He gave his life so that we wouldn't have to be scared or worried about what comes next for us. Focus on the fact that there is something better coming next.

Glory to God in the Highest, I can't wait for what's coming next.

Merry Christmas!

Lame-ass punk

2005-12-16T20:26:00.000-08:00

Alright, so in my last fun post, we all learned that UGA and I broke up. Well, Monday, I wasn't really thinking about it, so we didn't get to talk. Tuesday, there was a ballgame at Owen. I went, like normal, and he came up and talked to me. Sat down next to me and was talking like nothing happened. That confused me.

After the game, he waited on me to finish up the stats and talk to Daron. Then, we walked to the trucks, chatting like nothing was wrong. He made sure I got in the truck and that it started before he followed me out to the main road. On the way home, I got mad. My brain caught up to where he was thinking. So I called his house and told him that I didn't understand. I also told him that if he didn't make me understand, bad things would happen. Anyway, he called last night, but I was to upset to talk so I didn't.

Anyway, today, I stopped by to talk to Cindy at the paper. After a few minutes of talking to her, I went and talked to another lady that works there. I learned some interesting things from her. She point blank asked him what happened and he said nothing, he just wasn't ready to have to answer to someone about his decisions. Then she told me that he said hanging out with my married friends made him feel like to much of a commitment. (How lame right?) Needless to say, I'm still mad.

When and if I do talk to him about this, there is going to be so much yelling!!!! I mean, of all the lame excuses to give anyone. I didn't ask him to call me and clear his decisions with me. I don't care what he decides. I didn't want to get married, I just wanted him to ride with me to Raleigh so I wouldn't be lonely and it was payback for me going with him.

You know, boys are PUNKS.

Lame-ass punks.

I'm gone.

Well, that's that then

2005-12-11T23:33:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the Raleigh trip was great!!! I got to hang with Jerm and Shan and Kat and Phillip. The sock moneys went over well. Everyone liked them and loved the fact that they were personal. We had a great time and saw "The Chronicles of Narnia." It was awesome!!! I mean, the whole movie was freakin' awesome. What made it cooler was the fact that I could follow the symbolism this time. I highly recommend it.

I made it home in time for Christmas play practice. Mom was happy with that. We always have a good time. I'll give my church that. Just the joking around and stuff was so fun and just what I needed after a long drive home.

After church, I came home and cleaned up a little in my room. I called UGA and he came up to watch TV with me. It's sorta a thing we do to watch Family Guy together. I mean, it's a freakin' funny show. So, we're waiting for Family Guy, watching the Acme Hour on Cartoon Network and he says "So I'm sorry about Raleigh this weekend." I wasn't really upset with him, like I said, I just wish he'd told me. So, I'm just sitting on the table watching cartoons and he says that he thinks we should just be friends because he's not ready to have to tell someone where he's going to be and doesn't want to have to worry about calling someone and he just doesn't want to lose his freedom. So, I was a nice person and told him that I didn't want him to feel that way, and I was sorry if I had made him feel like he had to check in with me, and that I was glad he was honest with me about it and of course we could still hang out as friends. ....... Yeah, so, that's about it. UGA and I aren't dating anymore, we're just friend.

So, I'm gone.

What a night

2005-12-10T00:12:00.001-08:00

For those that don't know, I'm helping out my friend, Daron, with the Mitchell High Basketball team. I keep stats and make sure things go smoothly. It's a great job and I'm having a ball!

Ok, so we had a game tonight against University High School from Tennessee. It started out being a really close, good game. Then the stupid refs had to get involved. First, they started calling all the fouls against Mitchell. I mean it, there was like 8 team fouls on us to like 3 on them. So, Daron, being the good Coach he is, asked the ref what was going on. Granted, he did say "What the hell was that?", but he said it in a nice tone. Then he told the ref that his calls were ridiculous. They gave him a technical foul. (That's the worst foul you can get. Three get you thrown out if you're a coach. Two for players.) Anyway, the game goes on, and it is the worst officiating I've ever seen. 78 foul shots were taken and there were 4 technicals called; one on each Coach and two on two different players for University. In the third quarter, the ref had to sit two players down to keep them from fighting. Four players fouled out. Heck, I think I might have fouled out of the game myself.

To make a long story short, the game was horrible, but we won by 2 points. Our record is now 2 wins, 3 losses. Daron's doing well!

As for other news, I'm heading to Raleigh tomorrow. I'm a little upset that UGA isn't going with me. He did promise, but there are some newspaper things he has to do. (But he did tell the people at work he didn't want to go.) I do wish he would have told me he didn't want to go, I would have understood, but he did sorta lie to me. He'll pay for it. Don't worry.

Other than that, things are ok. I'm bidding on and iPod on Ebay. I really want it. I mean bad.

Well, that's it. Boring huh? Oh, I added two more Blogs to my list. Friends from the Net. Check em out. They're both pretty cool.

Alright, I'm gone.

Mixed Emotions

2005-11-30T19:52:00.000-08:00

Well, all this week I was worried that UGA would be leaving. The reason why is because he interviewed for a job in Georgia. We were both pretty sure he was going to get it. Well, tonight he found out that he didn't get the job. He's disappointed because he wanted to move back close to his friends and his family. I understand how he feels. I would miss my family too if I moved a couple of states away. He says that he's upset, but that he knows things happen for a reason.

Now, while I want him to do well in his career and do all the things that he wants to do in life, I am a little glad that he won't be moving away right now. Our relationship is going well and to have him move right now, well, that wouldn't be good for us. I am sad that he didn't get the job that he wanted, don't get me wrong. I want him to be happy.

Now, I'm sitting here watching basketball. Man I hope Duke loses.

I'm gone.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2005-11-24T12:23:00.000-08:00

So it's Thanksgiving. YAY! We got to eat lots of good food today with my family and I didn't have to work today! I was really excited about that.

Anyway, that was the extent of my Thanksgiving celebrations. UGA is in Georgia with his family and was too drunk to call me tonight. That's ok, I know he needs to spend time with his family. I miss him though. I guess I've just gotten used to having him around. I only hope he's missing me too.

I am a little sad today. I just read online that Alias is going off the air in May. That sucks. I mean, it's a great show. Sure, it's gone a little downhill with this new girl character they've brought in, but it could be really good again. Especially if they bring back Vaughn. Oh well, another good show shot down by stupid programming executives.

Well, that's about it. Wow, my whole day summed up in 3 paragraphs. I really need a life.

I'm gone.

I suck

2005-11-23T22:39:00.000-08:00

Ok, so the past two days at work went pretty well. I was getting things done and I was thinking that I was finally getting the hang of things.

Well today I learned that I am not.

Everything that could have gone wrong did. My graphics weren't right. I didn't set up anything right and customers just weren't nice to me. It's like I told Mom, someone could have walked into the office, shot me in the foot and it would have been a better day that it turned out to be. When Floyd left today, he was upset with me. If he fires me Monday, I think I might hug his neck.

On a positive note, I applied for two jobs today. Both are with the WWE. Yes, I said it, World Wrestling Entertainment. I figure why not apply for something that I would love doing?

UGA is gone. He's in Georgia this weekend visiting his family. He let me know he was ok tonight. While I am pouting that I won't see him this weekend, I'm glad he's happy and seeing his folks. He has a job interview with a paper down there on Saturday. We'll see how this all plays out.

Other than basketball season starting, there's really nothing to tell.

Maybe more later.

I'm gone.

Vette'in It

2005-11-11T18:41:00.000-08:00

So I took the Vette to Raleigh last weekend. IT WAS GREAT!

I got to the school around 1:30ish. I drove around town and then washed the car off. Then I went back to campus, out a cake in the fridge, and walked around. I got to see Dr. Creagh, Katina, Erin, Nicole, Jackie Myers and a few others.

Then, we had the CornHuskin' parade. It was nice to show off in the car. I mean, who else owns a Vette at 23? So, that was really nice. Afterwards, we went to Playmakers and I had the best freakin' sandwich in the world! We also got really drunk which made for the best freakin' CornHuskin' in the world. The after party breakfast was great too. I left from there and rented a hotel room and crashed.

Saturday, I got up and got ready then went to Shan and Jerm's. We left from there and went to the mall. I spent so much money on shoes!!! Anyway, their tan and bright orange!! I love them so much! Saturday night we hung out with Kat and Phillp. He's a nice guy. Kinda quite, but I figure he'll come out of his shell more and more around us.

Sunday, we did nothing. I mean it. We slept in and drove around in the car. Around 3ish, I started back home. I got into town, bought a case of beer and went to UGA's. We watched the Simpson's TreeHouse of Horror 16 and the Family Guy before bed.

The work week was about normal. I made a bunch of stupid mistakes and got Floyd really mad at me, but that's about par. I mean, it wasn't like anything bad, but it was just stupid, stupid, careless mistakes. I've learned from them.

Right now, I'm watching TV, catching up on internet things, and debating on bed. Tomorrow I'm going to DollyWood with the church. Eh. I could care less, but we are going to stop by Cooter's (The Dukes of Hazzard Shop) in town. That's got me stoked.

Well, nothing else to report.....

I'm gone.

Time Flies, Even When You're Not Having Fun

2005-11-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

So, it is now officially November. My question, what happened to October? Did I miss something. All I remember is Dad's birthday, (Oct. 9th) and then suddenly Halloween. I mean, dang!

This weekend was good. UGA and I went to eat with the fam Saturday night, then we went to the movies. We watched Saw 2 which was much better than Saw 1. It was just the right kind of scary so I got to snuggle him in the theater.

Sunday was more of the same, church, family time, nap time, UGA time. I woke up Monday morning and went home and then to work. It was really good.

Last night was Halloween. I put on my fake Vampire bites, my fake blood and my best smile and helped hand out candy in downtown Spruce Pine. I would guess there were well over 200 Trick-or-Treaters out last night. It was great! I also got to spend time with some of my good friends and we had a really great time.

Other than that, there's nothing really going on. I'm heading to the big R Friday in the Vette, so that should be great.

Wow, what an interesting life.

I'm gone.

Running just a tad behind

2005-10-28T11:56:00.000-07:00

So, yeah, I haven't posted in a long while. Well, see, there's an explanation for that. At work, the Real Estate Magazine is back up for print so that means that I'm working double time to get all of my stuff finished. It amazing how many people want things even when you have no time to do them.

Well, for all those who don't know, my dog ran away about 2 weeks ago. I can't say as I'm really sad. I mean, I'm sure he's fine and he's happy in a new home, so that's great. At least he's not waking me up every five minutes barking his head off at nothing.

The car is coming along. Dad and I fixed the driver's door lock, installed new weatherstripping and rehung the exhaust pipes. All that's left is to fix the passenger window, weatherstrip it and rewire the fan. Then all will be great.

I'm taking the car down to Raleigh on Nov. 4th for the CornHuskin' Parade at school. For those that know me, know that I'm not a big supporter of CornHuskin, but since it is Holly's last year, I thought it would be a nice gesture. I am also looking very much forward to seeing the girls (and Jerm) again. I miss them so much!

UGA and I are doing great. I had to spend the night with him last night. We didn't have water at our house, so there was no peeing or showering. We ate dinner with Heather and Bryan and just hung out, then went back to his place and just hung around. He's so sweet and funny. We also had a nice talk about dating and how we're both glad that each other is clingy. He also likes the fact that I tell him to shut up on occasion.

That's about all that's happening in my life right now. I'm going to try to start getting online more at home and updating everyone. For now, just be content knowing that I'm alive and happy.

Love you all.

I'm gone.

Some days, you've got to double clutch just to get in first

2005-10-10T09:15:00.000-07:00

That was the motto for Friday at ValuePrint. I walked in at 7:57 to chaos. Jewell gave me a CD and told me there were two books on it that needed to be printed, and by the way, they need it before 9:30. I figure that I can do it, afterall, it's just opening a file and printing 4 copies. So I start the book. The first one has 100 pages and the second has 145. So I get one book printed fairly easy and start on the next one. Wrong. The stupid PDF wasn't exported correctly so it kept timing out. So, I'm trying to figure out why this is doing this, the people that want this walk in. When I try to explain to them what is going on, he says "Well, I'll just come back." So he does, with another disk of color pictures that he needs in addition to the two books. Well, during all this, the shipping table is filling up because apparently, Friday was the day to get all our printing jobs done.

So I'm working on this book, which is an over 500 dollar project, and my boss walks by and says "Aren't you going to do shipping today?" I just bit my tongue and nodded. So, this goes on all morning, me trying to print out this stupid book and pictures, me trying to do shipping and me trying to help customers all at the same time. On top of all this, the copier jams and when I try to fix it, my arm and hand are scratched and I still have to call the repair man.

Now, here is what really made me angry. I was in the back, getting some shipping boxed and ready to send. The door to the press room was closed so I didn't know what was going on outside in the main office. I open the door and the phone is ringing. Now, my boss is at his desk with a phone in front of him. His mom is at her desk with a phone beside her. The other graphics person is at my desk with a phone right beside him. The sign guy is at his desk with a phone beside him and one of our other workers is at the front desk with a phone beside him. Who do you think answered the phone? That's right, I walked from the press room, all the way to the front counter, moved the guy standing there an answered the phone. Man, I was red!

Then, the guy with the books comes back in to see if I'm finished. When I tell him no, he asks what time I go to lunch. I tell him 12 and he says "Can't you take a late lunch and finish our project? We'd really like to have these by 12." I tell him no, but I'll shoot for 1:30.

Lunch rolls around and I leave about 15 minutes late. The other graphics person tells me not to rush, he can handle the shop for 30 minutes, so I don't. I walk back in 30 minutes later and he's like "Thank the lord you're back. Now I can go get work done." Leaves me downstairs by myself.

The people come get the books and I think my life has gotten easier. Wrong again. I get all the shipping done, in between dealing with customers, only to find that my inbox is full again. Before I even get to touch it, there's like 12 more phone calls, 15 more customers and the people with the books come back.

This time, they want them bound and they want it done in like 45 minutes. Naturally, the boss says "Of course we can do that." So, we get right on that.

Now, during all this, the boss has sat at his desk and said nothing. All he's done all day is be on the phone about the checking account for the sign company. He's not answered phone, dealt with rude customers or stupid 100 page printouts. At 3:30, he walks to the front, looks out the window and says "I just can't take it anymore. I'm going home." I ask if he'll take me with him and he just smiles and says "You have to work till 4:30. Sorry." Then he leaves.

I leave work and rush home because I've got to go to the funeral home. Andy Sluder's grandfather died this week. It was really sad. I really liked Paw and he will be very missed. His niece, Taylor, asked her Mom if all your Boo-Boo's went away when you went to heaven. When Ashley told her yes, she smiled real big and said "Good. Now Nanny will have someone to play with."

Friday was just horrible and I was glad to see if leave.

Saturday was pretty good. I went to two different craft festivals with Mom. After the second one, I went over to stay with the dog. That was fun. UGA came over too and we watched the Georgia/Tenn. game, the Braves and the Hurricanes. Then we went to sleep and it was so nice.

Sunday was Dad's birthday. The whole family was at church, Mom, Dad, Heather, Bryan, me and UGA. Afterwards, we all went out to eat and had a really good time.

Now I'm back at work. Ugh. Frank decided to take off this morning and it took me a good 10 minutes to get him back on the leash, so I was late for work. Do you know anyone who wants a dog?

That's about it.

I want to go home.

I'm gone.

The things that make me happy

2005-10-03T22:50:00.000-07:00

Yes, I am easily amused.

Yes, it's the simple things in life that make me smile.

Sometimes, just a change in schedule can make my night.

Before I begin to explain, let me insert a disclaimer. I know it is fake. I know. I know. Just let me make my point.

Tonight, World Wrestling Entertainment had their homecoming show. They moved back over to USA and went back to what made them great. They brought back the legends: Dusty Rhodes, Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, Harley Race, Jimmy "Mouth of The South" Hart, Hacksaw Jim Dougan, Pat Paterson, Arn Anderson, Sergeant Slaughter, The Million Dollar Man Ted Devasie, The Fabulous Moolah and May West. I mean, all the greatest wrestlers from back when wrestling was cool. Stone Cold came back. Rowdy Roddy Piper came back. Mick Foley came back. Hulk Hogan came back. It was just great!*

Ok, that's what's made me happy right now. I just love it when things are the way they were.

My wrestling writing ends here.

Now, on to other things that make me happy.

Today, I stopped by to talk with my friend Vicki and to see if I could sneak a look at UGA. Cindy and I were discussing when I should go up and check on Oliver this weekend and all that great stuff. UGA walks up and smiles when he sees me. He then walks over and gives me a hug. So we're sitting around talking and he gets on the phone with a source for a story. Vicki gets up to get a drink and says "I'm going to clear this up today." When I ask what she's talking about, she just smiles and says "I'm going to ask what the deal is with you two." So, when I get ready to leave, UGA walks me to the door. I tell him to be warned because Vicki is going to try to embarrass him. He grins and tells me that he doesn't get embarrassed easily. Then I leave.

On the way home, Vicki calls me and says "I asked." I'm sorta embarrassed because I don't want him to think I put her up to it or anything, but she just laughs and says "He told me that you've been hanging out for more than a month. He says you're dating."

So, anyway, I'm now officially dating UGA. He took a big step Saturday and met my family. Not just Mom and Dad, but all of my family. There was a family dinner at my Granny Florence's house in Marion. He went with me and had a good time, I think. Mom invited him out to dinner with us next Sunday for Dad's birthday. We'll see how that goes.

Ok, that's about all the news that's fit to print.

I'm gone.

*Spellings may not be exactly correct, but you get the picture.

Two days in a row....

2005-09-30T13:21:00.000-07:00

Yes, how impressive am I? Two days now, in a row, that I have posted. Yes, yes. I am amazing.

But enough about me, you want to hear about....well...me.

So, yesterday, I told you about being asked out by one of my co-workers Wednesday. Well, I mentioned something to UGA about it and he asked if I had turned him down. I laughed and said, well... He pouted and was like you are going to turn him down right? I assured him that I was in the morning.

Well, I came in Thursday morning all set to tell him I was seeing someone and I was flattered, and the guy got his hand caught in the press. It turned out not to be as horrible as it sounds; he only got a cut on his finger that we bandaged up. So, we all go back to work. About five minutes later, another guy from the press room comes out and says "Tim is on the floor back here, what do you want me to do?" He had passed out and hit his head on the press. It was horrible! He had to go home and go to the Doctor and it was just bad.

So I was telling this story last night, and UGA looked at me and said "Then you turned him down right?" I just started laughing and said "Well, I didn't want to break his heart right after he busted his head." But I promised that I would tell him no today. So far, he hasn't asked again. Maybe it'll just go away if we don't talk about it.

I went to meet the dog yesterday. He loves me. I walked in and he jumped up on me, well, as much as he can being a bulldog and all. So we played for a few minutes, Cindy showed me around the house again, and then we just sat and talked for a while. She told me that it would be best if I spent the night so Oliver wouldn't be alone. I'm ok with that. They have a big screen TV. Then, she also told me that it would be fine if UGA wanted to stay with me. That was surprising. Anyway, I was asked back next week to play with Oliver again and take him on his walk. Her husband told me they would cook supper for me as well. Then she told me to bring UGA and we'd have a dinner party of sorts.

I told UGA this and he laughed and shook his head. He knows all about Cindy and her cooking and her love of being nosy. Oh we're going though. No one turns down free food.

Work today has been pretty boring. The boss is at the beach for Bike Week, so I really don't have a ton to do. I'm caught up as well, so it's really boring. Right now, I'm watching the copier make copies, drinking a sweet tea and getting ready to finish up my last typesetting job for the day. Ah yes, work.

That's the news outta Spruce Pine. Keep it tuned in here for continuing coverage. Film will be shown at 11.

I'm gone.

Back By Popular Demand

2005-09-28T01:07:00.000-07:00

I know, I know, it's been to long since my last post. It's called work people. You should try it some time. No really, it's been pretty busy since then. I shall try to be brief.

Saturday, I watched Carolina beat NC State. That was a good thing. I also saw several people I know in the stands at the game. It was fun. I miss Raleigh and my girls!

I didn't get to hang out with UGA then because his parents were in town. I didn't get a chance to meet them, but he did tell them about me. He told me last night that his mom doesn't agree with my Alan Rickman fascination. I think it could be a step in the right direction.

I worked all last week, so nothing exciting really happened. Other than UGA and I being in the McDowell paper for the theft of the camera. We were the CrimeStoppers Crime of the Week. It's great. I got a copy of the story for my scrapbook.

So I found out today that one of the guys I work with wants to ask me out. I hope he never gets up the nerve. He's nice and everything, but with UGA and everything, it would be a bit awkward. To say to least.

I still have a dog. No one came to look at him Saturday, so I didn't give him away. It's a little disappointing. I mean, I was mentally ready to get rid of him and now I have to go through that process again. Yes, it sounds mean that I'm giving him away, but if you saw where I lived you would understand.

The weekend of October 8th, I will be dog sitting. That's right, dog sitting. A lady that I worked with at the paper is going out of town and if she puts her dog, Oliver in the kennel, he gets mad at her. So, I'll be staying at her house, with the dog, so he's happy. Some people and their pets, I swear.

Well, that's all the news that's fit to print. I'm going to go back to eating Combos and drinking my SoBe. I'm the only one in the office right now. I hope it stays sorta dead toady. I enjoy my personal time.

I'm gone.

It sure is Monday

2005-09-19T12:37:00.000-07:00

Well, whew, another Monday. At least I'm not putting in 18 hours at the Mitchell News-Journal like a certain reporter that I know.

Anyway, today has been pretty good. Real Estate is almost finished, so that means I can finally catch back up with all my other work and get people off my back. I mean, just because they brought in their printing a week ago, doesn't mean that we've gotten around to doing it or anything. Gosh. It's like they think their stuff is more important than a multi-thousand dollar project.

I hung out with UGA last night. It was sweet. I wasn't feeling the best in the world, female things and all, and he just let me lay on the couch and petted me. It was really nice. He was in a strange mood though. He was making all these weird noises and playing around on the guitar. It was crazy! Then Bob came over and things just got really funny.

Umm, let's see, other news......

Oh yes, I was a bridesmaid again this weekend. My friend Brandy got married to her high school love. It was sweet. They are so happy and wonderful together. Everything was beautiful and I didn't have to clean up! Mom fixed my hair and makeup and the dress was actually flattering, so we all looked wonderful. The food at the reception was great and I got to see Jamie and her baby and Sarah Ho. Things were great.

Umm, Sunday was homecoming at church. There was lots of good food, great people and amazing singing. Chad and his group, Gospel Traditions, sang and it was great. Apparently, Chad and I are engaged because the preacher said "You've got yourself a good man there." I looked around to see where he was.

Oh, an on the Chad front, he finally realizes that we are just friends. I said something about us dating and he just frowned and said "Can't we just be friends?" I was like, "OF COURSE WE CAN!" It was a step in the right direction.

As for anything else, there is nothing. That's my whole weekend summed up in about 3 paragraphs.

I need a life....

I'm gone.

Yay for Friday!

2005-09-16T09:59:00.000-07:00

Well, we have officially moved into the new place. We even paid rent yesterday! I know it's sad that I'm that happy about it, but hey, at least the water doesn't stink.

So, my friend Brandy is getting married this weekend and I'm in it. I'll try to get pics up so you can see my in yet another bridesmaid dress. On the upside of it, Mom insisted that I go have my hair highlighted, so yes folks, I am back to my natural shade of blonde.

UGA came by last night for a while. He really liked the new hairstyle. He just kept smiling and playing with the ends of it. Then he said that I looked good to start with but this was really nice too. He was super sweet last night. It was nice.

Today, I'm going to be eating lunch with the newspaper bunch. Me and Steph are going down today because Elaine, the bookkeeper extraordinare, is leaving. She and her husband are moving to Georgia. It's going to be a wake of sorts, at least that's what Cindy tells me. We're getting all the old gang together, Me, Steph, Julie, Lisa, as well as the new people, Renee, Lynn and Mike :-D. I think it'll be fun to hang out with everyone again today.

Well, that's about it. Enjoy.

I'm gone.

Moving On....

2005-09-12T14:26:00.000-07:00

Well, we did it. We moved. That's right, we are out of the stinky water house and we are into a nice clean water environment. The only problems with the new house so far are that it's not exactly level, the second shower isn't working and there's no place for Frank to be free at.

Back at the old house, he had a pretty big yard to run around in. Now, since there's no fence, I have to keep him either in a pen in the back yard, or tied to a tree in the front. I hate tying him up too. He's not used to it, so he almost chokes himself trying to follow me to the car. And he whines...lord, it breaks my heart to hear him whine so much. So, I have placed him in the classified section of the paper to see if a loving family with children will take him in. I kinda hope they don't but then again I kinda hope they do.

Well, things with UGA are going well. Very well in fact. I went to hang out with him last night and we sorta ended up naked on his couch. It's amazing what can happen when you're naked.

I'll move on.

That's about all the news that's fit to print. I need to go check on getting TV set up at our new house.

I'm gone.

This will not be a girly post!

2005-09-09T15:46:00.000-07:00

That's because I haven't been able to hang out with UGA. Wednesday we didn't talk because we were both busy with different stuff. He has to finish one more on line class to get his diploma, so I'm trying to keep him motivated for that.

He did get to come by last night. He had a meeting in Spruce Pine until around 9ish, so he stopped by on his way home. He came in and hugged me and then we chilled with Heather and Bryan for a while. He started saying how hungry he was, so I fed him. I think he was impressed with my Granny's cooking abilities. Lord knows, I didn't cook for him.

Tonight he's taking pictures at the football game at Mitchell. Yes, they bought him a new camera. I refuse to get in the truck with it so my bad luck won't rub off on it. After the game, I don't know what we'll do.

Tomorrow, I hope, is moving day. I also hope to be in the house and have everything set and fixed before 3:30. Carolina plays Georgia Tech and I plan on watching it. Also, Georgia plays tomorrow at 5, so I plan on being with UGA to watch that.

Well, that wasn't such a sappy post. I'm going to have to watch myself in the future as to not have such sap flowing.

I'm gone.

I want to live in a Soap Opera

2005-09-07T22:40:00.000-07:00

Yes, that's right. I've discussed this with Kat, but I would like to live in a Soap. Here's why:

1) You never have to work but you always have money.
2) Sex is always amazing and there are hardly any consequences. (Unless the writers think you need a child.)
3) No matter what problems you have, wait a few days and all will be forgotten.
4) Your hair and make-up always look great no matter what's going on in the world around you.
5) There's always a easy way out of every situation and your life is pretty predictable.

Of course, there are reason that I wouldn't want to live in a Soap, but those involve your Mom not being your Mom and your Dad sleeping with your best friend and all sorts of strange things.

Now, on to UGA.

I went down to his house last night around 9ish. He had been gone all day, so we decided to hang around down there. When I got out of the car, I heard such cool music. When he opened the door, he was holding an electric guitar. I grinned and he was so cute. He said "Oh, I guess I'm sorta loud right?"

So, we started watching the 25 greatest moments in Monday Night Football and talking and things. Now, I know when I say this, it's going to sound wildly out of character but, talking to him and hanging out with UGA, it's like we've been hanging out forever! Nothing is off limits and he doesn't laugh when I say stupid things. He even explained to me how baseball teams can have a 1 and a half game lead over another team.

So, I'm laying on the couch with my head on his stomach and he's playing with my hair and we're watching "The Naked Gun" movie and laughing and stuff, and he leans down and kisses me. There's a few minutes of kissing and then I pull back and look at him and he's smiling. I don't mean just a little "I'm getting some action" grin, it's like a big cheese-tastic grin. I frown and just say "What?" and he shrugs and says "You just make me smile."

Well, of course. There was more kissing and cuddling afterwards. Then we start talking about female and male exams and what happens during each one of those. It was a bit weird, but not uncomfortable.

So, midnight rolls around and I tell him I have to go. So, he says he has something to show me, so we get up and he walks over to his keyboard. He grins and says "I want to show you something I learned when I was little." So I start pulling on my shoes and he starts to play.

I dropped my shoes. He started playing Fur Elise by Beethoven. With no sheet music. I was really impressed. I do love a man who has musical talent. Then he laughs and says "Mom made me choose between piano and karate. I figured I had already been playing the piano, so why learn to kick ass?"

It was so great! He played a couple more classical pieces and then just messed around for a while. Then he changed setting on the keyboard and showed me what kind of different sounds it could make. Then, as I'm picking a song on the guitar, he says "OH! I memorized this for a talent show in HS." He starts playing the theme from "Forrest Gump." Then he starts playing The Eagles!

Then, he walked me to my car and while he was kissing me goodnight he said "One day I'll drive the Vette." So, I start laughing and look at him and say "That's what you think. It would take a lot of payment for me to let you drive." He just grins that little grin and says "Well, I'm willing to work out a payment plan."

Wow. Ok, so I think I just got a bit sappy up there. This whole UGA thing is turning me into a girl. Blah.

Another good thing about UGA, he understands and accepts my obsession with Alan Rickman. While William Shatner freaks him out a bit, he thinks Rickman is a terrific actor and that I am not crazy to be crushing on him. Besides, his middle name is Allen. Major cool points. (He's also 2 weeks younger than me. HA!)

Ok, this was a stupid girl diary entry. I'm almost embarrassed to post this.

I'm going to have to go work on the car or watch football.

I'm gone.

What a way to end a first date!

2005-09-06T16:10:00.000-07:00

This right here has the be the best way to end a first date ever!

So, me and UGA decide that we are going hiking Sunday afternoon because it is such a lovely day and he wants to be outside and enjoy the mountains. I suggest that we go to the waterfall above my Grandmother's house (Yes, the one that I took the girls and Jerm too). So, we go up, and it's lovely and we have a great time. We hiked to the top of the falls and then took a hike around a horse trail that took us about 5 miles before we hit the logging road again and walked back down to the truck.

Now this is where it gets interesting.

We get back to the truck and I open my door. I stop and I look at UGA and I say "There's something wrong here." He jerks open his door and begins to cuss, loudly and using words I had never heard.

Someone had jimmied the lock on his truck door and stolen the NEWSPAPER CAMERA! Not my camera, not his camera, but the NEWSPAPER CAMERA!

So we immediately run back up to a few camp sites and ask if anyone saw anybody messing with his truck. The first people say no, but they did see some suspicious people. SO we go up to the next site and they inform us that they have 2 coolers missing; one full of beer, the other of steak.

Then we go back to the truck, I call the police and he calls the wonderful boss or all bosses. UGA is worried that he'll get fired, I'm just pissed.

So, after all is said and done, we end up at the Sheriff's station giving our statements and description of the stolen camera. We then head directly to the beer store and buy a case of beer, which is half gone in the first 30 minutes at his house. The rest of the night is spent in a wonderful, painfree, blur.

Around 2:30 a.m., we sober up enough to decide to take me home, but there's a thiry minute period of actions taken to try to convince me to stay. Yes, I'll admit, I almost stayed, but decided that on the first date, that would appear to easy, so I go home.

Monday is my day off, but it really wasn't. Heather got in the working mood, and we cleaned house. Then around 3ish, our new landlady called and we moved several things into our new house!!! UGA and I didn't get a chance to talk, but he did call. He's just as cute and funny on the phone as he is in person.

As of now, I sit at work and type this, trying to avoid the internet Nazis. I'm hoping that UGA will want me to go with him to the volleyball game tonight. In all honesty, I kinda miss him. Oh well. Such is life.

Oh crap, Nazi at 12 o'clock.

I'm gone.

Boys Stink

2005-09-03T22:34:00.000-07:00

Ok, so since there's no one online for me to discuss this with, I'll post it here and maybe get an answer tomorrow or something.

Ok, not to jump the gun here, but the Sports Reporter at the newspaper kinda sorta asked me out. We're suppose to go hiking tomorrow so we'll see where it goes from there. He's a nice guy, a graduate from the University of Georgia. He's smart, he's funny and he likes to fish! He's cute and really sweet. He also gets cool points because he thinks the Corvette is cool and he actually knows about cars and the like.

So, now that I believe he's interesting and we're starting to talk etc. etc., the boy that I have had a crush on for years has started calling me. He's text messenged me like 10 times just tonight and wants to get together tomorrow and go out or something.

Now, what's really making me mad is that the second guy doesn't call or even acknowledge my existence for months and then when I meet someone that's interesting, BOOM! He's calling and wanting to go out.

While I will be helping the second boy during the upcoming basketball season, I am almost to the point where I say to heck with you and just forget about him. I mean, he's had how many months to ask me out?

Boys Stink.

On the other hand, my sister and I had a moving sale today. We sold a lot of stuff, but I think I'm going to open the doors again on Monday and try it again. (The Sports Reporter came to the yard sale to see me today.) Afterwards, I took a nap and then spent the rest of the night watching COLLEGE FOOTBALL! I'm going to steal a song from the Christmas season, "It's the most wonderful time of the year!" (Besides basketball season that is.)

On the college football note, how about the ACC? Clemson beats Texas A&M by 1 and then Georgia Tech goes and beats Auburn! UGA killed Boise State and NCSU plays tomorrow night. Wow....all those games and me with Monday off.

Oh, and for my friends who will read this and know my lifestyle and stuff, while thinking about the quasi-date with the sports reporter, which Shannon has nicknamed UGA boy, I painted my toenails and did a French manicure on my nails. See, this could be special, right?

I'm gone.

Rainy days

2005-08-30T19:18:00.000-07:00

It rained today. A lot. I hate the rain. It makes me sleepy and I can't sleep at work. Which sucks. Anyway.

Work was fun today. I didn't do much because the power kept going off. We were going to pack it up and call it a day, but the stupid power decided to stay on and work right. Stupid power.

Sometimes, I hate people who have boyfriend and girlfriends. Really. No, really. The cuteness almost makes me sick. Really. Cuteness sucks.

Ok, so there's really no point to this post. Just something to pass the time.

I'm gone.

Another day, another dollar or five

2005-08-25T23:34:00.000-07:00

Well, this has been an eventful day. Last night, there was an earthquake in Madison County. That's the next county over from Mitchell. We felt it at our house in McDowell. It was kinda neat.

Work was uneventful. I worked and then I worked and then I worked some more. Then I ate lunch and then I worked right up until 4:30. Then I saw Steph, my Granny, Vicki, my Mom and ate dinner. I came home and watched TV and then got a phone call.

The call was from my best friend John. His aunt isn't doing well. She has two tumors on her brain and the doctors don't expect her to be around long. He's really upset because he doesn't know how to deal with loss. She is also the only person in his family that accepts him for who he is. It was a long conversation that had so many different parts it's hard to follow. He still thinks I'm wasting my talents in Mitchell County.

Anyway, that was about it. My life just keeps taking interesting turns.

I'm gone.

I am a envelope stuffing machine!

2005-08-23T23:11:00.000-07:00

Yes that's right, I stuffed more envelopes today. It was actually pretty fun. That's all I did today and it was so easy and I didn't have to to a lot of work. I did a lot of shipping out of finished products, but that's about it.

It's sorta sad that I get excited about stuffing envelopes.

Anyway, I put the sunshade on my targa top this evening. Now the locator is messed up and I can't tighten the top, so I can't drive the car to test it out. On the other hand, I did figure out how to use the rear hatch vent to work. It is the coolest, literally and figuratively, I've ever seen! You just have to see it to get it.

Finally, I bought a new CD today. Actually it's 3 CD's. It's great. 50 years of hits by the man, Mr. No Show himself, the oPossum, George Jones! Yes, I love him. I really do. the next CD set I get will be by Hank Jr.

Ok, if any of my friends from the Bama trip are reading, how dare you steal my beer! I had my mouth all set for nice cold NewCastle and I open the cooler and nothing but an empty ice bag! Who takes a persons beer? I mean really!? Who does that?

Ok, this post is about pointless.

I'm gone.

Another manic Monday....

2005-08-22T23:19:00.000-07:00

Today, was a Monday.

That's all there was to say about it. I went to work. I shipped out all the finished work. Then I sat down and stuffed envelopes until 4:30. It was a nice change of pace and I figure it will all happen again tomorrow.

On a bad note, my Granny fell last night. She hurt her arm bad too. She has a bad, bad cut on her elbow and her whole arm is blue and swollen all the way into her fingers. Keep praying for her and for her caretakers.

On a good note, I got my parts for my car! The ashtray covers are already in and the sun shade and the hatch are going on tomorrow during lunch. I'm a happy camper.

I am also a sleepy camper.

I'm gone.

Happy Sunday!

2005-08-21T22:59:00.000-07:00

Ok, so today is Sunday, the most wonderful, restfull days in the world. And guess what, it was!!! This weekend I've not done a whole lot of anything, which was great. So today, I went to church and it was a great message. Then Dad and I hung out together today and that was wonderful as well. Then we had an In-Church singing tonight and I sang. It was a but nerve wracking, but I had fun. There were several other people that sang as well so we had a wonderful, wonderful, great worship.

Then there was all this food and all the church members were there and talking and just having a great time. I swear, there's nothing like god ole Southern Fellowship.

Other than that, this weekend hasn't been all that stressful. Oh, Thursday my sister and I were told we've got 30 days to be out of our house. We really don't have a for sure place that we're going to, so keep praying that we'll find a place to live soon. I'm not worried, but others might be.

Ok, that's about it.

I'm gone.

Not so bad after all

2005-08-17T20:10:00.000-07:00

Well, today shaped up to be a pretty decent day. Except for the neverending headache, the work and the rain. Other than that, it wasn't that bad.

I bought over $150 worth of parts for my car today. For those who don't know, it's a 1984 Corvette Coupe. 350 V8 with Crossfire Injection. I bought a part to fix my door lock, a part to block the sun, a part to lift the rear hatch for ventilation, a part to fix the wobbling side mirrors, a couple of parts to protect the ashtrays, and some more weatherstripping to hopefully stop the leaking. I'm going to the Auto Parts store and see what I can do to fix the sagging doors. Maybe new springs and bushings. Anyway, I'll keep you updated on all that.

Tomorrow I hope will be as good as the end of this day has been. Hope along with me.

Time to feed the dog and go to bed.

I'm gone.

Hokay so....

2005-08-16T22:30:00.000-07:00

I feel like crap. My head hurts, my eyes are burning, my stomach is upset and I'm so freakin tired I think I may pass out at any moment. I took a nap all afternoon and ate a pretty good dinner, but nothing is helping. I guess I'll live, but I'll feel like crap until I feel better.

Anyway, things are going good at work. I'm actually seeing a time when I won't have lots of little pink work orders in my inbox and that rocks my world. On the bad side of things, when I don't have little pink slips, I have lots of papers and other things that I have to call people to come and pick up and that means talking to them and being nice and happy to be at work.

Random thought for the day, I think that Boston Legal is a great, intelligent, hilarious show. William Shatner and James Spader are wonderful and I would sleep with either. Yes, I know that Shatner is old enough to be my grandfather, but he's just so funny and cute.

Anyway, watch Boston Legal, laugh at the wonderful, funny lines like "I keep an exceptionally clean penis." Other than that....I've got no other wonderful advise.

I'm gone.

Sometimes, I just want to Hulk up....

2005-08-15T23:27:00.000-07:00

Well, the good things just keep coming along don't they? Tonight, I had a funeral for a very close friend, former pastor and church member. Reverend Richard Hollifield was a wonderful man who everyone loved dearly and will miss so very much.

The next thing, my sister's boyfriend just found out that his father has a lump in his chest that the doctors are concerend about. They go in on Friday to do a biopsy.

The next thing, my "brother" Shane's aunt and cousin were in a horrible car accident yesterday morning. The cousin is in High School. One foot is crushed along with her leg and hip. Her mother is in worse shape. Both her legs are broken, her hip, her arm and her spleen is ruptured. The guy that hit them was having a heartattack as he was driving and was already dead when they crashed. Keep them in your thoughts and prayers.

Other than that, I'm really really tired and work is really really busy. I would like a day in which to do nothing but sleep, watch TV and eat ice cream.

But more than that, I miss my homesicles...you know who you are.

I need to Hulk up to deal with the rest of the week.

I'm gone.

Starting out

2005-08-14T23:03:00.000-07:00

Well, I've decided to begin blogging.

This has been a horrible weekend. A 6 hour van ride to Ala-freakin'-bama just to be put to work to set up for a wedding that stole our best friend from us, then another 6 hour van ride back, dog tired, just to go to work in the morning. I just want to go to sleep for a few days. That's all I need.

Anyway, the wedding was beautiful, Kimmay was beautiful, the girls and Jeremy were beautiful and we had a wonderful time. The beer run was great and I love each and everyone of my girls and Jeremy.

Well, that's it.

I'm gone.