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Tuesday, August 4th, 2009
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5:49 pm - Pain, without love
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Goodness gracious, I have not had such a hard crush on a guy in a while. I forgot what it feels like and I don't know how I feel about it. His face is engrained in my memory and his eyes sparkle at me when he's nowhere around. Cheesy, I know. You think you're embarrassed enough for me!? Oh man. I can't go one single day without thinking about him. Among other reasons, one of the streets I drive most on, is his name. Can't I get a break!? No.
What's the worst thing you can do when you have a crush on someone? Start seeing things that give you slivers of hope. Tiny glimmers. You start imagining eye contact holds, hugs that have nothing to do with hello or goodbye, riding with you in your car instead of the other three vehicles going to the same place, or even being concerned if you are joining on a group road trip.
Ugh. He's gorgeous, funny, smart, sweet and perfectly out of my league. Kill me.
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| Monday, June 15th, 2009
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6:38 pm - The Long-Dack wedding
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Things are going well. Went to Houston for Shannon and Dack's wedding in Katy and stopped at the island to go to the museum, stick my toes in the sand and have dinner with Brian and Anja at the spot. It was so nice to be back and wash all the hard feelings away with the tide. I miss the guys at the museum.
Friday night I met up with most of the friends going to the wedding at Dave and Busters. That was a lot of fun. Then we (David, Kristine, Zach, Brandon and myself) went and saw The Hangover. Still funny the second time around. Garrett came into town Saturday and we all went to lunch at a place called the Hobbit Cafe. Tasty. Got ready for the wedding and went. The ceremony was outside of a spanish style villa. It was so beautiful. Open bar meant it was like herding cats at the end of the night. lol
It was just such a good weekend that we are all getting together again next weekend in Dime Box, TX. Yes, Dime Box. Garrett's parents have a home there on some acreage so we are gonna party for his birthday. Woot!
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| Sunday, May 24th, 2009
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11:02 pm - newest of the news
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Ok, it's been a while. I go the job in Dallas at 635 and Hillcrest. My main job is to schedule caregivers for at home assistance to mostly elderly people who hire us to help them stay independent as long they can before they go into a home. It pays a bit better than the museum and it's certainly kept me busy from 8-5 M-F.
I've moved to North Dallas at Arapaho and Preston-ish. It's not a bad sized apartment for a not a bad price. For Dallas. I like it alright. Dad's concerned about my safety, of course, and has offered to take me to a shooting range and give me one of his smaller firearms. I might consider. Kody likes laying on the fireplace bricks.
Strangely, I've moved to Dallas and HAVEN'T seen more of Chelle. Hopefully, that will change. I am now seeing more of Ariel, Audrey and my new favorite person, Preston. He's my most hilarious friend and game for just about anything. (Dead sexy to boot!)
Preston, Ariel and a few others and I went tubing on the Guadalupe this weekend. It was a lot of fun on the car ride down. When we hit the river, it was overcast and sprinkly and the water was freezing to everyone but it was just cold to me. Coolers were packed with beer and Prestongria (sangria for regular people. so tasty!) The river was slow and low so we had to pick up and walk a couple of times but it was all good fun. Crazy drunk girl yelling at her people who left her because she was obnoxious. They hadn't really left her and were, in fact, scattered around her being discreet and definitely not claiming the crazy. lol. We crashed at a hotel in Austin and ate at the Hula Hut which is on Lake Austin. The food was good and the night was just so beautiful.
Tomorrow we are planning a lunch in the park and Kody is coming with us. Fun times.
So that's the new goings on in my latest chapter.
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| Thursday, April 30th, 2009
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11:18 pm - Employed!
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Alright, I got the job! I am now the client-caregiver liason and general office floater for a company called AssuraSource. They employ caregivers and social workers for two parts of the company. On one side, they see patients with mental and behavioral issues. This work is not done in office; these social workers travel to homes, living facilities and the occasional McDonalds to see their patients. The side I'll be working on is the Caregiver side. The clients on this side of the business are a range of people from someone needing 24 hour care in home, someone needing a caregiver to cook or grocery shop or someone needing a bath every few days. This is not hospice as it's not done by an RN but a CNA. Family members of the person needing help can call and schedule a caregiver for the tasks necessary. I will be the person scheduling these caregivers and making sure everything goes smoothly.
The pay is better than what I was making at the museum with set hours of 8-5 Mon-Fri. It's in Dallas at 635 and Hillcrest. I will have the potential for salary soon with benefits and such after 3 months depending on performance and such.
I am going to be looking for an apartment in the North Dallas area soon, like, next week.
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| Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
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1:55 am - My pup is sick
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My Mr. Man, the Kodester, has been sick the last couple of days. Not really eating or drinking. His hacking, while much better these past few months, has kicked up. His throwing up this morning was from his stomach and not his lungs. I took him to the vet that we have up here. A stool sample was requested so I took him one. It was gold in color and that was concerning to the vet so he took some viles of blood to send to a lab for analysis. Gold is apparently sometimes indicitive of liver problems. =/ He was given some antibiotics and I was sent home with some anti-vomiting medicine. He's been very lethargic and I am, of course, concerned. Luckily I got him to eat some soft foods tonight and he's kept it down so there's progress. I'll update again when I get the results of the bloodwork.
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| Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
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12:08 pm - Vote for Kody!
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| Thursday, February 12th, 2009
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1:33 am - Old enough to ride a bike
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This is going to be a random post so if you don't understand why I'm living at home or anything else that has been going on in my life these last few months, don't hurt your head trying to figure it all out.
And this is why I don't like living at home. My activities and whereabouts are accounted for and logged. I can't just get up and go somewhere; it needs to be run by my parents and it's pissing me off. Like I'm not almost 25. Like I don't have plans aside from theirs.
I have a friend in Wichita I would like to see, visit and spend time with, aside from being at the hospital. I would probably be spending the night with this friend (who is male) but I can't do that if I have the only car available for driving to and from the hospital. I can't do that when, were I to not return to the hotel at night, I would get the "shame on you look" and talk afterwards, like I was doing something I shouldn't. First of all, none of their business, second of all I'M nearly 25! What do they think happens!? I know they already assume and they are hippies so it's not a shock to them but it's my mom I get the worst from. I can't be discreet if I don't come back. I was just going to go on my Thursday and spend a few ngihts staying at his place and seeing Uncle Joe during the day. Good, casual plan. NOT IF I'M EXPECTED TO WAIT TO TRAVEL WITH MY MOTHER THIS WEEKEND. and only early Saturday and Sunday. Back on Monday. What if I wanted to stay a few days? I can't because the ride I came with is leaving.
What if I were to get a boyfriend? I couldn't just not come home at night and he certainly couldn't stay until morning where my parents would see his car. Can you say AWKWARD. I need a job so I can move out. Lord, I need to move out.
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| Wednesday, September 17th, 2008
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3:58 pm
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I am so angry with how Ike things are being handled. Anything that might have been salvageable is beyond repair because residents are not allowed back. People who heeded the warnings are being punished for leaving while people who ignored the mandatory evacuation order stayed and are being cared for. Now, I'm not saying that they are in a pleasant environment but even now, the city officials are telling them to leave because of unhealthy and nearly unliveable conditions and they are still staying! FUCKING GET IN THERE AND DRAG THEM OUT BY THEIR HAIR! Or stop aid. Tough love bitches. I'm so pissed.
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| Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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10:53 pm
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Forgive me LJ Goat, for I have sinned. It's been 31 weeks since my last entry. Holy shit, 31 weeks. See what keeping up with a Facebook AND a MySpace can do to a person. Plus, I haven't had that much to blog about. I could sit here and complain plenty about my job at the museum but I have been doing that a lot lately. I'm probably going to be leaving it in March so I am just going to stop complaining if it won't help and coast in the blissful knowledge that it won't improve. A toast to not giving a rat's patooty!
I could complain about my body but who wants to here that shit? Everyone complains about their bodies.
I could complain about my (lack of) love life. Go into all the details of the last debacle and how I just don't get it. Shame on me for dating a friend. Shame on me for not following the Three Strikes rule. Shame on me for settling for what I could get. Shame on me for not truly going after what I want. Shame on me for taking it lying down (though some don't see that as a problem). lol J/K.
I could complain that I may have realized that the love of my life may never be the man of my dreams.
I could also complain about how all my have-a-good-time friends have left the island and I bore myself sitting at home. I'm in a funk, I know. The only way out is to go out but going out right now requires me to do it alone. So that leaves me, alone in a bar, in a tourist town, hoping someone wants to talk. I don't drink all that much so that's a bummer really. Plus it's a tourist/port town. That pretty much ensures that anyone I meet one night will not be around long. Kinda blows out my mood to make friends. Also, I get shy and nervous and then end up talking to the bartenders. Now, don't get me wrong, some of my good friends are bartenders. But they are sluts. Male, female, no discrimination. They will always go and tend to someone who tips better and I work for a non-profit. *So that would actually make them whores, right?*
A lot of my older friends, I have lost real connection with. Busy lives, other things to do and see to, and just plain laziness have caused some of my friendships to drop off the face of the earth. Even some of the best ones have turned Barbie. That fake, "I've just run into you at the grocery store, act really excited to see you but can't think of a damn real thing to say" sour color that gets painted onto lost friendships. Most people paint their high school friendships that color. It's just easier that way. So we don't have to adapt to changing personalities and lives. We just put that person in the box and timestamp it. This person was this way for all time because I didn't care to learn any better.
I love my dog.
I love my family.
I love a man, thick as he is.
I love a select few, those who get me and love me still.
I think that is all for now.
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| Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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9:12 am - Brief update
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Forgive me LJGoat for I have sinned. It has been 17 weeks since my last post...
Not much else different though. Still working at the museum, still single, still have my pup Kody. Moving in with Ariel at the end of February. We are going to rock that apartment. It's much larger than the one I have now. A 2/2 with a huge living room. I get the smaller bedroom but its larger than the one I have now so whichever way I look at it, its an upgrade. AND I'm saving money! I've been at the museum a year now and things are settling in. haha. I am busy busy at work (except now which is why I have time to write this). I have flown in some of the planes so that is awesome. Envy me. Men are as elusive to me as ever. Sometimes I'm okay with it and other times I get very frustrated with the situation. Galveston Island is NOT the place to go looking for a match made in heaven. There is a serious lack of quality men here. My good friend Erica is probably moving to Hawaii in 6 months and that leaves my group of friends pretty shorthanded because she will be taking her boyfriend with her (most likely) cutting the group by two! Selfish I tell you. lol.
All in all, I like where I'm at.
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| Thursday, September 27th, 2007
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11:37 am
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Sitting at work, kinda bored. Still confused on the male gender. argh. Things at work are good. I got to fly in a Stearman (open cockpit biplane). Pretty effin sweet if you ask me. I loved it and I want to go again reeeeal soon. Boys are good but Kody is back to hacking more often. I may need to take him in to get a check up. Its been 6 months since he was there in the hospital. Bosco has decided he likes to sleep in my bed whether I am there or not. I'm not going to be able to move into that house in the historic district. Lame-o. October is going to be wicked busy for me both for fun and for work.
The cold front last week gave me hope that the holiday season is near. WHOO!!
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| Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
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11:50 pm - Hurricane Update.... Again
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4:36 pm
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Felix...Cat 4...Still headed for Mexico. Should just bring some nice waves.
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3:22 pm
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Felix...Cat 3... Still headed for Mexico... Shouldn't be a big problem for U.S.
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12:27 am - Quick update
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QUICK MEMO UPDATE ON LIFE
Chilling in Denton for Labor Day. It's also my mom's birthday. Michael is also leaving for Mexico on Tuesday and won't be back until Christmas. *SIGH* Men. So much that can't be said.
Got another Hurricane to watch, Felix, but not as worried about this one as I was Dean. Felix is not as strong and is taking a more Southern route as of right now.
I might be moving into a house in the historic district with a roommate. It should be great if I get to. Lots of pluses.
Confusion surrounds multiple persons of the opposite sex. Working things out in my head right now. It's a pain in the ass. Relationship or "friendly enjoyment"? I can't decide which way I want to go right now.
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| Sunday, June 24th, 2007
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8:55 pm - Ultimate Sweetness!
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Saturday, my boys got dropped off to get snipped early. The Museum was also taking rides in the B-25 at 9am and 11am. For those who don't know what a B-25 is, it's the plane that the Doolittle Raiders flew into Japan oin 1942 after Pearl Harbor. I schedule the rides so I knew there was an open seat for the 11. I went and the pilots told me to hop on. So I signed the waiver and hopped aboard. I sat in the back and put on my headset so I could hear the pilots talking and whatnot. We took off and it was AWESOME! We flew all over Galveston and Bolivar. We got to move around so I went to the back at the tailgunner position, the cockpit and the nose gunner/bombardier position. That was the best seat because it's totally enclosed in glass so you can see a lot. I heard on the radio that there was a waterspout over Pelican Island so I started taking pictures of it. It was pretty sweet. We had a great view from up there. I also saw a pod of dolphins from the nose seat too. That was pretty cool. I finally got to ride in one of our warbirds and right before it leaves for a month, too. YAY
I added a few pictures on my facebook page.
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| Saturday, April 28th, 2007
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7:17 pm - Airshow Part I
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Airshow 2007 Part I
Today, I arrived at the airshow at 7 am. OUCH. I was checking in Volunteers until 10:30 am. Then I moved out to the Membership and Flight sales table. At 11 am. Tim Hahn, a pilot, was telling our Airshow Coordinator Gene that the singer who was supposed to perform the Star Spangled Banner at the during the opening Fly By by the B-52 wasn't there. Gene asked me if I could sing and I said yes but then I suggested to Tim that we could try to find a recording of if upstairs in the cd selection. I ended up having to download a copy from LimeWire and burning it onto a cd. I took it out to the announcer at about 11:45 and stayed there chatting (and the view was better there too ;)). THe B-52 started to come in and the announcer started to try and play the cd. When it didn't work, he asked me if I could sing and when I said yes, he handed me the microphone and said "Go". SO I SANG THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER AT THE AIRSHOW IN FRONT OF 3,000 PEOPLE! It was crazy. After the flyby, the announcer said "That was sung by the Lone Star Flight Museum's own Executive Secretary Elizabeth Smith. Boy is she multi-talented." Then a whole bunch of people came up to me and told how nice it sounded. It was pretty awesome. Tom, our chief pilot, said that I should do it tomorrow too. Lol. Made my day really nice.
The rest of the show was awesome too. B-52, B-2 Stealth Bomber, F18, F16, F15 and whole bunch of WWII planes, ours and visiting. I put in 10 hours and I get overtime for it!! YAY
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| Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
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11:30 pm
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This will be a quicky because I am le Tired.
CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: CORTEO
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME
Loved it. Seats were in the second row.
Amazing acts.
Great music.
Great company (Erica, Beth, Phillip, Max and Ariel)
Great souveniers.
Travel to North north Houston in an hour.
Illegal traffic maneuvers
Downtown Aquarium for dinner
(BAD SERVICE, OKAY FOOD, GREAT CREME BRULE)
Bubbles in a fountain in downtown Houston (pictures taken, of course)
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| Saturday, April 7th, 2007
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3:48 pm
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First of all, it's fucking cold!! April and cold in Texas. Ridiculous.
On another note, I got another tattoo. It's posted on Facebook and probably MySpace by now.
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| Thursday, March 1st, 2007
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2:38 pm - Bad Ag
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So, Shannon Long, Shannon Keenan and myself went to Big Texas last night for some fun, some two-stepping and some general debauchery. Everything was great at the beginning of the evening but as the men got more drunk, the more asshole-ish they became. They were touching and invading personal bubbles, it was bad. The guys our age didn't even have the balls to ask us to dance, which meant we danced with 40-yr old guys. (In my case, the first guy I danced with was prolly in his upper 70s lol). Our generation sucks. But beyond that. This tall, dark -haired guy came up to us. He said that he had heard it through the grapevine that we were Aggies. I flashed my ring and said, "Yeah, some grapevine. Real hard to tell." He asked us if we had watched the basketball game (UGH WE LOST!). We told him we were disappointed that we lost. He said that when the Ags lose, College Station Aggies drink and offered us some shots that he had been holding in his hand. Shannon politely turned him down saying that we weren't drinking anymore that night but if he had caught us around midnight we might have taken them. He started to get more aggressive in offering us the shots. THEN, he said "You aren't real Aggies. Real Aggies don't turn down drinks offered by other Aggies." YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!! I could NOT believe he said that. I just went off on him. "Excuse me sir, what kind of Aggies do you think we are? Aggies that would just take some shots that you have been walking around with in your hand? Do we look that stupid? What kind of Aggie are you to be pressuring ANYONE into having a drink? Trying to guilt us into it? Yeah, your a real Aggie alright." And we left him. There were plenty of people around us watching this altercation too. I was fuming mad.
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