Recently, it was brought to my attention that I can recall really obscure facts. For whatever reason this seems to annoy certain people. Last night while watching "A Day Without a Mexican" I recognized one of the actresses. She was the star of a tv show called "Out of this World" where her dad is an alien and he communicates to her through this pyramid thing that lights up. As I was explaining this show to Dom he had a strange look on his face like I was crazy or something. Well it may be strange but I'm not crazy. Evidence here.
Ok well the evidence doesn't prove I'm not crazy but at least i know the show existed and at least one other person has seen it.
This morning on my long drive to work I was thinking about how blessed I am. It all started when I wanted to complain to myself for having to work in the warehouse today. As I started to complain I stopped and reminded myself of how truly lucky I am. I don't have to be in that warehouse everyday like some people do. I was given a gift that has allowed me to grow in a different direction. I thought about how different my path is compared to other members of my family. I feel so lucky that I come from a line of hardworking people. Those people worked hard my whole life and even before I was born so that I could be where I am today.
As I drove and pondered I felt my heart fill up with gratefulness and joy. Then as I stopped at an intersection I saw a homeless couple. Normally I just drive by sometimes with a feeling of sadness sometimes with no feeling at all. Today the sad feeling I had for them overwhelmed me. I gave them the few dollars I had and went on with my day. I hope that they were able to eat today.
Sometimes we forget to be thankful for the little (or seemingly little) things like food and shelter. So tomorrow as you're all indulging on the biggest meal you'll have all year don't forget how blessed you are. And the day after that when you're complaining about left over turkey be thankful. And everynight when you get into your bed that you wish was newer or better or whatever be thankful.
Just the other day I was thinking about how happy I am right now. I was feeling great. I was really feeling like everything was going my way. Then this ugly thought went through my head that maybe its too good to last, surely something bad will happen. I tried to push the thought aside. Unfortunately, the ugly thought became my ugly reality yesterday when my car and my body decided to get sick. I can deal with being sick myself but I don't know what I'm going to do about my car. Normally it wouldn't be such a big deal but my new job requires me to have a car. I suppose for now I can borrow Dom's jeep. Which will probably suck for him but at this point I think its the best solution.
Dominic, thank you for the sacrifices you make for me and for helping me get over the potholes. I love you!
Last night we went to a show to see Offset. The venue was really tiny and we were only 3 feet from the speakers. Today my ears are ringing like crazy and i hope I haven't permanently damaged my hearing. Offset is a really rad band with great energy. Even though the place was small and only half full they still rocked out and I really appreciated that. I'm sure that they would have liked the place to be packed and for their sake I wish it would have been too. Hopefully, next time they come through we can get more people to come. If you like rad music or you just want to know what I'm talking about you can check out their website Offsetmusic.net.
As I said last night I was really bored and so was Dan. So we got together and tried to kill the boredom. It started out with a friendly Scrubs drinking game that we made up. The alcohol flowed and hilarity ensued. At this time I won't give any more details of the night. I will say that we definitely beat the boredom but I think we both lost our sanity and our dignity last night.
Cheers to dignity lost!
Its not like there's a lack of things to be done around here. But who wants to do chores on a saturday night? So here I am, its saturday night and I have nothing to do, well nothing I want to do or can afford to do. So I will cry boo hoo hoo. Maybe I'll right a song and coreograph a dance to go with it. Probably not, I'll probably just watch some more tv and by tv I mean Fox because that is the only channel we get. At this point I'm not sure if I have the motivation to even walk down the stairs.
For those of you who haven't heard yours truly is starting a new job! It's an exciting new job in the corporate realm of Aveda. Yes i said it Aveda, Aveda, Aveda! Those of you who know me well or even semi-well know that this is right up my alley. My new title will be Territory Manager. I will oversee something like 13 salons in the area. Basically in the world of consumer whores I'm a pimp.
I start my new job on November 22nd. My first assignment is to help launch a new account in Keystone, CO. I'm excited and frightened but there's no turning back. Adulthood here I come!
You know someone truely cares when they do something they really hate just to make you happy.