Concert Love

Went with the same group from the Jason Jones concert (pictured here!)

Beer. Does the body good.

Sexy? Yes.

Hey nice view!

beautiful ladies.

The concert...AMAZING!! The place was absolutely packed, but we had a great time! Both guys sounded great, I was so impressed because usually people sound much better on the radio than they do live. But these two? Nope. Sounded great. We had so much fun and amazing seats! We were on the floor just a few rows from where they preformed. We had seats next to fun people. We danced. We sang. We met some new people to stalk us, lol.  I can't even explain how much fun I had! Even though they preformed in Nashville on Friday, we decided to get a hotel room so we could be responsible after having a few drinks and not drive home in all the traffic. It was probably one of our better ideas. And the next morning we got free breakfast too!! Plus Danielle made us new friends, the hotties at the table over.

"The Crew"

Lovely.

Cool dude with seats next to us!

In love?

Look at all the people in the back.

YOU!

 

 

 

Then the next night us three went out to a hockey game a few towns over, then went out on the town to some fun bars! Danielle did some karaoke.  I did not. Nobody wants to hear me belt that out any more than I already do in the car and shower. Lilly will vouch for that!

Sisterly Love

Today my little sister is no longer a teenager! I can't believe she's 20 years old! The older she gets, the closer in age I swear we get. I mean, I know it's always four years apart, but the age difference seems less and less significant. I'm so lucky to have gotten such an awesome girl for my sister. And I can't wait until her next birthday. The big 2-1! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JULYN!

The birthday girl!

5 Fun Facts About My Sister

She may look innocent...but she's straight up thug!

Her dog is incredibly spoiled!

You know that song where it goes "you're  my favorite color CAMOUFLAUGE!"?

 That's her.

She's going to school to be a dental assistant.

She has the BEST older sister. :)

My World.

For awhile now I've been promising to show you pictures of my finished room. Well, I keep my word. It's coming together, and I am in love with my room. I've never loved my bedroom as much as I love this one. Except maybe the pink and brown dorm room sophomore through senior years in college. Or my neon dorm room freshmen year. Or my orange and lime green room in high school. Ok, so maybe I pretty much always love my rooms.  I hope you like it as much as I do!

View From The Door

A little to the right

Right Wall

Front Wall

Couldn't resist! Look at that face!

Close up of my bird figurine.  LOVE IT!

My bird jewelry tree.

Birds on my wall.

Drive, Drive, Drive.

Random roadtrip anyone? 

Tampa, FL

I remember when I saw this sign everyday.  Gahh, I miss it! Is it possible to be homesick for a place that you didn't live in very long? I'm so homesick for Tampa, and for Cedar Rapids, Iowa too. But I'll probably never live in either city again. And check out the hood of that sexy blue mustang.

Dance, Dance

Gots myself a date tonight. A late one. A double one with a friend and her man. But he works late, so the date starts late. Here I am sitting all dolled up: makeup on, freshly tanned, cute hair, new clothes, nails painted, the works. I'm excited to go because I love this friend, and hey double dates are fun. Double date sounds corny though. I prefer two couples hanging out together tonight. But that sounds too long. So middle school vocabulary "double dating" it is.

So what am I doing while waiting? Well, before I started getting ready, because obviously while waiting I'm writing a blog. But anways, what did I do? I danced with Mads! Such a spoiled lil fur ball!

Blades Of Glory.

When I saw Sunny Sweeney in concert, I fell in love with this song. The lyrics go perfect for a situation one of my friends is going through now. And one that I am familiar with. Trust me, sweetheart, it will get better. You'll have me to help you all the way! It will seem hard at first, but once you are out, and the shock has worn off, you'll begin to realize how much better you deserve, and slowly you'll find happiness and wonder why it was so hard to leave in the first place. Just know that for a few years now, you've been my best friend. I would call you every day crying when I lived in Florida, afraid of what I knew had to happen. Now, roles are reversed, and I'm going to help you as much as you helped me. Because that's what best friends are for. You are smart, pretty, funny, responsible, and the best friend in the world. Don't give him the power to make you forget those things! Love you!

Leaving's hard...trust me, it's really bad
It'll shake ya, damn-near break ya, it always has
You don't go until you're praying to break even,
Until staying's worse than leaving

God knows we tried everything that we could do
You can keep your pride and blame me if you need to
Even though this freedom feels a lot like treason,
I know staying's worse than leaving

It's gotta get better, it can't get worse
Hope it's a blessing not a curse
I don't care who passes judgement on my reasons
I know staying's worse than leaving

It's gotta get better, it can't get worse
Hope it's a blessing not a curse
I don't care who passes judgement on my reasons
I know staying's worse than leaving

Both our hearts let go a long time ago
Words leave scars and Lord knows they heal slow
Our love died but somehow we are both still breathin'
I just hope someday we'll look back on this grievin'
and say, staying's worse than leaving
Yeah, that staying's worse than leaving

Yeah, that staying's...
...worse than leaving

2.24.2012 (With Luke B. & Jason A.)

Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan!

NINE DAYS! Only nine more days (not counting the rest of today) until February 24th! That's the day of the Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan concert!!Got my tickets today, and I'm pretty pumped. I didn't think I was going to be able to go. But luckily I was at work today and Melanie came up to me and told me that she had just bought tickets for me, her, and her twin sister to go. I'm going to pay her back, but I'm pretty stoked, needless to say. I've been listening to them on my spotify ever since I've made this discovery of my new tickets.

Songs I'm most excited for:

• Dirt Road Anthem
• Tattoos On This Town
• My Kinda Party
• Big Green Tractor
• Amarillo Sky
• Crazy Town
• Hicktown
• Why
• She's Country
• What Country Is
• Drinkin' Beer and Wastin' Bullets
• Do I
• All My Friends Say
• Rain Is A Good Thing
• Country Girl
• I Don't Want This Night To End

We also decided we are going to roadtrip all the way to Chicago for St. Patty's day. Why? Because WHY NOT?! It will be me, Melanie, and Lisa. We are all young and love long roadtrips. Watch them dye the river, watch the parade, have a good time! It's only about an 8 hour drive to Chicago from Nashville, so it won't be long like when I went with a few friends to California. Pretty excited for these next few weeks!

This Is The Voice!

Oh my goodness gracious. If you do not know what the show The Voice is, or if you have never watched it....shame on you. You do not know what you are missing! It is hilarious. I'm not gonna lie, it's recording on my TiVo every episode. I'm also not going to lie, as soon as it was over I went to my TiVo and restarted it. So I watched it twice...in a row. Maybe that's because I'm in love with Blake Shelton, maybe it's because the show is legitimately good. It's probably a nice mixture of the two.

I'm completely team Blake. Even though CeeLo seems to be getting all the people who I like in the blind auditions. It's going to be a good season! Last season some of the coaches, Christina especially, were choosing people to be on their team who I thought were a waste of team space. But this year, the coaches are all being more picky.

I love watching the coaches argue when more than one coach picks a singer. I like how they try to sell themselves. I like how CeeLo is always randomly holding a cat. And his outfits and how he's always hitting on the girls. He's just ridiculous. And Adam is such an ass that it's hilarious. But Adam is by far the pickiest coach, which is probably why he won last season. Even though Blake had a pretty good team last season with Dia and Xenia. As much as Erin Martin's personality drove me crazy during her interview, her voice is one that I knew Blake could go far with. And if she had watched this show last season, she would have known that as well and gone on his team. But CeeLo and his sweet talking probably got to her. She probably wants to bang him. Did you see how quick he was to press his button after he heard the girl singing was wearing heels.

"I see your legs shaking!"

"You belong to me, don't you agree?"

"You are a lovely creature of a woman"

"It was fate that we met. She was given to me. I deserve her."

-All lines from CeeLo in a short two minute segment

"Even Christina is smiling, and she NEVER smiles"

-Blake Shelton

She's going to be a fun one to watch, even if she didn't go with Blake! So excited for this season!!

I guess it's about that time to make the trek to Memphis again soon. I've been getting crap from Jacob's friends about them not seeing me in awhile. But, I'm not sure. I'm thinking about staying in town. As much as I love his friends to death, it's nice to finally be making some of my own here in town. Plus, it's fun spending time with the roomies every now and again. Right, Lilly?

I've Got My Toes In The Water.

The number one thing that embarasses me about myself is my left foot. My 4th toe is a lot shorter than it should be. So, like any girl who can't find any good movie to watch on her day off, I googled "short 4th toe". Seriously? Who does that? Anyways. These kinds of pictures came up.

This looks eerily similar to my foot. Not very cute, I know. But by clicking around on these pictures, I was happy to learn that this condition actually has a name! Brachymetatarsia. Brachymetatarsia is caused when the growth center of the bone suffers trauma. It can also come from a genetic link, which would be me considering my grandfather's sister had it on both feet. Typically, it occurs in the fourth toe, like mine. And in 72% of cases it happens in both feet, which is unlike mine. However, just because the one toe suffered trauma, the other toes continue to grow normally. The shorter toe can't bear the weight as it should, so it begins to raise higher and the surrounding toes try to move underneath it so as to pick up the slack.

Now, none of the articles I read said anything about having poor balance, but let me tell you what.  When doing my stretches in gym class I was always embarassed. I cannot balance on my left foot. I can't do it. I'd be the girl toppling over all the time. I'd look like a drunkard. Then I'd switch to stretch my left leg, balancing on my right "normal" foot, and it was like I was suddenly sober. Pretty ridiculous, and embarassing.

I can get corrective surgery though. Make it look brand new, like a whole new foot. I could wear real people shoes in the summer and everything!

Sample Before and After

 [Read a lady's blog on this here]

Dealin' With A Heart You Didn't Break

 Thank God For Men Like This :)  (click there for the sweetest song)

So, I guess I am starting to understand why my mom got me a radar detector for Christmas. I may or may not have been in a car pulled over for speeding again this weekend. But it's never me getting pulled over! It's that speed demon of a car, I'm tellin' ya! Plus we were late for a movie! The Vow. You can't be late for a movie like that! I mean it has my favorite actress in it (Rachel McAdams) and my favorite actor in it (Channing Tatum). Plus, every girl wants a love like that. <3

 But aside from a romantic movie comparable to The Notebook and Dear John (who, ironically the two main characters of The Vow are also in) I took a different view from the movie. One that I wish I could have been slapped in the face with around this time last year so I wouldn't have wasted so much time on something I already knew. It shows that you can try to start over and change things...but no matter how hard you try what's meant to be will be. The same situations will arise again and you'll be right back where you started. All I know is that someday I want a man who loves me so truly as Leo loves Paige in this movie.

On another rampage from the whole being pulled over thing, the cop that pulled us over's cell phone started ringing. It was Red Solo Cup. I mean, the cop was hilarious, joking with us the whole time and being super cool about the whole thing. Then when he started trying to get down to business that ringtone went off. We started laughing, I mean it was playing Red Solo Cup for crying out loud. He let us go and told him to grow some balls, getting sucked into going to a movie like that. Haha.

I have found another new food obsession. These are delicious! You should all try them. But warning: they are addicting. Between these and those shaker smoothies, I'm learning I should be a yogurt spokes person. That and the fact that I buy 10 yogurt cups a week and fly through them!

I cleaned the apartment today. Hardcore. Like, down on my knees scrubbing on the floor. Like, emptying the fridge and scrubbing down the walls with hot soapy water. Lilly helped me. We made it more fun by drinking some beer and sweet tea flavored vodka. Not that I need that to make cleaning fun, because I strangely find cleaning relaxing and enjoy it, but booze helps. Our apartment smells like hotel. You know how you walk into a hotel and they all smell the same? Like a mixture of chlorine and cleaning products? Yeah, that's our apartment. I'm not sure where the chlorine smell is coming from though. No indoor pool here, sadly.

Southerners Say The Darndest Things

Go Go Go!! That was my motto today. I had the day off and decided it was about time to knock off a bunch of stuff from my ever growing to do list.

1.  Get an in state license
2. Change my mailing address
3. Return my library books
4. Return my scrubs
5. Grocery shop
6. Apply for new jobs
7. File my taxes
8. Make up my lunches for the rest of the week
9. Meet up with Nathalie for lunch
10. Deep clean the apartment

Do you see all that? Holy moly! What a busy day!

I am no longer an official resident of Florida. Let me tell you, I'm sick of becoming a new resident of a state. First of all, it cost a lot more than just renewing your license. Second of all you can't use your old state's ID as a form of ID. Then you have to bring in mail and proof of residency, and all this crap that I'm just lugging around in my purse pleading that nobody decides today is the day to mug me because my whole life is literally in my purse. I figured I'd be at the DMV all day today, because in Tampa I was there for a whole four hours. Not today. I was in and out of there with my new license within thirty minutes. I also got my official mailing address changed today too! So I really do live here now!

I had to take that cute pair of scrubs back that I was talking about the other day on here. They changed our dress code to "appropriately colored" scrubs. Whatever that means. I took that as meaning no bright obnoxious colors. Apparently it means no fun colors, period. I didn't think it was an inappropriate color, but my opinion has no say.

Nice color? Or inappropriate?

Then Lilly and I went grocery shopping. I'm SO bad at it. Seriously. I don't know how I'm alive. I never eat a real meal. Ever. Unless somebody else is cooking. After that we met up with Nathalie at Panera while she was on her lunch break from work. I wanted to get a smoothie so bad! Lilly too.

"What's with y'all and your damn smoothies?" -Nathalie

Ok, so she totally didn't say that, but she did say I didn't need a smoothie. And she's probably right. I drink them all the time. In fact, this has nothing to do with my day but Val showed me these amazing lil boogers at the store.

Main ingredient: crack?

All you do is add fruit juice to the fill line, shake it for 30 seconds and viola! A perfect smoothie! No blender, no mess to clean up, nada! A chef with my talent can't even mess these up! It's perfect. But seriously, they are like crack. I just chug them so fast that it's gone before I even realize it!

I got my taxes all filed today, can't wait for my tax return! Applied for some jobs, a few that I hope I get more than some others. Y'all are probably wondering why I'm applying for a new job again. Well, I realized that I can't go anywhere with the job that I'm working right now. I want to find a job where I can grow with the company. I don't want to be stuck in the same position years from now. And as for nursing school? I'm not so sure anymore. Yes, I'd love the job. But I'm already paying for an education in a field that I love. I should really pursue that, and ACTUALLY try to find something. So I'm trying to buckle down and work harder at building a career, which my current job is not. If that doesn't pan out after a real effort, back to school and my nursing degree it will be. 

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On a completely different note, here are some random things I've heard. Some (most) of which more than once.

Well how 'bout that?

How's y'all family in I-wa?

Darlin'/Sir/Ma'am

I'm fixin to go out tonight.

What kinda coke y'all want?

 

"Damn, here come the lights! Dammit, dammit, dammit!"

Went on a roadtrip this weekend with some friends. Went into three different states. It was a good time. I learned some new games, spent some time at the pool, watched some movies, annnd sat in the front seat as we got pulled over for speeding. It was a good trip, until that last part.

I went to Walmart today for a radio for my room so I can sleep at night. I came home with 60 dollars worth of stuff. In my defense I needed half the stuff I got home with. Like new scrub bottoms. Navy ones. I need yet another pair though, so tomorrow I'm going scrub shopping with Val.

I still have not solved the iPod problem. But I did buy blank CDs at walmart, so that should help my trip to work and back some. I only got a five pack. I'll fill them easy. Ever since Jacob put that thing on my computer that lets me turn any youtube video into an mp3 file my iTunes have been TOE UP! TOE UP!! 

Anybody have a favorite commercial for the superbowl?

Not Just For Hicks.

My iPod is broken. 

This is a serious dilemma. 

RIP iPod

My commute to work and back home is no longer any fun. And it's not exactly a short drive. Not a long drive, but not exactly a trip down the street neither.

And running? Forget about it! I'll be running along, get bored, and am sure I've been running for 30/45 minutes. Look down at my watch, two minutes.

I used to play my iPod in the shower and think, ok...I need to be shampooed/conditioned/shaved/body washed/ face washed/dried off/ teeth brush/etc etc etc in three songs length. Now I have nothing to motivate me! I bet our water bill is sky high!

 I have had a playlist on my iPod called "Hit The Lights" that I played while I was sleeping. It helps me fall asleep. Now I still fall asleep .5 seconds after I lay down, but that half a second just isn't the same without my music!

Getting up in the morning, doing my hair and makeup before work? I'm just not as peppy without jamming out to my beloved Eric Church. I don't wake up as fast.


I mean, I've always known I was addicted to music, but I feel like I can't even function without my iPod. Nick tells me I'm being ridiculous. Maybe it's true. But I can't possibly be the only one addicted to music, can I?

Paradise: everytime she closed her eyes

So, Nathalie and I had McDonalds for breakfast the other day, and they forgot my hashbrown! Um, isn't that kind of the point of having McDonalds breakfast, the greasy clogging-my-arteries potato goodness? Anyways, after eating a week's worth of calories all before 10 AM, I helped Nathalie clean out her apartment. Apparently she thinks I'm good at cleaning? Who would have guessed it! Either that or she thought her ADD butt wasn't focused enough to accomplish it without me yelling at her to "pick all that crap up", or "ew! dust that off!". Once her apartment was spic-n-span I left her apartment to go to my other friend Stephanie's.

Stephanie and I had a busy afternoon shopping for baby supplies. Well, not shopping per se, more of comparing prices, getting ideas for things, etc. Strollers, car seats, cribs, diapers, clothes, diaper bags, and the list just goes on and on and on. We walked around looking at the cute things (little lions for a boy...adorable!) wondering if we were shopping for a little princess or a handsome lil guy. We got some snickerdoodle cookies and sweet tea and talked about the birthing process (you can tell we both work in the medical field since we were eating AND discussing those types of lovely topics).

After awhile we went and picked up her son from daycare. I'm her son's girlfriend, it's true. You can ask him. "You es my guwlfwend!"  he'll say, and then I'll  have a little man sitting on my lap the rest of the evening, Aside from the times when he's running to the bathroom and filling up his squirt gun  just to drink from it like a cup. Haha. He's precious.

Stephanie has taken it upon herself to teach me how to cook. We started with her forcing me to cook supper under her watchful eye. We I made enchiladas. They turned out perfect. No house fires, nothing burnt, no inuries, nothing. Her husband scarfed them down and said they were the best he's ever had. He may have been saying that to be nice, but I'm not complaining! Never had anybody say that about something I've made before!

I was feeling like a five star chef when I got home because I decided to cook on my own. Guess who made some kickass jello? THIS GIRL! I know, it's just jello...but when I lived in Florida I even messed up jello somehow. Let's not even get started on that one!

What A Piece Of Shit!

I am playing this prank on Nick as we speak. He is not home. I can't wait until he is! Lil and I were standing in our bathroom making it and even Maddie was excited. We could tell because she was barking. Which I mean, yeah, she does that all the time anyways but this was a different type of bark. Anyways, we put it on his toilet seat. Hahaha. Now we are (not so) patiently waiting for him to come home.

1, 2, 3, Like A Bird I Sing

Know what's ironic? Being obsessed with bird decorations. Why's that ironic? Because I'm terrified of birds, that's why. But they just look so sweet as decorations. That's what is kind of taking over my room, slowly and surely. Aside from the grey and yellow color scheme.

I have a similar jewelry stand, in silver

I have wall art like this too, only in silver

I have this figurine in white

These decorations look surprisingly well with my yellow and grey colors! Not to brag or anything, but it's pretty much the cutest room ever. 

Budgeting.

I used to be so good at sticking to a budget. I had three bank accounts: one for bills, one for saving money (on top of my savings account), and then one for stuff for me. But now, all my bank accounts are empty except one and I use it for everything. And I'll be honest, I'll buy things I want and don't neccessarily need before I'll pay on my student loans. It's pretty bad. But I've sat down, and written out my new budget and hope to get back into the swing of things.

I think I'm going to start applying for a new job though. I need to buckle down and get serious. I need to figure stuff out. Like, do I really want to go back to school? Do I really want to go and get my RN? Or should I go to graduate school and get my masters in psychology? Can I find a  job in psychology with my bachelors and work my way up? These are all questions that I don't know the answer to, and have been stressing me out. I feel like I'm too old to be having these thoughts. I think I'd love being a nurse, but it's SO MUCH liability. I don't want to have to have a poor work schedule. I'm scared someday I'll be a nurse, have children, and then miss their first Christmas or something because I'd have to work. Are these legitimate concerns? Or what if I get my masters in psychology and then still can't find a job? I guess I don't understand why it's hard for me to find a job with the education I have.

Jacob was here earlier this week. It was nice having him here when I got home from work. Always put a smile on my face. Plus he fixed things around my room for me. He also fixed my computer! Here I thought it was being a P.O.S, when really I don't know what he did but it was acting amazing. Then he left and now my computer is messed up again. Literally two hours after he left. I told him that and he asked how I "fucked it up already". I had no answer for him. He just laughed and said he'd fix it again for me next time he sees me. He wasn't here too long, just two days. I worked both of those days as well, so really we only had two evenings together. One evening we just hung out me and him, watched movies all night and I attempted to make him supper. ATTEMPTED. After that embarrassment and a burnt smell throughout the apartment we went for chinese. The next night we met up with his best friend and spent a night on the town. He has the best friends! He really does. I think they talk to me just about as much as Jacob does.


I worked all weekend, so nothing too exciting about this weekend. I did learn however that my friend got a promotion at work! So we went out to supper to celebrate. Other than that my weekend consisted of...work. Exciting.

Young, Wild, and FREE!

 So what we get drunk?

So what we don't sleep?

(The real lyrics are "we smoke weed", but I don't...so radio edit!)

We're just havin' fun.
We don't care who sees.

So what we go out?

That's how it's supposed to be

Living young and wild and free!

A real weekend?! What's that! You mean those days when you have two days in a row off from work and don't have a mile long to do list? Whoa! I almost forgot those existed! If I had a "real weekend" what would I do? Probably some of this.

Friday.

Friday I would go out to eat at a Mexican restaurant downtown with Nick, Shawna, and Amanda. And by going out to eat I mean we would get guacamole and have margaritas. Good ones.  Strong ones. Blended. With sugar (because naturally I'd get the raspberry flavor). We would talk about things we have in common and laugh about all the stupid stuff we've done in our life. Once we've overstayed our welcome at that restaurant/bar, Nick and Shawna would probably want to go home since they have to work early on Saturday morning.

So then Amanda and I would probably walk to a nearby a low key bar for some martinis. I'd probably laugh at Amanda for making eyes across the bar all night at a certain guy. I'd probably laugh even harder when she accomplished her goal, the guy comes over to us (er, her really), and she realizes he's one of those dudes that looks better from a distance. So then she has to "go to the bathroom". By this time Amanda and I would be feeling pretty good and ready for the big league! REAL downtown bars!

We'd meet up with some more of our friends: Stephanie, Laura, Justin, and Chris and head to a busy bar with lots of   dancing. Justin, who loves dancing, would probably start taking off his shirt and dancing on top of a table. Laura and Stephanie would be tearing up the dance floor, and Chris, Amanda, and I (the non-dancers unless we are feeling EVEN better) would probably sit at a table and laugh at our dancing friends. During a bathroom break, we'd probably get lost by the poor layout of this particular bar and accidentally walk into the men's bathroom thinking it was a hallway to the bathrooms. They probably should put up signs or doors or something.

By this time Jacob's friends that also live here would probably start texting me asking me if I was downtown. Why, yes! Yes I would be! Stephanie, Laura, Justin, and Chris would probably decide to stay at their current bar while Amanda and I walked over to meet Matt and Luke. We'd probably get Jager and rootbeer shots. Matt and I always get those! They are SO good! Amanda would probably get a text from her man at this point telling her to meet him at another nearby bar downtown.

Matt, Luke, and I would probably then go to another nearby bar. It'd probably be a country bar. Matt would probably hate it while Luke and I would love it! Then Luke and I would probably country dance with the twirls and all! We'd dance and sing, and eventually Matt would too, until the lights came on.

Luke would decide to sleep in his car for the night, drunk driving is bad kids! Matt and I, being not tired would decide to head back to my place to make a pizza and watch movie. Not only would we make pizza but we would also make cheese balls! Then, Matt being Jacob's best friend and me being Jacob's girl, and us knowing Jacob's poor sleep schedule due to working night shift during the week would have the great idea to call Jacob. You know to remind him we miss him. We would also tell him to visit us on Tuesday. He'd probably agree. I'd probably be super giddy and smiley after that and Matt would probably make fun of me. :)

Saturday.

 Saturday morning I'd probably end up waking up unnaturally early for how late I was up. I'm guessing it'd be around 8 AM or so. Matt and his roommate Jake would probably start texting me about this restaurant that has bottomless mimosas for 7 dollars. I'm not a champ like Jacob's friends though and therefore turn down their offer. They'd call me a "fucking pussy", out of love of course.

Instead I'd go on a two mile hike with Amanda and share stories about our nights after we split up. Afterwards, I would decide it'd be a good time to bond with the roomie. So Lilly and I would go shopping, especially to Bath and Body works,  with our friend Val. We'd grab some supper and continue shopping.

Then Lilly and I would go on home and come home to Nick's cousin and her new baby. Oh my goodness, would that make me want one! Anybody who says "mommy fever" isn't a true thing is probably not a woman my age. Every time I see a baby I just want one. Bad, and soon.

Jake would then text me asking for advice with a girl he's having problems getting rid of.  I'd tell him in order to get rid of her, he needs to be nice to her. That's the only reason I'm bringing this up. Woman like men who are mean to them. I don't know why, but we do. Nice guys finish last? True. He says that sounds backwards and is going to continue being a douche to her. SURPRISE! It doesn't work. (Disclaimer: I am no longer one of those stupid women who go after douche bag guys, Jacob is legitimately a good guy, y'all!)

Since I would be running on 3 hours of sleep, I'd probably pass out around 11.


Sunday.

I would probably start feeling lazy and want to do something productive. So I'd clean the apartment. I'd take down the Christmas tree (don't even get me started on how annoying Christmas lights are and how they mysteriously get tangled even though you haven't touched them in a month! GRRR!). With my OCD tendencies, that would take up a majority of the day.  Then I'd go grab some supper with Lilly and Nick at Perkins and then go shopping for things to make my room look more "homey". It'd be looking pretty adorable by the end of the night, I'm positive. I'd promise to post pictures of my room since y'all haven't seen it since I painted!



And THATS what I would do if I had a whole real weekend. :)


So now it's Monday, meaning tomorrow is Tuesday, the day Jacob will be in town. Look at him driving almost four hours just to see me (and Matt) in the middle of the week. Aw, shucks.

Red Light

Just got done working out/going on a run. I can't wait until Zumba starts back up, I've been missing it!
 
Anyways, today I want to talk about my dream world. In it, I own two cars. My lovely Sulley, of course, along with this car that I was driving home next to. When I was car shopping I was so close to getting one of these, SO CLOSE, yet I went with the soul instead. I'm not saying I regret getting my car, because I don't at all, I'm just saying I love this car as well. Yesterday I got stopped at a red light next to one and I just kept staring. I love this car. So much. You are probably all thinking it's going to be some fancy  car. But nope. I am talking about the Scion tC. And not the newer models.I'm not as big of a fan of them as I am the older models.They have the cool circle tail lights, and not the newer "squared ones". I'm not even sure why I'm so obsessed with these cars, but I just am. I just LOVE them. I love how they look. I think I'd want a white one.

 

Love those tail lights!

Love the headlights too!

I also think it's sexy as hell when dudes drive pickups. Especially navy blue Chevys. But mainly trucks in general. The big ones, not the little ones. But not the "in your face" big trucks. I don't even care if they are all worn and rusted up and not  that shiny anymore. There's just "something bout a truck".  Thanks for that song by the way, Kip Moore. (Country music sure has a song for every thing I ever think and feel. Good job Nashville! Country music capitol of the world!)

Oh hello, sexy truck you got there

"EVERYBODY celebrates my birthday!!"

Just got home and unpacked for my trip up to Jacob's for his birthday/New Years Eve. And let me tell you what, it is windy as all hell outside. I was talking to my mom before I left his house to come back home and she told me it was really windy in Iowa too. So that means it must be windy everywhere. It was kinda scary how windy it was! I got a radar detector for Christmas, because apparently my mother thinks I've turned into a lead foot, and I didn't even get a chance to use it because it was so windy I was going under the speed limit!

New Year's Eve/Jacob's birthday was a lot of fun! My friend who is dating Jacob's best friend wasn't going to be there this weekend so it was just me and all his friends. I was a little sad because it would have been nice to have another girl around because when these guys get together they always get so rowdy, or try to start bar fights, but are always fun nonetheless. Anyways, so I left straight after work at 3:30 and got to his house around 7 PM. Then we met up with all of his friends in a town a few miles away to watch an ice hockey game (i know, weird right?! They like ice hockey too!).  We arrived to the game pretty late, and by that I mean we got there in time to watch them lose in overtime. Then the six of us went out to grab a bite to eat before we went out to the bars. At the bars we met up with many more of his friends and had a good time. Jacob danced of course, only this time he did not convince him to join me. Instead I sat up at the bar with a few of his friends and had a good time. Then another "what a small world!" moments happened. One of his friends, who I hadn't met prior to last night, came up to me and said

"So, Jake is always talking about you, so I was looking you up on facebook. It came up and said we had about 12 mutual friends. Most of them were Jake and his gang, but then two other names caught my eye. How do you know Corey and Alex?"

So I explain to him that I'm cousins with Corey, and that Alex and I have been friends for literally forever. Turns out he was originally from Iowa as well and went to Iraq with the both of them. See what I mean? Small world!

Then another one of his friends, who I had met before, were talking about jobs. And I didn't know this until last night, but he works with teenage criminals like I used to. We were talking about the different Mandt restraints we've had to use and the little stunts those kids pull and how we both have gotten beat up at work. The difference was that he still liked his job and I hated that job and quit. His friends are awesome and I love them all and before we left the bar they were already asking when they can all come visit me or the next time I'll be in town. Haha, they are so sweet.

The bars here are open til 3 instead of 2 like in Iowa. But I could not last til 3. Around...130 I was extremely tired. In my defense I'm used to going to bed around 10 because I have to work so early. Jacob on the other hand works night shift, so he's in his prime around that time. But being the perfect gentleman that he always is we left and went to bed. I fell asleep probably 5 seconds after I laid down. Jacob laid in bed awake until our alarm went off at 9. Why'd we have the alarm set?

And finally the big news. I thought this wouldn't happen because I've been putting it off. But I finally did it. I met the parents. Not gonna lie, I was so nervous because his friends are always telling me horror stories about them. But we met them at their house (which is HUGE and brick and beautiful...) and then went out to breakfast. Jacob and his dad ordered the exact same meal. You know how breakfast meals always have a million questions like : bacon or sausage? how do you want your eggs? want cheese on those? breakfast potatoes or hashbrowns? white, wheat, or rye toast? blah blah blah. Well, Jacob and his dad ordered the exact same meal. Down to the drink. It was pretty funny. We talked about our complete horror of roller coasters but how we both ride them anyways. We talked about how his mom and I were complete neat freaks. We talked about how his dad has two whole bedrooms in their house dedicated to his rock collection (which was actually really neat). 

No complaints from this girl about this weekend!