realization
i just realized that i have on the same jeans that i wore out for my power hour and for the bar hopping the night of my birthday...and they got soaked with alcoholic drinks both nights. i'm thinking i should change out of them and get them washed one of these days.
just a though.
Thursday, June 30, 2005
blast from the past
just dug up this little something that squeak wrote for me way back when:
by: squish (erica)
There once was a girl named Squishy
And she didn't even smell fishy
She had a best friend she called Squeak
Who was also referred to as eek
Squishy and Squeaky together had fun
They laughed 'til they cried, until they were done
But Squish and Squeak lived so far away
They didn't get to see each other every day
They tried to keep in touch by updating their blogs
They im-ed and e-mailed and danced wearing clogs
They saw each other on Christmas and Thanksgiving too,
And Easter, and New Years too name a few
They spent time together for every birthday
They giggled and laughed as was their way
Presents were important (but appreciated none the less)
All in all, they love was the best
So this is my poem about Squishy and me
And the friendship that will always be!
thanks squish! love your squeak
just dug up this little something that squeak wrote for me way back when:
by: squish (erica)
There once was a girl named Squishy
And she didn't even smell fishy
She had a best friend she called Squeak
Who was also referred to as eek
Squishy and Squeaky together had fun
They laughed 'til they cried, until they were done
But Squish and Squeak lived so far away
They didn't get to see each other every day
They tried to keep in touch by updating their blogs
They im-ed and e-mailed and danced wearing clogs
They saw each other on Christmas and Thanksgiving too,
And Easter, and New Years too name a few
They spent time together for every birthday
They giggled and laughed as was their way
Presents were important (but appreciated none the less)
All in all, they love was the best
So this is my poem about Squishy and me
And the friendship that will always be!
thanks squish! love your squeak
Wednesday, June 29, 2005
twenty one
well, it was my birthday. and i am now officially twenty one. the only way i can confirm this is because a) at midnight of my birthday i was let into the bars (though i wasn't even carded) and b) people wished me happy birthday.
other wise, nothing is new.
so how did i spend my birthday? let me tell you.
first off, midnight between mine and j's birthday's, kt drove me downtown to keg and cork and i met up with everyone there. i was hesitant going in. i shouldn't be allowed in bars yet! i'm still too young! i sat in the car with kt for a little bit, not sure if i was ready to go in. i was nervous, but eventually they all came out and gave me hugs. everyone was plastered already and before i knew it, everyone was buying me drinks. red headed sluts, scoobie snack, oatmeal cookie, blow job (and a whip cream fight), another red headed slut, kamakazie, fuckin awesome, rootbeer barrel (too much beer! ick!), and a car bomb (to jaime, who doesn't read this, and nolan: i'm so sorry i couldn't finish that one...it was much too gross. beer just really doesn't do it for me).
then i was all psyched for an after bar party at jaime's but the others either wanted to a) go home or b) go to this other guys house. jaime then decided to go to bed, i went with d and j to this guys house and pretty much just collapsed. wasn't all exciting. bed time: 3 am.
woke up at 10 am to kt and lucas. i got to lay around and be lazy for a little while, freshened up, got a wicked awesome gift for kt and then we hit up quizno's for lots of honey mustard goodness. i even broke in and decided i could break my no pop rule for the day. then we went to the mall where i bought a shirt that was much deserving of my special day (shake it don't break it martini shirt! which i have to get a smaller size in...). i also bought some more sunglasses to rock out in later that night.
coming back to the house, kt headed for work and i changed and headed for the golf course. it was perfect weather for golfing...nice and sunny. i was the only one on the range, so i turned up the stereo in my car (bowling for soup cd - wonderfully fun) and i hit balls in my tank top. i'm pretty pleased with the way i've been hitting. i think i need to play a game sometime.
after my golfing extravaganza, i decided to head over and see j, t, and d at there place and on the way, i discovered a funny hidden track on my bfs cd. good times. i also ran into a strawberry stand where i bought some extrememly good fresh picked strawberries. they just melt in your mouth...wonderful. brought them over to the girls and grabbed hot rollers from j so i could do my hair for the night.
got back to my place and proceeded to pretty up as at 7 i had people over for grilling fun. we got the grill going and i was surprised at all who came out to wish me happy birthday. or maybe it was just the free food. i don't know, but i was happy. thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts! j also bought fireworks and we set them off in style. i have to go finish cleaning the backyard tonight.
at 11 (wish it was sooner, but ya know) we finally headed to t'juans for two for ones. more fun drinks and a game of darts. i found out i rock at darts. i think i need to turn professional. then we hit up some bars downtown where we found out, we were the party. no one was there. so then we headed out to slims where we found jaime (yay!) and we partied it up out there. and then...
it was over. i came home, told kt how my night went, and then, i went to bed.
and today i'm sore and tired.
but alive.
and happy.
and i'm twenty one!
talk to you all later...
well, it was my birthday. and i am now officially twenty one. the only way i can confirm this is because a) at midnight of my birthday i was let into the bars (though i wasn't even carded) and b) people wished me happy birthday.
other wise, nothing is new.
so how did i spend my birthday? let me tell you.
first off, midnight between mine and j's birthday's, kt drove me downtown to keg and cork and i met up with everyone there. i was hesitant going in. i shouldn't be allowed in bars yet! i'm still too young! i sat in the car with kt for a little bit, not sure if i was ready to go in. i was nervous, but eventually they all came out and gave me hugs. everyone was plastered already and before i knew it, everyone was buying me drinks. red headed sluts, scoobie snack, oatmeal cookie, blow job (and a whip cream fight), another red headed slut, kamakazie, fuckin awesome, rootbeer barrel (too much beer! ick!), and a car bomb (to jaime, who doesn't read this, and nolan: i'm so sorry i couldn't finish that one...it was much too gross. beer just really doesn't do it for me).
then i was all psyched for an after bar party at jaime's but the others either wanted to a) go home or b) go to this other guys house. jaime then decided to go to bed, i went with d and j to this guys house and pretty much just collapsed. wasn't all exciting. bed time: 3 am.
woke up at 10 am to kt and lucas. i got to lay around and be lazy for a little while, freshened up, got a wicked awesome gift for kt and then we hit up quizno's for lots of honey mustard goodness. i even broke in and decided i could break my no pop rule for the day. then we went to the mall where i bought a shirt that was much deserving of my special day (shake it don't break it martini shirt! which i have to get a smaller size in...). i also bought some more sunglasses to rock out in later that night.
coming back to the house, kt headed for work and i changed and headed for the golf course. it was perfect weather for golfing...nice and sunny. i was the only one on the range, so i turned up the stereo in my car (bowling for soup cd - wonderfully fun) and i hit balls in my tank top. i'm pretty pleased with the way i've been hitting. i think i need to play a game sometime.
after my golfing extravaganza, i decided to head over and see j, t, and d at there place and on the way, i discovered a funny hidden track on my bfs cd. good times. i also ran into a strawberry stand where i bought some extrememly good fresh picked strawberries. they just melt in your mouth...wonderful. brought them over to the girls and grabbed hot rollers from j so i could do my hair for the night.
got back to my place and proceeded to pretty up as at 7 i had people over for grilling fun. we got the grill going and i was surprised at all who came out to wish me happy birthday. or maybe it was just the free food. i don't know, but i was happy. thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts! j also bought fireworks and we set them off in style. i have to go finish cleaning the backyard tonight.
at 11 (wish it was sooner, but ya know) we finally headed to t'juans for two for ones. more fun drinks and a game of darts. i found out i rock at darts. i think i need to turn professional. then we hit up some bars downtown where we found out, we were the party. no one was there. so then we headed out to slims where we found jaime (yay!) and we partied it up out there. and then...
it was over. i came home, told kt how my night went, and then, i went to bed.
and today i'm sore and tired.
but alive.
and happy.
and i'm twenty one!
talk to you all later...
Thursday, June 23, 2005
OBSERVATIONS ON LIFE
1) When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." --Author Unknown
2) Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children." --Author Unknown
3) "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." --Drew Carey
4) "The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house." --Jeff Foxworthy
5) "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." --Dave Barry
6) "My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'" --Paula Poundstone
7) "I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'" --Richard Jeni
8) "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." --Paul Rodriguez
9) "My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law."
--Jerry Seinfeld
10) "Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same." --Oscar Wilde
11) "Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
12) "Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Afghanistan." --A. Whitney Brown
13) "You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry
14) Do you know why they call it "PMS"? Because "Mad Cow Disease" was taken. --Unknown, presumed deceased
1) When I die, I want to die like my grandfather--who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car." --Author Unknown
2) Advice for the day: If you have a lot of tension and you get a headache, do what it says on the aspirin bottle: "Take two aspirin" and "Keep away from children." --Author Unknown
3) "Oh, you hate your job? Why didn't you say so? There's a support group for that. It's called EVERYBODY, and they meet at the bar." --Drew Carey
4) "The problem with the designated driver program, it's not a desirable job, but if you ever get sucked into doing it, have fun with it. At the end of the night, drop them off at the wrong house." --Jeff Foxworthy
5) "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there is a man on base." --Dave Barry
6) "My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'" --Paula Poundstone
7) "I think that's how Chicago got started. Bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'" --Richard Jeni
8) "Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." --Paul Rodriguez
9) "My parents didn't want to move to Florida, but they turned sixty and that's the law."
--Jerry Seinfeld
10) "Bigamy is having one wife/husband too many. Monogamy is the same." --Oscar Wilde
11) "Suppose you were an idiot ... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself." --Mark Twain
12) "Our bombs are smarter than the average high school student. At least they can find Afghanistan." --A. Whitney Brown
13) "You can say any foolish thing to a dog, and the dog will give you a look that says, 'My God, you're right! I never would've thought of that!'" --Dave Barry
14) Do you know why they call it "PMS"? Because "Mad Cow Disease" was taken. --Unknown, presumed deceased
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
what not to do
got the dizzies last night - again. it's nothing new. but i got them. i walked over to the boy's house with them and pretty much couldn't walk a straight line. kt freaked out when i told her i had them, and that i went running with them earlier. it wasn't that bad...you just can't move your head. it was better though after i drank some water, which maybe that was the problem, and that i needed sleep, but i had already downed so much water today...
i also went to a swim meet last night. i wanted to watch my kids. they did alright, nothing too huge. i talked to some of them, some of them were really excited to see me. my 7 year old is still wondering when i'm coming back. i'm not sure what to tell her. she's very smart and curious and talkative for a 7 year old, and it's hard to get stuff past her..."I'm not...maybe." I said to her, when are you going to come and coach? What I really wanted to say, "As far as I know I'm not coming back to coach because Woody, your dad's best friend, screwed me over and for some reason doesn't like me. Go ask your dad why I'm not coaching, he may have a better answer." but i love the kid and wouldn't say that to her, or have something for the swim team to come back to me with. but i sat with the other parents, the one's who have taken me under their wing, really looked out for me. the one's who don't like woody either. i had a good time, and scored 2 free tickets to their chicken dinner, which i was planning on buying anyway.
so yeah.
i'm really tired lately, too. went to bed at midnight last night and have a hard time getting up in the morning. i should really try 8 hours of sleep sometime...might do me good.
maple lake on friday!
6 day countdown....it's coming!
got the dizzies last night - again. it's nothing new. but i got them. i walked over to the boy's house with them and pretty much couldn't walk a straight line. kt freaked out when i told her i had them, and that i went running with them earlier. it wasn't that bad...you just can't move your head. it was better though after i drank some water, which maybe that was the problem, and that i needed sleep, but i had already downed so much water today...
i also went to a swim meet last night. i wanted to watch my kids. they did alright, nothing too huge. i talked to some of them, some of them were really excited to see me. my 7 year old is still wondering when i'm coming back. i'm not sure what to tell her. she's very smart and curious and talkative for a 7 year old, and it's hard to get stuff past her..."I'm not...maybe." I said to her, when are you going to come and coach? What I really wanted to say, "As far as I know I'm not coming back to coach because Woody, your dad's best friend, screwed me over and for some reason doesn't like me. Go ask your dad why I'm not coaching, he may have a better answer." but i love the kid and wouldn't say that to her, or have something for the swim team to come back to me with. but i sat with the other parents, the one's who have taken me under their wing, really looked out for me. the one's who don't like woody either. i had a good time, and scored 2 free tickets to their chicken dinner, which i was planning on buying anyway.
so yeah.
i'm really tired lately, too. went to bed at midnight last night and have a hard time getting up in the morning. i should really try 8 hours of sleep sometime...might do me good.
maple lake on friday!
6 day countdown....it's coming!
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
this is my summer...
sitting in a basement office, freezing, while the rest of my friends enjoy the warm weather. ughh...sucks.
yesterday i did get outside though. i skipped out of an hour and a half of work to get outside and get my daily excercise in. i grabbed my rollarblades and did a power session over on the bike trail. then (score!) we got out of work early. so i got paid to eat supper and take a bike ride around the lake. sweet it was, but don't wear flip flops on a power session bike ride around the lake. i kind of killed my ankle...but walkings ok so i'm not concerned.
good news is, i think i've earned myself enough hours to take friday and tuesday off. friday i'm going to go to the lake to visit gizmo and tuesday...well it's my birthday. so then i'm going to take wednesday morning off and just sleep in a little. who knows what they will make me do tuesday night. hopefully nothing too bad. hopefully i'll remember the halo :)
i haven't seen 2 of my boys since thursday night. don't know what to think about that. maybe i should just give it a rest for awhile. they can come find me. but i do know one of them is very busy. the 3rd one i saw for 10 minutes last night. he used to be a singer and he was trying to see if i knew a certain song...so he sang it all out. it was pretty powerful to say the least.
kt and i raided the grocery store last night, coming out victorious. we now have food. yay us!
i have to figure out final details for jeni's birthday, and mine. hmmm...i should go see her tonight.
talk to you all later...it's the 1 week count down!
sitting in a basement office, freezing, while the rest of my friends enjoy the warm weather. ughh...sucks.
yesterday i did get outside though. i skipped out of an hour and a half of work to get outside and get my daily excercise in. i grabbed my rollarblades and did a power session over on the bike trail. then (score!) we got out of work early. so i got paid to eat supper and take a bike ride around the lake. sweet it was, but don't wear flip flops on a power session bike ride around the lake. i kind of killed my ankle...but walkings ok so i'm not concerned.
good news is, i think i've earned myself enough hours to take friday and tuesday off. friday i'm going to go to the lake to visit gizmo and tuesday...well it's my birthday. so then i'm going to take wednesday morning off and just sleep in a little. who knows what they will make me do tuesday night. hopefully nothing too bad. hopefully i'll remember the halo :)
i haven't seen 2 of my boys since thursday night. don't know what to think about that. maybe i should just give it a rest for awhile. they can come find me. but i do know one of them is very busy. the 3rd one i saw for 10 minutes last night. he used to be a singer and he was trying to see if i knew a certain song...so he sang it all out. it was pretty powerful to say the least.
kt and i raided the grocery store last night, coming out victorious. we now have food. yay us!
i have to figure out final details for jeni's birthday, and mine. hmmm...i should go see her tonight.
talk to you all later...it's the 1 week count down!
Monday, June 20, 2005
my birthday last year, as told by square
Yesterday was Andi's birthday. I went over to her house around 4:30 and picked up Gizmo. We headed out to Wal-Mart to grab a few last minute things and then got a cake from the DQ. After dropping that off at the house me, gizmo, and one of her roommies went in search of Andi's breeze(car) to decorate it. After driving around we finally came to the conclusion that we'd indeed passed it. We pulled up and wrote on the windows and tied balloons on the antenna and hooked some under the windshield whipers. I'm kinda disappointed that the ones on the window didn't even make it the 10 min needed before Andi came out of work. Oh, well. We had Green Mill pizza and ice cream cake. Most of the people there I didn't know. Later Booty, Andi, Katie, and I went to the movie "Dodgeball." It was pretty good....except for the last part. We'll just leave it at that. On to the Newman only to unsuccessfully light the bonfire. We spent about 2 books of matches on that and nothing to show for it. Andi wanted to get to perkins so she could get her free birthday pie. Of course they charge for the ala mode.....whatever! After Booty attemtped to set Andi up with one or maybe two of her brothers we all ended up leaving, which I think was best beacuse someone was going to die...just not sure who. I guess even being serious about things that Andi sees as teasing isn't a good idea. Man, I was being honest and I still feard my life from about 12:30am - 2:00am. Lucky I'm alive to write about it. After dropping Andi off at home I headed back to the Newman to camp out. That's pretty much how my version of Andi's birthday went.
Yesterday was Andi's birthday. I went over to her house around 4:30 and picked up Gizmo. We headed out to Wal-Mart to grab a few last minute things and then got a cake from the DQ. After dropping that off at the house me, gizmo, and one of her roommies went in search of Andi's breeze(car) to decorate it. After driving around we finally came to the conclusion that we'd indeed passed it. We pulled up and wrote on the windows and tied balloons on the antenna and hooked some under the windshield whipers. I'm kinda disappointed that the ones on the window didn't even make it the 10 min needed before Andi came out of work. Oh, well. We had Green Mill pizza and ice cream cake. Most of the people there I didn't know. Later Booty, Andi, Katie, and I went to the movie "Dodgeball." It was pretty good....except for the last part. We'll just leave it at that. On to the Newman only to unsuccessfully light the bonfire. We spent about 2 books of matches on that and nothing to show for it. Andi wanted to get to perkins so she could get her free birthday pie. Of course they charge for the ala mode.....whatever! After Booty attemtped to set Andi up with one or maybe two of her brothers we all ended up leaving, which I think was best beacuse someone was going to die...just not sure who. I guess even being serious about things that Andi sees as teasing isn't a good idea. Man, I was being honest and I still feard my life from about 12:30am - 2:00am. Lucky I'm alive to write about it. After dropping Andi off at home I headed back to the Newman to camp out. That's pretty much how my version of Andi's birthday went.
weekend
this last weekend was a good one, although i missed all my fellow btowners. after booty met up with me in btown (yay!), we headed to winger to visit nate, which it was a grand time. booty talked non-stop and nate's dad gave her nothing but crap, so it was a whole lot of entertainment for me. nate showed up at his house later than he expected (due to him having the chance to ride a harley and then he sort of fell off...or basically the harley decided it wanted to lay down) and then after trying to convice booty we wanted to go visit danielle at lakeview, she wanted to eat in mahnomen at the casino...and she pretty much had the final word, so nate ended up taking us out to eat at the casino's buffet, which was really good. i then brought nate back to his house i then headed onward towards egf.
once home, i headed out to the wedding reception that i was squeak's date for. we partied it up like rock stars until the mosquitos started biting, and then i headed home.
saturday morning was day one of zerek and alli's meet, so i headed to und and watched them and talked to swimmers i used to swim with. i got to play with jackson, my coach's son, which was fun. alli had an awesome 50 butterfly, so that was cool. she made top 8 in the 50 free shootout but was ousted for the top 4. zerek made top 4 though however, but was ousted the next day.
squeak and i hit up shops where i got a new swimsuit and we picked up hair dye. then going back to her house, we dyed her hair a new darker shade before heading to my place for a taco supper. then back at her place, i got low lights (which you can just barely see...i think i needed darker) and we whipped up butterscotch choc. chip cookies and watched queer eye for the straight guy, the one with the quints. it was highly entertaining.
sunday morning, i attempted to kill my dog with a run in high humidity and heat. but we both lived and were good. i made it to the meet to see zerek and alli's 400's. alli got a new best time. excitement. after the meet we headed for g and g's for food and visiting. there was a lot of good food and all i remember was that i got really full. then i drove back to btown.
goal for the week: no pizza, stick to ww plan. don't get off!
need to do some type of workout each day...even if it's just push ups and situps.
8 days until my bday...it'll be fun! now i just have to finish planning...hmmmmm.....
this last weekend was a good one, although i missed all my fellow btowners. after booty met up with me in btown (yay!), we headed to winger to visit nate, which it was a grand time. booty talked non-stop and nate's dad gave her nothing but crap, so it was a whole lot of entertainment for me. nate showed up at his house later than he expected (due to him having the chance to ride a harley and then he sort of fell off...or basically the harley decided it wanted to lay down) and then after trying to convice booty we wanted to go visit danielle at lakeview, she wanted to eat in mahnomen at the casino...and she pretty much had the final word, so nate ended up taking us out to eat at the casino's buffet, which was really good. i then brought nate back to his house i then headed onward towards egf.
once home, i headed out to the wedding reception that i was squeak's date for. we partied it up like rock stars until the mosquitos started biting, and then i headed home.
saturday morning was day one of zerek and alli's meet, so i headed to und and watched them and talked to swimmers i used to swim with. i got to play with jackson, my coach's son, which was fun. alli had an awesome 50 butterfly, so that was cool. she made top 8 in the 50 free shootout but was ousted for the top 4. zerek made top 4 though however, but was ousted the next day.
squeak and i hit up shops where i got a new swimsuit and we picked up hair dye. then going back to her house, we dyed her hair a new darker shade before heading to my place for a taco supper. then back at her place, i got low lights (which you can just barely see...i think i needed darker) and we whipped up butterscotch choc. chip cookies and watched queer eye for the straight guy, the one with the quints. it was highly entertaining.
sunday morning, i attempted to kill my dog with a run in high humidity and heat. but we both lived and were good. i made it to the meet to see zerek and alli's 400's. alli got a new best time. excitement. after the meet we headed for g and g's for food and visiting. there was a lot of good food and all i remember was that i got really full. then i drove back to btown.
goal for the week: no pizza, stick to ww plan. don't get off!
need to do some type of workout each day...even if it's just push ups and situps.
8 days until my bday...it'll be fun! now i just have to finish planning...hmmmmm.....
mystery call
someone called me at 7 am this morning. i wasn't able to answer it because i was in the shower. calling the number back, i find that it's a prepaid phone card.
who tried to call me at 7 am this morning??
all i can think of would be the boys...they don't have a cell phone, so they would use a phone card. but i know they wouldn't be up at 7 am. weird.
at least they could have left a message...or called back.
i'm curious.
someone called me at 7 am this morning. i wasn't able to answer it because i was in the shower. calling the number back, i find that it's a prepaid phone card.
who tried to call me at 7 am this morning??
all i can think of would be the boys...they don't have a cell phone, so they would use a phone card. but i know they wouldn't be up at 7 am. weird.
at least they could have left a message...or called back.
i'm curious.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
baby got book?
Christian remake of Sir Mix-A-Lot's classic rap, "Baby Got Back". "I like big Bibles I can not lie, / You Christian brothers can’t deny, / When a girl walks in with a KJV* / And a bookmark in proverbs, You get stoked" * King James Version
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/25512
haha!
Christian remake of Sir Mix-A-Lot's classic rap, "Baby Got Back". "I like big Bibles I can not lie, / You Christian brothers can’t deny, / When a girl walks in with a KJV* / And a bookmark in proverbs, You get stoked" * King James Version
http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/25512
haha!
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
some truths
-i'm slightly bored at work
-but i do have work to do
-but i would rather be typing in here...
-i'm such a procrastinator
-i'm really tired
-getting up in the morning is hard to do
-it's getting hard to stay out late with friends, i get to tired
-13 days till my 21st!
-i hate it when guy friends talk about which girls they think are hot in front of you
-but i still want to know which girls they think are hot
-it's gonna be hot and sunny this weekend and i'm gonna get tan
-actually the above is somewhat of a lie...
-i'm gonna burn, because i don't tan
-i'm excited to go to the wahoo meet this weekend
-i should probably go buy a new three barreller so squeak can use it
-i don't like it when friends criticize me on which guys i want to be with
i'm bored
im me so i can do something
-i'm slightly bored at work
-but i do have work to do
-but i would rather be typing in here...
-i'm such a procrastinator
-i'm really tired
-getting up in the morning is hard to do
-it's getting hard to stay out late with friends, i get to tired
-13 days till my 21st!
-i hate it when guy friends talk about which girls they think are hot in front of you
-but i still want to know which girls they think are hot
-it's gonna be hot and sunny this weekend and i'm gonna get tan
-actually the above is somewhat of a lie...
-i'm gonna burn, because i don't tan
-i'm excited to go to the wahoo meet this weekend
-i should probably go buy a new three barreller so squeak can use it
-i don't like it when friends criticize me on which guys i want to be with
i'm bored
im me so i can do something
Monday, June 13, 2005
a site to see
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
a blog where people send in there deepest and sometimes darkest secrets annonymously an then they are posted to this site. some make me laugh...
and some really touch me that people have those type of secrets...
i want to send a secret in, but don't know if i have a secret worthy enough to tell.
http://postsecret.blogspot.com/
a blog where people send in there deepest and sometimes darkest secrets annonymously an then they are posted to this site. some make me laugh...
and some really touch me that people have those type of secrets...
i want to send a secret in, but don't know if i have a secret worthy enough to tell.
Friday, June 10, 2005
the many hairstyles of zerek
just thought i would share these found pictures of my brother from this past weekend. his hair is usually like the first one at swim meets but for some reason he decided to whip up the ever mighty combover for who knows what reason. he must have had some business to take care of. what a dork.
Thursday, June 09, 2005
sweet!
these aren't my best times...i had some pretty awesome high school swims, but the fact that i could find my posted times from my last couple of meets way back in 01 is pretty awesome!
check it out!
these aren't my best times...i had some pretty awesome high school swims, but the fact that i could find my posted times from my last couple of meets way back in 01 is pretty awesome!
check it out!
up and running
well, due to lack of anything to do right now, i'm updating. yes, it's true.
we finally got internet and cable hooked up at the house so that is pretty exciting. it's nice to feel "connected" again.
yesterday was different. i didn't go to see the boys. they didn't call me. i wonder if i didn't go over there if we would even hang out. i wonder about things like that. is it just a guy thing? or is this just a sign that they don't really want me around? i want them to call and be like, hey, you should come over. because i really do hate just showing up at other people's houses unannounced. i don't know...i'm confused. and babbling. i don't understand boys....but i wish i did. or maybe i do understand them, but just like to say i don't because i have found out how shallow they can be...or maybe shallow is not the right word. how about, how unlike me they can be. because if i was them, i would calling me to see what i was up to and want to hang out.
so those are the random thoughts running through my head.
that and "the guy" has on his msn messenger: she got me sick. i know it wasn't me, which grosses me out...slightly. not much i can do about it. just wish i could get the courage to talk to him, but by now it's pretty pointless. just don't like thinking that i almost became 'another girl' and the fact that i still think that he could possibly think that i could be his girl. ick. freshman year all over again. why me? i really need to talk to him.
i'm sure that's too much information that you don't need to know.
last night i got a call from one of the board members on the swim team letting me know that she had not forgotten about me. she told me what's going on and her concerns and how hard she has it on the board ( i completely agree). i think the first wrong step was when they hired the head supervisor and gave him all the power. never hire a coach and give them all the power. i've seen it all happen before...ego gets inflated and they run with it, with all the parents trying to pull the reins from behind. i told the board member my decision and why i was feeling this way, how all the coaches are treating me like dirt and how it was just heart breaking to see my kids in there and they didn't even know what's going on. supposedly they don't have a coach for the fall, but i may have to hold an upper hand at this...this may sound horrible, but this could be good. why does this all have to be so confusing?
other than that, that's life. pretty dull, pretty boring, lots of working. i get paid tomorrow, which is a God send as i really have some bills to pay off (car, cable, credit, cell....all those c's!!). and i need to stop spending. no more spending money on clothes. it's killing me!
ok, enough babbling. works boring, you get the point.
drop a comment to help cure me from boredom...thanks.
well, due to lack of anything to do right now, i'm updating. yes, it's true.
we finally got internet and cable hooked up at the house so that is pretty exciting. it's nice to feel "connected" again.
yesterday was different. i didn't go to see the boys. they didn't call me. i wonder if i didn't go over there if we would even hang out. i wonder about things like that. is it just a guy thing? or is this just a sign that they don't really want me around? i want them to call and be like, hey, you should come over. because i really do hate just showing up at other people's houses unannounced. i don't know...i'm confused. and babbling. i don't understand boys....but i wish i did. or maybe i do understand them, but just like to say i don't because i have found out how shallow they can be...or maybe shallow is not the right word. how about, how unlike me they can be. because if i was them, i would calling me to see what i was up to and want to hang out.
so those are the random thoughts running through my head.
that and "the guy" has on his msn messenger: she got me sick. i know it wasn't me, which grosses me out...slightly. not much i can do about it. just wish i could get the courage to talk to him, but by now it's pretty pointless. just don't like thinking that i almost became 'another girl' and the fact that i still think that he could possibly think that i could be his girl. ick. freshman year all over again. why me? i really need to talk to him.
i'm sure that's too much information that you don't need to know.
last night i got a call from one of the board members on the swim team letting me know that she had not forgotten about me. she told me what's going on and her concerns and how hard she has it on the board ( i completely agree). i think the first wrong step was when they hired the head supervisor and gave him all the power. never hire a coach and give them all the power. i've seen it all happen before...ego gets inflated and they run with it, with all the parents trying to pull the reins from behind. i told the board member my decision and why i was feeling this way, how all the coaches are treating me like dirt and how it was just heart breaking to see my kids in there and they didn't even know what's going on. supposedly they don't have a coach for the fall, but i may have to hold an upper hand at this...this may sound horrible, but this could be good. why does this all have to be so confusing?
other than that, that's life. pretty dull, pretty boring, lots of working. i get paid tomorrow, which is a God send as i really have some bills to pay off (car, cable, credit, cell....all those c's!!). and i need to stop spending. no more spending money on clothes. it's killing me!
ok, enough babbling. works boring, you get the point.
drop a comment to help cure me from boredom...thanks.
Wednesday, June 08, 2005
song of the summer (so far...) hehe
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE LYRICS
"Hey Julie"
Working all day for a mean little man
With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan
He's got me running 'round the office like a dog around a track
But when I get home,
You're always there to rub my back
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through without you around
Hours on the phone making pointless calls
I got a desk full of papers that means nothing at all
Sometimes I catch myself staring into space
Counting down the hours 'til I get to see your face
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through with out you around
No, I'd never make it through with out you around
[Bridge]
How did it come to be
That you and I must be
Far away from each other every day?
Why must I spend my time
Filling up my mind
With facts and figures that never add up anyway?
They never add up anyway
Working all day for a mean little guy
With a bad toupee and a soup-stained tie
He's got me running 'round the office
Like a gerbil on a wheel
He can tell me what to do
But he can't tell me what to feel
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through with out you around
No, I'd never make it through without you around
No, I'd never make it through with out you around
FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE LYRICS
"Hey Julie"
Working all day for a mean little man
With a clip-on tie and a rub-on tan
He's got me running 'round the office like a dog around a track
But when I get home,
You're always there to rub my back
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through without you around
Hours on the phone making pointless calls
I got a desk full of papers that means nothing at all
Sometimes I catch myself staring into space
Counting down the hours 'til I get to see your face
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through with out you around
No, I'd never make it through with out you around
[Bridge]
How did it come to be
That you and I must be
Far away from each other every day?
Why must I spend my time
Filling up my mind
With facts and figures that never add up anyway?
They never add up anyway
Working all day for a mean little guy
With a bad toupee and a soup-stained tie
He's got me running 'round the office
Like a gerbil on a wheel
He can tell me what to do
But he can't tell me what to feel
Hey Julie,
Look what they're doing to me
Trying to trip me up
Trying to wear me down
Julie, I swear, it's so hard to bear it
And I'd never make it through with out you around
No, I'd never make it through without you around
No, I'd never make it through with out you around
always on my mind
Collide
by Howie Day
Song details
Name Collide
Artist(s) Howie Day
Album(s) Stop All the World Now (2003)
Song lyrics
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah
But I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide
I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
You somehow find, you and I collide
Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
i'm in love with this song. and probably more in love with it because of the 2 guys who play guitar and sing it to me when i visit them at their house. i love it.
Collide
by Howie Day
Song details
Name Collide
Artist(s) Howie Day
Album(s) Stop All the World Now (2003)
Song lyrics
The dawn is breaking
A light shining through
You're barely waking
And I'm tangled up in you
Yeah
But I'm open, you're closed
Where I follow, you'll go
I worry I won't see your face
Light up again
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind
I somehow find, you and I collide
I'm quiet, you know
You make a first impression
I've found I'm scared to know
I'm always on your mind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the stars refuse to shine
Out of the back you fall in time
You somehow find, you and I collide
Don't stop here
I've lost my place
I'm close behind
Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills your mind
You finally find, you and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
You finally find
You and I collide
i'm in love with this song. and probably more in love with it because of the 2 guys who play guitar and sing it to me when i visit them at their house. i love it.
Monday, June 06, 2005
top 10 reasons it's ok andi no longer coaches:
1. she no longer has to get up at the butt crack of dawn for the rest of summer = staying out later!
2. weekends are free!!
3. no more traveling all over the state of mn at the butt crack of dawn on weekends for swim meets
4. no more dealing with crappy (crabby, stupid, impossibly, don't know much about coaching) co-coaches
5. no more explaining myself and my decisions to parents
6. no more dealing with swimmers excuses (which she made up most of them herself 10 years ago when she swam)
7. no more making up work outs at her other job = more time to surf the internet!
8. no more being put down by the board because they think she is some young girl who doesn't know how to coach or run a swim team, which in fact she knows how to do quiet well.
9. her friends don't have to here her complain about her co-coaches and board anymore.
10. she doesn't have to schedule time off of work for the morning after her 21st!!
so this whole not coaching anymore is starting to look up. although i miss my swimmers like no other, i'm starting to realize how much easier my life will be (see above). plus, i may have a job for for july, which is when i would be left jobless!! so i think this was all meant to be. i'll keep you posted. it's funny how life can go from crappy to being much better in a matter of hours
1. she no longer has to get up at the butt crack of dawn for the rest of summer = staying out later!
2. weekends are free!!
3. no more traveling all over the state of mn at the butt crack of dawn on weekends for swim meets
4. no more dealing with crappy (crabby, stupid, impossibly, don't know much about coaching) co-coaches
5. no more explaining myself and my decisions to parents
6. no more dealing with swimmers excuses (which she made up most of them herself 10 years ago when she swam)
7. no more making up work outs at her other job = more time to surf the internet!
8. no more being put down by the board because they think she is some young girl who doesn't know how to coach or run a swim team, which in fact she knows how to do quiet well.
9. her friends don't have to here her complain about her co-coaches and board anymore.
10. she doesn't have to schedule time off of work for the morning after her 21st!!
so this whole not coaching anymore is starting to look up. although i miss my swimmers like no other, i'm starting to realize how much easier my life will be (see above). plus, i may have a job for for july, which is when i would be left jobless!! so i think this was all meant to be. i'll keep you posted. it's funny how life can go from crappy to being much better in a matter of hours
just a bad day getting better
a convo between squeak and me, summing up all i wanted to put in here but didn't feel like typing up:
eek says:
hey
andi says:
hi
andi says:
how's it goin?
eek says:
pretty good
andi says:
good to hear
eek says:
you?
andi says:
pretty shitty but my day is getting better
andi says:
the swim team screwed me over but i may already have a new job lined up and danielle is coming up and we're gonna party tonight with my boys so it's getting much much better
eek says:
no swim coaching?
andi says:
nope...but i'm starting to see the pluses to noy coaching
eek says:
why no coaching?
andi says:
long story short...they hired this guy who is called the head supervisor or something like that, and he has this clique of coaches and since i went to europe (which i told the rest of the board i was doing a YEAR in advanced) he took the opportunity to hire his clique of coaches which most of them had already quit in the past due to the fact they weren't happy with how things are run. i don't think the other coaches like me very much because i'm not in their "clique" which i don't want to be in anyways. so yeah, i cried this morning because of the injustice of it all and how much i will miss my swimmers and how happy they were to see me and they don't know that woody doesn't want to hire me back and he was just an ass to me this morning, so even if they do need more coaches after they see how many swimmers are going to swim, i'm not going to do it. i'm tired of their BS. grrrr....
YEAH
a convo between squeak and me, summing up all i wanted to put in here but didn't feel like typing up:
eek says:
hey
andi says:
hi
andi says:
how's it goin?
eek says:
pretty good
andi says:
good to hear
eek says:
you?
andi says:
pretty shitty but my day is getting better
andi says:
the swim team screwed me over but i may already have a new job lined up and danielle is coming up and we're gonna party tonight with my boys so it's getting much much better
eek says:
no swim coaching?
andi says:
nope...but i'm starting to see the pluses to noy coaching
eek says:
why no coaching?
andi says:
long story short...they hired this guy who is called the head supervisor or something like that, and he has this clique of coaches and since i went to europe (which i told the rest of the board i was doing a YEAR in advanced) he took the opportunity to hire his clique of coaches which most of them had already quit in the past due to the fact they weren't happy with how things are run. i don't think the other coaches like me very much because i'm not in their "clique" which i don't want to be in anyways. so yeah, i cried this morning because of the injustice of it all and how much i will miss my swimmers and how happy they were to see me and they don't know that woody doesn't want to hire me back and he was just an ass to me this morning, so even if they do need more coaches after they see how many swimmers are going to swim, i'm not going to do it. i'm tired of their BS. grrrr....
YEAH
Thursday, June 02, 2005
summertime
so i thought i should post. pretty sure no one is even reading this any more but someone always amazes me. i finally got my eurospring homework done. it's such a relief to have it finally done. homework free for summer!
i went over to the boy's place last night and hung out. i actually hung out with them and didn't drink. wow - that basically needed to happen as i think i've had my fair share. 21 in t-minus 26 days! augh! it'll be a party.
in other news i've had plenty of chances to talk to that one guy about that one night and every chance i chicken out. don't know why. but i'm thinking maybe an email. i hate stuff like this but i know i will feel better after it happens.
swimming starts next week. 6 am wake up calls and crabby co-coaches: NOT EXCITED. but i can't wait to see my kids...or the few that are still left after the board pissed their parents off. i will miss them even more. sometimes i think it might be better if i just didn't coach. more free time and not so much stress. but i coach because i love to coach, not because i love to make the board members mad...which only happens because they make me mad. trust me, i don't get mad unless you give me a reason to be.
i was just reading other swimmers blogs who are all getting geared up for summer practice. i miss the days of summer practice, chlorine and all day at the pool. except it was indoor so that's not always so cool. what i want this summer: lots of time outside and a great tan. we'll see if that happens when you work 3 indoor jobs in the the month of june. but that's ok, it's warmer in july and august anyways.
o yeah, and also, in t minus 26 days...square comes back to the grand state of minnesota. hugs and simple green to follow...plus who knows what other craziness.
anyone want to come up and visit? you should. i'll show you a good time.
but for now...back to work. computers are starting to become the devil. ick.
SUMMERTIME!!
so i thought i should post. pretty sure no one is even reading this any more but someone always amazes me. i finally got my eurospring homework done. it's such a relief to have it finally done. homework free for summer!
i went over to the boy's place last night and hung out. i actually hung out with them and didn't drink. wow - that basically needed to happen as i think i've had my fair share. 21 in t-minus 26 days! augh! it'll be a party.
in other news i've had plenty of chances to talk to that one guy about that one night and every chance i chicken out. don't know why. but i'm thinking maybe an email. i hate stuff like this but i know i will feel better after it happens.
swimming starts next week. 6 am wake up calls and crabby co-coaches: NOT EXCITED. but i can't wait to see my kids...or the few that are still left after the board pissed their parents off. i will miss them even more. sometimes i think it might be better if i just didn't coach. more free time and not so much stress. but i coach because i love to coach, not because i love to make the board members mad...which only happens because they make me mad. trust me, i don't get mad unless you give me a reason to be.
i was just reading other swimmers blogs who are all getting geared up for summer practice. i miss the days of summer practice, chlorine and all day at the pool. except it was indoor so that's not always so cool. what i want this summer: lots of time outside and a great tan. we'll see if that happens when you work 3 indoor jobs in the the month of june. but that's ok, it's warmer in july and august anyways.
o yeah, and also, in t minus 26 days...square comes back to the grand state of minnesota. hugs and simple green to follow...plus who knows what other craziness.
anyone want to come up and visit? you should. i'll show you a good time.
but for now...back to work. computers are starting to become the devil. ick.
SUMMERTIME!!
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