Say Cheese... Now Smile!

Back to school. Yay. (sarcasm at its finest)

Hmmm... so Nicole, what did you do on your spring break?

Wednesday, Tina and I took Keri to Ikea for her first time AND had her try
boba also. =) Ok,, so I don't think she enjoyed the boba much... but Ikea
was fun! =) Afterwards, we met up with Marissa and had a crafty night where
we got to play with paints, burn CD's., and watch Bring It On. =D

Thursday, work. It was another dead silent day... except for the fact that
my supervisor brought in her dog "Tuppence" to the office and this poor thing
was constantly attaking my computer because she thought her squeektoy was
trapped inside. So that kept things interesting for 2 out of the 5 hours.
After work, came home and cleaned out the fridge because my mom was giving it
away to one of her friends who was moving to vegas... and taking the old
fridge out of storage. BUT when the old fridge came, we realized that my dad
didn't defrost it or anything so the thing was GREEN!! (EWWWWWW!!) The inside
was just covered with mildew and mold... (UGH!) and when they were bringing
it inside, a whole bunch of lining fell to the floor... so I was sent out to
the GHETTO walmart to get a new vacuum bag OH as well as get some dinner and
buy my mom some meatballs from price club. So my frist trip was price
club.. where I was standing behind a gang of bulk shoppers who had EVERYTHING
and a bag of chips in their carts where I only had my bag of meatballs.
(Where's the 3 is a crowd line!!) An hour later, I was off to the walmart
where once again, one vacuum bag... vs. merchandise galore with no express
checkout. ACCCKK!! Anyhoo.. I survived but ended up at McDonalds for 30
mins in the DRIVE THRU because... I dunno. I still can't figure that one
out. Well back home, my mom is scouring this domain of creepy bacteria and
things are just INSANE. I realize that I got the WRONG vacuum bag!!!
CURSES!!!

Friday, after sleeping pretty late after the fridge ordeal, I woke up at the
break of dawn to take my mom to work because she was off to Vegas for the
weekend with her homies. Got home, took the car to get its oil changed. Off
to the airport to pick up Miss Carrie... went over to 3rd street.... and
finally Key Club Convention. This was my first Key Club Convention and WOW.
A lot of activity. It was pretty cool...we just sold different key club
merchandise (who needs key club air freshner?). Felt bad because I left Fred
here at home, so came home and attempted to clean the apartment.

On Saturday, brought Fred over to Carlene's so that she can babysit him and
returned to the convention for more supply sales. YAY. 5 hours later, we
were done with that and were planning dinner. The guys wanted to go to
HOOTERS and Carrie, Beth, and I really didn't want to go and feel inadequate
during our meal, so we decided to walk the pier and have dinner down there.
V. good idea. =) We went to TEQULIA JACKS which had some really good
mexican food. =) As well as a cute waitor who was a qualified "guacologist"
and speedy service. After dinner, we walked around and made fools of
ourselves at the hat shop, beth got fondled by some drunk dude who was going
to run off with my camera, and went crazy with the picture machines. Then we
returned to the convention center to SAA. blah blah blah.. (won't write about
it because frankly, it wasn't all that interesting.) and crashed over in
Carries room. Actually... NOT CRASH more like just talk in bed about... OH
BUT OF COURSE... GUYS. It was fun... =) yeah.

Today, woke up and went over to Carlene's to pick up Fred. Did some shopping
and we had lunch over at this really good whole in the wall taco place.
Rushed home, went to walmart to get the RIGHT vacuum bag, getting ready to
clean.. and YAY mom is home. =) Cleaned a bit, and then conked out. Woke up
to find that Mulder is alive but decomposing. YAY?

Ok.. this is a lot. So rather than my greatful things, I got a poem from
Chelle via email chain letter. its cute. =)


I AM THANKFUL FOR ......

THE PARTNER WHO HOGS THE COVERS EVERY NIGHT,
BECAUSE HE/SHE IS NOT OUT WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

THE TEENAGER WHO IS NOT DOING DISHES
BUT IS WATCHING TV, BECAUSE THAT MEANS
HE/SHE IS AT HOME AND NOT ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE TAXES THAT I PAY, BECAUSE IT
MEANS THAT I, AM EMPLOYED.

FOR THE MESS TO CLEAN AFTER A PARTY,
BECAUSE IT MEANS THAT I HAVE BEEN
SURROUNDED BY FRIENDS.

FOR THE CLOTHES THAT FIT A LITTLE TOO
SNUG, BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE ENOUGH
TO EAT.

FOR MY SHADOW THAT WATCHES ME
WORK, BECAUSE IT MEANS I, AM IN
THE SUNSHINE.

FOR A LAWN THAT NEEDS MOWING,
WINDOWS THAT NEED CLEANING, AND
GUTTERS THAT NEED FIXING, BECAUSE
IT MEANS I HAVE A HOME.

FOR ALL THE COMPLAINING I HEAR ABOUT
THE GOVERNMENT, BECAUSE IT MEANS
THAT WE HAVE FREEDOM OF SPEECH.

FOR THE PARKING SPOT I FIND AT THE FAR
END OF THE PARKING LOT, BECAUSE IT
MEANS I AM CAPABLE OF WALKING AND
THAT I HAVE BEEN BLESSED WITH TRANSPORTATION.

FOR MY HUGE HEATING
BILL, BECAUSE IT
MEANS I, AM WARM.

FOR THE LADY BEHIND ME IN CHURCH
THAT SINGS OFF KEY, BECAUSE IT MEANS
THAT I CAN HEAR.

FOR THE PILE OF LAUNDRY AND IRONING,
BECAUSE IT MEANS I HAVE CLOTHES TO WEAR.

FOR WEARINESS AND ACHING MUSCLES
AT THE END OF THE DAY, BECAUSE IT
MEANS I HAVE BEEN CAPABLE OF WORKING HARD.

FOR THE ALARM THAT GOES OF IN THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS, BECAUSE IT
MEANS THAT I AM ALIVE.

AND FINALLY.......

FOR TOO MUCH E-MAIL, BECAUSE IT
MEANS I HAVE FRIENDS WHO ARE
THINKING OF ME.