Five Question Friday 9/24

It's that time again!

1. Have you ever hit an animal with your vehicle?

I don't think I have personally. I remember being in the car passing through Nevada and hitting a fox or something. Oh. I have. I ran over a dead deer once. Diana and I were driving to Richardson's Grove. We'd been on the road for 15 hours. It was 3 AM. I was tired and driving through a curvy, dark, unfamiliar road and all of a sudden, BUMP BUMP. I ran over a deer. Luckily it was already down and it didn't do any damage to my uninsured not-supposed-to-be-out-of-state rental car. Still. Woke me right up.

2. When you see a string on your clothes do you pull it off or cut it off?

I usually try and pull it off. But carefully: holding on to the garment where the string comes out and ripping it off there so as not to put a run in the thing. If it doesn't come off easily I will usually cut it off. Most likely with a kitchen knife or a nail clippers because I'm that bad at keeping track of scissors.

3. Did you have your own room or share a room when you were young?

Yeah. My parents were pretty slack about room arrangements growing up. I remember living in Massachusetts and having more rooms than girls. We'd switch rooms too often to keep track of. I'd share a room with one sister for a couple of months, then another. Then keep a space of my own for awhile. I think the five of us decided to all share the same room for a (very) little while. Last sister I shared a room with was Nikki in high school. That was fun.

4. Would you rather wear the same thing for the rest of your life or eat the same thing for the rest of your life?

Are we talking the same exact outfit. Like having to strip down and wash it over and over again? Or is it more general? A green polo and khaki shorts sort of thing? How socially acceptable would people find that? I guess I can't change for weddings or church or a day at the amusement park? The more I think about this, the more I'm thinking it's not such a good idea. I think I'll have to eat the same thing. And now I'm going to stop thinking about this.

5. What was your favorite TV show as a child?

I dunno. The same as other kids I suppose. I watched Duck Tails, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Captain Planet, and the Rescue Rangers. Stuff like that. I liked TV. I still do. Newest favorite: Psych. Pretty funny stuff.

A Couple of Shoutouts!

First off, my amazing sister Sarah opened the Orioles v. Yankees game this last Saturday with her rendition of the national anthem. So this is her!

(Well actually this is just a filler now, cause I can't figure out how to download the video or link to it or whatever....it's coming!)

And secondly, my friend Megan has just started her blog. She is SO much more entertaining to read than me, PLUS her life is about 3x more interesting. So go check out her blog: Hmmm.... (Hasn't finalized the name yet!)

Plans for this weekend:

1. Watch BYU football game
2. Move school supplies to Nikki's
3. Get pedicure?
4. Go on drive with ward
5. Attend mission call opening?
6. DON'T think/dream about work
7. Host game night
8. Eat good food
9. Go grocery shopping
10. Buy the Poll Game

Five Question Friday 9/17

Okay

1. Have you ever visited another country?

The first country I ever visited was...the US! Being born in a foreign country and only living their for a couple of months doesn't count for much...except being able to mention it whenever applicable. So yeah. I was born in Korea. Came to the US. And haven't left since. Almost went to Canada once, but I threw a big enough hissy-fit that we drove on.

2. Where is the strangest place you've ever been?

As well as not liking to pick favorites, I'm a bit weary of "est"s. Strangest? I don't know. Have a ever been to a really strange place? I can't think of anything off the top of my head. But I'll use this opportunity to say I went on a cool vacation once to Gettysburg and stayed in a haunted hotel. Didn't see any signs of a ghosts, but I did properly freak myself out as we were checking out and I was wandering around checking for any items accidentally left behind. ("I swear that shower curtain was closed!")

Another memorable part about that trip. We watched this presentation on Battle of Gettysburg which was basically watching this map with parts of it lighting up synced to a droning voice over that played out the events. But I remember, to differentiate between the different sides of the people fighting they used the terms "Union" and "Confederacy." Seeing as that's what they called themselves back then, and popular terms still used today. See what they did there? Anyway. I had them mixed up, and the Confederacy were doing okay, but then they started losing...and they kept on losing. And I kept waiting for a dramatic turn of events, but it didn't happen. In the end, they lost. The lights came up, people started shuffling out, and I was left pretty confused.

3. What is your favorite season?

The one I'm not in at the moment? If I had to pick one, probably the spring. I like when I can start going out in t-shirts and I'm always honestly surprised to see things start blooming and getting all green.

4. What one song will always cheer me up.

I don't think I listen to music that often. In the car. That's about it. And I don't think I'm much of a music therapy fan. Not for myself anyway. Not that often.

5. What Disney character do you resemble most?

None. Um...Belle is a brunette like me....but in personality, probably some villain. I'm not always the nicest person. Maybe the wicked witch in Snow White. She's has a bit of a jealousy problem. And I do too. Or maybe Ursala. Kinda greedy.

Some positivity for you!

I know that most of my posts have a sort of negative tone to them. It's not that I'm really a terribly negative person. That's just what comes to mind when I'm writing. Anyway--sometimes things just turn out perfectly. Like scheduling lately. I somehow managed to get a Saturday off, which is amazing. I wasn't too too surprised though, in that it was my turn to work on Sunday, so I figured they were giving me a break. BUT--inventory is on Tuesday, and so instead of pulling workers from the scheduled Sunday rotation (everyone works once Sun every four weeks), they just halted the rotation for the week and pulled who they wanted.

Which means I will get to go on the Alpine Loop drive this Sunday, which I was SO bummed to be missing out on. AND I will work next Sunday, which means I will get two weekdays off which is PERFECT because Sarah flies in Monday night and I won't have to pull too many strings to get a couple of days just to spend with her. Oh. And I get a two day weekend now. It makes me so happy it's actually a little sad.

Love it.

(my "Love it." face)

Shoes

I like shoes. I think they add such a nice finishing touch to a nice outfit. When I'm in a nice pair of shoes I feel prettier, and and more confident, and all those things that aren't really rational. But I have an issue that makes certain I will never have a shoe fetish: fat feet.

It's true. I go try on shoes and I can usually squeeze into the toes without too much of an issue. And that part of the shoes is most structured so it doesn't alter it's shape too much. And the heel doesn't give me much of a problem either. But the middle. Oh the middle. Just bulges out the sides like...like...what bulges out in the middle? There's probably a perfect simile that I'm missing here. Oh well. My inability to find shoes that don't draw attention to my fat feet will prevent me from hoarding shoes if my lack of money and time won't.

P.S. I thought I should add something about flip flops here since I love them so much, but I don't know what to say. Except that I love them SO much.

Blah.

I have to get this work thing figured out. So I'm pretty sure I've been made shoes associate at work which means a full time position. And I'm now being "prepped" for the next level. It doesn't really mean anything, except that if I do well I suppose, and there is a need, then maybe they'll consider promoting me sometime in the not-so-near future.

But the schedule has been beating me up. I work from 2-10p five days a week. That's not super bad except that I miss pretty much anything social. Blah. But on top of that, I'm not sleeping very well. I can't go to bed right after work or else I dream about it all night, but that means I don't get things done or see people in the morning, and then at night I'm unproductive and again, being anti-social. I don't love this schedule. On a happier note, today was payday. The check reminds me why I'm happy to be working.