Come visit scenic Berwick, Maine!

Kara and I had another adventure at Lake Murdock today. Ever since all the snow has melted, I've been waiting and waiting and waiting until the day when we could go back to the Lake.

TODAY WAS THAT DAY.

We took Ridlon Road! Over the tiny bridge. Past the turf farm. Turned onto the tiny dirt road on the right. Last time we were there, we took the dirt path road, which led to the water, but it was also all those pipes and things...remember?

Today, we took the other road, which led to a beach! And there were three other cars there! Other adventurists, presumably. Actually, that would be 'adventurers,' duh. So, we hung around the beach area a little, in awe, before heading down an ATV trail leading into the woods. I was hoping to get a better view of the lake.

So, we were headed into the woods, braving the threat of deer and bear and werewolves, even though Kara says that wolves don't live around here, and that werewolves don't even exist. Kara also thought the further we walked into the woods, the further we were walking away from the lake, but I have studied enough of the Google map photos to know the shape of the lake. I figured we would see the lake at some point.

And then! Through the trees!! We saw water to our right! So, we walked up a little bit to a clearing that led down a hill, and opened up to something beautiful...







This is like ten minutes from my house!!! And for 25 years never knew it existed!!! Amazing, no?

We walked a bit further down the path and it opened up again....



A diving board!! We also saw lots of bonfire remnants, which makes me think that lots of awesome high school parties take place at this lake. Which makes me wonder WHY WAS I NEVER INVITED TO AWESOME HIGH SCHOOL PARTIES AT THE LAKE?!?!?!!? It also made me wonder if Berwick has like, a high school make out spot. Like a "lovers lane" type deal. Anyone know? If there is such a thing, again it makes me wonder, WHY HAVE I NEVER BEEN THERE TO MAKE OUT!?!?!?! Seriously guys, I feel pretty lame.

It was so beautiful being there. I want to go to that lake all the time and hang out. Once Kara and I get a canoe, we will be spending all our time there. And we will be the type of people that say, "hey, let's take the boat to the lake for the day!" We will pack light sandwiches and eat them in the boat. And it will be awesome.

And it will all occur TEN MINUTES FROM HOME! Like, right now, as I sit in my living room writing this, that awesome lake is just sitting there, ten minutes away from me, its water tempting and tantalizing in the moonlight. CRAZY.

I will take ANYONE to this lake. ANYONE who wants to go. Anyone reading this who is like, 'that looks pretty cool,' just let me know, we'll meet up, and I'll take you there. Or, for anyone who doesn't believe this place really exists in Berwick, Maine - I'll take you there.

Anybody know if you can swim in the lake? How clean is it? We saw two people out on kayaks and one guy fishing. So, it's not completely unknown and deserted.

But, it's a great place. Super cool. And there are islands in the lake! Like, three of them, maybe. I said today,

JULIE: I wonder if there are any Island Folk that live on those islands...
KARA: Ummm...I don't think so.

You never know.

Other than awesome adventures, I haven't done too much. Saw The Hangover 2 with Greg on Sunday night. It was really funny. I enjoyed it more than the first one. It didn't seem as rude, or something.

I just made brownies. I hope they turn out yummy or else everyone in my house will hate me. I don't know why they made me make them. I hate baking and Kara is a professional baker anyways.

OH WELL. Tomorrow is back to work. I'm working 9:30-2 in Kittery and then 3-10 in Springvale. Wednesday is my marathon day. Today I decided that I'm just not cut out for the workforce. That's that.

Have you all had a nice week? A good Memorial Day? Been enjoying the super hott weather? I haven't been. I hate summer. That's that.

Okay! Hope everyone is having a good night. Talk to you again soon!!!

FACT: I start every workout with a Ricky Martin song.

Yep, that's a true story. Which Ricky Martin song, you are probably asking? 'The Cup of Life.' Yep. Another true story. It's a great song to get you motivated at the gym when you really don't want to be there. Which is every time I go to the gym. Although today - I killed it. Yeah, I ROCKED the gym today. It was not a pretty sight after. Lots of sweatyness.

So, there are some things I've been wanting to tell you about and in order to do that, I will use the popular bullet point format so as to keep things organized here. Also, so I don't forget about what I want to say.

1. 236
2. feet shrinking
3. reality tv
4. strep
5. dance party gym
6. canoe

I guess it's actually a numbered list format. This is also used as a hooker, to hook you, the reader, in and make you want to continue reading. In reviewing this list, I think I will keep that order. It seems like a pretty good one. I know sometimes I like to jump around. But, probably not today.

Let's go!


1. 236

I'm talking about Route 236. Here's the route on a map. I guess it's a pretty typical road, in terms of roads. Here's a Facebook page for the route. (Note that it has zero likes.) It's a 15-mile road that runs north to south in southern Maine. I have never liked this road. Ever since I was little. It's too long. And it just takes forever to drive.

Unfortunately for me, this road is also the most direct route for me to get from Berwick to Kittery for my job working in a retail store. So, I have to take this road like, every day. And taking this road everyday has made me go from a simple dislike of the road to a burning, fiery hatred.

I hate that road. Those of you who know me, know that I don't hate many things. I'm a pretty easy person to please and I get excited very easy about very little things. I'm rarely in a bad mood and try to be as positive as I can. This road brings out the worst in me. I HATE it.

I don't just hate it for it's length, I hate it for its traffic. The traffic on this road is so totally unpredictable it's amazing. If you've been reading this blog long enough, you may have heard me analyze a traffic pattern or two. I really like looking at traffic patterns and trying to figure out how to make them better. (RE: easy to please, easily excited.) And, I've been driving this road a while now, since I've started working in Kittery, so I've had a lot of time to analyze it, and I've come to the conclusion that it's not only the pattern of which the vehicles travel that's the problem, but also the types of vehicles that travel on the road.

• The road needs to be four lanes. Two lanes going north, two lanes going south.

This would solve the whole problem, really. Both problems. Because the SOURCE are the kinds of cars that travel on this road and the lack of opportunity to pass them. If you're not stuck behind a giant, super truck, then you're stuck behind a normal sized car, going exactly the speed limit. Now, how many other roads in this country do people go the posted speed limit?? You can probably count them on one hand. And Route 236 would be one of them. It's kind of ridiculous. Ridiculous to the point that every morning when I leave for work, I say silently to myself, "please let me just get through this road." It's 15 miles of 45 mph. That takes a while. And that's 45 mph IF YOU'RE LUCKY and don't get stuck behind a giant super truck.

• SCHOOL ZONES

I get out of work at 2pm most days in Kittery. This means that on my drive home, I drive through 3 school zones. That's ACTIVE school zones. Which means 15 mph. Two of these school zones occur on Route 236. Those school zones make me wish I stayed at work just a little bit longer.

• Boring

The road is just plain boring. It's really 15 miles of Hell. I hate it. If I had enough money, I would probably buy the entire road and then somehow destroy it. And then rebuild the road 100 times better. I think the rebuilt version would also include some sort of time warp. So you can just warp through the whole thing.

BAD ROAD. It's just a bad road.


2. Feet Shrinking

So, I have the weirdest shaped feet. Like, ever. It's no secret. They are short and tiny and very high and very wide. I have freakishly small hands and feet. Anyways.

There are two parts to this story.

1. I have a pair of black flats. They're super cute. I have worn them a few times a while ago, and then recently started wearing them again. The first time I wore them after not wearing them for a while, my feet were covered with blisters by the end of the night. It was a very painful experience. I'm still recovering from the first episode of blisters.

Now, this confused me, because I had never gotten blisters from wearing them before, and suddenly, my heels were slipping all over the place. So, I put in heel gripper things and waited for my blisters to heal so I could wear them again.

(Keep in mind that these flats are size 6.5, which is my normal shoe size.)

So, TODAY was the day where my feet were finally healed well enough to try and wear the shoes again. With the heel grippers. And still - my heels slip. And now I have a new batch of blisters. I don't understand.

2. I recently ordered a great pair of sandals from Eddie Bauer online. They're super cute and I loved them instantly. I feel goddess-esque while wearing them. Even more than normal. ;)

(that might have been the first winky face used in this blog. milestone!)

Now, they only come in whole sizes, and it says to order a size up. So, I got a size 7. This is the size that I usually get if shoes only come in whole sizes, or if I am unable to get a size 6.5, so I was not too worried.

So, the shoes come (finally!), and they're great. I love 'em. It is very exciting to wear them for the first time. But, after the first time of wearing them, they seemed wayyyy too big. Like, super big. Like, REALLY big. But I was like, 'no, this can't be. i must be imagining it.' But I wasn't. And I tried, and tried and tried to convince myself that they were actually fine and fit great and it wasn't as bad as I thought. But, I wore them to work the other day, and felt like a clown. A CLOWN. Now, that's probably a tad overkill, but it was close to that. They felt so big and I felt ridiculous. So, I'm going to return the shoes and exchange them for a size 6.


These two instances lead me to believe that my feet are shrinking. There's really no other explanation.


3. REALITY TV

I cannot believe:

1. That Chelsea came in THIRD FREAKING PLACE on Dancing with the Stars. There's no way that Kirstie Alley is the better dancer. NO WAY. I won't believe it for one second. Kara and I both broke down and finally voted for Chelsea like five times each. Wouldn't it have been amazing if she had won by ten points?! Yeah, that would have been cool. Talk about power.

Anyways, Chelsea totally deserved to win. Not only because she is on JONAS, which is like the best show ever, but she was the most fun dancer to watch and always was super nice when talking about the other contestants. And Nick and Joe of the Jonas Brothers came to watch her dance a few nights!! It was really exciting. Sometimes I randomly start laughing if I think about Jonas too much. Because the show is THAT FREAKING FUNNY. Yep. Anyways, I can't believe that Chelsea came in third place.

2. I can't believe that Lauren didn't win American Idol! I can't believe it. I watched the start of the finals on Tuesday night and felt pretty certain that Lauren would win. Crazy. She's super cute! And has a great voice! I mean, Scotty is great too. I can't believe how old his voice sounds. I guess 'old' isn't the right word. Mature? Weathered?


But, I had watched AI a few weeks ago and still thought that Lauren was the frontrunner. HM.

I think the moral of the story is that I'm a better judge of talent than the rest of America. Obvi.


4. STREP

I HAD STREP THROAT. Yep. I know you don't believe it, but it's true. I've never had strep throat before and then all of a sudden - BAM. There it was. Here's the story:

- My throat kinda started feeling weird last Tuesday. I thought nothing of it, because my allergies are bad, and my throat frequently feels scratchy or weird.

- Wednesday it started to hurt. And I was like, 'aw this is crap, i'm getting a cold.' My throat also felt a little swollen, and my voice started to become funny-sounding. I looked back there with a flashlight and it looked a little white. I thought this was strange, but thought nothing of it.

- Thursday it really hurt. I was taking ibuprofen like, every four hours. It felt more swollen. I looked back there with a flashlight again on Thursday night and said, 'uh oh.' The back of my throat was covered with this huge white patches, the left side of my throat was totally swollen and huge.

That was when I got out my insurance card and went online to see if I still had health insurance. I had never gotten anything in the mail saying that I didn't... nor was I ever sent anything about COBRA health insurance. So, I was a little fuzzy on the whole thing. But I thought, I should maybe think about going to the doctor because of this throat thing, and I should find out if I have health insurance.

Nope. Negative on the insurance. Bummer.

- Friday I woke up around 6:30am because my throat hurt so bad. I actually didn't think I would be able to get back to sleep. I did eventually. I woke a bit later to call into work to see if I needed to come in... and I didn't. I was happy about that, because I figured I should probably go to the doctor.

So, me and Kara went to the Berwick Medical Center, where I have been before. It's a great walk-in clinic for people with or without health insurance.

**SIDE NOTE** I love walk-in clinics. I love them. If I were a doctor, I would work in a walk-in clinic. I think they're great. Also, I wish I were a doctor. **END SIDE NOTE**

So, I get there and fill out the required paperwork, etc. It's not a very long wait in the waiting room and then I get into the doctor room. The doctor, Jeffery (who I had when I went there for the first time because I was in desperate need of asthma medicine), walked in, took one look in my throat, jumped back and exclaimed,

JEFFERY: UGH!! Well you've got strep!!

It was a bummer. He said it's been going around like crazy and he's seen a ton of people come in with it. He also said that working in the two different, people-oriented jobs that I work in, I could've picked it up anywhere.

My first case of strep. He said I should quarantine myself for 24 hours and give it about two days for the medicine to start working.

I checked out of the Berwick Medical Center and they said they weren't sure how much it would cost, but they would give me a 15% discount and bill me later.

So, I brought the prescription to Targs to get it filled. They gave me a non-insurance discount, so it came to $14. Not too bad.

I felt like a statistic all day long. Being like, "no...I don't have insurance..." I don't know. It was lame. I felt like a loser. Not only was I sick, but I didn't have insurance.

- Saturday morning I woke up really early again almost in tears because the throat hurt so bad. Yeah, it was bad. Saturday it was also really, really swollen in the morning. I was finding it hard to talk. I had to call out of work for Sunday. By Saturday night the medicine finally started to feel like it was working. So, that was good.

- Sunday I felt pretty good. I was super tired, but eating and talking was pretty easy.

- By Monday I was feeling better.
- Tuesday, 100%.

And that's the story about how I survived my first case of the strep. I don't recommend it.


OK. We're almost there! Almost to the end of the list!!!! This is a marathon blog entry. I was not expecting it to turn out this long, actually. Only two more! And the last one will be short! I promise!


5. DANCE PARTY GYM

Ok, so I have this great business idea. DANCE. PARTY. GYM. It's like a normal gym, with normal fitness equipment, etc, but then there's a dance party room, where you can just go and dance.

NO - It's not like zumba.
YES - It's like a dance club, only without the alcohol and high heels.

Just a place where you can go and dance your face off. It'd be super fun. Like, a FUN way to work up a sweat. A great way to warm up before you hit the treadmill! A fun way to end your workout.

And - I would hire all my friends to be professional Dance Party Gym Dancers, who just nonstop dance all the time in order to encourage others to come join. Because, not many people will start dancing in an empty room. I don't know any of those people , but I'm sure they're out there.

I think it's a great idea. Every time I go to the gym and find myself hating it, I think of my dance party gym idea and I get really excited. The best part about the gym is getting to listen to loud, dance music anyways, so why not just play it out loud and let people dance?? WHY NOT?!!

DANCE PARTY GYM. My future claim to fame.


6. Canoe

Kara and I are looking to buy a canoe. If you have any leads on canoes that are for sale, reasonably priced, good condition, please let me know. Paddles included would be great, but not necessary. We have a newly installed roof-rack on Kara's car, so transport of the canoe could be pretty immediate.


THAT MIGHT BE IT. I think that about wraps it up. I think this was pretty informative, no? A decent update.

Just finished watching the Bruins game. They won! So that means it'll be Vancouver against Boston in the Stanley Cup!! I'm actually pretty excited about this. Hockey is the only sport that I will willingly watch. And, my dad lives out on Vancouver Island, and I live out here in New England, so it's kinda exciting, I guess. It's like a family battle.

OK! I hope everyone has plans for an awesome weekend. I will be working. And I think it will be super busy. Like, super busy. I worked this morning from 9-1 and it was crazy town. Like, CRAZY TOWN. Ah well, it makes the time go by faster.

Alright, I'm going to bed very soon. I'm looking forward very much to sleeping in a little bit tomorrow. This getting up at 8:30am is too hard. Today I had to get up at 7:30. That's like, middle of the night.

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!! Talk to everyone soon :)




ps: it's been really nice talking to you again. i feel like it's been too long.

Julie Recaps the News and Other Adventures

Hi friends! I know I haven't updated in a while. I feel like every entry, I promise to be better about updating and then I never am. My fault.

I guess there's been a lot going on. I feel like I've been super busy. I've been in Boston the past two weekends, once for a Red Sox game and the other for a fancy wedding.




Those were the shoes I wore to the wedding, btw. YEP. They were pretty serious. Comfortable? HELL NO. As in, there were times where I did not think I would be able to take another step, because my feet hurt so bad. Luckily, I had brought my sparkly gold flats to change into for the dancing portion of the night. Which took up a big portion, because I love dancing.

So, it was my second-cousin who was getting married. And, while Kara and I were there, we met another second-cousin that we didn't even know we had!!!! And turns out, him and his wife are totally awesome and cool and now we want to become best friends with them. So - FAMILY WIN.

Also, it was open bar all night.

And the weekend before was the Red Sox game. They were playing the team from Minnesota. They won! I can't even tell you the last time I watched a whole baseball game. Like, I can't even tell you. Turns out - it was really fun being there. Now I know who Dustin Pedroia is! It was me, Kara, my mom, my cousin Evan and my Uncle Bob! Great time. I had a hot dog and a beer. Classic ballgame eats.

Other than exciting events I have been attending, not much has been going on. Been working a lot. It's been good. I'm so lucky to work with awesome people at both jobs. There's not one person that I don't like.


SO. The first portion of the title of this entry was, "Julie Recaps the News," which I will do now.

THE OTHER NIGHT, we were all watching the news at like, 10pm or something. I think it was after Dancing with the Stars... (go Chelsea!), and they did a story about a group of students that went on a whale watch. Now, this whale watch ended very badly, as the boat hit like this giant wave and a bunch of the students were injured. I think it was off of Cape Cod somewhere. And, they interviewed this one girl from the boat and she had to have stitches in her lip and everything. So, at the end of the news story, the news lady is like, "and the worst part of the whole thing is that the students didn't even get to see any whales, but all received rainchecks so they can go again."

NOW. My mom, Kara and I all started laughing pretty hard at this. THEY GOT RAINCHECKS?!!? Awesome. But was even MORE AWESOME, was that the whole news team starts laughing too. Like, the two newscasters sitting at the desk, the reporter on the scene, AND then they cut to Matt Nois who does the weather, and he's standing there laughing too!!! IT WAS HILARIOUS. And, I have laughed every time I have randomly thought about it ever since then. Which has been a lot, because I'm pretty lame.

And then the next night on the news, Matt Nois was doing the weather and he made a joke about the whale watching trip story from the night before. We all started laughing again. SO GREAT. And it really made me appreciate the "News Team" community. Like, everyone standing in their respective places, ready to read the news. It's kind of a funny set up.

Anyways, today I went searching for the video of the story online, and I found it, but they cut it out at the end just as it's starting to get good. The news ladies start laughing a little bit, and then the story ends.

But I encourage you to watch the video here. And, there's a bonus when they interview the high school girl with the stitched up lip, because she has on GREAT nail polish. Girl from the video, if you're reading - LOVE IT. Love the nails.

Aahhhh, anyways. That was a good time.

So, I have to go to Target tonight. Need some eye drops. Also, cold medicine. Also might buy some cucumber and some limeade to make cucumber limeade smoothies at home. We made them at work last night and they were delish! So, I want to recreate them.

Ok. Well, I hope you all are having lovely evenings. OH! I've seen some movies recently that I will quickly recap you on:

1. BRIDESMAIDS: Excellent. Ohhh I laughed pretty hard at a lot of parts. Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph are kind of unstoppable. Definitely recommend.

2. PROM: Loved it. A lot. And the bad-boy male lead in it TOTALLY looked like Tony from Crash Kings. Yes?



Thomas McDonell, from PROM.


(warning:: hott, sweaty musician...)



Tony, from Crash Kings.

THEY LOOK ALIKE, RIGHT?!?!!? They do. They totally do. During parts of the movie I was just smiling, because it reminded me of being at a Crash Kings concert. Minus the Crash Kings songs. And Ryan and Jo. Also, Mike and Jason. haha. I guess they're a big part of the Crash Kings experience too. But, more so Ryan and Jo. :)

Anyways, Prom was awesome. The dress-trying-on montage was definitely a highlight. Many lame prom jokes were made that night, and I take full responsibility. Haha.

3. FAST AND THE FURIOUS: I know this is called something else, but I can't remember what it is. It's the sequel. FAST FIVE. That's what it's called. I had never seen any of the first Fast and the Furious movies, but I went with some friends who were fans. It was a good action movie. I'm a fan of The Rock, so I enjoyed it. Yes, I am a fan of The Rock. He seems like a nice guy. Anyways, fun movie.

4. NO STRINGS ATTACHED: Yep, the NatPort and Ashton "friends with benefits" rom com. Um, LOVED IT. It was totally funny. Really, I just love anything that Ashton does. I find him highly enjoyable to watch and look at. It was light and fun. And yet another joke about the Prius. Yep, just keep making fun of it, people. It seems in every movie, there is a lame character who drives a Prius and everyone can't stop making fun of him. Well guess what?? I was the one getting 56 mpg the other week so HA! Joke's on all of you, bitches!

5. LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS: The sex movie. It was all about sex. People having sex everywhere, all over the place. Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway. Eh, it was alright. I enjoyed it less than I thought I would. Depressing because it was also all about the pharmaceutical industries and how they only want to screw people over. Pun only semi-intended.


So, yep. Been watching a lot of rom coms. Don't judge. I'll get back to watching serious movies soon enough.

ALRIGHT. I guess I should go be productive. OH! I forgot to tell you the best thing!!!!!

RUBY TUESDAY TURNED 7!!!!!!!! Yep! The big 7. On May 6. We were gone most of the day, which I was upset about, but we celebrated when I got home. She got lots of new toys and treats. And, it's been like, three weeks and not even all the new toys are lost yet! So, that's a good thing. I went to three different stores looking for this compressed catnip ball, which I finally found her. The things we do for our kids.

ANYWAYS. I guess now I should go get dressed finally and go do my errands.

OH WAIT!!!! I'll tell you about songs that I love right now:

1. "Young Blood," by The Naked and Famous. I admit, I didn't start liking this song until I heard it in 'Prom.' But, now I love it.

the bittersweet between my teeth
trying to find the inbetween
fall back in love eventually
yeahyeahyeahyeah

2. "Help I'm Alive," by Metric. WORDDDDDD.

come take my pulse the pace is on a runaway train
help i'm alive
my heart keeps beating like a hammer


Two great songs for you to enjoy!!! Enjoy!

Ok, now I guess I'll go. I might also buy chicken salad because it's my favorite food in the whole world and why not?!?!

Hope you all reading this are having a great night. I'm gonna have a great night. I have no plans, but I'm gonna make it fun. DUH.

Alright, we'll talk soon.


LATERRRRR.

this night is sparkling

UPDATE:: I'm STILL in a great mood.


So much and so little has been going on in my life, I don't even know where to start...


1. FURR. I hope everyone knows this song. If you don't, you can check it out here. It's a song by the wonderful band, Blitzen Trapper. Keith got me into this band back in the fall. They are so great. Definitely check out their record, also titled 'Furr.'

Anyways - this song has been such a source of comfort to me. Like, it seems to fit into my life so beautifully, which is what I love about it. It's just a song about a transformation. A boy turns into a wolf one day, and his skin turns into fur and he lives with wolves for like, 6 years. And then when he meets the girl he's supposed to marry, his fur turns back into skin and he turns into a man.

I just listen to it and am like, "hey, it's okay." Like, being in a transformation phase, a life transition,an ending, a beginning, a fresh start... it's okay. It's all okay. Because one day, you'll turn into the person you're supposed to be. And sometimes lately, I just feel lost. Like, people enter my life, they leave, I enter, I leave, I move, I meet, I change, I learn, I cry because I'm heartbroken, I cry because I'm so happy, I'm inspired, I'm pathetic, I'm home, I'm out of place, I'm lost, I'm home again, I'm evolving.

But it's all okay. Because, one day, I'll turn into the person I'm supposed to be. But, right now, I feel like I've got the furr. I'm changing, man. I used to always think that big things never happen to me. But, they do. Things are happening. I've felt like, every emotion imaginable in the past 6 months and that's awesome and scary.

RIGHT NOW, however: i'm a rattlesnake, babe, i'm like fuel on a fire.

Love that lyric. I did feel like fuel on a fire today. I FEEL GREAT TODAY. Today is a good day. Fuel on a fire.

Here's Blitzen Trapper performing Furr on Conan. BONUS: they're also super cute.


2. Video of a kitten riding on a turtle. Don't think about it! Just watch. We might have watched this video a lot when I was in Brooklyn. MIGHT.


3. I dyed shirts purple tonight. Three of them. I asked my mom and Kara if they had anything they wanted dyed purple, and they both did! So great! Now we all have purple things!! There was one day where Kara and I were like, "Let's all wear plaid shirts today!!" So me, my mom and Kara all wore plaid shirts and went out to dinner. Yep. 'Cause we're that awesome. So, we'll wear the purple shirts on purple day.

I instituted Theme Days at Eddie Bauer, the retail store where I work. YEP. I was like, "hey guys, let's have THEME DRESS DAYS!!!!" And all the other associates were like, "UUGHHHHH" but the managers were like, "YES!" So, today was "T-shirt Tuesday." We all had to wear the Eddie Bauer essential tee, currently on sale for $7.99. (wow what a great deal.) They could be any color, but they had to be the t-shirt. It went awesomely. I loved it. And one of the managers, Jen, requested that I match my nail polish to my shirt. YEP. So, I woke up ten minutes early this morning to repaint my nails. GREAT. I'm kind of rocking that job. To the max. Obvi.

I have to come up with the next Theme Day. Something easy, but also fun and awesome. Maybe it will be Purple Day.

We should have Ruby Red Day on Friday, in celebration of Ruby Tuesday's birthday. Yep - she's turning 7!! I went out birthday shopping for her this afternoon. I'm not done yet. I couldn't get everything I wanted. That's right, I've known for weeks what she's getting for her birthday. I think I've told like, everyone I've come into contact with that it's Ruby's birthday this week. I mentioned it at work today, even. Yep - RUBY RED DAY. Too bad I'm not working on Friday. Oh, I just love Ruby Tuesday. She's the best.

I realize I've gone off the bullet points. Or, numbers, rather. This is still all under number 3. That's okay. I'm ending now anyways.

Yes, I must away to sleep. I'm very tired. Burnt out, if you will. Keeping with the 'fuel on a fire' theme. ALRIGHT! I hope everyone has lovely Wednesdays.

LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY: I actually said aloud, "I can't believe it's only Wednesday." And then I was like, "OMG I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT." Unexpected Crash Kings song title worked into normal conversation?!?!?! #AWESOME.

Also - I miss Crash Kings. Like, A LOT. Why can't they play a show around here!!!??? Like, NOW. I haven't seen them since D.C. in OCTOBER. That was like, a thousand years ago. Wow that was a great weekend.

Ohh ok. I'll go to bed now. Have a lovely rest of the week. Let's all continue to be in excellent moods.

Oh! More exciting news!!! About my dad!! He voted for the very first time ever!!!! The very first time EVER!!!!! He could never vote in the USA because he wasn't a citizen, but now that he moved back to the homeland, Canada, he can vote!! And they just had their big election!!! Isn't that cool? I think this is great. :)


OK. Excellent moods: GO!