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Good News

The jewelry sprite returned my nose ring. My necklace is still MIA though.

In other news, I haven't ran in a week. Tomorrow. I swear.

Yo

My stud earring is gone. The jewelry sprite has struck again.

Seeing as how it's going to be in the low 40s all week, I may have to move my training to an indoor track.

I had fun on Saturday. If you came with, thanks. And thanks for all my awesome presents.

Lastly, I am slightly irritated with everybody in regards to Brandon. I know he was being rude. But I feel like the people who love me should just let me deal with his behavior and drop it. And stop talking to each other and Jasmine about it. That's all.

5K training

So I decided I'm going to run the library's 5K in February. Actually run it. So I decided to see how far I could go today. I ran 1.5K and I wanted to die. About half way through there was a metallic taste in my mouth and I thought I was going to die. But I made it the whole 1.5K running. Only 3.5K more to go.

And inspired by Elizabeth, my reasons to be happy today:

1. My birthday is two days away. I was really dreading 23, but I think I'm okay with it now. And I like getting presents.
2. It'll be a good weekend. Friday is the holiday party and Saturday is my celebration and a bunch of people are coming.
3. I got a cute dress for going out on Saturday.
4. Christmas is a couple weeks away and I have most of my shopping done.
5. 2008 wasn't great, and it's almost done.
6. Although I almost died, I worked out for the first time in 2 months. Maybe I can get my pants to fit again.
7. I don't have to wake up early tomorrow.

In other news, I bought a necklace to wear with my cute dress and it disappeared. I took out my nose ring to blow my nose and when I came back it was gone. I think there are sprites in my house stealing my jewelry.

Well, Finally.

So I haven't Voxed in awhile. No, Seth, not because you didn't. Really, because I forgot. There's been other stuff going on in my head. Also, I don't have a job where I can just sit at the desk and lolligag on the internet anymore. With that said, things I've been thinking of:

Jasmine

So I now work full time in circ at Paseo Verde. I needed a full time job, and it's what I could do at the time. It's sodifferent from YS and Gib. It's constantly busy; I don't have a setschedule; I have to drive further to work; etc. So I'm not really psyched about working there, but it's okay for now. I do miss Gib though and YS. I miss getting paid to do the Tooty Ta. I actually had a mom come up to me the other day and say she loved my storytimes. I always seemed so happy. I should be a princess at Disneyland. (Okay, I'm not sure about that last part, but whatever.). I really loved it.

My sister Nicole is pregnant. We tend to have girls in my family, so I keep refering to her as my next niece. I'd be so flippin' surprised if she had a boy. I'll keep you posted.

The Girls

I'm turning 23 in a few weeks, Dec 10. (Three weeks from today actually. 21 days to shop for my gift). For some reason 23 sounds so much older to me than 22. It's actually a bit sad to me. It seems like the beginning of the end. And for some reason, everybody has been asking me what I'm going to do for it since September. It's really not that big of a deal. I think we're going to dinner the Saturday after (Dec 13). That's all I got. You're invited. I'll let you know where it's going to be at. I know about half a dozen people with December birthdays now. I used to think I was cool because I didn't know anybody who had a birthday in December.

I had to take Lexi to the vet. I took her on Halloween. She needed to get her shots and she had a rash. It turned out to be a staph infection, so the vet said to bring her back after she finished the meds. She's so embarrassing. It's like having a kid who screams and acts crazy whose parents can't control them. That's why she doesn't get to go places.

So I decided to move out. I have to grow up some time. I wasn't going to until library school, but there are things about living at home that are really starting to annoy me. So Feb 1 is d-day (73 days). Wish me luck.

I'm sure there are a lot more things I could talk about, but I'll spare you. I'll Vox again soon. No, really, I will.

School Zones

School's back in session, which means so are school zones.

I say, survival of the fittest. Okay, maybe I can understand school zones for the elementary kids. But by middle school and certainly high school, I feel you should know to avoid moving vehicles. Just saying. Survival of the fittest. School zones suck.

Two things.

First, I've found my Olympic sport. I turned on the television last night to find a pack of men speed walking ("race walking"). I couldn't believe that it was an Olympic sport. So now I must begin training for the 20k race walk in London 2012.

Second, last night a friend of a friend had a birthday celebration at the movie theater at Red Rock. Did you know the theaters have private booths up top? It was cool. I didn't even know they were there. So if you ever go to the movies at Red Rock, look up. Last year they had their celebration (I have the urge to say "birthday party" here, but that doesn't sound mature enough...) at the bowling alley there. They have private lanes. It's like a whole world exists I was unaware of. I tried to take a picture in the private booth but it was, as expected, dark. p.s. We watched Tropic Thunder. Good stuff. Funny but not too stupid. 

Oh, and I just thought of something else. A Yahoo article I ran across a few days ago. Breaking Up Is Easy To Do: 5 Simple Rules. Which sounds like it was written by a man. In all actuality, it gives good advice in theory. It's just things never end up that way in practice. The most interesting parts were the many links in the story. Some interesting and random articles.

Yo

It's 10am. Probably still too early for solitaire, so I decided to Vox. Ever notice how I only write blogs when I'm bored at work?

I just read a article on Yahoo about e-mail at work. It was interesting. Apparently, you're not supposed to send personal e-mails at work, as your employers have the right to read them and even fire you as a result. Something for you to think about next time you're e-mailing your coworker/sister/cousin/friend about that creepy coworker nobody likes. Yes, we all have them.

Tomorrow is the start of the Olympics. Nothing I'm terribly excited about, I just thought I'd remind you. 8-8-08. It's like 7-7-07, only not as lucky. Actually, I have a friend whose birthday is tomorrow.

I went to my family reunion in Michigan over the weekend. It was nice to see people and have my siblings together (for the first time in many years), but overall I spent much of the time irritated. I usually do when I'm at events I have no control over. I'll spare you the many details, but there was a lot of drinking, annoying family, not enough eating and yucky motel rooms. My niece is getting so old, she's a little chatter box.

Michigan

Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1)

I didn't even come near my goal for summer reading. But that's okay. It was probably because I was traveling for a couple week's worth of time, and not reading much during that time. I read Twilight, the first book in the Stephenie Meyer series. Marcie said I HAVE to read the rest of the series to understand. So if I do, you do too, Seth.

Nicole is really pregnant now. I just say that because she walked by just now.

And that's it. Short but sweet. I haven't written a blog for real in awhile. I'm sure you're all feeling a little better now that you are completely updated on the status of my life.

Adieu

QotD: Cell Phone Behavior

A recent study suggests that radiation from cell phones may cause cancer; what, if any, cell phone usage precautions will you take in light of this information?
Submitted by Tim.

I'm pretty sure this is old news. Wasn't there something awhile ago about cell phone antenna causing cancer?

QotD: I Never Should Have Asked...

What question do you wish you'd never asked.
Submitted by cha0tic.

I don't ask questions I don't want to know the answer to. Which, in the end, usually ends up being worse than just asking the question in the first place.

Grrrrr

I had this whole long heartfelt blog and I tried to insert a picture and Vox went stupid. So now it's gone. I hate you Vox.

p.s. I think it has something to do with this stupid scripts thing, SETH. That's why it had to die.