Neck Pains

So, this whole sleeping on an air mattress has finally gotten to me. I can't move my head to the right without getting pain through my neck. I think I also strained a muscle in my back that hurts when I breathe. That's breathe, not sneeze. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I hope you're not in America. :) Good ole sneaky Bush. Silly silly man. But ya know, I can't really complain because I didn't vote during the last election. Yes, I am apart of that eleventy billion percent of americans between the ages of 18 and 35 who doesn't vote.... yet. I should work on that though now that I have a new home state. I'll keep ya posted.

So... I'm here in Minneapolis and I feel like I'm on some sort of camping trip. My apartment is almost completely bare. I'm sleeping on an air mattress and right now I'm sitting at my computer which is on top of a Rubbermaid container. Kinda sad. People at work keep asking me, "Well, at least you have a TV." Actually, no, I don't. But a guy at work is going to let me borrow his until I get around to purchasing one. He's from New Jersey. Current score: Yankees 1, Minnesotians 0. But I'm off to St. Louis this weekend for a wedding, so people down there will be normal and I'll get a break from all of this.

Oh, and if you were wondering, yes, it was 48 degree (F) this morning when I woke up at 5 am. And I don't think we broke 70. I really thought it was supposed to be summertime.


***Disclaimer***
If you are from Minnesota, you are not classified under the "mean people" category until you try to run me over with your cart at the local Cub Foods or Target
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So, everyone who told me that people in Minnesota are "so nice" are liars. I've decided that Minnesota is not part of the Midwest, (I don't know if anyone else considers it to be), but part of this not being classified as a part of the Midwest is the lack of the "Midwest hospitality."

To the girl at the Grocery store who wouldn't let me out of my parking spot, I hope you get ear cancer from your cell phone.

For everyone at the Grocery store who ran me down without saying "Excuse me" or "sorry", I hope your chicken has salmonella.

For the guy who wouldn't hold the door for the girl with the huge cart of groceries, I hope you fall off your motorcycle.

RAHR!

Adventures in shopping....

So yesterday I bought a sofa and chair at a furniture outlet, and then today I saw a similar sofa and chair advertised at the same furniture store (but not the outlet), for way cheaper. So I call the sales guy and said, look, I want that other price. He said, ummm....NO. So I drove out there, talked to a way nice woman associate, and she got me an awesome deal on the advertised sofa and chair, that come with the manufacturer's warranty (the outlet stuff didn't), and the furniture is a little higher quality, and it came out to be $120 cheaper. I highly recommend her. So moral of the story, don't always go to the outlet first, and if you're going to Becker Furniture, ask for Kristi, but she doesn't work Mondays, Tuesdays, or Wednesdays.

Here's a riddle for ya...

A father and his two sons are walking in the Target parking lot. They see a young lady struggling with a cart and a step ladder. Suddenly, a gust of wind comes by and blows the receipt out of one of her bags. She tries to pull the cart over and put everything down. Now, which of the men helps her?

Answer: None of them. They just watch her as she chases her cart and the receipt across the parking lot.

Another thing I learned about Minnesota... no one says "Excuse me." They just barge by. And where there should be a 2-way stop or a light, there is a 4-way stop. Kinda silly

Real conversation I just had with my mom.

Me: Hey Mom, is one of the news anchors pregnant?
Mom: The one in the red?
Me: Yeah.
Mom: I thought she just had a baby not too long ago.
Me: She looks pregnant.
Mom: Maybe it's a re-run.

Maybe you shouldn't be taking care of Clair....

With all this moving stuff, I haven't had a chance to blog, and I really don't have time to do it now, I just wanted to leave everyone with this moment of wisdom from my brother:

"I don't understand women. How can a vagina bleed for a week and not die?!?!"

I have an apartment!

I signed a lease on Tuesday for my new apartment in Minneapolis! It's a two bedroom, so I have lots of room for everyone who wants to come and visit me. I will be moving next week, probably around Wednesday or Thursday. I start my job next Monday. I'm rather nervous because my manager said that when he moved, it took 2 months before the moving company delivered his stuff. So I think for a while I will be sleeping on my couch (which I will buy sometime next week), and eating out, a lot. But I'm super excited about all of it!

So, on May 26th, with the $180 I don't have, I'm flying to Vegas to start the eloping plan with my pet freshman. However, I have to start work on June 21st, so the trip to Europe and Antartica and such will have to wait. Pet freshman is going to quit school (if it's not against his religion) and he'll be moving to Minneapolis with me and keeping the apartment clean and playing with our springer spaniel.

Until then, I'm going to Chicago on Monday. I'm way excited about it!

And, I'm watching "Blues Brothers" for the first time... pretty crazy.

I GOT A JOB!

I finally got a job. It's with GAF Materials and I will be moving to Minneapolis in the middle of June. If you know the Minneapolis area, please tell me where I should live. I'm hoping to have a super cool apartment (maybe not as cool as Andy's), but people should come visit me since I will be lonely in a far away place...

Damn Polyshits

So, I wear something called "PolyBands" in my hair. Think of the traditional hair band, you know, the elastic with thread around it, but only more so like a clear rubberband. About 4 years ago, I started using these after I noticed that my hair was breaking from being in a ponytail. These are supposed to be gentler and everything. But the one thing I have noticed is that they break after every other use. And it's not like they break while I'm trying to put them in my hair... no... they break when I'm sitting down, minding my own business, and then snap... there goes the band, and my hair comes tumbling down. I know my chicas out there can relate to this... When I have my hair up, it's because it looks like crap in the first place, but now, I have no way to pull it back, making it look like uber crap. Damn you hairband company.. I blame all of my bad hair days on you!

No Comment...

I would really like people to comment, but I've been told that my blogs are not comment worthy. I just feel like there is no love. If you love me, then you'd comment anyway. For all of you non-commenters... I hate you.

So, I went to the library to get a book on infrared photography. Needless to say, the library here has an extreme lacking of artsy books, so I'm off to the State University to get the books I need. But I'm way excited about taking infrared pictures!

Excuse me... I'd like to announce my life plan!
I will be marrying my pet freshman in Vegas. I'll be taking Audra as a witness, and I don't know who my pet freshman is taking. After getting married, we will be going to England, Germany, Prague, Greece and then Antarctica. After returning from a little globe trotting, he will continue school while we live in a white house on Ohio Street with our dog, a Springer spaniel named Corky. More life plans to come!

So, I have this comment thingie... And people don't make any comments. I want to know if people are actually reading what I'm writing here, but I don't want to go all out tool and stalker. So if you visit, leave me a note. You can even leave posting suggestions. That would be cool.

So, a friend of mine, Jackie, wants to be a flight attendent once she has enough money to live on for the rest of her life. I don't know if she realizes that she can't do this. I just flew out to Jersey and back to good ole IN, and there was one thing I noticed about all the flight attendents. The standard uniform is a navy blue suit (skirt suit for most women), and black shoes. I think Jackie would rather die than to commit such a fashion no-no. I'm sorry if I crushed your dreams Jackie.

Doesn't she look cute in her Easter dress??

And see that ultra-cute quilt she's laying on... My grandma made that. I have a super crafty family!

Wal-Mart SUCKS! And they hate children, especially children with cancer. There are children dying from cancer, and Wal-Mart won't let us have our annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon at their Terre Haute location even though they've been telling us for months that it would be fine. DAMN YOU!

So, someone asked me... who is this "Flowershop Buddy"? Well, she is one of my sorority sisters who is now roommates with Andrew and when we get old, we're going to own a flowershop. In this flowershop, we're going to serve fondue, chocolate fondue. And while people are eating the fondue and picking out their flowers, we're going to tell stories of our college years. And every Saturday, we're going to go get our hair done. The only reason why we're still in school is to earn the capital when we get out!

It's that time of the year again. The Gamma Pi chapter of Delta Delta Delta will be holding their annual Teeter-Totter-A-Thon on April 23rd and 24th. The women of Tri Delta will be teeter-tottering in front of the Terre Haute Wal-Mart for 24 hours in order to raise money for Children's Cancer Charities, and more specifically, Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. At Riley, children are treated no matter if they have the money or insurance to pay for the care they receive.

If you would like to donate to this wonderful cause, please leave your e-mail address as a private post and I will be able to get information to you.

Thank you for caring.