I Hate When I Can't Think Of A Title

This was the drawing for Brooke's card

Hasn't been that interesting of a week. I don't really remember much happening at all. I do recall working my ass off and staying late most days. I hate my job I hate my job I hate my job. Yeah

Yesterday I forgot to post because Shane and I slept in late and then went out to the mall, even through all the snowy mess. We didn't get to our movie last week so figured we'd catch it this week. However, apparently the movie didn't do well. We know this because it was playing nowhere. Which of course we learned AFTER getting to the mall. So instead we went to see I Am Number Four. Yeah, don't go see that. I knew walking int that I wasn't going to like it and the only hope was when I saw the poster I noticed Timothy Olyphant was in it. He did not make it better. It blew monkey balls. 5 minutes in when it said "My home planet..." I turned to Shane with the most unamused face I could have. It did not get better. and Timothy Olyphant dies. When that happened I damn near got up and left, I had no reason to stick around. I just, no.

We went and checked out Borders to see if there would be any "Hey, our company is going bankrupt." sales. There were not. Didn't matter anyway, I had found the bargain books section of Barnes and Noble.com and books under $5. I raided it and collected 10 books all but 1 under $3. Al;l from my old reading lists that I'm still trying to get through. The other was one I actually wanted and it was still only $7. The 10 books only added up to just over $25, which meant free shipping. So I snagged those up when we got home anyway. Also checked Burlington Coat Factory for season ending deals and they didn't have crap for clearance. I found one coat I loved.. but it was regular price, which was $109. Knowing me I'll end up paying it anyway.

Half done and crosseyed

Had dinner at Houlihans before we left. That's always good. We then went to Walmart to get some regular things I had a list of needing, conditioner, cat food.. the usual. But still left with a good $90 in stuff. There's always something else to pick up. They had all their spring stuff going out and I was getting all excited even though there's a new foot plus of snow outside. I bought new planters for my indoor plants and potting soil and seed for my outdoor plants. (I'm soooo excited to garden. Now if only I had a job where I actually had time to do that!) I can't wait to see morning glories wrapped all around our porch.

Only took us a couple hours

Today was a very busy day. After finishing digging out the cars (OH MY GOD) I did some housework and then we went to my parents house to pick up some more stuff. My dad got really on board and helped us a lot. Aside from all my little messy junk everything is here now. I have my old bed and the tv and the bookcase. Its all set up already. It's kinda creepy how this backroom really looks like my old room. If I get homesick I can just come in here and it's like I never left. It's actually I really nice room. Kinda sad it doesn't really have a purpose or anyone to sleep over in it.



My little owl friend
I broke his head/eyebrows off
Also his eyes were upside down :/



Other than that it's been really quiet. I've been keeping busy doing craft projects. I have a paint by numbers I'm slowly working on. And Brooke and Glenn gave me this 3d puzzle thing to build a wooden owl. I started it today and I'm about halfway done (although I did break a piece.. but that's what wood glue is for.) I plan on giving the finished project to my dad.. painted and all. Shane and I did their regular puzzle too before giving it to my mom who was really intrigued by it. We're a weird couple. Ooo and I got the tv hooked up with cable too so right now, Shane is playing is infernal game (lol) and I can still watch tv. It's super nice. I told him if we get in a fight I got a good set up. All I need is to snag the mini fridge for in here.

Honey Roasted Chipotle Chicken

 I tried a new recipe tonight. I was planning on making it like 2 weeks ago for Brooke and Glenn. I'm really glad I couldn't. Ya see the recipe literally said the chicken only needed to cook for 7 minutes at 350. Now that's the main reason I got the recipe, it was all done in 15. I put it in.. and 15 minutes later (double the time it needed) It was raw inside when I served it. I flipped out (I'm a girl, it's complicated) Shane turned up the stove and put it in for another HOUR!. Finally it was done. I threw a hissy fit but after all that it was actually really good. I think maybe my chicken wasn't defrosted? I had it in the fridge for like 3 days though. I don't really know. I was so excited for it and it was a let down. *sigh*

February Skies and Hard Goodbyes

It hasn't been the most exciting of weeks. So I don't really have much to say. I've been working pretty much nonstop. Hours were changed around due to other people being unavailable to work. Staying late to help out and becoming more and more disgruntled with my job.

Monday was an interesting day actually. After my little Valentines Day posting I worked and then had to take care of my parents pets because they went to Turning Stone. Shane was gonna go pick up dinner of a roast and when i got home he was here. He has me come in and pulls out a chair to sit down. He sits on my lap and says "the good news is I'm ok." He was in an accident on the way to the store. The other guy kinda decided to pull out in front without enough room. Shane's truck may be considered totalled. We don't know yet. It looks like the frame might be bent. And his drivers door will not close.  Needless to say it wasn't good. I took him out to pizza for dinner that night.

Aside from that very little else of interest. Still have heard nothing from the job. I called on I think Wednesday but all I got was a machine. I keep trying to remind myself how long it can take for someone to be hired anywhere. I mean I got an interview right after the post came up. So I was the beginning of a lot of interviews. He said 200 applicants, so that's a lot of info to go through. And when I was starting with Staples it took at least a month for me to get hired. I did 4 interviews, about one per week, and called about 6 times.

I had to do one of the hardest things of my life on Thursday, say goodbye to my best friend. They're moving tomorrow. I made a card Wednesday night and wrote out a lot of my feelings in that for my love, Mrs. Brookles. (Sadly i don't have the scan of the card on this computer.) It was hard. Really hard. Well, we didn't really talk about it the whole time there. Aside from watching boxes get packed, and the human centipede..which i do not recommend to anyone ever. But the hugs were really really good. I just managed to cry the whole way home. Of course I get out of work yesterday and we're invited to dinner at Glenn's parents and I'm like "I have to say goodbye again?! I can't cry this much" But it was actually really really nice. And then when the hug and goodbye time came I thought there would be tears.. and there were.. but they were from me and Brooke laughing our asses off at Shane almost fracturing his skull on the ice. Seriously I almost pissed myself.

AND NOW, literally as I started writing this we got a call from Mr. Glenn asking us over to help pack things into vehicles and the sort. So its a third goodbye really. But whatever, no matter how sad I am it doesn't change them from leaving so at least i get to spend some time with them first. So I must finish this and shower so we can go say goodbye to our best friends AGAIN. After 17 years I still don't want to say goodbye.

But I know they love me no matter where they go. And I will always love them. And (as I wrote on the back of the card) when we're old people and the adventures are all done with we're gonna end up in the same nursing home having wheel chair races.

My 16th Birthday  2003

Valentine Days, Halloween Nights



Anti-Valentine 2011



 Just thought I'd post my image/message for this year.. maybe some of the old ones. I have been acting out on Valentines day since I was about 14. After 10 years I both got much better and much worse. Last year I think was my best idea, or best finished product, maybe both. This year it was hard to top and I think came up a little short but come on how do you top a severed finger, honestly?



Anti-Valentine 2010



I have my reasons for doing this and have been faught with for it. I have been told I'm just trying to get attention, and maybe part of that is true. There were many years where I got 0 attention on valentines day but saw others with bouquets of roses. I've also been told I'm ruining it for others. To that all I can say is shut the eff up you're happy, you know how miserable this day makes people who don't have some one? And I've had those who thought once I became in a relationship I'd like the day, that I was just sad and single. Well in the past 6 years I have only been single on valentines day once.. and I still did this. It's not about that. I take love to be a real thing. And Valentines Day makes fun of it and cheapens it. No one should be allowed to make money off of something so pure. I feel the same about pretty much all other holidays too but this one is the worst, because I think love is the most important thing.



Anti-Valentine 2009



So why do I do anything at all? Well at this point its practically a tradition. I have people who look forward to this every year. Wether they are single or in a relationship they hear valentines day and think "oo what is Charlotte gonna come up with this year?" And for those people who really are sad and single they are refreshed to see something not cutesy and making them more aware that they are alone. It's also a creative outlet for me. I don't really have anything to force me to think outside the box anymore but between this and halloween I really get the old juices flowing. I come up with designs, I work hard, I play with wording, with imagery, with fake blood. It's actually really fun, even with the pressure of making it look good. So these pictures are some of the things I've done throughout the years. It's harder now to actually DO something, I made little black heart valentines once and gave them out at school, and spray painted some roses black to give out as well. At work they don't really let me do much and I can't really effect people as much (strangers don't like it much but friends that have seen this year after year do). So now it's pretty much a facebook post and a picture or creation.



Anti-Valentine 2008



I hope I didn't ruin anyones day, or lunch. But if you love each other what harm is a picture gonna do anyway? Have a good day and say I love you tomorrow and the next day and a month from now..

No News Is Good News?

I still haven't heard anything back about the job I interviewed for. I'm getting really anxious! The interview went so well and the guy said I'd be hearing back soon. I want the job SOOO badly. I just can see myself being really happy there and doing so much good there. It's driving me crazy. I'm going to call on Monday to check in with him but I'm like bursting at the seams. If I don't get it, I will be very distraught to say the least.

It's been a pretty quiet week otherwise. The wedding was very nice. A little bit religious but pleasant. I had a good time. I got groped by a drunk girl.. so that was interesting. I drank amaretto sours which have a bit of a bite to them but aren't bad. I did not feel much until after we got back to the room, at which point I wanted to die. But it was still a good trip.

We made it back in time to watch the Superbowl with Brooke and Glenn. It was a good game once the Steelers finally decided to get in the game. Also learned some.. news. I don't much like to talk about it, because I cry. I, yeah, I want to be happy but I'm not so why lie. It's just sad when you know you need some one more than they need you.



I told you it was a ridiculously large bed.



Decided I'm going on a cruise with my good friend Rachel this summer. It'll only be like a 5day thing and its to Canada, but it will be something new and out of the house and fun, and I'm really gonna need that. Shane was really supportive of the idea. We'll probably go in August between our birthdays (hers is 6 days before mine) because I know I'll at least need it then. It's still gonna be a long lonely (very lonely) summer but the birthday will be the worst. I don't really care much for them but I know Shane felt doubly bad because he was relying on some one else being there since he can't.

That's about it. My favorite day is coming up fast. I have a slight idea but it's no where near last years endeavor. After 10 years of this ya kinda run out of ideas and steam. Although I did come up with something really cool I won't have time for it by Monday. There's always next year.



Hello From The Hampton Inn

I am sitting in a ridiculously large bed in Webster, NY. King size is excessively large. And I will shortly be taking a wonderful shower finally, without losing hot water or water pressure completely. Shane and I are here for the wedding of one of the marines in his shop. We attended the rehearsal dinner and just got back a little bit ago. He's currently down in the room with a couple other guys from the shop with the bottle of liquor they gave him as a thank you for being in the wedding. So I figured I'd do my post here and sending a thank you message to the man I interviewed with this morning.

Speaking of my interview, it went very well. They guy ended the interview saying "well you've definitely impressed me". I'm really really excited and really hope I get the job. As he told me more I got more and more interested. The job pays better than I get paid now, and their are benefits included! I'm worried though, he told me he had about 200 applicants for the spot. But I'm staying optimistic. It's a foot in the door. I know I could really really shine there too. I'm not much for praying but think good thoughts for me guys.

I also did Zumba for the first time yesterday night with my darling Rachel. Holy cow. That is crazy intense and I am very out of shape. It definitely did make me feel kinda good and kinda bad. Really got some blood pumping and re energized me. And I slept really well that night. I ended up with a blister on my foot though, And most of my muscles are achy as hell, especially my calves. I can hardly walk. But I would definitely go again. I apparently look like a spider monkey when I zumba.. so I've been told...

That's all for today. I'll probably post as soon as I hear back about the job so maybe more than one post for next week too. No pictures though. Sorry.

Wednesday?!

Yes, it is not Friday. However, I've had a lot happen very quickly and I don't want to wait till Friday. Plus there might be even more to post about then!! I also have a wedding to go to this weekend and We'll be driving/at a hotel on Friday so I don't know if I'll be able to post.

So here's the happenings. I had been sending out resumes lately and checking for openings and one came up on Sunday that caught my eye. It was only a part time position as a receptionist for a nursing home. The nursing home, however, I am very familiar with. It's Good Samaritans. The same place that Shane's mother and sister work at, that my great grandmother lived at until she passed. So I sent them my resume. Within a day I got an email back asking to set up an interview for today!! However, I was supposed to work today until 5:30 so I asked to reschedule for Friday morning. I ended up getting today off for fear of the weather and my manager said he knew it'd be a slow day anyway. So I got a day off and an interview. The position is only 3 8hour shifts a week and I'm sure it will be a pay decrease and probably lack benefits but it's not retail. It's more of a field I'm interested in. Everyone is really excited and supportive of me. I even talked with Shane's mother to see if she could find anything more out or put in a good word. I mean it's not definite yet but I'm really really excited. I didn't think change would happen so fast!

That's my biggest news. This weather is craziness. I got to spend last night with Shane because of it so that was nice. He brought me beautiful flowers to remind me of spring! I'm going to try and be somewhat motivated today. I don't think the roads are actually too bad (I drove yesterday and that was nasty). So I might clean some nice interview clothes for Friday at my parents. Get some stuff done. I'll let everyone know how the interview goes as soon as I can! Oh and post pictures of the wedding when it's all set!!