General

my friend brandon from the campus shop told me something this morning. he said that there is a gang from new york that is causing trouble both in this county and in rutherford county. they are driving around without their headlights on at night and when someone flashes them they run them down. they are armed and dangerous. so please if you see a car at night without headlights do not flash them. please spread the word. they have already gunned down 4 cars. thanks!

God sure has blessed me! As some of you know, yesterday I got my car. It’s a 99 Honda Accord EX. It’s blue with a sun roof. Not only am I blessed to have gotten the car, I am blessed to have so many friends and family helping me along the way. Justin’s parents have been a HUGE help to me in getting this car. They are so awesome! I hope one day I can repay them in some way. Justin’s uncle Philip and Matt’s dad Larry were so nice to check out both cars I was looking at to make sure I wasn’t going to get a bum deal. My sisters (and Mike) have been so cool to help me keep this surprise from my parents ( I hope they wont be upset that it is a surprise) . I left Justin for last…he has helped me through so much. he listened to me fuss and whine and cry, and was there for me every step of the way. he held my hand and gave me comfort. and because of his persistence and talking with the salespeople, it all worked out. I love you all! and Thank you again! God is so amazing!

(I know I probably just sounded like I won a Grammy lol)

thanks to my fantabulous boyfriend….i mean webmaster 😉 i am now back in purple 🙂 i dont know how he figured out that i wanted the colors back 😉

i was sure hoping for some ice outside this morning when i peeled my eyes open to look out the window. so much for that! i hope today goes by faster at work than yesterday.

Last night Heather and I were in charge of the children at church. This meant that we would miss the beginning of the superbowl. I was first to arrive at the church to meet a little boy and his mom. This boy usually cries if you wink at him. This was my first time watching the kids. They know of me but have never interacted with me like that. His mom said, “when i leave he is gonna scream, i’m sorry.” to my surprise he didn’t scream at all. Then came a little girl who is the friendliest and loudest girl hehe. she is so cute. i thought she would be a piece of cake. to my surprise she was the one that was scared of me. luckily heather arrived and everyone was happy. it was a lot of fun. i was able to get to brandon and meagan’s a little before 7 and it was still the 1st quarter. meagan had prepared a feast. mmm mmm mmm! i stuffed myself silly. the first half was rather slow. i wasn’t at all impressed with the halftime show. the streaker was quite entertaining though. how one man could get by all those security people, i have no idea but it was still hilarious to see all those people running on the field to get the streaker off. the second half of the game was quite intense. i definitely think the game would have ended differently had kasay not messed up terribly. although the panthers didn’t win, i gotta give them props for even making it that far and for making it such a close game. at least they weren’t stomped on.

on another note….

i got to talk to mandino this morning. she traded her sportstrac in for an expedition. nice! i can’t wait to see it and hopefully go on a roadtrip sometime this summer. matt is also car looking. i’ve definitely got the itch to do so myself if it seemed possible.

Anyone know what the subject line means? Ok so i’m a little bored at work hehe and i decided to create my own word. the phone hasn’t even been ringing off the hook like it usually does. this can make for a long short week. there are things i’d like to be doing to get ahead for inventory but i can’t move anything heavy at the current moment. i have a doctors appointment at 130 tomorrow. apparently my doc is full but i’m supposed to see the PA. i went to talk to scott white and he said i qualify for workers comp. i hope everything goes ok tomorrow. i wish i had something interesting to write. i do believe i got the last available spot in the hamrick parking lot today at lunch. i also believe that dr. camp loves to park her bright red mercedes there too (or so i think it’s a mercedes) hehe. parking there made me giggle to myself. nah nah ni boo boo (however you spell it) gosh i should have more to say…i guess i’ll just write another one if i think of anything creative. have a great thursday night and don’t forget to watch phoebe’s wedding.
yes, i watch friends 😉

yeah, so this week and last have been terrible as far as long 12 hour shifts and only 2 lunch breaks out of the two week period. Not only have i had cranky customers but cranky professors as well. Then i went to go see my friend justin alston in the hospital. i hate hospitals to begin with (then again who doesn’t?) then to see him that way just tore me up inside. i hate that he is suffering. i hate that his family is suffering. it really puts things into perspective. the other night i had a professor run in and tell me i ordered the wrong book (which i did not) when, on the order form it showed i clearly ordered the book i was asked to order. then 46 students came flooding in around 630pm trying to return their books. an hour later the dean of the business school came and i thought i was in big trouble. i found that he had only come by to apologize to me for taking the fall when it was their mistake. i almost fell off my chair. i was glad that finally someone had thought of me (the little man) in all of this. then last night the same thing happened with yet another MBA class. once again i had ordered the book i was asked to order. so i guess they need to do some work in the communications area of the department for the next book order. i feel like all i’ve done these past 2 weeks is work and when i finally get off my eyes are too sleepy to stay open long and i go right to bed. then my toilet stops working correctly and so now i’ve had to use jennifer’s for a few days. i’m still waiting on the plumber to call. then to top it all off this morning. i had to call a student and tell her that we could only give her half price for a book package that she sent back to us with an opened cd. i mean we already said we would take it back even though the shrink wrap was off of it. but tell me this….would you really expect full payment back for something that was already torn open? would you want to pay full price for something that you could clearly see someone had already opened? common sense! well this lady blessed me out with every word she could think of, i’m sure with a bobbing head and snapping fingers. she talked so loud my friend dave heard the whole thing. where is the respect? i’m not allowed to yell at anyone like that and even if i was that is not how my mom taught me to do things. you treat people as respectfully as possible. yelling never gets you anywhere…it only leads to people spitting in your food or somehow getting even with you. it was totally uncalled for! oh well…i’m sure because of the person i am, i will relive that moment over and over for awhile and fight some tears because i dont deserve that! but i must say i’m getting better at dealing with rude people. it seems no one knows anything about patience and manners anymore. well…i hope you all have had a better beginning to the semester than i have.