Odd Conversations...

My husband and I remark quite frequently that we are having a conversation that has probably never taken place before... One such conversation just took place....

SCENE:  Me sitting on the couch watching Mythbusters as J was in the kitchen getting his french fries out of the freezer where they had been cooling off (he loves cold fries... I don't get it) and a commercial for that cool-looking show "Life" came on....

Me: GROSS!!! That bug just shot.... butt juice!

J: So?  There are lots of bugs that shoot butt juice...

Me:  But, DUDE!! That was a LOT of butt juice!! Like his entire body weight in butt juice!

END SCENE.

And that is a good example of why my husband is awesome - when I exclaim something about a bug's butt juice, he doesn't even question what I'm talking about... he just goes with it.......

That's love. hahahaha

A Heaping Helping of Mental Garbage....

I am warning you... This is going to be a seriously random post... My brain is ALL OVER the place today.... haha


I really wish that someone would give me en employee roster and a highlighter and let me mark off the people that we don’t need around. I can think of 12 right off the top of my head without even having to try... I would even be willing to be the one to tell them to take their personal crap and get out... I wouldn’t lose any sleep. It would be lovely.

I love watching people that are on that list when they get in trouble. It makes my day. I’m not kidding... It really puts me in a better mood. And if there are tears, it’s just that much sweeter... I don’t think that makes me a bad person – it may make me a MEAN person, but not really a bad one... And I’m ok with that.

I don’t understand why it is so hard for people to get fired... They make huge mistakes and are given an infinite number of chances! It’s ridiculous. And all it does is show the people that DO work that they don’t really have to because nothing’s going to happen anyway... Just do enough to not bring attention to yourself and you can coast forever... And if you are able to find yourself a group of scapegoats to push the attention onto time and time again, then you can even be COMMENDED for your laziness.

Random jump back to the “mean” thing... I am a happy person (most of the time... everyone gets stressed and needs a few days to pull themselves out of a funk), but I have learned that I am a mean person. Not malicious... Just mean. Now, don’t start thinking that I am always mean... It’s not like I kick puppies or anything!!! In fact, I LOVE puppies. They are just ridiculously cute... And I am a fiercely loyal friend. But stay out of my way and don’t even think of doing anything to someone I care about...

Ok.... Wrote that this morning... Totally lost that train of thought now.....

Hmm.... Next thought.

So I’m still Shredding my butt off.... I’m up to Level 2 now and WOW it’s rough. I’m down 13 pounds so far. (Woohoo) I told my husband the other day that once I lose the weight (it’s probably gonna take a while), I am going to get a cheap (but beautiful – I have been able to find some... They probably aren’t as gorgeous in person, but as long as they photograph well, I’ll be happy) wedding gown and we are going to have these photographers that I like take a bunch of pictures of us and I will put them around the house instead of my “fat” wedding pictures. Of course, I’ll have to keep the old ones with family in them, but the new ones will be on display front and center.... hahaha

I always wanted to do one of those “trash the dress” photo shoots... Where you are posing in ways that you never would have on your wedding day for fear of dirtying the dress... Like sitting in grass or dirt and near/in water... I think it would be awesome. And they have done some “trash the dress” shoots before and the pictures are incredible...

So about the weight thing... I finally decided that enough was enough. No more whining, no more wishing... I had to get off my lazy butt and do something about it. That means – get home from work and Shred (who doesn’t have time for a 20 minute workout?) and eat healthy more days than not. Now, I know that things would probably go faster if I just said “eat healthy” and there may come a time when I hit a plateau and have to amend the more days than not to every day, but for now... I plan on still enjoying things I love... Like frozen yogurt... And comfort food that is probably pretty terrible for you... Like the Cornish Pasty I had at The Olde Ship last week... I adjust what I eat the rest of the day to try to accommodate my yummy treats without going over the calorie # I am trying to hit and most days I am right on. Or close enough to not feel terrible. Even with the Pasty I was able to keep it under the high end of my range...

Now, I am an odd person. I embrace that... And it may seem odd that I do not have a specific weight goal in mind. All I want is to fit into my favorite jeans comfortably again. I don’t care what weight that happens at... If they fit and I feel good about myself, I’ll be a happy girl. I know approximately what I weighed when they fit well before... I don’t know the exact number because skinny people generally don’t weigh themselves all the time like people that have more than a few to lose do. Hahaha... These jeans are seriously cute – they are dark blue, boot cut, with blue butterflies on the pockets. I love butterflies and I love these jeans. I even have the outfit in mind that I will wear the first day that I can wear them again. (I kept a lot of my “skinny” clothes that I loved too much to part with...)

Women’s clothing is really annoying... Why aren’t any sizes the same from one brand to the next? I remember when I was at my skinniest, I wore size 6 in some things and a size 10 in others... And I didn’t really care... I just couldn’t ever have someone give me clothes as gifts without trying everything on first... And that’s still true.

Oh – back to the losing weight thing... (Told you this would be random...) I originally wasn’t going to say anything about trying to anyone. That way, if I gave up, I wouldn’t have to feel bad... I’d be the only one that knew I gave up. But then when I actually stuck with it and started seeing results, I wanted to brag a little... haha So I started telling people. And talking about it more and more... Because now I am accountable... I have people who will know if I slack off... Who will know that I gave up... But I plan on staying with it this time. I wasn’t always like this and I know that I can get back to who I was again.

Ok... enough randomness... It’s almost time to hurry home and Shred. :-)

Things On My Mind RIGHT Now...

- I haven't had enough time to write a real post lately (and a lack of topics in mind....) so these posts will have to do until I get back in the flow...

- I totally planned to write something on my blog anniversary last weekend and totally didn't...

- I am waiting until there is sufficient fast-forwarding on my dvr to be able to get through the American Idol results show without watching any of the filler

- My husbands blackberry notifications that are going off every few minutes are cracking me up - it sounds like a "red alert" kind of noise

- It especially cracked me up when the same noise was happening on the episode of Futurama that I was watching

- I have been a lot better about my 30-day Shred-ding lately...

- I actually upgraded to Level 2 on the Shred and it is ROUGH

- My butt was thoroughly kicked by my shred when I got home from work - I'm gonna sleep GOOD tonight

- I still love my super soft fuzzy sheets, but we're having really warm weather lately and I am going to have to switch back to regular sheets if it keeps up... they are just tooooooo warm for this...

- I shouldn't complain about having warm weather, but I really do prefer colder weather...

- There is a commercial for Hot Tub Time Machine on right now... it looks terrible

- Umm... That's all I got... American Idol results time :-)

Things On My Mind RIGHT Now...

- I can't wait for my massage this weekend

- I am really tired

- I have a headache

- I think it is seriously stupid that celebrities were given $25,000 gift bags at the Oscars...  Maybe the companies that provided crap for them should donate the money to people in need... I hear Haiti and Chile have been having a hard time....

- 30 Day Shred is still kicking my butt

- I am currently 12 pounds down with only mumble mumble left to go! :-)

- I just found out that Spree are just candy-coated, polished Sweet Tarts! Crazy.  You learn something new every day... Thank you "Unwrapped"  :-)

- I ate way too much for lunch today because it was amazingly delicious and I am still kinda full... That's why I didn't eat dinner...

- I really can't wait for my massage this weekend...

- I can't believe that I have never had a professional massage...   I've always wanted one, but just never went and did it...

- I can't wait for my next massage in May/June at Burke Williams for my friend's bridal shower / bachelorette party... haha

- I love Diet Coke

- I wish my girl cat would stop meowing at the hall closet...

- It was really windy today.

- I love my IS250.  I just wish that it would stop raining for long enough for me to think it would be worth washing it.

- Why do you lose weight in your hands?  I need my clothes to fit looser, not my engagement ring and wedding band!!!!!!  I am getting really annoyed by them spinning on my hand... I mean, seriously!!! COME ON! haha

- I am freezing even though it is warm in my house... I'm always cold for the rest of the evening after I work out.

- I love my jammies, warm fuzzy socks, and blankets :-)

- I am really sick of the crap going on in the media about the company I work for...  I just want to get back to business as usual.

- I really want to hit up the Kogi truck again...  They have this new sandwich with the short rib meat in it and it sounds AMAZING

- OH! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE my new purse!! Another Seatbelt Bag by Harvey's.  Last Saturday I purchased myself that beautiful black Lola Ruffle Satchel.  I adore her.  And I have been wandering around singing "Lola... La la la la Lo-o-la!!!"  And talking about her like she's a person.  It's true love....  I'll post a picture soon...

- I've been meaning to post some pictures and have been forgetting... I will fix that soon.

- Okay, Unwrapped... Maybe I don't need to know so much about everything.  I am seriously grossed out by what goes into those tubes of Betty Crocker colored icing...  I don't think I will ever eat it again.  I seriously just gagged.

- My husband's new work van looks like a cross between an ice cream truck and an ambulance...

- I think I am going to go to bed super early tonight.  I am too tired to function properly...

- Did I mention that I can't wait for my massage?? :-)

Let me climb up on my soapbox real quick....

People are dumb.  Dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb...  Some days it feels like people expect you to hold their hands and walk them step by step through things that they have done a million times and should be able to do on their own!  And it leaves you wanting to do any combination of scream, cry, or bang your head against your desk.  At only three and a half hours into my day today it felt like I had been there for twelve.  Ridiculous.

Now, I will be the first to admit that I don't have much patience, but I have FAR less after the alarm going off 40 minutes early because Josh had an early job to be to and I could NOT fall asleep again no matter how hard I tried.  Even less after fielding a barrage of stupid questions...  And even less after you add in having to deal with the fact that the woman that sits next to me was over reorganizing the coffee supply cabinet for TWO HOURS!  Now that normally wouldn't be much of a problem... Annoying, yes, but a problem?  Not necessarily... But right now the company is kind of in "crisis" mode and her managers' phones are ringing off the hook.  And when she's not at her desk to catch any of their missed calls, they ring to me.  And I don't have time to do her job as well as mine.  Plus, as fun as it usually is for me to get to tattle, it was getting really annoying when one of her managers kept asking if she was back yet, if I knew where she still was, if I could watch for her because he really needed her to work on something...  That's when it all becomes problematic.

And sends me back to wanting to scream, cry, and/or smack my head on my desk.

How hard is it to do your job??  I just don't get it.  I understand the fact that she has to put away the coffee stuff when it gets delivered, but does that need to take two hours of her completely reorganizing the closet?  And then stopping to chat on her way back?  Nope.  It doesn't.  And then she complains about not having enough time to get everything else done.  I can't stand that.  If you want to screw around, you damn well better be able to get your job done.

Now, I get that EVERYONE screws around on the clock.  Everyone does personal stuff - check e-mail, go on Facebook, chat with friends, make personal phone calls - I get that.  I've even been known to blog at work.  But only if it's a day where I really don't have much going on or if I am helping out by covering the switchboard and am really limited as to what work I can bring down there...  I would never sit and play at the expense of my job.  I know that there are plenty of people that would kill for my job, and I am not about to step aside and hand it over to them.  See, I love the company I work for.  And I like my job.  And I'm damn good at it.  I work my butt off and deserve every big raise and bonus that I have earned for myself.  I do more in this job than anyone else before me has, my bosses know that, and they reward me for it.

I'm always shocked when people here that are known for screwing around constantly complain that they didn't get a big enough raise or bonus.  DUH! You didn't earn it!!  Be happy that you got ANYTHING and MOVE ON.  Last year was a hard one for everyone and we didn't get raises or one of our usual bonuses...  These same people were ranting and raving about how unfair it was...  Be glad you still have a job and that we didn't have to do any layoffs, people!  This year is looking to be even harder for us and I am definitely not expecting raises or bonuses.  But I am expecting them to complain again.  In times like these, you have to work harder to show that you need to be kept around just in case things go badly and layoffs happen!  You have to buckle down and kick some butt!  Now is not the time to take long lunches and 30 minute breaks and sneak out early just because your manager isn't there to see it happen...

Plus, we are coming up on review time right now.  These same people think that the reviews are pointless when we aren't even going to be getting raises...  Not realizing that if there were layoffs, good results on your reviews may save your job.  I don't like the whole review process either, but I do it.  I put so much information in my self-assessment, it's borderline obsessive.  I do it to show them EVERY LITTLE THING that I did all year.  Just in case they somehow missed something.  Like the fact that I had to review over 14,000 repair orders for bonus points for incentives... Or the fact that I personally handled over well $1,000,000 worth of payouts or 1099's for incentives... That's just how I roll...

Basically... As I climb back down off of my little soapbox here and take a seat... I am just saying that people need to earn things and stop expecting to be handed everything.  And they need to stop complaining about having to actually DO work when they are AT work...  Do you want a paycheck?  Then that's what you have to do.

I am SO glad that I have ripped a bunch of cd's onto my work hard drive so that I always have a nice big selection of music to choose from to get me through the day because I'm not listening to any more whining...

Plus, The Beatles make me smile...

Bonus.