Hello again....

There hasn't been an update in a while....so here's what's going on in the life and times of Dawn (that's me)>>

One, (and this happened a few weeks ago) I promised Dayne I wouldn't mention his name in the blog anymore, he doesn't like it....so I'm going to refrain from doing it. My theroy is if you don't like it don't read it, but him reading I suppose means he cares what's going on in my life still....so I can't knock that. Unless something nice happens, then maybe I will blog about it....but for now that chapter is done. Besides, there isn't much to say anyway, moving on is a wonderful thing.

Two, I'm kicking Kivi into high gear with his diet. I'm not sure if HE knows it yet but I am. The kid asked me for help with loosing some weight, I'm going to do what I can to help...without being pushy and making it backfire. I'll even cook for the guy to give him a break from all the Subway :-) Well, as soon as I can get to the grocery store that is.

Three, Dan is STILL calling me, funny thing though, I never gave him my actual phone number just my direct connect. So when he calls...this time from the gas station down the street, it was pretty creepy. I may have to have TFK move in just for the protection. But then I'd have to turn my air conditioner on and that wouldn't be good....damn you double edged sword.

Four, school is going really well lately...mainly cause Maranda tends to tell us exactly what's on the tests. But I'm ok with that....ok not fully ok cause sometimes I think I'm memorizing instead of learning, but I made the directors honor roll, who am I to complain. Yeah for A\'s! My normal teacher is coming back in 2 weeks so we'll see if I can attempt to keep it up.

Five, work is work ... boring and busy. Nothing like getting chewed out because Starbucks didn't get their cups. Here are some things I here at work that I want to shoot myself when I hear them:

Startbucks customer: )'I didn\'t order a 12 oz Plastic Starbucks Tumbler
ME: 'Ok not a problem, what is it that you needed and we'll have them switched out for you
Starbucks customer: I needed a 12oz Plastic Starbucks cup
My thought: ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!

Salesmen: Well their actually getting more sheets per case with this toilet paper
ME: But it went from 96 rolls to 80 rolls, most people don't count the sheets, just the rolls per case.
Salesmen: Well that's dumb, they should look at the big picture.
My thought: These are people who clean toilets for a LIVING; you're lucky they're counting the rolls per case...let alone COUNTING!

Yep...I love my job.

Six, I had the best time this past holiday weekend with Heather and her family in Ohio. Heather, Heather's brother (Chris), and I drove down Friday morning bright and early and made it to Ohio by 1pm (Ohio time, noon here). We checked in, went and found Heather's mom (Nancy), her fiancé (Bob), and Heather's aunt and uncle (Judy and Fred) at the Mexican restaurant across the street ... they were hammered...it was humorous. After a much-needed nap we then went and met Matt (the groom to be) and went to his new brother-in-laws (Dave) house for a BBQ. Dave and his family were GREAT. At this point, Judy confused the sister-in-law for the bride and started hugging her. I really enjoyed myself. Chris and I discovered we really get along (mind out of gutter)....and Heather was happy cause now I had someone to talk to other than her.Saturday was the wedding. It was beautiful! About 50 people on a boatcruising the river. Very intimate, and fun for all. I caught thebouquet....and proceeded to chuck it into the arms of the flowergirl....but not as funny as Chris pushing a 10 year old boy to thefloor to get the garter. Fun was had, dancing commenced, and to topoff the evening Chris performed the interesting feat of accidentallykicking a cup off the boat and the ice flying out of the cup and down my shirt at the same time.

Sunday was the picnic. It was again FABULOUS. Great food, great people. This time Chris was throwing ice down my shirt on purpose.....typical of a guy to discover something and continue to do it over and over huh? But I did show off my bartending skills by making a perfect Black & Tan with a glass as a water bottle with the top cut off, bottled Bass and canned Guinness and a plastic spoon. I was proud!! The rest of the day was spent studying, napping, and lounging by the pool area. Heather's Dad (Capt. Ron) bought us dinner at the Mexican restaurant, where I proceeded to FIGHT with Chris and Matt about putting your lawn chair in your parking spot when you dig it out in the winter. They just didn't get it....and those are the people with flat tires and scratched windshields. Capt. Ron invited me to Florida too....YAY...I may just have to take him up on that one. We were going to see a movie after that, but then went back to the room and got a little to comfortable to go back out.

Monday was the trip home. Heather ACTUALLY took us home after much threahting we were going to be dropped at Greyhound. We made great time...thank you Heather for your impatient driving. It was enjoyable except for the part where I mentioned I had to pee....and so Chris took that to mean, pull on my seat belt every 5 to 10 minutes and talk a lot about water. BUT I made it home from the South Side of Chicago! YAY ME! I did have to RUN into the house, but I made it.

asically, to sum it up....I got to spend time with Heather whom I love, and meet her family who were some of the nicest, funniest, and most amazing & unbelievable people I've ever met. I was glad I went! I'll be looking forward to Nancy's wedding at the end of the month to be able to say hello to everyone again. And if you haven't figured it out by now I developed a slight 'crush' on Chris over the weekend, he was probably one of the nicest, chivalrous, smartest, and funniest people I've ever met, but just like any man like that, he's unavailable, so therefore off limits. Not married this time, but still off limits. DAMN I'm good at this liking guys I can't have thing :-) He did mention to Heather if he wasn't dating someone he'd ask me out.....but I'm not going to hold my breathe on that one.

Hmmm....maybe he has some friends....but...it's possible, it's possible.Ok so you got six new things in my life....

Well really more than that if you count how big six is. So that should tie you over for a while....

Till next time, miss me