Wednesday

bubbly

things on my mind at the moment:

i wrote a blog entry last night, but after i read it a few times, i decided not to post it. i don't know, i just felt weird about it. it didn't sound like me at all. maybe one day i'll get the courage to post it. ehh probably not. maybe i'll let lauren read it when i return to texas (in exactly one week!!!). anyway.. moving on.

speaking of texas.. i leave in exactly 170 hours. 7 days and 2 hours. 6:59 pm (eastern standard time) if anyone is confused. you have no idea how necessary a vacay is right now. i feel like i've been working myself to the bone, and then there's school and trying to maintain something that resembles a social life. ugh it's all just so exhausting. plus, i just really miss my old stomping grounds. it's hard to believe that it's been 10 whole months since i left, yet at the same time, it feels like it's been 10 years. i can't really explain it.

what i miss most in texas: my friends, especially my bests lauren and ashli, what's left of my family there, which wich, college life (it's not the same living at home and going to community college.), texas country, sonic (the closest one is in virginia.), southern hospitality, ugh the list is endless. i miss it all so much.

but..

i love maryland. really i do. i said it out loud for the first time in a long time yesterday, and it felt good. it felt right. i feel like i've found some clarity and peace here. being near my sister, my best friend in the whole entire world, has helped a lot. i felt really lost and alone in texas, especially after my mom moved to florida. i was so unhappy. it's kind of a long story that i hate telling. it doesn't really matter anymore though. i'm better now and happy again!

on a lighter note, the number one most played song on my ipod is bubbly by colbie caillat. that isn't even my favorite song, but it blew my top three songs (i'll share those later.) out of the water in terms of its number of plays. verrry interesting. i'm curious to know what everyone else's top played song is?

alright, it's time for me to stop rambling. i'm going out for dinner and drinks (ohhh the perks of being 21!) in an hour so i really have to go get ready now.

xoxo,
shannon

more of this, less of that

thanks to lauren and shelby for inspiring me to make a list.

my life needs more:
pampering
exercise
indie music
adventure
forgiveness
inspiration
acceptance of my flaws
cute shoes
play time
meaning
use of my camera
hugs and kisses
drive, motivation, determination, and so on
clarity
vacations
religion
cold weather and winter clothes while we're at it
love

and less:
curse words
regret
worry and stress
my gosh, blemishes at the moment
work
hard liquor
negativity
slothiness
politics
tanning if i don't want wrinkles by the time i'm 25
procrastination
jealousy
catty gossipping
grudges
junk food
fear

my day was really really blah. i was exhausted this morning so i drank a freakish amount of coffee when i got to work and wound up with the shakes. i guess it goes without saying that i was still groggy as can be even after my caffeine binge because well, that would happen to me. i left work at 9:15, headed to my little faux tropical oasis, palm beach tan, and fake baked (i'm not ashamed.), and came home to be a computer nerd. i'm obsessed with blogspot. i can thank lauren and shelby for that too.

later gators,
shannon

Tuesday

finally

let's see, let's see. my day was not all that exciting, but i'll tell you aboout it anyway.

i took brady to the bus stop at 8:18. brady is my six-year-old nephew who just recently began kindergarten, lost his two bottom teeth, and sampled ice cream for the first time. he doesn't really like sweets; therefore, he is skinny and lucky. his favorite things include cars, especially mustangs, apple juice, transformers, and his aunt shanhan. she does like sweets; therefore, she is a lard ass. lately, brady feels more like my annoying (but still cute) little brother. i'm not sure why i chose to share that with you..

i went back to sleep for a few hours because in addition to a lard ass, i am a sloth.

i woke up at 10:48 and stared at powerpoints for my three online classes for a while. that was exciting, let me tell ya. took a quiz, signed out, and laid on my bed again. so now that makes me a slothy but educated lard ass.

okay, let's fast forward a little bit.

i got to work at 4:07. i was a little late as usual, but this has become customary; therefore, i don't get in trouble for it anymore. i thought i was waitressing tonight, but it turns out that poor little kristy overdosed on dayquil and tylenol (and probably midol too since aunt flow is visiting every woman at mamma lucia right now) today so she was feeling "a little loopy" and just needed to "nap it off" as she put it and couldn't work the counter. so they stuck me on carry out with andy, our manager with self-diagnosed adhd. he is always saying shit like, "HOW YOU DOIN!?" and "i like that! I LIKE THAT!" when he gets excited. it's entertaining and weird and embarrassing and i hope none of my future children turn out this way. so yeah, carry out. answer the phone, remind people that if they buy one pasta entree on a monday night, the second is $3.99, try not to screw up their order, bag it up, don't forget the salad and garlic bread because people will throw a hissy, and pray to the lord above that you get a buck or two out of the cheap clientele that likes to come to our restaurant. two eventful things happened at work: meghan made a stuffed crust pizza and covered herself in flour in the process (!!!) and some guy bitched and complained because there was a mysterious piece of plastic in his fettucini alfredo so he was boycotting mamma lucia and telling all of rockville, maryland to do so as well. dude. not cool.

after work, i went to burger king with adrian. it was the only thing open in the area, we were starrrvinggg, so we settled. actually, this bk had big screens and crap so it felt like we were at some fancy schmancy restaurant. like nobu! i enjoyed my plain grilled chicken sandwich and french fries, but then again, i was starving remember? the convo was good. we laughed a lot. my diet coke had just the right amount of carbonation. the only thing missing was honey mustard. it's just not a chicken sandwich without honey mustard.

i don't remember exactly what time i got home, but i know it was late. i checked facebook, myspace, and perez hilton, showered, then got to work on this because i promised lauren i would. it's now 4:44, and i have to be at work at 10:30 so i should probably call it a night.

so there's your play by play. i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did.

until next time,
shannon