Where is everyone

There is no one at work. Usually there are 10 people in my row and I am the only person here. I went out to lunch with Jason and Adam so I know there are at least people alive today. It's so quiet I can hear some guy picking his nose 4 rows away. I think he's digging for treasure. He'd have better luck buying a lotto ticket.

I wish I worked for Ernst and Young today so I could be home drinking Grain Belt.

Who the duece is Pat?

I was looking under the front seat in my car tonight and found a random cell phone. At first I thought I must know the owner of the phone so took a look at the contact list and realized I don't have any friends named Konz, TMoney, Fritch Da Twich, or Luke the Juke. Next I took a look at the text messages, and found out all about the owner (Pat) and his lady (Lindsay). Let me give you a little of the flava.

Pat: Well you just prove to me every time after we have a good time you just do something stupid. Like i wanted to hang out with you but you force me.

Lindsay: No Pat you just want me out of your life and get it now it just hurt

What? Sounds like another episode of Days of Our Lives. I have no idea who Pat or Lindsay are. Do you? I'm giving a $2 reward for anyone who knows whose phone this is. The number is 763 245 4025.

My guess is that someone tried to break into my car and after getting in they realized my car is a piece and decided not to steal it. How's that for a security alarm?

Como say what?

Sunday we went to Greg's work thingy at Como Park where his company outiftted us with free bright blue shirts. We were lucky we look especially hot in the color blue. Dontcha wish your shirt was blue like mine? Dontcha.

Congrats Syd and Mike!

A shout out to my good friends Syd and Mike who got engaged last week. Congrats! I'm so excited for you two!

Fluffy at the State Fair

My sister and I were each given a rabbit when we were young. We both named our bunnies Fluffy. One day, I thought Holly's bunny wanted to go for a walk so I let him out of his cage. He hopped away never to be seen again... until now. I found him at the state fair.

The next stop was the sheep barn where I found this poor guy. A sheep wearing a jacket is not normal. I think it's designer. Maybe Dolce & GaBAAAAAAna. Okay, that was a bad joke.

And of course no trip to the fair is complete without a trip to the cow barn. Greg and I have matching freckles and matching tats. They're pretty mean looking. I think we'd fit in at Sturgis.

I'm so excited and I just can't hide it

We booked tickets to go to Raleigh to visit our favorite Hokies, Kristin and Andrius! We're going to the Virginia Tech vs. Florida State football game in November. I love football, and I personally excel at tailgating activities including bags and flip cup. Ahhh... it reminds me of ye ol' college days. Back when it was okay to have $30 in your checking account and wear sweatpants all day.

I hate running

Ali and I are running a 25K in 3 weeks. Which is scary since I haven't really worked out since my triathon. I've been feeding my double chin popcorn and watching DVDs. So this morning I decided to get up and work out.

I ran 4.5 miles and thought I was going to die. I hope I can make it to 6 miles tomorrow, but I may need an ambulance for the last 1.5 miles.

I think I'm going to get new running shoes today. The pair I have I bought with my Mom about 2 years ago. I don't know a lot about shoes, but I don't think it's a good thing when they're worn so thin you can see your toes.

First time for everything

Being 27 years old, it's not too often that I have a "first". I've already had a first car, a first kiss (sorry Dad, I hope you knew that), a first job... But today was a big "first".

Yes, I went to Babies R' US. It was a first.

Don't worry it wasn't for me. My buddy Becky (see hot picture below) needed to run some errands so I went along. I decided there is a whole different world I don't know about going on out there. It's called babyville.

Everything is tiny in babyville. There are tiny socks and tiny hats and tiny pants. They have tiny books and tiny games. But it's weird because I never actually saw a baby in the store. It's like buying clothes for the lochness monster. Do they exist if they're not there?

I'm pretty sure I looked like a football player in an Archiver's store. Lost, but interested. Maybe I'll get a puppy until then.

Beantown

I just got back from a couple days working in Boston, and I've decided there are a lot of things different between the east coast and the midwest.

They're blunt. When I ordered a pop with lunch I was told I "wasn't from around here". Apparently they drink "soda" or "tonic". The only tonic I know of comes with gin.

They're bad drivers. Pedestrians run across the street and I don't blame them. Road signs are merely suggestions to most drivers. Needless to say there is a lot of honking going on. I try to make sure we get a rental car with a mean sounding horn.

They love baseball. I don't get the big deal. Red sox, blue sox, dirty sox. I personally like clean sox.

My date with Matt

I am soooo excited about my date tonight. I have a date with the very dreamy Matt Damon. Yes, he's married and has a kid. Yes, I'm guessing he's about 5'2". Yes, I'm sure he wears a hair piece.... who doesn't? I'm seeing the Borne Ultimatum and I am supa dupa excited.

I can't iron

I had a big meeting today and wanted to look especially nice for work today so I ironed my shirt (shocker, I know). I somehow managed to get the iron a little too hot and melted part of my shirt. Who melts a shirt? Me. My solution is to wear wrinkled clothes from now on.

Pretty pretty pictures

So we had to take a picture for this engineering rotation my friend Becky and I are in, and we had to run a test shot to see how we would look. Becky looks fabulous at 29 weeks prego. We also sent this picture into the Wheel Of Fortune since we think Vanna needs replacing. We would look great next to Pat Sajack.

Just for Kicks

I found another picture of the tri, and let me tell you this one is a hum-dinger. I love running, can you tell?

The hot topic at work today is that the Twix bars aren't deformed and melted coming out of the vending machine anymore! We check them periodically so we were delighted to find the Twix bars aren't soggy today. We need to find something better to do with our time. But seriously, it's a downer to get one cookie and a pile of carmel goo.

I'm fine

Holy cow, you turn on the TV and all you see is the coverage about the bridge collapse in Minneapolis. It's been surreal to see landmarks so close to home on CNN. All of my friends and family in Minneapolis are fine, and I don't know anyone directly affected by the incident.

I received calls and text messages from Iowa, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, Indiana.... I feel very loved and special. Thanks to everyone who checked in.