Sometimes you just have to learn how to pick your battles...

Pictured above is what I would like to call... a weak moment. So for those of you that know Mike he's your typical (gross) outdoors man... he loves to go out and get dirty. Whether it be fishing, working on cars or just being a guy... I think he is overall just pretty gross. and I say that with all the love I have to give. I however am the exact opposite. I'm squeamish. and a germaphobe. I don't care for dirt or any similar substance. Anything that isn't cute and fuzzy and capable of smelling clean... I don't care for either. So this thing... that is now sitting in my living room... is rather scary and unknown to me... I know its friendly... I know it doesn't bite... but I still don't want anything to do with it... I haven't even touched it. In fact... while Mike was cleaning and setting up the tank I had a razor blade in my hand taunting the stupid little thing that was "bathing" in some water at the time and all he did was tilt his head side to side as if he was mocking me. Of course I wouldn't actually cause any physical harm to the stupid little thing... I just want him to know who is boss around here... and that he is only here because I was feeling "nice" at the time I was being begged to allow him into my home... I am 100% content with my 3 fluffy little dogs... (even if bria has a severe lack of hair now due to a major haircut mishap earlier this week). BUT! a couple weeks ago I thought it might be "fun" to get a couple birds since I had a huge open corner in my living room that I wanted to "fill" my first suggestion was one of those nifty little fake trees... which got me a quick dirty look and a "hell no" response. Apparently Mike has a severe dislike for the things... which sucks, I'm quite fond of them... kinda. So then I was thinking, man this sucks my fish tanks would've been PERFECT to fill in the empty space... but then I quickly realized that I spent nearly 1,000 setting up my fish tanks in my old house only to have them all stolen.. so that was a huge discouragement... so, I was stumped. I stumbled across a picture of a parakeet and I thought... hmm that might be fun! I grew up with a parakeet... and I guess I spaced off all the bad memories because I recall only the times that I sat in the play room coloring pictures and singing songs and having my little parakeet chirping happily in the background. So I convinced Mike to let me get a pair of parakeets. Which quickly turned into 3 when the breeder we purchased them from decided to put a 3rd bird into our cage... within minutes of being home my freshly swept and mopped floors were covered in seeds and feathers that I struggled to chase with a broom. And shortly after that I realized, CRAP! I'm allergic to these stupid messy things... so I said goodbye to my loud extremely messy and evil birds (surely anything that makes me THAT miserable with allergies must be evil!) so I ended up selling these birds for a lot more than I paid... hey thanks craigslist ;) money wasn't the issue... I just wanted them to be loved. So I found a bird lady and she quickly came to take them under her wing. So this little light bulb popped above Mikes head because for the past 3 weeks he's been dragging me in and out of various pet stores to drool over reptiles... he's like a little kid in a toy store... and as cute as it is... I couldn't help to feel myself start to cave. and now... I sit and look at this sleeping lizard. I caved in. I let him win. and now we have a lizard, which doesn't bother me I guess... just as long as the tanks clean, and everything else is taken care of because surely I wont be touching that stupid little thing. I guess I decided that some battles aren't worth fighting over... he's never told me "no" and "no" seems to be my favorite word... so I was nice, for once, but that ends now. He's just lucky that this stupid lizard actually looks kind of cool and adds a conversation piece to my living room. ;)

and if I might add... my stupid corner STILL isn't filled.. go figure.

Technology really is the pits...

You'll never guess where I'm blogging from... a stinking McDonalds parking lot?!?  They have this pretty nice thing now... its called free Wi-Fi!! Now one might ask why this blog is so detrimental that I just had to be here at McDonalds looking all crazy sitting in my car on a lap top... but truth be told it really isn't that necessary. You see I woke up the other morning really early to take a freezing cold shower and spend precious sleep time doing my hair and make up to go out and go job hunting... turns out... it was a huge waste of time. Everyone says the same thing, "well we are always taking applications, just go online and fill it out".. SERIOUSLY!? Just give it to me straight. what they should be saying is "go home and spend an hour filling out an application for a job that you are never going to get"... but they don't. So me being as hopeful as I am, I went home and made NUMEROUS attempts to fill out endless amounts of applications (to add to the hundreds of applications I've probably already filled out of course) and guess what... "we're sorry but your computer is too stupid to connect to the internet right now!" maybe just maybe if I had a job I wouldn't have to leech off others internet service! So needless to say I was beyond frustrated that all my lousy attempts all fell through.. but the best is when I got about half way done or pretty much done and I went to click "continue" and it loads the what I'd like to call "the slap in the face page" you know, the one where they tell you that you are no longer connected to the internet? ya... that one. So yeah, like I said, I'm sitting here looking all crazy using McDonalds wi-fi just so I can apply for jobs, heck since I'm already here I think they should just end my troubles and hire me... surely flipping burgers is a lot more flattering than receiving an unemployment check every two weeks to remind myself of what a failure my work life has been... thanks California, I really appreciate it!

By the way... whatever happened to those paper applications anyways!?!

"I may be dumb... but I'm not stupid..."

I can't help but wonder what people think when they see me...

I wonder if they see the word "STUPID" in nice big bold letters.

(Just like I demonstrated above)

Or maaaybe they see it italicized as well...who knows!

All I know is there is nothing more irritating than making plans with someone... and making all the proper preparations to follow through with those plans and at the last minute have someone cancel on you. UGH! How frustrating can that be?!? I'm sure we've all "been there done that" and as quick as we are to shrug and say, "awww its okay, I understand"... do we really?!? I know I don't. I know that is my attempt at just "being nice" and playing it cool, but truth be told I would like nothing more than to grab a hold of that person and just slap them silly (okay not really, we all know that is TOTALLY not even an option, but still, work with me here.) I mean, if you are going to cancel at least do it in a decent amount of time, not the last minute! And if you are going to cancel, at least be honest, there is nothing I despise more than being lied too.. especially when you are going to turn around and contradict yourself and get caught up in a lie on facebook... I guess I just put too much value on peoples word... who knows. All I know is I could have slept a little longer... or spent a little more time on my hair, or fingernails since I literally JUST painted them this morning and they are already chipped (UGH!)... or even taken a nice stroll around town to enjoy this beautiful spring weather we are having. (which I am TOTALLY enjoying by the way)

Anyways, there is just a certain respect I wish more people had...

But enough of that, onto a much more happy tune of things...

The weather was beautiful today. The birds were chirping (mine included of course!) there was a nice spring breeze, and I was able to open up the windows and the door, which I LOVE!! it just seems so much more cozy, so much more like home. And I like that. But mother nature can keep her allergies to herself... because I've had about as much as I can handle. Especially since I'm pretty much allergic to everything under the sun.

Definitely not fun!

Another great thing about this beautiful weather is BBQing! Nothing beats the tasty food fresh off the grill... everything just seems to taste so much better with a little bit of black char on it :)

Now, I say all this while I'm listening to rain drops fall outside..

I guess its time to go shut all the windows and huddle up under the covers.

until next time... CIAO!