What?? You're Paying Moi to Eat!?

The title isn't cryptic at all.  Tonight I am apart of some taste-testing study for breakfast sandwiches.  I get paid 30 bucks to try a new sandwich.  Getting paid to do what I love?? SOLD! I'm pretty sure the sandwich will involve some sort of red meat or pork, which I haven't eaten in a few months, but i'll jus have to chalk that up.  Man 30 minutes 30 bucks, I get paid 30 dollars a minute..... yall hiring full time??  Now these 70mph winds better slow down so I can make it there tonight!

Anywho, today I was pulled to another clinic....not happy about that! But I'm lucky to have a job in this economy, so I will keep my complaining to a minimum.  I'm still tryna get over whatever this lil cold thing I have going on is, but I was definitely not about to let that put a damper on my weekend.

So Thursday, I did some HIV outreach stuff with Tiffani aka the nappyheadrambles.  I didn't get home till about about 9pm. Yep so I basically worked 730am-9pm. But there was free food and I got to do outreach in the community which I love.  The next day was Dylan's bday party.  Had a great time!

Karaoke for Dylan's BDay

So we started out at Dylan's house, drinking, eating and playing games and what not.  Of course my team won Cranium. So around midnite-ish his upstairs neighbor comes down and starts complaining about the noise.  Are you serious dude?? It's a Friday night, its only midnite, its a campus apartment AND the homecoming game is tomorrow, what did you think was gonna go down? And we weren't even loud.  So we keep the volume down, and lo and behold, his ass is back! So we jus head down to karaoke instead. I didn't sing for 2 reasons, mainly because they aint ready for all of thisss and secondly because of my sore throat. Womp Womp.

So Saturday, started with me waking up at noon, the same exact time I was supposed to be meeting Krista for lunch.  Fail, but I was there at 1220! I think I made good time, but anyone who knows me knows I'm always early so that kinda irritated me.  But I love hanging out with her :-)  So got home, finished watching the buckeyes slaughter Purdue, no, I mean that literally. Score was 42-0.  Also watched the city tow away every car on my street.  People really need to read the street signs for game days........I found that out the hard way.  So that afternoon my cousin and her friend came down.  So I took them to the mall bcus they wanted to shop.  Got home that evening, they went out and I went to a haunted house and bowling with some friends.  Had a great time, except for my piss poor performance at bowling.  Out of the 2 games we bowled, my highest score was a 123....I blame it on the alcohol though and the fact that them balls were heavy!

Sunday my friend came and stayed because he was visiting a law school on Monday.  I took him around campus to try and sway him to fine city of Columbus.  Def wasn't a good idea to be walking miles in come Chuck's tho cus I'm feeling it now!  Anyway I guess that's it.  After my taste testing I'm going to visit lil miss Alexita :)

Fingers crossed that my car isn't on it's side when I get off work.........

Well Who Doesn't Like Being Cussed Out at 8AM?

Why don't you all take my quiz to the left, I'm curious if you've ever snapped at work....cus I was damn close today!!! A mother was over 20 minutes late to her appointment and per our policy you have to reschedule when you are that late.  I told her she could take her child to urgent care or I can schedule her an appointment for this evening.  She began her little tirade which included calling me stupid.  Which I called her out on, which she seemed a little bit shocked by.  I let her know calling me names was definitely not for her benefit because that was not gonna get the child seen and furthermore she was being extremely rude.  All before 8:30am......So I scheduled her another appointment for later today she snatched the appointment card and on her way out proceeded to call me an ugly ass.  Hmmmmmm well my face most certainly is not ugly.....nor is my ass.  I saw red and I had a flash back to when George Bush was giving a speech and the reporter took off his boots and threw them at W's head.......yea had to take some deep breaths on that one.

So back to this weekend....Akron is the whackest place on earth. So Friday I didn't do much because I was tired.  Saturday was the O State game (disappointing to say the least!! Can we jus get rid of everyone on special teams all together?? I mean DAMN!! Sorry went off on a tangent...) so my cousin Kham and I were gonna go somewhere to watch it.  So we went to On Taps and it was too packed, so we went to another On Taps and stayed there for the game.  After we wanted to play pool or darts somewhere so we go the the VFW which was ok. Played darts, laughed at the old pimps and hos. Then we decide to go to Wing House, get there and there is a cover, a cover to go eat wings?? So I have to pay you to eat wings, then pay to get the wings?? And it aint nothing but 6 people in there?? I wouldn't go in just on principle.  So then we head to this place called The Office.  I heard it was a nice chill spot but have never been there before. So it was cool.....maybe to take a lil creep there but the over priced drinks and the atmosphere was jus not what I wanted for a Saturday night.  So THEN we go to the Valley and play some pool....man the night was full of dummy missions!

Sunday I had lunch with 2 friends that I've known since......um like 5th and 7th grade?  Wow, you never know how peoples live will turn out.  It's very refreshing to reconnect with someone you haven't seen in a while and you can pick up right where u left off like no time has passed at all.  I'm lucky to have really good friends but also lucky I made good choices in making friends when I was younger too :-)

Monday I had 2 interviews that I think went really well, so fingers crossed!! I usually end my blogs with something about the Bucks.......even tho they disappointed me, I'm still loyal...so GO BUCKS!

My Very Un-Eventful Life....

So seems like I blog once a week, but that's because I really don't have much to talk about!  So I guess I'll start with my weekend.  So Friday evening my friend Dylan was having a wine, cheese and fruit party at his place.  I told him of course I could bring cheese, but wine might be iffy since I hadn't gotten my new drivers license yet.  So he told me to bring sparking grape juice or something because he had a few friends that don't drink alcohol.  So off I go to Giant Eagle and get some brie and mini toasters and head to the wine section.  I'm looking everywhere for sparkling grape juice and can't find it.  So I go to the juice section, still no luck.  Finally, I find a worker and he says they don't sell it.  So I'm still in the wine section and I see a non-alcoholic section.  And I find a whole line of wines with alcohol removed.  So I get some alcohol removed Chardonnay, perfect right?  So I go thru the checkout and homegirl cashier asks for my id.  I tell her its alcohol removed wine, which  I point out on the bottle, so I'm not sure why my id is needed.  She informs me that there is 0.08% alcohol in this wine and that;s why I need an id.  I tell her I don't have it with me then her boss comes by to tell her that its to her discretion if she wants to card me or not.  Basically giving her the OKAY to let me purchase the wine id-less.  Her response?  It's not worth me losing my job.  Oh, it took everything in me not tell cuss her ass out.  NyQuil got more alcohol in it then that bottle of wine!

So off to Dylan's.  Very nice evening, and after his house we all went out to sing karaoke.  Good times, I was nervous but sang one song.  I have to admit, Dylan brought the house down tho! lol

Saturday was full of errands.  Went to get new drivers license. Hair appointment. Bank. Met Dylan for lunch. Went to the Movie Tavern with James and saw The Social Network.  I admit, it exceeded my expectations.  I would definitely recommend.  Shadiness at its finest.  Sunday lunch with Dylan at Betty's where I saw the saddest parade in history.  The Italian Festival parade.  No one threw candy, no one looked happy to be there, random high school bands sweating in polyester. Just sad.  What happened to the dip it low, booty poppin parade dancers from my hey-day??  After that went and got Alexa a buckeyes hat because its a crime she doesn't have any buckeye gear for the game days.

So I spent several hours with Angelica and Alexa.  Just talking, playing with the baby, watching stupid movies, etc.  I really enjoyed spending time with the both of them.  Since I have no life I will be invading theirs more often.  Plan on going back Wednesday to visit :-)



Me and Alexita

So hopefully some exciting prospects coming up this week in terms of jobs.  A telephone interview tomorrow and a second interview next Monday.  Fingers crossed!  Have a great week, if something exciting happens this week (not banking on that), I'll blog it!  P.S.  You been following buckeye football?? :-)

Never Been So Happy to Be Back in Cold Ass Ohio

This just may end up being my longest blog ever. My apologies in advance. I would like to begin this mini-novel with something positive.  Congrats to Angelica and Luis on their new bundle of joy Alexa!  My lil niece decided against waiting until I came back home to make her appearance, but that's okay.  Can't wait till she's bigger and we can wear out matching RUN DMC shirts :)

SO.  Let us begin this journey with re-living my weekend.  So Friday morning we leave for Savannah, Georgia.  I asked Brandy if she wanted me to drive because I knew she hadn't had much sleep but she said she was fine running off of fake energy. That didn't last long because an hour later I was driving.  I drove for about 7 hours before we switched.  My back felt like a freakin accordion!  So I tried going to sleep to no avail.  Meanwhile, Adonis' ass is knocked out in backseat looking all peaceful, like he's dreaming of dancing pork chops or something.

So we finally get to Savannah around 8:30 and were pissed bcus Paula Deen and her brother's restaurants were both closed.  So someone Brandy knows told us to go to this other restaurant, Vic's on the River.  I called to make a reservation and off we go.  What a beautiful city.  All the big ol houses and weeping willows...but reminds me of the big house aka slave massa's house.  I told Brandy she was a house nigga..........cus she sho woulda been.  Anyway, so we get to Vic's and this hostess is dumber than a box of rocks. Like forreal.  She's like I only have one reservation at 9:30 for another name (that sounds almost exactly like Bran's).  So I start name dropping, I'm telling her the name of the chick I made a reservation with over the phone and maybe she jus heard the name wrong.  She's over there hmmm and ahhh-ing I'm like does the girl's name I said work here? Of course she does! We left, incompetence at its finest folks!

So we went to Tony Roma's and had a nice evening then went back to the hotel and crashed. Next morning, on the road again.  Whenever I got sleepy I just listened to Teflon Don to get me supa hype.  While driving, we started seeing signs for Daytona Beach, where my cousin lives.  We called and took about a hour off the road to spend some time with him and the kids.  Absolutely adore my lil cousins.  (Will post their pic after I upload this digital cam)

So we finally make it to Miami Lakes.  Of course my ass is sick and getting sicker.  So right across the street we walk over to CVS.  I take my wallet while Brandy and Adonis wait outside for me.  I pay for my medication, put the change in my wallet and walk out.  I know I had my wallet because I remember putting the change of 13.01 in my wallet cus I was excited there was no sales tax.  We get back, go upstairs and put Adonis up then come back down to take stuff up from the car.  After that we head to Ruby Tuesday's for dinner.  Ruby Tuesday's is in this shopping plaza which must be the high school kid's hang out spot on a Saturday night.  Madness, there was scantly clad teens every way you turned.  We sit down, enjoy a nice dinner, and when it's time to pay, I can't find my wallet in my purse.  I don't even panic because I know it must be at the hotel.  We get back to the hotel and its nowhere.   So I check the hotel, car, call CVS and Ruby Tuesday. It's nowhere. So at 1 in the morning I retrace my steps with Adonis as my protection.  Nada.  No one used my cards but still nada. 

That's not even the worst of it.....how am I gonna fly back without an id?!!!!! Greyhound aint even happening! It would be like a 3 day ride or something?? And if my back felt like an accordion already, what would become of me?? Plus I didn't request any more time off work.  So I'm stranded without a dime to my name.  So i went and filed a police report with the most illiterate officer on the force? Do you not need to know how to read and write for that job?? I mean I know yall stay on the First 48 but lowering your standards that low is pretty ridiculous....

I really tried hard not to let this mishap get me down.  I didn't want this to interfere with the time I spent with my sister.  Everything I lost is replaceable, but my time with her is not.  So Sunday night we went to Miami Beach and had some drinks, praying I wouldn't get carded since I was id-less.  And I wasn't which i felt a bit conflicted about, I thought I had a baby face! Anyway, people watching was fun, alot of fun.

The next day it was time for me to leave.  I headed to the airport 2 hours in advance with my crocodile tears on deck should I need to start my Oscar-worthy tear jerking performance. They called a supervisor to come talk to me.  I told him the situation, showed him the police report # and my buck id.  Ohhhh he was a buckeye fan.  Asking me about my degree, telling me how proud he is of me.  God, I just love being a buckeye!  Anyway thank goodness I also had a prescription on me with my name, so he let me fly.  So off to Charlotte I went for a 3 hour layover.  Got on that plane and sat next to the most talkative man in history!  The 20 minutes we sat waiting on the plane to take off, he told me his whole life story.  I mean for real. What he was doing in Charlotte, where he's from, what he does, what he watches, the instruments he plays, etc, etc.  I was cordial but was supa hype when he finally put his ipod in! 

Fast forward to today-Landed safely, back in Columbus at work, and now the rebuilding begins.  Have to open a new acct, order more checks, change my direct deposit, etc, etc.  Never been so happy to be back in cold ass Ohio :-p