Melanie's 30th Birthday in Vegas!!

Okay, here's a brief, okay somewhat summarized look at the weekend I spent in Vegas for her 30th birthday. Friday night we drove down to Beaver to stay the night at Melanie's sister's house. The next day we ambled around for a little while. Melanie's two nieces are so cute. The older one who is I think is 4 or 5 really took a liking to me. She had me read to her and color with her. So cute. Then we headed on down to Vegas and the Luxor hotel where we were staying (it's the big pyramid). I had some surprises for Melanie as this was her actual birthday. So I had her open her first gift which was...


That's right her very own birthday cake that I sneakily hauled all the way from Salt Lake and it stayed packed really well.










Then onto her present. She recently bought a bike so I gave her some accessories for it and the ever elusive dvd for Twister. She has wanted it for like years and I have always meant to get it for her but it never fit in with the theme of the present. It doesn't here either but I really wanted to get it for her. Her is her reaction...(She's gonna love me for that picture)

And then we ate cake. Silly me forgot utensils. There is a picture of me doing this as well but I don't have it with me so we'll just focus on Melanie. She's much more photogenic.











We ate dinner at Caesar's Palace and then caught the show KA by Cirque du Soleil. Afterwards we hit the penny slots. Melanie didn't do so well, but I was on fire. I nearly tripled my money and then I lost it all. Two dollar profit lost just like that. Also, we barely caught a glimpse of New Kids on the Block. Their after concert party was at our hotel so we strained to see them and get a picture but there were lots of people around.

The next day we went walking along the strip again. This is us in front of our hotel.
We went to the M&M Factory and played around and then to the Bellagio for the fountain show.





















I had a really great time with Melanie in Vegas. It was kind of nice, it just being the two of us. Thanks Mel for a fun trip!!

It's Here!!

My computer has finally arrived. It arrived yesterday, actually. I wanted to clean my room before I used it so I would have more space, but I didn't get too far until I had to open it up. First thing I did was download Firefox because I really like it and it gives me all the editing for blogging that Safari doesn't. But there was a weird thing that I couldn't figure out if it was fully installed and if so then where was it. So I called my Mac guru, Jason and even though he was on his way to bed (his curiosity got the best of him) he came over to help me and then figured out how to transfer files from my old mac onto my new mac really quickly. Well, I'm not done with that yet. I can't wait to really get going on editing my photos and putting my home movies together. It's so cool!

I also got the IPhone with my birthday money from wonderful mother. Thanks Mom!! She held onto it for just this purpose. So, since some guy at work accidentally deleted all my contacts, I had to reenter them onto the address book and sync it to my phone. Now anytime I add a contact onto my phone or on my computer they will sync together. It's so awesome. As soon as I get my music transferred over then I'll have a phone and ipod all in one. It is so fantastic. I found some really cool applications too.

Also, last night I popped into Old Navy because I really need some fall clothes and tops for work. Found a few things, not many tops, but skirts, two skirts actually, the same skirt but in two different colors. Why, you may ask? Because they were only $1.99 each! And some fabulous grey dress pants that seriously I look great in. They make my legs look so long, with heels of course. So I need to quit spending money now. I'll just hold out for Christmas to get anymore new clothes.

AAH! I DID IT!

So I finally bought my new computer. The new Macbook. It will be here sometime next week. I know I could have bought it at the store that is right by my work but it was just too crazy in there and this gives me a chance to get my files in order to transfer over. I'm very excited even though it was a lot of money and it's going to take a while to bring my savings up to what it was at the beginning of the summer. Two years probably, unless something else comes along that I need to pay for. But I'm excited to get it and start playing with all the new stuff.

Mystery Revealed!

So last Wednesday, I went to lunch with some guys that I work with, one was from a different company that we work closely with and is two floors below us. We were just chatting about work and I already knew that they had some people leaving and on more discussion I could see that maybe I would be qualified for one of the positions that was opening up. The guy I had lunch with told me that I should apply but that I would need to apply that day. I don't make decisions that fast so it scared me a little. Plus I am very loyal, so then I start thinking about leaving my co-workers in a lurch or whatever. I looked into the job and it paid really well, but I didn't have much experience in what they were looking for. I called another friend that works there and asked about the job and it turned out that he is the supervisor over that position. And he was giving me good reasons to apply. So I figured I would send them my resume and they needed to know asap if I wanted an interview since they were doing them on Friday. But interviews scare the crap out of me and so that night I didn't update my resume and Thursday morning I told the HR person that I wouldn't be applying.

Later on Thursday, I needed to take something down to their office and the guy I talked to last night and the HR person started talking me into still applying and interviewing the next day and all the things that I have going for me that would be good reasons to hire me. So they persuaded me and I said yes. It really would be a great position, more money, same benefits, don't have to wear a skirt everyday, casual Fridays, Lagoon days, parties. Lots of good stuff. So I interviewed and I knew both of the interviewers pretty well so it wasn't too bad.

Well, I heard back today that they decided to go with someone with more experience but that they would keep me in mind for other things as they open up. So I'm a little disappointed but I thought that that might happen so it's not that big of a deal. I do really like all the people I work with here, it is just really stressful here right now. I just need to have a more positive attitude about work. Maybe I'll look elsewhere sometime but I think I'll wait a little longer and see how things turn out here.

Anyway, I didn't want to say anything because a couple people from work read my blog sometimes and I was keeping this a little quiet, but now it doesn't really matter.

Update on Me

I really need to come up with other things to talk about. But 'me' is my favorite subject. So I seem to be doing a little better. This no fast food thing is making feel things that are just weird. My stomach growls now. It hardly ever did before, I usually just ate because I figured it had been a while and was probably time to eat again but now I have an alarm. I'm not sure if I like it. It's not the most pleasant feeling. Also, I think it's kind of weird that I get that now. It's probably because I used to eat the biggest quantity of my daily food for dinner. Now it's usually lunch where I eat the most probably because I'm so hungry by then, and I never have time for breakfast. No significant weight reduction yet, but that's okay. I can't expect too much since I ate at Applebees yesterday for lunch including my own dessert (I was taken to lunch and it was insisted upon that I get dessert, what's a girl to do).

Also, there is a possibility of a really big change, well maybe not that big but significant. I can't say what it is because of who may read this blog but as soon as it is definite then I will let you all know.

It's Just a Slight Slump, That's All

So nothing to really post about other than my usual semi-annual depression. I wouldn't even call it a depression, just feeling more comfortable not doing things. I go to work, I come home and watch t.v and then go to bed. On the weekends I've been calling Melanie to see what she is up to and she's usually doing the same thing. So we sit and watch t.v. together. Actually, last weekend, I did absolutely nothing. I really needed to clean my room, but there was just no motivation. I did laundry but it took quite a few days before I put it away. Now, little by little, my room is getting picked up. It's my turn to clean the bathroom but I think I'll leave that for tomorrow.

It could just be that I am finally slowing down from a very hectic summer and this is my recovery. There is some sadness, but not overwhelming or unusual. I think that maybe Loralee getting married and moving out is finally hitting. I didn't really have time to process it when it happened. Which I'm glad for and I'm pretty okay with it though my living situation is very different and I'm not sure for the better. I'm constantly comtemplating moving out, but waiting and seeing how things go or if I could afford my own place. I don't know. I don't think anything will happen for a couple of months at least. Time is going by so fast these days I can wait for that.

Work is really irritating. I find myself constantly complaining about my boss and how he treats the people that are under him. It's not mean or disrespectful, he is just micro-managing which disrupts our work flow. Everyone is unhappy about it. I really like the people I work with and I hate seeing them unhappy in their jobs especially if they talk about leaving. I try to tell myself to quit looking at the negative but it is really hard. I'm probably gonna get myself into trouble one of these days if I don't keep my mouth shut but I hate that I work in an environment where I feel that way.

On a slightly more positive note, I've decided to drastically reduce my fast food intake. I bought a scale, because I think the absence of one was really hurting me. The scale usually checks me if I get too far beyond a point and I'm so far beyond that something needs to change. So I am on day 5 with no fast food. I have given myself one free day a week, which is today actually. Hooray!! Because my headache is killing me. I'm still not eating the best, because I eat cafeteria food at work for lunch and sometimes it's hard to check myself on what I get. I really like their fries. But I'm trying. Less fast food means less diet coke but not as much. I still have maybe one can or bottle every other day or so. Then for dinner I have a lean cuisine or I have stuff to make food. I'm gonna really try to do this for at least a month and hope I get some positive feedback meaning lose weight but I'm not holding my breath to that. I'll still try even if I haven't really lost anything after a month but I don't know how high my motivation will be.

I do have a lot of things coming up to look forward to that should bring me out of this slump. Me and eleven of my friends are going to see Into the Woods at Hale Center Theatre at the end of this month, which I set up. Should be really fun. Some of us talked about going to see the dance Thriller sometime too. I'm going to Las Vegas this weekend for Melanie's 30th birthday so nothing to be alarmed about.