Until Now

I have to look at this poster all day at work.

Up until today, I didn't give it a second thought. Now it makes me sad.

Vanilla Twilight

Right now I am sitting outside on the front porch being dined upon by ravenous mosquitoes as the moths flock to the light of my laptop screen. The neighbor kids are lighting fireworks down the street and the popping sounds echo off the mountains and interrupt my train of thought.

The other day I dropped my laptop and it landed on the power cord, right where it plugs in to the back. It broke off a crucial piece. Now I have to order a $20 piece of plastic that is the size of my pinky fingernail, and somehow manage to install it without breaking anything else.

Me + the Apple Store + my iPod = FAIL. Me + Google + my iPod = FIXED.

Jelli.net is awesome. Also, Last.fm, ftw.

I managed to get through the day only having told one person the fuck off and get a life. It’s okay, it was on the Internet. It’s still early, though.

This root beer float is delicious.

New playlist: Passion Pit, Modest Mouse, Owl City, The Shins.

There is a nest of five tiny baby birds inside the hanging flower basket outside my front door. They squeak and chirp so helplessly. I feel really sad for them for some reason.

I finished my clinical hours at the hospital. Tomorrow morning I find out when I can take my state boards. When I learn the date of those tests, I will know precisely when I can leave this damn place for good and escape to a city that knows my name…. the city where I want to be.

For now, I just sit and listen. To this:

It's That Time Again...

It’s that time again… moving time.  Tine to un-decorate.  Time to pack.  Time to thin out all of my junk.  There’s nothing like a move to help you get rid of things.

 

I started the process two weeks ago, packing small boxes of things, and sending them on their way.  Now it’s down to the wire, and I have to get all the rest of this junk packed and ready to go for tomorrow.  You’d think I have it pretty much done by now… but I don’t.  Not even close.  It doesn’t help that I could win trophies for my procrastinating skills, if there were such trophies.  (See, I’m doing it again, by going off on a tangent about procrastinating…typical.) 

 

Here’s my problem—I collect things.  Not really any certain thing in particular, just things.  So, I have a lot of things to sort through and thin out.  I guess in a way I’m kind of lucky that I move so much, or I would have waaay more things in my collection of things, due to never having to thin it out.  I sifted through my clothes, and got rid of about a third of what I had.  Sounds great, right?  No.  I still have too much stuff.  For example, I bought one of those vacuum-pack space-saving bags so I could put my down comforter in it and compress the hell out of it, and hopefully it would take up less space.  The particular bag came with a free smaller ‘travel’ bag in the package with it.  I decided to put my underwear in it.  Well, let’s just say that now my underwear now only take up one-fifth of the volume in my giant suitcase, instead of one-half.  The bag does its job marvelously, but my stuff is still too much.  You may be wondering why I can’t just get rid of more stuff, and the answer is quite simple, really… because I NEED eighteen pairs of pajama pants, damn it!  I NEED THEM!

I had some sort of analogy about an elephant in a petting zoo that I was going to use here, but I’m deliriously tired, and can’t remember it, so you’ll just have to make up your own, and hope it’s a funny as mine was going to be.

Travel Time

I know I said in my last post that I would update about my trip as soon as I got home.  I also am aware that I didn’t do that.  I don’t really feel like explaining why I didn’t do that (mostly because that explanation would probably go something like this: “I was too lazy”).

 

So, here it is.  I went to Seattle.  Then to Portland.  Then back to Seattle.  Then to Portland again.  Then back to Seattle again.  Then I came home to Denver.  All in eight days.  I went to visit my seester. 

While nothing super eventful happened, I still got to explore a new city, and I really love to explore urban areas.

 

I won a slap bet against my brother-in-law.   In case you were wondering, this place is not called The Butterfly Pavilion.

 

Yes, I went to the Space Needle, but I my camera battery was long dead so I didn’t take any pictures.  It was lame, though, because a “private party” was being held there that evening, and they pretty much kicked us out early so they could set up for the party.  They weren’t very good at keeping the party a secret, though, but I don’t know how you could hide a 300 pound ice sculpture in the shape of the new Seattle Sounders logo.

 

I went got to spend some quality time in my favorite book store. 

Of course I went to Pike Place Market.  I really liked it there, and went back a second time so I could get some pictures. 

It rained a lot, but I like rain.  I ate some stellar Thai food, delicious Cuban food, and a crappy chicken salad sandwich.  I got blisters on my feet, I took lots of buses, rode a monorail, and a light rail.  I slept on a couch, the coldest air mattress on the planet, and a bed.  I went to a concert for a local Seattle band, which I ended up liking a lot. 

 

It was a pretty good trip.

Sneak Peek

This week I am spending some time traveling. I'll post when I return next week, but for now, here's a sneak peek at some places I've been:

50 things you didn't know about me until you read this...

1. What color is your tooth brush? Dark blue and white.

2. What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Watching something lame on TV.

3. What is your favorite candy bar? I'm not really a 'bar' person... I like Jr. Mints better.

4. Have you ever been to a strip club? Yes.

5. What is the last thing you said aloud? "C'mon girls, lets go to bed." [to the dogs]

6. What is the best ice cream flavor? Currently it's Coffee Heath Bar Crunch

7. What is the last thing you had to drink? Diet Coke.

8. What are you wearing right now? Pants that say "Shake your coconuts" on them, a fleece nightshirt with cartoon bunnies riding snowboards, pink and blue striped knee socks, and slippers. It's quite the ensemble, I know.

9. What was the last thing you ate? Strawberry and Cream Cheese Toaster Strudel.

10. Have you bought any new clothing items this week? Yes, a couple of pink things from Victoria's Secret.
11. When was the last time you ran? I only run when I'm being chased.

12. Who was the last person to send you a message/comment on your blog? Heather!

13. Do you take vitamins daily? No

14. Do you go to church every Sunday? No

15. Do you have a tan? When I try to (not currently).

16. Do you like Chinese food over pizza? Absofreakinlutely.

17. Do you drink soda with a straw? It tastes better that way.

18. What does your last text message say? RECEIVED: Ok. Lol. SENT: She can be your sugar mama.

19. Are you someones best friend? I would hope so.

20. What are you doing tomorrow? Sleeping, shopping, showering, partying.

21. Where is your dad? I assume he is in his bed/chair.

22. Look to your left, what do you see? A phone... with a cord.

23. What color is your favorite pair of shoes? Red.

24. Do you use chap stick? Not ChapStik brand.

25. Whats your favorite thing to do in your free time? Sleep.

26. Do you go in at a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? Drive thru, always.

27. Do you have a dog? Yes.

28. Last guy you talked on the phone with? Lil' Brudder.

29. Last girl you talked on the phone with? Leslie.

30. Any fun vacation plans soon? Europe for my birthday!!! Whore Tour '09, baby!

31. Do you dye your hair? I have someone that does it for me.

32. Can you say the alphabet backwards? "The alphabet backwards."

33. Do you have a maid service clean your house? Yes

34. Are you jealous of anyone? Aren't we all?

35. Do you love anyone? Yes

36. Do any of your friends have children? Yes, a few.

37. Do you use the word "hello" daily? Nope.

38. Do you like cats? Piss off, cats!

39. Have you ever been to six flags? Yes, and it was lame.

40. How did you get your worst scar? Falling up the stairs in my Halloween costume 2007.

41. What is your favorite smell? Sexytime.

42. What is the last DVD you watched? Gossip Girl, Season 1, Disc 4.

43. Have you ever been to Disney World? Yes.

44. What is your favorite number? 17.

45. Do you toast your pop tarts? Toaster Strudel, all the way.

46. Have you ever waited tables? Plenty of them.

47. Where did you have your first kiss? Back seat of a two-door car.

48. What should you be doing right now? Helping my brother ring in his 21st birthday.

49. Do you enjoy wasting time blogging? Yes.

50. Who do you want to tag? Nobody. I blog because I feel like it, not because I want you to copy my shit.

Life in Fast Motion

So I have officially become a bad blogger. That's okay, though, because I think it means I have a life. Maybe. Last time I updated, I was in Missouri to see my grandpa for the last time. My mom and I got there after a 36-hour experience on the road with the neighbors that live accross the street from her. They were coincidentally making the drive that week to visit their daughter in Nevada, Missouri, which is about an hour away from the tiny town where my grandparents live. It was an interesting journey, to say the least. I ended up leaving my cell phone at the Days Inn in Salina, Kansas on the way out there. I ended up having no phone until the day before we left to fly back. It's not like I would have gotten decent phone reception there anyway, so it was okay. While in Missouri, I got to meet some relatives that I'd never met before. My mom has a half-brother who has three kids that I didn't know about, and I got to meet them. They were mostly nice. I say mostly because the youngest one-- 15 years old-- was quiet, and shy and strange. My mom also has a step-sister who has three kids, the oldest two I'd never known about. So, yay for unknown cousins, I guess. Anyway, the night after we arrived my grandpa passed away after a brief fight with bone cancer. My seester was able to take time away from her job to fly out for an eventful (or not so eventful) week of celebrating, funeral-going, commiserating, RV-sleeping, and bad beer drinking. I was hoping to add a picture or two here, but my camera was out of commission during the trip, and Seester has not sent me any pictures yet.

The day before we left for Missouri, I accepted a job in Colorado. I had no idea that I would even be going to Missouri at that point, and I had agreed to start on the 22nd of August. That meant that when I returned to Utah on the 18th, that I would have less than a week to pack my apartment and the things at my mom's house before I flew out to Colorado that Friday. Combine the lack of time, and my lack of planning ahead, and I was a stressed mess! I managed to clean my apartment in time, and pack two boxes of less than 50 pounds each to check as luggage. I arrived at DIA after spending the entire flight staring at the hottest guy I'd ever seen. I was so flustered trying to follow him off the plane that I forgot my carry-on, and had to turn around and go back onto the plane and get it. I am retarded.

More later!

A Happy List

I've had such a crappy couple weeks, I figure that taking a minute to think of the good things might be a nice change.

• I get ten hours of overtime on my next paycheck.
• I have friends I can count on.
• My car takes me places when I want it to.
• I get to take a vacation this weekend and see my family.
• I am going to Las Vegas next weekend with my two of my best girl friends to celebrate our birthdays.
• Work just got a whole lot better-- people are actually starting to listen to me.
• I will have my own room again at the end of April.
• I've been finding lots of free stuff lately (thanks to Sara and slickdeals)
  
• IKEA!
  

January is Full of Changes!

There are days when something happens that I think I should blog about. A lot of those days have gone by, and I don't have a clue what to say. Since I have a whole month to catch up on, I'll keep it quick.


♥On January 4th, 2008, the Cooley family was expanded by one. Addilyn Marie Cooley was born around 4pm in Boulder, Colorado, while I was somewhere in the middle of Wyoming, trying to get there before she arrived!




♥On January 22, I accepted a new offer for a full time job. Now I don't have to work two part-time jobs! Yay for no more waiting tables! I start next Monday, so we'll see how I like it.



♥I have been sick for about three weeks now. I am so done, it's not even funny.



♥It has snowed here at least every other day for the past month... I am just guessing, but that feels accurate. It snowed so much, that our snow tubing activity at Soldier Hollow was canceled. Argh!



♥I... Ummm.... Errrr..... I am in the *cough* Relief Society Presidency *cough*. Ummm.... yeah. I don't know exactly who was the brilliant one to think of me, but they must not have been aware of my unwillingness to get out of bed in the morning... or maybe they were, and this is their evil plan.



♥I have a new favorite movie- Juno. I saw it twice in the theater, and I have the soundtrack. It's an excellent film, and I highly recommend it. I mentioned that fact to one of my roommates (we'll just call her 'Dagron'), and she let me know how much she hated it, and said that she walked out of the theater because it was - and I quote - "vulgar and disgusting". Ha ha ha ha ha ha. Oh, Provo.



♥Oh, and my sister turned thirty, so everyone go and make fun of her now.

Blog Is A Weird Word

I'm not really sure what I am doing back on this thing. I haven't updated it in almost a year, so that's pretty lame right there. I feel like I should be catching the internet-world up with my life, but I am not going to. I am too lazy. I will start from right here, right now, and we'll see how long I can keep going.

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my whole famn damily is coming to utah for thanksgiving, and i'm not sure that i am exactly looking forward to it. sara is driving down from oregon with jeremy, brian and his baby's momma are coming from colorado, and scott and his nasty dog are driving out with MY DAD. to stay at my mom's house. not kidding. that's all my siblings, plus my divorced parents, two dogs, a cat, and my weird stepdad. throw his kids in there, with the four illegitimate grandchildren, and you've got all the ingredients for the holiday from hell. oh, and don't forget the fact that we have one working shower in the whole house. i'm almost happy that i have to work on wednesday, friday, and saturday. i love my life.

Angry Phoenix