Reflection on Adolescence

I had several realizations while going through my yearbooks from middle school after reconnecting with someone that I knew from there.

1. Middle school is a horrible horrible place.
I submit as evidence the following quote, directly from one of the autograph pages:  "you look good in your yearbook picture, but I know you could do better."  Hello, passive aggression.

2. I had a terrible self-image.
I seriously felt fat and unattractive all through middle school.  Now, my hair certainly left something to be desired, but curly hair is very hard to deal with and half the products I use weren't even on the market then, let alone in a price range my mom would have spent on me at that point in time.  But I'm looking at these photos, and realizing how flipping skinny I was!  I don't know what it was that made me feel so fat, although perhaps it had something to do with the "I know you could do better" referenced above.

3. I was incredibly shy and probably unpopular.
Evidenced by the very notable lack of signatures.

4. I really loved the friends I had and I wish I could find them.
But so far no luck.

I may expound on these thoughts at a later time - realizations that occur after 2AM are tough to flesh out.

I have too much crap

I'm serious.  I think it's time to declutter my life.  I don't know exactly where I want to start, but I do know that it's time to look at what I have with a much more critical eye, and think about whether or not I really need whatever it is.  I have lots of things that I haven't used in so long that I've forgotten that I owned them.  This is a problem.  This is a HUGE problem.

I need less stuff.

Of course I'm not thinking about things like my books - those are precious and I will not give them up.  But I do think that taking care of this will make me feel much better about what I'm doing and where I'm going.  Perhaps in my time off from work this week.

OMG! A post about knitting!

Haha, can you stand it?  So this one is actually going to be about the hat I'm knitting for myself.  I'm making the Topi Hat from Knitty right now.  I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out so far.

This is how it looks so far, and I'm pretty excited that it looks so good.  I will model it on my head as soon as it's finished.  The design calls for buttons on the brim, but I'm thinking I might do crochet flowers instead in one of my other cotton yarns.  I'll have to see how the colors work together.

I just think it is a nice, fun hat that works well for summer (it's cotton).

I'm also really proud of myself because I had to learn a new technique to make it work.  (And I love that you can see my laundry basket back there in the picture).  Heh.

How to be a Good Customer, or Why Your Barista Thinks You are an Idiot

I am throwing this out there for the consideration of anyone who uses a drive thru.  If you are unsure of what you would like to order, the drive thru is not for you.  If you think it is appropriate for your server to describe for you every single juice that we have in the store from the comfort of your car, with other cars waiting behind you, you are out of your ever loving mind.  Stop being lazy.

Though thankfully, I did not have to deal with the crazy lady, I just had the pleasure of listening in, and then watching her ultimately give up and come in anyway, as she well should have.

Late Breaking News

I'm pretty sure that I write this blog for myself. And I'm completely okay with that.

A day off tomorrow, but exciting nevertheless, because my BFF will be going to the hospital to be induced to deliver my niece or nephew! I'm so excited to meet this baby! Plus I'm house sitting for them tomorrow night to keep the pets company.

Started making tips in the new job this week, so that's pretty sweet!

That's really all I've got tonight - I can't think of too much to say, but I hate to break a routine before it's fully established even. I need to keep writing!

Move along, Baby, and reasons why my new job rocks (so far)

June 1st. Babywatch 2010 has been under way for well over a week at this point (in my mind anyway... really the baby has only been due since Friday). I really just can't wait to meet my niece or nephew in person, and for that kid to stop kicking my BFF in the ribs! :)

Meanwhile, in my personal life, well, nothing exciting. I no longer feel stupid in my new job - I think I've got a pretty good handle on the stuff specific to this job that I didn't have any prior experience with, or at least I don't suck too bad at it (I'm thinking specifically of the drive thru, here. I keep getting put on it, so I guess I'm at least passable at it).

I nearly lost my shit today though when a customer called her drink a "crappuccino" today. She rolls up to the drive thru and is describing this drink that has ice and caramel and whip cream and it's "F-L-A-T" but it's a cappuccino... so, I convince her to come to the window and have someone else listen in to see if I'm crazy, but no, I'm not, and we finally get to the drink she really wants, and she's like "right, a crappuccino." And when she finally got her drink, she told me her life story. Really nice lady, too, so it was really hard for me to not laugh my ass of at her.

We are the narwhals of the land

I just had a lovely weekend with my family. Yesterday I went out with my BFF in the morning and then I went out with my cousins to see Oceans. We had such a fun time together, with lots of "you had to be there" moments, and laughing so hard that my abs hurt this morning. :)

Today I had work and got to learn drive thru (OMG stress), and then I went to the party for my cousin's christening, and had another sweet time with my family. All in all, things are going well. I need better shoes, though. LOL