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(insert giddy laughter here)

countdown...

So in approximately 54 hours (not that I'm counting), we fly out of the Little Rock airport headed for Atlanta. Then after an hour layover we fly from Atlanta to Seattle. I'm so very excited! Have I packed a single item yet? Of course not! I've just now started washing clothes.

I worked a tad bit late tonight to get some overtime in. Since I'll be gone 4 days next week, I needed a little extra time. I did work the 4th, so that will come in handy on the next paycheck. Work's been so backed up lately, they were offering OT to even some of the part-timers tonight.

Let's see...what else. I've been blog hopping the last few weeks. I've found some pretty good ones! I've been checking out some friends' of some friends too...you know how that goes. I'm hoping to meet more people and become more "bloggerific". Yes, totally made that word up.

I talked to mom earlier and they are in Oregon today. Yesterday as they went through California, they saw some of the fires not far from them. They even got some pictures of a helicopter scooping up some water to dump on the fires. I'm sure they got some interesting pictures.

Tomorrow I plan on making a shopping list for Target, and then at 3:30 I'm going to keep Cade and Melain. I don't even call it babysitting when they're concerned. I'd prefer referring to it as spending time with my Goddaughter and her older brother. Their mom has a wedding (she's a wedding planner), so I'll have them for a good part of the evening/night. We always have a good gab session when she gets home too, so that will be good. I'll probably end up taking the kids with me to Target, cause if you know anything about me, you know I won't be getting up in time to do that before I go out there. Did I mention my work schedule changed and I no longer work on Saturdays? It's so nice to know I don't have to go up there tomorrow. So very nice.

I've been spending a lot of time and prayer reading a particular blog. If you haven't had a chance to check out this post, go read it if you want, or just hop on over to Angie's blog. When you get there, click on the "click here" on the left side bar under "Welcome". It'll take you to the beginning of their story. The strength that woman has....I don't know if I could do it. Word to the wise if you decide to venture over there--grab the tissue.

I guess I'll leave you now with a picture mom sent me from her phone of the California coast. As I used to say when I was younger, after mom would dry my hair...

"How pretty, momma...how pretty"

Yay for haircuts

Before:

After:

a little unnerved..

I'm a shy, quiet girl. I like to think of myself as an observer, a people-watcher. Until you get to know me, I really don't talk all that much. I don't like attention. I was recently told by a co-worker (who I consider a friend) that some people think, because I'm quiet, that I'm better than everyone else.

What?!

Apparently when someone is quiet by nature and doesn't say a lot, it means that they are stuck-up and "above" everyone else. Hello! I've spent the last 23, almost 24, years listening to people when they talk to me. I do as I'm told at work, although since some of the higher-ups actually listen to me now, I do make my voice heard from time to time. I don't cause drama, one of the main reasons I don't date anyone that I work with. Which begs for another conversation.

What part of "I don't date people I work with" do the people I work with not understand?

Not to sound like I'm bragging, but I've had several people come up to me at work and say that so and so is interested, but "because of your policy, he knows he doesn't have a chance". (And even if I didn't have this policy, these guys are soooo off my radar anyway..) I don't usually buckle under pressure too much, and this is one area where I won't. I know the kind of drama it can cause. But fast foward 2 or 3 weeks or months later, and if the subject of dating comes up, someone will say "Oh, no. Amie doesn't date guys she works with. She's too good for them. She's anti-men." or some comment like that. It really ticks me off. I mean, don't' get me wrong, I do want a boyfriend...I'm tired of being single. But I do pride myself in some of my standards, and let's just face it....the "men" at work don't meet hardly any of them.

So tonight, that exact situation presented itself. As I was leaving work, someone said that I was going to meet my boyfriend. I said, yeah sure, what boyfriend?, and just smiled and left it at that. A co-worker piped up and said "yeah she doesn't have a boyfriend. she's better than everyone else, remember? if she was a little taller and had a beard, she'd think she was Jesus".

I was livid.

I got in his face and told him never to compare me to Him, and if he was going to talk about Jesus, he better do it in a respectable manner. I think it shocked him because, remember...this is quiet, little shy Amie that is getting all up in his face.

In retrospect, he was probably doing it all in good fun, but it rubbed me the wrong way. All the times before culminating into one explosion I suppose.

It was just a hard night at work. Good thing I had an empty house to come home to. One hot bubble bath later and I was just as mellow as could be. :)

Happy 4th!

I'm sitting here, completely caught up at work, not doing anything. BORED out of my mind.

But I'm getting paid darn near $30/hour today.

:D

Catching up..

Allison's doing okay. The ER doc told them there wasn't much he could do, so they have an appointment with the neurosurgeon Monday to make sure it's nothing serious. Keep her in your prayers that it's not.

Only 10 more days til the big trip!! Mom and dad are leaving this Sunday to start driving. They're going to end up seeing Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower (mom and dad have both wanted to see that since Close Encounters), and then I believe they will make their way through Yellowstone. I'm a little jealous. I'd like to see Yellowstone myself.

After that, they'll continue westward until they basically can't go any further! Mine and Laura's flight leaves Monday the 14th at 6am. That's going to be a VERY early morning for us. I won't get to Little Rock until about 11 on Sunday night, right around the time Laura will be getting off of work. The rest of the night will be spent getting things ready for her puppy to stay at her boyfriend's house, making sure we have everything packed, and doing a little dozing on the couch before we have to call a cab. We figured that was easier than either getting someone to drive us or having to pay for long term parking at the airport. We only have a small layover in Atlanta on the way there, but a pretty long one on the way back. Three whole hours! We each have a friend that lives in Atlanta, so some emails have been sent out about meeting up if possible. It'd be a good distraction.

I'm going to try to send all my "kids" postcards. I'm not promising anything at all, but I'll do my best. I do hope we get some good pictures on the whale watching tour though. I'm so very excited about that. Dad had mentioned getting a cabin on the coast, but I don't think we'll have time. Our flight leaves Thursday morning out of Seattle, and we'll be back to Little Rock that night. I haven't decided if I'll drive home then, or if I'll wait until Friday morning. I guess it depends on how tired I am.

My work schedule finally changed. I still work the same hours (2-10:30), but now I work Monday-Friday instead of Tuesday-Saturday. Hallelujah! I can finally have some kind of life on the weekends. Although that life will most likely consist of babysitting or seeing my friends and their kids. That's fine with me.

Everyone's been saying I need a man in my life. For all of YOU out there, you know who you are. Give me some time...I'm working on it!

Allison

Most of you should remember my good friend's little girl Allison who's fighting cancer. She's 4, and had a large tumor removed from her chest back in late December. She started having bathroom accidents, and the doctors discovered she had excess spinal fluid on her spine, and it was causing pressure on some nerves going to her bladder. She had surgery on that 2 weeks ago today. She did great throughout the surgery and great afterwards. She's a rowdy little girl, full of energy, and I kept her for a day the Monday following her surgery, and she was goofy and silly and full of life.

Over this past weekend, Allison started complaining of headaches and then would throw up. She did this about 3 times and then Alicia took her to the ER. They said it looked and sounded like she was leaking spinal fluid internally, which was causing the headaches and making her sick. They told her to keep her flat on her back for the next 72 hours. You try telling that to a 4 year old. They've done the best they can.

I just talked to Alicia, and she's back at the ER with her tonight. I didn't get to talk to her long, but she said there's a knot above her incision on her back and it made her nervous. That's about all I know. I don't know if she's still getting sick or having headaches or not.

Please please keep this little girl in your prayers. She also still has a small spot of cancer in her chest, but for some reason the doctors aren't doing anything about it. They are just watching it right now. It kind of makes me mad that they are basically waiting for something bad to happen before they will treat it, but I guess that's why I don't have my M.D. degree...

I'll leave you with a picture of Allison that I took last Monday...


And here's a video too that I took of her just being silly...it's kind of dark, sorry...