Come on UPS....

I officially made it through date day...well most of it anyway.

I came home in nothing but solid ice. I made Breakfast pizza, had bananas, milk, and juice at work for the kids. I had to wake them up early since they were going to have to leave for church early because of all of the black ice. Most of them got up normally without complaints. They all came down to eating my Breakfast pizza and were thrilled!!! I'm so glad they like it. I ended up making enough for everyone in the house to have two BIG squares of it. Just in case anyone is wondering how it is made....

Biscuit crust, breakfast gravy, sausage, ground ham, bacon, scrambled eggs, and CHEESE!!!

Quite tasty, although I didn't get any. I just wanted to come home for date day. I vowed I would make it through this one- AWAKE!

I came home and by the time I got to Ashland all was well with the ice. I just happen to be lucky and take all the back roads, that don't get salted, to get to work. It shaves on 14 miles each way and saves on gas. I still had one of my sweet teas left surprisingly so we just stopped and got Ben a coffee along the way. First stop was JoAnn Fabrics!!! I was gonna get the chocolate melting pot that I had so despritely thought about all weekend. I decided against it since it was so close to Christmas. I looked around for the LorAnn's Candy Oils with no success. Insert explitive here...@#$^@#$%#^@@%%$@!!!!!!! Okay...so I'm a little angry about not finding them. It's like the whole world doesn't have them. I think I could get them at Food Dock but they are gay and are closed on Sunday's and Monday's, plus I don't like how it smells like old musty basement when I walk in there. It should smell like food- not a leftover gym bag from 10 years ago. I had a bunch of 50% off coupons that I printed out. Thinking maybe just maybe I would find something I wanted. I did find some fleece that I wanted. I got a yard of it half off to make a mini blanket (for a little person provided we get one of those someday).....So here I was...11 coupons left and NOTHING else in my hands. So I played Santa Clause!!! I randomly went around to people in the store giving them a 50% off coupon. They all intially looked at me like I was insane and who in the world is walking up to me...do I know them??? I just smiled and said I printed off extra here you go, Merry Christmas. They were all happy and smiled back when they looked at the paper and said Thank you. I then promptly high-tailed it to the registers and checked out before any of the employees found out I was the one who just passed out 11 50% off coupons to strangers and cost them $$.....Ben looked at me like what are you doing?? I just told him to run and stop fooling around. He gladly started galloping towards the door because we all know how much Ben LOVES going to JoAnn Fabrics...it's like his favorite store in the whole world.

By this time it was after 11am. Neither one of us had eaten breakfast because we decided just to do an early lunch. We thought about the new Ocean Buffet (hoping it was like the one that closed in Ashland)...I really couldn't decide and wasn't sure if I wanted to pay for it if it wasn't the same and waste our money on crap food. I didn't want to go through a drive-thru (afterall this was a date) I didn't want to hit any of our normal places and I was really hungry for Logan's but I refuse to go there when they don't have there 2 for $13.99 deal because it is so expensive. I was still thinking mashed potatoes....and waaalaaaa....CRACKER BARREL.....popped into my head. Ben was like are you serious??? But we drove the 20 minute drive there anyhow. We walked right in and sat down (on a Sunday at high noon??? what are the odds?). We both had a really tasty meal and proceeded back to the mall.

The mall was crazy ridiculous. Way to many freaking people pushing and shoving. I saw lots of people just randomly changing their kids diapers out in the open. The food court there is sooo gay now. Sabarro pizza isn't even there...Losers. The music store is going out of business and most of the stores are just lame or weird or high priced. We tried pushing our way through places. I did get to go to my kitchen collection store (which is sad that it is only open during Christmas-how aggitating). I'm leisurely walking and this teen girl in this puffy blue and fur collared coat was texting and literally walking @#$%^^$Q@ circles around me. I stopped...back up and said WOW! as loud as I could. She gave me this ugly face and rolled her eyes. I started laughing. I couldn't help it. She walked away for a moment...only to come back AGAIN!...This was it. I took my best "move it or it is on like donkey kong girlfriend" pose and just said "Seriously????" and she finally just left the store. This girl couldn't have been more than say 13 or 14....My first thought was what the heck was this all about...then I thought maybe she was trying to pick pocket me and act like she was texting instead...Either way I still had my wallet and numnuts was gone....We decided not to fight the mall anymore and Ben promised to take me to OUAC...and I literally found nothing. I walked in and walked out...guess they got raided at their sale yesterday. We went to Barnes and Noble where I wanted to get the new Christmas Cookie Craft book...but found it to be slightly like crap and not worth buying for $25....I picked up this book towards the way out and thought it was neat...had this really big cute furry tiger on it and it had a Noble sticker on it...Ben looked at me and said...uh those are for donation...I looked around to see if anyone had seen my bright read face, dropped the book and left the store. We made one more stop at GFS to try and find the candy oils....NOTHING....helped some old lady find this HUGE can of Waterchesnuts for those bacon wrap thingies, grabbed this industrial size restaurant jar of pepperocini's for Ben who was so excited...considering the two small jars he goes through in a week cost about $4 when this HUGE jar was only $5.93 after tax.

Here is where the date officially ends....I fell asleep in the car on the way home....No putting up the tree....sniff sniff...I came in and laid on the couch an fell asleep for almost 3 hours. I woke up to Ben handing me pizza and a diet caffiene free pepsi....Yes folks....my best friend made me pizza- my second favorite food after mashed potatoes with chicken gravy of course. I ate the pizza and got down to the last few bites and fell asleep holding the plate. Ben took me upstairs, tucked me into bed with all my ten thousand covers, played with my hair till I fell asleep. I woke up like an hour later and found that ELF was on tv...I called Ben (yes I called him from my phone when he was only downstairs) and told him to come up and watch it with me I was awake. He said sure. I don't remember him coming.....I fell asleep again....WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING?!?!?!

I woke up at 5:30am when Ben was HOT and had to open the window more and turn the fan up....By then I was awake...I played on facebook on my phone. Got dressed...realized I lost my wallet out of my pants pocket from yesterday....INSTANT flashback to puffy blue coat, texting girl from yesterday...I ran downstairs and out to the car...no wallet....Please please please be in the couch where I originally fell asleep yesterday....and SUCCESS!!!!...shoved Nemo off the couch and found it in the crack of the couch....

I wrote on here and checked my UPS status of the fertility package.....still doesn't have an update...but it says that it is scheduled for delivery today. So needless to say, I'm awake and excited like today is Christmas.

Now I'm hungry, I was thinking about trying that new Donut Connection out by Walmart, but I'm not sure if it is good or not and could it really beat out the old standby of Hawkins or Marathon's Krispy Kremes???

At any rate....I'm off to find some doughnuts with my "crack" money from the couch. ha ha....

Well of course...they whined yesterday morning. I want waffles. They were loud aggrivating, fighting, grrrrr. On top of that, after I was done in the house, I went up to the offices to find my "Christmas bonus". Well I sat there and waited for the lady they told us to see. She had no clue what I was talking about. Sent me downstairs to find my supervisor. He wasn't there so I saw his supervisor. She checked his office-nothing. She said that she'd have him get it to me either tonight when I came in or tomorrow morning before I left. I went out and started the car to warm it up and sat in the parking lot...by this time I've wasted 45 minutes. It's 8:45am and I thought he was suppose to be there at 8:30am. Then I thought maybe 9am. I figured that since I waited this long, I'll continue the extra fifteen minutes. Well other night shifter came up and sat with me in car. We both waited till 9:30am and said never mind. He didn't answer his phone when his supervisor called him and when a completely different night shifter called him, he thinks he hit ignore on his phone. I get to work tonight thinking that maybe, just maybe what was said was going to be done happened. FAT CHANCE! Nothing...I was dutily informed that his phone was out of battery charge is what he told other co-worker. Well that doesn't explain why he didn't come to give it to me tonight like his supervisor said. He lives on campus, so it isn't like he got stuck in traffic or something. Here is hoping that he actually comes in here in the morning to give it to me. Otherwise it will be the end of next week before I even see what it is. It is all based on how long you've been here I guess. So I'm sure it isn't much, but I'm beside that point now. I have never ever even met with my supervisor once. He's not even the one who hired me. I don't know if I'm doing a good job or a bad job. I'd like to think I'm doing well. But I was told in training that after two weeks we would meet to see where I needed to build strengths. That hasn't happened. I am trying to be optimistic and think that no news is good news. But it's kinda nice to know if you're doing all right or not.

I said that I would help out with making cookies or sloppy joe's at work if they bought the stuff for the holiday open house tour/package opening day that's next Friday. I was given the list of things to make....yes...a list....Maraschino cherry chocolate covered mice, buckeyes, holiday wreaths, caramel chocolate pretzels, and normal chocolate dipped pretzels, peanut butter kiss cookies, and chocolate chip cookies. WHAT THE HECK!?!?! Just because I work night shift, doesn't mean I'm the slave. I know I don't "watch" the kids when they are awake and causing chaos, but I have a list of things that I have to do at night every night. Granted I can get them done in plenty of time. But me saying I would make cookies or sloppy joe's---how did that turn into party slave making a crap ton of cookies and candy stuff? Can we say ABUSE OF OFFER?!?! HELLO!!!

On a separate note, I have this big secret to tell everyone. I can't share it yet. It's driving me bonkers!!! I wish I could shout out and yell to everyone WAHOO!!! But I can't. Give me like a week and I'll spill the beans.

I am so tired. I only slept like 3.5 hours because of waiting for no-show supervisor and getting pushed passed my normal time of being asleep all ready and also because of the secret. My nieces have their birthday party tomorrow (born same day two years apart). I'm not sure if I can go normally cause I'll be sleeping that time as it is, but at the rate I am at now. I'm whOOOped and I still have 6 hours left to go on this shift.

I am thinking of planning at Date day with Ben on Sunday. Last time I did this- I feel asleep trying to wake him up and he felt bad and didn't wake me up and I missed the whole entire thing. Yeah for me-not! So I really don't want to screw it up again this week. I've gotta think of something really fun to do, but that wouldn't waste my energy badly or is in a place that's dark and comfy (movie) that would make me fall asleep. Hmmm....what to do what to do?

My friend Kayla's Dad died on Tuesday an the calling hours on Sunday evening with the funeral on Monday afternoon. I think I'd like to go, but I'm not sure how it would go over since I never knew her Dad and I've only met her mom three times. Once at Bob Evans when they were eating together, once at Kayla's baby shower, and once on Wednesday night when I took food to Kayla and her husband, but since she was at her mom's I took it over there so she could share with her mom. Kayla just had a baby two weeks ago. She was induced to have the baby. I'm so glad God let that happen so her Dad could meet him because she wasn't even due until this week. My heart goes out to her and her family. She should be happy with a new baby and the holidays, but has to step aside for a sad situation. I wish I could hug her hard enough that it wouldn't hurt anymore. I luv ya lots, Kayla!

I'm almost out of Sweet Tea number 1....that is bad...very bad...I've finished it ahead of the schedule....I think it's cause I'm so tired.

Oh...and I've got my notebook here and I'm going to starting making my list of holiday baking items supplies. Yeah! SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT!!! I need to do Christmas shopping too. An still no tree...Sunday?? maybe?? Who knows, but this is a novel and half so- maybe more later. It's all rambled and non-coherent due to sleep deprivation anyhow. I'm outtie.

I've entered the world of blogging...

I have a blog. I have a blog....yes folks...I have a blog. I'm not sure where this is going to take me or what I'll use this blog for, but hey here goes. My first guess is that I'll be using this as a way to vent and release stress from my day. Not sure who will read it or if anyone will for that matter.

So some things that annoyed me today:
1.) I think I broke my right pinkie toe on the corner of the chair at the house tonight and my foot is thumping in my shoe at work.
2.) On my way to work, I stopped at McDonald's for my two Sweet Tea's that get me through night shift work. They filled one and emptied the container and had to fill the other one from a different container. Well...that means I got one Sweet Tea and one NON!!!! Sweet Tea...It's not the same when you try to add sugar to tea after it's been brewed. Grrr....
3.) I'm still aggrivated by the wind that blew down and ruined our Christmas decorations outside.
4.) I feel terrible that we still don't have our tree up yet. Maybe that's a project for tonight with Ben? Who knows.
5.) I have to check on a girl at work every 30 minutes because she caused self harm to her face yesterday. I'm not aggrivated that I have to check on her. I'd rather her be safe. I'm just aggrivated that my toe really hurts going up and down the stairs every 30 minutes. Can't wait to put up my foot when I get home and take off the shoe to examine it. I don't want to take off the shoe since it is my right foot and I kinda need that for the gas pedal to get home.
6.) UPS doesn't move fast enough with Ground travel packages.

So if I gave you 6 aggrivating things, I suppose I should give you 6 positive things....
1.) McDonalds is going to replace my Sweet Tea on my way home this morning.
2.) I'm having a flashback movie night at work...The Karate Kid. Rock On!
3.) I added like 50 more pictures of my boys on Facebook and got all of them done with captions and tags. If only Blizzard and Nemo could check out themselves on their own facebook to see how much I love them.
4.) I'm suppose to get some sort of Christmas bonus. I wasn't expecting anything and I heard it isn't much. But at any rate, since I was expecting nothing- something is always better than that.
5.) I'm really good at folding toilet paper triangles. lol
6.) Ben. My best friend, Ben. My other half who loves me and I cherish him.


So maybe I'll write more on this later, but for now- I have to cook everyone breakfast. French Toast, Bacon, and Eggs....lets see if they whine today "That's not what I wanted!"