Mizzle Bizzle's Journizzle

It's been a few days since I've posted, but you haven't missed too much. Tuesday I worked a half day and then went to the mall to get a few more jeans before no sales tax weekend and every item of clothing left is a rare species. That night Rusty and I decided to go to the ever swanky and romantic Popeye's chicken where we had a buy one get one free coupon. We waited in line for literally twenty minutes for our food, drove down the road, realized it was wrong them turned around and apent another twenty minutes in line getting it fixed. What frustration! We then watched How to Lose A Guy...and spent a nice quiet evening at home.

Yesterday I worked a full day, came home took a nap, watched TV at Rusty's, went to bed...Yawn.

Now for the present time. Today I once again worked a half day...I could get used to these...and went home and took a short nap before Anna and I embarked on our shopping marathon. We began at the mall where Anna purchased a few pairs of jeans that I must say look great Anna! :) Then off we went to Office Depot where I was informed that school supplies are not going to be tax free this weekend, only clothes, so I bought most of the supplies I need for school. After that we went to Bed, Bath and Beyond, to buy those crazy XL sheets everyone needs for thier dorm beds...I don't know about you, but I have yet to meet any girls that are giants, so why these extra long beds? Whatever. Anna and I then headed to Best Buy to get a laptop case and Target was our last stop where she and I bought the whole store. But our bras and pajamas are to die for! After that, we met up with Sam and cruised to the local IHOP and enjoyed a hearty meal of pancakes, grilled cheese, and a BLT. We sat talking for a little while afterwards and continued hanging at my house later. All of the togetherness today has made me realize that in a little less than a month all of us will be going to opposite parts of the state. So I just want to say to all my 'big booty hoes",

Thanks for all the laughs and memories. The times we spent growing up together have shaped me into the person I am today and all the tears, jokes, laughs, insults, broken hearts, and embarrasing moments I will hold dear to my heart and cherish forever. I know all of you guys are going to do great things and I am so proud of all that you have become. I love you all and always will. Let's never forget each other!

Today was absolutely uneventful, but I'm trying to stay in the habit of writing, so lucky you, tonight will be a short one. I went to work today and it was a usual Monday. I did my usual of working for about thirty minutes then doing nothing for two hours. I either have the best job or the most boring job...you decide. I did kind of get two lunch breaks so that was good. On the first one I ate the lunch I brought and for the second one I ran out to Bed, Bath, and Beyond to get this cool desk lamp with compartments for pens, pencils, etc. However, they had none left but the display, and I wanted it so bad I bought it. Now I am praying everything works and so far, so good.

After work I went home and took a nap, ate some dinner, went for a walk with my sister, and now am waiting for Rusty to come and pick me up to watch Sex and the City. Maybe tomorrow will be more interesting. Night, night!

Whew! What a crazy couple of days! I kind of have a lot of catching up to do so here goes...Let's begin with yesterday, probably the worst day of the summer. It started out as soon as the day began. Anna and I were supposed to go down to Baylor and she was going to pick me up at 9:30. Well at 9:18 my dad comes in and says, "Mary Beth, are you still going to Waco." So crap I overslept and I had to get ready quickly which meant no shower for stinky me. Anna and I left and headed out to 635, which we discovered was comepletly shut down. Now who shuts down an enitre freeway at 10:00 on a Saturday morning?! We had to exit at 30 and a whole bunch of rude people would not let us over, so they got the evil eye from me! Things got a little smoother after we made it out of Dallas, but as we approached Waco, Heather called and said they found a body that was probably Patrick Dennehey. So great, we figured it was going to be a zoo in Waco. However we didn't see anything and the campus was deserted so we did our thing and left. That night was supposed to be mine and Rusty's first real date in a long time because of our conflicting work schedules so I got really dressed up hot and sexy and we were going to go see Pirates of the Carribean and go out to eat off Greenville. We left for the movie but when we got there the whole show for the rest of the night was sold out and so we were like, "Now what?" Neither one of us were hungry so we called a few friends to see who was doing what. Everyone was doing something else and pretty much didn't want anything to do with us! So I forced me and Rusty on Sam and Anna and all of us plus Aaron, David, and a few of David's friends rode the Dart out to the West End and ate at Friday's. We left at about 10 to go down there and we double checked the train schedule to make sure we wouldn't miss the train home and it said 12:10 am was the last train. BY the time we got there and ate it was 11:50... we had plenty of time for the train. So we sat waiting in the station...sat a little more...sat some more...by 12:15 no train had come so we got up to look at the schedule and the last train was at 11:21. We started to freak out because we were stuck in downtown Dallas and then this Dart lady came over and asked us where we were going. She told us to get on the next train, get off at Mockingbird and another train would take us to Garland. So we were relieved but I didn't get home until 1:30 which is way past curfew. Little did I know this horrible day would get me into a lot of trouble today.

Early this morning I was horribly awoken by god-awful stomach pains and had to spend the good part of early morning sick in the bathroom. I know it's gross, but it was awful. I got to go back to bed for a couple of hours and then get up for church. I couldn't stay home today because I had already missed church the past few Sundays. So I had to drag my sick self to God. When Rusty came over to go to church he said he had been really sick last night too. Damn you Friday's and your poisoned hamburgers. When I came home from church my dad barely said two words to me and later asked me to sit down and "talk". This means uh-oh.....he told me that lately I have been demonstrating some unacceptable rebellious behavior (i.e. getting my ear pierced, going to the West End without asking permission) and I was grounded for today and if it happens again "dire consequences will ensue." So this infuriated me because here I am eighteen years old and one month from leaving home and I still have to ask permission?! I understand informing them of my plans but getting approval? Pfft. He was looking for a fight but i just said okay, ate lunch in my room and took a nap. He came in a few hours later and asked me if I wanted to go get my TV for my dorm and I said okay but it was really hard because I was still pissed. I ended up getting a 19" Combo TV and it's nice and I'm glad that component is taken care of. After that, Anna, my mom and I headed out to the container store in Dallas for their College Night where everything was 20% off. It was packed and crazy, but I got a lot of things I needed and now I'm tired and bummed that the weekend is over and I have to go back to work. I am ready for college to be here!! Good night Journizzle.

I have survived the first week of my new job and I think it is just the thing I needed to end my summer on a restful note. This is my first Friday night off in a long time and guess how I am spending it. First I came home to a battlefield between my mom and sister, then around 6:15 people for this dinner party my mom is hosting began to show up and suddenly I was in charge of four very active five year olds. One I think has OCD; I swear he washed his hands at least five times even before it was time to eat. Then Sam and Anna came over and we hung out doing nothing as usual. They left and headed over to Steven's. I am excited about tomorrow though. Anna and I are headed down to Waco to buy her books and lunch I'm sure. It will be a kind of mini road trip. I began trying to plan out my schedule for the first semesterand here's what it looks lik so far:

Mon: 10-10:50 CI (a required freshman orientation class)
11-11:50 Chem
1:30-2:50 Bio

Tues: 9:30-10:50 General Psych
1:30-4:20 Chem Lab

Wed: 10-10:50 CI (a required freshman orientation class)
11-11:50 Chem
1:30-2:50 Bio

Thurs: 9:30-10:50 Gen Psych

Fri: 10-10:50 CI (a required freshman orientation class)
11-11:50 Chem
1:30-2:50 Bio

Pretty shibby. I am kind of bummed though. I don't get to go get the TV I wanted. :( My dad said it is a piece of crap and he would take me to look for one this weekend. Then he said I had to pay for the whole thing. Not cool. Alright I am so tired and drained so now I am going to go lie down and wait for Rusty to get off work. Sorry this is boring, I am fresh out of creative juices. Night night!

Oh another day in the world of the working. I do however have the easiest job on the planet, well other than the tollbooth people, unless making change is a challenge. Here's how my day went: got to work at 8:30, filed a few docs and pulled a few files, read the entire Biography mag I brought, went to lunch with Rusty, opened a few envelopes and looked through a Victoria's secret catalog for the fifth time. After that it was 1:30 and I was dying for something, anything to do, so I went to the back and began the organizing of the 25+ boxes of files. The first 15 are now in numerical order which will make my life ten million times easier. Now, here's the question of the day: why do we as human beings require so much damn paper to buy a freakin' house? And this title company is the last step to owning a house, I can't imagine how much paper is at the other companies in the house buying process. Whatever happened to the days of stabbing a flag in the ground a declaring that which the eye can see "mine here land"? Oh yeah, we tried that and mass killings ensued. Nevermind. Besides if it wasn't for all this crap I wouldn't be paid ten dollars an hour to sort through it. After I made it home from the ever thrilling rush hour, I took a gigantic nap. I'm so tired lately because this bleeping ear piercing is incredibly sore and I am unable to sleep on that side of my head. Then when I awoke from my slumber I proceeded to the kitchen for some dinner, but alas there was no food in sight. When I complained my mom gave me 150 bucks and said, "Go shopping." Julie and I then headed off to the neighborhood Wal-Mart, where it is now apparently a very cool hang out spot for the local kids. Funny and I thought Wal-Mart was for the fat lady in a sports bra, the man who wears socks with his Tevas and the gigantic black lady who beats her kid with her houseslipper. Guess I was mistaken. So now I am fully stocked up on the comida for awhile. And in closing the only thought residing in my head tonight is: THANK GOODNESS TOMORROW IS FRIDAY!!! Good night Journizzle!

Well it appears I have been sucked into this whole computer journal thing...first AIM, now this. Quit laughing Anna, I'll say it for you, "I told you so!". Oh I'm such a lemming..sigh. Well these past few days have been prety exciting. For a quick summer update: I began it working at Abuelo's but have since moved on to Commonwealth Land Title Company because the waitressing hours were too crazy. I now spend eight hours a day bent over 25 plus boxes of file folders in no apparent order. However, I do have my nights and weekends off, which is so worth the grunt work. In a matter of six weeks I will be starting Austin College! I am so excited and this is probably the first time ever when summer feels like a beating and I'm ready for school to start. (Did I really just say that?) My new roomate will be from Merida, Mexico and I will be on my way to a whole new set of life experiences. Gosh, I sound like a Hallmark card. Anyways back to the past couple of days...Sunday was my last day at Abuelo's (tear), no really, I will miss most of the people I work with but not the job. Then Monday was my first day at Commonwealth. I was off by five and headed to the mall with Sam and Anna where I dropped 122.51 at AE and another thirty at Fast Forward. Then I had a rare moment of spontaneous brain activity and decided to get my cartilage pierced....WITHOUT TELLING MY PARENTS!! I know it doesn't seem like that big of a deal but you don't know my parents. Tuesday was Tuesday and Wednesday was Wednesday. Today I lunched with Heather...we are such career gals! Then I went and worked out for the first time in forever after I was duley motivated by a Victoria's Secret catalog at work. And now I'm waiting for a Braum's hamburger and crinkly fries..ugh i am such an fatty. In closing, here's my beef for today: spaghetti strap and strapless tops/dresses. They are so cute, but in order to wear them attractively you must make sure you have all the key elements:

1. shapely arms and shoulders
2. tanned, glowing skin
3. acne free skin as well

I unfortunately never have any of this, so sianora to these kind of tops. :(

I know this is trivial so here's something a little more...my summer mantra:

"Come what may, time and the hour runs through even the roughest day."
-Macbeth

Good night!