the puppy

So for those who don't know, Sam and I got a dog. She is adorable :) Half border collie, half aussie. She acts full border collie- totally energetic and loves to play fetch all day everyday. I've really loved having her...

So here's the problem- when I started my new job (those who don't know, I'm officially a medical assistant now) I started working more hours than I was as a waitress. Little Betty Boop has had to spend a lot more time on her own than she used to. She started acting out by having a ton of accidents, but we broke her of that one pretty quick. Now, she gets so anxious. She's kept me awake all night for 2 nights now... Anyone have any tips on how to get a dog to calm down? I've heard of dog pheromones that you can get in glade plug-in type things, but I don't know anyone who's tried them. Anyone know if they work?

look at your man

the break in story. and the pants story.

I told Frik I would blog this story, and really- it's the first blog worthy thing that's happened to me in a while so I should have anyways :)

So for those of you who don't know, Sam recently got a new job and works nights. A couple nights ago I was sitting on the couch watching TV while playing a video game on the computer. (I'm a gifted multi-tasker.) The TV and computer were both turned up fairly loud when suddenly I hear something outside. I heard something really really loud coming from outside. Not only coming from outside, but it sounded like it was coming from right behind me. I don't know what exactly it was, but it sounded like someone was throwing something heavy at the side of the house... or at the window and missed... or something. I muted the TV, and shut off the computer and tried to look outside- couldn't see anything. I heard footsteps coming from right under the window and then those stopped, but I heard a car start and drive away.

So I called sam and told him I think someone was just trying to get into the house. He tells me to call the police. It felt like about 20 minutes later, but in all actuality it was probably only about 5, but the police got there sometime soon after. They checked out the yard and the neighborhood and didn't find anything. They told me to call them immediately if I heard anything else. I didn't, but I also didn't calm down for about 4 hours after that... so not till around 5am. the only way I felt safe was to sit between the front door and the back door holding an ax for safety. I know- what the hell am I going to do with an ax... nothing but inevitably hurt myself that is... regardless though I didn't want to set it down, so I carried it around everywhere all night- and I mean everywhere. Even to the bathroom. It's not easy to pee while holding an ax.... just a little bizarre FYI for you...

So now the funny part of the story. I just got a new job and I was supposed to start the following morning. I didn't calm down though till about 5am, so I didn't get to sleep till about 6am... and I was supposed to wake up and get ready for work around 9:30am. I overslept about half an hour, and when I did wake up I was kind of panicked about being late so I got ready really really fast. About 5 minutes before I need to leave Sam looks at me and says "hey did you know you have a hole in your pants?"

OF COURSE I don't know! If I did I wouldn't be wearing them!! I should note here- the job is at a country club and my pants are black slacks. I only owned 2 pairs, and one of them is MIA. I start panicking! I can't wear pants with a hole in the butt, but I can't wear jeans either. So Sam helps me look for my other pair of slacks, and then when I couldn't find them I tried to find a pair of black scrub bottoms that maybe i could wear... and when I can't find those I start to really really freak out. At this point, I should have left about 5 minutes ago and I don't have pants and I'm going to be late for my first day of work. Then I saw a pair of black pants on the bed... they're Sam's work pants. I'm desperate though! I HAVE to get going! So I try them on, thinking that Sam is about 2 inches taller than me so the pants should probably work for a day and then I'll go buy new ones.

Sam may be 2 inches taller than me, but while my height is all in my legs, is is all in his torso. His pants are about 5 inches to short for me. So now I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place- hole in butt of pants, or 5 inches of hairy leg showing... I go with the hairy leg.... I pull the pants down as far as they can go without showing any torso, and I only show 2 inches of leg. So I get to work and find my boss. First thing he says to me is "will you tuck in your shirt?" I can't... it doesn't reach... it would if I pulled my pants up, but that leads to a whole new dilemma...

So I told my boss everything that happened the night before and that morning. When I told him I was actually wearing my boyfriends pants he started laughing and told me to go home- get some sleep, buy some pants, and come back the next day to start.

yeah...

Don't know how I could have possibly made a stranger impression...

this is gonna tick off the devil...

I'm so glad I found this clip. it looks like a totally awesome movie...


oh wait... no it doesn't. It looks awful.

is it wrong that I still kind of want to see it though... you know... just because it looks so bad?

On Ebay- it's described as a haunting, but inspirational thriller. On IMBD it only has 1.9 stars out of 10.

come on people!

So today I was supposed to have a party up in greeley (for those of you who don't know I've recently started selling Mary Kay)The girl whose party this is has canceled or rescheduled on me so many times I'm getting to the point were I'm thinking it's time to say no more. I had a party with her sister earlier this week, and while the party seemed to go well, it actually totally sucked. It started out with her buying 7 eyeshadows from me, to her buying 3, to her canceling her order all together. I understand financial troubles, so it's not so much that she canceled that bugged me, it's that she first asked me to order about $20 worth of samples for her to try, and then didn't order anything from me. I'm hoping the party with her sister goes better, but I'm not really holding my breath. I don't know if people don't realize (or if they just don't care) that I actually have to buy those samples, but I think I need to figure out some way to avoid this problem in the future.... Some of you have experience in direct sales- any ideas?

lego boulder!

just showed mom this :)

I would actually update right now, but for those of you who don't know, I cut my finger pretty bad at work a few days ago, and I'm having a pretty hard time typing when I'm missing a finger. Perhaps I'll blog later. I'll update on why I quit my job and such, but I'll have to wait to do that since I still have nightmares about my last day and I still wake up really really pissed off about it all. So another day! for now, enjoy the sleepwalking dog running into a wall!