Not in a million Mondays...

I think this is a cute idea from http://www.mycharmingkids.net/. Not Me! Monday. Check her out and tell me what your "not me" is this week!

I am not and never have been addicted to Survivor... and I most certainly did not tear up when they got to see their families. I was not shocked that Bob won the immunity challenge.

I am not the person who drank more calories in beer this weekend than ate in food.

I did not go see Smashing Pumpkins at the Ogden on Friday. I did not have a good spot to stand and I definitely didn't think it was loud enough.

I didn't have to work by myself this morning AGAIN at work while people came in late or didn't come at all. I didn't complain one bit.

I didn't lay around and watch 4 movies in a row Saturday night. None of them were Harry Potter and I didn't take my pants off right in the living room in order to be more comfortable.

I didn't save $40 using my club card at the grocery store today. I wasn't upset that at the sign of one snowflake everyone flocked to the store like they weren't going to see light for a year. It didn't bother me that I had planned to go to the store all day despite the impending snow.

I didn't take this idea from Amy and I most certainly don't copy everything she does.



Well... that was fun. If you can decipher that, I had a good weekend filled with nothing on top of drinking... with more nothing mixed in... and I saw Smashing Pumpkins... I'm awesome :-D

YARRRRRRdhouse....

Work is SO boring today. Blech. On top of being bored, the only thing I can think about is how cold it is in here. I have a space heater under my desk but when I have to get up and move away from my desk it sucks. Plus my back is cold… basically anything that’s not under my desk is still cold. Man oh man. Last night was super fun. We found that there is a Yardhouse just west of Denver so a bunch of us went there last night to say bye to Kimberly as she is leaving today to go back home. Yardhouse, for those who don’t know, has 100 beers on draft! It’s pretty sweet. They also had happy hour specials all night last night for Monday Night Football so we got some AWESOME food for cheap. I will definitely be going back there!! I had these amazing Chinese noodles with garlic and ginger and soy sauce… so NOMS!! I also had the best clam chowder I’ve ever had (outside of New England of course!) It was so bad for me but oh man was it totally worth it!! It was nice, we all sat around and talked and laughed and ate and drank. It was good times. As I said yesterday, I’ve been a little sick so I didn’t drink too much, just 2 beers that I haven’t had on draft before~ Tommyknocker Brewery –Jackwacker Wheat. It’s pretty awesome normally, but on draft… wow. I was impressed they had Kona Brewery on DRAFT there. It’s the only place on the mainland that I’ve seen it not in a bottle. Now if only they could get the Hula Hefenweisen here… that’s my favorite.



Well, my life is boring so that’s about all for now… maybe more to come later!

How you have a 5 day weekend...

Weekend Rewind

Welcome to Monday where the kids go back to school and you go back to hell… er… I mean work.



My weekend started Wednesday night. I was pretty tired after work so I went home, laid down and was relaxing when Ben called and told me to go get Kimberly (who just go into town) and come down to Micha’s bar and hang out with him and Jordan and Travis. Ok… So I called Kimberly and took a shower (not at the same time of course) and started my hour+ drive from home to Arvada to south Denver. When we finally got there we were just in time to take a few shots and then head down town to Earl’s and meet up with some other ship people. At this count we have Me, Kimberly, Ben, Micha, Jordan and Travis from the ship together… you already know this is going to get bad. At Earl’s we meet up with 3 other girls who were on the ship (who I never knew) and Brian. This now adds up to 10 ship people all together drinking… help us all. So far I’ve had 3 shots. After leaving Earls I’ve had an additional cosmo, mixed misc. drink, and a glass of champagne. We head over to The Front Porch which was packed so we went across the street to 5degress where I tacked on a beer, a Captain and coke and a plain rum and coke… oh yeah, and I haven’t eaten since 4 in the afternoon. It’s now about midnight. Yay me. At some point I didn’t know where everyone was so I went outside to see if they were smoking. Nope, they weren’t so I go to head back inside and the bouncers wouldn’t let me back in!! I can only imagine it was because I was VERY visibly intoxicated. Next thing I remember is sitting on the sidewalk against a brick pillar of some sort leaning to the side and puking my guts out. I also remember thinking “if I open my eyes I am going to die”. Somehow we got into a cab and went home… WAIT… My car is still downtown!! SHIT! Well that was taken care of for me, Kimberly turned into the DD and took care of my car and all misc. drunk people for me. Ben remembered not only to set the alarm for me, but that I had to work the opening shift instead of my regular shift. There was no denying I had a wicked hangover from anyone at work. Kimberly brought me my car in the afternoon and I hugged her and told her thank you many many times in the parking lot. What a great friend!!



Whew… so that was Wednesday…

Thursday I went to the Av’s game with Steph and had a great time but did NO drinking!! I had some lemonade and a terrible pretzel and the Av’s lost pretty bad.

Friday was pretty awesome. I left work and went to Ben’s to meet him and Jordan. We hopped on the Light Rail and went to Pat’s for some wings and happy hour drinks (yes, after getting hammered on Thursday I was back at it by Friday). Yum, wings and Tastekakes!! We had tickets to the Nuggets game so around 8 (it was an 8:30) game, we went over to the Pepsi Center for the game. It was Chauncy Billips’ first game back in Denver as a Nugget so the place was alive with excitement for our hometown hero’s return! I went to the Altitude store and bought a big foam Nuggets paw to wave during the game. I sat next to Thomas and Casper, his friend, Ben and Jordan sat behind me. I was, of course, ready the whole time for the picking of the Price Is Right contestant of the game. For those of you unfamiliar with the Price Is Right game at the Pepsi Center quick explanation: during the first half (or first period for hockey) they say “who wants to be on the Price is Right? Show us your King Soopers club card and you could be our next contestant!” Then you have to jump up and down waving your card and if they put you on the jumbotron (spell check doesn’t know the word jumbotron??) and flash “WINNER” under you then you get to play! So then they take you to the top of the section you are in and you get to play high low for a $100 King Sooper’s gift card. Well, when they asked to see the club cards I jumped up and waved my card and my big foam paw like my life depended on it… and you know what… I got picked!! My dream was coming true, but then again, I had to actually play the game while on the jumbotron in order to win the gift card!! I was really nervous for some reason, probably because I didn’t want to be the idiot that can’t win high low. Well, not to worry, I got through and WON!!! I was so excited I hopped up and down all the way to my seat! To add even more excitement, the game was super close but we were nailing the free throws and came out to win in the end! GO NUGGETS!!! After the game we went to the bar and drank until they closed and we had the lights turned up on us.

Saturday morning I had to go to work for our workshop but it was really interesting and I had a good time. After taking a quick nap I went over to Ben’s to watch some college football with him and Jordan. Jordan wanted fried chicken so we went to the only place we would take someone who wants fried chicken, Rocky Mountain Diner. They have the best chicken and gravy and mashed potatoes in the whole world!!! NOMS! Once we got home it was a night of Mario Kart and Lethal Weapon. Bed was much needed that night.

Yesterday we took Jordan to ESPN Zone downtown to watch football all day. We got there at 10am and that’s when the drinking started. I paced myself because 1) It was 10am… hello! 2) If I was going to be drinking all day I needed to keep it slow, and 3) I can’t afford to drink for that long strait!! I got really tired and cranky around 2 ish and decided to go home. I went to bed around 4 and woke up at 730 feeling like shit. There’s a sickness going around work and I got it. I was feverish all night and I think I finally fell back to sleep around 11pm after tossing and turning and putting the covers on, taking them off, pulling them on, throwing them off…. Etc….

Today…well today, back to the grind for me. I’m tired and achy but I’m still going out tonight to see Kimberly before she leaves to go back home. We are just going to grab some sushi and a drink or two and call it a night, I just can’t get wasted on a Monday… not this week anyway!!



So that’s that. I know this was long but it was a pretty interesting last couple of days and thought I would share.



PEACE!

And another one bites the dust hey hey...

So that's 9 employees that have quit OS in the 9 months I've been there. Averaging one a month, way to go! Shouldn't someone, somewhere, in upper-management land be asking some questions?? Like, why are people who have been there for 20+ years leaving all of a sudden?? Why does a company of just 18 employees turn over completely in just over a year? I know that answer!!! Geez, seriously, why isn't anyone curious or puzzled by why we keep bringing in new employees but our business isn't growing?? Who knows, Maybe that person quit too....

Riddle me this... my computer automatically spell checks everything I type no matter where I type it which is pretty cool. However, when I write in this blog it suddenly doesn't understand contractions... If I'm in a word document or an email, it doesn't yell about contractions at all... strange things are happening.

So it's official... well, several things:

~The RED SOX are going to the division finals~

~I'm registered to vote in Colorado~

~I have a COLORADO license now! (my first one outside of PA)~

~Free pitchers of beer aren't always the blessing they seem~

~Mashed potatoes from the KFC are always good, no matter what~

Hockey season officially starts this week!! Horray!! I'm pretty sure I'm going to get to go to the Av's opener but it's not official yet. Pre-season basketball starts this week so I'm pretty amped at seeing Rocky (the Nugget's mascot) back for more fun filled antics! Oh yeah, and the basketball game or whatever...


I was talking to my mom and dad tonight and was bitching about my job. I think mom finally gets it that it's not just me that hates it there once I told her my boss just quit. Mom says "why don't you just quit?" Don't get me wrong, I love my mom to death, but she doesn't quite understand what it's like now a days only making 18k a year... It doesn't seem to go very far after rent, car, gas, groceries... you know, the things you need on a daily basis. I told her that wouldn't be a very smart idea, she agreed but encouraged me to keep looking... don't worry Ma, I'm looking every single day... every fucking day. It's like a bad habit.

Hey, maybe now that I'm back to blogging I'll bring back weekly cheers and jeers... that'll be fun!! Maybe next time... I'm due for some much needed sleep!

Until next time my friends...