NOT the same shit!!!

So these past few days have been GOOD to me!!

Thursday night I went to the Nuggets game and ended up winning the King Soopers gift card by playing Price Is Right AGAIN! That's right, another $100 of free groceries! The game went into overtime and we won in a very exciting finale. It was the first game I've ever seen go into overtime in person, so I was pretty amped. The game was televised so it didn't even start until 8:30pm. Needless to say, by the time I got home I was exhausted!

Friday while at work, I got a call to interview for a new job!! It's a phone interview first and then, if they like me, I'll go on for a face to face interview. It would be more pay and that would be a very very good thing.

Finally, and this is the MOST exciting part, yesterday I found out my roommates are moving out!!! The one across the hall in the master bedroom, is moving out at the end of the month and I'm moving into his room!! I'll have a room twice the size I have now, my own bathroom, a walk in closet and my own little balcolny! I'm rediculously excited! The other roommate, who I currently share a nasty bathroom with, is leaving as soon as he can find someone to take over his lease. If he can't find someone, he'll be leaving the 15th of June (beware the ides of June.....!! lol). I can't wait to not share a bathroom with him. It's pretty bad when you have to put a post-it note up on the door frame that says "Please Flush" so that he remembers to do so... what is he like 5 years old??? Anyway... I won't have to deal with that anymore!

The best part is, my rent is going up $25 since I'll have the master bedroom, but if I get this new job, $25 isn't nearly what I would be paying if I moved out and found a place by myself. This way, I'll be able to SAVE some money instead of living paycheck to paycheck. I'll be able to save for a while and when my lease is up, then I'll be able to move out on my own with a cushion :).

I hope I get this new job, for real real, not for play play.

On another note, my dad ran the Arizona Rock and Roll Marathon today!! He finished in 4:12: 18. Good job Dad!!! He wanted to finish in under 4 hours, but HELLO!! he ran a whole marathon, I think that's awesome enough!

Well I'm off to do some errands and then to the chuch to help set up some lights. After that football and chillin!

That's from last week... not bad eh?

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!