Seriously?! what is wrong with me??

well, let's just say this has been an eventful morning...

So. anyone out there ever explode gasoline all over themselves while trying to fill their tank??
*raises hand* oh right... that probably doesn't happen to most people, but it definitely just happened to me.

and i really wish i was exaggerating when i say EXPLODED. as in, practically my whole tank of gas shot out at me, covered me in gasoline, annnd got all over the car and ground. basically if you lit a match i'd have been in trouble. big trouble.

let me start out by explaining... (please do not think i am high maintenance, or spoiled, or anything because of what i am about to say. i promise you i am not.) i don't fill up my own gas tank much. i just really don't like filling up my tank, and my dad loves me and always offers to do it for me. what can i say? i'm lucky.

but today... we were going to the city, and my dad asked me to fill it up. so i agreed, i mean what could really go wrong?! obviously a lot. i felt like such an idiot. i just started laughing hysterically because i didn't know what else to do...that's when things got more awkward i had this little conversation...

*random guy walks over to me* let's call him... fred? okay. fred.

fred: *laughs awkwardly* this has not been my day...
me: you're telling me! i just exploded gas all over the place!!
fred: oh yikes. so is that why you were laughing? i thought you were laughing at me..
(what?!)
me: oh... no, i wasn't..
fred: because you see i started to fill up my car with diesel gas.
me: oh, oops!
fred: yeah. obviously we're both having bad mornings!
me: looks like it..

haha im not sure, it was strange. poor guy. why would i laugh at him?! sad day.

well. after all of this we finally go to chicago, and to my friend's apartment....the first thing she said to me was, "Do you smell gasoline??"

i simply replied with, "ah yes, it's my new perfume! so you don't like it?!"

:)

i finished off the morning with a stop at SuperDawg! I have heard sooo much about this place from everyone and finally went! it was great! delicious and so much fun. :) i definitely want to go back.

well off to do a thousand + one things! happy friday!!

Warning My Future Wedding Party...

whoever you will be,

you WILL be doing this.

good? great.

:) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-94JhLEiN0

"Cause everyone who sees you, always wants to know you and everyone who knows you, always has a smile"

i'm going to preface this with, i am the hugest dork in the world. i have accepted it.

moving on..

the bachelorette finale was tonight! hooooooooly cow!!!! best finale, hands down i've ever seen. as stupid as many claim this show is, i don't care. i love it. i will defend it as much as i need to. i think the only reason i loved it so much this time though is because i genuinely got attached to the last two (three) guys, and i already thought jillian was a great choice for the bachelorette!

but i never thought i'd cry so much. yikes. who am i kidding? i'm a sap. a huge sap. i am living vicariously through her - haha she had three guys wanting to marry her tonight! and i just lost it when they started playing, "i just call you mine" by martina mcbride. i can guarantee you right now that will be the song at my wedding someday. well, maybe. but a definite contender. for now i will just listen to it and pretend. (ahem, not that i am doing that right now or anything...)

Sad how excited i was to watch this tonight though, live i've said before -- i am way too attached to reality tv.

so i was trying to think of a fun little day trip i could take w/some of my friends maybe... lake geneva? chicago for the day? i don't know. knowing me i most likely will not have time for a day trip. but we'll see. this weekend i went to the most amazing shopping center in our area- for sure, going back there probably everyday. but, i got some adoooorable new shirts that i'm super excited to start wearing!!!

class is over in count 'em TWO DAYS! yesssssss. i couldn't be happier! i was such a spaz in class tonight. i don't know what was wrong with me. hyper up the wazoo. the poor people who sit by me :/ during our quiz i just busted out laughing and couldn't stop. what was funny?! absolutely nothing. you never know what will set me off.

on a completely different note...

i'm losing a lot of respect for people lately. haha how horrible is it to admit that in my blog?! really horrible, i guess. but i need to vent it somewhere and in writing is always easier for me. the sad part is i'm learning a lot about some of my closest friends (not all!), that i don't know if i like so much. what do you do when you feel like some of your closest friends are just plain letting you down? confrontation isn't my strong point...so i'll probably just leave it as is. i'm just really struggling with how to handle it. not to mention the other 5,000 things i have on my mind right now. oh well.

ah well, it was nice being able to ramble for a bit. i only have about 2 weeks left of summer. i don't think i feel like going back to school quite yet...

Blast from the past

tonight i got a little caught up in memory lane... i was going through old pictures, old journal entries, old things that i packed away, etc.

it made me really miss some things and some people. it also made me wonder, if i had to go back and live one year of my life over again -- which year would i choose? there have been so many good ones. and with each year, a unique challenge came along with it. it's hard to picture myself handling that same challenge over again, because that's what got me to where i am today.

however... just to play along i'll pick a year.

i don't think i'd want to go back to elementary school... as fun as it was to be so carefree and whatnot, i didn't actually know i was so carefree in the moment. i mean, third grade problems seemed pretty huge to me back then. ha.

definitely wouldn't want to relive junior high - yikes, no thanks!

high school was a ton of fun... but still. no need to go back.

i guess if i absolutely had to pick a year i'd pick my freshman year of college. i feel like even though that year brought me a whole lot of downs...it definitely made up for it with the ups. it was my first time EVER being away from home, from my family, from my friends. that was SO hard for me. i was/am extremely attached to my family, friends (my dog!). i feel like that year i really grew up - i changed a lot, became more of who i am supposed to be. i look back and actually drastically see a difference in myself from the summer before freshman year -- to the summer after. there was a lot of happiness in that year. a lot of heartache too. but happiness- for sure. also, i think that's when my faith took off for sure. i discovered God in a different way that i never thought i would. He blessed me with so many wonderful friends that are now family to me.

so yeah. i guess that's the year i'd choose. a lot of people say that each year of college gets better than the next. i think that's hard for me because my freshman year was so good, it's hard to top. but i guess i can understand it. i mean my sophomore year was really good too -- in different ways. i met some more wonderful people, had tons of fun, and some heartaches too. so i'm sure my junior year will be the same. completely different...completely new...completely unexpected.

we'll see what happens. i wonder if God is laughing at me right now. watching me sit and wonder where this year is going to take me when He already knows. hmm. not fair. :)

i really, really, really need to figure out a work out plan.

one that is easy.

one that i will actually do.

one that will not kill me.

one that is not running.

did i mention one that is eaaaaaaaaasy?


that makes me sound so lazy, but i'm just trying to be realistic. any ideas? =/

What Not to Wear

I'm watching "What Not to Wear" on TLC right now...and i would love to be on this show! ha. i know a lot of people who say they would hate it, and would be so sad to get rid of their clothes, and would feel ridiculous being on tv for that. but i wouldn't care at all. 5,000 dollars to spend on a brand new wardrobe...

where can i sign up?!

note to self, family & friends: please, please, nominate me for this show!!

although i don't think i would actually ever make it on. i like clothes too much, therefore i shop too much and for the most part i think my clothes usually look pretty decent...i hope at least....

but seriously what a great deal. you get all new clothes, make up, a haircut and a boost of confidence! i think it'd be perfect. :)

i wish i could have personal stylists to carry around with my all day. they could live in my house and come with me wherever i go.

wouldn't that be nice??

Quakes

i made a "quick run" to target today, with a specific shopping list in mind... but honestly, walking into target is like asking me to spend a lot of money. i mean, it's just so easy! i have a specfic route i follow throughout the store. i start at the dollar section...make my way over to the purses, walk across the aisle to the juniors/women's section...keep going till i make it to the shoes. once i'm at shoes, i go straight to the food sometimes getting distracted by a book or two. then after i get food i browse around housewares, finishing off at cosmetics. sad right?

anyway... so today. i made my normal course, straying off a little bit since i brought my friend with me. and as we were at the food section i saw target was having a sale on Quakes! woohoo! Quakes are such a great snack, because they have such a great variety of salty and sweet. And they aren't that bad for you (unless you eat the whole bad in one sitting like i do, shh)

i can't help it! i love them! Usually i stick to caramel and cheese. but today i branched out and got ranch -- pretty good i guess.

i was in line getting ready to pay and a lady kept telling me how wonderful she thought quakes were and suggesting different flavors to try. haha random people always strike up conversation with me. it's kind of fun.

yeah, well. all this writing about food made me hungry. off to eat my Quakes!!!