Today, Barb is: feeling tired.
so i know that i have been MIA for a very long time here.
i am sorry for that.
i personally come back and check my own blog to see if anything has changed and when i do, i don't change anything. weird huh? i expect things to change but i don't do anything!
so i love my new apartment.
i do. i really really do. and i am pretty sure that the kitties like it also. i know they do because they have there crazy moments where they chase each other around like their lives depend on it.
so last night i went to a concert with my churchs youth group. i guess you could say that i took them since i am sort of in charge...kinda. i share power with 3 other people. so yeah. but it was the Habitat for Humanity Music Builds with Third Day, Switchfoot, Jars of Clay and Robert Randolph and the Family Band. it was AWESOME. we got a discount on the tickets because we got a group rate. then the youth fund decided to kick in half the cost so it was only 10 bucks.
freakin' awesome.
4 hours of live music.
4 AMAZING bands.
10 bucks.
my new favorite band is Robert Randolph. i would recommened him to anyone.
they are funk and soul and just awesome. the live show was wicked.
there is only like 4 main band members and then Roberts sister was there half the time for singing. and at the end robert, who plays the steel guitar, switched with his drummer. so the drummer played the steel guitar and robert played the drums. and then robert switched with the bass player so he played the bass and the bass player moved to the drums. they rocked it!
and Switchfoot was just great. jars of clay got the party started and third day closed out the show. we were there from 6pm until 10:30.
ok, well i am at work so i have to get back to it.
i just needed to wax poetic about Robert... ahhhh
i am going to go and buy his cd after work here today.
yea me!
7.16.2008
Today, Barb is: having a good day.
it is Wednesday which doesnt really mean anything but it is hump day and so that is a good thing.
but the exciting thing is this.
I AM GETTING MY OWN PLACE!!!!
i move in one week from today.
well that is when i get to sign the lease and get the keys so i can start moving in at least.
i plan on taking some pictures of the place before barb invades it so you guys can see the before and after pictures.
ok now here is the thing, and i have Crystal and Erin to blame for this predominatly.
i am fastly becoming obsessed with the Twilight books.
Crystal told me about them and Erin told me about them and so i finally gave in and read the first book. i read it in like 36 hours and then i went right into the second book in the series, New Moon. that one was knocked out in 36 hours as well. and then right back into the third book, Eclipse, another 36 hours later and i was finished.
now here is the sad part,
I have to wait until the begining of August for the 4th and final book to come out!
BOOO!
If any of you out there plan on reading these books, be prepared.
I was up until 2am sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday night reading them becuase they suck you in! surprisingly enough, Barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is just the same as Barb with 8 hours of sleep. i wasn't overly tired, in fact i am pretty sure that i didn't yawn as much in those days as when i get a normal nights amount of sleep.
maybe i should do a study on that. figure out what is barb's optimal sleep usage.
anybody got a hypothesis out there?
ok so to wrap up,
barb is moving in a week to her new place.
barb is in love with Edward and Bella (the main characters in Twilight) and Stephanie Meyer (author of Twilight).
barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is still a cool barb.
work is still work.
still here kicking and screaming my way through the days but it is getting better.
getting more responsibilites little by little.
did you know that i am the Teller Supervisor, Operations Assistant and HR Assistant?
well i am! so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
ok bye.
it is Wednesday which doesnt really mean anything but it is hump day and so that is a good thing.
but the exciting thing is this.
I AM GETTING MY OWN PLACE!!!!
i move in one week from today.
well that is when i get to sign the lease and get the keys so i can start moving in at least.
i plan on taking some pictures of the place before barb invades it so you guys can see the before and after pictures.
ok now here is the thing, and i have Crystal and Erin to blame for this predominatly.
i am fastly becoming obsessed with the Twilight books.
Crystal told me about them and Erin told me about them and so i finally gave in and read the first book. i read it in like 36 hours and then i went right into the second book in the series, New Moon. that one was knocked out in 36 hours as well. and then right back into the third book, Eclipse, another 36 hours later and i was finished.
now here is the sad part,
I have to wait until the begining of August for the 4th and final book to come out!
BOOO!
If any of you out there plan on reading these books, be prepared.
I was up until 2am sunday, monday, tuesday and wednesday night reading them becuase they suck you in! surprisingly enough, Barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is just the same as Barb with 8 hours of sleep. i wasn't overly tired, in fact i am pretty sure that i didn't yawn as much in those days as when i get a normal nights amount of sleep.
maybe i should do a study on that. figure out what is barb's optimal sleep usage.
anybody got a hypothesis out there?
ok so to wrap up,
barb is moving in a week to her new place.
barb is in love with Edward and Bella (the main characters in Twilight) and Stephanie Meyer (author of Twilight).
barb on 4.5 hours of sleep is still a cool barb.
work is still work.
still here kicking and screaming my way through the days but it is getting better.
getting more responsibilites little by little.
did you know that i am the Teller Supervisor, Operations Assistant and HR Assistant?
well i am! so put that in your pipe and smoke it!
ok bye.
5.19.2008
Today, Barb is: tired and cold and slightly put out.
we have auditors here. that why.
so i get an EXTREME amounts of joy when i can go slow and people behind me get mad.
there was a few days ago where there was a car that had been waiting (for a couple of blocks) to get in to the proper lane. he wanted to turn. there was only my car and a few behind me that were coming towards him that made the turn not possible. so being the Minnesota Nice driver that i am, i slower down and motioned for him to go in front of me.
there was a guy driving behind me in a little red car, he couldn't have been much past like 20ish or so. he saw what i was doing and threw his arms up and did a little tandrum right there in his car. i saw him doing all of this in my rear view mirror. from there on out, i purposely drove as slow as i could to make him angrier.
i love it. :-)
we have auditors here. that why.
so i get an EXTREME amounts of joy when i can go slow and people behind me get mad.
there was a few days ago where there was a car that had been waiting (for a couple of blocks) to get in to the proper lane. he wanted to turn. there was only my car and a few behind me that were coming towards him that made the turn not possible. so being the Minnesota Nice driver that i am, i slower down and motioned for him to go in front of me.
there was a guy driving behind me in a little red car, he couldn't have been much past like 20ish or so. he saw what i was doing and threw his arms up and did a little tandrum right there in his car. i saw him doing all of this in my rear view mirror. from there on out, i purposely drove as slow as i could to make him angrier.
i love it. :-)
4.28.2008
Memories and pictures of Virgina, surronding areas and my cousins plus some.
This is a close up of me and Steph the morning I am leaving to come back to the snow.
First off -
A picture of the three of us! that is Stu, Me and Mike
this is Stu and his doggy! I don't remember what the pups name is right now. Tremor is the pups name!
SHAKERDAWG!!!!
Shaker, just about the cutest dog in the whole entire world!!!!
Washington Monument
we drove around DC. literally we drove in and around the basin and out again.
these shots are from Mikes car.
This is Mike again with Shaker. We were driving to get the hot dogs that were made from half of the deer meat and half something other meat. they were the BEST hot dogs i have ever eaten!
PENNSYLVANIA!!
We went to Pennsylvania! it was a short trip, but that is where the hot dogs were.
This is Mike and Steph playing Guitar Hero.
We played Guitar Hero alot of the weekend. It was awesome!
more Apple blossoms trees. they were in full bloom when we drove through. this is another picture that was taken out the window of Mikes car.
Lincoln Monument through the apple blossom trees
little closer picture of the Washington Monument. this one was taken through the sun roof.
This is a close up of me and Steph the morning I am leaving to come back to the snow.
3.26.2008
3.04.2008
Today, Barb is: feeling like she is constantly being walked on. and not in a good way.
so i found a job in the seattle that i am really tempted to apply for.
it is working for google in the hr department and i really want to apply for it.
if i were closer to having my lease up then i would be more apt to apply, but i still have like 5 months on the lease.
but yea.
so i found a job in the seattle that i am really tempted to apply for.
it is working for google in the hr department and i really want to apply for it.
if i were closer to having my lease up then i would be more apt to apply, but i still have like 5 months on the lease.
but yea.
2.21.2008
Today, Barb is: wondering why she can't be more adventerous with her life.
why can't i just say goodbye to everything and everyone and just leave.
just pick up my life and move somewhere else.
be somewhere else.
be someone else.
ever have one of those days where you just want to make a massive change and see what happens? i am having one of those days. all i want to do is quit my job, pack up my cats and room and start driving away.
but i like my job.
i like having a place called home for my cats.
i don't want to leave, but i feel like if i don't, the world is going to start crushing me.
is that weird?
why can't i just say goodbye to everything and everyone and just leave.
just pick up my life and move somewhere else.
be somewhere else.
be someone else.
ever have one of those days where you just want to make a massive change and see what happens? i am having one of those days. all i want to do is quit my job, pack up my cats and room and start driving away.
but i like my job.
i like having a place called home for my cats.
i don't want to leave, but i feel like if i don't, the world is going to start crushing me.
is that weird?
2.18.2008
Today, Barb is: sitting here with a cold nose.
for some reason my nose and hands are the coldest parts of my body for the last few days.
i could be out in the weather with only pants and a tshirt and it is always my hands and nose.
what does that mean?
bad circulation to those 2 areas? (well techincally it would be 3 areas because i have 2 hands and only one nose) what do you think?
OH OH OH OH
so today is presidents day and we are open here in the banking world.
but we are REALLY slow because i don't think people know we are open. so that means it is a catch up day for all of us here.
the Federal Reserve isn't open so we have no wires, no processing, nothing! it is great.
the other really cool thing is that if we work today we get another day off later to have, so it is like i get double pay for working today. we get paid for today and then again for the other day we want off! !!!!
yeah for me!
for some reason my nose and hands are the coldest parts of my body for the last few days.
i could be out in the weather with only pants and a tshirt and it is always my hands and nose.
what does that mean?
bad circulation to those 2 areas? (well techincally it would be 3 areas because i have 2 hands and only one nose) what do you think?
OH OH OH OH
so today is presidents day and we are open here in the banking world.
but we are REALLY slow because i don't think people know we are open. so that means it is a catch up day for all of us here.
the Federal Reserve isn't open so we have no wires, no processing, nothing! it is great.
the other really cool thing is that if we work today we get another day off later to have, so it is like i get double pay for working today. we get paid for today and then again for the other day we want off! !!!!
yeah for me!
2.07.2008
Today, Barb is: on hold.
no really, i am sitting here on hold to Lane Bryant because I need to pay my bill but i don't want to have to pay 5 bucks to do it, so i am going to try and throw a fit and see if they will waive it for me.
well they didn't.
jerks.
so i just went and paid it online.
lovely thing the internet, makes bill paying SO much easier, and no pesky stamps and paper needed.
so things are progressing nicely for me here.
looking at buying a place when the lease is up.
the boys are moving also. they are just going to be renting again it looks like.
i am torn between renting by myself for a year and then buying, or just buying right now.
it is kind of hard because i know that i don't want a single family home well, because i am not miss fix-it and neither is my dad. so it leaves either a condo or a townhome.
i found a condo that i really like, but i keep getting torn between what i want.
the condo is really nice and i wouldn't have to do a lot of painting because it is totally already me. but i haven't really found any townhomes that i would really like, i found one but it needs "work and carpeting" . I don't know what that means, and i dont think i want to!
but so yea, that is where i am right now.
i am actually getting preapproved for an amount over the weekend, and that will help alot with deciding what and where i will be looking for or if i am just going to be renting for another year.
so there ya go.
that is what is going on in my life.
also!
guess what?
I am going to visit my cousins Stu and Mike at the end of March. I got round trip airfare for 210 but i wish i would have waited, because i could have gotten it today for 194. but a 16 buck difference itsn't that much.
so that is what i am going at the end of march and then at the end of april my friend erin and i are going to go to chicago and see Wicked and spend a long weeked there. it should be pretty fun!
no really, i am sitting here on hold to Lane Bryant because I need to pay my bill but i don't want to have to pay 5 bucks to do it, so i am going to try and throw a fit and see if they will waive it for me.
well they didn't.
jerks.
so i just went and paid it online.
lovely thing the internet, makes bill paying SO much easier, and no pesky stamps and paper needed.
so things are progressing nicely for me here.
looking at buying a place when the lease is up.
the boys are moving also. they are just going to be renting again it looks like.
i am torn between renting by myself for a year and then buying, or just buying right now.
it is kind of hard because i know that i don't want a single family home well, because i am not miss fix-it and neither is my dad. so it leaves either a condo or a townhome.
i found a condo that i really like, but i keep getting torn between what i want.
the condo is really nice and i wouldn't have to do a lot of painting because it is totally already me. but i haven't really found any townhomes that i would really like, i found one but it needs "work and carpeting" . I don't know what that means, and i dont think i want to!
but so yea, that is where i am right now.
i am actually getting preapproved for an amount over the weekend, and that will help alot with deciding what and where i will be looking for or if i am just going to be renting for another year.
so there ya go.
that is what is going on in my life.
also!
guess what?
I am going to visit my cousins Stu and Mike at the end of March. I got round trip airfare for 210 but i wish i would have waited, because i could have gotten it today for 194. but a 16 buck difference itsn't that much.
so that is what i am going at the end of march and then at the end of april my friend erin and i are going to go to chicago and see Wicked and spend a long weeked there. it should be pretty fun!
