New Girl

Last week I participated in a health fair at one of the largest companies here in my new little town.

When I say largest company...I'm talking this one company has like five different locations spread out all over this town.

A town...that I am still trying to figure my way around btw.

I did manage to find all locations and didn't get lost...not once. I'm getting real good at all this East and West non sense. No one ever uses directions like, "Well...you go two blocks this way and then you make a right and then another right and then left...and it's on the right side."

I can follow that.

For some reason, when you replace left with west and east with right...I get confused.

I've never been good with directions.

However...I am getting SO much better...I even have started to tell people..."Well...you head north for about five miles then you turn east and it sits right there on the west side."

I'm so proud of myself.

Moving on to the real point of this post...if there ever is any point with me. I do tend to ramble about random things.

So, I was on my third day at this health fair and this lady that does marketing for the hospital here in town starting talking to me and introduced herself to me and she said, "I had heard people talking about the new girl in town who just starting working for (insert really big cancer organization here) and it's so good to meet you."

Hold up...new girl in town??

She then went on to say that she was at her husbands work party the other day and there were people asking if they have met the "new girl" in town.

New girl = me.

I'm just as baffled as you are.

I thought I grew up in a rather small town...but apparently I didn't. I have been here for a little over a month and apparently I'm the new girl in town...don't know if this is a good thing or bad thing.

I feel like Zoe Hart off of Hart of Dixie...which by the way is my favorite show.

Now if only I could have a love triangle with my very own Wade and George...we would be set.

Shoot...I'd settle for just a love duo.

I must say though...I kinda like being known as the "New Girl" in town.

Oh Monday

Oh...it's definitely a Monday.

Why does I say this?

Let me tell you how my morning started,mmmkay.

I go to straighten my frizz ball of hair and my straightening Iron that I have had for like 10 years...my precious pink CHI decided that it just doesn't want to work anymore. I should have expected this, I mean I am not sure what the shelf life on one of those babies is, but I think I got my money's worth for 10 years.

Why though of all days for it to not work...it has to happen on a Monday morning.

I never realized how dependent I am on straightening my hair...after a slight freak out of banging the iron on the counter...you know trying to get it to come back on...and saying a few choice words...I decided to call it...and just curl my hair.

Which by the way pretty much just looks like a giant ball of curly mess...hello 80s prom hair.

After that little fiasco, I decided to leave for work early and go to Wal-Mart and buy some healthy snacks for the office.

I'm back on the wagon of doing myfitness pal and eating healthy(yes, I have said this like a million times...but I mean it for reals this time...and yes, I have said that too) anyway I'm at Wal-Mart in the water bottle isle...because I have seemed to misplace my ever so trusty water bottle that I carry around everyday. Who knows where it is.  As I'm looking at all the bottles...I take one bottle off the shelf and it's a like a domino effect as ALL the bottles fall off.

ALL.OF.THEM

I pick them all up like the good Wal-Mart customer I am, somehow in the middle of all that I cut my finger. Don't ask how. This just happens to me. I am bleeding all over the freaking isle....so I go and get a band-aid.

The lady just insists that she put the germ-x on my open wound...which by the way..in case you are wondering...stings like an SOB. Just a little FYI for you.

I get my band-aid, pay for my groceries and leave.

Get to my car...doing the whole searching in my giant purse for my keys, can't find them...surely they are in there, so I just punch the code into my door and get in the car and continue looking for my keys.

Can't find them

Go back in to Wal-Mart where the sweet little customer service lady has apparently been chasing me down...because I left my keys on the desk.

And that my friends was all before 7:30 this morning.

But...I know it's going to be a good day...because the radio played all my favorite songs this morning.

On that note..I'm off to finish my second cup of coffee and eat my breakfast.

Happy Monday y'all.

Words

Yesterday was a CRAZY day...work was crazy, people are freaking crazy...actually insane.

Thank goodness for my Nana...who also had a crazy day and the two of us went to dinner and a movie...where I had a pickle and a coke icee.

Sometimes a 28 year old needs to act like an 8 year old.

Here are just a few words of wisdom that I think we could all hear on those cray-cray days.

 

Awkward moments

There are a few awkward moments that happen when you move to a new city and start a new job.

Here are just a few of those moments.

When driving home from work one day and you are on the turnpike...not sure where your exit is. You go through the toll booth a second time and ask the lady, "Why do I have to pay the toll twice in like ten miles? We don't do this in Northeast Oklahoma." Toll booth lady,"Well...where are you going?" I tell her. Toll booth lady," Well...honey, you are on your way to Texas. The reason you are paying two tolls is because you missed your exit and there is no way for you to get off this turnpike!"

That was awkward.

When introducing yourself to the communities and meeting new people...the same question over and over that you get asked is not "where are you from?" it's "Are you married?"

Nope, not married...but if you have a son, grandson, brother, cousin, best friend...or know of a real cute guy who loves OSU football, is a good guy...not bad looking either...then here is my business card.

Hook a sister up.

When shopping in the one and only store that has adorable clothes and jewelry and is not 2 hours away(the closest target is like 2 hours away) you feel kinda awkward going in every other day...but the most awkward moment is asking the owner of the store if they want to hang out sometime....because you know no one in that town and you need to make some friends and have a social life.

Nope. Not awkward at all trying to get  someone to be your friend.

I feel like I should be saying, "Hi...I just moved here... and this is crazy, but I have no friends or social life...here's my number...so be my friend, maybe?"

However...the last 30 days or so living in the new city, starting the new job, turning a year older...have been GREAT. Crazy busy, I'm all over the place...but I wouldn't trade it.

Oh and just a few quotes from Nana and Papa.

While watching the Voice and the country music festival the other night, my Nana would change the channels back and forth.

Jake Own was signing on the Country Music festival

Papa: (Pointing to the TV) That guy, he's good...Blake will pick him.

Me: Laughing, Papa...that guy is already a country singer....this isn't The Voice.

Papa: Why did you change that on me, you know I don't pay attention.

While watching Dancing with the Stars...I came home and asked Nana what singers were on there.

Nana: That rapper called Mad Dog was on there earlier.

Me: Thinking for a moment...you mean "Pit Bull?"

Nana: Yes...that's what I said.

It's never a dull moment with those two and I love it!

Weekend update

Goood Monday Morning.

I wish I had some fun exciting weekend events and past week events to blog about...but no such luck.

I mean, I'm having a GREAT time at my new job...it's just keeps me so busy from being able to do any extracurricular activities.

My seventy year old grandparents have a better social life than I do.

Seriously.

They played domino's from 3 in the afternoon yesterday until almost 9 last night.

While I did laundry, showered and watched the Emmy's.

Mind you, I am recovering from being sick.

Who would have thought that working non-stop and running around would cause you to get sick...doesn't sickness know that "ain't nobody got time for that"

I did manage to squeeze in a little fun this weekend. The fair was in town and this was the last weekend for it,my friend and I went Saturday night to watch the Rodeo and Gary Allen concert...except it wasn't a rodeo it was Extreme Bulls. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind bull riding...but this girl likes a good Rodeo...oh and P.S. Gary Allen is getting on up there my friends.

Everywhere I go, I always end having extreme random conversations with strangers....like for example. The old man sitting next to me at the bull riding. I was eating a pickle. He proceeded to tell me how much he loves pickles...and therefore a 20 minute conversation about the different types of pickles took place.

No one ever said that I wasn't a talker.

In other news...I found a stinging scorpion in my bed.

Yes...I freaking stinging Scorpion.  I screamed bloody murder and had a near panic attack at the fact that there was indeed a stinging scorpion where I sleep at night.

Scorpion is now gone...but don't think for a second I don't completely strip the sheets off my bed every night now before I go to sleep.

I might as well be sleeping outside.

I believe in

I couldn't pass up a great link-up...even if I'm a few days short...but here lately, I've been a few days short on everything, so that's ok.



I believe in Fridays

I believe in pancakes on Saturday morning....with peanut butter.

I believe that calories don't count when eating pancakes w/peanut butter.

I believe front porches are a must

I believe in front porch swings...and sitting on them when I'm old with my husband

I believe in Jesus and his written word

I believe in family

I believe in love

I believe fairy tales can come true

I believe in following your dream...even if you have to move from everything you've ever known.

I believe in sleeping in...even if it rarely happens

I believe in friendships

I believe in trips

I believe in a life full of "oh wells" rather than "what ifs"

I believe in wine

I believe in car dancing and singing at the top of your lungs

I believe in two-stepping

I believe in Oklahoma State

I believe that animals can put a smile on anyone's face. Especially my two doggies.

I believe in sweatpants

I believe in Reality TV

I believe that every episode of FRIENDS can be related to life

I believe in Fall

I believe in Christmas

I believe in Summer...just not 115 degrees in summer

I believe in back roads

I believe in family dinners

I believe in retail therapy

I believe in getting dressed up

I believe that sitting down and thinking of things you believe in makes you happy

It's Monday

It's Monday....and you know how Monday's are.

Here are just a few things that annoy me today on this Monday.

1. When I'm trying to cancel my cable package...because let's face it, I had way to many channels and to many DVR's to watch. I do not need you, sales lady, to keep trying to get me to ADD more channels...when I'm trying to CANCEL channels. Nor do I need phone and or internet. I'M CANCELLING!!!!

2. When it's foggy outside, and you literally can not see 2 ft in front of you..I'm going to go under the speed limit...especially since I have a brand new freaking car. So, car that likes to ride my ass this morning...you better believe that if you were to have hit me, you would definitely be paying for it.

I guess those really are my only gripes for today...at least so far. It is still morning.

Yay for Fall like weather...I mean, 88 degrees is probably not really fall like...but I've been waiting for months to break out my boots..and today, you better believe that I did...I mean, the pumpkin spice latte's are out, so technically it's fall.

In getting ready for fall...I've gone from a blonde to a brunette. Well...maybe not a brunette to some people...but for this blonde...adding just a little bit of darker colors is pretty much brunette in my books.

Well...I think that is all for today.

Have a fabulous day loves!