Being smart, staying in

 Even though I really wanted to go out I decided to be smart and stay in. Roads are probably slick and the plow hasn't gone through. Heck it wouldn't have been surprising if by the time I came home tonight/early tomorrow the plow would have gone by and I would not have been able to get into the driveway. And dad is anal about having his car parked out on the street. I saved money by not going out, but it would have been a fun night.

I'm excited because I've already thought of 12 things for my 24 list. The 24 list is something I will start on my 23rd birthday: 24 things I want to do before I turn 24.

The next few days are going to be cold so I won't be doing much outside. Except misc. shoveling.

Random thought: Nicole, you really need to go to the cell phone place and work out your voicemail.

~Nicole

Snow...great

I know I live in Wisconsin and am used to snow, but I had some probable plans tonight and if the roads are shit i'm not going to go out and kill myself. Well, probably not. Alabama boy would understand. He's still getting used to snow and probably wouldn't want to go out just to watch the football game. Unless he doesn't have a TV. Now I'm just rambling like I do when I leave phone messages. Moving on...

The hockey game was fun Tuesday night. The UW lost 9-0, but at the same time I didn't want the Olympic team to look bad. And look bad they did not! Just watching these women playing and passing and "doing their hockey thang" it was like wow, now I know why you were all chosen! I think this team has a very good chance of making it far into the medal round. Plus with Mark Johnson as their coach that will also help them since he is awesome.

Wednesday I worked out, had breakfast and went to work. The first 3 1/2 hours were slow. So my manager left at about 2:45 since she had been there ALL day and it was slow. I kid you not we became busy right after she left. And it was only me. No one had to wait for anything so that wasn't bad, but since we were closing at 4:00 and I was the only one there I had to do all of the closing tasks. No biggie, but when it's just one person closing and you have to stop constantly to help customers you fall behind. I was frustrated only because I had people coming over for dinner and I still had stuff to do. The last person left at about 4:40 and by that time all I had to do was mop. Annoying? Yes, but good for business. Plus I was trying to be polite and not kick people out. I caught a later bus that dropped me off at our bank where I met mom. If I didn't have people coming over I would have walked home since it's under a mile from the bank to my house.

This morning I'm not really doing much of anything. i'll shovel later. I'll try and come up with something creative for lunch. Maybe I'll take a porkchop out and do some BBQ stuff. Or something with my jerk seasoning. I'm not sure yet.

Random thought: More snow = sledding :)

~Nicole

No tickets

I looked, but when I tried to find better ones I was already getting the message saying that tickets were unavailable. It would not have worked out anyways. Fun thinking about though.

Today was good. I didn't work out since I'm still not feeling 100%. I'll do a workout tomorrow. Either walking or running at a slower pace. Heck I still don't feel 100%, but I ate a bit too much pizza tonight so I need to work that off. Will I ever have a good relationship with food? Probably not.

In good/fun news I am going to the UW women vs. USA Olympic women's hockey game tomorrow! $5 to see an Olympic team - heck yes! Plus it has to be weird for Mark Johnson and the UW Women. Johnson is usually the UW coach, but he was chosen to be the coach of the Olympic team.

Random thought: When I am really into a big I read really fast!

~Nicole

More Lady Gaga'ness

Last post about her...for awhile at least.

The rest of her tickets go on sale at 10:00 this morning. I'll hop on the internet before work and see if I can find any good seats. I probably won't. Plus the only day I can go is Friday - that doesn't give me much time!

Onto cuteness, check out this awesome lolcat:

Random thought: Feeling better today so far.

~Nicole

 So this older, perhaps homeless man, came into work and got some stuff. He sat down for a bit and wandered around the shop. Didn't think much of it. Then he just kept lingering and staring at me and it kind of creeped me out. Since we were going to be so slow I was the only one there. I gave myself a time that if he was still creeping me out I was going to call one of my male friends that lives near by and ask him to stop in. I was serious too! Luckily a man with his young son came in and sat down; the guy left soon after they came. If it would have been dark instead of 10:15 in the morning and sunny, I might called him or one of my other friends then. I felt kind of bad since if he is homeless than he probably wanted a warm place just to sit for a bit. He's been in before, but I guess I just felt different since I was alone.

The rest of the day was okay. I felt crappy once I got home from work. My legs ached, I developed a terrible headache and my throat became sore. I feel better after having dinner, but my throat is still a bit sore and I feel kind of out of sorts. I'll head to bed early tonight.

In good news my friend Jaime is home for a little over a week. Hopefully we all can get together and have a dinner party. I REALLY want to make some almond croissants.

Random thought: It's quarter to nine and I want to go to bed.

~Nicole

Tweaking with the blog

Just doing some tweaking. I'll see how I like this. If I don't I'll just change it again. :)

~Nicole

Being smart while drinking

It can happen.

I got paid yesterday so I didn't care about spending a bit extra. Only took out $20 extra and I set up my credit card payment so we are good.

So about being smart. For one thing I don't have a hangover. I woke up during the middle of the night a lot thirsty, but that was it. Two, while leaving the dance club, someone else drove us back to the hotel. Three, sometimes when I drink I get a bit flirty. I totally could have gone that route, but I didn't which was good for both of us since we're on the friends vibe/route.

Tomorrow is back to reality for me since I work from 6:30-2:30. I'll only work 26'ish hours next week, but once the semester starts I'll be back to my 35-40 hours. I've enjoyed my time off, but I'll enjoy being busy again and seeing everyone and finding out how their holidays, vacations, etc. were.

Random thought: The floats for the Tournament of Roses Parade are so pretty.

~Nicole