Let's have some fun, this beat is sick

Oh Lady Gaga...

Saturday I woke up a little after 9:00 since I was out late Friday. I had breakfast and went to the farmer's market with mum and dad. I bought some jam that one of my culinary classmates and his wife make. I had lunch and started working on my pretzel dough. While that was rising I went for a walk. By the time I came home the dough was ready. I made the pretzels and took a nap. I picked Sam up and we bought almost $30 worth of cheese for the fondue. The fondue party was fun. We played games and drank a bit. Of course when I left at 2:15 a.m. I wanted to go for a drive. I didn't though.

This morning I was up just before 9:30. I went for a lovely run, about six miles straight, including stops at traffic lights! It felt good. I had a quick breakfast and hung out with Lindsey for most of the afternoon. After I put gas in the car I went home and headed to the neighbour's for Wally's birthday party. It was very nice. His wife Taz is from Japan and made sushi! I want to learn how to make sushi from her. I also had some sake. I watched Trueblood this evening. It also turns out the car is leaking oil when we just had it in for repairs last week. Jeebus...

Random thought: I need to work as many hours as I can, save as much money as I can and move out.

~Nicole

Trevor Time!!

I went to the game last night and FINALLY got to see Trevor Hoffman pitch for a save. That meant I got to hear Hells Bells!!! Example of the Trevor spectacle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh5B0v1Cpfk . This was my 8th game of the season and the first time I've ever gotten to see Hoffman pitch for the save. I was freaking out. If I find a way to load video from my phone I'll post it here since it's pretty hilarious! I get decent video, but not sound so for half of it all you can hear is me screaming. lol

Kelly and I had fun before the game with martinis and beer. I would have bought a Spotted Cow, but they don't sell any there. I didn't look ALL around the park, but they pretty much sell the same stuff everywhere there. After the game we had to go do something with Kelly's brother so I didn't get home until a little after 1:00 but I didn't care.

Work went well yesterday. I definitely plan on parking in that further ramp to save money. I work early all next week and imagine I will on a consistent basis so that's fine by me. I also picked up another shift this coming week so that makes me happy.

Today I'll probably go to the farmer's market with mum and dad. It's fondue night too so I need to make some soft pretzels (yes, homemade) for that. I'll probably go for a walk in the afternoon for some exercise.

Random thought: Last night was amazing. :)

~Nicole

Feeling better

Thanks for "listening" to my slight rant earlier. Some things have changed and I feel better now.

Tomorrow is going to be fun. I work 7-1:30 and then I am going to the Brewer game with Kelly! I am leaving for work a bit earlier and am going to see what it's like parking in a ramp further from work. I'll have to walk for ~10-15 minutes, but it'll save me considerable amount to park. The ramp I usually park at is $1.25 p/hour. The ramp I am going to try tomorrow is $0.70 p/hour. If I work 6-8 hour shifts, I'll be saving $3-4 per day. Depending on how many hours I work I could potentially be saving $15-20 per week. I don't mind a walk. Once winter comes it may be different depending on snow and ice.

To my Chicago friends, have any of y'all ever been to an Italian restaurant called Francesca? I read in the Wisconsin State Journal that there is one planning to open up in Madison. Just wondering if I should check it out.

Random thought: You all mean so much to me who read this. :)

~Nicole

PS--> Laura, do you have an e-mail address or good times for me to call? You, myself, Kelly and Nadine (if she is still in town) should get together again soon. :)

I'm tired

I want to nap, but since I'm up early tomorrow I don't want to nap. Ugh. And the Brewers blew a lead and are now losing to the fucking Reds.

I did go for a run this morning. I ran about 4, so not too bad. I showered and made breakfast. I read and did random stuff. I spilled my milk and granola on the carpet so that got me upset. I downloaded a few more songs. Mum and I went grocery shopping. I came home and made a sandwich and a s'more for lunch. I'm pretty crabby since I'm tired and still have a bit of a headache.

I got my work schedule for next week and I am at 22-23 hours. I was told 35-40 once school started. I'll give them a few weeks to see if any of our newbies quit or want less hours. If they don't I'll just need to find another job. I don't really want to do that, but I don't want to and can'twork those few hours.

I've been swearing too much lately. My hand also still hurts from when I accidentally slammed it against the corner of a table in the kitchen. I also need to make my peach salsa.

Random thought: Can I please nap with my kitty?

~Nicole

Am I going to run in the rain?

Yeah. Probably. I'm hungry though, but that can wait.

My Brewers have lost two in a row in overtime. Foooooooooockkkkkkkkkkkk.

The past few days have been okay. I worked one of them. I can't wait to work more so I have more money. I work early tomorrow so I'm up earlier today so I'm tired later. Now I just have to make myself not nap.

I went bowling and had a gross beer that got even more gross as it came to room temp.

Random thought: Not for the actual reason why the shirt was made, but I kind of want this shirt: www.flippinsweetgear.com/shirt/movieshirts.flippin_sweet.1662965+team-nicole-t-shirt.html#WOMENS

~Nicole

Why am I tired lately?

I forgot which day I ran/walked 7.25 miles, but I did and it felt great. :)

Saturday morning I went for a run/walk, mostly run. I probably ran close to 5 miles. After I showered and got dressed Lindsey picked me up and we went Halloween costume shopping. Well, first we had a bagel but then we went shopping. I found a cute orange and chocolate-brown peasant skirt at Ragstock. I also found an orange boa. After a few more stops I found an orange sweater real similar to what Velma wheres. It's a bit big, but after a few alterations it will be excellent. I tried on the whole outfit and I like it! Now I just need to get some shoes, tights and glasses and my outfit will pretty much be set. After shopping I came home and had some lunch. I was at the church at 5:00 to help with the dinner. I was home a little before 8:00. Lindsey and I thought about doing stuff, but we decided not to. I had a beer with the parents, which was awesome. We watched some TV and I was in bed by 12:00.

Sunday I was up by 7:30. I was going to run, but decided after 15 seconds of running that I wanted to walk instead. I showered before heading to church and helping out with lunch. After cleaning up and having a bit of lunch ourselves I headed home. I watched the Brewers and spent some time outside. We had a fire in our firepit before dinner. I watched Trueblood before we watched the F1 race.

Today I stayed in bed until 8:00. I don't know what it's been, but I've just been really tired lately. I went out for a short run, about 3 miles. I mowed the lawn, showered and had breakfast. This morning I'll be making zucchini bread and later on, zucchini pancakes.

Random thought: Good luck to those going back to school. :)

~Nicole

Being the DD

I enjoyed being the DD last night. I had to work early this morning so I only wanted to have one drink. I let my other friends get a bit trashed. I had my toffee martini. I've now discovered that I do not like "cream based" drinks. The idea of a mudslide when I was younger sounded amazing, but now that I've had a cream-based drink it's not really my thing. After a quick stop at McDonalds (I only had 2 fries) we hot tubbed it for a while.

I worked today and went grocery shopping with mum. After a quick nap I went to help Sam and her mom at their church for their annual dinner-and-a-show. I stopped at another grocery store for milk; the store we usually shop at does not carry quart size in the cartons. I also picked up some yogurt and a banana since Sam was telling me about this chocolate-peanut butter smoothie so I want to have that for dessert. I LOVE the combo of chocolate and peanut butter. Yum!

Tomorrow I'm going to go for a run in the morning. Lindsey and I need to do some Halloween costume shopping or at least we're going to try. I'm helping Sam and her mom again. Lindsey and I might go out tomorrow night for some karoke; we'll see.

Random thought: Rain delay! C'mon umps call it. It's the 8th! Brewers are winning 4-2!

~Nicole