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I'm Hoooooome!

The epic adventure, that isn't very epic. We got up at 4 am on friday morning only to miss our flight by 3 minutes. Then we proceeded to sit around the airport for the rest of the day not knowing if we'd be able to get on a flight that day at all. Then thank goodness, we got on the last flight of the day.

Needless to say, I didn't get to my apartment until 2:40 am but I'm home! yaaaaaay. lol

Had christmas with my dad, grandmother and aunt and today I'm going to sit around, go to Starbucks to see when I'm working and run to target for some errands. It will be a good day. lol

So I'm off.

Shopping

Okay, last post of the day I swear.

So David and I ventured out on our own to the mall today. I used my Lane Bryant money. So! The report!

New: Jeans, Green Shirt, Two pairs of earrings, and four bras.

Now! As we were meandering through the mall, we walked by Express and Express for Men. I don't know if anyone's noticed, but all the mannequins at Express have been attacked by Sylar. lol See below.





We're heading home on friday, and I'm definetly ready to be there. I dunno what it was about today, but there was another incident with my grandmother and all I could do was run upstairs and cry. lol Pretty good indicator that I'm ready to be home. Ah well. Soon enough.

Night everyone

Grandmothers say the Darndest things

Alright. Adding to the small, but ever-growing, list of mean things that my grandmothers have said to me.

Old: Grandmother Galliher- "Laura, you just wait for the right man. Not like your mother."
Oma (mom's mom)- *While patting my stomach* "You don't need cookies, DO you?"

New! Oma- *Patting my leg after a discussion about the icy roads we were on* "But I have you for traction, so we'll be alright."

Yes... She actually said it....

I EFFING LOVE MY FAMILY!!! :D ....not XP.

Christmas!: "The Loot" edition

So! It's about 4 o'clock Colorado time, Christmas Day. The stockings have been unloaded, the presents have been unwrapped and the turkey has been devoured. (Turkey's must hate the holidays. No break for them. If it's not thanksgiving, it's christmas.)

So here's the loot I've gotten so far:

The second (and final) book of the comic "Sorcerer's and Secretaries"
Money from Aunt Susan and Uncle Kent
The Tony Bennett Duets cd
A cd of Tony Bennett and KD Lang singing duets
Money from Aunt Marian and Uncle Rob
$150 gift card for Lane Bryant

and a fuzzy bright salmon pink sweater...

I shit you not. I now own a salmon pink sweater. It's pretty much as hideous as it sounds. But unfortunately it's from the grandparents, so I'm wearing it for today. I also didn't pack many clothes, and I like wearing something that I haven't worn already.

I still have christmas with Dad and that side of the family. (Read: My other grandmother and maybe my Aunt Carrie.)

On the To Do List:

~Get to the arcade and play a few rounds of DDR
~Use my awesome Lane Bryant money
~Sit in Starbucks (because I shockingly miss it. lol)
~Buy Jon that remote control dump truck (Just kidding, Jon. .... or AM I?! *insert sneaky face here*)
~Enjoy my little cousins before they leave tomorrow, because honestly? They're pretty much awesome.

Christmas time

Greetings from Boulder Colorado! Everyone's out shopping and being generally busy, so I figured now'd be a good time to get on.

So, we got here on Friday. Then immediately went shopping, which was my own decision. Saturday consisted of hanging out around the condo, wrapping presents and taking my little cousin Kylie sledding. That was a lot of fun, actually. Kylie's pretty much adorable.

Today, I really want to get out, but I can't because we don't have a freaking car. It's driving me crazy. I hate having to rely on people for rides, especially my grandparents. Because as much as I love them, I just want to get away from family for a while. And right now I feel really disconnected and I'm developing a bad case of cabin fever. I'd ask Pau Pau if I could just take his car, but of COURSE seeing as how I've only been here almost every year of my life, I have No IDEA how to get anywhere. (Insert sarcasm here)

And there just isn't anything to do. I've read my books. I don't really want to veg out and watch movies (although I probably will pop in the home movies a little later). That pretty much leaves sleep and staring blankly out the window. blah.

Tonight will be a nice reprieve. We're going out for dinner for Mom's birthday, and then afterwards we're having cake at my aunt Susan's house. So maybe that will help.

On a side note, I miss home. It's nice to not be working. And it's nice to be in Colorado, but I miss the familiarity of home right now. And I don't know why. I think that's part of the reason I'm kind of down today. Meh... What I wouldn't give for some rp about now. lol

Alright. Enough whining. On the positive note, it's gorgeous outside today. Bright bright blue skies with fluffy white clouds and the Rockies. It's even a little warm (for december in colorado lol). Maybe I will ask PauPau if I can borrow his car...

Alright then. I'm off. Happy Christmas everyone, in case you don't get a phone call.

Dream log Stardate 12-15

lol So apparently, I'm really iching to get back to school. Whenever I start getting that way, I start dreaming about going back to Cottey, which is the first college I went to after I graduated.

Now, for the one person who might read this that DOESN'T know about Cottey. (Don't think I've talked about it...) It's a two-year, all girls college, in the middle of Bumfuck Missouri. Oh! I have talked about this. lol So yeah, there ya go.

In my dream last night, I was back at Cottey. Except there were guys there, and actually my roommate was someone that I was friends with from my New Media classes.

I'm honestly still pretty worried about school... What if it's just not something I'm good at? I'm obviously going to have to make myself do the work... but luckily I won't have Starbucks taking over my time and worrying about money, really. Ugh, I don't know. There are times when I'm not even sure this is what I want to do, but I'm so TIRED of not having a degree that I just want to get the fucking thing. lol

Blah blah blah. Now, I'm going to look out at the snow which is very pretty and hope that it's not too bad when the boys come to do shopping with me.

Oh Man

Do you ever feel like this? lol This is how I feel after a particularly bad day at Starbucks... Or after a shitty day in general. Or when I think about my ex. lol

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Ugh.

Just woke up after another opening. Man... I seriously woke up and I kind of looked out the window and just thought, "Huh.. it must be early still. Haven't Lou start the shower yet."

....Yeah that's one thing I hate about opening. lol I always end up sleeping and it's always really disorienting. And I always have the wierder dreams during siesta time.

So dream talk:

Everyone was telling me "Oh man. We don't know if Lou and your brother (david) are going to make it..." And I'm freaking out, because I have no idea what's happened. So I call Lou and she tells me that they've been in a car accident, but she's going to be fine. whew... So for some reason I'm going out with friends to a japanese resteraunt called "Midori" and people from high school are there and being assholes. And there's this girl, Heather, that's near by and she's just talking really loudly and being rude. So I'm like... covering her mouth and trying to get her to be quiet. And she just LICKS my Hand! How mature. lol But that just pisses me off so I start just... trying to hurt her. And all she does is laugh. And I just freak out and collapse on the floor and cry, because apparently I'm still worried about Lou and David. Then this guy comes up and kneels next to me and says, "I need to talk to you about your brother's dead children." But all I here really is "Your brother's dead." and I flip out even more until he explains. In which I calm down immediately and say "Oh my brothers don't have kids. They haven't even dated anyone." lol Next thing I know I'm at a table with another couple and David James Elliott from JAG fame. Look him up. He's preeeeetty. So I got to hold hands and cuddle with him. (insert only good part of the dream. lol)

Then somehow, I'm barefoot in Chicago, shoplifting from a really nice store. And I get back out to my car and I'm trying to start it, when this girl gets in. I just stare at her and say, "Um... this is the wrong car.. " She just waves her hand and says, "Oh I know. I'm trying to find reception. " Like it'd be in my car. lol "Actually could you do me a favor? Could you e-mail me a list of places to go in Key West? My names Becca. You can use my phone, since I have another one." Giggle, hair-toss, and hands me a lime green phone. I just look at the phone and go ".... Okay..."

And then I wake up and think that it's Thursday! Woooo... busy day. lol

Anyway, that's all for now. Gotta start the calls for the weekly meeting of the Galliher Clan.

What a day!

So today had the set-up to be a really bad day. I had to open, which meant a 4:30 alarm, after maybe two and a half hours of sleep. It's been wet and gloomy all day. It's Tuesday. lol Usually these days are crappy.

But man, did my customers come through today! First off, these two folks that come in around 6:30 every morning (whom I adore. The guy's kinda grumpy but funny, and the lady is just the sweetest person you could ever meet.) gave David and I $5 each as a tip/christmas present. lol And hey, after really bad tips last week ($.84/hour) any money is awesome. Then, a couple weeks ago I was talking about how I didn't have a very good ice scraper for my car. So this morning, Rose (who is also amazingly sweet. She always has a smile and a word of encouragement for everyone.) gave me an ice scraper! Alissa, who is a riot, gave us a christmas card, which was awesome, because we love her and it's nice that she thought of us. And last but DEFINETLY not least, "5-shot venti americano" Steve (lol that's how I had to describe him to people afterwards) gave the entire store $100 to split between us all as an early christmas present! I freaked out so hard. lol

The three other people I was working with definetly helped. Opening with David is always nice, because we know each other's routine in the morning. lol We call ourselves Peanut Butter and Jelly. Then Shadday came in at 7, and I just effing love her. We spend most of our time laughing when we work together. And then Shawn, who is a newer shift at the store, is so fun to harrass, because he gives it right back.

So by the end of my shift, I'm getting slap-happy and delirious. And some how the conversation between Shadday and I turns to a discussion of dirty homeless kids (aka street urchins) and how they'd stick people up for cheese. "Hey man. You got STRING cheese?" "I wants me some Kraft Singles! A single's worth two Blow pops now. Man I could really use me some Blow."

lol It was a good end to the day. SO! For anyone who reads this, PASS THE CHEER! Execute a random act of kindness and make someone's would-be crappy day better!

Dreams

I've been known to have some pretty epicly (which is now a word, gosh darnit) weird dreams. Like when I was five or so, I had a nightmare that I was on a giant pool table and two knights were jousting on it. I, of course being stuck in the middle, got trampled. Nice.

Growing up, I pretty much died in my dreams every night. Also nice. lol Fast forward quite a few years, and we get to the dream where I was being stalked by four ninjas in samurai outfits. Only each Samurinja's armor was one solid color. Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow. Bright bright colors, so of course I could always see them. Now, in the retelling, that's pretty amusing. But when I was dreaming it, I was scared shitless. Running around trying to escape, when I run into my house and everyone's waiting for me throwing a baby shower because APPARENTLY, I'm having a baby AND being stalked by the Primary Color Samurinja Clan.

Now lately, my dreams have either been about work people or skit people. Definetly had a dream that my co-worker Kenny and I were getting married, only Kenny was the one in the wedding dress. lol Then I had a dream that I was getting ready for work and was trying to take a bath before I went. And one of the high school girls I work with was in the bathroom too and apparently she was trying to become a lawyer. That dream is all a little disjointed in my head, but I do remember standing in an over-flowing fountain in the lobby of some building, probably trying to take that bath still. lol And then I couldn't finish it because I had to go to work, which was when my alarm went off. Then there was the dream that I was organizing a big birthday party for Kenny (again with Kenny. lol He wonders why I dream about him so much) and everyone from work showed up except him, and when I gave him crap about it later he was all, "Oh yeah.. uh.. sorry about that. I had a thing.. I forgot. and blah blah blah.."

The skit dreams have actually been ridiculously in character lately too. When the rp was between three of us, I'd have these wierd dreams where characters were switched around and not acting right. But, like the night before last, I had a dream involving a married couple, Beau and Nora. Now, a little backstory, Nora is claustrophobic with a VERY intense fear of elevators. She got stuck in one alone when she was little. She also has the elemental power of light. Beau, her husband, can control electricity. This couple met when Beau was a Junior in high school, and Nora was a sophomore and they basically fell in love instantly. They got married almost as soon as Nora turned 18 and have lived extremely happily ever since.

Now! That's a lot of build-up for a dream, and only Lou would really get the humor. But said couple step into an elevator and it promptly breaks and drops. So Nora's freaking out, and Beau's trying to get them out. So he whips out the powers and tells her to push a button. And when it gets to the floor she pushed, the door's open to a floor being quickly flooded with water ala "Titanic". lol And it's like, every floor they go to takes them to a completely different place. So Nora, who is a little clueless, goes out to explore one of the places just all "Ooo this is interesting!" While Beau's looking around like "Oh this isn't gonna be good..."

So yeah... Not as amusing or interesting for anyone who doesn't know Nora and Beau. NOW! I'm going to end my story time, with my most recent scariest dream ever. Some may laugh and that's fine, but this scared the living crap out of me and when I think about it, it still gives me the willies (Whatever those are).

I was working at a quaint little Bed and Breakfast in the English countryside, which was apparently owned by Angela Lansbury. Now, there had been a murder on the property during the night and instead of calling the cops, Angela's all "The body's down by the lake. Get rid of it, before it upsets the guests. Here take this with you, in case you need anything." And she hands me a walky talky that has a really thick and stiff cord attatched. I think it's ridiculous but I take it anyway and head out into the fog and around the side of the building, which is pretty much all window. So I can see Angela in her office and she can see me, so I talk into the walky, "There's no way this is going to reach all the way." And then the cord promptly rips out of the bottom of the walky and whips back into the room. And there was nothing slo-mo about it, when it just whips into her and kills her. So great. I've just killed Angela Lansbury and I'm just standing there, frozen because it'd all gone by so quickly. Then, as I'm just standing there all "OH SHIT!" She effing POPS BACK UP, completely stiffly and unnaturally and she just stares back at me with red eyes. Then she kind of shambles along the window on the inside towards me, and I'm freaking out and unable to move. Then she just reaches through the window, her hand and arm passing right through the glass, and strangles me.

... Blugh (Insert SIDS :sudden icky dance syndrome: and goosebumps) Seriously effing scary dream....

So, that's the end of story time for now. Sweet dreams everyone. Don't let Angela Lansbury come and kill you through a window!

Oh look! Something shiny!

So! Today we went grocery shopping!

lol the end.


Just kidding. Well, not about the shopping... anyway. Pretty much all I've got going on right now, besides work, is the skit. And it feels weird to talk about that here. So blah. Not a lot to talk about. That's pretty lame. Still working out the kinks of my mother's birthday present.... ... Yup, that's all.

The end really this time.

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

What is it about being an adult that both ruins and enhances vacations? I don't know. All I do know is that I'm going to Colorado for a week and on one hand, I'm stoked that I'll have a week free of green aprons and the dreaded espresso machine. And on the other I'm worried, because that's a week of no income. Blaaaaaah. Hopefully I'll be getting money mostly for Christmas. That will help supplement a little.

It doesn't feel like 21 days until Christmas. It feels like it should still be October, or something.

On a completely unrelated and slightly psychotic sounding note. Today, I just got the strongest feeling that the life I'm living just isn't mine. I have a lot of these "Out of place" experiences. More and more in the past year. When I tell people that, they usually look at me like I'm crazy, but what can ya do? Maybe it's just discontentment with where I am in life right now. But, it's almost like I know I should be doing something else. I just don't know what that something else is.

lol Okay, so I'm unhappy with my lot in life right now. Let's chalk it up to that.

Shut up, crazy lady, and move on.

Well, I'm actually considering making a demo reel of some voice acting and singing. Colin brought it up once, and as always it struck a chord.

So cross your fingers all two people who will read this.

Now I'm off. Cheers.