11.30.2006
11.29.2006
11.27.2006
The best part about Minnesota is the airport. I can tell you because I spent 4 hours waiting in DC to catch my plane, because I got there super early for a ridiculously long security line that did not exist. However, when I flew out of Minnesota to come back, I had extra time at MSP, nd not only did I eat Dairy Queen for breakfast (delicious!) I also had some delightful powerade (lemon lime). Regan National also sucks because I walked right through security with a half full Dr. Pepper and no one even noticed slash stopped me. Hmm....
On the way back to DC, I had to sit by a small child with turets and/or autism. He was the child from hell. It didn't help that I didn't know he had any disorders until the flight was over and he semi-attacked a lady who gave his mom the dirtiest look. The mom snidley apologized and said she was sorry but "that he couldn't help it. He has.....", but didn't finish the sentence. Too bad his thrashing, kicking, and inability to listen unless closely watching the Wiggles annoyed the living crap out of me. If the mom would have told me right away he had issues I wouldn't have gotten so mad. Let me just say, those disorders are terrible and I don't want to wish them on anyone, HOWEVER, I basically wanted to strap him to the chair. I would like to publically thank the Wiggles for producing a child-quieting DVD that was almost two hours long. I couldn't not have survived without you.
In Minnesota I did all the classic Minnesotan things: drove a Chevy while listening to Polka music (thanks for letting me borrow the car G-pa), baked banana bread, eat turkey, to go Target, and get Cafe Cravings. It was great to be home for four days, but not I am even more excited to come home for Christmas when ALL my best MN pals will be there.
I also got to hand out with my pals from MF. WOW I really miss working in the buying office. It was SUCH a good lunch at 700 express (delicious!) and seeing them was great. I think stuff is stressful there right now, but as soon as I get more used to working at the IRS hopefully it will be just as rewarding as MF. I doubt it will ever be as fun, but it will be academically rewarding.
I think I have strep throat or some tonsil disease. They have been swollen for a week now. It would help if I knew a good Doctor out here. CRAP!!
The AU choir concert is this weekend, which is STELLAR because I am so sick of this stupid choir that I am kissing it goodbye. Too bad I will be kissing classes and stress hello, but they will FO SHO be better than the stupid AU chorus. It is kind of sad to have been in such a good choir in college, because none will ever be even close to as fun or good.
I have the song "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" and "When You Come Back Down" by Nickel Creek in my head. What a variety. I heart Nickel Creek and just put them on my new iPod from my old computer at home. SO good! I am thinking of making a play list of really sad songs, but I don't want to just get sad listening it so I am taking suggestions to making a sweet ghettotacular mix.
We's out.
On the way back to DC, I had to sit by a small child with turets and/or autism. He was the child from hell. It didn't help that I didn't know he had any disorders until the flight was over and he semi-attacked a lady who gave his mom the dirtiest look. The mom snidley apologized and said she was sorry but "that he couldn't help it. He has.....", but didn't finish the sentence. Too bad his thrashing, kicking, and inability to listen unless closely watching the Wiggles annoyed the living crap out of me. If the mom would have told me right away he had issues I wouldn't have gotten so mad. Let me just say, those disorders are terrible and I don't want to wish them on anyone, HOWEVER, I basically wanted to strap him to the chair. I would like to publically thank the Wiggles for producing a child-quieting DVD that was almost two hours long. I couldn't not have survived without you.
In Minnesota I did all the classic Minnesotan things: drove a Chevy while listening to Polka music (thanks for letting me borrow the car G-pa), baked banana bread, eat turkey, to go Target, and get Cafe Cravings. It was great to be home for four days, but not I am even more excited to come home for Christmas when ALL my best MN pals will be there.
I also got to hand out with my pals from MF. WOW I really miss working in the buying office. It was SUCH a good lunch at 700 express (delicious!) and seeing them was great. I think stuff is stressful there right now, but as soon as I get more used to working at the IRS hopefully it will be just as rewarding as MF. I doubt it will ever be as fun, but it will be academically rewarding.
I think I have strep throat or some tonsil disease. They have been swollen for a week now. It would help if I knew a good Doctor out here. CRAP!!
The AU choir concert is this weekend, which is STELLAR because I am so sick of this stupid choir that I am kissing it goodbye. Too bad I will be kissing classes and stress hello, but they will FO SHO be better than the stupid AU chorus. It is kind of sad to have been in such a good choir in college, because none will ever be even close to as fun or good.
I have the song "Stuntin' Like My Daddy" and "When You Come Back Down" by Nickel Creek in my head. What a variety. I heart Nickel Creek and just put them on my new iPod from my old computer at home. SO good! I am thinking of making a play list of really sad songs, but I don't want to just get sad listening it so I am taking suggestions to making a sweet ghettotacular mix.
We's out.
11.21.2006
11.20.2006
things I am TA thankful for
#1- "Rob" my excellent strength "borrowed" wireless signal for my laptop.
#2- Any drivers of the J9 who actually stop for me, as opposed to making me run 50 feet every morning.
#3- The IRS water club. I am drinking water like a fish now-a-days. Go kidneys!
#4- The Rockville Target- thanks for always having the best Smartones (minus the Ziti which you always seem to be out of) and plentiful ramp parking. Tears are actually welling up in my eyes right now.
#5- The Starbucks close to my work and the barista who always gives me extra syrup and a medium when I order and pay for a small. Yeah (sexy back style)!
#6- My family and friends who I miss A LOT LOT LOT!
#7-The Smithsonian. You killed a lot of boring and hot-as-hell days before my work started.
#8- Sugar free pudding. I eat you basically every day.
#9- "The points system". Good nutrition here, people!
#10- iTunes. You let me download every ghetto-tacular song I could ever want for a mere $.99, thanks pal!
#2- Any drivers of the J9 who actually stop for me, as opposed to making me run 50 feet every morning.
#3- The IRS water club. I am drinking water like a fish now-a-days. Go kidneys!
#4- The Rockville Target- thanks for always having the best Smartones (minus the Ziti which you always seem to be out of) and plentiful ramp parking. Tears are actually welling up in my eyes right now.
#5- The Starbucks close to my work and the barista who always gives me extra syrup and a medium when I order and pay for a small. Yeah (sexy back style)!
#6- My family and friends who I miss A LOT LOT LOT!
#7-The Smithsonian. You killed a lot of boring and hot-as-hell days before my work started.
#8- Sugar free pudding. I eat you basically every day.
#9- "The points system". Good nutrition here, people!
#10- iTunes. You let me download every ghetto-tacular song I could ever want for a mere $.99, thanks pal!
11.16.2006
Good work Blogger, it was about time to hook yourself up with some Google lovin'. I can't think of a website more than Google, but Wikipedia and IRS are a close second. I hope you enjoy my bloggies new look.
Tomorrow is Friday, thank HEAVENS because this whole actually working 5 days in a week is cramping my style. Luckily, I am going home in a mere five days to see the fam and friends and be able to collect the rest of my long lost posessions that I have been void of these past months (cough my black Enzo boots and my black KC handbag, cough, cough). I wish I could take my crockpot and other printer on the plane, but I am sure that trick-ass TSA would obviously think that a crockpot was some type of detinator. Honestly, me flying out of DC for T-giving, could be the nightmare from hell, so let's just hope it goes okay.
This morning was quite the commute. Somehow, the power went out on the metro so the train couldn't move on part of the track. Once we got to a certain station we all had to get off the train and want for the power to be restored and to get on another train, whilst rushes of completly impolite and neandrathal people try to rush the train. Ridiculous. Then I missed my stop and had to take the metro back one stop. It was a definate blonde moment but I SWEAR the train skipped the Judiciary Square stop!!!!!!! All in all, I left home at 6:50 and got to work at 8:10. BOO! I get a little confused about the metro, because it is really nice and pretty expensive in terms of public transportation, yet something is broken every day. There has yet to be a day when all the escalators and elevators worked. To make matters even funnier, I was running up the escalator at the Bethesda metro station, and it is the world's longest escalator. I was gonig the walking up thing for exercize, but pretty sure I lost my shoe. Lucky for me the woman behind me who almost ran info me due to my abrupt stop handed me my shoe. I am not sure about you guys, but there is no way in God's green EARTH I would pick up a stranger's shoe. SICK.
Tonight I made italian salad and pudding so I am golden to eat for circa three days. I eat the same things over and over again and it is really sad: lots of diet caffeine free soda, italian salad (veggies tossed in italian dressing with noodles), cheesecake flavored pudding (delicious!), milk, and tons of lean cuisines. Sad, but true. Luckily I bought Nutella a few days back and that stuff is ridiculously good. I think I am going to ban myself from buying it again because I have been putting Nutella on everything from pretzles to bananas.
I am starting to get really excited for Christmas. I want to see DC all decked out for the holiday season. It still seems like September out here to me because of the weather, so it is strange that I saw wreaths at Union Station today when I was wearing flip flops. KYA?! I will be pumped to go home to a MIDWESTERN CHRISTMAS with delicious food and snow and cold and cars and parking and crazy midwestern accents. I called my MN bank today and laughed when I hung up becuase the woman had such an accent. BWA HA!
I have to go download some Luda. I am creating the ultra-ghizetto mix for cruising in my car when I go to Target. I have priorities people...
Tomorrow is Friday, thank HEAVENS because this whole actually working 5 days in a week is cramping my style. Luckily, I am going home in a mere five days to see the fam and friends and be able to collect the rest of my long lost posessions that I have been void of these past months (cough my black Enzo boots and my black KC handbag, cough, cough). I wish I could take my crockpot and other printer on the plane, but I am sure that trick-ass TSA would obviously think that a crockpot was some type of detinator. Honestly, me flying out of DC for T-giving, could be the nightmare from hell, so let's just hope it goes okay.
This morning was quite the commute. Somehow, the power went out on the metro so the train couldn't move on part of the track. Once we got to a certain station we all had to get off the train and want for the power to be restored and to get on another train, whilst rushes of completly impolite and neandrathal people try to rush the train. Ridiculous. Then I missed my stop and had to take the metro back one stop. It was a definate blonde moment but I SWEAR the train skipped the Judiciary Square stop!!!!!!! All in all, I left home at 6:50 and got to work at 8:10. BOO! I get a little confused about the metro, because it is really nice and pretty expensive in terms of public transportation, yet something is broken every day. There has yet to be a day when all the escalators and elevators worked. To make matters even funnier, I was running up the escalator at the Bethesda metro station, and it is the world's longest escalator. I was gonig the walking up thing for exercize, but pretty sure I lost my shoe. Lucky for me the woman behind me who almost ran info me due to my abrupt stop handed me my shoe. I am not sure about you guys, but there is no way in God's green EARTH I would pick up a stranger's shoe. SICK.
Tonight I made italian salad and pudding so I am golden to eat for circa three days. I eat the same things over and over again and it is really sad: lots of diet caffeine free soda, italian salad (veggies tossed in italian dressing with noodles), cheesecake flavored pudding (delicious!), milk, and tons of lean cuisines. Sad, but true. Luckily I bought Nutella a few days back and that stuff is ridiculously good. I think I am going to ban myself from buying it again because I have been putting Nutella on everything from pretzles to bananas.
I am starting to get really excited for Christmas. I want to see DC all decked out for the holiday season. It still seems like September out here to me because of the weather, so it is strange that I saw wreaths at Union Station today when I was wearing flip flops. KYA?! I will be pumped to go home to a MIDWESTERN CHRISTMAS with delicious food and snow and cold and cars and parking and crazy midwestern accents. I called my MN bank today and laughed when I hung up becuase the woman had such an accent. BWA HA!
I have to go download some Luda. I am creating the ultra-ghizetto mix for cruising in my car when I go to Target. I have priorities people...
11.15.2006
I am going to start by saying thie is my 100th Blog post. YEAH!!!!!!!!! I was looking back at some of my blogs from last year. Getting ready to go to law school, starting my job at Marshall Field's, grad school, moving out here, starting at the IRS. Life has really changed in 2005-2006. Surely the most eventful time in my life thus far.
Today after work I went to IRS happy hour. It wasn't one of those "all office" forced happy hours, but a select crew that I was happy to be invited to. We had a really good time and I heard all about the illustrious debaucherous activities of the IRS Christmas party where people get crunked by 6 pm and go home stumbling. SERIOUSLY I was shocked. I am pretty pumped to go.
The other new thing is that I am PUMPED for my classes to start in spring. Unfortunatley, I have them both on Thursday night which means I work from 7:30-5 and then have class from 5:30-10:40. Pretty sure I might die, but hopefully I will sneak in a sandwich and a catnap somewhere so I don't fall asleep whilst learning.
It is sad that I am excited for the season finale of Laguna Beach. It is even more sad that I am more excited to go to sleep.
Today after work I went to IRS happy hour. It wasn't one of those "all office" forced happy hours, but a select crew that I was happy to be invited to. We had a really good time and I heard all about the illustrious debaucherous activities of the IRS Christmas party where people get crunked by 6 pm and go home stumbling. SERIOUSLY I was shocked. I am pretty pumped to go.
The other new thing is that I am PUMPED for my classes to start in spring. Unfortunatley, I have them both on Thursday night which means I work from 7:30-5 and then have class from 5:30-10:40. Pretty sure I might die, but hopefully I will sneak in a sandwich and a catnap somewhere so I don't fall asleep whilst learning.
It is sad that I am excited for the season finale of Laguna Beach. It is even more sad that I am more excited to go to sleep.
11.09.2006
11.08.2006
Something quite interesting happened today.
I was tricked into going out on a date.
How, you ask might that happened?
At orientation at AU I met a dude who shall remain nameless. As this was in July, and I was looking for housing in DC, he mentioned that he might know someone with a room. I gave him my phone number. He called me once or twice to see if I found housing, but I had. I hadn't seen him until class in August when we exchanged very average small talk.
He sends me a text message today asking how I was ya da ya da ya da. He asked if I wanted to get coffee. I told him that was fine. He knew I was on the train coming home from work. I thought we would get coffee some time in the near future (so I could prepare!), but instead, he was waiting for me when I got off the train. I didn't really want to go out tonight, but I already told him I had a four day weekend and had no excuse good enough to tell him in person. KYA?! Apparently he has just gotten off the train as well and he wanted to get coffee NOW. Umm. Okay...
Well we walked a block and coffee turned into dinner. It turns out he is a pro-life Republican (sorry for all my GOP friends, but VOMIT)who had to say a lot about the election. A lot. He talked all the way through our dinner (which was surely more fancy than your average TGI Fridays). He actually said "God Bless George Bush" three separate times. OH GOD.
I had to leave dinner. I am not going to judge someone on their political views and he was totally open to mine, HOWEVER, I wasn't planning myself for such an intellectually/politically stimulating dinner (ie I was going to eat Healthy Choice whilst watching Laguna...). We then went into Barnes and Noble so he could get change for the metro. He actually tried to make a move in the "new to paperback" section. KYA?!?!?!?!?
I would like to present hints to be a better first-dater (although I am OBVS not an expert)
#1) Let your date know in advance, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
#2) Don't say coffee and mean dinner
#3) No using pet names before the date begins (especially Sweetie Pie which is REALLY outdated)
#4) Don't talk about politics and dominate the entire dinner conversation, especially when your date looks tired and is at the complete opposite end of the political spectrum.
#5) If your date has their elbow on the table and their chin resting in their hand, it means they are so tired of you talking that they don't want to hold their head up.
#6) Don't do all pre-date conversation via text messaging.
#7) Never make a move in the ENTRANCE to B&N.
So anyways, he is a nice guy and very smart, which is hot, but still. The creep-up date was, well, creepy. There MAY be a possibility for a second chance, but we will see. Oy.
I have a four day weekend now. Love the Federal Holisdays and getting a day off every other week. HOT!!!!!!
I was tricked into going out on a date.
How, you ask might that happened?
At orientation at AU I met a dude who shall remain nameless. As this was in July, and I was looking for housing in DC, he mentioned that he might know someone with a room. I gave him my phone number. He called me once or twice to see if I found housing, but I had. I hadn't seen him until class in August when we exchanged very average small talk.
He sends me a text message today asking how I was ya da ya da ya da. He asked if I wanted to get coffee. I told him that was fine. He knew I was on the train coming home from work. I thought we would get coffee some time in the near future (so I could prepare!), but instead, he was waiting for me when I got off the train. I didn't really want to go out tonight, but I already told him I had a four day weekend and had no excuse good enough to tell him in person. KYA?! Apparently he has just gotten off the train as well and he wanted to get coffee NOW. Umm. Okay...
Well we walked a block and coffee turned into dinner. It turns out he is a pro-life Republican (sorry for all my GOP friends, but VOMIT)who had to say a lot about the election. A lot. He talked all the way through our dinner (which was surely more fancy than your average TGI Fridays). He actually said "God Bless George Bush" three separate times. OH GOD.
I had to leave dinner. I am not going to judge someone on their political views and he was totally open to mine, HOWEVER, I wasn't planning myself for such an intellectually/politically stimulating dinner (ie I was going to eat Healthy Choice whilst watching Laguna...). We then went into Barnes and Noble so he could get change for the metro. He actually tried to make a move in the "new to paperback" section. KYA?!?!?!?!?
I would like to present hints to be a better first-dater (although I am OBVS not an expert)
#1) Let your date know in advance, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!
#2) Don't say coffee and mean dinner
#3) No using pet names before the date begins (especially Sweetie Pie which is REALLY outdated)
#4) Don't talk about politics and dominate the entire dinner conversation, especially when your date looks tired and is at the complete opposite end of the political spectrum.
#5) If your date has their elbow on the table and their chin resting in their hand, it means they are so tired of you talking that they don't want to hold their head up.
#6) Don't do all pre-date conversation via text messaging.
#7) Never make a move in the ENTRANCE to B&N.
So anyways, he is a nice guy and very smart, which is hot, but still. The creep-up date was, well, creepy. There MAY be a possibility for a second chance, but we will see. Oy.
I have a four day weekend now. Love the Federal Holisdays and getting a day off every other week. HOT!!!!!!
11.05.2006
Recent Happenings as of Late:
I was bored on Saturday so I went to go see the movie "Flags of our Fathers". I wish I had something better to say about it but it was completly forgetable.
All the best mugs were 50% off at Caribou so I got a sweet thermos that seals and I can put in my work bag. This may sound inconsequential, but I have been raiding Filene's Basement for one FOREVER and they were never there, so to get the good kind was really stellar.
I went to K Street lounge again this weekend. This is the first time in my life I have been out dancing twice in two weeks. Sad. We had a good time even though the TA coat check is $4.
I went to Tyson's Corner today and that is a sweet mall, yeah!! =)
Today was extremely unproductive. I woke up at 10, ate bfast, took a shower, watched tv, took a nap, went shopping and came home. At least once I was home I did laundry and cleaned my room, but still! At least I have a FOUR day weekend coming up! Holla!
Better get off to bed (again) so I can wake up to be my best economist-self!
All the best mugs were 50% off at Caribou so I got a sweet thermos that seals and I can put in my work bag. This may sound inconsequential, but I have been raiding Filene's Basement for one FOREVER and they were never there, so to get the good kind was really stellar.
I went to K Street lounge again this weekend. This is the first time in my life I have been out dancing twice in two weeks. Sad. We had a good time even though the TA coat check is $4.
I went to Tyson's Corner today and that is a sweet mall, yeah!! =)
Today was extremely unproductive. I woke up at 10, ate bfast, took a shower, watched tv, took a nap, went shopping and came home. At least once I was home I did laundry and cleaned my room, but still! At least I have a FOUR day weekend coming up! Holla!
Better get off to bed (again) so I can wake up to be my best economist-self!
11.01.2006
Recap of the IRS Halloween Party
-I tied for the closest guess for the game of "guess how many pieces of candy are in the jar" so I won 68 pieces of candy. As I have ZERO willpower, I left all of it at work, but kept the delightful glow-in-the-dark ghost bucket. It kind of reminds me ot those buckets you used to get your Happy Meal in around Halloween, does anyone else remember those?
-Although I didn't win the raffle, the person who won the 2nd prize Starbucks gift basket hates coffee and since she knew I loved it she gave it to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH! The entire SOI (Statistics of Income) division of the IRS now knows I am obsessed with Starbucks.
-We had delicious punch that is infamous in our office. How "The Office" is that?
Tomorrow I am going to actually cook myself Chicken for dinner. JIGGA WHAT?!?!
-Although I didn't win the raffle, the person who won the 2nd prize Starbucks gift basket hates coffee and since she knew I loved it she gave it to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH YEAH! The entire SOI (Statistics of Income) division of the IRS now knows I am obsessed with Starbucks.
-We had delicious punch that is infamous in our office. How "The Office" is that?
Tomorrow I am going to actually cook myself Chicken for dinner. JIGGA WHAT?!?!
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