Random Bits...(Have I already used this title?)

Today I had to be to work by 7:30am. I was supposed to go with the Brooks to Tulare to visit Joslyn's twin sister and her children. When I got to work Joslyn told me that I was actually going to be staying home and cleaning. She gave me a list a mile long and then headed out. She also gave me a grocery list. On the grocery list I was told to buy ice cream, so of course I called my mom to rub it in. "Hi, guess what I'm doing? Yea, I'm buying ice cream...ice cream that I'm going to have to eat." On my list of to-do's Joslyn had written: eat some ice cream and drink a rock star. She loves me so much! (And my friends wonder why I'd rather work than hang out with them...I get paid $8 an hour to eat ice cream and drink rock stars...that my boss buys for me!! It's tough...believe me.) Anyways...so during this phone conversation, I invited my mom to come over for lunch and ice cream. I got back to the house at 10:00 and started working. The house was super quiet (too quiet in fact, it was creepy) so I turned "I love Lucy" on, (really loudly,) so that I would hear it while I was working. I also called a friend who I haven't talked with in a few months and chatted with her while I worked, that made working fun. I worked nonstop until 1:30, when my mom brought lunch over. At 1:30 she showed up with Subway. We ate lunch, drank an energy drink and ate ice cream. (By the way...it was really yummy ice cream: Dryers's Cheesecake Diva, Dryer's Loaded Mint Chocolate Chip w/brownie chunks, and Bryer's Cookies and Cream.) My mom discovered their electric fly swatter and had a lot of fun chasing flies around in their kitchen. They have a lot of flies, so she was running around zapping them for a long time. She left at 2:30 and I went back to work. I finally finished my list and headed out at 3:30. Today I worked 8 hours. I get so happy when I work long days, I come home feeling so tired and accomplished. It's a good feeling.

I came home and loafed around on the couch for a while. Then I headed out to look at the baby bunnies. I snuck in a few pets (I just stroked their little ears), after all, today is day 12, that's only 2 days early. I decided to get online and look up recommended waiting times. Several web sites said that it's okay to pick them up from day one, others said wait till their eyes open and they can hop. Either way, their eyes are open, they are hopping all over the place and they are really cute. (Remember my theory: God made them ugly at birth so that we wouldn't want to hold them...when they are old enough to be held they're cute, and by then we want to hold them.) So, basically...after I publish this post I'm washing my hands and sneaking out to hold them.

I've officially been kicked out of my cubby in the cupboard. It now belongs to Poppet (who has been rubbing it in since it happened) and I've been demoted to putting my books into the computer file cabinet. My books don't even fit in the drawer. I'm not very happy about it. Then, to add insult to injury, I've also been kicked off of my coat hook in the hallway. My mom claims that it's only because it's summer and I don't need a coat hanger...but I can see how it will end up. I'm not stupid. My bed is next to go. And when I get booted from my own bed, I'm taking my 9 pillows, my 8 blankets and my baby bunny and I'm gonna load my up car and head over to my basement at the Brooks house. Sniff, sniff. This just isn't right...I tell you, it isn't right. ...You all do know that I am joking, right?

I've noticed that I use the words: "Anyways" "So" and "But" a lot. It really bothers me, and I am going to start using a thesaurus. So...(see, there it is again!) if you don't know what a word means...look it up!

(This is a strange side note, but I can't stand reading books or stories that start out with a person's name or a person talking. For instance: "Ben stared out the window..." or "Mom!" Julia called, "Where is the..." It really annoys me. The best authors and the most accomplished authors are those who can start a book with a sentence that doesn't start out with a person's name or a spoken sentence. Think about it for a minute, and try to come up with the first paragraph of a book without using either of these annoying habits, it's really hard. And just for clarity, it's only the first paragraph that these situations annoy me. After the first paragraph, it doesn't matter how a chapter or page is started.)

I am off to pet a bunny, er, uh, I mean...make my bed. Yea, that's what I meant!

Wow, this was a really random post...I'm going to have a hard time coming up with a title for this one!