yesterday i finally tried this small mediterranean restaurant down the road. it was that or krystal’s. i wanted krystal’s so much but couldn’t bear to eat THAT unhealthy. anyway, the man at the mediterranean place was really nice. i ordered a grilled chicken salad pita wrap, and he made it right there in front of me. i was really surprised when he told me to pay last. go ahead and eat and then come back and pay. what? have you ever heard of this? what’s so funny is that the whole time i was eating i couldn’t stop thinking about it. why? are they leaving room open for me to more likely get a dessert or add another side item? do they want to make sure i am satisfied? how do they keep up with all of this when they are really busy? what if someone leaves? are they watching me right now to see if i leave? i’m still not really sure. i didn’t ask. i think it’s just to make you feel more at home. who knows. but now that i won’t be shocked by it, i will definitely go back. it was magnificent.
the other night lauren and i were in blockbuster with a free non-new-release rental coupon. those are the hardest to pick. i remembered that i needed to see that spinal tap movie. i asked the guy at the front desk if he knew of the movie. his face lit up as he told me where to find it. we walked to the aisle, grabbed the dvd and took it up front. he pulled out his super duper cleaning solution and shined it right up for us as he told us how much we would love it.
weelllll, we watched it. and i didn’t get it. pretty much struggled to get through. i wanted to like it! yes, there were many parts that were funny. nigel was my favorite out of all. and the other guy that plays the bass…he was hilarious. but i’m thinking maybe it would be funnier to watch with other people, maybe we should have been in some kind of altered state of mind? i don’t know but we tried so hard to think it was so funny. maybe i need to know a little more about rock music. who knows. but i will say that i’m glad i finally saw it. their outfits were ridiculously hideous!
i found this on a different website and thought it was hilarious. mainly because we had all these ‘motivator’ pictures hanging in the office where i worked for a few years in birmingham. (that place is why ‘the office’ is hysterical to me…the blogger who posted this on his website actually said it made him think of something on the show.) these pictures never really did inspire me much.
sometimes the only thing that makes me go to bed at night is the fact that i have to get up in the morning. sleep is wonderful, but i wish it didn’t take so much time. i am in cullman right now. heading to the beach tomorrow to hang out with my family. it’s my dad’s bday. the 4 of us children pitched in and bought him an ipod shuffle. (i hope he’s not reading this…there goes the surprise!) he gardens a lot. he may not have them anymore but previously used these big headphones for music. hopefully he’ll like it. i’ve been downloading music on it for the past 4 hours. his windows is not updated to get itunes. oh gee, that’s too bad b/c i had to load about 12 of his cd’s on my itunes. love it! but now i’m wondering how he’s going to charge the thing. anyway, the end result…..i have lots of new music. yay!
i’m taking some portraits down at the beach, so i brought all my camera stuff along with my laptop. i had an interesting thought when i left nashville. everything i had with me is all that i need. very simple. the few ‘home’ items i own are stored in boxes since living with christi. money shmoney. if i had the money, how fun to just drive and drive. i’d go west first…all the way to the coast. and then head north. at the very northern western point i would head east…and go all the way to the other side on the east coast. and then i’d get in a plane and head to europe and do the same thing there. and then i would have my book published (from the whole experience) with the most marvelous pictures imaginable. there you go.
i was walking down the hallway here at my new home thanking God that i don’t have to worry about bugs. mainly b/c this place is so new and b/c i live on the 4th floor…way high up above all those rodents. so it wasn’t two days later that lauren, sandy and i were watching tv. i looked up above lauren’s head and saw the most gigantic roach i’ve ever seen. seriously…it took us a minute to decide that it was not a rat. it had wings. so of course, we all run into a corner by the chair like we had no other place to go…and waited. he crawled up and was upside down on the ceiling without much grip. when he fell and took flight, all heck broke loose. it was hilarious. i was literally in tears from laughing so hard…well, and from fear that this thing would land on me. he landed on a side wall instead. without taking our eyes off him, i called cynthia to get brett’s number who lives on my floor. he didn’t answer. i called accalia downstairs and asked if she killed bugs. she didn’t. i asked if she’d call mike. he doesn’t kill bugs either. so she called chandler on the 3rd floor who came and saved the day with my shoe. i have killed many a roach, but i’m telling you…this would have been like killing a rat with a shoe. i seriously admire chandler for saving our lives. it could have been bad.
so it’s been a while since blogging. sometimes i have the reid attitude of what’s the point. and then i start to see clearly and realize how many people want to know about my life. har har. anyway, here are a few things going on with me at the moment:
*this summer i will have more bathing suit choices than any prior summer…that would be 4. no, it’s not many. but i hardly ever go with more than 1-2 simply b/c i seem to have issues finding one i like. so i’ve been in a bathing suit extravaganza at target lately.
*last weekend when laura gail was here we had ‘project runway’ and went through my entire wardrobe. i am tossing (consigning) about 10 pairs of shoes and half my closet. i don’t wear the stuff, and i don’t like it. i’m starting over completely. since then i have 5 new pairs of shoes (4 from target, 1 pair of winter boots on sale at nine west for $15.) i’m building a base that i actually like this time…not b/c stuff is on sale.
*my family played croquet this weekend, and i lost every game. well, i came in 2nd to last on one, i think. this is actually a lot of fun to play with a bunch of people. next time we are all going to wear all white and big hats. then at 5pm, we will change into all khaki. the staff on the yacht are only allowed to wear black and white.
*christi and i just watched ‘notes on a scandal’. i had no expectations of this movie. therefore, i was not disappointed…only a bit disturbed with some scenes. for the most part, i thought it was a good movie with good acting. the crazy singer guy from love actually was in it, and that was pretty hilarious to think about. i like him. he didn’t play a funny part though.
*i’m going to the beach with my family for memorial day. hopefully i will wear a different bathing suit for each day i’m there. yay!
*something that bothers me: everytime i see someone on one of those crotch rocket motorcycles, they are going faster than the speed of light. there must be something behind this. i really wish they would stop that and slow down a bit. it’s ridiculous.
*i’ve recently discovered that i really like these words: corridor, montage, fetch
i rarely use any other dishes besides bowls and spoons. (i eat A LOT of cereal.) about 7-8 years ago, i guess, i purchased a set of 10 perfect bowls from sam’s for about $10. they are all different colors, pretty small but very deep. i think i have 7 of them left now from moving so much, etc… so i use these for cereal. by the time i go through all of my bowls and spoons, the dishwasher is nowhere near being full. well, the top is full of coffee cups (the other dishes i use.) anyway, i will use them all up. and then on the last bowl and spoon, i will use the same one for about 3 days in a row. i just think that is hysterical. why not use the first 5 more than one time? i don’t know. but it’s always the last, and i’ll do it more than i should. all in the name of not running an empty dishwasher! like that’s a big deal. anyway……
i was thinking about something the other day, but i have yet to really research it. so i’m just asking a question. what’s the deal with rebates? i’m not sure i understand the purpose of rebates. i bought my mac and purchased a printer with it for $100. so i demolished the boxes trying to cut out the proof of purchase for both items (and cut the heck out of my finger doing this…still healing.) sent those in and received a $100 check back. maybe canon has a deal with apple, b/c the check was from apple not canon. that might be it. i don’t know, but i think it’s pretty stupid. not stupid bad but stupid as in i don’t understand so i think it’s just stupid.
i watched that movie ‘pursuit of happiness’ for a 2nd time today. what an inspiring life that man led. this seems to be a theme for my life right now. there were many options for him to pursue that would make money for him and his son to get by. basically anyone can get a job. but if he had done that, he wouldn’t have had time for the broker internship (what he really desired.) he went through a horrible 6 months to lay that foundation. i can’t remember his son’s mother’s name. but one thing she says in the movie has actually been spoken to me about what i’m doing with my life right now. he told her he was going to be an intern. she says, ‘from salesman to intern, kinda backwards, huh?’ and then she leaves him (and now he’s a millionaire.) some people just see it in a different perspective. she saw it on the outer edge…what he was doing right then and that he wasn’t successful. the dreams in a person’s heart are so important. you may not know exactly how you are getting there. but you do know what will not get you there. you can’t settle for less. and as cheesy as it may be, the journey is actually the exciting part and where you will learn some extraordinary lessons.
today i was working behind the counter, and a man came up to eat. he was reid in about 25 years. it was crazy. he had all gray hair and looked just like reid. yes, you reid, that is my friend, who is thinking about not blogging anymore. anyway, i just thought that was funny. he took home 3 of our biodegradable straws for his children.
also, i heard the other day that ’skin is the new black.’ what?? just when i thought that red was the new black and all excited about that. hopefully, that won’t take, you know? i really like red…more than skin. since i’m such a fashion diva. but i am definitely relieved that ‘pale is the new tan.’ i’m taking advantage of that one.
i have an eventful weekend coming up. thursday night i’ll get to see norah jones at the ryman auditorium. i am SO excited about this. then i have some wonderful friends from bham (and denver) coming to town, and we’ll get to celebrate my friend, christi b.’s, birthday. four of my friends are running in the marathon (1/2 marathon) this saturday. and after thursday afternoon, i’ll be off work all weekend! yay!
