Been a long time

I haven't blogged in quite some time. I've been reading a lot and spending a lot of time with my family. I started a temp job that will hopefully turn permanent soon. I'm glad it's Christmastime. I love all the lights and the music and being able to spend time with family.

I've been trying to keep up with all the True Blood casting news, there is so much! Having to wait until next June for new episodes is a very long wait. I'll just have to read some books by my favorite authors in the meantime. :)

Rain, rain go away....

Why is it that the only day it rains is the day you didn't check the weather forecast? Also, the day you are working in downtown Dallas and you left your umbrella in the car? And....the parking garage you are parked in is two blocks away?!? This is just the afternoon I've been having. Sigh....
So, I'm still working at this contract job and waiting for the "new girl" to come in for the permanent position. They don't talk to me here. It's like I'm invisible. At least I get some money! So, after meeting with another recruiter this week, he informs me that no jobs will probably be moving for my industry of accounting until after the October 15th deadline. Well, that's just not good enough! That's ANOTHER month without a job! I've applied to every job on Monster and CareerBuilder, I don't know what else I could possibly do. I harass all the recruiters that contacted me to no end. It doesn't help. What's a girl gotta do for one measly interview? I wouldn't even mind having an interview and them saying yes we'll hire you, it just won't be until November 1st, or something like that. At least I would know I have something lined up then!
I would like to start a family with my husband, but I have to have a job first! It seems like no matter what the family plans get pushed farther and farther back. I'm 29, I'm not getting any younger! Please God! Give me a little help here! I want to raise wonderful Christian children, I want that joy in life please! Ok, sorry that was a little over the top. I'm feeling quite emotional today. Thanks for listening!

Labor Day Weekend

This three day weekend was a blur. Friday night I went baby shower shopping with my sister, then we ate at Genghis Grill (YUM!) with my husband. Then we went back to the house and watched "I Love You Man" which was actually pretty funny. Saturday I got to relax a little bit while Mike worked on his portfolio. Then we ran down to Arlington for my dad's birthday. We saw "Extract" which was pretty hilarious, then we went to Chili's for dinner. I told the waitress it was his birthday and when she asked him if it was his 21st birthday, he said "Close enough!"
On Sunday it was driving down to Burleson for my cousin's 7 year old son's birthday party. I got to chat with the family for awhile while all the kiddos played. I always feel out of place at a kid's birthday party because I don't have any kids. My cousin had me take all the cake and opening presents pictures so that was a lot of fun! All the other little kids kept trying to open his presents! Afterwards, we hung out at my cousin's house for a bit and enjoying chatting. On Monday I didn't have to work! Yeah! My husband worked on his portfolio all day and I got to finish a book I had been reading. I was pretty happy with the ending. Later in the day we ventured out to the park by our house (we had never been there) and we took the dogs with us. They loved it and they passed out when we got home. We have to find a dog park near our house so we can let them off-leash. Well that's my crazy weekend. Hope y'all had a good one!

Fantasy Football & True Blood "BYE" Week

So, here it is...my 2009 Fantasy Football team. I actually remembered my draft this year.
J Cutler

K Warner
B Westbrook
D McFadden
L Washington
R Williams
S Moss
N Washington
P Crayton
J Witten
D Lee
N Folk
N Rackers
NYG (DST)
Indianapolis (DST)

I'm excited to see how this "season" plays out. I got 2nd place in my league last year.

So, this week my favorite show True Blood is having a "BYE" week because of the Labor Day holiday. I would say this is good because people won't miss it while they are out of town. It's a bad thing because this gives the show a break before it's season finale. Kinda sucky. Also, the rumors are we'll have to wait a whole year for Season 3 to start. I anticipate withdrawal symptoms around March I would say.

It's Only Tuesday...

I had an interview with another recruiter today. I think it went well. Problem is, I have lots of recruiters, but I never get sent to any interviews. I guess the job market is just too saturated with people looking for jobs right now. I never thought it would be so difficult to find an accounting job. I should probably just start studying really hard for the CPA exam and work on taking that instead of job-hunting, at least then I'd be accomplishing something.
I wish I could go somewhere for the holiday weekend but I don't have the funds. This is alright, because my dad's birthday is Saturday, and my cousin's son's birthday party is on Sunday so at least we'll have some cake to look forward to! My cousin's daughter has been going around telling the kids at her school that she's a vampire and she's going to suck their blood. She's 5, so I think this is quite amusing. Apparently some show on the Disney channel had vampires in it so this is where she got the idea. Her mom told her not to bite people because she could go to the store and buy her blood juice. Hanging out with those two characters surprisingly makes me want to have kiddos of my own even more. :)

I have a case of the Mondays....

Nothing seems to be going right today with my work. Since I'm working contract and it's being filled by a permanent employee in a couple of weeks it's like I've completely lost my focus. Sigh. Revenue Recognition is like my favorite thing ever! (heavy sarcasm)
Good news is I met with recruiter # 50 today. He hopes to get me an interview by the end of the week, but he has other candidates applying for the same job. Same old story it seems. I do have two other recruiter interviews lined up for Tuesday and Thursday morning so maybe something will come of that. I started a resume on CareerBuilder.com today because I think Monster.com just isn't cutting it, and I've already applied to all the new jobs there. In order to keep my unemployment status I have to report all my contract income (which I definitely have been because I'm very honest) and I have to apply for 6 jobs a week! Which is pretty difficult because there just aren't 6 new job postings a week. But, I look around and persevere!
Oh well, I will continue searching and pray that God leads me down the right path. He always does.

Random Thoughts for the Day from an Email

This email from my cousin made me laugh a lot! I had to share by posting it here:

Random Thoughts of the Day:

* I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.

* More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think
about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tell my own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involves me.

* Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

* I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink to have fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they've invented the lighter?

* Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which
you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the
sidewalk.

* I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.

* The letters T and G are very close to each
other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.

* Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no Internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

* There is a great need for sarcasm font.

* Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the crap it was about when I first saw it.

* I think everyone has a movie that they love so much; it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone is laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still the only one who really, really gets it.

* How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

* I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

* I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die.

* The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

* LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

* I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

* My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads. Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquired about the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us." Classy, bro.

* Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

* How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

* I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!

* While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.

* MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.

* Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.

* I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

* Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.

* I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.

* Bad decisions make good stories

* Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

* Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?

* Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem...

* You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

* Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.

* I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page report that I swear I did not make any changes to.

* "Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.

* I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'

* I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

* I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.

* When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light Internet stalking.

* I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

* Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...

* As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.

* Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.

* It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

* I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

* I think that if, years down the road when I’m trying to have a kid, I find out that I’m sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.

* Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.

* Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

* My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?

* It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.

* I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.

* I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

* I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.

* The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.