Show Us Your Life: Pets

This week is Kelly's Show Us Your Life: Pets. And since my furbabies are my only babies, I'm participating.

This is Trey. He's 3 years old & he's my baby. I got him my Junior year in college because I really wanted a dog and my parents told me I couldn't have one in their apartment that I was living in. Instead, my roommate and I were walking around Petsmart (I can't remember why) and they had a litter of 6 6 week old tuxedos. They had them split into boys and girls, and we wanted the girls. I should've known something was wrong when I pulled "her" (yes, I said her) out of the crate and she climbed ALL over & yelped like a crazy kitty. She was crazy. And still is. My roommate took home her "sister". We named them Trea & Dior. We took them to the vet for their checkups and found out they weren't Trea & Dior, but Trey & Hide. Boys. My roommate ended up giving hers to a better family because she traveled so much, she couldn't take care of Hide, but my Little Man kept me company for the next two years, until I graduated. He has clawed my mom's $800 living room chair, he's ruined a couch because he vengefully pooped on it when I left him for an entire weekend, he's climbed more than 35 feet up trees THREE times, and he's been in more cat fights than I can count. He sprouts a new white patch everytime he stresses out: the first time he climbed a tree, his first visit to the kennel, when we got married and moved. But I love the little sucker. Like no other. My Little Man:

Our other little monster child is Costa. AJ & I ran into some friends this 4th of July who had an 8 week old Golden, and I decided then and there that I wanted a puppy. That was on Saturday. By Sunday afternoon, we had driven 2 hours to pick up Costa, our chocolate lab. I told AJ I wanted a small lab. One that would max at 60 lbs. She's 60 lbs at 6 months. The daddy had been stolen, so we didn't get to see his size, but we saw the mom on the way out. HUGE. At least 80 lbs. That's what we're in for. She's a mess. She chews on paper, and only paper. No shoes. And she has an obsession with socks. Mainly AJ's. They must smell :-).

Our babies.

I need to put my big girl pants on.

One day, I'm going to be running this business (I'm not being conceited, that's actually the plan), and I seriously need to put my big girl pants on.

I've been letting a lot of things that people have said lately, really get to me. Like eat at me. And it's all I can think about. And why they would say such things. Especially when they know it's going to get back to me.

One day, I'm going to have to manage people, which pretty much gives me the heebie-geebies. I don't like confrontation (unless I'm either drunk or extremely pissed). I am going to cry if I ever have to fire someone or scold someone or even just tell someone to do something a different way. Hence the fact that I need to put my big girl pants on.

So I'm going to let the fact that some people thing I'm a spoiled brat who gets everything she wants roll off my back. I'm going to take my sister's unjustified insults with a grain of salt. Because I know that people only say things out of anger - whether they're sincere or not doesn't really matter to me. I'm appreciative of what I have. I appreciate that I have flexible hours for personal matters that arise. I appreciate every opportunity I have to travel. (Guess what? One day I will have kids, and I won't be able to travel at the drop of a hat.) So regardless of what people are saying, I'm going to enjoy this time in my life, because before I know it, it'll be gone.

Today, I'm putting my big girl pants on. And I'm going to enjoy being a Clemson football groupie (minus all the crude-sexual-stuff :-)).

Squeezing in a random update.

I completely forgot to mention that I got my super sweet Easter-turned-Halloween giveaway prize from Katy a couple of weeks ago! Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture before I tore into it, but it was full of candy, a Halloween candy dish & a pumpkin cookie cutter!! My brother in law & hubby devoured most of the candy :-(, but I learned my lesson about leaving it in the kitchen! Next time... my candy is going into my own secret stash!


I am finally finished with my class that I was taking this week. My brain is starting to shrink back into my head, but it won't fully be back to normal until after I take my licensing exam in a couple of weeks.


I just realized that Thanksgiving is next week!! Holy crap! Do you know what that means? BLACK FRIDAY! My favorite day of the year! I almost quit my job because I couldn't have the day off... but then again, I quit anyway. Yes, I know we are a society of over-consumption and that I'm playing into the entire marketing ploy. But. I. Don't. Care. One. Bit. It's my favorite day of the year. Period. 


And now, I'm exhausted. And I plan to pass out. Soon. But first, I have an entire weekend of Clemson football to get through. Go TIGERS!

Go teachers.

I have to say, I admire teachers. Seriously, admire them.
I've been in class for just two days from 8-5:30 and it's killing me. I know I look at the instructor like he's stupid. And I yawn. And I really will kill the guy behind me if he doesn't stop sniffling, snorting, coughing, sighing, and whispering to himself when we're taking practice test. Kill. Him. I digress.
After class, I took my niece to "Science & Social Studies Night" at her elementary school tonight, where my sister's a teacher. It's a low income school, so there are a lot of underprivileged kids there. Watching those teachers deal with the kids and their families makes me admire them. I laugh at the fact that I thought I might want to be a teacher. I would never make it as a teacher.
So give the teachers in your life a pat on the back.. they deserve it. 

Raleigh Recap

I am finally back from girls' weekend in Raleigh. It was amazing!! I got to see my best friend's apartment for the first time & it's adorable!! I'm so used to student housing that's all beige carpet & white walls, that I was blown away when I walked in. I almost wished I lived there (minus the whole land-locked thing)!! 


The weekend didn't start off so well. Ashley got in a wreck in downtown Raleigh, trying to get to Katie's, and my MapQuest directions were so off when it came to downtown, that I almost cried. We had dinner, gathered up some Ben & Jerry's & crashed watching To Catch A Predator. Best Friday night I've had in a long time.


Saturday was GAMEDAY! The company Katie works for has season & box tickets, so we were on the 50 yard line, about 15 rows up. They were sweet seats & we scored some free drinks in the box - woo hoo!

NC State fans all left in the 3rd quarter. It was strange. At least at Clemson, when we're losing, we at least stay till the last 5 minutes. 

We had to celebrate Saturday night...

It was a pretty amazing weekend. I'm so glad I stepped out of my I-don't-like-to-drive-by-myself-at-night comfort zone to spend the weekend with some amazing girls. We ran into some old friends - half of which I was glad to see again, and half, well, I'll just remember the good times we had in college. But hey, not everyone grows up when they graduate, huh? I had a blast, though, and that's all that matters.


Please forgive me if my posts are few & far between this week & the coming weeks. AJ & I have decided to go to the ACC championship the weekend after Thanksgiving, which adds my already stressful schedule. And this class I'm taking this week is turning my brain to mush. I am still reading all of your blogs, but may not find time to post. Have a good week!!

Listen here for a second.

I need to get this off my chest. Please bare with me.


I do not appreciate my blog being brought up in public in a negative light. If you're going to talk about it, have something nice to say, or don't say anything at all. If you know the people standing around have a negative connotation of blogs, then don't bring it up, because I don't feel like defending myself or my blog all the time. 


Why do I blog? I started this blog, mainly as an outlet to get out my random, sparse insightful thoughts. After a few posts, AJ and I got engaged, and this blog turned into a resource for me to find and talk about all things wedding-related. In the process, I found other girls' blogs, who were at the same point in their lives as I am. AJ & I have very few friends who are at the same stage in life as we are. Most of them are older and married or our age and single. I follow other girls' blogs because it's refreshing to see what people on our level are up to. And then there are the other perks.. finding DIY projects, recipes, and great Etsy stores. 


I don't blog because I want to write about stepping in gum in the parking lot or the tabloid that I saw at the grocery store. I am inspired by the people who care what I have to say and by the blogs I follow. 


So, if you don't have something nice to say, please just keep your trap shut. :-) And to the ones who stood there and laughed about people "blogging", I know for a fact that you have had a blog yourself at one point, so get over yourself.

TGIF

TGIF, bloggie friends!! At 5:00, my girls' weekend officially begins. I'll be enjoying:

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(because one of the girls works for the company that make Andre :-))

Have a good weekend! See you Monday!