The Ides of March... in 15 days.

It's already the last day of February?! Where has the time gone? 5 days until Spring Break!
Oh did I mention that I got a job interview at Oleta River State Park in North Miami? Out of 250 applicants, I made the top 10. Things are indeed looking up! Trying to get face to face interview with them once I get into Miami next Monday, even though it's after all the other candidates interview on Thursday and Friday. If everything works out, I will be a Florida State Park Ranger! Awesome!

Karma.

Ya know, I think I finally figured out why I have been so lucky in winning so much money lately. I think it has to do with a little something called karma. Let me explain...

While I was dating Matt, he never had enough money to do anything. Since I had a good paying job, I didn't care if we had to split the bill, or if I had to pay for us to go to the movies... money wasn't really an issue to me. Needless to say, I paid for a lot of things: $225 for his bail out of jail, $500+ in flights for him to come visit/me visit him, $$$$ for dinners, random gifts, beer, gas, etc. I probably put around $2000 into making that relationship work.

Then there was that one day when he decided that I wasn't worth his time anymore. At this point in time, I had already bought him a flight back to Texas from Michigan since he was supposed to drive back with me - which cost $150, and a flight out to Las Vegas for Thanksgiving which cost me all my air miles I saved up.

Karma started to come into affect when I found out that I could restock my thousands of miles for a small fee of $100. Well worth the money since a regular ticket costs $300+ nowadays. At this point, I decided that I wanted to take a trip to see Nick after Thanksgiving. I used the miles to pay for this trip. So a trip to Pensacola cost me a total of $100. This is only the beginning
Next, while I was in Vegas I won a lot of money gambling. Almost $200 playing two games of roulette. And my apparent "luck" didn't stop there. Christmas Eve at Grandma's house is always a great time. But the best part is probably playing bingo with everyone. The pot this year was $99. I decided to buy 5 cards, which cost me $10. I won the blackout game, so $99 was mine for the second year in a row. Finally, after we went to get Aunt Linda's tattoo, I decided to buy a Dallas Cowboys lotto ticket since I've been winning so much lately. And what do you know, I won 15 bucks.

I realize $300-ish is not nearly as much money as I spent on the relationship, but I think it's just the worlds way of getting some of it back to me, since I know I'll probably never see any of the money that he owes me. What a gentleman he is!... Not.

Words to Live by..

Everyday someone asks me what's my story and what do I like to do
And everyday, for the most part, I only go so far; I almost never tell the truth
'Cause the truth is behind me there's not much, to give up, I like simple, not complicated
Cuz I'm a small town kid, driven by rock music
And some honky-tonk, in the mix
I like whiskey in coke, double to the top
A shot of cuervo now and then
I never ask for a lot, I'll never need much
I'm not afraid to admit, I'm that small town kid.."

Eli Young Band - "Small Town Kid"

Skills.

I kind of hate that our growth as humans is stunted. Our skills deeply depend on where we grew up or currently live. I couldn't help but think while watching the women's snowboard pipe in the Winter Olympics, that if I were to grow up in a more hilly/mountainous place, I could have been one of those competitors. Most of those girls have been boarding since they were kids. They probably got season passes to their local ski resorts every year for christmas, thus creating an endless amount of opportunities for them. I'm totally doing that for my kids, thats for sure.
When I think back at what Troy had to offer, I found nothing. Sure we have a "ski resort" trashmound just 30 minutes away.. but lets be real. Unless you're flying out to the Rockies/North East every winter with your family, Mt. Holly doesn't have what you need to be a great snowboarder. So insert the limitation of skills here.

Anyway. Go Team USA!

The Best Week in February

Pazcki Day AND a Mardi Gras bar crawl all in one day?! Say it ain't so! Great last day before lent, thats for sure
I've decided I am giving up all crap foods. This includes snack foods, take-out, pop, etc. I am also forcing myself to work out 5 days a week, with 2 days of rest (not in a row, though). This is mainly because I have not been too great on actually going to the gym lately. However, Wednesday will turn that around. Hopefully my workout schedule will catch on like it did sophomore year where I was excited to go everyday... One can only hope.

Free Food

Denny's Grand Slam breakfast is always a delight... but even more so when it's free.. at 6AM.. and before the first class of the day.
Today me and Kristen woke up at 05:15, staggered out the door, and waited in line at Denny's for their annual free grand slam breakfast. It was probably one of the best decisions we have ever made. Almost equivalent to the time we drove all the way to Central Michigan University just for an ice cream social during freshman year finals week. Ahhh... memories...
Needless to say, we got our fill of free food this morning. And 3 cups of coffee later, we were ready for our first class... jittery as ever.

Super Bowl!

My favorite commercial of all time. King of the Hill commercial from many decades ago. Since I cant find the video to it, I'll post the lines and scenario from what I can remember

Hank Hill (King of the Hill) is impatiently waiting in line at a grocery store with a bag of chips, beer, and other types of junk food. He desperately wants to get back to watching the Super Bowl. A man is waiting in front of him with some fancy import beer, wheatgrass, and hummus.

Hank (to the man in front of him): "Excuse me, sir? Can I cut in front of you. I have to get back to watching the super bowl."
Man: "Oh, you don't think I do?" (in a snide remark)
Hank: "Well look at what you're buying.. Fancy beer. Wheatgrass. Hummus?! What the heck is that?! Is that some kind of dirt you plant the wheatgrass in?!"
(I dont remember the rest of the commercial.. I think the man explains the nutritional value of wheatgrass and hummus, and mocks Hank for buying junk food.)

To this day, replaying it over and over in my head, this commercial still cracks me up. Such a classic. I wish they would air it again.

Anyhoot. GO SAINTS!!!

Movie Review 2

Dear John - I was oh so excited to see this movie today. The previews looked very promising of a Notebook-esque movie, probably because its based on another Nicholas Sparks novel. The beginning of the movie was fantastic. Nothing is better than a shirtless Channing Tatum and a love story. But that's about as good as the movie gets. About halfway through, basically the first "Dear John" letter she writes, the movie takes a dramatic turn for the worse. The producers try to make this love story into something that it wasn't by adding small twists and turns, but it just turned out all bad in the end. As a result, there was absolutly no plot to this entire movie. It was like watching a persons life for 2 hours, and having them not accomplish anything. The ending was the worst part of the movie, though. It just... ended. And its not even one of those endings that make you think what happened, or what will happen. It just ends.
Two thumbs up for a shirtless Channing Tatum!
Two thumbs down for the rest of the movie. Don't waste your money.