I used to have a pair of American Flag Pants, before I met Mr. Pronunciation and found out that flag was not pronounced like it rhymed with beg, but with bag, which I pronounced like “beg,” so it was all very confusing. Luckily, I was corrected. And still am.
I wore these pants with a USA Olympic shirt that had a lot of different flags on the back of it. I thought I was very cool and coordinated. I was a senior in high school.
I must have worn these pants in public? One time, I was shopping in the mall near my house (sadly, not for new pants), and a man offered me $25 for my pants.
Of course, I declined! These were my American Flag Pants, and I was going to Spain in less than a month! I had to wear the American Flag Pants in Spain (to bed, not in public).
A photo of me, and two girls who didn’t like me, eating chocolates, in Spain. Can you guess which one is me?
I wore that shirt last night to bed, but have NO idea what happened to the pants. Where are those pants?
What is the greatest distance you have ever driven in a single day? What do you do to keep yourself entertained while in the car, whether you’re the driver/passenger, alone/with someone?
The longest distance I have personally driven in one day is the 530 miles between Kansas City, MO and Round Lake, IL. I went to KC with a friend of mine for the beginning of Spring Break, then we drove all the way to Steven’s house, and her boyfriend picked her up there and took her to Indianapolis. I think I have traveled much further in a single day, maybe with my family on road trips, but never driven that far on my own.
When I’m driving alone, I keep myself entertained by singing along to the radio or cds. When I’m with someone, it’s usually Steven, so we talk almost the whole way there, whoever is driving. I like to do SuDoku and logic puzzles, and read books and magazines, but I never seem to be doing those things when I am the passenger (I like to sleep too, but I try not to!).
Side Note: I apologize for being so far behind in responding to comments here and reading other blogs. It’s been “one of those weeks”!
I hate it when I plan on attending something, or even make an appointment to attend something, and don’t feel like going to it at the last minute. That happened a lot in college. I would plan on attending a guest lecture or something, then decide I’d rather stay at home and have dinner, work, relax, eat, whatever (of course, I still went to Michael Moore, Barack Obama, Morgan Spurlock and Steven Holl’s lectures).
Lately it’s been these townhome association meetings. Well, there have only been two of them, but they are at 7:00 pm, require me leaving work at 5:00, and eat up more of my night then I’d like. But hey, if we’re going to bitch and moan about what’s going on in our neighborhood, we better make an appearance at the meetings, and become involved, right?
Anyway, I told one of our reps I would go out to lunch with her today. This will probably be good for me to learn to be social and interact with other people in the industry, but when I woke up today… I just didn’t feel like it. I think I’d rather sit at my desk and sleep eat. Or stay at home and sleep. Or something like that.
I’m sure by lunch time I’ll feel like doing it. But right now, I just feel BLAH.
You know when you are just starting a new job, and want to look your best? You wear all of your most professional clothes, and get up early each day to do your hair and/or makeup just perfect?
Ha.
Apparently, I am SO over that. I’ve worked at my job a little over a year. And I think I’ve become comfortable.
I’ve turned into a schlump. And if that isn’t a word, I mean I’ve turned a bit… sloppy? Casual? I’ve given up trying?
I still dress to impress when I’m meeting with clients. But I never wear heels to work anymore. I almost always wear my hair in a ponytail. I almost always wear some button-down shirt, untucked, with pants (never jeans).
I look unprofessional.
It’s time to start caring again.
I’m getting a haircut on Saturday, so that’s a start… but where do I go to buy professional clothes, for someone a bit “larger” and not break the bank?
Because when you look like crap, it affects your attitude too.
Don’t you hate it when you get to work and realize…
…you put your underwear on inside-out that morning?
…you forgot your cell phone?
…you didn’t put deodorant on while getting ready?
…it’s a paid holiday off?
…you left your umbrella on the train and it’s supposed to rain?
…you have two differently colored socks on?
…you have a stain on your shirt?
…you forgot your notes for your 8:30 presentation?
Well, only two of those things have actually happened to me; one of those times being today. Oops.
What can you add to the list?
We were in Kansas City this weekend to go to a wedding and catch up with friends. We spent a lot of time answering the question “What’s new?” with “We’ve been bowling a lot!”
Later, Steven said to me, “We should probably come up with something different to tell people than ‘We’ve been bowling a lot.’ It’s kind of lame.”
That’s a good point. We haven’t seen a lot of these people in 8+ months and the only thing we have to tell them is that we’ve been going bowling?
For our credit, we talked about A LOT more than that. But what are you supposed to say when people ask you “what’s new?” I could talk about our new car (and sound vain), our cat (and sound crazy), about work (and bore people), or about… what?
I think next time, I am going to have a prepared answer. That doesn’t sound crazy.
It’s hard to catch up with people that you haven’t seen in a long time. But what I love about Steven’s friends is that even when we haven’t seen them in ages, I still have a great time around them, and feel like nothing has changed.
Are you more surprised when a flight is ON TIME or when a flight is DELAYED?
I never expect them to be on time anymore.
But I still get upset when they are super late.
Really upset.
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