I'm Dead, and Good Luck in YOUR life.

Things We Say:

Do what makes you happy.--Me all too often
I say this all the time, but more so when I am talking to my friends and giving them advice.  I don't mean it as a cliche, but I do believe in it.  You can spend your whole life conforming to standards, doing what people tell you, and listening to what you're told, but ultimately you are the one who should be satisfied.  If your relative is in a scary situation and everyone says you should stay here instead of going back home, but you want to and can (financially, and time wise) then you do it.  If you don't like your husband and he makes you cry all the time, then do what makes you happy.... You hate your job? DO WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.

I want a smoke break!--Me
But you don't smoke!--My Boss
I want an air break!--Me
My boss and I had this conversation because I think that it is slightly unfair that the smokers get breaks un-recorded, but I can't take twenty minutes extra on my lunch, or even have a paid lunch.  He said he has fought it before with the other supervisors and the chain of command, but it has been shot down.  Makes me mad.

Well I am driving, so I can't look at your problem right now.  If you talk it through with me, I can do it from memory, but just so you know: if you hear a crash with some screaming, it is goodbye.  I may call you back tomorrow.   If I don't, I'm dead, and good luck in YOUR life. 
This was the first thing that my professor says after I tell him that I am calling for help. Needless to say, the rest of the conversation was filled with fantastic (fanta-stick) nerd talk, and laughter.  (He did help me figure it out in case you were wondering.   

I asked you to get me pancakes but you made a code that generated waffles.  These are some damn good waffles, but I wanted some pancakes!
While helping me, he used this analogy.  I thought it was pretty grand, because I love waffles.


Go Night Night!--My mother to my 15 Year old Brother
Mom, he's 15, you can tell him to go to bed. --Me.
I just thought that was funny. 

Blurb My Brain:

This morning, I woke up late.  Every surface I possibly could set my foot on was a battle between me and gravity due to the black ice. I spent fifteen minutes attempting to remove the ice from my windows so I could drive more safely.   I got scolded because I was on the radio this morning.  I had to track down items that were right under my nose the whole time.  I had to wait an hour to register for my exam.   I get home and think that my mom is going to be home soon, so I was going to cook her a dinner, but she didn't get home until late, and had already eaten.  I made Easy Mac instead. I fight with my homework for an hour before calling my professor back in the States for help.  These are all difficult things that can make your day seem pretty bad, right? An onslaught of stuff that just never seems fair.  But sometimes, you step aside and realize the good things, and it isn't so bad anymore:

I got into work around the same time. I had breakfast (it was Banana Nut Cheerios. See Featured Randoms). Work was relatively quite for most the morning, allowing me to be productive.  I got to laugh several times because of the radio show.  I put together my promotion package.  I applied for graduation for my associate's degree.  I got off work at a decent time. I got to talk to my friend at the University.  I took a two hour nap.  I got my java program to work.  My professor made me laugh at a car crash. 

Featured Randoms:

Today's Featured Random comes from youtube.  It's a spoof on those infomercials that you always see.  The ones where they are always shouting BUY OUR AMAZING PRODUCT! Billy Mays. Stuff like that.  It's pretty funny, and actually was posted on my facebook wall by my boyfriend.  Glad he makes me laugh. :)

Also, I ate breakfast for the first time in a long time.  I was tired of feeling starved by 10am, and holding off on lunch for another hour and a half.  So I bought some Banana Nut Cheerios at the Commissary, and they were FANTASTIC! I didn't try them with milk, so I don't know how THAT would taste.  But I am fairly certain that since they were FANTASTIC plain, that they would be FANTASTIC with milk.  FANTASTIC! (FANTA-STICK!)