Archive for February, 2006

a day in the life.

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

On Friday, February 10, 2006…I decided to be terribly neurotic and keep track of my day with my little fussy journal.

8:00am After a rough start, I leave the apartment and begin the 15 minute drive to work. Lisa Rollins (on the Russ & Lisa Show) discusses the Cartoon Rage and whether we should really respect other faiths or tolerate them. I waver between interest and disgust. So I change the station.

8:20 I pull into Chick-fil-A and order a Dr. Pepper and an egg & cheese biscuit. The Dr. Pepper will give me the jump that I need to begin the day.

8:35 Jerica and I arrive at the Bank minutes apart (and I realize that the construction has really been moving along) and we pile into the office and share our morning hello’s with John. We reminisce about our evening out the night before and John teases us about our wild night out at the Cracker Barrel. We mock his going to a Bon Jovi concert. All in good fun

8:40 I pull up all my morning reports and frown at the realization that I have some things to clear immediately.

8:50 With a deep sigh, I begin pulling all the information together to process payroll.

9:35 Taking a break, I walk through the lobby to see an old flame standing there. We smile and I wonder if he sees my new nametag. Eeek. We smile again and he goes on his way.

9:40 An impromptu birthday party for our CEO. He dislikes cake so we pass out some cheesecake and we all laugh and stuff our faces before going back to the office.

11:03 The Internet is down and the phones do something quirky. I threaten to jump out of the window. Argh. Silly network and silly phone system.

12:25 Hunger pains. Also, an odd phone call occurs. I dial and ask to speak to a certain person and the receptionist says, “Oh, do you actually want me to get her?” Heh.

2:00 Payroll is finally done! I leave for a late lunch.

2:10 I arrive at the Easley Post Office to do a little eBay mailin’. I stomp around fussy-like when my post office box key doesn’t work. I take all my packages to the counter, change my address and find out that while gone on my honeymoon the little notice for the post office box payment was sent to me. I must have missed it and all of my items are locked. I smart a little bit and then pay the fee. Only to discover that it’s full of junk mail. Send me mail!

2:30 I leave the PO. Head to Wal-Mart. The parking lot is full and it takes all the willpower within me to get out of the car and fight the herd of people. I make it to the Vision Center and tell them I’m there to pick up my contacts. She says, “Did you remember to bring your little yellow slip?” I look at her oddly and tell her that not only did I not bring it, I don’t know what she’s talking about. After firmly telling me I always need the yellow slip so they can find the name, she looks up my name in her computer and hands me the contacts. I smile politely as the technology proves she doesn’t the need the paper.

2:35 As I’m walking out, I see my Great Uncle Joe greeting folks at the front door and I catch his eye and wink. He waves me over and asks about married life. I blush and say that I’m very happy and he waves me on.

2:43 I swing through Wendy’s because I’m about to DIE from hunger and also because I really really really want to have a #1 combo without onions.

2:47 I pull into the parking lot at the bank and finish eating. Once again, I’m listening to talk radio. Minimum wage (whether it helps or hurts) is the subject and I smile wryly when I remember that I just put up the new 2006 minimum wage posters in the break-room.

3:15 Back at my desk, working hard. Finally replying to all the email and phone calls I’ve been avoiding all day. Hoping folks realize that I have to ignore some mediums of communication when I’m in the middle of payroll.

4:30 Interesting conversation with John and Jerica on respect in the workplace. My heart is encouraged and we all chuckle at the things we’ve learned while being crammed in really tight like a dorm room.

5:20 Taking a little break, I surf over to look at my Flickr photos and get a terribly funny notice that it’s blocked due to Nudity. It was even capitalized! After the shock wears off, I realize that an update must have just ran on the network and after seeing the “Kissing” title on one of our wedding pictures – it must have assumed that I’m awful girl. I make a mental note to unblock the site later.

5:35 Walking out with Jerica, I mock her preppy sweater-on-the-shoulders look and we squeal at the realization that it’s officially THE WEEKEND.

5:40 I call my adorable husband and we flirt madly. We also decide that it’s a pizza night. I hesitate slightly as I remember all the junk that I’ve had today but then wiggle at the thought that it’s Friday and pizza is lovely.

5:52 I park the car and I’m home.

6:02 Daniel takes lots of boxes out to the trash compactor at the complex and I run around in the yard, taking pictures.

6:08 We leave the apartment and head out for movies and food.

6:35 We leave Blockbuster and have: The Office, In Her Shoes, Rat Race and Robin Hood – Prince of Thieves.

6:43 Little Caesars Hot-n-Ready. We listen to Adventures in Odyssey on the way home and both shout out “And if you wrong me, shall I not revenge?!” We then laugh very hard and say that we should buy all the episodes.

6:51 We set up the pizza on the dining room table and Daniel begins to pray over the food. He opens up one eye to catch me making silly faces. Due to the it’s-not-right-to-be-silly-during-prayer-rule, I have to finish the prayer. I hate it when he makes me do that. 😉

7:00 We pop in the first CD of The Office and quickly determine that the British version isn’t half as funny as the American version. We had heard differently. We decide to watch Rat Race instead. And the laughter and tears that follow are absolutely worth it. We both agree that it’s one of our All Time Favorites. Go rent it, by the way.

9:30 We call it an early night. The “I’m hot and you’re cold” and “stop taking all the covers” begins. But we both are so sleepy that it doesn’t matter and I win. The AC stays on and I get all the covers. For now.

frightening the husband.

Friday, February 10th, 2006

*alarm clock sounding for the second time this morning*

Me: Die!
Daniel: Mphfhwl.

I roll over and reach past the gigantic bottle of water and the cute little house plan magazine where I get my ideas for houses to build in Sims and smash the off button.

Me: (muttering) And I’ll kill you and break you and throw you into the lake of fire.
Daniel: (waking up suddenly) Whoa, baby. Goin’ all apocalyptic on the alarm clock?

up and down.

Thursday, February 9th, 2006

Up: Being married is everything I thought it would be and much more. It is such fun to have your best friend around always. Plus, he flirts with me even when my hair is mussed.

Down: All the boxes that are lined up in the hallway seem daunting.

Up: But the HOARD of gifts that we have is unbelievable. There were many times when my jaw dropped in disbelief and tears flooded my eyes. There has been such an outpouring of love and kindness from our friends and family. Now we just have to find a place for everything.

Up: One of the gifts, a knife set from Bed Bath & Beyond, was given to us by a friend. His note said “Don’t cut Daniel’s neck with these.” Ha!

Down: Daniel cut his own hand on a knife in the dishwasher. Looks like I wouldn’t have to try very hard. 😉

Up: The wedding pictures are absolutely breathtaking. And a few of them are down right funny. We should have them up soon. Here’s the album of pictures.

Another Up: We’ll have either video or mp3 (or both) of the wedding on the wedsite soon.

Down: The little mat that we keep at our front door keeps blowing away. Every single day. For awhile, it was a game. Oh, where did it blow to today?? But then it became sad. Now it sits indoors.

Up: The Ringling Brother’s Barnum & Bailey Circus was money well spent.

Up: Dinner at Miyabi’s (Japanese Sushi & Steakhouse) for Jerica’s birthday was great fun. We quickly discovered that Dane and Jerica can’t dance (Jerica had to do the Birthday Chicken dance).

Up: The New Building is progressing along quite nicely. We should be in it sometime during May.
Down: Even though their is a light at the end of the tunnel (i.e. New Building), the pile of work grows by leaps and bounds each day. And it’s hard to hire more people when you are in a shoebox.

Up: One of our apartment neighbors is having a Whole House Sale and we got to go peer at her things the other evening. We bought a coffee table and several Willow Tree figurines.

Down: We haven’t had time to take our Christmas tree down yet.

Up: However, the Christmas spirit is ever alive in the apartment. Daniel still turns the lights on.

Wiggliest Up: Cracker Barrel just built next to the apartment.

hitched.

Thursday, February 2nd, 2006

It’s official. I’m Mrs. Daniel Bergey.