Lunch Dates

So I was pretty busy in June but July has been a slow month. But this week I have been mildly social :) On Tuesday I met up with a good friend who was going through the DFW area and had breakfast with her and her boyfriend. It was fun we sat and talked for a long time after eating. I love her boyfriend he is perfect for her, fun and seems like a great guy! I had to drive over to Arlington for that so afterward I went and used Jason's parent's pool :) His mom came and layed out with me and that was fun! She came out after 45 minutes and we stayed out there for 2 more hours! Pretty awesome!

Then yesterday I went to lunch with my roommate and hung out for a bit and today I am going to lunch with Ryan! I seriously haven't seen him in over a year at least and we live in the same stinkin' place!

The Burial

So, Ferdinand's burial was less than glamorous. We discussed making a grave stone and such but such grand gestures were soon forgotten. He layed in his watery grave for two days awaiting a proper burial that never came. We dumped him behind some bushed and covered him with rocks....may he rest in peace.

Oh Edinburugh.....

So a couple months ago I got a fish, he is a betta and his name is Edinburugh. He is a VERY good fish with a LOT of personality! I put off getting a fish for many years because my last fish, Gilbert, may he rest in peace, died in a tragic water changing accident. It scarred me and hardened my heart, but this year I was convinced to get another :). Some days...I slip up and call Edinburugh...Gilbert...but he forgives me and understands.

Anyway, I was at the pet store buying him fresh plants because he LOVES to lay on there leaves and hide behind them... and there before my eyes I saw the most beautiful snail in the world! His name...Ferdinand. I bought Ferdinand, brought him home and introduced him to his new friend...Edinburugh. Now Ed, as we sometimes call him, was curious swam around him on the ground and then went on about his business. Ferdinand loved his new home and climbed up and down plants and across all the rocks and then the trouble started....

.......he climbed the wall.

OH my did Edinburugh dislike this! All the sudden out of the corner of Ed's eye he saw Ferdinand, half way up the tanks wall and he FLIPPED! He charged poor Ferdinand and puffed up at him, snipped at his shell, then swam violently in circles....We figured Ed would get use to him and chill out. WELL, 3 hours later he was still flipping out...he would forget then the whole cycle would start ALL OVER again.

So, after much debate and research, me and Jason took Ferdinand out of the tank. You see, Betta's can die from stress and Ferdinand was causing A LOT of stress. So, I set up a mini tank for Ferdinand to chill in till I could buy a plant for him the next day. Sigh...apparently snails can't live a day without a plant (you know that whole oxygen thing)...so above you see the first and only picture of Ferdinand: you were a great snail with spunk, may you rest in peace slugger!

The pic isn't great cause I was trying to get the two of them together but Ed would not cooperate! Ferdinand is on the plant right below Ed!

A time to blog...

So, during the year when there are decently interesting things happening I don't have time to blog :)  Now it is summer and I have PLENTY of time but not PLENTY of stories!  I was suppose to work at my old job this week but they are really slow so it doesn't look like that is going to be happening.  

So :) today I got to be a bum and loved it!  I got up too early out of habit, cooked eggs and turkey pastrami, made cookies and brownies for VBS, talked to my roommate who came home, bought tickets for the rangers game, showered :), returned a DVD, exchanged my blue ray for one that worked, went to Market Street for dinner food, remember I forgot to eat lunch, did some laundry, started to fold laundry, bake more cookies for VBS, made bruschetta, made tortellini, ate with Jason, made blue berry muffins for tomorrow, sat down and watched the Rangers!, and finally....blogged.  Oh how exciting :)

It seems my $1000 dollar winnings are popular in my life...everyone thinks I should visit them  now ;)  I do want to visit you :)

And the winner is.....

Wow, has it ever been a long week!  It was last week of school and I was still trying to see kids and finish up counseling!  I was at the office till late Thursday and Friday and crashed into bed when I got home!  OF COURSE, I awoke at 7:30 the next morning!  You can never sleep in when you want to!   BUT, I happen to love mornings and it makes the day longer.

So, Jason came over and we went to Le Madeleine's for breakfast and had a egg crepe champignon with a garlic herb mushroom sauce!  yum!  My parents got back in town Friday night so we drove over to see them and bug them!  

And now the interesting part!  We like to drive around cause we are cool like that :)  So we drove up 75 to Oklahoma where we decided to go into Choctaw (a little casino) and mess around.  We went into the penny room with $20.  We have gone once or twice before and we always walk out even!  We don't stay very long just goof off a bit.  Anyway, I put a $1 into a machine and made a couple of penny bets and then made a little higher of a bet....60 cents!  So I hit bet and the machine started spinning and then it kept spinning a whole bunch and the "credits won" number kept going up.  I sat there for about 3 minutes trying to figure out what was going on!  I was like.."no way did I just win!" so I asked the lady next to me and she said..."You have just won $1052!  That's more than the jackpot!"  I don't know what I did, but I won $1000 dollars yesterday!  

As you can imagine, I stopped :)  I am so excited because it's not like we go in to win money, we were just being dorks!  I am so excited because I just had to buy a new TV and now I just payed for most of it!!!! :) 

Okay, so then we went to this new Steak/Seafood place with my parents for dinner called Nate's!  AND I got a lobster....a WHOLE lobster!  They were on sale and it was the LAST one, so I had to have it :)  I have never had a whole lobster before!  It was quite a wrestle but it was a fun meal!  Then we went and took my dad to what he calls "a courtesy see" and saw Star Trek for the 3rd time!  

P for Pepto!

Here I sit, hanging out with my bottle of pepto...I was trying to feel better for church, but seriously I am barely making it threw the days!  I do not know WHAT is up with my stomach but it is angry...very angry about something.  So, I am drinking lots of Pepto MAX to try to make it happy again!   yummm. :)

Oops!

Oops!  I guess it has been two weeks since I last posted....oh how the end of the school year flies by!  I am just trying to get to the end!  It is sad because my first week off I am actually working at my old job.  I am covering for a girl I use to work with.  What is even sadder is that I am excited for the  "break" from kids at school...knowing my luck one of them will get admitted.  Oh, my old job was at a psychiatric hospital!

So, I am just waiting for the end of the week!  I actually have a ton to do but I have been fighting off this stomach bug thing that makes feel like poop!

I don't really have much left to say for now.  I will try to think of interesting stories and take pictures to go along with them.  Until then...I think I am going to take a pre-bed time nap!