Sunless Tanning

Greenhoodie and I decided today would be a great day to take the kids to the pool. And wouldn't you know it... it is the only day that it is cloudy and not a billion degrees out with 97% humidity! I was actually... cold!!! Where is this global warming when I need it? I mean come on! Yesterday I had to drive to Ames and back and it is like the 9th circle of hell outside. And today? 40 and a 30% chance of snow!

Thought of the Day
Americans are only able to point their video cameras at four things...

1. men getting racked
2. men doing stupid things (which may have caused #1)
3. children doing cute (Read: stupid) things (which may have caused #1)
4. animals doing cute (stupid) things (which may result in any of the above but most likely #1)

More of the Same?

So the other day GrammerPrincess told me that she thinks that I've grown up alot since I've have PrincessNic. I think is some areas I agree but in others I make the same mistakes. I think, for instance, I'm more afraid of commitment now because I don't want to commit to someone who is going to be a poor influence on Nic. But maybe I've just rationalize my fear of commitment! Who knows?

Thought of the Day
You're just the girl all the boys want to dance with
And I'm just the boy who's had too many chances

Home Sweet Home

Oh my god! What a ride! PrincessNic is now home. I don't know if she's happy about this but she's here. I think she wants to see her mom. I hope someday she actually cries to see me.

I need a nap!

Coming Home

I have to leave in 15 minutes to get the Princess. Sounds like she had a blast. Hopefully she actually wants to come home. I miss seeing her. Maybe we'll go to the pool tomorrow!

I called Noll today to confirm that I wanted the Ameritrade job. Sweet Beaver!

Un-unemployed

Omnium notified me that they were not interested in retaining my services. So that means by the process of elimination I am now an employee of T.D. Ameritrade. Sweet Beaver! So for any of you that need stock advice give me a ring at work. I am sad about the Omnium job. That would have been really cool to get. At least I'll be making pretty good money and I'll be able to still coach.

Thought of the Day
I'm glad I made your day!
: )

Speedy Soccer Mom

BestFriend came into town last night and we had some $1 pitchers at Mustang Sallys. Let me tell you, $1 beer does not go down as smooth as $7 beer. We had a good time throwing some darts. As usual I let BestFriend win. I wouldn't want to crush his ego.

I saw the craziest soccer mom ever today. So BestFriend and I were going to drop off some resumes and we were stuck on Dodge. The whole area around the new "express" way was bumper to bumper (Ironic, huh). Then this Silver mini-van comes flying up on the shoulder. This van doesn't just by pass a couple of people while they are trying to merge in. They drive on the shoulder through all of the traffic and jump in at the last minute! What is this? This lady is single handily unraveling the fabric of society! What if everyone just decides to completely ignore the rules of a line? Where would we be? In the f-ing dark-ages!!!!!! That's where!!!!! Who does this lady think she is?!

Thought of the Day

10 things you should never tell a women:

1. Your family hates her.
2. You have insecurities.
3. You flirt with other women.
4. You have wimpy behavior.
5. You compare her to your ex-girlfriend in bed.
6. You talk to your mother too often.
7. You have not-so-cool hobbies.
8. You don't like her girlfriends.
9. You've done shameful things in the past.
10. You find one of her friends smoking hot.

Confirmation?

Ok so I went to Noll yesterday and they set me up with an interview at Ameritrade today. However, they never called to confirm the time with me! Arg! So I called this morning and still haven't heard back. Arg!

So PrincessNic left with mom yesterday morning. She was ready to go! She was like, "Let's go!" and I told her that I wasn't going with her. And she said, "Ok, Bye!!!!"

Thought of the Day
I need a nap!

Post 100!!!!!

Oh my god! Wow I feel like I should throw a little party.

So I had my presentation today. It went ok. I'm always a hard critic of myself when I comes to these types of things. I think everyone enjoyed it. I really hope I get the job. I really need to find a job and this one seems really cool. I should know next week. Until then I guess I'll keep sending out resumes and hope for the best.

So my mom leaves with PrincessNic in the morning. I wish I could go. It would be great seeing everyone.

Thought of the Day
Let the waiting begin.

Yes!!!!

I just finished the presentation! It looks sweet! I'm really excited! (As you might have noticed from my punctuation!)

My mom is in town. She is leaving with PrincessNic on Tuesday for a week.

I need to get up early so I'm off to bed.

Thought of the Day
Faith is belief in the absence of proof.

Thinkin' Chair

I have my presentation tomorrow. (In 24 hours!) I am currently trying to figure out a good intro! Ah takes me back to my ol' speechin' days. Anyone got any ideas?

So I am watching "Blue's Clues" with PrincessNic and I think the salt shaker is a Nazi!!!!!

Thought of the Day
The rhythm is going to get you!

Smokin'

It is like crazy hot out today! PrincessNic and I went to the pool today. Saw some hot mamas!!!

So my real interview yesterday went very well. So well I got a call later that day telling me I've made it on toe next stage. I have to give a presentation to the trainers. I am going to teach them how to "Bend it like Beckham". Should be fun. The Dutchess of Grammar suggested I teach a different talent. I think this will be the topic that might get me hired. I'm excited!!!

Thought of the Day
It may seem like a good idea at the time...

Trainin' the man!

I had my phone interview this morning. It went really well. So well I have an actual interview tomorrow. It seems like a pretty cool gig. I would be training the people that call for credit card collection. Sounds really interesting. We'll see. The only drawback is that I wouldn't be able to coach for Phoenix anymore. But considering how unhappy I've been lately that might not be such a bad thing.

Everyone seems really busy lately. I wish I was busier. Drama Queens love to be constantly busy! They go slightly crazy when they have nothing to do!

Thought of the Day
Please tell me if I become annoying.

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Check out the formula! What do you get?

Irony

I find it funny that I would worry and spend some much time trying to find a job. When everyone hates theirs and ends up resenting them in the end. I feel so low right now. I had a great time at camp but I came back and got smacked in the face by the real world. I guess I'll look back on this time and be stronger for it.

I have a phone interview in the morning. It is for a training specialist for a debt collection agency (now that's ironic!). Seems like it would be interesting. I would be designing training curriculum and running training seminars. I would be working nights and weekends. I guess we'll see. They must be interested-- I applied last night and they called this morning.

Thought of the Day
And I'd give it all away
Just to have somewhere to go to
Give it all away
To have someone to come home to

Home Sweet Home

I am happy to be home!!!!!!!! I was pretty lazy. I got up at 11. It was so nice to sleep in. Now I'm back to the real world. Busy finding a job and all!

Thought of the Day
Kids, head butt someone in the chest! Go ahead, try it!

Camp: Day 4

I am ready to head home!

So yesterday was... ackward. I go and do the scramble team. After the game my administrator comes up to me and says that she thinks the girls are getting too flirtatious with me and that I nee to be careful. She was very nice about it and wasn't accusing me of anything bad. She doesn't want my spotless reputation ruined. Which would suck!!! So anyway... so after that I was like all reserved and didn't see the girls for the rest of the afternoon. I was so worried about it after that. So I was getting ready to head out for the night and I went down to see how the girls like their training session that night and I look down the hall and there are like three girls standing there in sports bra and underwear, IN THE HALLWAY! I pull a 180 and head straight back toward my room and hide out. AHHHHHHHHHH! Who does that! My god!!!!!!!!!!!! So I'm mortified at this point, I go down to tell the girls that they need to be dressed while in the hallway and one of the girls walks out of the shower in her towel and her door is wide open! Ah!!!!!!!! I just sprint for the elevator!!!!!!!! No jokes about all this I was seriously horrified!

So ND Ben, KY Kim, IN Brian, SD Steve, and I head down to Molly's. Tonight's drink special: $1 Wiskey and Coke (or diet coke!). BestFriend would have been in heaven. Then to top it off the theme of the night was Coyote Ugly. All the waitresses we dressed in the smallest little outfits and chaps (cheek chillers). Then they get up on the bar and started dancing, not once, not twice, but three times. Each time is a different dance! They have been practicing!!!!

We all have a great walk home again stopping at the Road Ranger! We decided not to partake in the pool party since we were all still drunk last year when we got up.

All and all it was a great week (except the sketchy clothing choices of the girls). I had a blast! I'm sad I have to return to the "real" world.

Thought of the Day
Hunting bass with a shotgun would be da' bom'

Camp: Day 3

Good afternoon campers! So the team I have been assigned to in scramble is crazy bad! I can not believe it. Yesterday we were the talk of camp because we got beat 6-0! Who does that?! Other games were all close 0-0, 1-0, 2-1, whatever. Us? Oh, we went down in flames of glory!

I came back and had some great lunch (if I stayed here all month I'd lose 20 lbs!), took a nap, played in the coaches game, and got back to work!

All the girls seem to like the scramble. Which is good. They get to meet alot of girls from all over. We had a great training session last night which I think is the biggest change in the scramble. My guy is a great coach, really cool guy!

We went out that night to Molly's again. I love Molly's. Last night... 50 cent draws! My god!!!!!!!! Then some of the employees of the dorm came out and bought everyone shots. It was a great time. KY Kim dared ND Ben to steal the half plunger from the previous night. Needless to say he washed his hands twice when we got back. I think tonight is going to be crazy!

Thought of the Day
I hope the girls don't think I'm a push-over.

Camp: Day 2

Well good morning campers! Day 2 came and went without too much ceremony. We began the morning by playing Kentucky (said of course is accent). We lost 2-1. We played better than them but we could not finish. It is frustrating to see how far behind Nebraska is compared to other states.

The girls had a nutrition presentation in the afternoon. I asked about it but the only thing they could tell me was about periods. Apparently if you don't eat you won't get your period and this lady didn't have her period for like three years! I can only the imagine a room full of 15 and 16 year old girls listening to this story.

We got one young lady into pool. I was very happy for her. She played well and worked hard. The rest of the girls got broken into their scramble teams. I was happy that the staff member I got paired with was not an ass. He was really cool and a seems to be a great a coach.

ND Ben, KY Kim, and I (NE Mike) decided to hit Molly's. We traveled up there with KY Kim's roomie who apparently is making her life a little uncomfortable (She has a crush on Kim). We drank $1.25 beer all night and had a blast. We ended up having to walk home. We had a blast!

Thought of the Day
Plungers without handles are hilarious! (Ask me about it)

Disrepected

Well I found out that I did not get the job at Wayne State. They hired the female candidate. The shitty thing is... I found out by reading their press release online. They didn't even have respect enough to call me. They called the other candidate! Makes me feel like they were pulling my chain, that my time (not to mention my money i.e. lovely speeding ticket) were wasted. JC is pissed as all hell! He wants to send the AD a nasty email. He can't believe it!

Oh well... I'm going to search for Ruby Tuesday's number and give them a call. Hopefully I can get a job there!

Thought of the Day
The little things go along way!

Camp: Day 1

Welcome campers to beautiful DeKalb, IL. Ah such a lovely town. So we left Omaha at 6:00 am yesterday. If you know one thing about this DramaQueen it should be this... Mornings and me do not mix well. I don't bother them if they don't bother me! We have an understanding.

So after the rush wore off everyone fell asleep. (ZZZZ) Then we watched a couple of random movies. We rolled into DeKalb at 12:30 and went and got some lunch... Subway... yum!

We played Wisconsin last night 2-1. It was a pretty good showing. The girls worry too much. They need to relax and play. They put so much pressure on themselves they freak out. I guess that's where I come in.

We play Kentucky this morning. Should be a good game. I want to win!

Thought of the Day
Rules are meant to be broken.

Happy Birthday USA

I leave tomorrow for ODP. I'm excited about going. It should be a good time. It will be nice to get away for alittle while. Away to lovely DeKalb!

I should find out about WSC is the next couple of days! I'm so nervous. I want the job so bad. I found out who the third candidate is. She played at Nebraska and is an assistant coach at Beatrice high school. JC thinks it is between me and the other guy. I don't know. I think my interview went great but deep down I really don't think I'll get it. The other guy is an assistant coach at a D1 school and has head coaching experience. If he really wants it why wouldn't they take him? The only thing against him is that he hasn't been anywhere longer than a year. Who knows, I guess we'll see.

Thought of the Day
What better way to celebrate our independence by blowing shit up!

The Fallout

Sunday BestFriend and I went to the boats for brunch. While we were there we threw some money down at the roulette table. I was abit better at that than blackjack.

I have to start getting ready for ODP camp. We leave on the 5th. I need to get all the evals done before we leave. Last year we did them at camp but this year we have to have them done before-hand. I feel bad because I haven't seen the girls play that much. I'd have a much better idea after a couple days of camp.

Thought of the Day
all the mistakes, one life contained

The First 25 Years

What a roller-coaster of a night. BestFriend made out with Chrissy and by the end of the night I'm the one who feels like shit. In my short time here, this DramaQueen has hurt more people than one should in a whole lifetime. I was asked, "how can you look someone in the eyes and lie to them?" That's the million dollar question. I don't know. The words just come out and they are blatant lies. I'm not saying I don't know what I'm doing more like I don't know why I'm doing it. People are so accepting of the truth but for some reason I think it would be better to lie.

I don't know what to say. I'm sorry for all the pain that I've caused. I'm sorry for not trusting you the way you trusted me. I'm sorry for abusing the trust I had. Finally, I'm sorry I could speak up and actually tell you this.

Quarter of a Century

Happy Birthday to me! Should be a fun day. I'm praying for no drama. I am going to very upset if anyone causes any. On a more positive note Facebook wished me a Happy Birthday! FaceBook won't ever cause me any drama. Last night I had a dream about my first day at Wayne State. Apparently my subconscious is pretty confident about my chances. I'm a nervous wreck!

My dad called yesterday and let me know that he'll be kicking me out sometime in August. So I guess I'll be looking for a new home as well as a job. Yep, I'm put that right on the top of my "To Do" list.

Thought of the Day
I turn the page and read the story again
And again and again
It sure seems the same, with a different name