So fun but I'm so tired!

OMG. She is right there!

So pretty.

Revolving stage 2.

I got totally cussed out for this pic. (haha!)

Great American Ball Park

The world's biggest bat!

Dwayne with the big bat.

SOLD OUT!

Pretty fountain at the KY state fair.

Tried to take a zoom shot..didn't work out.

You Belong with Me. Show opener.

View from seat to the main stage.

Dwayne at McD's on Sunday morning. Suffering from his Jack and Miller Lites.

Tiffany showing off her mad skills.

Hey Ump, are you BLIND?

The rally cap didn't work.

(5 min before) Rally cap time!

Aww, we are so cute.

I'm not sure what this bridge is (in Cincinnati) but it looked cool.

View from higher up. (We moved because it was getting very contentious between some Reds fans and some Dodger fans and it was only the 3rd inning!)

Marry me, Bill!

Hurricane Bill caused me to go way back in my magical musical trunk. I was suddenly singing The Wedding Bell Blues. (You know it...the one that goes.... Marry me, Bill! I love you so- I always will! And if you are like me that was the only part you knew.) Thanks to the wonder of the internet, mp3 players, digital remastering, and google I now own that song and know ALL the words! Although, now that I know all the words the song has shifted from what I thought was a sweet proposal song to something different. Now it is kinda like "damnit, Bill, I loved you when you were a loser- so freaking marry me!" What a catch this Bill must be.

School starts in 5 days! YAY! I have all my books and went this past weekend to buy my spiral notebooks and folders. I managed to go a little more psychotic than usual by making sure the spiral notebooks and folders are color coordinated. I figure bright orange for my Media Writing class... you know, bright orange demands attention, attention makes me think of paparazzi, paparazzi makes me think of gossip, gossip makes me think of writing, and writing= media writing. My purple notebook and folder for my Survey of United States History II class. I think of history and think of royalty, royalty makes me think purple. Even though it was pointed out to me that my logic on that one is flawed because it is U.S. history- to me, "history" is all clumped together so it works. And last but certainly not least I will use my sea green notebook and folder for my Social Problems class. To me the sea green is a very introspective color and makes me think of intelligence, intelligence makes me think of science, intelligent science makes me think of how people's minds work, thus sea green is perfect for this class. I hope you have enjoyed this trip into my mind.

This weekend is my trip to Cincinnati and Louisville! We are headed out Saturday morning to Cincinnati with Dwayne's brother and his wife and son. A Red's baseball game, some famous Cincinnati chili and some late night adult partying are on the agenda. The next day Dwayne and I are making the short trip to Louisville for a Taylor Swift concert and some bingo! I am so excited because I have never gambled with bingo before and I hear it is super fun! On Monday we are going to tour the Louisville Slugger Museum and try and see Churchill Downs before heading back for me to go to class.

I am feeling almost 100% lately. I still have a little cough here and there but I think I have finally almost conquered this latest bout of illness. (It only took the entire month of August!)

I really hate my job lately. A lady actually yelled, "I'm asking you to work with me here! How do you sleep at night!? You are a horrible person!!" and hung up on me today and I wasn't even mean. That kind of thing is getting old. I have a goal not to leave until Jan 14th, 2010. I'm just going to have to shut up and stick to my plan. I have created a little inspirational countdown calendar and only have to come in here 95 more days including today! I can do it!

My writing has slowed lately in preparation for school so I am a little disappointed about that but I think once I get into class and get my schedule mastered I can add writing back in. I am going to be amazingly busy with classes MTW and a late night on Thursdays at work but am going to try and update this thing more often. (Ahhh, famous last words of many a blogger.)

10 songs from my ipod on shuffle:

Irvine- Kelly Clarkson
Paradise City- Guns N Roses
Take a Bow- Rihanna
Picture to Burn- Taylor Swift
Take it to the Limit- The Eagles
Lady- Little River Band
I Second that Emotion- Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Last Day of Magic- The Kills
Faith- George Michael
How do I Live- Trisha Yearwood

Cross your fingers that I get rich quick at Bingo this weekend!

Sadness

New Desk

3 pounds of love!

My title comes from a WipeOut! contestant last night. He spoke of a pet rabbit that he rescued and called it "3 pounds of love!" There was much cackling.

One of my school books arrived yesterday and I was so excited. In a moment of nerdy goodness I opened the package and flipped through just dreaming of the assignments to come. 4 more books are on their way and if my luck holds out I'll have one waiting for me tonight when I get home. Ahhh, books.

I am still sick-kindof. I am feeling much better than I did on my ER visit but now it has morphed into an upper respiratory thing that I just can't seem to get rid of. I just have to make it through Friday and then if I am still sick I am going to throw in the towel. I have to be better by the end of August. I refuse to miss another trip (Taylor Swift in Louisville/Aug 30!!) or be still sick when school starts (Aug 31st!!!). Do you hear me? I refuse!

We had a "fiesta" at work today. I use the term "fiesta" loosely because I ended up standing in line for 42 minutes for food. I use the term "food" loosely because the tacos/nachos that were served came with some sort of refried bean concoction that really looked like mud in the pan. Mud that was still really dark like it was wet but wasn't.

Fun times are being had by all.

Sickness

Ugh.

So, I've been on my couch/in bed since Wednesday.

I managed to get Pneumonia in July. I know, I'm amazing.

I got to miss The Dead Weather show. I heard from the hubby that it was amazing. Of course it was. He didn't even lie.

I also had to cancel this weekend's trip to Denver. ($40.00 rental car cancellation fee applied only after they were convinced to cancel after seeing my medical records. I had to sign a HIPPA release to cancel a rental car, really? Oh, and the backwoods airline I chose gladly cancelled my tickets but when I go to use the credit balance I will have to pay a $150.00 "re-booking fee", wha?)

3 trips to the clinic (sounds really bad, "the clinic") at $20.00 a pop for breathing treatments. (Well, we think you have a virus that has aggravated your asthma so no antibiotics can help. We need to open you up.) An $70.00 ER visit for a 4th breathing treatment and chest X-rays. (Well, it I can't help you here. This is more serious than I thought. *As she puts on the HUGEST face mask she can find*) Another $40.00 in prescriptions.

I am completely disgusted right now. I know I am spoiled and my medical care is super cheap (I am grateful, I am grateful....) compared to not having any insurance... but hey, I have pneumonia, let me bitch a little. (Oh yeah, milk it.)

The highlight of this has been watching the soap operas and cleaning up Zazoo. (My Animal Crossing town. I'm only 12 fish and 14 insects away from being considered an expert in those fields- yeah!)

A great music find. A french band called Phoenix. I heart their song 1901. Everything in me tells me to hate anything french automatically but they are just so good.