OKLAHOMA- or something like it

Hey- I had to get my new license so I just decided to come up to Brookings after I worked the early morning at work. I have it and damn I'm getting old. Anyway then I just intended to do laundry and go to sleep and wake up and go home on Saturday. But my sister had told my parents that she got tickets to Oklahoma performed by PRT for the next night. I wasn't too happy about it but it turns out it was for Friday night instead. So we got ready and went- and it was pretty damn bad. Sorry to anyone who may see this that is in the play. I liked very few characters- and the ones I did were doing a good job of mimicking the actors in the movie. Curly and Jud were a joke- and Ado Annie my favorite usually wasn't too wonderful (talk about vibrato). Will Parker and the Peddler man and Aunt Eller were good. Good God I am such a geek. But there was this little guy- must have been 4 feet something- who was so funny I couldn't stop laughing. Basically the entertainment was my sister and myself tearing it apart. My niece enjoyed it I think.

My sleepover went well last weekend- we did too many things in one day- but oh well. The wedding is next week- and man I'm not ready for it. I need to go and buy a dress or something. I have a spending problem- I'm making dimes and spending dollars. I bought three new CDs recently- don't laugh- the first was Ashlee Simpson's Autobiography- I said don't laugh! I then bought the new Now and Terri Clark's Greatest Hits album.

Life in Sioux Falls is going good- still lonely- and I think that I hole myself up in my apartment way too much- but it is still good. I enjoy my job at the end of the day and that is something I am grateful about. I'm not holding my breath about Vickie calling me and certainly not about other people I thought were significant that disappeared from my life.

So anyway- I'm pretty happy for the most part- peace out

Things are smoothed out now

I was very upset last night- I just hate being an adult babysitter.  I didn't know how or what I was going to say to Rebekah when she came over but somehow it worked out.  I gave her the money and we talked for about 45 minutes.  She has a lot of thinking to do. 
 
I also saw Vickie when we were out last night- and she is just not a very nice person.  People have problems with a friend then they tell them- they don't just ignore them and withdraw from their life- not after 22 years of friendship- then I guess that means that I never had a true friend to begin with. 
 
I'm going to have a sleepover weekend with my niece this next weekend!  Who knows where we will go and what we will do- at least I know that she won't go crazy on me- haha.  My birthday is on Tuesday- July 20th.  I am going to be 26!  I also found out last night that my driver's license is going to expire- damn it!
 
I recently rented '13 Conversations About One Thing', 'Bad Santa', and 'Mystic River'.  I watched the first two- and they were 'ehhh'.  I was expecting Bad Santa to be better- mainly because it co-stars Gilmore Girls' star Lauren Graham.  Unforunately I didn't like her in it.  I am going to watch Mystic River tonight when I get back home.

Bacherolette party from hell!

I had the party for my friend Rebekah tonight- it went fine until the bride to be went crazy.  I mean throwing her wedding ring in the street, wanting to go off with boys crazy.  I am pretty pissed off about it- because I spent a lot of money on her to this point and I am poor and most importantly I have gotten to know and like her fiance.  I was supposed to be her babysitter and I was- I laid down the law and she went crazy- basically acting like one of my three or four year olds.  Right now I have the money earned from her suck for a buck thing- and I might keep it- I am not going to give it to someone so selfish.  If you don't want to get married then don't say yes.  Period- end of sentence.  I mean a cop pulled up and talked to us for the love of god.  I was so embarassed.
 
There was another person who I had to babysit tonight- an actual married woman was acting retarded- grinding on a guy and she was going to invite him to her house!!!  What the fuck!  I just don't understand people.  So who do I call for help- my mommy.  Damn right- I wanted to shame Rebekah into getting in the car and going home.  When my mother comes they both act like nothing is wrong- it just blows my mind- why are people so fake.  I tell my mom everything so basically she will know everything that happened.   But I am tired and spent and I just want to go to bed.

Happy 4th of July

Taylor is being shy- I asked her to type some words and she doesn't want to. She did however type the title. We are just being lazy after watching the parade honoring 4th of July and Brooking's 125th Anniversary. It was alright, a little boring but Taylor had fun and received a lot of candy and political stickers. I came up yesterday and went swimming with Taylor - it was really fun and not crowded. She is really good at jumping off the low dive. She is now helping me write this glowing description of her swimming skills. We had a slight delay to our swimming day because of lightining so we had to wait an hour. After we were done at the pool- much to early for Taylor's wants- we walked over to McDonald's and had a meal with a fudge sundae for dessert.

For other news not pertaining to my niece- I went to Spiderman 2 and Dodgeball at the drive-in theater with my brother. He came up on Friday night and then we went to the movies and it lasted until 2 AM! I didn't feel to strange about going to a drive-in movie with my brother until the people in the car next to us told us not to have any children- because their children were being unruly. So then I felt 'ewww' for a little bit.

Last week I went to Mean Girls on Sunday night after I got back from Rebekah's shower. I decided to call my friend (???) Vickie that night and was talked to briefly with the promise that she would call back- and since I knew she wouldn't I decided to get out of the house rather than look at the phone. And sure enough she hadn't called and that was at 7:30 on Sunday- and I have received to phone call back- not even an attempted phone call because my phone has been on the whole week- (yikes)

Had a little summer supper and it was delicious. Did some fireworks and almost set the little one Samantha on fire- alright not even close but it was a little iffy. We are going to go and watch the fireworks and then I am going to leave to head home. I was so bummed because when I got here last night I was told that the computer was not working and after trying many times to find out the problem I gave up. Well, I came down this afternoon for one last useless attempt to make it run and I plugged it in and it worked- I feel like a miracle worker.

I also rented the last two Lord of the Rings and I have watched the second one so far- I just need to finish it. I watched the first one with my brother and we both dumped on it so bad that I was hesitant to rent them but I actually enjoyed the second one- and hopefully the end will be great.

Work is good- I get a little sick of the kids every once and a while so that the only thing keeping me calm is the knowledge that I don't have to go home to any children. For the most part it is the parents that make my job shitty- parents are stupid- no nice way to say it- the things they let their children do and how they teach them to act is sickening.

I am coming up next weekend for the Arts Festival I think- probably only on the day that my niece performs her gymnastics routine.