and remember always were sunscreen!

Today I was SOO excited to go boating...It has been WAY to long since my skin has seen the SUN!!! I had the best time with the family on the boat.  We played games, drank loaded coronas and in the end really had a wonderful day.  Sure there were TONS of little problems, like missing the boat ramp stuff, but in the end it made for a great story!!!  However, after showering, I realized I really should have worn a lot more sunscreen.  I have been trying really hard to make my skin healthier so I knew that I needed to wear sun screen tonight, but when I took off that towel and looked in the Mirror i was like SHOOOOOOT I am SO red!!!! I was so red that while purchasing aloe the lady in front of me looked at my aloe and said YES you need that...didn't you wear sunscreen. 

SO today's resolution is to wear sunscreen, i already apply it to my face, but it is equally as important to apply it to my body!  I really need to wear it more frequently because I do not want to be leather when I am older, but more importantly I do not want skin cancer! 

Enjoy the video!

Do not break routine!!!

Today I awoke and decided it was important to not break routine in my diet and exercise.  I know that I am on vacation but I need to continue with being happy and heartily!  I went to the store and made sure the items I picked were healthily and I even ate smaller portions at dinner. Later today I even went for a walk with a friend to get in my exercise.  it is nice to keep my routine!

Today's resolution is to keep my routine while on vacation!!!

I just smile and say GOD BLESS!!!

Today while driving twelve hours to good ole Florida I was able to experience the artfulness of road rage first hand.  While driving 15 miles OVER the speed limit I was tailgated by this ASSHOLE (yes I said asshole) in a huge ugly tan truck.  Well this buddy decided it would be a great idea to flash his lights at me while I was passing a huge truck, and when I wasn't able to get over, because of the HUGE tractor trailer, he decided to flip out and give me amazing expressions. 

At first I wanted to give him back these expressions but then I decided, thanks to the words of Mrs. Miranda Lambert, to just smile and say God Bless. I truly wanted to FLIP shit on this guy because he was being so absolutely ridiculous but I know that it isn't really relevant for me to actually freak out as the only person that could hear me freak out was Keebler.

Therefore, today's resolution is to remember this lesson in regards of road rage and instead of freaking out I will just smile and say God Bless with maybe an image of a peace sign given back to their awesome gestures!

Working through technology!!!

So today my computer at work decided it hated me and I was forced to figure out a new way to complete my assignments.  It was very difficult to accomplish everything before leaving for vacation but I figure out a way to have someone else sign me and With the help of our OCCS guy I could figure out I wasnt lossing my mind and the system really was broken for me. 

It was extremely worried about leaving working for two weeks and not having certain things accomplished, but I figured out ways to get around technology and at least I feel a better about leaving for vacation/conference. 

YA ME!

Solutions before questions

Today at work I had lots of questions that I knew I could figure out on my own but instead I asked my boss.  Although, I know that he has NO problem answering my questions I feel like I really could find these solutions on my own and that will help me grow more. 

Therefore, today's resolution is to find solutions to my issues and exhaust all possible scenarios before having to stalk the boss. 

Help someone even if they don't ask!

Today I had a differently abled student who needed to go across campus in order to get dinner.  Although this student was physically able to make the treck it still would've been a feet and I felt after carefully thinking what if I just drive this student.  I didn't do this because I felt bad for him, but more because I knew that if it was me I'd truly not want to make that walk, especially across Hampton Blvd. 

Today's resolution is to do a good dead in order to help raise the Karma.  I know that this person did not truly need my help but by offering I saved him from having to do the treck and I helped myself a little with Karma!

Say Goodbye to a good TV show..just for the summer!

Today I got to say goodbye till fall to my favorite TV, GLEE.  I was super sad and a bit disappointed to see how it ended but I am excited to see what is next for the Ohioens.  Anyways, today I started packing my apartment up and took a little break for some Glee with some great friends!!!

I've decided that today's resolution is to say goodbye to a TV and instead of replacing it with a new show I am going to start working more on other things like books, mary kay etc. 

Appreciate my best friend better than I do!!!

I have TONS of friends but one of them is above and beyond the call of a best friend.  She litereally has been there for me through SO MUCH and i am so grateful for her.  She is willing to send me something very expensive because she knows I need it in order to suceed.  She truly is the meaning of a great friend and i love her so much.  I just sometimes feel like I truly do not appreciate her.  Today i am here to say that I truly appreciate my best friend she is the bestest and I super love her!

My resolution today is to appreciate my best friend more the way she appreciates me everyday.  For her it is her nature to be amazing and I want to be just like her!

Let my hair down

So for a while I have been wanting to really let my hair grow.  I have tried different techniques but I read that by taking vitamins and wearing you hair down it will grow faster.  So I have decided to try this.  I am going to see if I can go a whole week with out putting my hair in a pony tail, if you know me this is a HUGE deal, i wear my hair in a pony tail DAILY!!! I really want my hair to grow so I have also decided to not get it cut.  I will get the bimonthly trims if i can but I am no longer cutting it short.  I really want Miley Cyrus hair and I am going to have to work at it!!!

Therefore today's resolution is to not cut my hair but to keep it healthy and clean.  I will also be limiting my pony tail usage and see if I can make it entire week with no pony. 

Let loose, but not too loose!

So today a great friend from college invited me to a concert.  I got to see Panic of a Disco, Poppa Roach, Seether and Weezer....I LOVE WEEZER!!!  I was so excited and I had a great time, but it was extra hard to let myself go like I use to as a kid.  When I was a teenager I use to love concerts and dancing at them.  I love the mosh pits, the crowd surfers and the way the base made my heart feel.  This weekend that feeling came back but as I noticed myself getting closer to the stage I also noticed my old lady syndrome coming out and I started to get a little cranky at the annoying brats around me.  It was tough to not want to yell at them for being rude, for them kicking me in the face or stepping on my toes.  I really had to catch myself a couple times becoming a grumpy old lady!!!

Therefore, today's resolution is to get in touch with my roots and let myself loose again.  I am too tense.  I know that with increase of age comes an increase in wisdom and a decrease in tolerance but I think I am too tense and that really isnt me!  Therefore I am gonna work at being more relaxed in situations beyond my control!  I dont want to be like the guys from Grumpy Ole Men!

Yo Hablo Espanol

So today after a long exhausting bus ride and short nap I was given the privileged to meet my friends Spanish family and let me just say I wish I paid better attention in Spanish Class all those years ago!!! So Crazy how I could kind of follow along but most of the time I just sat and stared at people talking trying my hardest to be polite.  I really was so lost at times and i loved how they would turn and talk to me in Spanish and I just smiled!! It was an exhausting process for us both and I learned that I really need to grow culturally. 

Therefore today's resolution is to learn a second language.  I am assuming it will be spanish and i am thinking about doing the rossetta stone thing.  I am going to save and try to do it, I may also download games in spanish for my ipad and see if that will help.  I mean if Maya's mom could learn english from court tv I am sure I can learn spanish from my Ipad! 

Pack Mule

SO!!! Tonight i am leaving for DC for my great big graduation adventure with the worlds best future lawyer!!! She will be graduating from law school on Sunday and we will be celebrating to the max until than!  The only delimma is that I have NOTHING To wear for this adventure but more importantly have NOTHING packed!!!!!

UG! Today's resolution is to pack at least a two days before my trip...who do I think I am trying to pack hours before!!! SILLY GIRL!!!!

Idle hands make the BIG BAD BOSS LADY give me silly work to do

Ug, so I have quickly learned that working in the main housing office is MUCH different than my usual working alone in my building office!!! People are very curious about where, what , when and how you are doing something.  Now this isnt a bad thing because it helps with checks and balances but it is tought when I try to chat on facebook, update my blog or watch some HULU....while working of course.  I promise I get my work done, but i also am a great mulittasker so I like to add some entertainment to my work life. 
Anyways, I have been told that if it appears that i am not working on something the big boss lady will come give me work to do...well shell give it to me anyways, but that is not what I want, I want to work on my summer projects in peace!

Therefore today's resolution is to work on all of my projects and once that is finished to ask for more...because that will keep my hands not idle!

It's all about the benjamins!

So as usual I have noticed that I once again am broker than BROKE and I than i thought well duh, I am just spending money like it is water!  I need to really be froogle, i need to eat at home and not out, I need to think MULTIPLE times before spending my money and i need to reorganize my bills!  Granted this month is tough with all of my traveling but I need to work hard and save my money to at least last me the 15 days not just three!

I truly hate money and wish it did come from trees or out of the thin air!!!!

Honey Nut Cheerios

I love honey nut cherrios!  They are my absolute favorite cereal, and I am not a big cereal fan!!!

So I have decided to talk about how much I already miss my students.  I really miss them and the jokes they bring me, but I truly miss certain RAs!! I got to see two of them today and one of them brought me the CUTEST basket ever!! It made me really miss her and the others and how they have changed my life!

Today's resolution is to reflect on how this past year has changed my life.  I have gone from working at a hell hole to a place that I can grow and learn.  WOW somethings have truly changed!

I Gotta Fight for MY right to BE A GIRL!!!!

Today during softball I was playing my usual second base when the ball was hit to the out field and it hit me, am I just being a filler and are they not giving me the ball because I am a girl?  Later when the stats were posted on the webpage, the girl stats werent included.  Luckily our Catcher, a great female player and possibly a great new friend, stood up for us estrogen carriers!!

It got me thinking about being a lady and the stigma that exsist with having boobs and I have decided NO more will I allow anyone put me down for having a vigina!  When I was a teeny bopper, I went to an all girl school where I learned I can do anything but some how, 8 years later, I have forgotten this thought!

*Now please note I do not think my co-players are shovanistic by any means, I actually love them and think they are all OUTSTANDING men!!!!

BUT!!! Today's resolution is to be more feminist and be happy to be a lady!  I love that I am a woman who lives on her own and doesn't need help but is willing to ask i desire it!  I am not someone who needs to be tied down but I love those who are or want to be and I am most definitely okay with being 25, single, living alone with my dog and eatting cheerios for dinner...okay maybe not all of that!

Out with the old...In with the new...and a little squeeze in between!

So today I finally cleaned out my closets and drawers!! I took all of my summer clothes and put them in the drawers and the winter i hide away until November.  However, after doing all of this I realized that as many bears do, I too have gained some winter weight!! It was very disheartening because I LOVE my summer dresses, skirts, bathing suit etc.  I was really looking forward to wearing all of those clothes items again and now I will have to wait until I can shed some weight (or at least pray that I shed some weight, I like to say I will and not do it). 

However, I also noticed that I had lots of clothes that I haven't worn in years still in the bins CHILLING like it was NO big deal! How dare these clothes think they can stay past their season...HOW DARE THEY!!!
So today's resolution is to DE-Clothes my bins/drawers!! I can not end up like my mother, who still to this day owns the dress she wore to my first eucharist almost 18 years ago!!!!

Therefore, today's resolution is to THROW away the ugly, keep the classics and donate the rest!!!

No need to waste time with people who truly don't waste their time with you!

Today I have decided to no longer be overly nice to people who clearly could care less about me.  I will of course be polite because my mother raised me better but I will not go out of my way to start a conversation, smile or be overly friendly.  I use to think this was important, especially to the office bully but really it is just fuels their fire even more.  I am done allowing bullies and mean girls to be toxic.  Once again I am not stating I am going to be an asshole, but I will NOT being going out of my way to say hello if I know it will not be reciprocated. 

Today's resolution is to save up my caring and love for those who deserve it...

be efficent and effective....like an assembly line

Today was my first day as an assistant in housing.  I was given lots of little projects and I am pretty sure I completed them all very well, but i do worry that because I worked so diligently to accomplish them fast I may not have been efficient or effective enough.  Therefore today's resolution is to be efficient and effective on all task given to me.  I need to make sure I give 100 percent and not leave my boss asking why i may have missed  a step.  It is always very good in the business world to be one step a head of your employer and although I DOUBT this will happen with my new boss because he is CRAZY on his a game...it will be helpful for me in order to still play in the same ball park. 

forgive me Amanda for I have sinned!

Today I realized that I have broken lots of little Amanda promises.  Promises like writing my blog everyday, not eating fried food (yummy fried pickles), not spending money I don't have and not getting my hopes up about something completely false just to name a few.  I was pretty down about this relization but I realized after talking to some friends and they made me realize that it is okay to let ourselves down, but more importantly that it is important to forgive but not forget.  By forgetting we are allowing ourselves to break the promises again and not forgetting we can change our mistakes. 

Therefore today's resolution is to forgive myself for breaking promises but to not forget the next time I am about to break this promise!!!

who's the boss?

So today i sat for HOURS labeling and filing papers that should have been done by another.  I did it because in the end it is my responsibility to get it done, but now looking back i should have made sure that other perosn did it and not given me some sappy story.  I was so angry because I busted my butt to get the job done *and I did* thinking someone else couldnt help because they were given another job only to find out that was not the complete truth.  I just get so angry when someone acts like they are busting their butt but really are doing NOTHING.  It frustrates me because i know they have the time to complete the SIMPLE task they are given but instead they fart around and get NOTHING done.  I am so frustrated!!!

Therefore, today's resolution is to take control and stand up for the fact that I am the boss to certain people.  I am not a micro manager tyrant but I am someone who can no longer allow someone to walk all over me.  I know I am a nice person but sometimes nice gets you filing when there are other things to be done.  I am still just so frustrated!

Monday May 9, 2011...One day left of hello...scotland house is closed!!!

Oh gosh, today has been an insane day.  I truly did not have a moment to eat and if it wasnt for the neatest friend in norfolk i would be starving.  She feed me and got me to step outside my office for a while and enjoy the great out doors.  Well this got me to thinking.  Norfolk is so beautiful this time of year I truly need to enjoy it more.  I need to walk the dog, sun tan, eat and more outside, especially before it get SUPER hot. 

Therefore today's resolution is to enjoy some time once a day in the great out doors. 

Swing Batter Batter-SHHHHAAAAWWWWIIINNNGGG

Wow softball today was so rewarding...I played a little better and got a couple hits, nothing amazing but at least i didn't strike out!!! It was rewarding though because I really enjoyed the company of my teammates and even the team we played.  I stepped out of my comfort zone and talked to MULTIPLE people and had a great time.  It was a great little break out of hell and gave me at least 3 hours of relaxing and good spirit.  I truly will be playing in the summer league!! 

Well the above has nothing to do with my resolution...today's resolution is to keep my word.  Twice today I had to go back on my word and it truly hurt me and the people I let down!! I really need to know what I am saying and if I can't keep that promise, meeting, etc I need to let that person know and know the truth.  It is important for me to be a person with integrity and going back on my word, well that is the opposite of integrity!

2 more days of hell.....SUMMER WHERE ARE YOU? 

You've got a friend in me!!!

Today was day TWO of HELL and I worked like crazy!!!! I almost lost it twice to those silly Mongolian RAs but after years of debutante classes I remembered how to keep my cool!!! I was intensely working until late in the night and even forgot to eat until the neatest friend in norfolk came and brought me dinner.  I was so grateful that she not only thought of me but feed me that I asked her for more help and she was AMAZING!! I am so grateful for her and I hope she knows it!!! She really helped keep my mind of the craziness of the day and made me laugh MULTIPLE times!!!

Today's resolution is to be grateful to those who are so sweet and help a friend in need!!!  *Side note she also encouraged me to make realistic resolutions (I know she reads this and love that she is here to help me, such a great friend *besties*).  I am considering her encouragement...maybe it will be a resolution next week...until than 3 more days my loves....and than I will be summer time free!!!

DAY FROM H E Double hockey Sticks!

Today has been crazy, So crazy that i haven't even had a chance to blog!  I woke up and basically went to work and worked until the Queen of Shoes came and got me for a little break and than back to work.  I know this is the busiest time of the year but I really feel that this year has been my worst!  I am sure it is because I am new to the campus and the policies and I don't want to get anything wrong but PHEW I'm going NUTS!!!!

I have to keep this short and brief since I have more work today...but today's resolution is to take a break to enjoy friends!

I love to work and I love to have a good time but sometimes I stress myself out and I don't take a breather to enjoy life! Tonight when I went to dinner with some pals I had a blast and even though I was dreadfully tired I really enjoyed their company!!!

I need some Birds, some mice and a Chipmunk!

So I have been doing pretty well setting my alarm to go off at 6am, in order to prepare for having to be at work earlier than I am use too this summer!  I will wake when my alarm goes off, but I just turn it off or the dog turns and lays on the phone.  Therefore I have decided I need to set my alarm and place it across the room.  This will make me get up, go turn the alarm off and I will actually get out of bed..GOSH I hope this works!


Today's resolution....set alarm across the room....get out of bed...turn off alarm...start day...maybe invite chipmunks and birds to sing with me in the morning!

Really, Im not always right, SHOCKER!!!

So Today I was so frustrated with my resident assistants!  They seriously almost saw evil Amanda about 4 times...a record for most!! I decided to breath and actually listen to what they suggest.  I thought, heck Ive never been through a closing at ODU and I am sure it is much different than closing at Florida Southern College.  I decided to take their suggestions and opinions and put them into action.  It was tough eating crow but it will hopefully make our lives easier!

Today's resolution is to admit that I do know everything and that I am okay eating crow!

The girl with the pearl earring

So for the past two months I have this conversation I had with my law school friend about earrings and their importance.  My friend has made it a point to wear nice earring every day.  She said that her Tia (that's aunt in Spanish) the matriarch of her family is very particular and all women in her family must wear earrings.  This made me think about the fact that I rarely wear earrings unless I some how remember.  It makes me think that it is really important to wear earrings because a. I have spent money on these earrings and b. I do have my ears pierced.  Anyways this conversation has made me think a lot about the fact that I really do need to start taking advantage of my resources and the goods I have purchased. 

Therefore, today's resolution is to wear earring every day and put my jewelry to good use. 

Just Breath

Ahh I don't know how today became so crazy but I really feel like I am about to lose my mind!!! This is the craziest time of the year for my profession.  Many will argue that opening is more stressful but I feel like at least during opening my RAs are pleasant and willing to help.  With closing most of them want to just go home and start their summers and are half assing things which have caused me to cry and beat a wall!  I am starting to stress over closing and know that i need not to!!!

That is why I have decided that today's resolution is to Just Breath and let things happen!  I know that it will all work out and we will get this taken care of.  I will stop comparing my staff and building to that of my coworkers and I will not let their stress start to stress me out!  I know that they are just as frazzeled as me and I just hope once this is over we can all go have a beer and chill!

Swing Batter Batter SWING

So today at softball I played AWFUL!! I pretty good two weeks ago but with our bi-week and my nerves getting to me I was awful.  I really have a hard time hit these slow pitches!!! I have decided that I need batting practice!  I am doing okay in the field and many of the errors I made there I can fix with a couple steps and reminders but my batting is just horrible.  I really need to practice because it is embarrassing and not fair to my teammates! 

Therefore, my resolution is to find a batting cage, save up my change and for an hour a week I will be practicing at the batting cage.  I hope this will help me get my life together softball wise because it is awful!!!!

Strawberry Wine and Watermelon Crawl

Today I was a complete bum.  I worked on some Mary Kay things and tried to get my life in gear but realized it will be a long road of Mary Kay before I actually start turning a profit.  Anyways while sitting in my sorrow of this discovery I received a fantastic text inviting me to dinner with a friend from FL who is in VA for work.  We meet up and had a wonderful dinner and really caught up.  It was so nice to hear someone with that little Florida Twang and great sunny attitude.  I really missed the positivity that Floridians bring with them to the table of life.  I am so grateful for this positivity and i have truly forgotten it!  After dinner, this friend and I went to a line dancing bar and it was just like stepping into Plant City Fl.  It was a blast but it was even more fun to be with someone who loves the southern life and truly loves to express her sweet southern bell self.

Today's resolution is to make a greater effort to be friends with this old/new friend.  I really enjoyed hanging with her and it was like we haven't missed a beat, even though I haven't seen her in two years!  She is an outstanding friend and I am glad that God has given me a second chance to be a friend with her.  She is such a God love, sweet person and I will now be referring to her as the Southern Bell.  I am truly happy that God encouraged us to be friends because it was the best time I have ever had in Norfolk!