Horsin' Around!

Sometimes I just laugh at the stupidest things! Friday when I was at work, I kept smelling something a little rotten. Not like make you want to gag rotten, just something that just didn't smell right. I looked everywhere--trash can, my flower vases....I just couldn't find the smell.
Later, when I was filling in for the receptionist, some of the girls were talking about kidney stones. I said something awful about this really mean, arrogant supervisor (I immediately appologized-but it was comical) I just said it to be funny, not meaning any harm--I mean as much as I pray for the man, I surely wouldn't want to see him in pain. Or better yet, wish that on his wife!! Anyway, I told them I was going back to my office to pray & ask for forgiveness. A little while later is when it hit! You know how they say it will always come back to bite you! Well, I'm sitting there typing, sitting on my leg & I start smelling that smell again. I just happened to look down & low & behold, I have horse poop on my shoe! I've been taking Rachel to the horse stalls & I don't have boots. I own 2 pair of high heels, a bad pair of sandals, 1 pair of casual shoes & a pair of tennis shoes. I dressed casual and since we can't wear sandals, I wore my casual shoes that I had worn to see the horses. I laughed so hard!
I guess I need to go buy some stomping around shoes and not say bad things about people!

Gym Floors are so Comfy!

Last night was the DEAR sleepover at Parkview. It was really alot of fun, except the sleeping part--on the gym floor. I didn't bring our air mattress, thinking that would be a little too wimpy. But, there were so many there--I had a 1/4" foam cushion--what a girl!!!
I was a little thrown off by the name, DEAR (drop everything & read). It was more like a run around & scream most of the time (RAS). They had 2 story times with the teachers. Mrs. Jennings was such an awesome narrator. And Mrs. Smith, who looks like a 5th grader, was so funny playing her parts. A couple of times, I had to compose myself--they were playing out Goldilocks & the 3 bears, Jack & the Beanstalk, and the 3 Little Pigs--I was so engrossed in their stories that I must of looked like the kids sitting there, all mesmerized! Being that I'm 42, they must have thought I looked a little wierd! But, they were REALLY good! The kids had two 30 minute quiet reading times & then Mrs. Long came in at 10:30 and read 2 bedtime stories. After alot of prayer requests & a prayer, we layed down at 11:15.
The best part was on the way home....and I still laugh every time I think about it, and probably will laugh about it for a very long time. Rachel & I are driving home and we're in the country. We see something on the side of the road and she immediately gets all teary eyed & sighs, "Oh no, a dead baby cat." I couldn't tell what it was so I said, "are you sure it was a baby cat?" So serious, she replies (still in a sad voice), "It was either a baby cat or a Subway sandwich." Oh my goodness! That was so hysterical--I was laughing so hard I cried! I'm still laughing! I need to get some of those black & white abstract cards & ask her what she sees---I bet she could come up with some doozies!
Anyway, I truly enjoyed just hanging out with the little Red all evening. I think next weekend when Jon's at his campout, we'll have to go out again! Maybe we'll eat at Subway!

How Easily Amused I Am!

I always seem to enjoy March Madness at work. You see, the general manager always holds a contest for the route drivers, I'm sorry, that is our service sales representatives (SSR's). It's pretty stupid and ends up being so much more work that I have to do. Actually, the first year I worked at Cintas, I was pretty bitter about it. How can the girls in the office have so much work, corporate cutbacks, and the men have time to play?! And, the gm is so naive to the way they win $$ from this contest. You see, they have to have direct sales. So for every $ amount they sell, they get so many shots with a kids basketball hoop to win $. It's so goofy because it is not sales that run through their book that they get paid commission on also. It is any direct sale they place. The men are so lazy, yet so greedy, that they place these orders, get credit for the contest, then when it comes in they return it. I have so many "return didn't fit" returns that are unopened. My job, the returns....lots of work, that's where the bitterness would come into play. Pile on more work for me, you play & make $...go figure! But, three years later, I just laugh about it...I mean the management men have this cave man attitude & they will never be changed and the women must be kept in their places. It's quite humorous.
Now, the whole point of my story...sorry for the rambling on & on. I always love to hide the ball. It's been quit funny. Now I don't do this every day so it really throws them off. They have figured out it is me, so when they get desperate, they come begging. They're almost like drug addicts that just need it NOW!!! The best place that I've hidden the ball this year, & I finally had to tell them where it was, was the funniest. I taped the ball, with packing tape- from my returns (ha ha) -behind the basketball goal. It was great, they walked behind the goal & still never saw it. The last place I hid it was pretty funny, but so easy. I taped it to the side of the drinking fountain. All the ladies in the office were laughing at me & saying how goofy I was...true but it still makes me laugh. And working in corporate America, you definitely need to be able to laugh at things! And go to church on Wednesdays!