Insane Random Ramblings

My top five reasons I’m glad it’s finally Friday:

1. I can finally sleep for longer than 4 hours. I feel like I need extra caffeine or something to act like a supercharger during the day because I’m so tired.
2. I can watch some good baseball games hopefully. I know the Phillies are playing on Sunday and Monday. I hope someone good is playing on Saturday as well.
3. I can get a jump start on my reading for school. I’ll head over to the bookstore and get my books tomorrow. Then I’ll read for a few hours to get ahead. I don’t want to have to study during the holiday weekend.
4. I can work on my budget. I have to see how much money I really have and what’s available for school.
5. I get to celebrate my birthday on Sunday! Needless to say, I’ll be doing everything else tomorrow. I may go out Sunday but I’m not sure yet.

Have a great weekend!

Just a few things I saw that during vacation that I thought were either funny or interesting.

1. Captain Victoria Secret. Hehehe. That’s what I named him anyway. He was walking around the airport holding a VS bag. It was cute, sexy and funny all at the same time.
2. There were a lot of babies flying. Way more than usual. I don’t know if it’s because everyone is on vacation or what. There were at least 3 children under 2 on every flight I was on.
3. I need more sandals and shoes. I only took sneakers which was fine most days. But my last outfit would have looked better with sandals or even flip flops.
4. I ate so much during my time off. I really need to get back into my workout routine. I feel like I gained 5 pounds already.
5. I need to take more money. There were so many things that I wanted to buy but I didn’t have enough cash. This was a short unexpected trip though so it’s no surprise that my money was low.

I hope to be able to take more short trips like this in the future. It was short but fun and I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Today is just a random five things that are on my mind:

1. I have no idea how I’m going to pay tuition for my last 3 classes. I only have enough cash for 1 1/2 classes. My first payment is due on the 17th so I have a week to work some magic.
2. My car needs a ton of work to pass inspection. Between that and school I’m extra broke.
3. I still haven’t made arrangements for my trip home to the reunion. I’m such a procrastinator.
4. My mom’s birthday is on the 15th. I have to mail her cards and presents soon.
5. I’m on vacation from work next week. Yaaaaaayyyy! It may be one of those Vegas vacations or it might be a cruise. I’ll talk about it once I come back. As such, there won’t be a joke of the week or a Friday Five next week. I’ll try to update sometime during the week but I don’t know which days.

Have a great weekend! My fun will start at 3:30 today!

The top 5 things I’m happy about today:

1. It’s Friday which means I get a break from work in about 4 1/2 hours.
2. My vacation starts next Friday. I can’t wait even though I don’t have any definitive plans.
3. I talked to a friend that I haven’t talked to in over 5 years. That was pretty cool. I’ll post more about that later.
4. I won $20 on a scratch ticket. Little things make me happy.
5. I got into one of the classes that I need. It was closed and I got special permission to get into it.

All in all it’s a pretty good day for me!

I need to go shopping today. No doubt about it because I have no food. So my top five things I’ll buy from the store are:

1. Frozen dinners for lunch. I didn’t bring my lunch all week. I forgot how expensive that can be.
2. Oreos - I’m on a Oreo kick this week.
3. Eggs - I need eggs for my salad and for egg salad.
4. Bagged salad - I buy bagged salad which is good for 3 small meals. I usually eat 2 with dinner and bring one for lunch.
5. Lipton tea - instead of buying soda at the convenience store, I can bring them from home.

I hate food shopping so I probably won’t buy a lot today. I’ll probably break it up into 2 shopping trips over the weekend. As long as I get everything I want I don’t mind.

This week my five things are: What are my top 5 stories to watch in the second half of the MLB season?

1. Will the Rays be able to sustain their success or will they crack under pressure?
2. Same with the Cubs?
3. Will Seattle trade Ichiro?
4. How will this season play out for Josh Hamilton? Of course everybody is rooting for him to do well.
5. The Yankees are in 3rd place in the division and the wild-card race. Will they miss the playoffs for the first time in over 14 years? My guess is no but we’ll have to wait and see.

 This should be an exciting next few months.

I’m late writing this post so it will be quick. My topic is the top 5 sports stories I’m tired of hearing about:

1. Brett Favre anything - enough said
2. Hank Steinbrenner anything - see #1
3. Too many Sox & Cubs in the All-Star Game - Shut up! Every year 1 or 2 teams have more players than any other teams. It happens.
4. Fukudome - He’s good but not that good.
5. Steelers shake-up - Yeah it’s a tragedy but get over it. Most sports teams will fall out of their family’s control some day. This should probably be #1. I just happened to be watching ESPN when I wrote this.

In honor of Independence Day my topic will be: My top 5 freedoms I cherish most

1. The right to vote - It’s an election year and every vote will count. In some countries women still can’t vote.
2. Freedom of speech - I can call someone a goober-head and not have to worry about getting thrown into jail.
3. Freedom of religion - I can worship under whatever religous umbrella I choose. If I want, I can even change religions
4. The right to work wherever I want - As long as I’m qualified, I can work wherever I want without respect to race, creed, religion or sex.
5. The right to free speech - Whether it’s on my blog or just in general, I can say what I want when I want. Here we are in 2008 and some people still don’t have that right!

Happy July 4th!!!!!!

Five reasons I’m glad it’s summer:

1. I love the warm weather. I don’t like when it’s hotter than 85 degrees but anything up to that is perfect.
2. Cookouts. Mmmm I love grilled food and everybody grills in the summer. I can go downtown during lunch and get grilled chicken every day.
3. Summer usually means vacation time. I’m not exactly thrilled with my job so I can’t wait to have a whole week off. We’re not going anywhere this year so that’s a bummer.
4. Summer hours at work. We get an hour off every other week. It’s not much but I do appreciate it. Nothing like getting a early start on the weekend.
5. Baseball! You didn’t think I’d leave that out did you? I love baseball and I watch as many games as I can. If it’s a lazy weekend and I don’t go anywhere, you can best believe I’m checking out a game. It usually doesn’t matter who’s playing because they’re all good games.

Unfortunately summer is a short 3 month span but I plan on taking advantage of every day I possibly can.

My 5 five drinks at work:

1. Diet Pepsi - This is my favorite although it’s very acidic
2. Diet Coke - Sweet and yummy. It’s usually more expensive than Pepsi products so I don’t buy them buy the case. I will usually have 1 per week.
3. Diet Pepsi Max - But it’s breaking my face out horribly. I’m going to finish the case that I have and give it a rest for a while.
4. Water - Yeah it’s like #4 when it should be #1. I usually drink at least 1 bottle of water but I drink way more soda.
5. Ice Tea - They have these cartons downstairs that are only $.75 so I get them once in a while.