Mellow Monday.

For some reason this morning, I was NOT looking forward to work. I felt a lil nervous/anxious about going to work... as though it was my first day there. I have no idea why. Well, I sorta do...

There's this guy at work that likes to take off his shoes at his desk. He also likes to walk around the office w/o his shoes on. Well, there's this girl at work that likes to take his shoe, especially when he walks around the office w/o them on. On Thursday, I hid one of his shoes and he couldn't find it for about 20 minutes. He also needed to use the restroom during that time. Well, I had a friend give it back to him since he wasn't able to find it.

When I got back from lunch on Friday, I noticed that he took his shoes off again. He walked away from his desk and noticed that "Jeans" wasn't at her desk, in the next cubicle over. I took his shoe and ditched it off under her desk. 10 minutes later he came up behind me and sternly told me that he didn't like me taking his shoe and wanted me to give it to him. I honestly told him that I didn't have it. He became more infuriated and ran his mouth a lil more. I told him where he could find it, apologized and off he went. Then I received an email from Jeans saying: "Please don't hide "Knox Jr's" shoes under my desk. He just came over here and yelled at me". Knox Jr. also yelled at my accomplice. I felt terrible. I would never have wanted Jeans to get yelled at. I called her and apologized and she was livid. I was able to smooth things over, but I just felt wretched! I suddenly felt like the least liked person in the whole building.

I wasn't anxious to get to work this morning, like I usually am. In fact, I showed up late. The day turned out better than I imagined. Both Jeans & Knox Jr. spoke to me and I'm glad. I'm happy today went well. Maybe that's how I should start showing up to work, expecting the worse? Eh, who knows...

Spectacular Saturday!

Yesterday, I was blessed with the privilege of attending the Temple marriage of my dear friend Nashelli and her Luis. It was such a beautiful occasion. I've only ever been to one other Temple wedding and that was special as well. There are no words to truly describe the feelings that are felt during a sealing cermony. I am grateful to have been a witness to their sealing yesterday. It has been wonderful watching Luis, her then non-member boyfriend accept the Gospel and grow in it. Nashelli has been my Visiting Teaching partner for a year and it's been so easy doing VT with her by my side. I have truly enjoyed doing VT because of her. I will miss Nashelli and Luis in my sunday school class and around the ward. I'm grateful that they will still live in the area though. It was a great day and a fun evening reception! The food was "delicioso"--TJ style tacos, Mexican rice, some sort of corn/jalapeno dish and some red cabbage salad....with RED VELVET WEDDING CAKE!! AWESOME!! The music rocked and I loved dancing the night away! It was so much fun hangin' out and dancing with friends and family...all there to celebrate Nashelli and Luis. Felicidades!

FINALLY Friday!

My new form of birth control:My family and I went there tonight for my niece's birthday. OH MAN!!! My ovaries started to wince. It was totally CHAOTIC!! Accepting a call in Primary would be a walk in the park, compared to this.
Be GRATEFUL you do not work there.

Can I just say....

I CANNOT stand to hear someone chewing their gum with their mouth open!!

You're not a freakin' horse or cow---so SHUT IT!!

If I've given you gum, I don't want to hear it or see it!

(And don't pass your wrapper back to me, I'm not your parent. I think you're old enough to find your own means of throwing it away.)

"Not too terrible" Thursday

-I didn't talk to that attorney today. I didn't have to and he never called. PHEW!!! I just hope that is ALL OVER with!!

-I had a couple run ins with Mr.NY today. Seriously, he is the nicest guy I have EVER worked with!! I had a stack of forms that needed to be returned to another side of the office. From my office door I was looking at who I could hand them off to, since I was the only one in my department answering the phones. As I was surveying over the drivers, he came out of no where and snatched them from me saying, "Where do they go? I'll take them." JUST LIKE THAT?! I was dumbfounded. I didn't know what to say or do. Afterwards he came over to talk to me about helping me out with some daily mailing of serves. Why is this man single?! Why hasn't any woman tried to take this man off the market!??! HELLO?! Wow....

-I got to speak about the Temple tonight at Relief Society's Enrichment night. I teared up...(typical) I was just so overcome by the spirit. I truly love the temple. I love the peace and solace I can find there.

-We did a 'heart attack' to an 18 y/o girl who hasn't been doing so well. To explain what a 'heart attack' is.....basically you write a short message on a paper heart cut out and "attack" that person's door with it--it's just a small way to let that person know they're loved and being thought of. Well, about 10 of us went to this girl's front door and were plastering hearts all over her front porch. 2 minutes into it, her father opened the door and said "AH-HA!!" We all paniced and started running towards our cars.....except for me.
I turned around and followed the first girl I could see. Let me remind you that it was DARK and I could NOT see, for the life of me, where I was running to!!! I was just anticipating a hole, that I was eventually roll my ankle into and then I'd be down for the count, with a mouth full of grass!!! We made it off the grass and I was still running after Katie....all the way back to her car!! I thought about jumping in it but all of my stuff was in my friend Kristen's car---5 houses in the OTHER direction!! By this point, everyone had gotten into the right cars and were getting ready to drive off! I, on the other hand, had to do the walk of shame up the block back to Kristen's car. I was trying to play it off as though I just happened to be taking an evening stroll. Yeah right! I would have ran, but seriously it was pitch black!! I did NOT need to fall and rip my pants! Once I got into Kristen's car, we had the biggest laugh of our lives and then I noticed that I still had a paper heart clutched in my fist! Oh man, good times! I'm so glad I went tonight!

"Whoa is me!" Wednesday

Man, I am EXHAUSTED!! I could go to sleep this very second and wake up on Friday. I'm mentally spent! There's 3 of us in the Dispatch dept. at work. When one of us is absent, it really takes a toll. It's like hobbling around with crutches, okay for a while but tiring in the end. Apparently on Friday, I didn't send a client's filing to court, so it never got filed. I KNOW I printed it out and handed it off to get taken care of. Well I spoke to a very irrate client today (I'm really glad he didn't cuss me out....yet) and now I'll have to sign a legal Declaration stating, to the judge and court, that the client's filing was never done due to my lack of responsibility. I'm so mad. I know printed it out and handed it over to Mamacita to finish so I could leave for lunch. Apparently, nothing happened with it and it's NO where to be found. Sucks to be me tomorrow when I really have to tell the client that nothing was found down at court.

2 FOR 2 TUESDAY!!!

Today has got to be the best day ever!!

Okay, maybe not the BEST day EVER, but amongst my top 3!!

I drove to work today so I could pick up my brother from the airport, after work. He ended up missing his plane in Hawaii so I wouldn't need to. I decided to stay afterwards anyways so I could clear the clutter from my desk. You know who else also stays that late...Mr.NY. I asked him if he needed a ride home, he said, "No, I don't need a ride home (which totally made my heart sink!) but if you feel inclined to give me one, I won't turn it down" [HECK YES I FELT INCLINED!!!]. Man, I was a lil nervous but stoked to have one on one time with him. When we left he put on his baseball cap and MAN! he looked HOTTER than HOT!! I love a man in a baseball cap!! And then when they add sunglasses....OH DOCTOR!! It was cute the way he'd also turn around to check the lane I was merging into. He had us take the "scenic route so we could look at the sun setting". I felt stiff as I was driving and I was trying desperately to look relaxed, but I don't know....I was a lil nervous!! He was even courteous enough to ask if he could have an open drink in the car. Who even does that?? After I dropped him off, he asked me if I'd be okay finding my way to the freeway. If I wouldn't be, he said I could call him and he'd help me out and even if I was still lost he'd Google Map me a way home. MY FREAKIN' GOODNESS!! He's so freakin' nice and GORGEOUS!! I love work!

AND.....

Tonight I received an email inviting me to sing with my Stake choir. I'm so tremendously elated!! You have no idea!! I have always wanted to sing with my Stake choir since I was a child. My Mom sang with them for a couple years as an Alto. I was so proud of my Mom that she was talented enough to sing with them. There have been some wonderful singers in the Stake choir, so I knew that you had to have a GREAT set of pipes.

Growing up, I disliked the fact that there were hardly any members from my family ward in the Stake choir. It seemed like a particular ward made up the majority of the choir and I didn't think that was very fair. After singing with my own YSA ward choir, I started to notice that all of them but me sang with the Stake choir. I started to resent the Stake choir and Stake Conferences, as well as my own ward choir. So I stopped attending choir. But then I started to miss singing. I have always loved to sing! Going to church just to sing the hymns pulled me out of inactivity, once upon a time. I figured that even though I wasn't good enough to sing with the Stake choir, that wouldn't stop me from singing. It's finally paid off. I've finally been invited to sing with Chula Vista Stake choir and I couldn't be any happier!!