well...i'm on the way home from Philly. My trip to visit Tim Markus was AMAZING. first things first...i am so very proud of tim i could BURST. he is doing exactly what he loves and he's doing it well. He's got an amazing group of friends out there and he's stage managing a giant production of Les Miserables at the Walnut Street Theatre...the first theatre in the country. He does the behind the scenes work...he knows everyone's move and where they are supposed to be and how everything is supposed to play out. I saw the show on Saturday night and it was amazing. I loved it. I was among the likes of Hugh Panaro, and some other famous Broadway Broad....can't remember her name..which means she is pretty "famous." But i guess Hugh played the phantom on broadway for three years and now he's playing "jean valjean" in Les Mis. The most exciting thing is that so many people called out during the show that they ran out of extras and understudies and Tim actually had to dress and go on stage. He's the STAGE MANAGER and he got to perform on a professional theatre with Hugh Panaro. it's pretty amazing. I was soooo proud of him. I really can't say how much i love him and how happy i am that he's living his dream. He's amazing at what he does and he's so happy doing it. That's all a friend could ask for. Tim, You're amazing.

I got to see the liberty bell...and some other things..and i met some pretty amazing people there. Tim has some great friends, they were all welcoming and charming and just a wonderful group of people. I fit right in with them...which was nice. I was very sad to leave...i had such a wonderful time out there, but i guess good things have to end sometime....i know i'll be back out there soon. I made some strong connections that will require a second visit. it isn't the last of PA that i'll see. Maybe i'll even make it to New Jersey...

Tim took me to NY yesterday and we hung out on the lawn of Bryant Park with the man who plays "Boq" in the broadway production of WICKED. he was so down to earth and normal, but yet a broadway star! it was pretty cool. after that we got some food and drinks and then went to see a show called "Title of show" it's based on a show that was submitted into a fringe festival and made it all the way to the top. i mean, the show is literally about writing the very show they are performing. and there are 4 actors and they are the writers. it was really really funny. and so much like real theatre life that theatre people all over can relate to it. pretty awesome. ok...i have to go board the flight now. i'm almost home! SEE YOU ALL SOON!

clarity and happiness...Sky blue!
Today I feel good. Bright, Calm, free of any kind of stress or anxiety!


(blue legos)

warm and inside. full of life and happiness.
that's the feeling of Yellow Orange.

I guess if i had to pick a color i felt like today it would be... a hazy purple. that smokey purpley color...that's what i feel like today.

This weekend was a good one. Even though i had a rough end to last week, the weekend turned out to be quite fun and relaxing. kate and I spent a lot of time together and it was really nice to have someone to hang out with. I miss her because she is really busy getting ready for the wedding and training for her half marathon...now that the marathon is over, she has a little more time to just hang out. So that's nice. anyway...i'm so tired this morning. I thought i would send you a picture to show you the proof...

i got up at 5:20 so that i could get into work by 6:30. i have a big project due tomorrow and i wasn't able to bring it home and work on it this weekend, i needed to access the SPS System...so it looks like i'll be in here tonight and possibly tomorrow as well. ugh. Anywhooooo...

see me!

Well..here's the story behind my last post...this was an e-mail i wrote this morning. i'm sorry if names of people don't make sense....ignore them...they were just people involved. Karma...what did i do to deserve all this?

Last night on the way home I was stopped at a stop light about 10 min from my home and this woman yells to me from her car and says “Don’t move Miss, you have a cat in your wheel. Don’t go forward” I was confused and looked out my window…just as I did this the cat ran from under my car…the light turned green…and the cat was running across the road (this was a little kitten…no more than 4 months old) The traffic coming from the other way didn’t see what was going on and the poor confused cat got run over….the worst part of it for me was that I heard it happen…the cracking, the splattering…it was HORRIBLE. I screamed and just lost it….i had to pull myself together and get off the road. I pulled around the corner and just wept…I sobbed hysterically. Then I heard another meow. I got out of the car and searched the nearby bushes. I couldn’t bear to have another kitten run onto the busy street. I searched and searched, but I couldn’t find it. Finally I gave up. I couldn’t spend any more time looking for it. I had to go home.

I called My dad and talked to him…but he wasn’t much help. I was still hysterical. I drove the car home in shock and sat outside my house and cried. I had tried calling Joe on my way home, and he called me back while I was crying hysterically. I could barely breathe and I did my best to tell him what was going on. As I was sobbing into the phone I heard the meows again…I heard tiny kitten meows. It was in my car…the other cat was IN my car somewhere….under the hood, in a tire, caught in the muffler…I had no idea where the meows were coming from. I started sobbing again and Joe did his best to understand what was going on. Finally he got me to calm down enough to go get a neighbor for help. he was right, I couldn’t do this on my own. So I got one of the neighbors to help me and we searched for almost an hour.

I went in the house and grabbed some cat treats…my roommate Amanda was inside and I just started sobbing again. She came out to help and between the three of us searching for the cat…she was the one to locate it, under the hood, inside the car, next to the engine. I caught a glimpse of the cat and had to turn and walk away. I didn’t know if the cat was hurt or alive anymore. Nothing, I couldn’t look. The neighbor and Amanda found that the cat was still breathing and it’s eyes were open. It was ok, just stuck. So I went to get the other neighbors who have a baby to see if they had a eye dropper or syringe or something that we could get some water to the cat with. She was dehydrated…we found a syringe and got kitty some water. After about 2-3 hours…Animal control had shown up (Amanda called them while I was in hysterics) and we freed the kitten. It was a tiny orange kitten who was scared to death. I named her Chance…(and her sister who didn’t make it…Faith) Animal control let me pet Chance and then he took her to his car. I asked him what would happen to her and he said they would take her to the shelter and find her a really good home. I thanked him and cleaned up my mess I had made by my car. Didn’t go to bed until almost midnight. I’m exhausted.

This morning, I walked to the bus with Jenna (other roommate) and we missed our bus, as we were waiting I noticed that she had some paint or something on her arm…then I noticed it was on her clothes and I was like WTF. She was like..It’s all over you too! Someone had spray painted the bench we were sitting on and we got oily spray paint all over our clothes. It was on our skin, and our shirts, my jeans…all over the place. I was soooo angry. We had to go home and change and soak our clothes….was late for work. It’s just been one HE!! Of a 12 hours for me. I’m exhausted and I just want to sleep…

Rest in peace my sweet little Faith. May you find a safe lap to lay on in your new, heavenly home.

Please watch over your sister, Chance. She is safe and will have a good home to live in.


I'm so sorry.

update... i took this photo before bed last night. then i slathered it in neosporen and put a band aid over it. this morning it is in a much better condition. pretty ridiculous.

apparently holding the curling iron/straightener on your face for like...3 seconds will burn your skin. and that burn turns into a scab. and the scab is big and red and ugly...and it peels so everyone can see that you burned the heck out of your face. sometimes i wonder where my mind goes while i'm doing important things, like working with hot hair tools...

Well....

this weekend my roommate and I went to the Minnesota Lynx game on Saturday. We had court-side seats. It was pretty fun! Then we met up with my mom, Aunt Michelle, and their friend Sherry and we all went out dancing. We had a pretty good time, but it was really really packed downtown. Things were kind of nuts. Anyway..Mom and i were able to go shopping the next day for something nice that she could wear to the wedding...in the whole Mall of America, we didn't find ONE thing. not one. it was ridiculous. But we had a good time together..my mommy and me.

Today i got into work early and tried to get all my work done that i didn't end up doing this weekend. Turns out, I was done. the other two folders that i thought i had to get through, were not areas that needed to be edited. SO the work i did last week was all i had to do. WHEW...now today i'm leaving early in an attempt to get to the chiropractor on time. I am very much looking forward to getting my back adjusted. I'm just so uncomfortable. uuuuuuugh.

anyway, i don't have a lot to say. I'm tired today. this weekend was draining. early to bed for me! here's a pic of jenna and me at the game on saturday! pretties!

These are so stupid. But...it's good for a smile.

http://www.everythingwillbeok.com


(Thanks Jenna)

Reminds me of cleaning day when i was 3 and 4 years old....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5PP1HEFlkdY