Friday, August 15, 2008

Signs

Yea I need out of my house..... I know I'm headed straight for hell for even thinking this but the noises that occur in my house make me crazy. Every three seconds my mother is coughing/sneezing/spitting/choking on God only knows what and if there really is something that she's choking on I really wish the doctors would find it and fix it already.

Gulliable

Why do I let people talk me into things???

So I let a woman at work talk me into something that I really never wanted to do!! She talked me into setting up a page on match.com and I'm really feeling awkward about it. So far, I've come across nothing that I really felt like pursuing. Except for one guy who I basically pissed off and he stopped talking to me. But the more I think about it, I think I only liked him because he was just like all the other guys I know. They just want sex and to have a girlfriend now and then when it's convenient for them. O well, I guess it really isn't my loss.

Anyway, I really can't believe that I might actually meet the man of my dreams just by looking at a profile on the Internet. It would by much more fulfilling to meet someone while doing charity work, or bumping into them at a restaurant or just catching their eye across a room. Or you know if he hits a home run into my hands while I'm watching him at a baseball game. OK OK, back to reality.

So once again I've decided to try and become involved in charities and volunteer work. The benefits of this are two fold. First there is the chance to meet new people who might fit my life a little better than the ones I"ve been spending time with. Secondly, it would be amazing to work for a charity and get to plan the events and fundraisers that actually benefit the public.

I have so many possibilities in my grasp right now that I think it can't hurt to keep pushing myself and see how much I actually can get into.

Name Change

So my book, The Secret, tells me that the thoughts that stick in your head are basically predicting your future and the things you dwell on will continue to be present in your life. Therefore I know that the name Ms. Almost really has many many meanings but perhaps I should change my name to something that shows me being the woman that I really want to be in my life.

The problem now is trying to figure out what that name should be.
- Ms. Finally???
- Ms. Dam Right??

I don't know. So for now I'll remain Ms Almost until I come up with the new name that I like. Once again, I'm open to any suggestions. :)

Advice Needed

So I want to start writing a column for a newspaper.... how do I go about doing that?? I honestly have no idea and I should have done this a long long time ago in college and perhaps I would actually have a clue what to do. I think I'm going to write an amazing letter to the freelance section of a couple newspapers and once they read them they are going to BEG me to write for them on a regular basis. But if anyone has any ideas I'd be more than happy to try them out too.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Birthday Time!!

So today is Meredith's birthday!! She's officially getting old and since I'm going to stop counting birthdays after next year, she'll catch up to me in no time. Right now we're both still debating what the heck we're gonna wear out tonight but we have our plans. I invited a bunch of people but we can have fun even if no one else comes! I'm still debating about buying the new shoes that I saw yesterday and kinda fell in love with. They're super dirty cute.

But I should really not be spending money that I don't have....... But with Mere's discount it's all good!!! I'll probably end up buying them and never knowing what to wear them with.

Unemployed

Ok so really I'm not completely unemployed but I have been off since Sunday and I don't go into work until Saturday. Its kinda strange, I kinda like it and when I do marry one of my husbands I can definitely get used to not working. Of course I'd do charity work and keep myself busy but not having a job or boss would be amazing.

Also I've been trying to teach myself to get up early instead of sleeping all morning so that it's not quite as bad when I start waking up at 630am next week.

Friday, August 8, 2008

My Husbands

Yes, I know I sound like a polygamist from the west but I have several men that I've decided must be my husbands just because I said so. Clearly there is no one else that could take care of these men like I can and they are all just pretending to be happy with these other people until we build our big estate just outside of Pittsburgh where we could all live happily ever after.

Lately I think PittGirl is trying to take over some of my men. Actually, there are several of my husbands that she hasn't self-united with yet but last week she decided to claim Dougy from my Pirates. My original husband was a Pittsburgh Pirate for quite a few years so I feel a special claim to them. Right now I have a few, especially since I found out that Ryan Doumit is actually in my age range.... And let me tell you, he might just be more attractive than my cheating husband Nate. But Ryan is sort of on that level where he is almost too attractive to try and marry, even on the imaginary level. But now that I know he is my age, and not legally married, I have added him to my list of husbands.

Originally it was Jason Kendall, an amazing All-Star catcher for the Pirates and one of the only few bright spots on the team for quite a few years. I'm not sure what it was about him that made me fall in love but I think it has something to do with the fact that I loooooove men in uniform. Be it baseball, football, or police uniforms are NICE! Anyway in my fantasy world I would sit at the games every night and cheer him on, quietly, so the other wives wouldn't be jealous. And then we would ride home after he stopped outside the stadium to sign autographs and then we would go home and eventually have some kids that I could tote to the ball park for games.

Another of my husbands was ex-Penguin Kevin Stevens. I think this one was the start of my love of bad boys. We all know his story and his age isn't the only reason it would have been a little awkward to introduce him to Mom and Dad. When he reunited with the Pens for a couple years we were in my imaginary world working on our relationship and I was supporting him in an awkward time in his life.

While I was actually engaged, real world this time...not my fantasy, there weren't many men who I made my husbands because I had a real one on the way. But there was one guy who I just could not get out of my head and I knew in the back of my mind that he was one of my husbands. He was a contestant on American Idol and he had the most amazing voice. Sure enough today he's a world famous singer, Chris Daughtry. Absolutely love him and whenever I listen to his CD on my shower radio I imagine him singing to me on stage at one of his shows. [Sidebar, I actually went to see him and Bon Jovi a few months ago in concert and I was literally feet away from him thanks to the awesome seats that one of my friends real husbands got us for a whopping $5!!!]

By this point I think you can tell that I have a certain type of man that I am insanely attracted to. I like the men who speak their mind, don't back down and aren't afraid to get dirty. I like the trouble and the danger that men can bring to my life. That probably explains why I have such bad luck in real life.

Now I have my new Alaskan husband, Blake, who seems to be a big time good guy. He saves people on sinking ships and works his mega-cute butt off catching fish. But still he has the dangerous side being that he fishes in 40 foot waves in the middle of the freaking Alaskian ocean. But in my world, the night we met, I had a lovely time while he showed me around his ship, the place he goes when he is forced to leave me and make the big bucks.

Then there is Nate..... I don't know much about him in real life except for the fact that he's been cheating on me.

OMG! I almost forgot my husband that I sort of work with!! I could I ever do that! I claimed him as my husband the first time I saw him bring a truly critical patient into the ER. The only sad part is that I've been calling him my husband for so long that most of the people that know us call us married (real life girlfriend doesn't enjoy that) and I can't even think of him in that way anymore because he's such a really really good friend. But he is my husband.