Cause I Only Have Eyes For Yoooou.

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I wonder if anyone reads this...besides those who are forced because they're on "The List." I wish I could do a giveaway and make you all comment on the next ten blogs to make sure you read them! But, I have nothing to give away..so I'll just continue typing in vain..

So tonight is a full moon..which means all the crazies were out today! Haha. I don't really remember any of them..I was outside most of the day washing bikes so I got to avoid them. Dave confirmed that people act weirder when there's a full moon. I didn't make this up people. I didn't!

I met Dave's "wife" [that's what he calls her but they aren't married..] today. Her name is Becky..she seemed nice. I was cleaning so I didn't get to talk to her.

This morning I finally saw the population for a suburb we go through...8,718. I've been waiting for this number for a long time! It's my favorite suburb we drive through. It's the one named after Winfield Scott. It's barely twice the size of AC..if it is at all..

I've decided to name my uncle's motorcycles to make it easier on everyone involved with this blog. The one we rode today I've named Elvis, because when I'm on it "I'm all shook up." I really don't like riding on that bike..well those words are stronger than I'd like for them to be...It's relaxing, until we hit a bump. Then I want to cry out. I actually did that yesterday, only because I was mid-yawn so it knocked the wind out of me, and I freaked out my uncle...The other [the 100th anniversary one] bike's name is Randall..no special reason except that I like the name.

I heard an interesting song today. I have no idea what it was called. It had the words "fancy foot" in it and it was classic rock...that's all my uncle listens to. But don't try to look it up on youtube, you won't find it..well if you do then you're magic. All I found was something stupid that wasn't it at all. I'll see if I can figure it out and let you all listen! :)

I've decided I don't really like Nickelback. I enjoy like 5 of their songs and I probably can't even tell you which 5!

Today a kid came in with green pants on. When I say kid, he was probably 17. I thought they were nifty. I know a guy who has the same pair..Dave and Bryan thought they were hilarious. They're ridiculous. Bryan said "LOOK AT THE GUY WITH THE GREEN PANTS!..I have to go to the front, I can't help him and keep a straight face." he just needed air in his tires..but he wasn't about to do it himself..his hands might get dirty. So Dave helped him. When he left, Dave said "Now he's all ready to go pick up the other clowns!" hahaha.

Today, I saw a guy that looked just like Ben's dad from Secret Life of the American Teenager.

Also, the senator came back today. He's still funny..he wore his helmet into the store.

Dave invited me to go ride bikes with them. He said "Can you do 40 or 50 miles on a bike?" I said "hahaha. uh. no." He found that hilarious. I think that it would probably be hard but no harder than running a mile is for me! haha. Ok, maybe a little harder but riding a bike is so easy for me, I don't usually get that tired during the actual ride..I get sore but that's about it. We'll see. I really want to go. I think it would be fun. We'll see I guess.

Today I washed EIGHTEEN bikes. Eighteen. That's SOOOOO many. I was outside from 10-5 with 2 half hour breaks. Crazy.

I can't remember if I told you all or not, I asked my recruiter if I could take my officer exam up here instead of spending close to $300 to fly back for one day. I didn't expect him to reply so quickly but he did...with an affirmative! So I'll call the number he gave me either on my lunch tomorrow or on Thursday when I get back to my college town! :) I'm in a wedding this weekend and I'm really excited about it. These tan lines..however..are not gonna fly. I'm gonna have to buy some lotion stuff to take care of them...

That's about it..I'll leave you with some pictures. :)

I lined up aaalll those bikes!
Not the ones hanging though.

That it mostly just from today..this will go marvelously with my bridesmaid dress...

my legs [clearly] after
washing 18 bikes

That's my time card. :)

Fly Like An Eagle To The Sea

This post is not chronological.


1. I met a Senator today. Apparently he's been a regular at the shop for 25 years. That's what Dave said. I guess he had his bike tuned up or something..it's quite possible that I washed it..but honestly, they all look the same to me after a while so who knows. They've got to really be nifty to make a lasting impression. This Senator has some sort of something where he has to ride his bike in the parking lot...or something..I'm not sure..anyway. He was debating on getting a helmet or not lol. It was a funny conversation. He was a funny enjoyable man with nice eyes. I'm pretty sure I talked to his wife on the phone. So I talked to a Senator AND his wife today. He even addressed me directly! He ended up getting a helmet, in fact he walked out of the store wearing it...that was funny!


2. My aunt bought me a pandora charm bracelet thing for graduation. We went to the store yesterday to get a bigger size, I think I told you that. We also got a booklet with all the charms. I was looking through it and saw an anchor! But it's like $120!! A stinkin charm! Just because the anchor is gold and the little link thing is silver. Dumb. They didn't have a plain silver one. Ugh. I might look online to see if it was just a weird thing in the book. Also..they seem to have changed my birthstone from Ruby to Carnelia...did this happen in real life or just pandoraland!? I don't even know what the heck a carnelia is. Also, going back to the anchor, they had NO military beads at all..which really surprised me. It was weird. Again, I'm going to look online to see if that book is the real deal.


3. On the way home today, we were driving along and this mustang pulls up next to us at a stoplight. Red light turns green, we take off. A few seconds later the mustang zooms past us. Idiots. This happens like 3 more times. Like they were trying to race. Idiots.


4. The first song that came on the radio this morning at the shop was Fly Like An Eagle. I love that song because of Space Jam. :)


5. "When they play Red Red Wine, you have to be the 103.7th caller" I heard this song today. Haha-yet another Baby Mama reference. Why am I living this movie!?!?


6. We took the other Harley today. [like the other Tucker..hahaha] Yes, he has 2, one is for long distance travel and the other is the 100th Anniversary edition. I don't really understand that...they had motorcycles in 1903 and cars were invented around the same time..this makes no sense to me. But whatever. So we took the long distance one, I'm not sure why but we did. It's supposed to be more comfortable. I have to admit it's less awkward, there's a seat back between the two of us. It was a little more comfortable  But in the words of Elvis Presley himself, it left me "all shook up" and I'll leave it at that.


7. I met Bryan's wife today. She seemed nice. I didn't really get to talk to her. She only works Saturdays so..I guess I'll have more to report next week..


8. Tomorrow is church. I have to go alone, the surrogate parents are going on a motorcycle ride tomorrow. I have to find this church, enter it, find a seat and sit alone. I'm really not down for all of that but I guess I'll just have to suck it up. The devil is trying really hard to get me to stay home. I HAVE to go. I NEEEEEEED to go. There's service at 915 and one at 1045. I was going to go to the 915 one so I could get back and maybe run before it got too hot. But 1. it's not supposed to get higher than mid 70s next week...THIS IS SUMMER...so I'll probably be ok and 2. I'd rather sleep in. I'm tiiiiired. So the 1045 it is. I hope people are nice. I just want friends. I want good people to hang out with this summer.


9. This weather is absolutely ridiculous. I don't really enjoy the heat. But it's summer..it's SUPPOSED to be hot..this cold rainy nonsense  has got to go.


10. On the way to work I saw a big van that advertised cupcakes on the side. I was intrigued..so I went to their website. It's an interesting story. These 2 sisters run a cupcake shop. One sister got cancer and the other helped raised money to pay medical bills by selling cupcakes. Now they run this business as a result of her cupcake popularity. Maybe by the end of the summer I'll have one and let you all know how it was!


11. So I've told you that the suburb I'm working in is WEALTHY..well i just noticed today that around the corner from the shop is a house. Well, there are LOTS of giant houses. This one is modest, not run down by any means, but because of its surrounding it looks run down. On the porch is a sign that says "Poverty Acre" I thought it was HILARIOUS!!! I hope I can meet those people. I bet they're fun people that like to stick it to the man!
"jamba juice is the man?" 
"yea, corporate juice pimps"---baby mama...twice in one post hahahah! I love that movie so much.


Ok that's all. Time to close the computer and do something else..text Megan or go to sleep hahah. :)

If I Die Young Bury Me In Satin, Lay Me Down On A Bed Of Roses

This post will be fairly short...compared to the last few.


Today was a lazy day. I didn't have to work! WOOHOO. Haha. 
I got up at 945. I could have slept until noon probably but I needed to get stuff done.
The plan was to start studying for my officer exam right away. 
That didn't happen...instead I took a shower, wrote thank you cards and talked to friends on facebook.
Then my aunt and I went to the jewelry shop. She got me a bracelet for graduation that was too small so we had to exchange it for a bigger one.
We also stopped at Office Max. If you're friends with me on facebook, you know that I lost all but 9 of my index cards to study for the officer exam with. I am STILL irritated about that..I can't believe I misplaced them. Anyway, so I tried making new ones to match the old ones. I couldn't do it. So I threw them all away and decided to start over. So at Office Max I bought more. This store was a reminder that I'm no longer in the South...at home as soon as you walk into a store someone will greet you and say "Is there anything I can help you find today?" Nope..not here. There was NO ONE around. And it's not like the place was busy and they were helping customers. I have no idea where they all were. My aunt and I wandered around looking for the stupid index cards for a good while. One would think they were in the office supplies sections..nope, that one would be wrong. They were in the "boards and binders" section. What kind of crap is that!?!? And there was no one around for us to ask for help. Ridiculous. Then we got to the register and the man didn't ask me how I was, didn't tell me to have a good day or anything. As I was walking out I was thinking "ok, you're not in the South, people aren't going to be overly friendly here like they are there..but that doesn't mean they're being rude..they're just not being AS friendly. It's ok, they don't hate you" lol. Ridiculous, I know.
Then I came back, ate lunch, which consisted of entirely too many jelly beans.
Then I began studying. I made probably 7 note cards and fell asleep. ASLEEP! I thought "ok, I'll close my eyes for like 5 minutes.." twenty minutes later I wake up and I'm like 'DAAANG IIIT!' So I find out where the nearest Starbucks is so I can get caffeinated. By this time it's 4 o'clock. Caffeine isn't really my friend..it doesn't wake me up, it just keeps me awake. So I have to be really careful when I drink it. Four was probably too late because I'm still pretty much wide awake. I'm hoping to settle down soon. But it kept me up so I could do more studying.
Then I suggested my aunt and I go on a walk. So we did. That was nice, she showed me where to run,[there's a path] then we stopped at her good friend's house. Her name is Mary and she's HILARIOUS! I like her a lot. She reminds me of one of the women I dogsit for. Typical Irish-Catholic Chicagonite. Although Jo is an Italian-Catholic New Yorker...same personality, skin, hair. Everything. I will be babysitting her daughter Madeline every so often. She's a sweet kid. I had my hair in a braid and she asked her mom to do one in hers. Mary failed miserably lol so I offered and she was very pleased with the outcome. Then she drew me a picture and gave me 2 running pamphlets! So cute.
We stayed over for  a LONG time. When we got back to our house it was a little after 9. I returned my mom's phone call. Then we sat on the porch and talked for a while. Then about 10, they decided we needed to eat dinner..I'd pretty much put it out of my mind because I'm not used to eating that late at night..but eat we did. We went to pick it up from a local chain. I had a beef and cheddar sandwich [no, we didn't go to Arby's although "I wish I were at an Arby's right now cuz there's better food and cooler people there" (another Baby Mama quote. WATCH IIIIT!)] I didn't finsh eating until 10 to 11. TEN FIFTY!!! Oh my goodness. This is either going to kill me or make me really fat!
I feel like I had some funny things to say about today. OH! So I found out when I got here that there's a hospital in this subdivision. Ok, a little weird but not a huge deal. This morning I found out there's a school too. Maybe more than one..but I only saw one. Then, this evening I found out there's a PRISON! A PRISON! It's ridiculous. This place is just ridiculous!
I also realized today that my summer will be filled with Classic Rock. Which is totally ok with me. I don't mind that genre of music. 


Well. I have to get up early..so I'm going to fight the Starbucks and beef and cheddar and try to get some sleep! :)

Rain Rain Go Away, That's What All My Haters Say

Sorry I didn't post last night, I fell asleep on the couch at like 930 and went straight to bed when my aunt woke me up at 1020! Today is my day off. :)
Again, I've got lots to say. :)


1. First I have to tell you something that happened on Wednesday and I forgot to mention! So we're getting ready to leave and my uncle notices a bird nest about his front door on the house. So he goes and scrapes it down. Yes, I feel the same, "poor birdies" but I also understand that he doesn't want a bird's net ON HIS HOUSE. Well he went inside to get something and the birds came back. They were searching all over for their house. They would fly to where it used to be, then fly to a nearby tree, then the gutter. The whole time they were making sad noises. I felt so bad for them. But they just got more stuff and started rebuilding. He came back out and I was watching them and he asked incredulously "Are they doing it again!?!?!" hahaha yep..they were..so he knocked it down again. Poor guys...I guess they took the hint because they haven't been back.


2. I also forgot to tell you, Wednesday, when I was getting hit on, the guy was telling me how people in the city will steal your bike seats and tires if you don't lock them! How ridiculous is that!?!?!?! I mean, can you imagine coming back to your bike and only having the frame!?!? Crazy. People are nuts.


3. Call ms Ms. Forgetful...I also forgot to tell you that on Saturday, when my aunt and I were driving up here, we saw a real live fire. I'd never seen one before! Besides like bonfires and stuff. We could see the smoke a few miles away. Then when we got near the source, which was about a half mile from the road, we saw that it was a farm house. Completely lit on fire. It was so sad. I hope there was no on in it. I'm sure it was completely destroyed.


4. Ok, so my hometown population was 4,613 in July 2009. [I looked it up but I don't want to all you crazies the website so you know where I live! haha] The suburbs here are ENORMOUS. The one where I work has 43,000 people...that's TEN TIMES the size of my hometown. Holy Toledo. It's outrageous. And it's 4 times the size of my alma mater [it's so strange to say that haha]


5. So apparently everyone here smokes, cusses, or drinks. If you don't smoke, you drink and cuss, if you don't drink, you smoke and cuss..and some people do all three. It's crazy..maybe everyone at home does it too..I guess I just had an ideal of my favorite place and all the people were nice and didn't harm their bodies...who on Earth knows lol.


6. So I think my uncle is losing his memory lol. He's told me the same story twice now, like word for word. I'll let you know if he does it again tonight. It's funny. I think my aunt knew but I was just going to be polite and let him tell it again. 


7. This is the story hahah: Apparently the guys were expecting a southern belle with a [cute] southern accent or something..well any of you who know me know that's quite the opposite of what I am. Yes, I'm from the south but no, I don't have a southern accent. I am polite, as southerners usually are: yes ma'am, no ma'am, yes sir, no sir,...but that's about it. So they expressed their concern for my lack of accent to my uncle. He told them that both of my parents are from the North. Yes we live in the South but when I was learning to speak it wasn't someone with a country twang/southern drawl teaching me how to talk. They just talk normal. They don't have northern accents..maybe they did at the time but I don't really think they did. 


8. This place is full of bikers. Seriously, EVERYONE rides their bike. It's so crazy. Just crazy. I can't explain it to you. Just know, lots of bikers...as in bicycle riders. And I just remembered that I had a dream last night that I had to ride my bicycle to school..which includes one LARGE hill...and everyone in my hometown was riding bikes..so weird lol.


9. Man..so the weather is really messing with me..the first few days I was here it was in the 90s. Yesterday, well the night before last, it stormed a lot. Then yesterday, it didn't get higher than like 65!! I was freezing waiting for the train at like 430 because it was WINDY and the temperature was only 57...geez lapeez. Today it's supposed to be about the same, hopefully I can get in a run before it starts raining again. 


10. I just want you know that I'm an expert tire putter upper and labeler. :) That's what I did yesterday for the most part. I checked a few people out but since it was so cold and rainy, business was sort of slow.


11. Dude. The suburb that I work in is ridiculously wealthy. Like everyone has HUGE houses..and if they don't have huge houses, then they've bought 2 small houses and are tearing them down to build a huge one. It's absolutely ridiculous. Ridiculous. My uncle said there's not a poor person in that suburb. 


12. I've decided I like both of the guys equally lol. Bryan is beginning to open up and talk to me more which is cool. They're so stinkin funny. I'm glad they have senses of humor..otherwise I'd bored out of my mind and feel like an idiot all the time. I hate when you say something funny and the person you're speaking to just doesn't get it...LAME. lol.


Well I've got to get studying on my day off...running is also on the agenda. We'll see. :)

Papers Are Not Tags.

I've got lots to say tonight so hold on tight!!..or loosely. Haha..I heard that song today on the radio. It was a really good radio day today!

We rode the motorcycle to work this morning. As per usual. Apparently it's polite, or cool, or something...to signal to other motorcycle riders. Because my uncle sure does do it. It's sort of a greeting...I don't understand why. Are you inducted into a secret club or something? I mean, I don't go around saying hello to all GMC Jimmy drivers. Men are so weird.
That motorcycle is ridiculously painful to ride! Well, it's not painful when you're ON it..just when you get off. I feel like I'm "pwepping my [some word I don't know] for de gwate stwetch of dahwivawy" [Baby Mama quote, if you haven't seen it..you're missing out! :)]

I washed only 4 bikes today. Bryan wouldn't allow me to do anymore because of the heat...these boys are so worried about my well being haha. It's not that hot outside, especially when there's a breeze but they just won't let me wash bikes out there. I think it's because they'd have a guilty conscience if I passed out or something lol.
Then I filled out these paper things that went on the bike boxes. Simply put, I inventoried. That was nice because I was in the basement where it was cooooool!!
Then I talked to Dave for a long time waiting for the other guys to tell me what to do. [I'll tell you about our conversations later on in the post!]
Then I sat at the desk/counter waiting for customers. Just so you know, when I sit there, no one comes. Ever. It's nutso. But as soon as I get up to do something else, SHAZAM!! Everyone and their brother shows up!
Then I ate lunch, helped some people with some stuff. Moved some bikes around. UGH! So my uncle tells me to move all the bikes with tags out of the rows and over to Bryan's station because he has to check them... ALL of the bikes have tags..so I was confused. And he was getting frustrated because I didn't understand what he was talking about. So he went over and got the TWO bikes that had "tags" and put them where they needed to go...and he pointed to the papers in the plastic holders and said "TAGS" and I said "ooooh you mean papers...all of them have tags..." I don't think he heard me though. He's sort of deaf...Anyway..so when he left the room Bryan said "Just so you know, to any normal person THESE [picking up an actual tag] are called tags" hahah I thanked him and said "I thought I was going crazy or something.."

One of the first things I saw this morning was a box for a bike. On the side it said "BLACK MEN" hahahahahhaha. Obviously that means it's a black bike for a man..but I thought it was hilarious! I wanted to take a picture but there was no opportunity. :( Speaking of black men...geez louise there are NONE here...when I said in my post from yesterday that I got a "good dose of melanin," good was referring to the quality, not quantity. Holy toledo...I want to scream at these folks "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ALL THE BLACK PEOPLE!?!?" I've hardly seen any at all!

I think I got hit on again today...I can't decide if that's what happened or if he was just being friendly and making small talk..I think it was the first though. My uncle was putting something on this guy's bike [who was much less icky and more attractive than the guy from yesterday]. In the meantime he's chatting me up. He stated the fact that it was hot, I already knew that. I told him it was lots cooler in the basement, he said it usually is. Then he asked me if I liked biking..or something like that. I said "Eh...yes...sort of" and he looked at me like "YOU WORK IN A BIKE SHOP!" and I said "Where I'm from it's REALLY hilly and curvy and it's hard to bike."
"where you're from...?"
"Yea, I'm from Nashville,TN. [points at my uncle] He's my uncle."
"Oh ok, so how do you like it in Illinois so far?"
"I like it ok, my mom is from here so I've been here a lot"
"So are you here permanently now?"
"Nope..just until September."
Then he looked really sad. HAHAH. Sorry dude. He was a nice guy, nice teeth, nice hands. Not for me.

I saw a guy standing next to a mint green scooter and thought it was hilarious. I'm pretty sure it belonged to him.

Now for my conversation with Dave. He's hilarious! I think he's my favorite. But don't tell Bryan lol. Dave just talks more and he's interested in what I have to say..not that Bryan isn't..I guess he's just not a talker.
We talked for a long time. I'll give you the highlights.

HAHAH this one is hilarious. Well, to me, anyway. I was getting ready to wash a bike but it had a light thing attached to it so I asked him if it was waterproof. He said not to spray it directly with water. Then we noticed there was a bag like thing attached to the bike, so he opened it up to put the light in there. In it he found some chapstick:
"need some chapstick?"
"nope..not today...'
"i'll give you 5 bucks if you put it on!"
"...what if they have herpes.."
"man..that would suck..ruin your whole life for 5 bucks.."
ok..so maybe it's not as funny typed out but it was really funny then..especially because I needed chapstick later in the day!
He was telling me that he's played several shows near where I'm from and so I asked him what instruments he plays. He plays [in this order he says] bass, guitar, drums, keyboard, trumpet, clarinet, saxophone. hahaha. So I asked him if he played upright and he said no, mostly just electric. Then he says "but I don't like rock music..people look at me and think 'OH! he has long hair, he must be into rock music'...no..I like smooth jazz and hip hop..I have the musical taste of a 60-70 year old black man" HAHAHAHAH!!!
He's got several friends in the military..I couldn't really read his reaction when I told him I was going into the Navy..he wasn't excited, I know that..or maybe he doesn't get excited haha who knows.
Then this kid comes in and he's really sweaty, can't be over like 17, shirtless, scrawny and dripping. Dave and I help him..after he leaves Dave says, "man, I thought he was gonna ask for a pair of muscles!" hahaha. And later on he said "man, I can't get the image of that scrawny sweaty kid out of my head!!" haha.

Well. I'm dead tired...again. I hope I get used to this schedule soon so I can begin to run again. I hope you enjoyed my 3rd day of work. I know I did. :)

Fried Bologna

Day 2.

Today was enjoyable! I'm just now discovering that my hands are quite swollen and will most likely be sore tomorrow. Fabulous.
Wanna know something else that's fabulous? I can't find my Navy study notecards. I realized this morning that I only had 9 of the probably 50 or so I had in March. I was livid. SO mad..I could barely study. I finally gave it up and just started making new ones...I guess it will be a good way to study. My mom said she'd keep her eye out for them but I doubt she'll see them. I don't remember the last time I even had them at home...That was a fabulous way to start my day. Just flippin fabulous.

My uncle and I got on the Harley to go to work. We had to wait through 2.5 trains. Ridiculous. We saw a piece of bologna on the ground..that was weird..and humorous. I feel awkward when I'm riding the bike with him..I have to have my hands on his waist..it's weird to me. Like you know when you (ladies) slow dance with a man and they have their hand(s) on your hips? Well that's like this except backwards and from the back..it just feels strange to me. ALSO...I wonder what people think when they see the 2 of us...If they think he's my sugar daddy, my boyfriend or my dad..ya know? He's significantly older than I am..I just wonder.

I did lots of things at work today. I started out washing bicycles then moved to making phone calls. Then I learned how to retrieve fixed bicycles and how to check people out. I helped unload a shipment of bicycles and slid them down this really cool ramp thing into the basement. Then I got to stack those boogers and arrange them...hard. labor. yo. Tomorrow I'll be inventorying them...WOOHOO! Then I swept and that's about it. I got really dirty today though...dirtier than yesterday:

end of the day!

halfway through the day.

The rest of this is just going to be a list...it's too random to paragraph. (haha, yes, I used paragraph as a verb)

• On our way to work, I saw a store called Family Pantry...they sell lots of alcohol there...this doesn't make sense to me at all.
• We go through a town called Winfield. It's named after Winfield Scott. Cool, eh?
• I was washing a bicycle and this greasy icky old man comes out of the pub next door (this is explained in the following bullet point) and starts watching me. I thought at first he was just curious as to what I was actually doing...then he said "how much for a wash and wet"...I'm not entirely sure what that means but I know that I didn't want to find out so I just sort of smiled at him...he then stood there and watched me wash the rest of the bike...weirdo icky poo!
• Yesterday while I was getting ready to wash bikes, a Coca-Cola truck pulled up, then later on a Miller Light truck, then a Coors Light and a Bud Light...the whole time I'm thinking "Geez louise..how much liquid do these people need!?!?" I looked and discovered it was a pub next door...loverly...
• Today, a guy came into the shop wearing a Hawaiian shirt, khaki pants, argyle socks and sandals. Oh my word..ah. ahhaha He was really nice..just dressed strangely.
• I think the guys I work with like me. They talked to me a lot today. I like them too. They're funny. Well I laugh a lot anyway..maybe I'm just a giggly girl haha. Who knows. Either way, I enjoy their company. One guy's dad is from near my hometown..so that's cool! 
• On the ride home I'm pretty sure we hit every single red light we went through...except like one. Seriously. One of probably thirty. No trains though, thank the Lord.
• I'm getting quite some color. OH! Speaking of color. I saw my first good dose of melanin today...geez it took long enough. 
• I ordered my train ticket to go to the wedding I'll be in next weekend. Woohoo. :)
• Also, I've decided that owning a motorcycle isn't very feminine so I'm gonna have to find a man who's willing or easily convincable who will buy a motorcycle and be my chaffeur. Right now, that's the only incentive for marriage. :)

Well that's all for tonight. I'm poopdeadtired! 

Love you all!

Gunk On My Skin

Today was my first day at the bicycle shop. 

It was great. 

I'll recount it for you.

First. I rode there on my uncle's HARLEY. HOOOLLLLAA! Haha. SOOOO fun. 

We arrived there after stopping at 2 banks (the first was closed) and an Auto Zone. 

I learned how to turn on the computer, wear to change my clothes (I have to wear long pants on the motorcycle), how to put on an apron, how to turn on the water, how to plug in the pressure washer, how to break the pressure washer and then fix it :) how to fill the bucket with soap and water and how to move the metal thing.

Then I learned how to put the bike on this thing that holds it in the air (the metal thing), how to pressure wash it, how to use the squirt bottle and brush and how to use wash it with a rag. 

I washed ELEVEN bikes. ELEVEN. That's a lot. I was outside from 10 to 4 with 2 half hour breaks. I've got a pretty sweet glove line! I would have a watch line but I had to take it off while washing the bikes so I could wear gloves. It looks darker in person. But take a gander. :)

I worked my tush off scrubbing, spraying, scrubbing and spraying some more. It's like these people dipped their bikes in a mud puddle before they brought them in for repairs...weirdos. I was covered in...something...I'm not sure what. Maybe grease. My uncle took pictures but they're on his phone. Hopefully I'll have them eventually. They'll be posted [relatively] as soon as I get them. 

I was going to stay until close but I was tired and my uncle didn't want me to get sick. So he took me to the train station. I had to pay close attention so I can get back to the shop when I have to ride the train lol. I met my aunt on the train. We rode home. She offered to let me drive her Nissan 350Z. Yes, mother. She offered. :) I told her I would LOVE to but that it probably wasn't a good idea because I was really tired and all my sense weren't up to par. 

We went to the store so I could get some cheapo sunglasses. I got gunk on my Disney World ones and I'm not down for that...those puppies were expensive! Then we came home, I took a shower which made me feel better! Then we ate supper. Now we're watching tv and I've had so much water today I've been in the bathroom every 30 minutes...sheesh! Well that's all. :)

Whoa! The woman on the tv is talking about color-changing band-aids! It changes colors as the wound heals. SO COOL!

Interestings of the day:

1. While pressure washing, I felt like I should be in cahoots with John Dillinger! Haha. It was like holding a machine gun..I assume, I've never actually held one. I can only imagine this pressure washer is similar to the way a machine gun feels hahah.

2. I'm really good at lifting bikes. I need no help. YESSSS. :)

3. I can handle about 4 hours of direct sunlight before I get a headache.

4. I don't like eating when I'm hot..but I know I need to.

5. This guy rode by on his bicycle and almost broke his neck watching me wash a bicycle. He entered the shop and chatted with the guys. Mid-chat he hollered out to me and said "Are you having fun out there!?" and I replied "yea...are you having fun in there..?" and he responded with an affirmative. Weirdo...I later found out that he's like twice my age, married, he used to work at the bike shop and he is now a dog walker...WEIR-DO.

6. I'm really good at washing bikes. :)

7. I think the guys that work there like me. They were concerned about my amount of time in the sun..how sweet lol. [no mother, I'm not interested in them...they're both un-single..in fact their women work at the shop too..]

8. I rode a Harley to work. I know already said that but it was REALLY fun!

That's all I've got. I'm going back tomorrow. They can't keep me away!! MUAHAHA.