WEAK.ends.

I would like to start off by saying it is completely my fault that I had too eventful of a week and weekend. I jinxed myself because I wished for more excitement. That resulted in too much excitement. From now on, I will be grateful for what I have. I'm going to give a recap and hope that it is short and sweet.

MONDAY: Started the week off nice and easy, nothing eventful.

TUESDAY: There is a strange feeling in the office. Everyone is on edge. Kyle had a melt down about school and I had to help him get reorganized which caused me to have to cancel the line dancing class I had just signed up to take. My sister and her boyfriend wound up in a financial crisis and had to come up with $700 by Wednesday. He also found himself in the hospital and needed 8 staples in his head. Had nightmares all night and got next to no sleep.

WEDNESDAY: It was my little sis's (from my sorority) birthday and she recently moved to Texas. I had mailed her a gift and on Wednesday I found it returned in my mailbox requesting more postage. Everyone at the office is still on edge. Also Wednesday I went to Zumba at the YMCA. When I left, I slipped on the only patch of ice in the parking lot and hurt my knee. Again, had nightmares all night.

THURSDAY: The office feels like a war zone. I'm not sure how this happened. Arrived at Walmart to pick up my pictures ten minutes after the photo lab closed. Walked the track at church while Kyle coached basketball and a little kid ran around the corner right into me and fell. I felt so bad! Late Thursday while I'm sleeping I am woke by someone repeatedly slamming their door. After 20 minutes of this I got up to see what was going on. I look out side to see a man climbing into the apartment 2 doors down. I freaked out because I live alone and I had no idea who he was. I called the cops and they came and talked to him. It ended up that he lived there (although I had never seen him) and lost his keys. He tried to call the landlord 4 times but didn't get an answer so he busted out the window. (I'm still not sure why he didn't just stay at a friends house until the maintenance staff let him in.) I try to go back to sleep and am woke up every hour by some kind of noise. First it was birds on my window air unit, then a Jetson-type sound coming from my thermostat, then the alarm radio from my neighbors bedroom.

It is now FRIDAY. I spill coffee (which I obviously needed from having no sleep) on my gloves. The office has gone from war zone to uncomfortably quiet. I spend 6 hours working on a drawing, only to have the computer freeze, shut down, and not back up the file. I have to finish the drawing in 2 hours. I sit through a miserable 2 hour Burris High School basketball game while Kyle converses with 8th graders who played on the team he coached last year. (The game would have been fun except for the fact that Burris was blown out of the water and I had no one to talk to.)

SATURDAY: I oversleep (because it's the first time all week I don't have nightmares or loud neighbors). I have no time to clean my disaster of an apartment because I'm now running late to Kyle's basketball game at church. I take mail to my sister and realize I forgot to bring my laundry home to wash. I go back to the apartment and get my laundry and then go back home. I ended up making another trip back and forth although now I cannot remember why. I spend an hour and a half trying on formal dresses in Castleton and can't find one that is appropriate for a fundraiser event in my price range, style preference, and size. Kyle and I get stuck in traffic for an hour and just barely make it to Monster Jam (of course this causes an argument and we are both in foul moods because of it). Kyle later walks us 4 blocks out of the way in downtown Indy in 7 degree weather to an expensive bar that I didn't even want to go to. I also receive a text from my friend Katie whose boyfriend of 1.5 years has just broken up with her completely out of left field.

SUNDAY: I sleep through my church alarm and just barely wake up in time for Sunday dinner at Kyle's grandparents. Later, I drive to Indy to have dinner with Katie and another friend. After driving an hour there and waiting for 15 minutes at the restaurant, Katie decided she just didn't want to get out of bed. We finally persuade her to come and she spills the whole breakup story. Mackenzie and I end up more confused about the breakup and annoyed with him. Katie is a mess and there wasn't much we could say to console her. (I mean really, how do you say you want to marry someone and then break up with her a week later, all because your friend from third grade, who doesn't know your girlfriend, convinces you that your relationship sucks and is going no where?!) I call Kyle on the way home and give him the scoop and he tells me about an announcement at the evening church service. We are now looking for a new secretary and a new pastor. They both resigned because they were having a year long AFFAIR! Whoa! (talk about left field). Our pastor has run away and we aren't real sure where he went. He told all the deacons and the associate pastors and then fled the state. So the associate pastor made the announcement (this was necessary because so many people were involved; both were married with multiple children and their whole families belong to the church) and everyone is outraged. The secretary asks for forgiveness and her husband says that they will be working through it. The pastor's wife announces that they are divorcing but that is all she knows since he left. The church decides to help support her until she can get her life figured out (she just has a part time job) and that upset some people.

Overall, it was a weird week, full of strange incidents. I'm praying that this week is more relaxing and less eventful.

Now that I think about it... the week led up to a FULL MOON.

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Never in my life have I read books so fast or been so attached (not even to Harry Potter). I finished "Twilight" early Tuesday morning. Then I made the mistake of reading the sneak peak in the back of the book for "New Moon". Within an hour I had started it. (sidenote: I woke up very sick on Tuesday. Sore throat, upset stomach, dizzy, fever. Not fun. So what did else did I have to do all day but read and work on Christmas presents?) I finished "New Moon" by early evening, stopping only twice to shower and try to eat and then to work on Christmas blankets.

I LOVED "Twilight" and I liked "New Moon". In "New Moon", I missed Edward and the other Cullen's. I grew to like Jacob. Bella annoyed me slightly. (*SPOILER*) I was happy with the ending but thought it extremely odd that Edward, Bella, and Alice were able to get out of Italy and home safely. I mean, Alice made it sound like it would be a bad situation no matter what. Bella got off surprisingly easy, considering she wants to become a vampire anyway. And I can't understand why Bella doesn't just tell her father everything. I mean, he's already in danger because of Bella knowing and becoming involved. Billy knows about everything. And you would think that it would help him to know what's going on in the town since he is police chief. What harm will it really do to tell him?

As far as watching the movies... I'm always disappointed in movies after I read the book. I have things pictured a certain way and I want them to stay that way. I don't want to hear the story a different way, with parts left out, and I don't want my perfect characters to be destroyed by matching them with a flawed Hollywood actor. Even characters as minor as Sam and Mike and Angela and Renee.

My theory is that there are two types of "Twilight" fans: those who love the story and characters for what they are and those that mostly love the story because they love the actors that play the parts. It's the second set that bother me and turned me away from reading the series. I figured if those looney people like this stuff, I'd rather not read it. And I unfortunately seemed to only know those types of people (or heard their feelings about it).

I'm currently in the process of obtaining "Eclipse". I'm interested to know if Bella becomes a vampire or if she goes to college. Does she continue to miss Jacob? And does she do anything about it? Do they ever catch Victoria? Will Rosalie ever accept Bella? (I've always found her to be curious and suspicious.) I'm interested to see how the story unfolds.

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Completed

Never in my life have I read books so fast or been so attached (not even to Harry Potter). I finished "Twilight" early Tuesday morning. Then I made the mistake of reading the sneak peak in the back of the book for "New Moon". Within an hour I had started it. (sidenote: I woke up very sick on Tuesday. Sore throat, upset stomach, dizzy, fever. Not fun. So what did else did I have to do all day but read and work on Christmas presents?) I finished "New Moon" by early evening, stopping only twice to shower and try to eat and then to work on Christmas blankets.
I LOVED "Twilight" and I liked "New Moon". I missed Edward.

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Reading Twilight

I promised myself I wouldn't read a book full of such nonsense. I promised that I wouldn't get caught up in the craze. And when my co-worker gave me the first two of the series, I nearly turned them down.
Instead, I let my curiosity overcome me. I read the first chapter on my lunch break and spent the rest of the day wondering how soon I would get to read more. And already wondering how soon into the story Bella and Edwards lives collide. And how wonderful the author made Edward sound.
Two hours of reading later, I'm halfway through. And each sentence I read sucks me in more. I'm now wondering how I can sneak it into the office tomorrow to read instead of work.
I'm also wondering about the characters and how I fell in love with the discription of each of them. Never in my life would I think to be attracted to someone with pale, translucent skin and dark circles under his eyes. But throw in that he's 100% off limit (due to the fact he's a vampire, duh), has eyes that change color and intensity to match his desires, a crooked smile, and saves your life repeatedly, and he sounds delicious. (Get it? Because he's a vampire? Haha) I'll be posting with my progress.

I will NOT, I repeat, NOT watch the movie though.

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About two months ago I started a Twitter account. I have learned that I am much better about sharing my feelings, thoughts, and observations in one or two sentences. I'm still going to update on here occasionally but feel free to follow me on Twitter. cwork621 is the name!

Pumpkin season

Tuesday I celebrated my one year anniversary at work! Talk about exciting. Time has flown by and we are twice as busy now as we were when I started.
I am super excited for the upcoming pumpkin weekends which include a trip to the patch, carving parties, muffin baking parties, and then Halloween parties! I love this time of year!!!!!!!