i was kinda bummed that i only get a 3-day weekend each for christmas and new year's (i get tons of 3-day weekends during the year to make up for this). so i found a way to get all the 3-day weekends throughout the year and have a longer christmas/new year's break than anyone i know (excluding students). other wonderful byproducts of this "discovery" include figuring out how to get out of most of my christmas shopping and a tiring day of bridesmaid-dress shopping, getting rid of something i don't really need, finding a way to not let a bunch of my sick days go to waste, and going against a doctor's suggestion to wait until normal business hours to get checked out.

last sunday at around 11.30pm, i became an appendix-less zippy.

my new favorite song...

I’m through with standing in line
to clubs we’ll never get in
It’s like the bottom of the ninth
and I’m never gonna win
This life hasn’t turned out
quite the way I want it to be

I want a brand new house
on an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
for ten plus me

I’ll need a credit card that’s got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me

I’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I’d even cut my hair and change my name

‘Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny ‘cause we just won’t eat
And we’ll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger’s
Gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
With her bleach blond hair
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I wanna be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free

I think I’m gonna dress my ass
with the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
blow my money for me

I’m gonna trade this life
For fortune and fame
I’d even cut my hair
And change my name

‘Cause we all just
wanna be big rockstars
And live in hilltop houses
driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and
the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny
‘cause we just won’t eat
And we’ll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger’s
gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny
with her bleach blond hair
And we’ll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and
today’s who’s who
They’ll get you anything
with that evil smile
Everybody’s got a
drug dealer on speed dial
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

I’m gonna sing those songs
that offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills
from a pez dispenser
When they ask why I drink all day
I’ll say because I can

I’ll get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sync em every night so I don’t get ‘em wrong
Then listen to the fans tell me how damn good I am

I’m gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I’d even cut my hair and change my name

Cause we all just wanna be big rockstars
And live in hillltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We’ll all stay skinny ‘cause we just won’t eat
And we’ll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger’s gonna wind up there
Every playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
And we’ll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today’s who’s who
They’ll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody’s got a drug dealer on speed dial
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar
Hey hey I wanna be a rockstar

--Nickelback, "Rockstar"

my quiz results never seem quite right, but they're still fun to take! :)


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in an effort to be more appreciative of things in my life...

i'm thankful for...

...a warm place to live

...a job where i'm needed

...a boss who i can call at 3.00 am if i have a server down

...a sister who makes time in her busy schedule to hang out with me

...a brother who rarely smiles, but who can't stop grinning when i see him

...a soon-to-be brother-in-law who surprises me by clearing my driveway after a blizzard

...the casselberry's (all 5 of them), who make me feel like a part of their family

...my little cousins

...a multitude of friends from hesston college and lu who have kept me going during the last 6.5 years

...my friends in kearney who continuously surprise me with their openness and generosity

...the employees at the courthouse, most of whom have time to answer my questions (about both work and life), no matter how busy they are

...the hockey team in kearney and all the games i've been able to go to

...the variation of nebraska weather

...my own washer and dryer

...a reliable car

...living close enough to the rockies to go skiing on a 2-day weekend (and the free lodging i have while i'm there ;) )

...a furnace that works

...a pantry and freezer full of food

for the 13th day in a row, the temp outside hasn't gotten over freezing. i think the streak will end tomorrow though. today was the first time in awhile that it hasn't been blistery cold. i think some snow even melted! i walked the 50 yards from my car into the courthouse without my hands going numb! (i really need to get some gloves...hopefully this weekend.)

this is what i woke up to :)