Credit, anyone?

I did a good deed today. I shredded up two pre-approved credit card applications I got in the mail today, crammed the shreddings into the pre-paid envelopes provided by the company, and sent it back to them. If that doesn't spell out "I'M NOT INTERESTED!" I don't know what will.

Mental note 4

Note to self: Today is Thursday. Not Friday. Therefore, you cannot pack up your things and leave an hour early like you are scheduled to do on Fridays. Please also note that the disappointment that you feel after getting all the way to the elevator to go home, then realizing you still have an hour left of work is coincidentally a lot like the feeling you get when the ice cream store tells you they are out of the only flavor you have been craving all day. It. Sucks. Now get back to work.

Houston, we have a problem

I'm a lot luckier than I originally thought...the apparent "thunderstorm" that sent my scheduled flight back to Houston actually turned out to be a large bird that had flown into one of the airplane's engines causing it to shut down (according to the Houston 10 o' clock news). There were also thunderstorms which delayed flights, etc., but this particular situation was caused by a fluff of feathers who was either blind or stupid. I rest my case about birds and bugs being idiots.

Open your eyes, or slow down!

Bugs and birds amuse me, especially as of late. Throughout the six hours that I have been here at work, I'm pretty sure I've heard at least 10 or more "THUDS" against my window....My very darkly tinted window.

Either they are blind or stupid, either way they've hit the wall hard enough to knock themselves unconscious, I'm certain of it. A couple of times I've managed to turn my head in time to see the slow motion effect of the bug plummeting to the concrete below after being forcefully conked in the face.

I have finally turned my radio on to mute the bumping noise, as it was becoming slightly distracting.

God is always watching out for us...

I went with three co-workers to Houston yesterday for a one day trip Business Meeting. We were meeting my supervisors down there to do a walk through of the Convention Center and what will be our headquarter hotel for our Annual Meeting. We were scheduled to fly back to Tulsa on the 7:50 pm flight and arrive back in Tulsa at 9:15.

We finished our walk through and meeting early and made it to the airport in enough time to catch the 4:45 flight to Tulsa. My supervisor (who stayed in Houston another night for more meetings) called at about 9:00 to let us know that the flight we were supposed to be on at 7:50 had to turn around in Dallas and go back to Houston because of nasty weather. All flights leaving Dallas and Houston were cancelled for the night. We would have had to stay in Houston overnight with only the clothes on our backs...that would have been interesting.

Vacation Recap

So it's been a while, eh? Did you miss me? :) Mike and I had a great time in St. Louis, although we are glad to be back to our own home sleeping on our highly overpriced, but certainly worth it mattresses. Here is the vacation recap:

After my sister forgot that she was supposed to take us to the airport (yes, I know she has apologized sincerely, but it wouldn't be a good recap without reiterating it), and decided to take a nap instead, Mom and Dad came to our rescue and sent us off on time. We arrived in STL and went to pick up our rent-an-Easter-egg...i mean, car (an Aveo). The guy gave us a free upgrade b/c he agreed that the Aveo was too embarrassing to drive around for an entire week in a town that we were already clearly out of our league. So instead, we got a bright blue Cobalt...yeah, that'll help us blend in. :)

We did the usual touristy stuff, with quite a few detours and U-turns, I might add. I think we covered the entire area of Saint Louis and all its surrounding cities the whole week we were there...and it wasn't on purpose.

We went up in the Arch, went to the zoo, took the Anheuser Busch tour, went to the Botanical Gardens, Grant's Farm, 6 Flags...we pretty much hit every tourist location available in STL.

We did get two front row (okay second, by choice) seats to the Switchfoot concert for free! That was the highlight of our trip. The tickets were given to us by some random passerby--come to find out, they were 50 bucks a pop! What a blessing...and a VERY good concert! The fireworks that followed were amazing! Sure beats Tulsa's puny display.

I made Mike go through his first White Castle dining experience, which he hated. He even thought that Ted Drewes, the famous Frozen Custard stop, wasn't worth the drive to find it--BOTH traditions in my family...what a disappointment. Each to his own, I guess.

Here are a few pics to highlight the trip:

Us at the zoo in the monkey house.


This was taken especially for Cheri' and Terry in honor of our penguin suit wearing extravaganza that we experienced together at ORU. This little guy has little yellow fuzz coming out of his head that blew like feathers, as he stood in front of a fan...quite entertaining, and very hilarious to watch.


Probably the only form of a sumo wrestler that I could actually come close to beating. :)


Us at the top of the Arch.


YAY! Switchfoot!!!


The Arch, and the tallest building downtown. :)


This is Mr. Freeze, a 40 second ride at 6 Flags. It travels 0-70 in 4 seconds, has a 130 degree rap around turn and shoots 226 feet straight up....Then you fall back down and go through it backwards...Yes, I actually rode it.


Mike thoroughly enjoying his first White Castle dining experience. I will note that this is the second time this picture was taken. I think I can see a little bit of the embarrassment on his face in this one...I do appreciate his willingness to stand in front of the castle twice--the entire time wondering if he might get shot at. We were definitely in the not-so-good-part of town.


Pimping Kangaroo napping at Grant's Farm.

It is good to be home, although I will travel again tomorrow. Destination: Houston.

The time has come!!!

Wow! It's been a busy week--going back to school during the day, having revival every night at church, celebrating my mother in law's birthday, packing for our trip, etc. etc...

Mike and I are leaving for a vacation in Saint Louis today--FINALLY! I thought vacation time would never get here. :) Last night was my only night to pack for our trip, so I went straight home from work and started my process...do you have a process to getting ready for a vacation, or is that just my anal retentive organization side rearing its ugly head again? I made my list of things to pack--just my luck I would forget to pack something vital like shoes or something. I layed all my stuff on the bed and had Mike lay everything he wanted to wear the entire week on the bed. It didn't surprise me when I came back into the bedroom after he had told me was finished and found only a handful of things laying on the bed. I called him back into the bedroom and told him he didn't have enough shirts (no, that isn't the girl in me thinking he needed 3 outfits a day...he really didn't have enough shirts--not even enough for one each day). He came back in and threw a few more on the bed and walked out. What is it about packing that guys hate so much?! I love it!! Next to food and celebrating my birthday, its one of my favorite things!

I always feel like I don't ever pack enough stuff. Okay THAT IS the girl in me, but who cares...its vacation! You never know what you're going to need. I neatly organized Mike's stuff into one suitcase and actually managed to get my stuff into ONE, yes ONE, suitcase...okay, so I had to put some of my shoes into Mike's suitcase...

I finished up the last of the laundry so I wouldn't have to come back to a messy house and double the laundry load. There's nothing worse than coming home from vacation to a messy house and then the process of unpacking and cleaning everything that you wore on your vacation...oooo, I better not think about that now...it might burst my "YAY! I'm going on vacation today!" bubble.

So, we're off...We'll be gone until the end of next week, so for all of you whose lives revolve around reading my blog (alright, so I'm sure that's no one), don't miss me too much while I'm gone...enjoy doing real life stuff like working, paying bills, etc. etc....