First I must define something: The word blond and according to dictionary.com it means...
light-colored; having light colored hair and skin; as a noun it means: a blond person
It is here that I must stop...a blond person...why do I pause here. Well I think that the term blond should mean something else but I'm not sure what yet. Maybe by the end of this blog I'll have a new definition to present to those reading. You see, today I'm wearing a red shirt with gold letters that read Blonde, the New Smart but what I'm about to write counters my shirt. So, my day has been going alright however I have been extremely overwhelmed today as I begin realizing that things are due and how school really only has one more month left and in that month I have 4 papers to hand in, 4 sermons to preach (the 4 papers have nothing to do with the sermons), 2 of those sermons are in class and one will be in Rimbey and the other in Leduc. Slightly overwhelmed there, more nervous. What does this have to do with being blonde? Well...I'm hoping to use this as an alaby for what I'm about to explain, its not super bad I mean I've done worse. Ok here goes!
So I bought a lamp the other day right?! If you are furrowing your brow read the blog below this one and you'll see that on Friday I bought a lamp with a blue base and yellow shade. So after convincing myself that it was unique I decided to keep it. After all the yellow shade matches the cheerios boxes on my top shelf and the blue matches the Vector boxes so how cool is that...I have a breakfast lamp! Well, I put the bulb into my lamp, plugged it in and turned it on but nothing happened. I groaned inwardly knowing that I would have to take this ridiculous lamp back because it was dead! Here it is, Monday afternoon and I'm getting the box out of the cupboard and preparing to take my unique breakfast lamp back to Wally world...I think to myself "I wonder what would happen if..." and I walk over to my other lamp and grab the light bulb out of that lamp and walk back over to my unique lamp and proceed to screw in the lightbulb...I then plug it back in and click the switch...Voila! I had light! So I walk back over to the other lamp and put the old light bulb into it and it doesn't work. What I am writing is this: I am keeping my cool little breakfast lamp because the only thing wrong with it is my brain blew a fuse and thus no lights came on upstairs resulting in me blaming a perfectly good lamp for my own lack of sanity. So I have a light and I think I will change my shirt to I Love Carbs or something...I will also define blonde as this Blonde: a creature, usually feminine with nothing between her ears as a result of her hair color creating a short in the wiring thus causing a fuse to blow and as a result the wind blows through her ears. Something like that...see my definition doesn't even make sense...I think I may just go back to bed but I'm off to Red Deer to not return my lamp but to grab some things for my hall as we have open house this weekend (where the guys get to come view the halls and rooms and thus everything must be decorated). Later!
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 25, 2008
A Dead Lamp!
It is 1:49 am and in all honesty I should be in bed. I still have this wicked cough I cannot kick for the life of me but I'm guessing that not going to bed early is playing a small part. This past Wednesday marked the end of midterms for myself and so far, or at least last time I checked, I'm still breathing. I am completely loving Greek and considering taking a minor in ancient languages but not taking the pre-prof course...the pre-prof is what pastors take however I have little interest in becoming a pastor so I am planning on taking a 4 yr religious studies degree with a minor in history and ancient languages...what am I going to do with this? I don't know yet but I love researching and learning so...we'll see. Anyways, why is my title a dead lamp? For this very reason...
Today, being Friday, I decided to try and play catch up. Last Friday I spent the day in bed wishing that death would come visit but alas that did not happen. I survived and my ailment and today decided I definately needed to clean. So I began with laundry and scrubbing my bathroom and wiping away dust in my room. I then proceeded to vacuum and then distribute toilet paper to the girls on my floor (one of the jobs as an RA) along with vacuuming the hallway. Then it was down to the guest rooms to clean them and make sure they were ready to go for the weekend. By the time I finished all this it was 3 and Michael wanted to go to Red Deer. I was so sick of cleaning that I gladly opted for a change of pace, besides the fact that I had been in Lacombe since I got back two weeks ago. So off to Red Deer we went. Michael dropped me off at Wal Mart as he wanted to go and buy something down the road at Future Shop. So I grabbed a cart, stopped and stared at all the halloween candy, then stopped again and stared but did not buy due to the fact that it is all very overpriced and I will wait until November 1...all St. Day or as it is more commonly known "All Halloween candy for Charlee day." I was finally able to peel myself away from the candy (besides I'm still sick and shouldn't be eating candy right?) and decided to get some important item for my bathroom called soap, you may have heard of it. Its great, its white and comes in a big container and I think it cleans your hands...all I know is it said SALE 2.97 and I bought it. I have to say something here...I am getting older because sales excite me now a days...either that or I'm getting poorer. I see a SALE sign and I have to stop, think about whether I really need it, debate, then if I do need it I buy a lot because you never know when it will be on sale again. For example, Wal Mart had a sale on Special K, it was only 1.97 per box...now for Alberta thats REALLY good because your average box of cereal is around $10! Ridiculous!! So I bought Special K! Then my absolute favorite Cheerios was on sale so I had to get those. Anyways...I'm getting sidetracked. So my cart and I finish walking down the food aisle in Wally world and my cart begins heading toward the aisle that contains cleaning supplies...of course I think to myself I need some. You see, up until today I have been using the cleaning buckets downstais...disgusting! Scrubbing your toilet with a scrubber that the rest of the dorm uses just doesn't float my boat not to mention you have no idea where those gloves have been and ya I decided to buy my own stuff. I know some families *cough* like to borrow the neighbors toilet plunger but...I like to have my own haha just kidding mom. Over thanksgiving our toilet overflowed and to our dismay there was no plunger in the house. So mom is standing over this toilet, water is pouring everywhere and making its way into the hallway and slowly pouring down the furnace vents into the basement and there is absolutely no plunger. A septic installer's house has NO plunger. So mom runs to the phone and dials the neighbor's number...they aren't home! So she calls another neighbor, they aren't home either, apparently on thanksgiving no one is home. So she calls another neighbor and frantically says "Can we borrow your plunger for the toilet?" ... its thanksgiving... its 10pm... a lady is frantic about needing a toilet plunger... the neighbor merely says "Who is this?" My mom quickly explains the situation and they all laugh and the story ends happily when the toilet becomes unplugged later that evening with a lesson about flushing certain feminine products down a toilet that has a septic system...not a good plan..................Anyways I'm completely sidetracked. I'm standing in Wal mart and notice that there is an all surfaces cleaner for sale so I grab it and then I see a light, no, many lights. I begin moving toward the light (don't worry its merely the light aisle). As I'm walking down that aisle I remember that I do need a light for my room as the fluorescent light in the ceiling tends to make a person feel slightly insane. As a student I must find the cheapest light and oh I do, its $9! I grab a blue one and head to the check out. When I get back to the dorm I open my light only to discover the base is blue, the shade is yellow...Oh well, I screw in a light bulb and plug it in, turn it on and NOTHING! So right now I have a dead lamp sitting on my fridge. The shiny blue base looks nice, the yellow is another story but anyways. I have written more then I intended and its 2:11 am. I bid thee all farewell!
Today, being Friday, I decided to try and play catch up. Last Friday I spent the day in bed wishing that death would come visit but alas that did not happen. I survived and my ailment and today decided I definately needed to clean. So I began with laundry and scrubbing my bathroom and wiping away dust in my room. I then proceeded to vacuum and then distribute toilet paper to the girls on my floor (one of the jobs as an RA) along with vacuuming the hallway. Then it was down to the guest rooms to clean them and make sure they were ready to go for the weekend. By the time I finished all this it was 3 and Michael wanted to go to Red Deer. I was so sick of cleaning that I gladly opted for a change of pace, besides the fact that I had been in Lacombe since I got back two weeks ago. So off to Red Deer we went. Michael dropped me off at Wal Mart as he wanted to go and buy something down the road at Future Shop. So I grabbed a cart, stopped and stared at all the halloween candy, then stopped again and stared but did not buy due to the fact that it is all very overpriced and I will wait until November 1...all St. Day or as it is more commonly known "All Halloween candy for Charlee day." I was finally able to peel myself away from the candy (besides I'm still sick and shouldn't be eating candy right?) and decided to get some important item for my bathroom called soap, you may have heard of it. Its great, its white and comes in a big container and I think it cleans your hands...all I know is it said SALE 2.97 and I bought it. I have to say something here...I am getting older because sales excite me now a days...either that or I'm getting poorer. I see a SALE sign and I have to stop, think about whether I really need it, debate, then if I do need it I buy a lot because you never know when it will be on sale again. For example, Wal Mart had a sale on Special K, it was only 1.97 per box...now for Alberta thats REALLY good because your average box of cereal is around $10! Ridiculous!! So I bought Special K! Then my absolute favorite Cheerios was on sale so I had to get those. Anyways...I'm getting sidetracked. So my cart and I finish walking down the food aisle in Wally world and my cart begins heading toward the aisle that contains cleaning supplies...of course I think to myself I need some. You see, up until today I have been using the cleaning buckets downstais...disgusting! Scrubbing your toilet with a scrubber that the rest of the dorm uses just doesn't float my boat not to mention you have no idea where those gloves have been and ya I decided to buy my own stuff. I know some families *cough* like to borrow the neighbors toilet plunger but...I like to have my own haha just kidding mom. Over thanksgiving our toilet overflowed and to our dismay there was no plunger in the house. So mom is standing over this toilet, water is pouring everywhere and making its way into the hallway and slowly pouring down the furnace vents into the basement and there is absolutely no plunger. A septic installer's house has NO plunger. So mom runs to the phone and dials the neighbor's number...they aren't home! So she calls another neighbor, they aren't home either, apparently on thanksgiving no one is home. So she calls another neighbor and frantically says "Can we borrow your plunger for the toilet?" ... its thanksgiving... its 10pm... a lady is frantic about needing a toilet plunger... the neighbor merely says "Who is this?" My mom quickly explains the situation and they all laugh and the story ends happily when the toilet becomes unplugged later that evening with a lesson about flushing certain feminine products down a toilet that has a septic system...not a good plan..................Anyways I'm completely sidetracked. I'm standing in Wal mart and notice that there is an all surfaces cleaner for sale so I grab it and then I see a light, no, many lights. I begin moving toward the light (don't worry its merely the light aisle). As I'm walking down that aisle I remember that I do need a light for my room as the fluorescent light in the ceiling tends to make a person feel slightly insane. As a student I must find the cheapest light and oh I do, its $9! I grab a blue one and head to the check out. When I get back to the dorm I open my light only to discover the base is blue, the shade is yellow...Oh well, I screw in a light bulb and plug it in, turn it on and NOTHING! So right now I have a dead lamp sitting on my fridge. The shiny blue base looks nice, the yellow is another story but anyways. I have written more then I intended and its 2:11 am. I bid thee all farewell!
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