Thursday, July 14, 2011

Awkward and Awesome


Awkward
  • Going to Wal-Mart at 1:30 AM for the first time in years . . . and realizing you're the only person NOT in college or high with the munchies. Ours were just sincere munchies, no drugs involved. What a strange concept.
  • Finishing auditing every full-time employee form, transferring the spreadsheet, singing "hallelujah" because you're finished . . . only to discover that now you have to scan and label EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL MINUSCULE FORM.
    Brain, prepare to meet your doom.
    Bored to death is a strong possibility, here.
  • Blanking out at a drive-thru because your brain is so wasted from said auditing. Seriously, staring at names and dates has sucked my intelligence dry.
  • Finding a picture of a company board member who looks shockingly like a young Alec Baldwin
  • Emotional Food-Poisoning . . . see previous post ;]
  • Sitting silently in the car with two people arguing, one of them crying . . . over shopping.
    What do you say to that? Try to just make yourself as invisible as possible? Take a side? Redirect the blame, "Well, I think it's the furniture's fault. Oh yeah. That chair is way too full of itself! Charging that much? Ridiculous. The floral pattern has gone to its head! . . . er . . . legs?"
  • Helping a friend move and discovering that she owns more clothing than I thought a non-celebrity could possibly possess. Golly. I have a bruise from all the hangers
  • A critique of your paint colors choices for a home exterior that goes something like "Ew! That doesn't go at all! It clashes with the grass!"
     . . . wait . . . that's really criteria? Really? You're not joking? The grass?
  • Finding typos in a website article you wrote . . . and discovering that the editor didn't catch it . . . and now it's stuck there on the world wide web for all to see. Boo.
    And a semi-negative comment on said article from a reader. >.<
Awesome
  • Feeling like an eighteen-year-old again because college was the last time I went to Wal-Mart at 1:30 in the morning . . . to pick up the midnight DVD release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Score.
  • Speaking of which . . . Deathly Hallows II anyone??? So excited! Disappointed that I can't go to the midnight showing, though. What a cool premiere! One of these days I'm determined to go to one of these cultural movie premieres--you know, the ones where people go in costume. How fun!
  • Even though the work is dull, working with really nice people . . . who want to take me out to lunch on my last day :] And that pay check that helps pay the bills and save up for our move.
  • Finding out my last day of summer work is on a Wednesday and not a Friday, giving me a FOUR DAY WEEKEND before teacher orientations start.
  • After said emotional vomit, seeing the benefits of honesty, like a husband who cleans the dishes and brings home boxes for the move.
    Then finding support and encouragement in family and blog-world friends :]
  • Showing a couple of other family members my soon-to-be exterior color, and listening to their support and approval of the color.
    And laughing at the grass comment.
    Again and again.
  • An upcoming weekend with my brother, who is awesome :]
  • Fun meetings with last year's middle school teacher about my upcoming year. Plus she's just plain cool.
  • Having not one but two articles featured on a new website.
    And having the editor defend the article, ever so slightly.
I wish I could think of things that are more amusing . . . but like I said auditing. It kills.
Seriously.
:]

3 comments:

  1. No matter how many times I proofread, there's always something to catch. It's just part of the game, lady.

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  2. I love how so many situations have both awkwardness and awesomeness to be found in them, great post Sarah!

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  3. Love reading what you write! Hope to see pictures of your new home soon.

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