Five thing Friday - New Job Edition

Happy Friday everyone! I hope you all had a lovely week and are winding down for a great weekend! I want to give a shout out to Kev and his vocal jazz group, Avante. They're heading up to Kev's home town for a concert this Saturday and I know they're going to kick some major butt! 

It did mean that Kev left the house at 415am this morning. Which resulted in all the animals waking up and singing me the songs of their people. Godiva was screaming for food, Cleo was whining to pee and Titus banged on the door like a swat team. Oh, and I had a flat tire this morning. I'm going to need copious amounts of coffee. 

For my 5 things Friday I decided to show 5 things from my new job. Here they are!

1. When I was negotiating my salary, my new boss asked me what snacks I wanted and of course, Skittles. This bowl and bag was in my office the first day. Reflecting back, I should have asked for Skittles in perpetuity. Just a never ending bowl of Skittles.

2. This might seem trivial but this is the first time I legitimately have an office with a door. For real, this makes me so so happy. I also have a window with a view of the parking lot. 

3. The first day, as an initiation, they took me to Smokey's BBQ which is literally a trailer that has amazing BBQ. I've driven past it 100s of times in the last 4 years and never stopped in. 

One of the best things about the place is all the things to look at. The walls are full of "interesting" things. This note was in the women's room and it made me chuckle. 

Then there was this. The stuff that nightmares are made of. Apparently someone took the butt of a dead deer, turned it upside down and made it in to a horrific face. The deer's butt hole was made into a mouth, completed with tiny awful teeth. The worst part, one of the guys I was there with had seen others of these. Seriously, MORE THAN ONE PERSON THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA. 

It haunts my dreams...

4. There is a room full of snacks. All the snacks you could possibly imagine... here for the taking. Apparently the stash is low right now. 

In the pantry in the kitchen, it's nothing but giant boxes of sugar cereal. It's like an 8 year old was given a credit card and sent to Costco.

5. I got this doTerra car diffuser but it's the perfect size for my office. I love that I can diffuse some oil to my heart's content and I don't even care if someone thinks I'm a hippie. I'm going to have some calm and peace. 

Yes, that's a TARDIS pen and it's awesome.

That's all for me! Have a great weekend!

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Step on up to the Confessional

It's Wednesday! That means only a few short days until a much needed vacation! I can't even tell you how badly we need to go away and relax, but yeah, I probably will.

I was thinking about my confessions and realized I had quite a few this week and didn't need to stretch to fill the post. WOOO HOO go me!

Confession - I've only been to confession once. It was in third grade right before my First Communion. You had to confess before you could dress up in your white dress and head up with your class and get the Communion.

I remember it was a tiny room and the priest sat across a table from me. There was no wooden wall and a little slidey screen thing like in the movies He sat me down and pointed out the box of tissues in case I got upset. It was a struggle because I was 8 and had no idea what I was supposed to say. Finally I confessed that I fought with my brother and he told me to do better. No Hail Marys or anything but I remember him being vaguely disappointed that I didn't have more to share.

After that I got my First Communion but wasn't Confirmed. I like to say that makes me Diet Catholic. All the goodness of a real Catholic but without the guilt. (Some Catholics don't find this nearly as funny as I do.)

If only there was...

 - I kinda really want a pair of leather or faux-leather leggings. They're so darn cute and I love the edgy-ness factor. Problem, Raleigh isn't exactly a leather pants kinda town. I also think my place of employment would heartily disapprove. I would wear them in NYC and to Atlantic City. I think leather pants are more a northern thing. But I still love them a lot. Rachel Zoe is in her 40s and can pull of leather pants. I love her too but I want to feed her.

Let's be real, this is probably going to happen.

 - Taxes - We're terrible when it comes to doing our taxes. Since we have business expenses and all that fun stuff it's a LOT of information gathering, miles and expenses and receipts. So we put it off and submit extensions until it's October 7h and HOLY CRAP we have to do these immediately. Good news is we're finally DONE!!! YAY October 7th with 8 days to spare.

 - For a while now I've been suspicious that I might have a resting bitch face. For those of you who aren't familiar, Urban Dictionary defines it as:
resting bitch face

a person, usually a girl, who naturally looks mean when her face is expressionless, without meaning to.

 

I heard it recently from the college women I advise and pretty much my entire life. I asked Kev if it was true and he said it was but he still loved me. That's good.

I do think I skew several years younger than I am. This makes a lot of sense. I don't get wrinkles from excessive smiling.

 

 - I recently found Once Upon a Time on Netflix and I CAN'T STOP WATCHING IT. I don't know what it is about the show but I really kinda love it. I'm on episode 13 of the first season. Kev has seen a few episodes with me and he just wants to know when the evil queen gets her come-upins. He wants to punch her in the face which is probably the whole point. Also, Jennifer Morrison is the queen of the resting bitch face. I don't have anything on her.

 

 

- We all know I love my Doctor Who and David Tennant is my Doctor. Matt Smith was fine and I'm trying to have an open mind towards the new Doctor. I have a small problem though. Sometimes I don't understand what he's saying. I feel like such a dirty American complaining about not being able to understand a Scottish accent but I think he mumbles too. Ugh, I need subtitles like in Honey Boo Boo

- I have a Tablespoon measuring spoon that I keep at my desk to portion my peanut butter. I never wash it. I just lick the peanut butter off and put it back in my drawer. hangs head in shame. I might be a little embarrassed but I'm not going to get up and wash it every time. So, if you ever come to my office, don't ask to use my spoon.

What do you have to confess today?

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