please, oh please!

day 27: a picture of something you're afraid of.


i'm afraid of spiders first and foremost, but i refuse to post a picture. mostly because it will require doing a good image search for "spider"... and i'm just not willing to risk that! so here's another one.


drowning. i'm not quite as scared of it, mostly because i know how to swim... it would take a lot of effort, or some kind of freak-accident for me to actually drown.. plus i don't normally find myself in situations where this is even an option anyway... but still. i guess i'm also scared of sharks. but fascinated by them at the same time. i love me some shark week! on the bachelor last week, on the finale, brad's final date with chantel was swimming with sharks. i was super jealous! it would be another one of those situations where i would refuse and freak out, but when it was over, i would want to do it again, and think it was amazing!

so today at work, i learned how to search for seminars that are not listed on guests' preview pages, which is complicated to explain, but a big deal.


i also have started to get a taste for the kind of people i will run into. 3 in particular today, that really stood out:


1. a man with a very, very deep voice, name Michelle...  here's some pieces of our conversation:


me: and would you like to bring a guest with you?
michelle: yes i would darling
me: may i have their name please?
michelle: well, i only know his cross-dresser name


and


me: we look forward to seeing you there. have a great day
michelle: alright, thank you doll, and you don't even worry about being good! be bad! be so bad!
(i muted the phone so i could laugh while i waited for her... him... to hang up)


2. an old man, who was no doubt a veteran.


me: thank you for calling conference registration. my name is katie. may i please have your reservation ID located on the ticket next to the barcode?
man: (he proceeded to give me the ID using all the army alphabet phonetics thing.... alpha, juliet, foxtrop, mike... you know what i'm talking about? maybe?)
it was nice, because i usually have to ask people to use words anyway, because it's hard to tell the difference between v p c d g t b e v and z on the phone, but he did it the first time, without being asked.


every other time i asked him something, like when he gave me 2 different phone numbers and his email address, and i repeated it back to confirm, he would say "affirmative ma'm" and i would mute to laugh.


and
3. when i told a man "alright thanks for calling, we look forward to seeing you there. have a nice day!" he said "will you be there katie?!" with a hopeful tone (he knew my name cause i always introduce myself at the beginning of the call) and i said "no, i will not" and he said "well, where do you live" and i said, trying not to laugh "sir, i can't answer personal questions." and he said "dang it! well, i guess i understand. oh well... see ya" and hung up.... uh... creeper!


quote of the day:


devin walks into the kitchen, where his niece kayla was (she comes to grandma's in the morning before school. also note, brandon had stayed the night) and she says "devin's here? and brandon? well that's creepy..." she's almost 9. and HILARIOUS. that personality of that little girl is twice her size. which isn't hard because she's so tiny, but it's just comical that she describes everything as creepy. it's because she would sneakily watch ghost adventures in her room. she would freak us all out saying she would always be hearing noises and seeing things.. yeah she doesn't watched that channel anymore! but still so funny. poor dev. what a creep, apparently haha


speaking of... tonight was a march madness night. watched the BYU's win, which was partial luck, and partial jimmer. and then watched some of the Utah State game before we got too tired and said goodnight. my guess is they didn't win. they were struggling to keep up the whole game anyway. oh well!


mom is off to st george, and before she left i told her we needed groceries. she said "i'm outta here! get the debit card from dad! you're in charge!" can you tell she was excited to leave? haha


so tonight, i ask my dad if i can go grocery shopping, and he goes "what are you talking about? we have plenty of food..."


there are some leftovers in the fridge from WAY too long ago for anyone but him to eat.
a gallon of milk.
a loaf of white bread.
and 2 boxes of cereal.


i told him i wanted wheat bread, fruit and vegetables.


he said we'd talk in the morning.


why are my parents not encouraging my healthy eating habits?!?! so for the next couple days.... feed me! i may not have any other choices then the cereal bars i bought for my work snack! here we go!


usually it's the opposite. when mom would go out of town when i was little, or any time at all, really, that dad was sent for groceries, he came back with the best stuff. the best kind of candy, and he always got the really thick cut, smoked, expensive bacon, hahaha


not saying that's what i want -- but give me some leash here! i'm trying to be healthy! hmph. it's mostly just funny, really.


tomorrow i work both jobs, which will be interesting. and i'm getting so excited for saturday, when dev and i will paint! i'm so excited about the color, and more excited to start fixing up our apartment together! it's getting more and more real every day! i love him so much.


we went to dinner yesterday with megan and timmy who are having a baby boy about 2 weeks before the wedding (hopefully!) and it was so weird to think that in a couple years (definitely at least a couple!), that could be us! neither of us are ready for that... haha


but tonight, we did look up local dog breeders for the kind we want SO BAD and we fell in love a million times with all the cute mini aussies!!! it will be hard to hold back from getting one until we have a place that allows pets, but we don't have a choice! they are ADORABLE.

i'll never get over how cute these guys are!!! please oh please oh please!!!!


one day... [soon! fingers crossed!] haha