It's been a BIG day!!

Today has been... craaaaaaaaazy.

I studied my motorcycle handbook last night and wanted to take my test today. Early. Like 10 am. So of course Bolo and I stayed up until 3 am, and then slept late. I was up and ready to go at 11. Bolo was still in bed. I was hungry so I told him to be ready when I got back and so I went to Subway for some delicousness. I got back and Bolo wasn't ready. Not gunna lie.. I was pissed. So eventually he gets around and we leave around 2. Keep in mind the MVA closes at 4.

We get to the MVA and the migraine begins. I get my number - F27, and wait. And wait. And.. guess what.. WE WAIT SOME MORE!! Finally I get called. I go up, she takes my number and drivers license and puts the info into the computer. Then she takes my picture and tells me to go the testing room. I go in, and take my test. Only miss two. WOOHOO!! Silly common-sense questions. I was worried for no reason.

So we come home around 430 during rush hour. Of course it's rush hour, so I can't go out riding. So we come upstairs and chill for a bit until I got a phone call. It's a lady from Pandora (the jewelry store) and she wants to set up an interview. TOMORROW. Scoooooooore!!!!!!!!

Around a quarter till 10, my nerves got the best of me. Nervous about my interview, I decided to try some outfits on and pick one out. So I pull out my black pants and try them on. My ONE pair of black pants that I've had for YEARS. Probably clear back when I worked my first job at Martin's Pharmacy. Anyway, I try them on...and there is NO WAY they are buttoning. I am SCREWED. I don't have any work/interview clothes. I just placed a huge order online but those won't be here until next week. I AM SCREWED!!!!!!!!!!!!

So tomorrow I am getting up early. Like 8 am, and getting ready. Then I'm going shopping at White Marsh Mall (not the mall I'm interviewing at) so that I can find some clothes and get back in time for my interview at 130. Phew!! I've got a lot to do....Guess that means I don't have time to be nervous.

Our family is expanding...

Yep. You read that right. Our family is expanding by one. One little, adorable, brand spanking new, Honda NC700XDC, and she is a cutie pie!! Her name is Derpy (yes, like the MLP FIM pony).

Last weekend Bolo and Flife went to Pete's Cycles to look at bikes. They both sat on this one and liked it, so Wednesday Bolo took me to check it out. We rode the DN-01 there, so we had to drive back to get the car, and then back again to pick it up. Kinda a good thing, because this gave the shop enough time to lower it. It's a TALL bike. Taller than Bolo's VFR1200R. They lowered it as much as they could then, and Bolo paid it off and rode it home. We have to bring it back for a check-up around 600 miles. When we do that, they have to shorten the kick stand so they can lower the bike just an inch or two more, so I can stand up flat footed with BOTH feet.

Anyway, so breaking in a new bike is..well.. it just sucks. Bolo's been super nice and is doing it for me. Today while I went to the store for a few things he went out for a ride. Now let me tell you.. Bolo's been riding for 4 years, driving for 16, never had a ticket... UNTIL TODAY. Well technically yesterday..whatever. Our 7th monthiversary (Thursday) Bolo got a speeding ticket for going 58 in a 30. He only got a ticket, so it's not so bad.

Anyway..here's our cute little Honda family. The VFR's the red one on the left. Derpy is in the middle and the DN is the black on the right.
Now I just have to get my motorcycle permit....

I miss...

Boxxy.

Ted.

My mom.

My brother(s).

My old roomies.

My grandparents.

My coworkers.



I'm SUPER excited to go home next month

Either I'm getting old and sentimental or...

something is SERIOUSLY wrong with me. I'm sitting at the kitchen table, while Bolo and Twang watch Ghost Rider, and I'm planning my wedding. Again. 784,165,456th time now. I know..I know!! Bubbles what the hell is wrong with you? You've only been dating Bolo since February. You're not even engaged. Why the hell are you SO into planning your wedding?? Honestly, I have no idea. Just the thought of having a huge party surrounded by friends and..well not so much HIS family, but some of mine, and expressing your love to someone as being sooo strong and you have so much faith in your partner and the love you share that you're going to legally bind to each other, intending for it to last until you both die.

Yep. I've lost it. I want nothing more to dress up fancy, go to a beach somewhere, and exchange handwritten vows with Bolo in front of a few mEows and family, and then get completely shitfaced. Okay...so there's more to weddings than that, but I don't know.

So I guess for when it comes, I'm ready. Bring on the mismatched centerpieces, the ill-fitting bridesmaids' dresses, the dropped cake. BRING IT. I've been watching David Tutera, and I'm BEYOND ready, bitches.

I FAIL!!

Once again it's been almost a month since my last blog post. I am just SUCKING at this blog thing. Although I definitely have a good reason this time. I've moved, cross country, TWICE. First I went from Iowa to Bolo's townhouse in Westfield, NJ. It's outside of NYC. It's not exactly my cup of tea. The people aren't so nice. They're all in a hurry, and only care about themselves being on time. Needless to say, traffic is a BITCH. The second move was to our new apartment in Towson, MD. Much better!! It's below the Mason-Dixon line, so of course life is much slower paced around here. The people are so much nicer, even if they are a little dumber. Plus a few mEows live around here! (SN: mEow is our clan on xbox. we play MW3. look us up on elite. we're awesome.)

Anyway we moved down here in two trips, our last being on June 1st. Since then we've been unpacking, washing clothes, breaking laundry machines, washing dishes, trying to figure out why the dish washer is on a light switch and won't run when it's not on, building Ikea furniture, and hanging out with Flife and Twang. CRAZY LIFE of moving. Thank God it's over for a couple of years.

Anyway needless to say with all this moving I've been a bit stressed out, as has Bolo. Ugh. We've had some pretty bad fights about some pretty stupid shit. But whatever. I know we'll get through it. I mean we're perfect for each other. This whole stress thing is just not cool. So once this whole unpacking/laundry/building stereo systems/building furniture shit is done we're going to have a big party, and hopefully a spa day. I really need a mani/pedi.

Grandpa can't streak...

So since my mom's short staffed at work (a newspaper) she asked me to write an opinion column for today's paper. They didn't end up needing it, so I'll post it here for you all to read. What's the point of writing something if it's going to go to waste? Enjoy!

            “Grandpa can’t streak through the dining room anymore,” my grandmother said as we sat in front of her computer. Typical Wednesday night? Not at all, and this one was going to change everything.

            I stopped at my grandparent’s house to give my grandmother her Mother’s Day gift, a little bit early. I sat at the table as they finished their supper and discussed everything ranging from grandpa blowing up my uncle’s chain saw to both of them working at the Ledger that day.

            As my grandpa cleared the table, my grandma opened her present. As soon as she pulled the webcam out of the gift bag, she looked at me, and told me she’d hoped I hadn’t spent a lot of money on this, and she hoped I was going to teach her how to use this. Of course I was going to, that’s why I’d stopped by early.

            Most people might think I’m a bit weird. A webcam, what kind of Mother’s Day present is that? Let me explain. I’m moving in with my boyfriend in Westfield, New Jersey on Saturday. Then we’re moving again to Towson, Maryland by the beginning of June. I won’t be able to stop over at my grandparent’s house for lunch like I usually do when I’m in town every week to attend school at Indian Hills. I won’t be able to see them when they’re visiting Des Moines, and stop at my job or apartment for a quick visit. I know there’s always phone calls, e-mails, and text message, the last of which my grandmother is still mastering, but they aren’t the same as face-to-face conversations.

            My boyfriend and I have been doing the long distance thing for a while. We usually video-chat on our Xbox Kinects. He gave me the idea of buying a webcam for my grandmother, after visiting our friends in Towson, and noticing that one of them uses Skype to talk to her family in Albania. We both agreed it would be a pretty neat way to talk, if my grandmother could figure it out.

            So this landed me at my grandparents’ house on Wednesday night. I installed the webcam, downloaded Skype, and then the learning lesson began.

            “How do I open this?”

            “Double click the Skype icon on your desktop.”

            “How do I call someone?”

            “Click their name, then hit video call.”

            “How do I hang up?”

            “Click the red phone.”

            “What red phone?”

            “The phone that’s there when you’re in a call.”

            I told her all these things, and she would jot them down on a piece of paper. Without the actual visuals, this wasn’t really going so well. So I had my boyfriend get on Skype on his iPad, add my grandmother’s I.D., and call her. They talked about how exciting it was that we were moving in together, and how this “Skype thing” was a “real good idea” if my grandma could get the hang of it. My boyfriend reassured her it wasn’t hard, and she would eventually understand it. Grandma decided she might have to have my little brother come out and help her after I moved. They caught up on things that happened since the last time he was here in February, and my boyfriend mentioned the wreath with a frog on it hanging clear across the house on the back of the door.

            My boyfriend had to go to dinner with our friends, so we ended our call, and I showed Grandma how to sign off. She then went to the living room to discuss this new fan-dangled video chat with Grandpa, while I updated their TomTom.

            “You missed Kendra’s boyfriend on the computer!”

            “Hmm.”

            “He’s down in Maryland signing their new lease. So now we can video chat and see them when we talk.”

            “Hmm.” Wheel of Fortune was on. My grandpa must really like that show.

            “Our picture was so good he could see the frog wreath, but he said his picture wasn’t so good because he was using his iPad.”

            Grandma came back to the dining room, and we chatted as the TomTom finished updating. We made plans to try out Skype Thursday, to see if she could figure it out on her own. I’m pretty confident she’ll do okay, especially since she wrote down directions.

Almost Here!!

Tonight is my last night on xbox in Iowa... I'm currently in a party with my boyfriend and our "daughter". I'm so excited. Bolo signed a lease today. He gets the keys on Wed. He got the one I REALLY wanted. It's a gorgeous apartment, and he managed to get it for the lower price. Yay!! Now we just have to move stuff and decide where stuff goes. Hard stuff to do *shrugs shoulders* We'll manage!

My flight leaves Sat. My little brother Ethan has a concert tomorrow so I'm driving down to Fairfield. I'll also have to lug ALL my shit down there, do my laundry, repack, and mail whatever doesn't fit to Jersey. Then Friday after work I'm bringing my mom and Ethan to Des Moines, and they're dropping me off super early on Saturday.

I CAN NOT WAIT. I AM SOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!