I recently (last night at 11:40pm to be exact) finished reading a really great book I picked up at Books-A-Million for $3.50.  It's called The Sleeping Beauty Proposal.  It was in the clearance bin and sounded interesting so I bought it.  It was hilarious... I loved all of it except that the end felt rushed.  The book had a lot of mystery to it, in the sense that you were just as confused as the main character about what might happen next and about the truth of what happened in the first place.  I will definitely be checking out another of the author's books, The Cinderella Pact, and I am hopefull that it will be just as enjoyable.


Well, I am typing this at a friend's house on her partially broken lap top and all of a sudden everyone is looking at me and I"m like "uh, hi!" and of course I laugh nervously.  I was so engrossed in typing this that I have no idea what was said about me.  Apparently Shaun made a comment about my mad typing speed and everyone looked over to watch me intently typing.  Hooray for my fast fingers - it's part of how I landed my current job!  The other part is my awesome smiling personality and the fact that I took the time to research something that was brought up in my first interview so that I could tell them the answer in my second interview.  They fell in love with me then, so I've been told, and I also hear they wish they could clone me. That makes me smile.

Well I was going to have to stop but since I've gone and created a second entry and I have a little more than 2000 characters left, let's just keep going!

I think this year will be great.  I have high hopes at least.  I mean, sure we're on one-per-payperiod mandatory furlough days until at least September, but if the new budget propsal passes those will be able to stop.  It sucks that I had my review last week and they love me and I'm doing great but I can't get a raise.  But there are worse things, like not having a job at all, so of course I am grateful that I have an employer who truly cares for his employees.  They do everything they can to keep our health insurance costs down and to keep as many of us employed as they can. 

I turn 30 this year.  Yeah.  30.  I'm actually pretty excited about this.  It feels like reaching a monumental milestone, or a high-point in a career.  I didn't really care when I turned 21 because I don't much care for alcohol, but for some reason to be turning 30 is something I'm looking forward to.  Maybe I'm hoping that I will be taken more seriously by my family once I hit 30.   But I hightly doubt that... I am and always will be helpless little baby of the family.  Yay.

Oh but I hate to end an entry on a sour note!  Kim and Declan are singing the ABC song in the kitchen and it's adorable, and the others are in the living room rolling many dice and killing things viciously.  It's an entertaining sight, and for once I don't feel alone amidst the chaos.  I can smile in it and be glad.