Stories from an ordinary life

Not so wild weekend

I love my job. Today not long after I got in I heard someone on the scanner say that a person was unconcious at Wal-Mart. Carl on the assignment desk yells out, "Watch out for falling prices!" I thought I was going to fall out of my chair! It was hilarious. I told him maybe the yellow smiley bounced on the dude's head; he thought that was funny, but it wasn't nearly as witty as his comment.

Another bonus has been all the food at work the last few days. I took home a whole pumpkin pie because there were still two others left after the Thanksgiving lunch on Friday. I figured it was going to go bad just sitting out there. (Ok, ok, really I kinda hijacked it, but it just tastes so good!) Then today one of the reporters did a story on the price of sugar going up and she interviewed a lady who owns a bakery so she brought back tons of cookies. They were some of the best cookies I have ever tasted. I probably gained two pounds just from working the weekend.

This weekend was actually pretty low-key. Tracey and I had Italian at Frankie's on Friday; I'd been dying for some tiramisu so now I finally have my fix. Then we hit up the auto show and dreamed about having rich men buy us nice cars. Next we saw the movie that will most likely sweep the Oscars this year -- Walk the Line. I loved it. The acting was extraordinary, the music was great and the story was fantastic. I especially loved it when the Carters chased off the drug dealer with shotguns. The movie really makes you want to believe that some people are just meant to be together. I've always respected Johnny Cash's contribution to music, but I never had any idea his love story was so inspiring, and his wife was so strong. Everyone go see it! I could watch it again right now.

Last night I watched Elf with Kris. I laughed at so many things because I hadn't seen it in so long. Now I'm definitely in the holiday spirit. I'm ready to get myself a tree and wrap some presents. Guess I'd have to go buy them first though. Argh. I better get some sleep so I can get up and shop tomorrow before the damn frenzy begins on Friday.

June Carter: Is that a hitch in your giddy-up?

posted by This one time . . . @ 1:36 PM