nights with alice cooper

Tossing and turning. Eyes closed. Thoughts spinning. I quietly find myself talking to my self inside my head. "Wish it was tomorrow already, so I didn't have to keep trying to sleep." "I hate that I don't sleep like a babe anymore- dumb adulthood." I look at the clock- "Well helloooo 3AM, remember me? We spent last night together as well. I hope we don't make a habit of these nocturnal rendezvous'. I could do without you... no offense."

I'm dog sitting. Staying in a strange house, in a strange bed. Both are actually quite comfy, but somehow sleep has eluded me. The pup slumbers soundly next to me. He actually snores like an old man. He turns and sighs deeply. The kind of deep sighs my mom always does and the kind of sighs that I have picked up on and do unconsciously as well. I think to myself, "What could possibly cause that dog to sigh so deeply? No job, no drama. His life is eating, playing, sleeping. No swirling thoughts." For a moment, I envy him. And then I remember he gnaws on rawhide and drools. Nope, not the life for me. I suppose it's better to be human.

Rainboots and the Ameba

Guess. Go ahead. Guess what I was doing 10 minutes ago. It's so nuts, you'll never believe it, but the thought of it might make you pee a little bit. But first, the background info:

One of my roomies accidentally spilled a reddish colored spice on the cream colored carpet a few months ago. After an unsuccessful go at cleaning it, we called it a day and threw a rug over it. Turns out, mister landlord man wants to sell the house when our lease is up in 2 short months. So, in order to save us the misery of all the deep cleaning at the end, I have started working on areas of the house that I could care less about cleaning as a normal person- but may actually matter when it comes to getting my dolla' bills back from the security deposit. In the spirit of all this, I swept and scrubbed the basement stairs and walls. Tonight, I decided to peel back that rug and try my hand at the ameba-like stain taunting me from underfoot.

I did all the steps my mother told me to do-

1. Go to Target

2. Buy some Woolite carpet/stain cleaner

3. Read the directions

4. Apply plenty of "homegrown" elbow grease

Well, since it IS a deep set stain, I applied a couple generous spritz's of the cleaner and "gentle" wiped with a damp cloth. The stainage seemed to be lightening, but only because the generous amounts of cleaner were sudsing into a foamy white. As an excuse to wear my brand new rainboots (with a liiiittle red bird!!!), after the rinsing swipes with cold water, I decided I should try sopping up as much of the cleaner and water by stepping on a dry towel on top of the stainage. After doing some jumping (probably similar to a Native American rain dance in a confined space), I decided I could probably be slightly more successful if I was heavier.

:)

This is when I paused in my jumping, and looked at one of my roommates- we exchanged knowing glances, and then started laughing as we assumed the position for a piggyback ride. Here we are, a couple of 26 & 27 year old women, leeched on to one another as I stomp the crap out of the stain in the carpet in my very juvenile (yet awesome) rainboots.

my life be like Ooo Ahh

Blogging by candlelight.

I was suddenly in the right mindset...after all this time.

Today I had a free day. It was fantastic!

Slept in

Sold a book at Half Price Books

Shopped at Party City for Valentine's cheer

Visited with Erin and Brian

Stopped at Target

Made dinner

Watched a movie

Finished my taxes

Emailed

Deleted 2 years worth of pictures off my digital camera

Got ready to pack for my annual vacation- (Naples, Florida this year)

Cleaned my room

Put together fun valentines for my roomies- including chocolate dipped strawberries I did myself *woot woot* & the seasonal tradition of buying them each colorful & wild underwear.

My life is fantastic!

God has surrounded me with many people to love and to cherish.

I am so thankful for this life I've been given.

And I pray that God grows me and uses me for His purposes, whatever they may be and wherever that takes me.