It is so nap time

CONGRATULATIONS TO DONALD RICHARD FALGIER ON HIS RETIREMENT FROM INLAND STEEL/ISPAT INLAND/MITTAL STEEL AFTER 45 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE :)

Mom and I went to work with Dude this morning because it wasn't a day where he had to work, he just needed to come in to be paid to eat food all day and be made fun of :) We have embarrassing pictures of him in silly hats, holding huge cups of coffee :) I got Dude a cute shirt. It says American Idle :) It looks like like the real logo for Idol. Everyone likes it. It wasn't quite what he wanted but mom never let him finish telling her what he exactly wanted so oh well. This is better anyway. We went home for a few minutes and then went out to lunch at Red Lobster. I'm full and tired cuz I had a raspberry margarita with rum :) It is so nap time :)
Congrats Dude. I spoke with Kt briefly and she was funny
"What do you say to someone who retires?" -bff
"Well you congratulate them, then you realize they have to live with us and you apologize." - Me

So again, congratulations and sorry, Dude on your retirement.
Too bad you had to share this day with Katie Couric, I think she upstaged you ;)

idol out

i'm not able to watch idol. its fine though cuz i don't really care anymore. i'm over katherine vs taylor. i think i'd rather have katherine win over taylor. tonight they are singing 2 songs they have done throughout the season and 1 origional song by tamyra grey and nick lachey. who cares? someone has started a rumor that clay will sing on tomorrow's finale. i again will not be able to watch cuz i work 12-8. maybe if we are slow i'll ask to go at 7.
in need of a shirt and shoes,
melissa

BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE!!!!!

You are Ocean Blue

You're both warm and practical. You're very driven, but you're also very well rounded.You tend to see both sides to every issue, and people consider you a natural diplomat.

What Color Blue Are You?

HI!!
Me happy! Blue!!! Today bff and I played mini golf, ate at bennigans, and then saw Over The Hedge!!! I really identified with the squirrel, Hammie :) Today I also fought with mom a billion times. She said the F word about 10 times to me today. I got to wear my cute new jacket though.
Blue!
Melissa

Sorry, my good friends!

I'm not mad at my real friends in case they were wondering. I'm just venting in general. Ooo I like this font =)

Hi. Sowwy. Last night I went to Meg's house. We finally watched the Les Miserables dvd. Yay :) We were gonna see Hoodwinked as well but someone else was watching it. No biggie. Meg told me she was glad I came over cuz I put her in a much better mood. Yay, I was glad to hear that.
Today bff decided I was still mad at her from 2 weeks ago, which is not true. However, based on my last post, I can totally understand why. It's actually quite hysterical. Oh shit, here comes mom screamin at me.
I love bff,
I love Meg,
I'm in trouble
Melissa

dammit, go away!

i'm frustrated, pissed, and annoyed.
i totally get what is going on, but i don't wanna play like that.
one video? you kidding?
i'll help you the best i can but i'm not that one you need.
the weather is shitty as well so that doesn't help.

now to something that makes sense. elliot is gone from idol. boo!
i don't believe just how close those numbers are. last year they were
close too, but still...
i should probably go to that thing tonight...grrr

happy birthday christine blaine :)

yay, my restructuring is working

Woohoo, bloggy sidebar organized!

So I guess I got the Primerica job.

Completely overwhelmed.

Jewel is gonna blow its stack at me lol.

Melissa

minor update

hi
chris daughtry got kicked off idol. ppl what the fuck is wrong with you?
what's wrong with me? i'm indecisive and i can't spell. at least i admit it!

does anyone know about primerica? it's a division of citigroup which has citibank and all that. they want to offer me a job. i don't know how i feel about this. i have no experience. it was just random luck. it's actually all my front end manager's (June) fault. there was a bit of a line building on register one and i was working SCOTT (self checkout terminals). June saw a man who just wanted to purchase a greeting card and brough him over to me and asked me to help him. He was tall and nice looking and I walked him through it. He asked me if I was keeping my options open and I said, sure why not, and he was like, i'm building a new business up down the road in griffith and we're looking for people, give me your contact info and i'll have an associate contact you about a meeting. well they did and i went to an informational meeting on tuesday. i set up a personal meeting for tomorrow at 5pm. i'm hoping i let enough time pass where they have found a few ppl to come work for them and they dont' want me cuz i sure as hell have no reason to work for them. they do have a training program which is sweet. listen, it's not that i don't want to work for a company that made 1.3 TRILLION, yes 1.3 trillion dollars last year, it's just that, out of all the ppl in the world, why me? shouldn't i be saying hooray, why not me? guhduhbuhduhduh!!!! freakin' fadoodlebunkers!!!
I am listening to this Brian McKnight song which reminds me of a story I heard on the news this morning. Universal Music Group has settled a multi million dollar lawsuit saying that they may have bribed stations to play certain songs on the radio. yeah yeah we all know that part. the funny thing was the artists they listed - brian mcknight and nick lachey. i guess they need all the help they can get lol.
melissa
ps don't hurt me for the last comment lol
pps shit, i said this was a minor update didn't i? l0l

I actually let Dude make me eggs this morning

The past few days have flown by. I worked, I pissed ppl off, and switched shifts, saw 2 plays and rushed around Chicago like a lunatic. On Wed, Megan sked me if I wanted to see the MHS version of The Music Man with her and her sister on Friday. I agreed, having completely forgotten that I had previously made plans with bff for Friday afternoon/evening. Well that pissed bff off and her wrath snowballed through the week.
On Thursday I worked and was going on my break when Caroline came through the self check out. She was in a real pickle - she was stuck with Wicked tickets and couldn't go. She asked if I could take them. Being a good friend, of course I agreed cuz I'm selfish and want to see Wicked. I asked bff if she wanted to take the other ticket, but she was in the middle of something and pissed at the world so she screamed at me again. Baaad move cuz 2 hours later she found herself stranded at the train station with nobody to pick her up. Who does she call? Moi :) It's a good thing I like bff otherwise she could just go live at the train station. You'll hear more about train stations in a few minutes. Anyway, I agree to take Care's tickets and get Megan to go with me. Now all I have to do is get out of working Saturday evening so I can go...that shouldn't be a problem right?
Friday Arrives. I go to Jewel. I talk to Nancy in general pleasentries. Nancy is all business cuz she is the only person doing floor coverage and she just wants the world to fuck off and leave her alone. I get to the point and begin my snake charmer act - I get bit in the face immediately. "You can't just not work, you have to switch and I don't have time to deal with this now, you have to wait at least 15 minutes rawr!" I figure, that ain't so bad, it gives me time to go look at the schedule and figure out who to trade with and find out if there is a train to catch. I go upstairs and call bff. She tells me that there is a 12:40 to Randolph, which is perfect because I can get out of there by 12 and we are headed to Randolph. In the meantime, Nancy has calmed down enough to deal with me. She's still pissed and hisses at me. I tell a few crappy lies that she doesn't bother to question. I apologize a few times but mainly stay quiet as to not piss her off again. We get through everything and I get my hours switched with Matt. I'll take his morning shift and he takes me evening. Things are looking up for Mission Wicked. In an attempt to make things up to bff, I come up with an elaborate plan to go play Kingdom Heart 2 with her for a few hours, grab a quick dinner and then we both rush off to meet Meg and her sister at the HS, now joined by Caroline. Things ended up being a disaster that caused bff to be semi cranky. I thought she was doing better than the previous day but apparently, her very own family took her aside and told her to be nicer to me *evil laughter that echoes throughout the galaxy* The Music Man was good, but I swear the orchestra had a few margaritas for Cinco de Mayo cuz they were horrific!!!
Finally Saturday morning rolled around. I had prepared to be cutting it close with time so I took a change of clothes to work. I worked 3 hours and 45 minutes, and Nancy was kewl and let me skip my break to leave 15 minutes early because she knew I was traveling to Chicago, she just didn't know my full intentions :) Because I was let out early, I called Megan to give her a heads up which was insane because that's when hell erupted! Meg tells me that bff had misread the train schedule and looked at week DAY and not WEEKEND!!! We would not be able to make it to see Wicked if we had to rely on the South Shore Train. I told Meg to wait at my house so that Dude could help do whatever we needed to do and I arrived home a few minutes later. Megan's family was kind enough to set us up with a Metra Train. We made it there a little late, but we did get to see Wicked :) We almost had to go live at the train station ourselves after our 8pm south shore ride home left at 7:55 without warning and without us on it! NOW WHAT THE FUCK WERE WE GOING TO DO??? We ended up taking the Metra back to Homewood, which pissed Dude off lol. You know this story can't have a happy ending right? He made it to the Metra station before we did and saw two trains stop at the station. We didn't get off on either of them so he was sure we had missed our stop and were on our way to St. Louis or something. He was just about to go inside the bar across the street and drink when finally TADA! WE GOT OFF THE TRAIN!!! Ah, but the fun didn't stop there. Apparently Dude didn't pay the toll while hurrying to get us, then when we were all in the car, Megan spilled her ice cream all over the back seat :D
That brings us up to today. Since Dude was a total hero last night and didn't kill anybody, I let him make eggs and I actually ate them :) It was Nana's 82nd birthday today and I dusted, got the cake, got Nana, we all went to dinner and then I took her home. Now I am going to bed. Congratualtions if you made it through the whole entry :) See ya soon!
Death to the world
Melissa

hmm what should i call this post?

sorry, i didin't meant to make you read that last post twice, i didn't think the origional one got posted cuz the computer and the internet have been locked in an epic battle of good versus evil. so far the computer is winning.

so what did u all think of idol? i'm hoping that for the first time in idol history there is an all male top 3, but i don't know how likely that is. it's been wierd that all week long ppl have been saying paris is going to go home and now she has. i guess elliott is next on the chopping block. however, if they are going to graceland for the next assignment, we may be listening to 8 butchered elvis songs. taylor hicks and katherine mcphee should shine and chris and elliott will be scrambling, though in the end i think elliott will go home. then again, at this stage in the game you never know what could happen.

in what i consider to be more EXCITING idol news, kelly clarkson has a song in a ford commercial!!! i love the song and i knew it was her the moment i heard it. very nice. can't wait for a 2007 album from her. IN THE MEANTIME CLAY AIKEN SHOULD BE GETTING A NEW RELEASE OUT!!! His website finally said he was workin on it for a 2006 release. why do i feel like my chain is being pulled....

i'm not usually all about the purple, but i'm having a weak week and caving in. my brain is going purple. it's like the blue offramp in a construction zoneor something.

well time to see what happens when i post, blogger is telling me i'm screwed and i won't be able to do anything.
yay!
melissa

How Time Flies

DUDE IS RETIRING AFTER 45 YEARS OF BEING A STEELWORKER!!!! GO DUDE!!!!

Crap, that means he'll be home to yell at me!!!

How Time Flies

I may have said this in the other post, but I was looking back at April 2005 in this blog and I think I was much happier last year. I was bouncing footballs and movin to Austin or something and going on rockets with pillows. Speakin of which, I could really use a new pillow, I killed my damn neck and shoulders last night. I need to hire a pillowfluffer or something.

WELL IT'S OFFICIAL (again cuz I think I attempted to make this announcement before) DUDE IS OFFICIALLY RETIRING FROM MITTAL (Inland, Ispat Inland) STEEL!!!!! He got all his social security stuff worked out and gave his month's notice!!! JUNE 1ST DUDE IS RETIRED AFTER 45 YEARS OF STEELWORKING!!!! If I may make a prediction, should this blog last that long I predict I will be less happy next April 2007!

Achy, pissed, sore,sleepy,
Melissa