Hello and Goodbye (for a couple of weeks)

Well, I made it back from Boston last week only to leave on Thursday for Toronto to visit Heather. And now I leave for Berlin and Krakow on Sunday. I have so much to say about my trips, but I just don't have the time. Because I've been out of the office so much, I have lots of work to do (read: because we don't have a student worker this summer, I'm in charge of two mass mailings of 3900 letters each! My fingers have papercuts galore.)

So, I'm just checking in quickly to let you all know that I'll be back to blogging after July 16th. Maybe I'll even post a pic or two of Heather and me in our sexy blue ponchos under Niagara falls!

Today-Danville, Tomorrow-Boston

Tomorrow I leave for Boston for a business/pleasure trip. I've never been, and when the chance came up to travel there for work, I jumped on it! Ian and I will be leaving tomorrow, and although I have to work Monday-Friday next week, we'll get to enjoy ourselves this weekend and in the evenings. He'll stay until Wednesday, and I'll return next Friday. I've been looking up cool restaurants to eat in...I don't even look for attractions any more when I leave Kentucky; I always go for the restaurants first! I have to take every chance I get to eat non-Applebee's food!

Anyways, I won't be blogging for the next week or so. I'll update you on all of the great places we'll eat at and the cool places we visited when I return.

P.S.--I just got a PDA for work (my first one ever), so I'll get to use it for the first time on this trip! Woohoo! I feel like a kid with a new toy!

Too Old

While doing a little research for internships (yes, I'm actually doing a little work today!), I found out that I'm now too old to be a Real World candidate! I always had this secret fantasy of living in one of those fabulous houses somewhere and being the one and only housemate to have gotten along with everyone in the house--the most boring housemate ever!

Well, my dream has just shriveled up and died right before my eyes. You have to be 18 to 24 to be eligible. I could have sworn that some of those early casts had older people in them. (Wasn't one of them a police officer or something???)

I guess I'm just all grown up. My new dream is for Ian and I to be contestants on The Amazing Race. We'd kick everybody's butts because between us, we've lived in 3-4 countries, been to 4 continents and speak English, Spanish, French, and German. And we'd be much more loveable than Rob and Amber were!

And I guess, if I'm too old for that, maybe I can be one of those loser wives on Trading Spouses.

A Meme About Me

For fun, and because I'm completely bored at work, here is a meme for you.
Stolen from Kim Procrastinates

1. Were you named after anyone? I think I was named after a friend of my mom's. I got my nickname (Mindy) because she thought it would look cute on the back of a cheerleading uniform...I ended up being the basketball player who threw the ball at the cheerleaders!
2. Do you wish on stars? Yes.
3. When did you last cry? About a month ago--I completely freaked out on Ian!
4. What is your favorite lunch meat? Prociutto (or no meat...I like vegetarian sandwiches)
5. What is your birth date? March 24th
6. What is your most embarrassing CD? Ace of Base
7. Do you have a journal? Yes, but I don't write in it often. That's what my blog's for!
8. What do you like best about yourself? That I'm easy-going.
9. Would you bungee jump? No. I'm scared of falling.
10. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? I usually don't untie the first one (just slip it off with my other foot), but that doesn't work without a shoe, so I untie the second one.
11. Do you think that you are strong? Physically or mentally? I think I'm both physically and mentally strong.
12. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Mint chocolate chip
13. Red or pink? Red...do you know how bad pink looks like on a redhead???
14. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? That I'm not in a job I love.
15. Last person you ate with? Ian
16. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Red skirt and black sandals
17. What are you listening to right now? Nothing...Everyone's out of the office, and I can't hear the phones ring if I have music on. Borrriiinnnggg!
18. What was the last thing you ate? Taco sald leftovers.
19. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Bright yellow
20. What is the weather like right now? 91 degrees, 42% humidity (Thanks to my little weatherbug!)
21. Last person you talked to on the phone? My brother
22. The first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Their nose.
23. Favorite drink? Non-alcoholic: Fresh lemonade, alcoholic: good red wine and flavored martinis
24. Favorite sport? Basketball--Go Carolina!
25. Hair color? Red
26. Eye color? Sometimes blue, sometimes grey, sometimes greenish
27. Do you wear contacts? Nope
28. Favorite food? Good, authentic Mexican...really hard to find here in Kentucky.
29. Last new movie you watched? Crash
30. Favorite day of the year? My birthday
31. Scary movies or happy endings? Happy endings, of course!
32. Summer or winter? If I have to choose between these two, then summer because I'm a wimp when it comes to the cold. But really my favorite season is spring.
33. Hugs or kisses? Depends on who's doing the hugging and/or kissing!
34. What is your favorite dessert? I'm easy to please...anything sweet! I like ice cream, and anything creamy (creme brulee, flan, etc.)
35. Last concert you saw? Lou Ford in Charlotte, NC
36. What book are you reading? Retrato en sepia by Isabel Allende (Portrait in Sepia)
37. What's on your mouse pad? At home, it's red with Hawaiian flowers, at work it's Dave Matthews
38. What did you watch last night on TV? Season 5 Friends and an old Law and Order: Criminal Intent
39. Favorite smells? Pirates of the Carribean at Disneyland, the beach, and Ian
40. Favorite sounds? The beach
41. Rolling Stones or Beatles? Beatles
42. Furthest you've been from home? Australia, Europe
43. Do you have a special talent? I'm a pretty good cook. And I think I make people feel comfortable around me.
44. What is your ringtone? I have lots...depends on who's calling.

Disappointment

I got myself all worked up about a job possibility that I knew that I'd be great at and would love, and it turns out that they didn't even open it up to the public to apply. Damn!

I need a job that won't bore me to tears and that will keep me on my toes. My current job just doesn't do that for me. I'd also like something where I know that I'm helping someone truly in need. Helping privileged students find internships and/or jobs doesn't fall into that category for me...I thought it would, but it doesn't.

Well, enough for today...maybe tomorrow I'll have something less whiny to talk about.

Friday Fun

For those of you wasting time at work until the weekend begins, I present to you some Friday Fun! The Organic Trade Association has made this little movie for our viewing pleasure.

And, if you're looking for an interesting game, check out this twist to a puzzle game.

Pictures of You...and Me

I stole this idea from Ian's blog. Go to the Google homepage and search for your name under the images search. Here's who and what I am (not) according to Google:



Why is a cat directing Tom Hanks' "Lady Killers"???

I have a picture of my bridesmaids in a very similar pose...


How did I get linked to this???!!!

Ian, you're so jealous that I'm related to a David Bowie picture!




Rowrrr!


Double Rowrr!


This is a Caribou hoof, in case you couldn't guess!