Ugh.

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I'm cleaning my room. It's been a while, so... yeah. I've been dreading it. But if I tried to walk through here in crutches the way it was, I would've killed myself. I used to keep my room so clean, I don't know where I went bad.

I'm getting more nervous about the surgery as it gets closer, but right now I'm actually more anxious about the blood thinner injections I have to give myself. I DON'T want to do that. Anyway...

Quote of the day:

Richard: "I can't have any plants because my dogs would eat them."
   Me: "That's why my back yard is kinda bare."
Richard: "There's a dead strip around the edge of the fence where the dogs run laps around the yard."
   Me: "Mine aren't usually that energetic."
Richard: "Well, all my neighbors have dogs, so, out of sheer testosterone, they run around the edge and pee on the fence so all the other dogs know that's THEIR grass."
   Me: "Kind of like real men?"

He just stood there and stared at me. Void of a good comeback. Which is rare for him, so I was proud of myself.

Okay, back to cleaning.

Picture time!

I got off work at 4:00 and as I pulled into my driveway, I decided I didn't want to stay home tonight. Especially since I'm off tomorrow and don't have to go to bed early. So before I ever got out of my car I texted Candice and Ashley and asked if they wanted to hang out. Jordan (Candice's sister) would've come too, but she had a friend over. So the three of us went to IHOP, where we pretty much had the restaraunt to ourselves so we were being loud and having fun with the waiters. A girl sat us, and said that our waiter, Scott, would be right with us. Candice and Ashley said "oooh yeah... Scott... we like Scott."  Because he's a guy instead of a girl. (Until they saw Scott and decided they weren't crazy about him anymore.) After he brought us out drinks, he informed us that he was going on his break and Karina (the girl who sat us) would be helpng us. Ashley said "okay, but can we call her Scott?" He was fine with that, and then went into the kitchen and I heard him tell her "they're going to call you Scott." He made fun of the girls all night, he was fun. They kept embarrassing themselves. When we left, Candice walked intot he kitchen and said "bye Scott!!!"

Scott's feeling pretty good about himself tonight, I think...

We tried to compare our skin tones because Candice is a million shades darker, but it didn't cme out so great in the picture:

L-R: Me, Candice, Ashley. You can't tell too much, but Candice calls us "white girls" (even though she's 75% white, 25% Mexican). She's so dark.

Lotsa fun at IHOP. Too much to recap, and unless you were there it wouldn't all be funny anyway. So then we drove around aimlessly for a while, where Candice discovered her new game. Whenever we drive past a guy, she reaches ove and honks my horn, while waving and sometimes yelling at them. They smiled and sometimes honked back, but eventually I made her stop because it was getting obnoxious. (And I didn't want anyone thinking it was ME honing at them.) Then Candice decided we should go to El Jardin beach, where I had never been before, in unfamiliar territory. Luckily, she navigated well.

We found lots of dead fish. LOTS. They were everywhere. And some of them huge.

 
Above:
L-R: Ashley, fish skeleton, Candice.

In the above picture, they kind of stepped on it a little bit, and it got gross. I told them to knock it off or they were hoofing it home because they were NOT getting in my car with that on their shoes. There was a guy windsurfing (you can see it in the background) and we talked to him for a bit, after he lost his grip, it flew away, and he dropped like a rock into the water. He said it hurt. It looked like it hurt, too.

I found someone who has a weirder foot than me:

And I smiled when I saw this; the little bitty foot right in front of the big one.

Us being unoriginal:

And some random pics I took:

Things that I hear WAY too often... and some other generally dumb stuff. (Sarcasm warning.)

For all my friends in retail. Sometimes when you get asked things, it's just not appropriate to respond with the first thing that comes to your mind. I need an outlet...

"You're tall."
    Whoa... insight! I hadn't noticed that before. I've always wondered why I have to buy tall jeans, but now it all makes sense! Thank you!!!

"I want your job!" (When I'm filling in for the door greeter at work.)
    Fine with me, I'll go home. Thanks.

"You look bored."
    No, you just happened to catch me during one of the moments when I have half a second to breathe.

"Sorry to interrupt your break."
   This is a variation of the last one, but it makes me mad. lol. The other one is slightly irritating after a while, but this one will tick me off eeeeeevery time.

"I'm gonna put you to work."
    Well, that's what they pay me for. (This usually follows "you look bored.")

"Do you work here?"
    Seriously?
    No... I really love navy blue and khaki. They gave me a badge and I volunteer my time, but why would you think I work here?

"It's Christmas already?!?!"
    Yes! It's in December this year!!

"What are you putting out? Garden stuff?" (After Christmas.)
    .......I really have no idea how to respond to that. I mean, I know we're bound to confuse some people, putting garden stuff in the garden center and all, but I think it's just crazy enough to work.

"Fine. But I'll get over it." (In response to "how are you?")
    Ah hahahahaha... you're funny. That was cute the first 400 times I heard it.

"You've got to quit kicking your boyfriend!" (While pointing at my fracture boot.)
    Again... first 400 times......

"Oh, Honey, you can't lift that."
    I do this all the time. Now excuse me while I load 700 pounds of mulch in your truck while you, a man much large than I, just stand there and watch me.

"That's ______." (insert fruit or vegetable name here.)
    I know what it is. I need the PLU. My cashiers can back me up on how annoying that is...

"They should make all these debit readers the same! They're all so different!"
    lol... I'm sorry, but if you can't figure out how to use those, please don't drive yourself home.

The best question that I have ever been asked was at my last job. A guy had a question about a medicine, and he asked if I was a doctor.

Yes. I'm a doctor. That's why I work at CVS. In the photo lab. Because I went to med school.

I guess the lab coat confused him.

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