Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkward
-Making a new blog design.
-Not getting your water bottle rinsed out good enough so not only does it taste a little sudsy, people wonder what you are drinking just by the look of it.
-Getting an e-mail saying British Literature is canceled for today because the teacher is "sick." But you kind of have a little inside info that her phD paper is due tomorrow and she is behind on it. Is there some kind of rule about teachers playing hooky?
-Not knowing how to make double sided copies that are stapled on the corner when that is clearly in your job description. {Uhh, hang on a sec...lemme check the manual.}
-Those nerdy glasses people are wearing now. You know, the coke-bottle-thick ones that are shaped like this ....D... but tipped on the side. And most of them are fake prescriptions anyway. I'm sorry, but I will never understand this one. Will someone enlighten me please?

Awesome
-This new blog design. Yes?
-When I get up and say once more {in a real dramatic tone} "I have NoO-t-H-i-N-g to wear!" And Ty says, "you know what? Let's go shopping this weekend."
-That pretty much everyone around me is getting married. And that means we get to go to like a thousand (or 5ish) weddings this summer. Weddings are just wonderful, wouldn't you agree?
-This new secret I discovered to make your diamonds sparkle. Toothbrush, toothpaste, warm water and Voila! You have yourself a brand new rock. Serious, this is legit. You're welcome.
-That Ty is finally posting on the blog tonight! Yayyy!

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Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkward

-The colonoscopy commercial currently playing on the radio. Their motto? “Just remember, no one ever died of embarrassment.” Except I think I just died a little for the person announcing that.

-English professors behind the scenes. No need to elaborate. I'll spare you.

-The lady at the post office who wants to talk about shopping while I feel death glares from behind sinking into my back. Oh, the line is just out the door. No big deal. They can wait.

-Asking the people in the hot tub at the apartments to unlock the door from the inside because you forgot your clubhouse key. And then hearing them all argue, “Not it. You go. No you. Why don’t you just climb the fence?” Ok, I wasn’t asking for a kidney here people…unlock the door.

-Telling the sales woman you don’t need any help. And then she loads up a dressing room full of clothes for you to try on. “Really, I don’t need any help,” you tell her, “I’m just looking.” She adds some more clothes to the dressing room. Then, she gives you a nasty look when you only buy one thing. Told ya lady. Now you have to go put all those clothes back. Ha.

Awesome

-16 days until sunny California. And twenty something days until classes start. Eeeeeee!

-Free ice cream at G’s Dairy. Makes my whole night.

-Roundabouts. Seriously, someone please tell me why they don’t just replace all stoplights with these?

-Weekend getaways to Salmon with my love. One of my favorite places in the world.

-Three hours of The Office on TBS. Every. Tuesday. Check it out, you will love it.

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Awkward
-Skype conversations where you can only hear every 8th word of the other end. "....Virginia...eh...fishing....December..." Smile and nod, I say.
-Sewing patterns. Ridiculously thin paper+a thousand tiny lines+ten languages+size charts that make you feel like you might as well order another milkshake=a discouraged sewer.
-Registering for classes at 5:30am.
Who even thought of this system anyway? Seriously.
-Physicals at the Plasma Center. The "doctors" there are like fifteen. Eeeeee.
-Crosswalks. Sometimes walking across a crosswalk is like when you come upon someone in a hallway and they go left at the same time you go left. Then you both go right. Then left again. Don't ya just love when you wave for a car to go ahead at the same time they wave for you to cross. Then, you both obey and start crossing/driving. Then stop. Then go. Then you let the car go cuz they would surely win in this little situation. Awkward.
Awesome
-Gmail Chat. Couldn't make it through the week without this little puppy. The highlight of my day is when the box pops up and says, "new message from...Rebekah." Ahhh gotta love keepin' in touch.
-Ty's Mom. And her being born on this day some years ago. (Is that reason enough for us to eat cake in Idaho when she is in Missouri? I think yes.) Happy Birthday Jody!
-Diet Dr. Pepper.
-Watching probably a hundred fish fight over one little bread crumb at Warm River. It's kind of sad 'cause it seems like they are starving, but they are all pretty fat so I think they are doing fine.
-My optimistic and patient husband.
Does anyone mind if I just brag him up for a sec?
k. Guess what happened last night? Oh, you'll never guess...I will just tell you.
Ty works late on Wednesdays and since his car doesn't have headlights, I take him dinner and then we trade cars. (Can you see where this is going yet?) Anyway, last night I was going to trade cars but I was so busy talking on the phone that I got all the way home before I remembered! So I went back and traded one maroon beaut for another. I drove Tyler's car home, and thinking I would be a nice wife I parked way out in the boonies so he could have the covered stall when he comes home at 11:30. Except as I am sitting on the couch waiting for him it is like 11:45. Figuring he was just chatting with some coworkers, I sat patiently and watched a ridiculously romantic old movie on TCM. Then, I hear him come bounding up the stairs and when he bursts through the door he says between huffy breaths:
"Where....is....your...phone?"
"Uhhh....right here." Oh. Much to my surprise, I have 5 missed calls and a new voicemail. Looky there! (In my defense, my phone was on silent.) He gives me that good-thing-I-love-you-cuz-I-am-kinda-irritated-at-you-right-now-look and I cringe.
"Your car was locked. And the keys are in it."
I gasp. "How did you get home?!"
"I walked. Well...ran. Sort of. It's really cold out there."
Let me tell you people...windy Rexburg nights are coooolldd. And we only live about oh, a mile and a half from campus. Just a nice leisurely jog in the middle of the night, ya know?
No.
I felt like dirt. I hurried and made him some hot chocolate and held his head as he felt like he was going to faint. (You know how when you run a long way and get sweaty when it is freezing outside you feel funny?) Thinking about how mad I would be if this situation were turned around, I was surprised at Ty for keeping his cool. Then again, not really. He is the calmest fellow you would ever meet I tell ya. I apologized almost a thousand times, and you want to know what my awesome husband kept saying to me in his sweetest and sincerest voice?
"It's ok, honey. Really. It's not your fault. I love you so much."
For real? Someone pinch me. There is no way I deserve this gentleman.

Let's hear your awkward&awesomes!

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Hi friends...this week we are going to play a little awkward and awesome Thursday. Sydney, over at the DayBook, does this each week. She has A LOT of awkwardness and awesomeness in her life. You should check her's out...she will have you rolling with laughter.

Awkward
-Getting a thrilled response after texting your mom to ask if you can borrow some of her gold jewelry from the 80's. She said she always knew this day would come.
-Waiting not-so-patiently for the sixty-something year old ladies to wrap up their convo in the dairy isle at Wal-Mart and then hearing a nasally "Well, you know Lois... this really isn't the place to catch up (leaning closer to me as I walk around) with all these college kids taking over the store." Excuse me, I believe we keep this town in business. Just sayin.
-Thinking you know where you are going so you strut right past all these people and have a minor panic attack when you realize the hallway wasn't leading to where you thought it would. Then, you have to turn around and walk by again. Don't mind me, just gettin' some exercise!
-Walking into the bathroom at the same time as your English teacher. And then feeling strange when you hear a "Well...how's you day going?" over the stall.
-A coworker telling me how he didn't like me the first time we met...but now we're cool. How do you respond to that?
"Hmmm...ok. Thanks. I didn't like you either...?"

Awesome
-The very short 29 days remaining until Ty and I cut loose in the place where dreams come true. That's right...we are takin' a little spring vacay to DisneyLand.
-Seeing my boss (who is kind of a big deal around here) walk in and out of the office all day wearing no shoes..just socks. Now that's casual Friday if I have ever seen it.
-Getting a good parking spot even when I'm fifteen minutes late for work.
-Finding that cute dress in the closet you had forgotten about. It's like a nice little welcome to the day, "Good morning Chynna..remember me? I am still in style." Wear it, people.
-Thinking Ty probably had forgotten his lunch again when I receive a text only ten minutes after he left. Instead, I open my phone to read "I miss you already."

Now lets hear about your awkward and awesome lives!
We all have 'em!