Thursday Thunks! It's that time again! .. Meme's!

1. You walk into a store and the cashier is being held up by a robber. The robber's accomplice is dead on the floor at your feet with a shotgun laying next to him. The robber does not see you, but the cashier does - what do you do? Not to be anal, but this would depend on a few things. How stressed out is the robber? Is he / she tweaking? Calm? Hands shaking? Seem trigger happy? How close is the shotgun to me? More than likely I'd try to quietly step behind one of the shelves and get to the floor while hitting the emergency 911 button my cell phone. I don't know how to use a gun, I'm not incredibly intimidating, and I'd probably end up getting shot or getting someone else shot if I tried to take control of the situation.

2. We go to an ice cream shop for an ice cream cone. You say you are buying and I am going to stay in the car. You ask me what I want and I say "surprise me", what kind of ice cream cone am I going to get? If I don't know you at all, I'm probably going to stick to something pretty basic or simple. If we've known each other for a while and you like chocolate, something fun for funky like Rocky Road, Mudslide, or Coffee Coffee Buzz Buzz Buzz.

3. You have a dream that your co-worker, friend or whoever is hit by a garbage truck after they back into a ladder with a black cat on it. The next day you see that person standing by a ladder with a black cat on it and there is a garbage truck driving down the road.... what do you do? Scream VERY loudly so I get their attention and get them to move far far away from the ladder, truck, cat, everything.

4. What is the most money you've won on a lottery or scratch off ticket? $100

5. A neighbor kid down the street comes to your door and offers to wash all of your windows outside for $10 - do you have him do it? Sure! I'll help out and clean windows are nice.

6. Go to Google Images. Type in the name of the last movie you saw. Post the first picture that comes up.


7. Your local animal shelter calls you and says there are 3 dogs that need an immediate foster home for 3 days. If you do not accept, the dogs are put down that day. Do you take them in? In a heartbeat, yes.

8. What is the messiest room in your home? Livingroom, by far.

9. Have you ever been to a wedding that participated in a strange tradition that you had never heard of? Yes, it was the receiption at a Thai wedding. During a dance, men (or women) would pin money to the brides wedding dress and dance with her for a few moments before the next person would pin money and start dancing with her. People were pinning $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 bills. I was young and thought it was SO cool.

10. Name one sport that you just don't get. Golf. I mean, I guess I understand why some people enjoy playing it.... but those who chose to watch it..... really people? I just don't get it. It's like watching paint dry to me.

11. What was the last email that came into your inbox about? It was the Marcaster Yahoo Group email, various posting from my SCA Group in the area.

12. Have you ever purchased anything from a sex shop? Extra points if you tell us what it was.... hahahahaha! Many times. Vibes and nipple clamps are two things I've bought that I'll tell you about.

13. Go back to that Google Images link... type in the last food item that you ate. Post the 2nd picture it comes up with.


14. Got any bumper stickers on your vehicle? What are they? nope, sure don't.

15. What meme question do you wish was never asked again? Hmmm... I don't really like it when a meme asks about when the last time I cried was, and why.

Wednesday's Meme appears to be broken.. so Rachology it is.

Or at least they haven't posted a new questionnaire since the beginning of July ... ah well. This is one I took from a Facebook post. It's supposed to be named Rachology as the title says, but I think that word looks really freaky weird. Maybe that's just me.

Anyway, here we go:

**********FOODOLOGY***************

1. What is your salad dressing of choice?
Most of the time Reduced Fat Italian

2. What is your favorite sit-down restaurant?
Not Your Average Joe's, it's a chain in the Boston area. I need to find a new restaurant that I absolutely love down in Florida.

3. What food could you eat every day for two weeks and not get sick of?
Beef - Various forms of steak. It'd be horribly bad for me to do that, but there are some many different flavors in the different cuts of meat. Mmmmm... red meat.

4. What are your pizza toppings of choice?
I like Supreme Pizzas - most everything piled on. Just no anchovies. Yeck!

5.What do you like to put on your toast?
Butter and Strawberry Jelly

6. Any vegetables you don't like?
Any that come in a can. They either need to be fresh or frozen.

7. Do you eat seafood?
OMG yes. Love it.


***********TECHNOLOGY***************

1. How many televisions are in your house?
hahaha. 5. However only 2 of them are used.

2. What color cell phone do you have?
black

3. How long would it take you to look up who invented the Rubber band?
uh, probably about 10 seconds. Google.

4. Have any idea how may Megahertz your computer has?
No clue, I could find out, but I'm not going looking right now.


***************BIOLOGY******************

1. Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Both. I write with my Left hand, but do most everything else with my Right hand.

2. Have you ever had anything removed from your body?
Yep. Spleen. Tonsils. Splinters. Adhesions.

3. What is the last heavy item you lifted?
Some of the boxes when I moved my stuff over to Cait's place.

4. Have you ever been knocked unconscious?
Knocked out? No, fainted, yes.


************BULLCRAPOLOGY**************

1. If it were possible, would you want to know the day you were going to die?
Hell No!

2. If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
My first and middle name, I wouldn't want to change. My last name, right now back to Herget.

3. Would you drink an entire bottle of hot sauce for $1000?
Yep.


************DUMBOLOGY******************

1. How many pairs of flip flops do you own?
none. I don't like the little part that goes between your toes.

2. Last time you had a run-in with the cops?
Uhmmmmm... don't remember. Long time ago.

3. Last person you talked to?
Cait and Owen before I laid down.

4. Last person you hugged?
Joy at pottery.


**************FAVORITOLOGY****************

1. Season ?
Fall and the Spring. When it's warm, but not HOT.

2. Holiday?
Christmas and Halloween

3. Day of the week?
Saturday

4. Month?
May ? I guess.


***********CURRENTOLOGY*****************

1. Missing someone?
Yes. OMG yes.

2. Mood?
Tired.

3. What are you listening to?
the hum of my laptop

4. Watching?
uhm... my computer screen?


***************RANDOMOLOGY*****************

1. First place you went this morning?
My desk to sign in for work. First place out of the house, Dunkin Donuts for coffee.

2. What's the last movie you saw?
The Proposal. It was awesome.

3. Do you smile often?
Recently, yes. :)


***************OTHEROLOGY*****************

1. Do you always answer your phone?
Nope

2. It's four in the morning and you get a text message, who is it?
Could be a few people. The immediate person who comes to mind right now is Sean. :)

3. If you could change your eye color what would it be?
Wouldn't want to.

4. Do you prefer cold or hot?
Cooler but not cold.

5. What's your favorite gossip magazine?
Err... don't have one

6. Have you ever had a pet fish?
Yep, goldfish and betafish.

8. What's on your wish list for your birthday?
I dunno, way to early to think about that.

9. Can you do push ups?
Girly ones.

10. Can you do a chin up?
Nope

11. Does the future make you more nervous or excited?
Excited!

12. Do you have any saved texts?
Yep :)

13. Ever been in a car wreck?
Yes

14. Do you have an accent?
Nope

15. What is the last song to make you cry?
Don't remember. Butterfly kisses used to make me cry all the time.

16. Plans tonight?
Sleep!

17. Have you ever felt like you hit rock bottom?
Yeah

18. Name 3 things you bought yesterday.
Coffee, Muffin, aaaaaaaaaaaaand I don't think anything else.

19. Have you ever been given roses?
Yes - I love roses among other flowers.

20. Current worry?
Sean's transfer. If it'll work out. If we need to make a different plan. Etc.

21. Current hate right now?
I try not to hate anything, but right now I'm disliking work a lot.

22. Met someone who changed your life?
Yes, a lot of people have changed my life.

23. How will you bring in the New Year?
No idea at this point. New Years Eve is a ways off.

24. What song represents you?
Bitch by Meredith Brooks, haha

25. Name three people who might complete this?
I'm posting it to my blog, not for others to do, unless they want to take it.

26. Would you go back in time if you were given the chance?
Hmmm.. maybe? I think so but probably just so I could reexperience some things I've forgotten.

27. Have you ever dated someone longer than a year?
Yep

28. Do you have any tattoos/piercings?
yes

30. Does anyone love you?
yes

31. Ever had someone sing to you?
yes

32. When did you last cry??
couple nights ago

33. Do you like to cuddle?
I'm a HUGE cuddler. I'm a snuggle cuddle maniac.

34. Have you held hands with anyone today?
nope

35. What kind of music did you listen to in elementary school?
no idea. I don't remember things from that age.

36. Do you like pulpy orange juice?
Yes! .. Mmm.

Pickles!

Ok, so I couldn't think of a good title. I seldom can, so I'm just going to blurt whatever comes to mind if I'm having a blank moment.

My honey got home from his trip to Iowa today. Yay! Safe and sound after another 22 hour long drive. Whew! We got to talk tonight for longer than we have for the last week and it was great. He also showed me the present he got for me while he was in Iowa. hehe. We both couldn't wait for the surprise. I LOVE IT! I've never really been able to do the name brand clothes thing as I haven't really been able to afford it or justify to myself spending a lot on myself for clothes. Well, he had mentioned getting me something name brand eventually and did. WOOOOT!.. Who's a lucky woman? I AM! It's a super cute white, pink, green, fuzzy comfy outfit from Victoria Secret, from the "PINK" clothing line. OMG I can't wait to get it in the mail, it looks so comfy. It's a lighter weight hoody that says "FREE HUGS" in bold letters across the back and then long pants that side "LOVE PINK" down the side. It's got other super cute details too. I'll totally take pictures and put them up once I have them. I'm totally psych'd. :) OH! .. In fact, now that I think of it. I can link a picture from the VS website. Here we go!



...and.....



I have the bestest boyfriend in the whole wide world. :) I've been grinning ear to ear since I spoke with him earlier tonight.

Writing again..

So... I haven't written in a long while... there are several reasons for that. Mostly because I didn't want some people who know about my blog reading about what I had to say. I know, I know, then why journal online? Eh, one of the main reasons is because I type a lot better than I write - not to mention a lot faster. Secondary reason is that when it's saved on the internet it seems to never go away. (which might be a bad thing). I've written in books before and written on hard drives before - a couple of both have been lost - so I write here. And yes, I know my puncuation and spelling sucks, but it's allowed to here.

I think I've mostly decided that I'm not going to write a lot of detail about super emotional personal stuff here; but hell that may change too.

Biggest update. Dave and I are getting a divorce. I moved out at the end of April and then told him at the end of May that I wanted the divorce. There are multiple reasons and sadly he and I don't see eye to eye on most all of those reasons. My biggest heartache about the divorce is losing someone who was my best friend for 7 years. There is no one that has really stood by me in the way Dave did for those years and I will never feel ungrateful for all the support and love he always showed me. He really is such a good person. He's just not one that I'm in love with anymore.

Dave is now dating someone else and has been for a couple of months. I'm also seeing someone else, Sean. I've fallen hard and fast ... it's scary in a lot of ways ... and it's not something I expected at all. The last moment I expected to meet someone so wonderful would be while going through a divorce. I'm not going to go to far into detail about things with he and I at the moment. We'll just say for now that I'm very happy with where things seem to be leading with this very special man.

I've been keeping myself busy. My work with the horses has picked back up and is quite involved. I technically have 5 horses that I'm currently working with or riding, but I'm only riding 2 of them occasionally right now. Katie - I ride out at Patti's barn, but Patti is also doing a lot of work with her for the upcoming show season. Joshua - is my newest project and the one I'm riding the most, he's owned by a woman named Sue that I was introduced to by Patti. Sadie - Is another one of Sue's horses that I ride occasionally. Both Joshua and Sadie are fairly well trained in English and Sue (owner) would like them slowed down for Western, so I'm helping her work on that. I'm bringing Joshua to a lesson clinic Saturday evening. Finally I occasionally ride Blue and Suede. Arthur and Lynn are their owners. They'd like me to work with them a lot more this fall as Arthur will be very busy running his hurricane repair business. It's crazy busy and I love it, but I'm hoping to get settled in to working with only 1 or 2 horses soon so I can show that one specific horse during the show season. I dunno, we'll see how it goes.

I'm dealing with a horrific bout of insomnia recently. I don't really sleep well anymore period. I was hoping that writing would start to get me tired tonight but it seems to have been an idle hope. I've been seeing a therapist down here and the last time I spoke with her she suggested trying to find some hypnotherapy CD's for helping me to get to sleep or stay asleep. I haven't done that yet, but it really might be worth a shot. The lack of good sleep has been messing with my work schedule, and wreaking havic on my emotions. I'm keeping most of the emotional crap contained as I don't want it to bug others and well, for the most part it's not a huge deal and I can handle things fine ... but it's still starting to stress me out.

Anyhow, I'm going to sign out for now, maybe read for a bit and if that doesn't work take half of a sleeping pill to try and help me reach sleep.

P.S. Ewoks are da'bomb.