Musical Memory

I would love to make a soundtrack of my life. Cheesy I know, but it is true, there are so many songs that remind me of certain events in my life. Most have no particular sentimental lyrics, just songs that were playing during that particular place or time. I shall run down the list...

2 Legit 2 Quit- reminds me of my uncle Frankie's wedding

Touch It-High School Cross Country

Can't Fight the Moonlight-first time I drove after I got my license/Disney Trip 05

Perfect Gentleman-Senior Yr Cruise

Ms. New Booty- ATL trip of 06 

Cupid Shuffle- 25th Bday

I Like It, Enrique-April's BBQ this past summer

DJ Got Us Falling in Love, Usher- 27th Bday in Jax

There are a million more but those are the ones to come to mind. Of course there are songs that remind me of Reid (Simple Man, Why Can't This Be Love, etc) Hmm I wonder how long it would take to compile a list...

New Bus Encounter

I haven't written about my bus encounters in awhile so here is a good one....

A man sat down next to me on the bus today and he looked a bit disheveled, he was older, maybe 50s or 60s. He proceeds to pull out an iPhone, which made me think wow, look at this guy, I guess appearances can be deceiving and shame on me for judging. Then he pulls out his iPad...so now I am really feeling stupid to have judged him based on how he looked because clearly this guy is up on the times and has some pretty sweet geek toys. Then I happened to glance over to check out his iPad and his backdrop is a picture of him on a couch hugging a big teddy bear and kissing it on it's head. SO WEIRD! It took everything I had not to text my friend and say you are never going to believe what I just saw! 

I, of course, went right into work and had to tell my bus story to my friend Anna what I just saw and she said wonderful things are going to happen today because that is the craziest story! So I was all excited for some great things to happen...I walk upstairs to find a post-it from another co-worker saying he owes me $10 to buy more candy. He took 2 of my last 3 lollipops last night after I left and he won't be back for 3 days! WTF?? And he left the Banana flavored one....I am none to pleased right now.

Hoody Season

Is it hoody or hoodie? I never know. Anyway, it is officially fall, my most favorite season of all time. For many reasons, which I will list for you now....

1) the aforementioned hoody weather

2) the smell...yes there is a smell, it is called burning leaves, which I miss living in the city >whimper<

3) football games

4) sitting on the couch all curled up with a blanket drinking a Dunkachino, not sure if those have appeared yet which is the official fall kick off in my eyes.

5) jumping in a big pile of leaves...granted I have not done this since age 8 or 9 but the memories are enough for me

6) My bday is right around the corner

7) I have wayyy more cute fall outfits than summer and I am always more comfortable

8) running outside is awesome....when I actually do it...you know, once every 3 months.

We also now have DirecTV...with the Sports Package...with 5 Outdoor channels. Which for those of you who are not aware, means my boyfriend is officially in hunting mode. All bow hunting all the time! So here's to you sweetie- good luck this year and go kill some "Monstah Bucks"

Crackberry

I woke up this morning in a nice relaxed state thinking wow, I must have gotten a nice sleep to wake up on my own. Then I look to my right and realize my boyfriend has already gotten up, hmm that seems strange. I go to pick up my phone to check the time and realize my phone is dead. I quickly put on my glasses and look at one of the 6 clocks I own to see it is 7:45. O shit!!! I race out of bed do my usual routine, shower, brush, all that fun stuff and all along trying to get my phone to turn on. The usual removal of battery and holding buttons....nothing!

For those who know me...I am OCD to the point if one part of my morning is different than any other morning my entire day is ruined. Needless to say I was panicking that could have been without a phone for *gasp* 5 hours out of the day!! This cannot happen...I need to be able to text people and check my email and check in on foursquare. So I spend the next 25 minutes completely re-building my phone from my computer, knowing full well this will make me a full 30 minutes late for work. Another Kristin fun-fact...I have to arrive a half hour early before the required start time or I consider myself late. Even when I try to be late for work, I still can't. It is really annoying.

Anywayyyy, I finally get my phone up and running and realize the next bus is not going to be for another 20mins so I decided to drive so I would arrive right at 9am. Later, during lunch I would learn that my friend, Jen, woke up at 8:10, biked to work and still made it in at the same time. Damn that's annoying!

No News is good News

Hello All, 

I have been majorly ignoring my blog for about 2 months, or at least that is what it feels like. It is officially summer and I do not want to do anything other than go to Street Fests during the weekend and movies in the park during the week. Nothing new to report...still working, still not going to the gym. Although I have booked my flight to go see my brother and his wife in Florida! Very exciting! It is my 10-10-10 bday so it is sure to be a great time. I can honestly not remember the last time I celebrated a birthday with my brother...which is really sad. When I was 12? Maybe 10? Definitely before I was old enough to drink. 

In other news, it is my boyfriend and my 5 yr anniversary this Thursday, woo! We will be having oysters and other such seafood, which I am very excited about. Even though it is still a little weird to me to go out in Chicago for seafood, being from New England and all, the oysters are delish!!

That is all for me...not much else to report on or anything funny to say really. Hopefully it won't be another 2 months before I blog again!

Summer in the City

Chicago is dead....not sure where everyone went exactly. It is Ride your Bike to work week and yesterday when I rode my bike, there were not cars on the road so I thought everyone is riding their bike, that's nice. Except I didn't see anyone riding their bike. Odd. Today I took the bus because it is supposed to rain and thunder and being on a bike in thunder is not something I am a big fan of. No one was on the bus...so if no one is on the roads and no one is on the bus...where is everyone? I can't imagine half the city was college students and they have all graduated and gone home. Is it a big vacation week I am unaware of? Is Flag Day that big of a holiday?? I don't remember it being this dead last summer. I got nothin...

I'm on a Boat!

Now you are not! Why do I keep seeing people walking around with Top Siders on? Is there a new trend that I am not aware of? First I saw it on a preppy guy, which okay...I get it-the whole Ralph Lauren on a sailboat thing. But you are walking around the streets of Chicago and you do not look like you are about to board a 100ft yacht with beautiful models for a photoshoot. Then I saw another guy and another...then yesterday I saw a girl with a hoodie, jeans, and brown Top Siders on! What is going on here people? Did I miss the memo that wearing boating attire is the new fashion trend? Should I wear my life jacket and have my keys on those floaty things so when I drop them in a giant puddle in the street they will float??