Oh what a beautiful what-what.

When I was young, and my mom really wanted to annoy me, in the mornings she would sing to me:

"Oh! What a beautiful morning!
Oh! What a beautiful day!
I have a wonderful feeling....
Everything is going my way!"

She'd usually sing this song to me in the mornings when I had already pressed my snooze button about 8 times.

I dont like mornings.

And I really disliked this morning.

So I've revised the song to go along more with my life. Heeeeeere we go!

"Oh, what a crap morning,
oh, what a crap day,
i have a crap feeling,
everything is not going my way because my stupid work doesnt have enough parking spots for their employees AND students to park together, so they make all us employees park across the street aways, so when its October and its raining YOUR DRENCHED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY!! It's not only the rain, nono! It's the spray from all the cars driving on by. With people who are DRY, and who will remain DRY, unlike me. Who's even MORE wet now because I just have stepped in a puddle that goes up to my knees so now I have wet socks too! I wish the wet would just go away!!!"

Phew, I should get into this whole "writing song lyrics" thing. I'm good at it!

Tell me I'm good at it.

OR I'LL WISH YOU'RE WET TOO.....

Hello all who read this!

It's Saturday today. My feet are freezing. The clouds are dark. I think Mother Nature is depressed day lights saving time is coming to an end. Everyone looks very subdued today.

Of course, I've only seen about 2 people. And Murphy.

THE BUZZER HAS BUZZED!!!!

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS?!?!!?

HOT SOCKS!

HOT SOCKS!! THANK YOU GOD ALMIGHTY - CREATER OF HEAVEN AND EARTH AND HOT SOCKS!!!

brb...

oooooooooooh, yes. So much better. Anyhoo, I have a party to go to tonight. A costume party because Monday is Halloween. Halloween has never been one of my favorite holidays. The free candy is cool and everything, but alas, I live in Oregon. In Oregon you get all cute and dolled up in the costumes you spent some much time coming up with...and then...you cover your costume up with a rain coat. Or a garbage bag. And the face make up you have on gets washed off in all the godforsaking rain. And you're wet. Trucking along, wet and uncomfortable with possibly dangerous and lethal candy. So in the end...is the candy free?

No.

I'd rather work than go trick-or-treating again. I'll buy my own candy. KING SIZED CANDY. Hurray for being an adult!!!

So, the Halloween party tonight. I've stressed over a costume. Stressed and stressed. The only costumes for sale at any affordable retail stores are so slutty.

A slutty version of Cleopatra!

A slutty version of a cat!

A slutty version of Cinderella!

A slutty version of a slutty French Maid!

What if I dont want to be slutty?? Hmmmm?

So now I have a wig. It's a wig that looks like Elizabeth Taylor hair. So, tonight, I'm going as a brunette.

That aught mix things up a bit....

I'll also wear earings.

Diamond earings.

They have always brought me good luck.

::wink::

I dont have diamond earings.

An Update. Because I actually do exsist.

I guess I really havent blogged in a while. I've been busy here at work. Orientation is tomorrow. I'm sick to death of yellow files. Whatever, though, right. Yellow files = job security.

I really am too brain dead to think of anything to write about now. Likes stories. Or things that have happened.

I'll write about the first thing I think of......now.

I went to brunch with my parents the other day (Sunday, if you care). There was a little bit of meat left on my plate when I was done eating, so my parents wrapped in up in a napkin to take home to Murphy (because Murphy has them wrapped around his little....paw). When we walked out to the car, my mom remembered that she forgot the piece of meat for Murphy. So my dad ran back to the restaurant to grab the meat for Murphy (because, you see, Murphy would know if we accidently left meat for him at the restaurant). My mom and I get in the car and wait for dad.

A few seconds later, my dad came trotting out of the restaurant (called the Old Hichen post, it's in some little town where grammar doesnt matter) with the meat. He walks over to the car next to us. My mom and I start knocking on the windows the car to let him know he's walking to the wrong car. But he ignores us. Gets over to the drivers door. Opens the drivers door (my mom and I start laughing nervously at this point and knock harder) AND GETS IN THE CAR.

THEN after he is in some random person's car, he decides to look at us knocking at him.

Then he got out of the car. Really fast. And my mom and I laugh and laugh and laugh.

Then I went home and gave Murphy his meat.

Which he ate so fast, I dont think he even tasted it. But, he's Murphy. And thats ok.

All Hampsters Go to Heaven

About two years ago, I purchased a hampster from Petco in Tanasbourne. From the moment the greasy teenage boy announced to me, "It's a girl!" I knew she was Betty.

Betty, my own sweet reincarnated-evil-french-pirate hampster, decided to go to hampster heaven.

God rest your soul, Betty. You were a good hampster.

May you have a good next life. Hopefully you'll be something other than a hampster.

*sniff, sniff*

Results

2005 Marathon

Bib:	8257
Name:	Melissa Y.
Gender:	F
Age:	23 Age Grade: 33.83%
Division:	20-24 Division Place: 250
Home Town:	Hillsboro, OR

SPLIT	TIME	PACE	PLACE
10K:	1:36:55	15:35
15k:	2:25:12	15:34
Half Marathon:	3:25:35	15:40
20 Mile:	5:15:20	15:46
35K:	5:43:39	15:48
FINISH:	6:50:28	15:39	6469
Gun Time:	6:55:57

2005 Marathon Finisher

Hahahahahaha! I'm DONE!!! And I'm also really, really sore. I'm very glad I took today off work. I'm on 3 different pain meds, and STILL hurt like crazy. I also have tried some yoga stretches and took, like, an hour long bath today. I'm only able to shuffle around the house. I cant wait to feel normal again.

Oh, and also, I have cramps. Because yesterday (marathon day) I started my effing period.

Here are pictures of the flowers my sister sent me all the way from NC!! They are even prettier now because more of the flowers are budding.

The next picture is of me drinking caffiene!!! I was pretty sick of water.

And the last is Murphy trying on my medal. He's so cute!

AC Slater

I FINALLY have taken some pictures of Slater for all y'all. Enjoy!!

Nervousness

Cold season is upon us.

It's getting people at my work.

Bad.

One-by-one.

Stacy. Kelly. Jodi.

Am I to be next?!!?!?

With my marathon this weekend!?!?!?

No!

Good thoughts. And LOTS of Vitamin C. I can do it.

Drat this cursed vent system at work!!!

Headache

I've been fighting a headache all day. I think it may be starting to win. The headache, that is. Winning my brain. I'm having a hard time focusing. For an example, I just spelled "time" in that last sentance "tyme." I reread it, and noticed something amiss. And it took me, like, 5 seconds to figure out that I cant spell anymore.

Spelling is overrated anyhoo.

I'm going to North Carolina in November (on my birthday to be exact) to visit the elder sister!!! Then we're driving down to South Carolina!!! To Charleston!!!

The best part of it all, was that I got a ticket for $198!!

And it gets even better! My mom's paying for the ticket! So its zero dollars for me.

The worst part of it all, is that I will be traveling all day on my birthday. I hope they show a movie on the plane.