Shoe Madness

A few months ago I went to the mall with my Mom and as we were passing every shoe store we noticed LINES of boys sitting outside the store. After seeing this at 3 stores we had to ask, apparently there was a new shoe called the Space Jam coming out and they were all camping out to ensure there purchase. It's funny seeing boys go that crazy over shoes because usually girls are the ones who get up bright and early for all of those Black Friday sales, or any other normal sales. Some faithful girlfriends stood with their boyfriends and waited as well, which i think is crazy! If it were me, i'd be home, comfortable, not on the mall floor! Well I guess some people, boy or girl, will do crazy things for the item they want.

Wanting Spring

People are developing cabin fever around here with all this snow! Today was actually an extremely nice day out. It was sunny and even warm you could say. I decided to go shopping with my friend, Amanda in Pier Village we took our time not thinking it'd be crowded, when we got there WELL WE WERE WRONG! The place PACKED there were literally no parking spots anywhere! After circling the parking lot we finally came across a spot and it felt good watching all those other cars waiting in line see US get the spot. The stores and restaurants were both packed, as well as the shore right across from all these stores. Many couples were roaming the shoreline and it was certainly a nice enough day to do this. By the looks of how many people were in that center on a SUNDAY you could tell how badly people want the snow to go away and jump on any nice day to take advantage of it. Birthday in 21 days, so hopefully it will be warm enough for me then!

Being on Hold

Don't you just hate it when something goes wrong with one of your devices and you need to call some customer service to help you and it's not even a real person most of the phone call? The automated voice probably asks you to repeat yourself about ten times till it understands you. Then, if your talking and so much as a pin drops in the background you have to repeat everything all over because they "couldn't understand". If you watch that video, it's actually pretty funny but yet accurate. The video goes through different necessary crazy amounts of buttons you have to click to get to what department you wish to talk to. Even at one point it says "enter the phone number and birthday of the person you wish to contact." Being put on hold with the elevator type music is always an annoyance but in the end everyone has to do it.

Changes to Sesame Street!

Growing up in the 90s, I was able to be around for some of the greatest kid shows, Sesame Street being one of them. The cast was so catchy and it wasn't a cartoon which was even cooler! Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Oscar the Grouch, Bert&Ernie, Elmo, Ms. Piggy & all of the Muppets were just some of the cast that had kids going crazy over. The theme song, which is the one i was familiar with always had me and probably thousands of other kids singing along. Recently, I heard Sesame Street was thinking of changing Cookie Monster to Veggie Monster!!!! Although, i understand the thought behind this, to promote healthy eating choices to little kids. These little kids are going to have to learn to decide what food is healthy for them or not at some point. Hopefully one of many peoples favorite childhood shows will keep the same cast and let Cookie Monster stay as Cookie Monster!

WaWa or Quickchek?

Considering i live within the same distance of both, WaWa and QuickChek, this actually is something i have to come to make a decision between. They both pretty much carry all the same foods and have the same machines. Wawa has the touch screen computers where you pick what's on your sandwich and QuickChek has the same thing as well. Both convenient stores are open 24 hours and sell their own brand of food and drinks. One of my favorite WaWa brand foods, Swiss Trail Mix, is only sold at WaWa which makes me chose WaWa over QC. I've come to notice that QuickChek seems to always have bathrooms while most WaWa's around here do not. In the end the two stores are CRAZY similar it just depends on your preference or location i assume?

Ups and Downs of Naps

Usually I wake up bright and early and go to school then track and by the time i get home i'm in desperate need of a nap! Even during the summer i find time to take a nap! Although i'm a huge supporter of them, they do have their downfalls. Have you ever woke up from a nap and been extremely confused for a reason that's beyond you? Naps also have been known to cause a person difficulty getting to sleep that night and this ends up throwing off someones whole sleep routine. On the otherhand i completely understand why someone would ignore that fact, because when a persons tired they are usually not thinking how this nap will affect that later, just that they need sleep NOW! Someone told me once that a teenager needs as much sleep as a baby does, and in my opinion i believe that!

Snow Day after Snow Day!

Last week our school was lucky enough to get TWO snow days in a row and a delay on Friday! I was lucky enough to get the pleasure of staying at my friend Amanda's house for TWO nights in a row. After watching 6 movies I know we both never felt more lazy in our lives. Snows days are actually pretty boring, unless you love the snow that is. I wish that we could just go to school and save the days so we could just get off random days in the spring and I could go to the beach! This plan would make a lot of kids at our school happy! It's weird to think other parts of our country don't get to experience all the seasons like our part does! Although i hate the snow, it'd be weird to think of life without it. Hopefully summer or even spring will come extremely fast!

Stealing?

Tonight my family received a phone call from my sister at college notfying us that her wallet with her credit cards, license, social security card, had allll been stolen at Target! Not only did the person steal her credit card, they went on a shopping spree at a near by mall! Obviously the recession is making people crazy but to come to stealing is absurd! And from a struggling college student is even worse. What makes one person think stealing is right and another realize how wrong it is? Stealing someones credit card is even worse because that is someones hard earned money that you are just taking right from them. Let alone the hassle to get a new license and new credit cards, there's the unneccesary added element of stress! So remember the five-finger discount is never a classy move.

Animals Crazy Senses

After the earthquake in Haiti I saw a video pop up on Aol.com that seemed really interesting so i clicked on it. The video shows the dog suddenly look extremely alert and dart out of the office but nothing has even happened yet? Then all of the sudden about 3 seconds later the earthquake comes! I find this to be amazing that animals have such crazy senses. That's why when i'm homealone i still feel somewhat safe knowing that if danger was near my dog would be able to sense it and go crazy. After seeing this video i completely understood the reason for a guard dog at certain places because this displays animals crazy, amazing senses.

Superbowl Sunday!

Everyone has a different tradition they do on Superbowl Sunday, some families go all out and get really into it, but mine is way more of a baseball family so we just relax! This year my family got together with my neighbors and we watched the Superbowl of course and played Boggle<3 while enjoying each other's company. Superbowl Sunday does a lot of things, determines the best team in the NFL but also creates different little bonds that people may or may not even notice are happening. Whether it's the bond between and father and son or a brother and a sister, there's these little connections you get from putting everything aside like work and school and just focusing all your attention on this one game.

Dear John

As well as anticipating the snow all week I was also very excited to see Dear John because it was from Nicholas Sparks and i loved his book made into a movie, The Notebook. Everyone who read the book and then saw Dear John told me it wasn't good and i was so upset but still had to see it for myself! Since i haven't read the book i thought the movie was so good! This just goes to show how different books are from the movie they are made into. Another perfect example of this is the way people feel about Twilight. I also haven't read these books but my best friend, Chelsie, has and she absolutely hated the movie since it was so different from the book but i thought it was pretty good. Now before when i'm choosing to read a book i'm very careful about my selections because i don't want it to ruin the movie for me!

SNOW, SNOW GO AWAY

All week our county and state has heard about the crazy amount of snow we were supposed to receive on Friday! My track meet was even post poned due to all of this crazy weather talk! I hoped all day that it would snow so i wouldn't have to go into work, but of course that didn't happen. I went into work, waiting and waiting for all of this snow to come. After work when i went out it still had yet to snow, i was really losing faith in the weathermen at this point! Then just as I was heading home around midnight, the snow started! Waking up the next morning extremely early, I glanced outside and saw my snow-covered neighborhood. I new what was coming next, my Dad came in and gave me the look, the look of it's-time-to-get-up-and-get-a-shovel look. There me and my family were snow blowing and shoveling our whole driveway till it was fairly spotless. Because i hate winter and the snow, this whole process was so dreadful, I can't wait for spring!