I guess I lied

My last post I though I really didn't have much new to report on in the work department. That was totally not true, lots of things have been happening. I don't know how exciting they are to the rest of the world, but it's been making work tolerable for me. Which is a really good thing, because for a while there I was really in a funk.

Our office took over another small property last week. Just a tiny little 36 plex that had been pretty much neglected by the previous manager. We took it over with six vacant apartments last Tuesday, which is like 83% occupancy (in apartment management this is really bad). By this Tuesday we'd leased two of them and even managed to get one of them moved in already. This makes us look really good, and our boss even said we looked like "heros" for leasing them so quickly. We still have a long way to go, but it's defiantly a start. I think I need a challenge at work to really be happy.

Also, we've had lots of fun little things going on at work. Last Wednesday we had a "Spa Day" for all the management/leasing staff. I got to get a massage and we all hung out and did a little gift exchange. It was a lot of fun. Tomorrow we're having a bowling party thing. With all these fun little outings during work hours, and the busyness of the new property, my work weeks have been flying by. Which again, makes me very happy.

I guess I just wanted to share a little bit of my rekindled excitement for my job. I'm so bipolar about my work these days, you just never know how I'm going to feel about it. Still thinking about the travel/tourism class... I think I am going to give it a shot, just need to get a little extra money before I can. Which could take a while.

Well, I'm getting sleepy and I think I'm done ranting and raving. Good night.

P.S. finally got a follower. :D It made my day. Thanks Sunny!

It's Valentines Day!!

Not that I'm a huge fan of the holiday, but I think I did a really good job this year. I managed to get us reservations (at the last minute) to Hiro, a great Japanese/sushi restaurant here in Omaha. Plus I got Eric a gift, that #1). I'm sure he's not expecting because last year I didn't get him anything and #2). I'm sure he's really going to appreciate. He's been complaining about how much his back has been bothering him lately. So I got him a gift certificate for a 1 1/2 hour massage... He'll be stoked!

Let see... I don't think I have much else to report on. I've kind of been taking it easy this weekend. Not so much by choice, we just really didn't find anything to do. I hung out with Robin again on Thursday night, and that's it. Eric and I spent the last two nights at home.

Work's fine. Really, nothing exciting has happened at all this week. Oh, except my other blog got it's first post. It was from my buddy Alicia, but hey, it's something. It's very rewarding to know that someone has read my ramblings.

I guess I'll wrap this up. For those of you in love have a great Valentines Day! For those of you not in love, may the booze flow freely and may you enjoy the single life while you can.  :)

Old movies are fun!

Yay! It's something so silly to get excited about, but I just got my first comment from someone I don't know. Now at least 2 people have read my blog. HA! If I ever get a "follower" I may just crap my pants! Thank you random person for making my night!

It's been a busy couple days at work, so I haven't been as bored... or crabby. My boss got back from her vacation today. I managed not to screw anything up on Monday, so that's a good deal. Actually, I think I did a pretty good job while in charge. I really didn't screw up anything major, and got a lot of stuff done that she didn't expect me to. I like to exceed expectations... it's a good feeling.

I did get my evening at home on Saturday night (although I didn't make it into the bath tub). I actually had a great time. TMC is currently playing pretty much ever been nominated for a oscar, and Bonnie and Clyde was on. I'd never seen it all the way through, but my mother always talked about it. She saw it in the theater when it came out, and always talked about how at that time they had never really shown violence in a movie like that before, and how it left her stunned. For me Bonnie and Clyde was awesome! I loved it! In fact the movie may have spawned a little mini obsession. I spent all of Sunday morning reading all about Bonnie and Clyde on the internet. Here is real life Bonnie Parker posing with her pistol and cigar (they recreated this pic in the movie... it was pretty cool).

**It drives me crazy that I can't get text to wrap around pictures on this site! If someone can tell me how to do it, you will forever be my hero! **

Anyway. Bonnie and Clyde was a great fricking movie. It left me a little stunned, although not so much for the violence of it (even though there was a scene that even made Eric yell "He shot him in the face!"). I just found the ending so upsetting. How they were just ambushed and gunned down. They were given no warning at all. The cops just opened fire and unloaded on them. It hit me hard, and really left me saying what my mother had always said. "That was awful." Really, if you've never seen it. Take the time, it was really good.

Sunday of course was the Super Bowl. I made a fun new recipe (don't forget to check it out on my other blog Hungry in Omaha ), and it was a total hit. I don't want to say it was the best thing there, but it was the first thing to disappear... and it disappeared fast! We went to Kelly and Todd's house and had a lot of fun. They have 2 living rooms, so there was kind of a girls room and a boys room. So I think everyone had a pretty good time. :)

Got a little bit of good news. Yesterday, Eric got called for a job. So he started working today. The job may only last a couple weeks, but it'll still help out a lot. Money has been SO tight lately, and his couple weeks of work will be quite a bit more income than his unemployment. Plus, since his insurance ran out last month, every hour he works goes toward getting insurance back... which we REALLY need, because we just can't afford it through my work. Yeah, financially things have been pretty shitty in our house hold the last few months. Hopefully things will start to look up soon.

Well, I better get myself to bed. Tomorrow my work is having a "Spa Day". It's really not a day. It's just a couple hours, but I get paid to not work and get a short massage on the company buck.   :)

Still being social

However, I hope I'm allowed to have a nice quiet evening at home tonight. I could really use a night to unwind and relax for a bit. Not that I'm stressed or anything, it would just be nice to be at home for a bit. Maybe take a bath.

 I've been pretty busy all week. After the art show on Tuesday, I spend Wednesday night with Robin. We went out to eat a La Mesa (my favorite mexican place) and had some margaritas, and then just hung out at her place for a while. Thursday, I guess we took it pretty easy. Just ate out at Smash Burger (which was super nasty! See my other blog for details) then rented a movie and went home for the night.

Yesterday felt like a really busy day even though it was my day off. I went to lunch with some of my work buddies from my old job. We caught up for a bit and talked about how awful it was/is to work for The Peterson Companies. Even though I'm still not sure I love my new job, it's still so much better than the old one. Much less stress... most of the time any way.

For the evening, I had gotten free tickets the UNO hockey game at the Qwest Center. So we took Josh and Sarah along to repay them for the tickets to the Bugs Bunny show. That was a lot of fun. It was a really good game. It was a tie game, that went into over time, and came down to a shoot out. It was pretty crazy actually. After that we went back to their place and hung out for a bit. So, good times.

Other than my new found social life, really not much has been going on. My in office boss is out of town till Tuesday, so I'm in charge. Trying not to completely screw up every thing. Although, I have been screwing up a few small things... which sucks. I was really hoping to do everything perfect and have no issues and really just like rock it. You know? I guess I want to show the higher ups I could handle more responsibility. Since maybe if I had more stuff to do, or got promoted, I would be a little happier at work. Eh, who knows.

Tomorrow is the big game. Super Bowl Sunday! I will be spending the evening at Kelly and Todd's house with friends. Which is sure to be a good time. I'm also going to try a new recipe to bring a long, so that should be fun too. I'm sure you'll get to hear all about it in my next post (probably too much about it), so I'm gonna wrap this up. ta ta.

Blood red bathrooms freak me out.

I don't know why, but it must be a new trend to paint bathrooms blood red, and it creeps me out. I always feel like I'm in a horror movie waiting to be slaughtered. This is the bathroom at the Nomad Lounge, and I will get to this a little further down in the post.

I've been a little down lately, so I haven't been posting much. I've just been in a real funk with my job. Still just unsure how I feel about it, and as a result, I've been unsure how I feel about my life. So, yeah, that kind of sucks. However, works gotten a little busier this week so I don't have to sit and pretend to be busy while staring at the clock the entire time. Which gives me less time to think about my situation and I am starting to feel a little better.

I've decided this blog is a good thing for me. Not only is it allowing me to write more and "express my self" and what not, but it's kind of forced me to get out of the house and have social life. I feel like if all I have to write about is that I spent another week lying on the couch every night, well, that's just depressing. And really, who wants to read about my incredibly boring and depressing life? As a result of not wanting to subject any readers who do stop by my blog to that, I've tried to spice up my life a bit more... and I think it's working.

Last night we went to a student art exhibit at the Nomad Lounge. I hadn't been down to the Nomad and it was a SUPER swanky lounge, and a very cool venue. It has lots of great little lounge areas with curtains all separating them (I guess you can reserve those on the weekends and you get your own little bar runner person). Really, it looked like a place we really couldn't afford to go on a regular basis, but it was still really cool. Maggie (Eric's younger sister) had invited us to come. She was basically helping to put the whole thing on, plus she did have some of her work in the show as well. Of course there was free wine, which I took advantage of, and fun artsy people to talk to. I had a great time, and drank a touch too much. Thankfully, I'm feeling great today. I think going out just helped to lift my spirits a bit. I'm going out tonight too. Well, maybe not out, but I'm doing something with Robin. Which could just be going over to her place, but at least I wont be home. Plus, Robin is one of my all time favorite people, so I'm always happy to spend time with her. :)

Anyway, I'll wrap this up. I guess I never did get back to the blood red bathroom... oh well. It was red and creepy. Here's another picture from inside Nomad. It didn't turn out great since it was kind of dark in there, and I took it with my phone, but whatever.