Energy Draining, Power Fading

I am so unbelievably tired right now. I don't think that I have been this tired in a very very long time. I spent all weekend at the rio. If I wasn't at the rio, I was getting ready to go to the rio or helping out with rio stuff, or thinking about what I needed to do for the rio. And don't get me wrong. I love my job, and I love the people I work with. However, I am very tired, and I just want to stay away for a little bit. Maybe branch out and go to Jo's and listen to the band, and just chill. We had Urban Assualt on Sunday. This is a huge Austinized bike race, that happens every year, and what happens is the participants have to ride around to different stops and complete different activities. Once they finish the activity, they receive a bead and move on to the next stop. They end up at RunTex, where there is food and beer and water and drinks and a band and all sorts of fun stuff. As you might have guessed, we provided the food and we also helped bartend. That's what I did. New Belgium, which is a Ft. Collions brewing company, was giving away free beer, and we were slingin 'em. It was awesome fun, but very hard work and very tiring. We worked from about 10-2 and it was hot. We were in the shade all day, but it was still super hot. So yeah. It was alot of fun and I'd definitely do it again next year, but now I am tired. School starts on Thursday. I'm so thrilled. and then on Friday I am going to Houston after work to see the BoSox play the 'Stros. TWICE. I am super excited. I just hope I have a little more energy by then!

New York New York, It's Good to be Home

I went to New York City this week. That sounds so jet-setter and fabulous. It wasn't quite fabulous, but it was alot of fun. My family and I went up there Sunday morning, and spent two days doing family stuff. We went to the UN, a Yankees game (YECH!), Little Italy, Mass at St. Patrick's, Central Park, the Museum of Natural Science, and a Mets' game. It was an awesome two days. One of my dad's business associates was able to hook us up with the most awesome hotel I have ever stayed in in my entire life, excluding the Four Seasons in Dublin. We stayed at the New York Marriot Marquis. This hotel is the biggest hotel in the entire city. It has 2000 rooms, and is right in the middle of Times Square. It even has its own Broadway theater! It was amazing. One of the coolest things was the elevator. You put in what floor you wanted to go to and it told you what elevator to go to. It was so cool. The trip itself was alot of fun. However, spending time with my family was a little strange. I dunno, I love my family and I love hanging out with them. But the way that I feel like they treat me, or the way that they do things with me is that I can't be the person I have become around them. They don't see me the way everyone else sees me. and it makes life really difficult. It makes me feel like they force me into a hole that they see me in. And I hate it. I'm not that person anymore. I'm growing and changing and becoming a whole different person. They just don't see that. I mean damn, I have my own crazy life that I'm living and staying in tune with the person they want me to be is not really in my line of sight. I don't want to be that closed in, one dimesional, flat person who likes the same things that everybody else likes. I am not that person anymore. I am not like any of my siblings at all. I have a tattoo, I drink like fish, I smoke every once in a while, I work in a restuarant, I take risks that maybe I shouldn't take, but that's me! And I wish my family would see and respect that.

5 things under $5 that I cannot live without:
1. Chapstick
2. Soap and Glory Bubble Bath
3. Bread
4. Milk
5. Glade Candles
5 ALL TIME Favorite Movies:
1. Elizabethtown
2. High Society
3. Pride and Prejudice
4. Hook
5. Newsies
5 baby names I love
1.Tucker
2. Emma
3. Micah
4. Molly
5. Lorilei
5 people who have influenced me in a positive way:
1. My mom and dad
2. Nana
3. George
4. Katy
5. Steph
5 things that are always in my purse:
1. Wallet
2. Mint Chapstick
3. Trident
4. A pen
5. checkbook
5 Moments that have changed my life
1. Graduating high school
2. Going to St. Ed's
3. Working at the Rio
4. Working at the library
5. Getting my new car
5 obsessions I have right now:
1. Myspace
2. My Mp3 player
3. Movies
4. Cheez Dillas
5. blogging
5 places I would like to go
1. Boston
2. Paris
3. London
4. Cali
5. Ireland
5 Celebrities I hate to admit I keep up with:
1. Britany Spears
2. Jolie/Pitt Fam
3. Reese Witherspoon
4. David Beckham
5. John Mayer
5 Most exciting things about this summer:
1. NYC
2. Red Sox game!
3. Urban Assault
4. The 4th
5. Colorado in July
5 Goals I am currently working on:
1. Losing weight
2. Training the dog
3. Not dying
4. Staying stressfree
5. Not spending money
5 People that come up most often in my Normal Conversation:
1. My mom
2. Lindsay
3. Alanna
4. Aurora
5. Lauren