A Few Things

1.  I cannot believe it has been over a year since I've updated this thing.  My apologies, but I have a good excuse!  If you read my blog, then you know I had enrolled in cosmetology school.  Well, drum roll please....I am now a licensed cosmetologist in the state of Colorado!  I recently started working at Charmaine's Bella and Colour Salon and loving every minute of it!  If you live in the Denver area I'd love to see you at the salon and do your hair!  Shameless promoting.

2.  I get to marry this handsome devil in six months.  He is the love of my life, my soulmate, my partner in crime, and my best friend.  He lets me be me, supports me in everything I do and he makes me smile more than anything in the entire world.  (Bonus, he snuggles with Riley, but don't tell him I told you).  

3.  I tried being brunette for awhile, (well, only about a month) and decided blondes have more fun.  Unfortunately, I'm in a strawberry blonde phase right now.  Word of advice, don't go super dark unless you're ready to commit to it for awhile.  If you need to go back to blonde, give your self plenty of time so you don't damage your hair too much.  My goal is to be blonde by my wedding in November, so I gave myself almost 8 months to gradually go lighter.  

4.  This shirt.  Need I say more?! 

For those that don't know. Rafael Nadal was my first love. 

 I flew to Mallorca while studying in Valencia, Spain just in hopes that we'd bump into each other. 

 (A girl can dream, right?) 

5.  My favorite team is back in the playoffs after a very long hiatus (looking at you Joe Sacco).  I was fortunate enough to go to game one against the Minnesota Wild and wow, what a game!  A win in overtime after being down 2 goals in the third period.  Doesn't get much better than that.  

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Awkward

• I'm waiting in a very long line at the post office and this girl about my age goes up to the counter and hands the guy her package and says Thanks, have a good one.  The guy behind the counter is all sorts of confused.  Girlfriend didn't know you have to pay for the post office to send your package.  Sorry, but how do you get to be 24 years old and not know this.  It ends with her having to run out to her car to get her purse, making us wait in line even longer.  Side note, pretty sure she was an old friend of mine in elementary school, but wasn't sure and didn't want to fraternize with her after her mail debacle. 
• When you say Thank you, Have a great day to someone as they're leaving and they totally ignore you and walk out.  Great, yup, talking to myself.  
• Spending a Saturday night reading "Rafa" in my VAMOS RAFA t-shirt, waiting for his match to begin at 1:30 a.m.  Clearly I'm an old lady sometimes.  I didn't even stay awake til the match.
• Once in awhile I go crazy and wear bright red lipstick.  Yesterday was one of those days.  I went to Target, bought a couple things, the usual.  Got into my car, looked in the rearview mirror and realized I had lipstick on my teeth.  See, told ya I'm an old lady sometimes!
• I love when I see people running to catch the Light Rail, even though the train is just chilling because it's not going to leave for another 4 minutes.  But then I get paranoid myself and think, oh my gosh, what if it leaves me?  So then I start power walking to catch the train, which chills for another 3 minutes.

Awesome

• Watching Riley's paws twitch when he's sleeping.  I have this idea in my head that he's romping around a field.  Do dogs dream?
• Feeling like a real "city girl" walking through the Theater District on my way to school.  Some of those buildings are beautiful and for a moment, I feel like I'm in New York City.  But clearly a much quieter and cleaner NYC.
• Finally enjoying tennis again!  After my college tennis days I quit for a couple years because I didn't enjoy it anymore.  Picked up my racket (and some sweet, new, black and pink Babolat shoes) and I'm loving it again.  Now I just need to get back in shape.  

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

I'm back!  And lucky for you, I started class this week for the Master's degree.  I say lucky for you, because I will be taking the light rail to and from class twice a week, which is bound to give me some great stories!

The past 2 weeks I was very sick with a sinus infection so I wasn't able to get out much.  This awkward and awesome post is a couple of weeks combined into one.


Awkward:

• It's always awkward when someone from high school comes into the restaurant I work at, but it's even worse when I have to wait on them.  Yup, just waiting tables.  Really living the dream after college graduation.  
• Kanyo West.  Instead of Kanye, it came out Kanyo.  We officially invented a new rapper: Kanyo East.
• I recently got in touch with a blast from the past.  Since then, we've been talking about getting together.  He has these ideas of getting together at like 9:00 p.m.  He clearly doesn't know that I'm a grandma and like to be in bed by 11:00.  
• I finally saw "Bridesmaids."  This is awkward because it took me this long to finally see the damn movie.  It was good, but I gotta say, "Hangover" is better.
• I was witness to a grown man (I'd say he was about 29 years old) getting lectured by his mother about soda and how bad it is for you.  Soda is the very worst thing for you.  All that high fructose corn syrup...
• Pulling out Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on the light rail.  Yes I'm 23 years old and reading HP, for the 2nd time.    I won't lie to you, I hid the fact that it was Harry Potter.
• This kid straight up rapping along with this headphones on the light rail last night.  I feared he was moments away from this.  Please excuse the swear words.

Awesome:

• I saw my first Cirque de Soleil show a couple weeks ago.  I was so excited to see "Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour" but have to admit that it left me wanting more.  
• Steak and Shake.  I finally ate at the Colorado location.  It was delicious.  Per usual.
• Exactly one month until pitchers and catchers report to spring training.  Ready for baseball!!
• This week my parents celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary!  We celebrated in style at Red Lobster...cause we had a coupon.  
• The Australian Open is underway, which can only mean one thing.  I'll be living in this t-shirt for the next 2 weeks.  

• Spur of the moment shopping at Forever 21.  For whatever reason, I decided to run by the mall yesterday and picked up some really cute items like a zebra print "shrug" and a "leather" moto jacket.  

Awkward and Awesome Thursday

Can't believe it's time for another Awkward and Awesome Thursday!!

Awkward:

• Wearing a skirt on a windy day and giving the Budweiser delivery drivers a free show.  That's how we roll over at Coors.  "This butt's, err Bud's for you."
• So last week I told you about those awesome new shoes I got.  Well, naturally I decided to wear them out Friday night.  I paired the booties with skinny jeans and a flowy top.  Relatively casual, but not according to these Breckenridge peeps.  You should have seen the looks I got.  Which, I guess when it comes to fashion in a place like this, means I did something right.  At least that's what I'll keep telling myself.
• Someone searching "Fedora's for big heads" and being brought to my blog.  Yeah, yeah I have a big head, what're you gonna do about it!
• Getting a text message from a someone Saturday night and having no idea who it is.  Then, about an hour remembering who it is, but feeling so bad for not remembering said person, and not texting them back.  Oops!

Awesome:

• So while I was getting all those weird looks about my fabulous outfit, I did get one girl that loved it.  She was from Denver...obvi...
• Bringing out my inner fashionista!  I have this dress that I'm not really feeling, so I decided to wear it as a skirt.  I wish I had pictures to go along with all my outfit awkward/awesome moments.  Sorry!
• This shirt!  Cause I mean let's be honest, running does suck.  Even if you choose to run like I do, it still sucks.  Until afterward, and then you can't wait to go again.  
• My amazingly supportive friends.  I have to host a lot of events in bars and it can be pretty awkward, but luckily I have friends that try to make it whenever they can.  I've even scheduled events to fit their schedules!
• How I Met Your Mother.  I just finished season 5.  If you've never seen it, get your priorities straight!  My Avs friends will appreciate that I just saw the Bang Bang Dance episode in its entirety.  

• Rafael Nadal on David Letterman.  The guy is one the of top tennis players in the world, yet he has remained so humble.  And he is the face of Armani.  And, he has an autobiography.  I need to get that asap!!! Since he's the love of my life and all.  When I studied abroad in Spain, I went to Majorca just in hopes I would meet him and we would fall madly in love.  Ok not really, but it definitely was a factor we took into consideration!