Lifetime Drama Saga Continued

I don't know if you remember me talking about my attempted murder situation at the beginning of the month, if not you can and should read about it here.

Anyways, this past Friday my drama saga unfortunately continued...

I was going about minding my own business, doing work like normal, when I had to run across the hall to drop some paper work off. While I was walking I was looking down at the paperwork I was delivering and not looking where I was going ...this was a BIG MISTAKE!!

All of a sudden I hear my name being called at a very close distance to me and I look up to find the husband poising murderous woman standing with a slimy creepy smile plastered on her face and her arms outstretched right in front of me!!!

And you want to know what I did? I PANICKED!!

I panicked so bad that I hugged the husband poising murderous woman! I walked right into her outstretched arms and hugged her!

And what does one say after hugging an attempted murderer?

Me: How are you?

Me: Oh, I see you hurt your wrist! (said with a sympathetic tone, but all the while I'm thinking she must have tried to beat someone to death with that hand) 

Murderer: Yeah I broke it.

Me: Oh, I'm so sorry (slowly backing away), well it was nice seeing you.

Murderer: (leans in closer) You know we are trying to work things out.

Me: (NOW I'M REALLY FREAKING OUT BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT I KNOW!!) 

Me: Oh, Sweetie I'm so sorry (nods head, again sympathetically, like I know what she's going through).

Me: Well, it was nice seeing you. I hope you work things out. (shows paperwork to let her know that I have very important business and that I am not running away from her in fear...then I turn and run away from her in fear) 

Needless to say I was a little twitchy the rest of the day.

On a positive note, I did learn that I turn into extra super nice person when in the face of an attempted murderer. This is not something I knew about myself. In fact I don't think it's a quality that I have tried to examine before, but it's good to know.

It will come in handy if I ever have to interview for a job on death row.

Am I a Robot?

Have you ever had an anxiety attack? 

Well let me tell you, they are not fun.

Over the last few months, when I have been super stressed (and I have been super stressed), I have had derealization and depersonalization anxiety attacks.

de·re·al·i·za·tion

dēˌrē(ə)ləˈzāSHən/

noun

1.

a feeling that one's surroundings are not real, esp. as a symptom of mental disturbance.

de·per·son·al·i·za·tion

dēˌpərsənələˈzāSHən/

1. 1.

   the action of divesting someone or something of human characteristics or individuality.

a state in which one's thoughts and feelings seem unreal or not to belong to oneself, or in which one loses all sense of identity.

It's super weird and super crazy. It normally happens when I'm in a big crowd. Everything goes mute and hazy and things move in slow motion. Nothing seems real, almost like we are all trapped in a television show or dream and at any moment we are just going to wake up and find out none of what we know is real. I kinda feel like a crazy person (or technically not a person), but the internet tells me I'm not crazy, just stressed...so I'm going to believe that all of the internet is true.

However, even with me having anxiety attacks where I don't think my life is real, this is not the main reason I don't feel like a human. 

The main reason I question my humanity is because of the stupid word verification thingy I have to do every time I try to leave a comment anywhere on the internet!

I swear some of them are in a different language or not really letters at all! I think they are just ink blots and the person who makes them is just sitting there laughing at us trying guess letters out of nothing! 

I know they are just testing to make sure I'm not a robot spam commenting on everything, but 9 times out of 10 I don't get it right on the first try. This makes me seriously question if I'm a robot or not. I could really be one in disguised and just not know it. 

Am I the only one who has a hard time with the word verifications or am I the only robot out there? 

How did I end up with three jobs?

Guys. I'm tired of working two jobs.

I know I've only been doing this two weeks, but it's exhausting. 

And, not only am I working two jobs, I somehow I find myself actually working three jobs. 

www.zazzle.com

Get this, I know it's going to sound weird, but the coffee shop is inside a Mexican restaurant!

It's one of the strangest things I have ever seen or heard! But they make it work...I guess?

The coffee shop owner and the Mexican restaurant owner are business partners. They are in one little building in a strip mall and split the space. There are two separate counters and they share the seating area.

This is all kinds of unusual and I find it very intriguing, except for the part where I have to be a Barista and a waitress at the same time. 

Do you know how hard it is to be a Barista and a waitress at the same time!?! 

Pretty darn difficult if you ask me!

Making the fancy coffee takes some time and when you have a line of coffee people and even one or two tables it's very hard to keep up and take care of everyone in a timely manor (It's near impossible).

You would think, with it technically being two separate businesses (They have different names and different counters), they would have two separate workers, but that is not the case. Luna gets all the work!

I know I'm complaining little (okay maybe a lot) here because I'm tired, but I really do like the job and it pays for my coffee habit (I think, even with my discount, I am paying them to work there). 

It may be a a slightly unusual situation that is a lot of work, but it's all good. I got this. I'm super woman. I'll make it work! 

...right after my nap. 

Road Trip!

Mona and I both had off work yesterday, so we hit the road Jack.

Anytime we both have a day off, we grab our bags, find what clean clothes we can (we are terrible at keeping up with laundry), get in the car, and go wherever the wind takes us. 

This is one of my favorite things ever of all times. No plans, no destination, just the wind in my hair and the open road. 

We have found some wonderful and unexpected places on our travels. We have taken tours of president's homes, revolving jails, old theaters, and lakes so deep you can scuba dive. 

There has also been lots of great food and lots of great coffee (my personal favorite). 

There have only been a few times where I have gotten Mona into situations where she feared for her life. 

Like when I made her take take the bus in California and she thought we got lost and were going to be kidnapped and sold into the sex trade (we weren't lost...we were just transferring buses in the middle of a Mexican community on a corner where some people were tying to make a living.)

Or the time we stopped for a tour of a small maple factory (and by small I mean it was in their barn in the middle backwoods of Wisconsin with no one around for miles. They were lovely people..I don't see why Mona thought they were going to murder us and no one would hear our screams) 

And she outright said "NO!" to touring a shut down mental institution!

Let's just say she is irrationally fearful of potentially dangerous situations. 

I don't get it. 

This trip we stayed in well populated, touristy areas, so Mona didn't complain. Strike that, she didn't complain about her life being in danger. She did have a problem with her sunglasses, or lack thereof. 

Mona: we need to stop somewhere and get me sunglasses. I broke my last pair.

Me: okay we can stop at Walmart

Mona: no. We can stop somewhere nicer. I'm willing to spend more money on them. 

Me: after you broke the last three pair you had? 

Mona: they only broke because they were cheep. 

Me: Really Mona? It wasn't because you forgot you were wearing them on your shirt when you hugged someone, dropped them on the concrete, or stepped on them? 

Mona: No. 

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(us driving through a cute little downtown)

Mona: do you think they would have sunglasses there? (Points at lamps & shades store)

Me:(face-palm)

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Mona: (in a whining tone) I need sunglasses!

Me: do you want to wear mine?

Mona: (nods)

Me: (gives Mona my sunglasses)

Mona: they're dirty! 

Me: That's it! Give them back! You don't deserve them!

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We never did stop to get her sunglasses. But in my defense, she was the driver. It wan't like I was holding her back. 

Luna's Big Day

Well folks. Today is the day we've all been waiting for...

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!

The big two five.

And let me tell you I feel so much older and wiser! Life has taken on a completely different perspective since the clock struck midnight (I feel a little bit like Cinderella)! I mean it's not everyday you turn a quarter of a century old!

A quarter of a century people!

Gosh it seems like it has taken my whole life to get here!

In all honesty, I don't even really feel like an adult. I feel a twelve year old who is pretending to be a grown up. I'm kinda just winging this whole "adulthood" thing. My main philosophy in life is "fake it til ya make it".

I think I'm pulling it off (if no one's looking too closely).

I have everyone so fooled that I'm even allowed to rent a car now! (Weird that that's the last milestone of age allowable things I am able to do...besides retirement)

I'm actually looking forward to the next 25 years of my life. To see what adventure and excitement and whatnot life has in store for me.

I want to age gracefully. I want to embrace getting older and not wish that I was younger or feel the need to lie about my age.  I am going to rock at getting old and make everyone wish they could be as cool and old as me! Just you wait and see!

Cheers to the next twenty-five years!

Haven!!

All I can think about today is the fact that Haven is on tonight! (please notice the unusually large photo showing my level of excitement)

It's got mystery, intrigue, secrets, romance, and science fiction. What more could you want?

If you haven't seen it...Haven is based off the book The Colorado Kid by Stephen King and follows FBI agent Audrey Parker as she follows a case to the small town of Haven. Once she is there, unusual things start to happen. The town has it's "troubles" that it tries to keep hidden from Audrey, but she is determined to uncover their secrets. During her investigation Audrey finds an old newspaper article about the Colorado Kid with a picture of a woman that looks alarming like Audrey. She believes this could be a picture of her unknown mother and decides to stay and investigate the woman and the troubles in Haven.

A lot of sci-fi and fantasy shows, if you watch enough, can become predicable after awhile (at least that's what I think), not bad, just predicable. This show, even after 3 seasons, continues to surprise me with twists and turns that I never see coming! And I love it! 

You should go find season one right now and start watching and keep watching because it keeps getting better and better!

Conversation with Mona

I thought I would share a public Facebook conversation that Mona and I had yesterday to help you see into the type of sister relationship we have. 

Mona LaBlue>Luna LaBlue
So last year for "your" birthday you took me to Maine! I am excited to see what you do for me this year!!!

• Mona LaBlue:  I can have all monday off

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• Luna LaBlue:  I tried to get monday off, but I can't

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• Luna LaBlue:  And you are a terrible sister. You didn't plan anything last year. I had to do all the work!

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• Mona LaBlue:  I had to plan myyyy own birthday party! You are the terrible sister!

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•   Mona LaBlue: I gave you my company! That is priceless!
  

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• Luna LaBlue:  priceless=worthless that's why I didn't plan anything for your birthday

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• Mona LaBlue: Baaa

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  We have a wonderful relationship!

  
  

  After our heated public birthday argument, Mona and I spent some quality sister time together. We talked about life and work and lack of sleep. And let me tell you...when you get the two of us together, while we are both extremely sleep deprived, we are hilarious! We were cracking up each other up! It fact we didn't really talk all that much. It was more just weird, uncontrollable, and if I'm being honest, unattractive laughter. Other people, if they saw us in this state, may call us crazy. But why bother with technicalities?

  
  

   I really do love that crazy girl.

  
  

  And just to let you all know...Mona wanted to plan her own birthday party! I could have had a wonderful huge extravagant birthday extravaganza planned, but I just wanted her to be happy and do what she wanted to do on her birthday! I think that's being a pretty wonderful sister! 

  
  

  (And yes my birthday is this Monday...feel free to send me gifts)