Attack of the Cockroaches!!!

Ok, cockroach. Singular. But still yucky.

I was starting to sit down for church when the lady behind me said "Just to warn you that that is the roach isle."

Huh?

She pointed to the floor and sure'nuff there was a large, brown cockroach perched under my chair waiting for me to sit down so that it could attack my feet! It'd probably claw me with its little spear legs! Needless to say, I not so calmly walked around the back of the room to the non roach side. I remained calm except for a jump when I saw the brown, shiny horror skittering to the next isle. Yuck.

Joe said once sunday school was out and all the women had left that a couple 12 year old boys grabbed the roach with a piece of paper and proceeded to show everyone the squirming specimen before taking it out. 

Leave it to the Deacons.

I was tagged...

Four jobs I have had...
1. Dance Teacher
2. House Cleaner
3. Modern Dancer
4. Pilates Instructor

Four movies I have watched more than once...
1. Hope Floats
2. A Walk To Remember
3. Farris Buler's Day Off
4. Celine Dion's A New Day

Four places I have lived...
1. Orem, UT
2. Provo, UT
3. Orem, UT
4. Scottsdale, AZ

Four TV shows I watch...
1. So You Think You Can Dance
2. The Office
3. The Bacholer
4. Wipe Out (Best show ever!)

Four people who e-mail me regularly...
1. Palm Newsletter
2. Escape the Cubicle Nation.com
3. Chelsea
4. uh... (man, my e-mail life is dead)

Four of my favorite foods...
1. Chicken Coconut Curry (yum yum yum!)
2. Tapioca
3. Lasagna
4. Hummus

Four things I am looking forward to in the coming year...
1. Spending time with Joe! (I love my Hubby:)
2. Having a non sitting job (see below)
3. Writing my book (more about this later...)
4. Seeing what crazy thing life will throw at us this year

New Chapter

Ok, I know it sounds cliche, but this last week I dove into a new chapter of my life. I call this one "One Step Closer."

My previous chapter, "I Think I Can, I Think I Can..." was an interesting experiment involving me and a normal job. Not a combination that has lasted long in the past.

Summer 2000

20 hours a week

I worked at a desk in my dad's office. I had three responsibilities: greet guests, answer phones, enter data. I really liked it for the first week. After the first week I noticed I had a hard time sitting that long so I started looking for other things to do, like organizing my dad's desk for him. I was very happy with my work, he was not so happy because apparently he couldn't find anything anymore (poor Dad :). I went back to sitting. I lasted 6 weeks.

Fall 2005

30 hours a week

I'd never tried retail before (except for an unfortunate cheese job the Christmas after graduation) so I thought I should. I started a job in a home decor store at the mall. Loved it for the first month. They let me redecorate the displays sometimes. After that I realized I don't like redecorating that much so I started looking for other things to do, like telling the owner things that would make her business run much more smoothly. I was very excited about my work, she was not so excited because apparently she liked the way she was doing things already (poor owner).  I went back to sitting. I lasted 2 more weeks.

Fall 2006-Summer 2008

40 hours a week!

My dad was so proud that I was actually working full time. I was an admin at an actuarial firm. I answered the phones, greeted people and got to help with making the company more efficient. It was really good, and I enjoyed working with the employees there. But I was still sitting. Darn. I lasted 22 month. Pretty darn good.

Lesson learned? Ashleigh + sitting job = not so good. I think Pilates and I will get along much better.

Ugh

So it is 12:10 and I am wide awake.

This is not normal for me. I think it has something to do with the concoction of food I have in my stomach. My wisdom teeth were yanked from my face on Monday, and I haven't been up to chewing much since. So, if the food is mushy, it is fair game. For instance, this morning I downed a container of cottage cheese, a serving of that green super food stuff and a smooshy cereal bar. Yum. For lunch I had a lot of soda (that stuff goes down good!) and 6 mini bites of a Chipotle chicken burrito bowl with extra guacamole (I love Chipotle, and they love me, because I am half the reason they do so well down here). More soda at a work party. Dinner included fries, chicken nuggets, chili and a chocolate shake. And orange juice. All nice individually, but put it all together and what do you get? Ashleigh awake at 12:16.