Just a Few Things.

-Still thinking about planning a vacation, I have no idea where to, maybe somewhere out west? I think I wrote about it before, but sometimes I daydream about just getting up and walking as far as my feet will take me in a day, camping out for the night, and doing the same thing all over again the next day, and the next. Maybe hiking part of the Appalachian trail? I don't think I'd be brave enough to do that by myself, but maybe I could convince someone to go with me. Though, I watched a documentary about it and plenty of people go it alone, and stay safe. I'm still open to suggestions, friends, so let me know if you've gone somewhere that you really LOVED!

-This has been sort of a long week. I've worked more hours than I've ever worked, but ironically, work has been the highlight of my week. I am really enjoying it more than ever and appreciating the opportunity I have to impact other people on a daily basis. In fact, on Wednesday, I woke up thinking "I can't wait to go to work! this day is going to be fantastic!" and then the car wouldn't start. And when I finally got to work half an hour late, the phones were down. And I left early so that we could get the car to a mechanic (it's still not fixed, but hopefully on Tuesday we'll get it back...it seems to be the season for car trouble!).

-You know what kind of bugs me? when people say "Hi, how are you?" and you say "I'm fi..." but they cut you off and say "so I was wondering..." What's the purpose of asking? maybe it's not the norm anymore, but I'm always looking for an (honest) answer when I ask "how are you?" I've never used it as a greeting. Does this bother anyone else?

-Okay, and you know what REALLY ticks me off?...Yesterday on the way home from work, there was a fatal car accident (of course none of us on the road really knew that at the time), and traffic was backed up-SERIOUSLY backed up, it took 2 hours to get home, when usually it takes 30-45minutes. So some people took it upon themselves to DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER to try and avoid the traffic. So, I was lecturing these people (who obviously couldn't hear me) "okay, folks, the reason that space is there is for disabled vehicles or emergency vehicles that need to bypass traffic in order to get to-imagine that-an emergency!" Then, of course, an ambulance on the way to the fatal, 4 vehicle accident has to drive around these idiots-on the grass outside of the shoulder. And these people were getting mad because nobody was letting them back on the road. I mean, have these people no sense?? What happens if they are the one waiting for help next time? I'm still fuming about it-I can't even remember what the other things I was planning on blogging about were. Lord, help me!

-I love fruit on the bottom greek yogurt-to me, it's like cheesecake, without all the extra calories. My favorite right now is Athenos Black Cherry. Yum!

-I made some copycat Red Lobster Cheddar Bay biscuits from a recipe found in Top Secret Restaurant Recipes:2 . This guy knows what he's doing, apparently, because my co-workers loved them. I've never tried Red Lobster biscuits, but I'm told these come pretty darn close. You can find the recipe here :-)

-Note to self: Start taking pictures of this stuff to post on the blog! :-p

Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend. I get two whole days off, and I hardly know what to do with myself! Craft? spend a whole day walking? watch tv? (I seriously hope I don't end up doing that!) Clean house? Go through my stuff and simplify? So many options :-)