Ugh!!!!

Some people are just unfit to be parents!

Why are you yelling at a three year old...A THREE(!) year old to sit his MUTHAFUCKING ASS down?? Really? REALLY?? In front of strangers?? At a children's hospital, possibly the worst place to do that nonetheless?? And threatening to BEAT HIS ASS. Perhaps you want CPS to take the child away!


Maybe its just me, but why does it seem that most of the individuals who just have no business being parents are usually the ones who have MULTIPLE children? Ugh.

Case of the missing passport

What do you do?

You are getting ready to head out to the airport to board an international flight in a few hours…when you realize your passport is no where to be found.

That happened to me about 2 months ago.

About four hours to my scheduled departure time, as I started to do one last check of everything I would need for my trip back, I realized I had everything else but my passport. Now I’m usually the calm in the face of adversity type of person so my first natural thought was, “it has got to be somewhere in here, just look around”. So, my first line of action was to empty my purse and thoroughly search through it. Nothing. Next, I unpacked my luggage and went through every single item just in case I had accidentally packed it in there somewhere… still nothing. I then looked under the bed, inside and underneath all the night stands, dressers, drawers, trash can (ew!) and every other piece of furniture in the room like a crazy person, in the event that it had accidentally ended up there somehow. Same result, NOTHING.

Okay.....time to back track and try to think of the last time I saw it then I realized- about 5 days prior, I had brought my passport along with me because we were going to go to the airport and I was told to bring it with me to allow me entry into the airport. We ended up not going to the airport that day but then I remembered, I had briefly taken out all the contents of my tiny satchel to get to my wallet while we were stopped over at a tiny restaurant for dinner….and that’s when panic begun to set in. OH MY GOD, I HAD LOST MY PASSPORT!!!!!

So I freaked out, but only for about 5 minutes lol. Then I started to think of the next steps...call the airline to let them know about my situation (like they would really give two craps), report my passport as missing and then begin the process of applying for a replacement passport or some sort of emergency travel document the following day. I stopped dead in my tracks when I realized; I had absolutely no proof of citizenship with me, yikes. That was when I really started to panic. How was I going to prove to the consulate that I was indeed a lawful citizen and needed assistance? I couldn’t think straight after that realization, so I stopped everything I was doing, including thinking- and at the time, the million thoughts running through my head each second were very irrational- to clear my head for a few minutes.

After I cleared my head and calmed down, I had a strong inclination to go through my wallet for some odd reason. I wasn’t sure what I was looking in my wallet for, but I just knew I had to look in my wallet…and that was when I found my voter ID card. YES! One proof of citizenship!!!!! Woo hoo! Coming off of the excitement of finding my voter ID, I reached for my iPad for another unexplained reason and what do you know, my passport comes flying out from behind the case…yeah. Needless to say, I said a quick prayer of thanks and did my happy dance for 10 straight minutes with the biggest, cheesiest and goofiest grin on my face, and then I was off to the airport to catch my flight with ZERO problems after that.

I’ve never ‘lost’ any document of such importance and as such, learned a very important lesson from that experience. I heeded to the advice from the Department of State as soon as I got back home: Always have at least 2 copies of your passport handy when traveling…one copy should be in your possession and kept in a safe place, and the other copy should be kept by a trusted person.

I have 10 copies of my passport now, because I never want to be caught in a situation like that ever again!

Bernhoft!

Street Lights Wow, where have I been this whole time? For anyone who doesn’t know who Jarle Bernhoft is, let me break it down to you really quick. Think the Norwegian version of Robin Thicke, or maybe better?...but that could be up for debate depending on who you ask. My goodness, this man has A LOT OF SOUL!!! I was completely in awe when I found out that not only is he a one man act! This guy oozes talent and I mean the real kind. I’m looking at you __________. I’m sure he is big in his native Norway, and probably Europe, but why is he practically unheard of in the US? Or maybe he is and I just missed the memo? Either way, I’m glad I was introduced to his music by my co-worker Jermaine and I’ve had his song on repeat the whole time. Quality music!!!


You can listen to him on his YouTube page located here: http://www.youtube.com/artist/Bernhoft?feature=watch_video_title

Jarle Bernhoft, who happens to look like a high fashion model in this pic lol
Image borrowed from http://stereofonik.com/post/4951778802/bernhoft-stay-with-me

Photo Dump

Wow- it's definitely been a while! Reason for my absence? Well, I hit the jackpot and have been living the high life ever since. I really don't have one. 

Anyway, I have a bunch of photos on my phone and I just wanted to share a few of them...so enjoy!

Beautiful butterfly at the Museum of Natural History Butterfly Exhibit

Random car with a neat license plate in the middle of traffic

Discovered this cheap cotton candy ice cream...yum yum

Current pedicure design. I'm a sucker for nail art hehe

Dear Cricket Wireless...please get it together. Spray painting your name on this awning doesn't speak well of you.

More toe art.

GIGANTIC slice of pizza on U Street. I believe this is were all the college kids go to get a bite for cheap after their nights of parting and drinking

English breakfast. I miss the bacon the most.

Can't get enough water. Note: I also recycle

Parked cars in Paris. Why can't we park in any direction, regardless of traffic flow in the US of A? I'm drafting a letter to my senator NOW. 

Ikea! Love their food spread.

Approximately 3,837 miles from my desk [lol] to the Eiffel Tower

DC OJ for a DC work morning.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

...to everyone else but me! Anyone know where I can get some discounted [there's a recession out there and I need to be wise about how I spend my hard earned $$] Christmas Spirit?? Up until 3 days ago, we've had very mild weather, with temps sometimes hovering around the low to mid 60's!!! It's felt more like fall than winter.

I went to Walmart and the garden center smelled GLORIOUS, redolent of Christmas scents- you know, the pine-y, mint-y, cinnamon-y smell?? I took a couple deep breaths to take it all in and that brought a smile to my face and left me in the Christmas mood- but as soon as I left the store, the feeling quickly disappeared :-( I usually prepare myself for the Christmas holiday by indulging in a hearty Thanksgiving dinner but I didn't get to have thanksgiving this year. I spent the day in the airport and had a burrito bowl from Chipotle which served as my breakfast, lunch and dinner. Chipotle usually has good food, but the food at the Dulles Airport location was not as tasty, very very bland, but because I was hungry, I forced myself to eat it and I'm glad I did, because the dinner served on the plane was even worse.

Anyway, I've been thinking about pimping out my car to see if it will get me in the mood. I had this in mind:

Photo credit: easyandelegantlife.com

Only problem is, my car doesn’t really have a grill...actually it does, but it's very weird. Also, the emblem is sealed off from the back so there is no way of tying a wreath or bow to it L. Guess the makers didn't have wreaths in mind when they designed and built the car, ha ha. I think I’m going to try hooking the wreath from the inside of the hood…see how that works.

Photo credit: motortrend.com

If that doesn't work, I'll just drink some eggnog and eat some candy canes and fruitcake and

call it a day.

Ow Ow OOOOOWWWW

I've accidentally bitten the same spot on my (inner) lip at least twice a day for the past three days! Now I have a fat lip. Gchat SAAAAAD FACE.... by the way, isn't that the world's saddest emoticon??

Also, no one is responding to any of my messages: emails, bbms, texts, gchat etc etc! WOE IS ME

Eye contact

I've been wearing glasses "on and off" for about 14 years now thanks to astigmatism and myopia. I've had more off years than on which I guess explains how fast my eyes have deteriorated. I've turned a new leaf though; I have been a stickler for wearing my glasses religiously these past [gasp] THREE years! But I'm tired of them so I want the next best? alternative: Contact lenses. Lasik is NOT an option.

Anyway, I've always had reservations for contacts for 2 reasons: I saw what an infection from wearing contacts for 3 days without taking them out and cleaning them can look like and it was a quite traumatizing discovery. Secondly, I have an issue with sticking a foreign object in/on my eyes and plucking it out...that idea just doesn't jive well with me. But these days, I realize that this fear has been holding me back, because you really can't (be sexy) wear[ing] glasses say at a club, or a night out on the town, or at the beach, or playing sports etc etc etc, you catch my drift??

So I decided that I will get fitted for contacts! I have an annual exam coming up so I called my Drs. office to see what the process is for getting contacts:

Apparently you must take a 30-45 minute 'training class' if you have never worn contacts! And the kicker: if you are unable to put on and take out the contacts THREE times, you will not be allowed to take the contacts home with you. Essentially, you fail Contacts 101 :-|

Imagine explaining that to friends and family...

Who knew wearing contacts could be so intense!