Little Letters Part Deux

Dear Three Hour Nap from this Afternoon,
You were exquisite, but you will mess me up tonight.

Dear Facebook,
I resent you telling me who I need to "reconnect" with.

Dear Cheesecake Factory,
It has been too long since we spent some time together.

Dear Husband,
Even though you are a million times more stubborn than a mule, I still love you.

Dear Homer the Honda,
I'm sorry I don't wash you as often as I should.

Dear Monopoly,
You are the best board game ever.

Dear Sarah Lee,
Thanks for cuddling on the couch with me this morning. It’s like you knew that is what I needed to make my sinus infection a little more bearable.

Dear Halloween Colored M&Ms,
I can't stop eating you.

Dear Hamburger Helper,
Do Top Chef contestants ever cook you?

Dear Fall,
You are my favorite season.

Dear Green Bay Packers,
I don't like having a grumpy husband on Sundays, so please start winning some games.

Dear Nieces,
I am counting down the days until you come and visit me for Spring Break.

Dear Real Housewives of Orange County,
You are the epitome of guilty pleasure reality TV.

Dear Taylor Swift,
Am I too old to be relating to every one of your songs?

Dear Quick Shadow I Saw Run across the Kitchen,
Please don't be a mouse.

Dear Ice Hotel in Sweden,
One day I will visit you.

Geeking Out

I'm a 100% certified geek, and I love it. So I decided to put together a list of totally geeky/silly/serves no purpose stuff I want.

1. Freudian Slippers

Freudian Slippers! Get it? Get it? Like a Freudian Slip. OK so these warm the cackles of my cold, dark psychology majoring heart. I feel like I would be the envy of everyone in my class, if I wore these. I'm not even kidding. We are that geeky about psychology.

2. Pet Catuses (Cacti if you are an English stickler)
Aren't these little catuses adorable? Finally a plant I can't kill! But better than that, I figured I could turn these into necklaces, and give Adam the blue one and me the pink one. We would wear them around our necks as a symbol of our undying love. It would be just like the whole Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thorton thing, but less creepy. Do you guys remember when Angelina was really crazy? Pre-Brad Pitt?

3. Plush Sushi!
You have no idea how in love with these I am! I want them all! Not just because I love Sushi, but because they are so cute! Who wouldn't want to cuddle up with a little Wasabi plushie? That would be hot (Ha!). I think I should make Adam buy me this, to make up for the fact that he won't ever take me out to eat sushi.

4. Grow Your Own Mario 1Up Mushroom
So Mario Brothers was a pivotal part of my childhood. I love the idea of getting this little pot, scooping up some soil from outside, and then pretending to grow a classic 1up mushroom. Plus it would look really cute just sitting on my desk. 5. Owl USB Port
This little guy sits on your lap top or on his own personal stump. He has three different moods, "Mellow, Active, or Sleeping." I just think he would keep me smiling when I'm working on those grueling papers. Maybe he could give me some sage advice from time to time. Or he could just sit there and look cute.

I found the slippers at UncommonGoods.com and the other stuff at ThinkGeek.com.

Milestones

So before the start of the New Year, I laid out ten goals I hoped to accomplish by the end of the year. Number 5 on that list was to drive on a L.A. freeway. In my mind, there are few things more terrifying than the freeway. I'm a nervous wreck, even when others drive on it due to my anxiety problems. So when Adam would chose to TORTURE me by taking the freeway, I would cover my eyes until he had merged, and then periodically scream "watch out!" I really am a joy, aren't I?

I originally planned to complete this goal by using the behavioral therapy technique of systematic desensitization. (I'm typing this post while I watch a show on the history channel about Prostitution in Pompeii, so I had accidentally written "the behavioral therapy technique of PROSTITUTION" at first LOL). If you don't know about systemic desensitization, it is taking little steps to expose yourself to your fear, before taking the plunge.

So I planned to spend several months staring at the freeway from a far, and that is where my plan stopped. Truth be told, I threw that goal out the window two weeks after I made it. It was going to be IMPOSSIBLE. But I hadn't started school yet at the time, and I didn't know the house I was working at and my campus would be 23 miles apart. It takes me an hour and a half every Thursday to get to class, just taking the side roads. It is miserable. But I've been doing that drive for months. Last Thursday, I was walking to my car after work, thinking about the long commute ahead of me, and a small thought creeped into my head, "The freeway is faster."

My first reaction was, "Girl, You are CRAZY that is you biggest fear!" But what is weird is that the thought didn't totally terrify me (This is probably due to my recent prescription for medicine that makes me less crazy). So I decided to lift the freeway ban off of my GPS, and just do it. Merging onto a freeway is a bit like playing a game of Frogger, and I was never very good at Frogger. The whole time I was driving up the on ramp, I was praying for my life. And luckily, God saw fit to spare me. I merged! And then I thought, "Holy Hades, I am driving on the Freeway!" Y'all it wasn't so bad, and I felt like I was flying. But then the GPS told me I would have to merge onto the 405N, and I thought about abandoning my whole plan. But I wasn't going to blow this chance, and I stuck with it and successfully merged a second time .

It took me 25 minutes to get to class, as opposed to an hour and a half! Then I took the freeway home that night, and got home in ten minutes. This has revolutionized the way I go to class. I probably won't be using the freeway to go everywhere, and I will never love the freeway. But at least now I know I can use it, if I need too. Fear rules so much of my life, so it feels good when I can conquer it.

Are You Ready for this Belly?

Have I ever told you about our God awful couches? They are couches that I had the misfortune of inheriting when we moved in together. Adam bought them used four years ago from a coworker. Maybe they were decent at one time (I doubt it), but now they are terrible. The cushions never stay put, so the longer you sit, the deeper you sink. Putting you into positions that even the best cirque du soleil performer wouldn't attempt. Heaven forbid you want to take a nap on the couch, because I guarantee you will end up with spring marks on your face & back pain like your grandma. Our couches are gluttons, constantly eating our cell phones and remote controls. Plus the couches are green, so they go with nothing in our house, especially the red chair that Adam picked out. It's Christmas year round here! We hate our couches so much, that we have told everyone not to get Christmas gifts for us, but to donate to the,"Brittany and Adam would donate their first born child to get new couches fund."

Two nights ago, Sarah had hoped onto the couch and gotten herself stuck. So Adam moved her a bit, and she ended up stuck in the position you see at the beginning of the video. And I guess we are kind of immature, because every time she wagged her tail we laughed, because it looked kind of dirty. So I shot this little video. I wish I had shot longer, because the five minutes it took to get her free were hilarious. She kept looking at us like, "What are those stupid humans doing to me?" But she just kept wagging her tail the whole time.

P.S-I don't usually laugh like that. I had been laughing so hard, I couldn't even breathe. And I think I sound like a man, so tell me I don't. Please?