how to woo me.

say something along the lines of... "i like when you wear make-up, but this natural look is really nice."

everybody's workin' for the weekend.

some of us just have to work LONGER for our weekends than others. a LOT longer. (please excuse my pity party...)

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and because i have nothing cute or witty to say... i'll leave you with a picture of two cute and witty individuals... ;)

double trouble.

last night may have been my favorite date ever. derek and i went to dinner with jen and bob. it's the first of my "people" derek has met. i was mucho excited. everyone met at my house - jen and her boys, bob, melodie and her boys, and derek. mel and all the little boys stayed here. (thanks again, mel!) jen, bob, derek and i went for bbq. it was not long into the drive to the restaurant that i knew it was going to be a fantastically fun night. derek and bob have real similar senses of humor, and we pretty much laughed the night away. after dinner we got our bowl on... i ALMOST broke a hundred in our second game. afterwards, we forced the guys to go to the mall with us to get st. patrick's day t's. (don't feel bad for them. we were literally there less than 10 minutes). then we went to starbucks and sat chatting for a bit. (which is a tradition we started on our fourth or fifth date... he'd never been before... blaspheme!) i was real, real sad for the night to end. but alas, it was spring forward night... and i had to be at work at 6:30 this morning... and everyone had about an hour drive... so they all left... and i went to bed. but for real. maybe my favorite date so far.

about a boy.

i met warren a couple of months ago. his name isn't really warren (it's derek...) but it sure would be funny if it were, huh uncle bob?

he's a high school english teacher with a master's degree and aspires to principal one day... perhaps one day soon even...

he's a little quirky and mostly bald, which turns out, i like. he accidentally picked me up one day sporting some new face scruff and i liked it so much that he hasn't shaved it, even though he claims it drives him crazy...

he's pretty outspoken and dry witted. he makes me laugh. he thinks i'm funny (or at least pretends to)...

he has a heart of gold. he volunteers every summer at a camp for kids with cancer.

he loves Jesus.

i like him.

still blinking.

what's the most ridiculous thing you've done at 4 am? i accidentally woke up around 3, and i was wide awake and super motivated to clean my house... so i did... i scrubbed my bathroom, put away a couple loads of laundry, started a couple more loads of laundry (yes, i have too many clothes. it's not my fault.), dusted my bedroom furniture, windexed all my mirrors, took out all the garbage, started the dishwasher, rearranged my kitchen pantry, filed a bunch of mail, vacuumed (i should apologize to my neighbors for that)... it's been a very full day already... i just took some nyquil... so hopefully i'll be able to squeeze in a few more hours of glorious sleep... i hope the rest of you did a better job of sleeping tonight!