WoooWeee! Day 97 already? I need to get a hold of myself and make some sort of plan for this summer!
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| David & Timmy hiding from Gio. |
Today I had a management meeting at work at 8:15am, went to Panera afterwards with some of the gang, then went back to work to deliver food downtown (which I have a story about), came back to make more phone calls, blitzed the mall with coupons & then came home!
Ok, so the story about my delivery downtown, earlier today..I had to go to the Suntrust Building, which is the tallest building in Orlando if you did not know, so i drove around twice before I figured out where the parking garage was, then I had to go to the top level because thats where visitors parking is. Once at the top I began unloading all the food that I had onto this metal cart thing so I could just push it. I start walking to where I thought was the elevator, but no. The sign says, "Stairs to the Elevator". WHAT! This guy walks right past me with this look on his face that said, "I want to stick around and watch how you are going to do this." I was already pushing it close to the time of delivery so instead of sitting there thinking of driving the food down and then parking or some sort of crazy plan, I began walking down each level of the parking garage until I found an elevator. Two levels, tons of sweat, eight speed bumps and countless stares later I found an elevator! It was the most beautiful sight! Once I got into the elevator I had to go down to the street level (the parking garage isn't connect to the building...dumb, I know) I had to push the food down the street and into the Suntrust building. Confidently I walked right past the concierge/Security guy because I thought I knew what I was doing. I walked towards the elevator with my food in tote and once in the elevator I went to press #21, which is where I was headed. The numbers only went up to 15. I was so confused. So as I got out of the elevator, the wheels of my cart got stuck inside the crack between the elevator and the floor. Some guy attempted to help me but instead he knocked over my cart. -_-
At this point I was minutes away from our delivery time and was almost freaking out. So I went over the the Concierge/ Security guy who just saw the whole thing play out, and he said, "What floor are you trying to get too?" I told him 21 and he;s like, "Oh, the elevators to the top floors are on the other side of the building." I have never heard of this, how can they do this w/o posting a sign or something! I finally got into the elevator, which went all the way to floors 25 or 26! Thats a lot of floors! Once there everything went smoothly, I got to talk to some greatly important people. On my way down I began to realize that I had to push my cart up hill, two levels. Though the boxes and TMS (Basically a cooler that keeps things hot or cold) had no food in them, they were still heavy and the boxes had nothing to weigh them down so they were kind of going everywhere just walking on flat ground. I took the elevator to the highest level possible and I began my hike up two levels. I stripped off my cardigan, pulled my hair up in a ponytail. Thank goodness for all the wind it made it not so terrible. Once I got to my car and loaded everything up I had to take a minute breather to re-coupe. Non-the less, now that I know what to do when I get there and taking two people may be a better idea, I can truly walk in there confidently knowing where I am headed.
"Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn. My God, do you learn." - C.S. Lewis
Another note! Our Chic Boutique is up and running again and we added new items, so add us on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/OurChicBoutique
Not much happened today so I wanted to write a little about something that has bean on my heart for a very long time! For those of you who have known me for a while know that I have a heart for Africa. In particular a heart for AIDS orphans in Africa. I had the opportunity in 2008 to serve the children that had been on my heart for so long, the kids that I had prayed for since I could remember! That trip truly changed my life and I can't wait until I get to go back! Though I only spent two weeks there I will forever remember what happened. So it begins, South Africa, part one!
My goal is not make this blog as interesting as possible while still documenting what I am really doing every day. Today I worked (again, sorry is this get repetitive). When I got off work I had Starbucks with Darius, James and Emily and then it was time to pick Selina up from work. Afterwards we went grocery shopping a.k.a. couponing. We got all the things in the picture for $3.49!! Yeah for coupons! We also took a trip to Target to get other things we needed.
Ok, so I was planning on doing a VLOG today and I actually filmed myself all day long doing various things. Then when it came time to edit my videos I could't get them off my iPhone and into a video editing program. So when I figure that out maybe I will add the video to this blog!
It was amazing outside. Not a cloud in the sky with a little bit of cool breeze. Not gunna lie, most beautiful day in a while. I had to work most of the day, made another delivery downtown, went over to my parents and hung out for a little while after work, went fishing with Daniel, Liz & Matt. Everyone caught something, except me. :( I still had a great time taking pictures, its what I do! We went to 4Rivers BBQ afterwards and it was amazing. It was my first time eating there after everyone I know was raving about how amazing it was I finally went.
1. Maui, Hawaii
of food, its great! Matt of course ate before he came but I think he still enjoyed it, especially watching Kurtis try to beat up an ex-marine. Good times. Each graduate had a slide show of pictures and during Jessica's a picture of her and our Mimi came up and immediately, My mom, Jessica, Rachael and I begin to tear up, Jess just straight up starts balling. 
Today at work we took 230 sandwiches to Devry University and handed them out and we also had Baby Cow there hanging out with everyone. We had some sandwiches left over so we ran them by Best Buy. Let me just say, Best Buy's break room makes me want to work at Best Buy. We're talking flat screens, x-box, ping pong table and all this other stuff. Baby Cow (Tiff) and I rode in the back of Jason's truck and I can't even explain to you how hot it was, especially for the poor Baby Cow!
Tidbit #13: I took swimming lessons until I was at an embarrassing age & I still can't dive without belly flopping.
Tidbit #20: For those of you who question my hair color...yes, it is real. I've had highlights before but nothing major.
