What a day!

7:00 am- Uff! What a day, what a day. I don't even know where to begin, I guess I will start by getting woken up at 7am and having my mom ask me if I will go to Trenton, NJ with her. As you may imagine I thought it was a dream because it just seemed like such a random request.

8:00 am- I went back to sleep and had my mom come in once again and wake me up out of my sweet slumber asking me to go to Trenton, NJ with her. I realized that her request from an hour before was not a dream; I just did not realize she was really talking to me. At first I was so confused and told her I did not want to go, but then she came back again twenty minutes later.


8:30 am- I finally decided that I had to get up and go because other wise she would keep coming in and ask me the same thing at least two more times.

8:40 am- I finally got up and went in her room and asked her why she wanted me to go to Trenton so badly, she finally told me it was time for her to hand in her pension documents so she could retire and have everything settled. I was so happy for her, the long process of figuring out a pension plan would finally be over and she would be able to enjoy her last two months of work with no stress. My mother has been working for the state for almost 26 years and now that her time is coming to an end she could not be happier. I was honored that she wanted to share this experience with me but I did not realize exactly what it would entail.

9:15 am- Once I finally got out of my morning funk my mother and I had already gotten into a little tiff, I will admit that it was my fault because I was a little cranky, (Mom when you read this I apologize!) I tried to be in a good mood so she could enjoy her day and then I realized how far Trenton actually is. I had been there a few times before but that was between the ages of 8-13 for school field trips.

10:45 am- It took us about an hour and a half to get there, luckily I got full reign over the radio. Once we finally got there I will just say parking was somewhat of an issue, we finally decided to park in a garage that was fairly close to where we had to go. Once we got into the pensions office we had to wait for about forty minutes until my mom could go in and file her paper work with one of the pension officers.

11:45 am- Once my mom actually got called to go in I realized that I would not be able to go into the office with her, once again I was sitting in the reception area waiting . The magazine selection was not even close to par, most of the magazines the office had were either about the military, pension plans, retirement plans, or UsWeekly from December 2006. There was left for me to do but sit and wait.





12:00 pm- I decided instead of sitting in the same spot for the next hour or so I would explore the building a little bit. To my surprise I found a small cafe so I decided to get a cup of coffee. The first sip of coffee I took burned the s**t out of my mouth and then I sat down with the steaming hot cup and of course spilled some on myself. I thought my morning could not get any worse but trust me I was wrong.

12:20 pm- I went back into the office and was patiently sitting and waiting for my mom to come out of that a sense of relief and a huge smile on her face but unfortunately as I was waiting the office started to get full.

12:45 pm ( it just gets better and better!) - Much to my dismay a large and not so lovely smelling man decided to sit next to me. I could not move because there were no seats left and I did not want to walk out of the office because I just thought that would be way to rude. If you think that is bad the kicker of it all was the man sitting next to me found a buddy that he had met in JAIL!! I promise you I am not making any of this up. The two men started talking and I was just stuck next to him and the other guy listening to them share war stories of things that had happened during their “sentence” and whom they thought might be dead or alive at this time. I was sitting there and freaking out!

1:15 pm- I have never been so happy to see my mother in my life. I jumped out of that chair and waited for her to make her way down the little hallway. I thought she would be the one with the huge sense of relief but the tables had turned and I was the one who was so happy to get out of that office!

1:30 pm- We were finally able to get out of the office, but we were so frazzled when we got out that we forgot where we had parked. We walked around in a circle and then realized we parked on a completely different street. Once we finally got in the car it was so hot and I started to really reek of coffee from the little spill I had earlier in the day. I just could not wait to get home!

1:40 pm- My mom decided that she wanted to try a different way home, for all of you out there that may know anything about my mom she is the queen of trying to find shortcuts. My mom decided that she wanted to try to take a new way home so of course I did not want to argue with her and spoil her elated mood, unfortunately it turned out we were going the wrong way and ended up in a construction zone. I honestly thought we were never going to make it home, it was only a quarter to 2 but it seemed like it was 8:00.

2:00- Thank god we are finally on the highway and on our way home, well at least that is what I thought . My mom decided that she wanted to celebrate her big day with a late lunch, I was not about to complain after all it was her day. We were driving and driving looking for a place to eat and of course we could not settle on a destination, until I saw my haven; On the Border is one of my favorite Mexican restaurants so I somehow convinced my mom she would love it, (which she did by the way.) We went in and I had never been so happy to eat a nice and comforting meal, I am sure my mom felt the same way.

3:00- We are going home!!!!!

4:15- I have to say today was an extremely interesting experience and I am happy for my mother but I promise all of you out there, I will never step foot into that office again. I might be exaggerating a little bit, but I really don't think so. If any of you think you had a horrible day I hope my experience will make you laugh a little bit.

Hard day for a girl

What do you do when it rains? I feel for all of you girls out there that wake up at the crack of dawn to get ready for your day. The routine of waking up in the morning taking a nice hot shower, shaving your legs, moisturizing your hair, and giving yourself a nice little facial with one of your favorite masks in order to get that beautiful natural glow is very time consuming. When you get out of the shower the real work begins. Straightening your hair or getting the perfect bounce in your naturally curly hair is one of the most difficult things to do. Once the excruciating part of getting your hair to look like it only took five minutes to do but secretly took about a half and hour is over it is time to get dressed. Picking out the perfect outfit usually takes about 20 minutes, then you have to find the perfect shoe to go with the amazing outfit you have decided on. Now it is time for makeup, as we all know the makeup routine is one of the most annoying things in the world. Trying to make yourself look like you have no makeup on is a difficult goal to accomplish and usually takes about fifteen minutes, but in the end it is all worth it. When you look in the mirror and realize you look amazing makes it worth the hassle until you step outside. All the hard work you went through is immediately spoiled. It is inevitable that you are going to step in a gross puddle. The bottoms of your pants get soaked and if you are wearing heels your feet are probably soaked as well. The umbrella you were smart enough to take with you will flip inside out because of the wind; your hair gets soaked and will curl or frizz. Now that you have no umbrella the rain is whipping you in the face and all the makeup you have on starts to run. The only thing to do now is start running and hope that by the time you get to work you don’t look like a walking zombie. When you finally get into your office you run into the bathroom and try to fix yourself before anyone can really see you, but unfortunately the bottom of your shoes are wet and slippery so once your feet hit the tile of the bathroom floor you slip an go flying on your ass, you try to laugh it off and get up as if nothing had ever happened, if you are lucky there was no one in the bathroom to witness your little spill, but as we all know that never happens. You start cursing to yourself and wish you were wearing sneakers and sweat pants. Sometimes it is very hard to be a girl but when you have that one good day where you look perfect it makes the hassle of getting ready every morning worth it. It must be nice to be a guy, you could be showered, dressed, and ready to go within the time it takes most girls to shower. All you girls out there know what I am talking about, so for all the guys out there try to help out the ladies out today.

American Idol going strong

"American Idol" is one of the top ten shows on television. Many people like to make fun of the show and say they don't watch it, but I think in some respect it is every one's guilty pleasure. If you are watching the new episodes of the" American Idol" rewind, you are still watching. It is a huge phenomenon that has swept through the country. I have heard people fighting over who they think the better "Idol" would be. This season is one of the most watched with 35.5 million people watching in the first five weeks, with its ratings rising every season executives are saying that "American Idol" is the most impactful show in the history of television. The show is so popular that on its Tuesday and Thursday time slot they are huge competition for "Survivor, " Ugly Betty," "My Name is Earl" and "The Office." The phenomenon known as "American Idol" is taking over television, lets see who the next "American Idol" will be.