Week 6: Rollcoaster of Life

You will notice that a lot of "new" things happen in life, when you're watching for and analyzing your daily occurences. So, while I cannot say that I have anything exceptionally adventerous to share this week, I do have an appreciation for the rollercoaster that is everyday life. In my case, I think of the times when the rollercoaster is climbing a crest of the ride to be the roughest part, because you know that things are about to take a dive. I wish life was more like a rollercoaster in that way, at least you'd have a heads up on the dive just around the corner.

For this week's blog, I have two categories: Ughhhh = the dive and Wheeeew = the coast

(Ughhhhh...) On Monday morning, a teenager rear-ended my car in the Starbucks drive-thru. That was a ton of fun. After a bit of a run-around, I might be able to get them to pay for my repairs. I sure hope so. I'd like a new bumper, ya know? You can't really tell from this photo, but apparently $740 worth of damage was done. It's hard to believe that, but dang. That's the downside of owning a car....

(Wheeeew!!) My friend Stephanie and I did a little retail therapy together. I was SHOCKED to find a dress that I actually liked and that looked pretty good on me. The shoes I bought to go along with the dress are crazy. They are really cute, but completely impractical and I'll be required to wear them only at venues where there is a non-skid surface and plenty of places to sit down. I also splurged on a really cute necklace.

(Ughhhhh...) I didn't end up going to the event that I was supposed to go to with Stephanie on Friday night, where I would have shown off the new ensemble. This is partly my fault and partly the fault of weather. I really hate driving in snowy or possibly icy conditions and Green Bay was just too far for my liking.
(Wheeeew!!) I got my haircut, finally! It's cute. And I no longer look like a 34 year old who is trying too hard to retain her youth with hair down her back.
(Ughhhhh...) Part of the weekend was spent internalizing a lot of insecurity about myself and wondering why I'm single. Then I realized it's because I'm too shy to ask guys out and I tend to like guys who are also, apparently, too shy to ask me out. : }
(Wheeeew!!) My nephew had the brilliant idea for me to buy the blu-ray box set of the 25th anniversary edition of the Back to the Future trilogy. So, we've been watching them and loving it.
That's about it for this week. Lots of new things happened.

Oh, and I started reading The Hunger Games series. Good stuff.