My life is boring

So I have been sitting in front of my computer for the past couple of minutes thinking about what I should enlighten people about my life. But really there is NOTHING. I mean other than my usual pest problems, working at the pool and mellow I have nothing. So I am for-warning my loyal readers ( which probably consists of five people) that I will not be hurt if they decide to ever stop reading my blog!

So I have a mouse in my apartment, specially my kitchen. Thus I eat out as much as possible. I am in the process of talking to the pest people but they said I could just put a trap out. Um noo... I do not want to walk into the kitchen to get my breakfast and see a dead mouse, and then have to deal with it. They said I could put poision out... again heck no... I am not dealing with a dead mouse in my woodwork that smells....

My trainer just got engaged. I am so happy for her, but secretly it makes me depressed. I know when Brad is ready he will ask but is it bad that I want it now??? I mean I already have started mentally planning the wedding, no deposits though :) As Abby says " Rose and Brad are engaged just without the ring and the whole shebang".... I want the SHEBANG please... It is a good thing Brad does not read my blog because I have a feeling he would flip his sh@# knowing I write about it. I already give him enough hell. ( In case anyone is wanting to plan their life I am getting married August 13, 2011 yes I am pscyho)

The only thing that is getting me through this week is seeing three of my favorites this weekend!! I am stopping at the Cheesecake Factory in Charlotte to have lunch with my future bridesmaids ( again wedding planned) Roomie and Big Sister!!! I am so excited to see people that are my age and know me so well. These two give the best advice and are always fun to be around. I cant wait to hear about their life and hear about their future plans!!! I really hope Big Sister gets job in Charleston, always a good place to visit!!! I love these girls way to much!!! And then it is off to Summerville for Fourth of July ( yes I got out of working at the pool this weekend go ME). Brad has the whole weekend planned out which is very strange ( according to my guards he is proposing and i know for a fact he is not doing that).

Maybe I will have an interesting life after this weekend :)

The Inspector came with all his gadgets!!!!!

As I drive into the pool parking lot at 10:20 I notice the scary City of Winston Salem truck. That could only mean one thing, the pool inspector is there. The pool inspector is my arch enemy, we never know when he is coming and it is my job as manager to make sure we pass inspection each day. My goal each summer is to get a perfect score, but that has yet to happen. Last year we were fortunate to not be inspected, because we have never failed but that also meant we would be one of the first pools inspected this year. Right when I walk into the guard room I see that he is already inspecting things before I even open the pool!! I just do not think that is right, you cant fail me for not having safety gear out when you havent even given me time to put it out. I suck it up and try not to be mean to this man, introduce myself and give him my keys so he can go in our pump and chemical room. The one thing that they can close a pool down for is having off chemicals, so I do my normal morning pH test and we are below the necessary number. I add the soda ash, freaking out the whole time that we are going to be closed. Our CPO ( certified pool operator) comes in and talks to him, signs some forms, tells me we pass but there are problems, and then they both leave.

How can they leave me hanging with " you passed but there are problems" and not tell me the problems???? What do you mean by problems, what have I done wrong is all running through my head.. About 4 hours later the CPO comes back to give me the inspection form and goes just kidding you do a great job, nothing was taken off that you have control over. We only got THREE things off ( which is amazing) and they were all nip-picky stuff.... So the pool lives to see another year under my reign.

Needing a breather...

So lately I have been running myself on empty. Everyday I somehow fit in two jobs, a work out, and classwork. I try my hardest to go to bed early, so the morning is easier for me, but I am still so wired at that time at night. I would love to stop and take a much needed breather but when you are practically financially cut off you have no option. I need money: my rent is 675, my car drinks gasoline like a college frat star and beer, and trying to make my place cute on a very slim budget. Pretty much I need to win the lottery like right now, perferrably the powerball.

I kind of got a breather this week but it also meant I did not get paid. The weather in Winston this week has been gross, raining on and off and not your typical 90 degree weather. The owner of the pool and my boss is very stingy when it comes to money. Though she has one of the nicest pool in the city, she pays her guards as little as possible. Any glimpse of bad weather the pool is closed. I understand closing the pool when there is severe weather, such as thunderstorms or lighting which directly affect the lives of our members. I do not understand why we close the pool for the day at 8:30 in the morning (we do not open till 10:30) because it is raining then and do not open again all day even though I know many 10 year old boys would still come to play.

And finally I am ready for this to start now... I cannot wait for September 5, 2009 at 6:00pm when we take on Middle Tennessee!!!!!!!!!!

So I have to brag....

I got a 99 on my first paper and then a 98 on my mid term in my first grad school class!!! What is even better is that I got the highest grade in the class.. only three more classes left and then I will be done with my class!!!!

In other news my aunt was in town today so we showed her my apartment, which I always love doing!!! I can honestly see myself there for at least two more years, which is so good to know. When Kelly visited, she asked if I ever got scared by myself and I do, but honestly weighing all the pros and cons I have decided that everyone must live by themselves once in there life!! There is definately a calming effect that comes with living on my own!!!!!!!

The Weekend of Visits!

This weekend turned out to be loads of fun with Brad and Kelly stopping by! Brad came up on Friday while I was at work to drop off a mattress for me and is staying till Monday. We were able to just relax, which I hardly ever do and all he does, and hangout with each other. It is weird going a month to a month and a half without seeing each other, but it is working out!!

Kelly texted me on Friday and said she was going to be in town, so I did some managerial magic and was able to have lunch with her on Saturday. It was SO NICE to see a familar face and just talk. It was like we didnt skip a beat, and that is such a good feeling knowing that your friend will never change. It was wonderful to hear about her life and hear what she has been up to. I showed her Wake's campus, and I hope that she gets in there. It would be so nice to have her around here for a couple years!!!!!!

My grandparents were in town, which meant a family cookout on Saturday. Brad and I went out to Davie to see everyone and Michael brought over his girlfriend. it is funny to see how it is for someone else to come into our family. We played ping pong all night and by the time we got back to my place I was dead tired.

Today- the highlight buying a new planner!!!!!!!!! Already put football season in, birthdays, when New Moon was coming out!!!!!

Waking up with pink eye...

This morning I had to get up at 6:30 to get ready for my day. Unfortunately my eyes were not cooperating this morning, they literally would not open because they decided getting pink eye was the perfect present for me. Since my eyesight is no-where near 20/20, more like blind, I am now having to wear my glasses ( that look like magnifying glasses) for the duration of this infection. Which means when I run, when I work out, when I am on the lifeguard stand I am wearing my glasses. Great, just great.

To add to my splendid day I was to go to Vienna Elementary to observe a classroom at 8:30. Well that sure didnt happen because again my car decided it did not want to start. It has already been to the shop once this week where they said they disconnected my fog lights. If they were disconnected they would have not turned on when my car was jumped now would they??? Needless to say 280 dollars later I will have a new battery ( all because I had to get it jumped so much) and a new multi function switch ( yea I have no clue) Jeepers will hopefully be a much happier car.

The only positive of the whole day was getting Scott's wedding invite, which of course made me start thinking of my wedding and my invite list.... Off to daydream the rest of my day away without a car and a bloodshot eye...

Oh Jeepers...

My car is getting on my last nerve, it has a mind of its own. It thinks keeping it's fog lights on while I am at work is funny (which I never use to begin with). Oh it is really funny when one of my old neighbors tells me they are on and then we take 30 minutes to jump the car. Then I go to Mellow for the night and get off around 11:30. All I want to do is crawl into my bed, but that is not happening. My battery is dead again, so I get some help from the manager and I am on the way home. This morning I went out there and my battery worked. I don't get it.

Bug Invasion, summer school, one piece tan lines, and hi, i am the owner's daughter

My apartment has bugs. It is gross, disqusting, tramatizing, and frightening all at the same time. I found one in my shower, while I was in the shower. Needless to say I screamed but no one heard. Right when I walk into my apartment I look everywhere for these things, the other day one was in my purse. Michael, my little brother, sprayed the whole place inside and outside Sunday... and they are already back. I am not a happy camper.

Luckily though, I am never here. A normal day would be to go to the pool in the morning (being manager- no sunbathing) and then heading to Mellow to host for the night. Throw in the twice a week four hour class and I am set. On the brightside of all this funness, I sleep so well.

Managing the pool is always nice. It keeps me connected to people from high school, kids I used to babysit who now look older than me, and to the one place that I get to think- the lifeguard stand. Even though, majority of the time, I do the same thing each and every day what makes me keep coming back is the kids. I remember when I was 10 years old being excited to learn how to do a back flip or playing four corners and jumping out of the water when I heard the music of the ice cream man. It is funny how the things you loved 10 years ago, people still love today.

Working for my parents puts me into a pickle. I am required to live up to their expectations, try my hardest to be friends with the staff, and then report if anything went bad. I hate being a tattle tell, but when it comes down to it this staff is my parents livelihood. It is definatly hard to earn someone's trust and friendship when they say " Hi who are you" and you have to respond with " Hi I am Rose Waters, my parents write your pay checks". The one positive out of all this restaurant has given my family is that it has without a doubt brought us closer as a family.

Grad school at Salem is so much different than undergrad at Clemson. Though I feel like I took 10 billion steps back from every aspect of Clemson, I still feel like I made the right decision. You can tell the teachers care and want to get to the level of education that schools like Clemson had. Sitting in the classroom for four hours can be boring, and it does get boring ( especially if I send you text messages) but I can see the end result, which is something Clemson did not always show me.

Being busy has helped me not think about Clemson, my best friends, Brad, or anything else that I left behind. I cannot wait for the opening football game, walking around the quad with my dress and tigerpaw cheering on ( hopefully WILLY) our boys with my best friends. And also trying to have Dabo leave his wife for me.