Maybe Being Productive is Overrated

My cousin, Erika, has convinced me to start a blog. I've been posting blogs on myspace for a couple of years now, but apparently that isn't good enough for her. So here is where I will inform you all of the random thoughts that flow through my head when I'm sitting in traffic or stuck at a red light, not paying attention to when it turns green and then someone honks at me because green means go! Who knew? I did, but I was too busy day dreaming or reflecting on the mortifying experience I had at work that day (I'll get to that. Today's is pretty embarrassing!). I'll try to keep this as up to date as possible, but I do get busy every once in a while and forget these sorts of things.

So I can't say that there is a lot happening in my life at the moment. I've been working a lot, but that is nothing new. I guess a lot of you don't know that I'm not going back to Utah for school this fall. I'm not too happy about that, to be honest. I really miss school and my friends and my cousins. I had a really great time there last year. Everything will be fine though. I'll be going to school here in Eugene instead. Living with my parents again is not the easiest thing for me, but I'm working on moving out.

Speaking of moving, we just moved to a new house here in Eugene. This is the 3rd time I've moved this year. Moving kind of sucks. I'm finally settled in here though. It took me forever to unpack everything (again) but I got it done. Ok, wow, that news was not as exciting as I thought it would be. Sorry about that!

Ok so on to more interesting things. Do you ever have those horrible nightmares about school or work where you do something really stupid or embarrassing and when you wake up you think "man I'm glad that was just a dream!"? Well today was one of those days where I was pinching myself to wake up, but I wasn't dreaming. I was at work and showing some customers to their table and I turned the corner and didn't see my boss standing there. I ran right into him. But I didn't just run into him. Lets just say my hand was down pretty low when we bumped into each other... There was definite touching of things. He kind of yelped and my face turned bright red! It was like one of those things you read in a magazine about other people doing and you make fun of them because it is really stupid, but you never expect it to happen to you. I just kept apologizing. I really hope he forgets about that very soon.

I decided today that my life needs background music. Every once in a while I go through these phases where I have to be listening to music at all times. Not only that, but sometimes I feel the need to make other people listen to what I want to be listening to. Just for your own personal reference, right now I'm in the mood for Jack's Mannequin. I just heard their two new songs and I'm even more obsessed than I was before, if that is possible. Someday I'm going to hire someone to follow me around with speakers and my iPod, and just play whatever songs I feel like listening to. I will subject everyone around me to my music.

I just finished reading this book called And Then We Came to the End. I actually really liked it. I give it three and a half stars out of five. It didn't start out well. The author had a very strange way of expressing his thoughts. It felt really scattered for a while but once you get past the first 200 pages you figure it out and it is actually quite good. There is quite a bit of swearing in the book and one or two sex scenes, but if you don't mind that then it is definitely worth the read. Now I'm reading Memo to the President Elect by Madeleine Albright. I'm almost done with it. She is actually a very good writer. I don't agree with everything she had to say but am finding a lot of it very informative. If any of you have read any good books lately, please let me know. I love to read and I'm always looking for new books to check out.

Lets see... I think most of you know that my sister is pregnant. She is due December 1st and is having a boy. Gavin James Beckworth will be his name. I suppose I should say "is" his name. I've already started to spoil him. I bought him a few outfits and a teddy bear. Maylee and Tim came to visit last week and I got to feel my nephew kicking. It was kind of scary! I can't wait until he gets here. Just a few more months!

Alright everyone, I'm off to bed. I don't feel quite as productive as I thought I would.