10 Stupid Things I Did This Week

1. Spent time and money at a totally disappointing Jason Mraz concert.

Why didn’t I buy Mumford and Sons tickets instead??  On a totally unrelated note, I bought their new CD this week and have had it on repeat ever since.  That banjo just never gets old.

2. Spilt my entire beer on my kitchen counter.

Joey found this hilarious.  The more I whined about it, the funnier it was.  Apparently.  At least it didn’t get on the tomatoes I was chopping.  And at least we have about a billion more in the fridge.

3. Papercut myself about 6 times at work.

This one felt particularly good.  FYI, it is possible to paper cut your mouth while licking an envelope.

4. Bought cottage cheese at the grocery store.

It’s almost been a week and I still haven’t opened it.  And the chances I ever do are slim to none.  I’m not that into cottage cheese, but it just sounded so good right at that moment in the grocery.

5. Filled out my passport application in the wrong color ink.

Not like I was using a lime green gel pen or anything, it was just a blue pen, but when you take into account how careful I was when I filled out the application, only to end up having to fill out a new one at the post office, then it’s pretty stupid.

6. Picked this package up from my apartment complex leasing office.

It was delivered in February.

Months and months ago someone from Cheerios contacted me and said they wanted to send me a box of peanut butter Cheerios.  I was totally fine with that.  But then they never came and I was pretty sure someone had just been messing with me.  Turns out FedEx just never left a note saying my package would be in the office.

I’m not the product review type, but thanks anyways for the free goodies, Cheerios!

7. Let Joey record every single new TV show.

I watched 30 seconds of Neighbors and lost brain cells that I will never get back.  My strategy for convincing Joey how bad most of these shows are involves ruthlessly shaming him for watching them until he finally gives in and agrees with me.  I’m not proud.

8. Put oatmeal on the stove, set the stove to HIGH instead medium-low and got in the shower.

I think you can probably guess what I was surprised with when I got out of the shower and I’m sure you can visualize what the bottom of the pan looked like afterwards.  I don’t really have to guess what it smelled like because it still smells like burnt oatmeal in my apartment.

I’m just better off not cooking and going to Chipotle, right?

9. Watched Glee.

Gosh, I hate that show.  And will continue watching and complaining about it until it’s all over.  I need help.

10. Let the last Rockies home games of the season go by without attending any.

This would have been more sad if they hadn’t done so badly this year.  Joey is possibly the biggest Rockies fan ever and still watches the games and cares about whether they win or lose.  It’s adorable.

The real tragedy here is that we never even used the “Dinger Dollars” we won for playing the high-speed trivia challenge at the very beginning of the season.  We probably could have bought at least 1.5 beers with that credit!!!

Until next season, Rockies and until next time, friends!

Things I’m Okay With

Joey being in charge of dinner.

I’ve come to a very serious conclusion that I don’t like cooking as much as I like eating something home-cooked.  Unfortunately, it’s difficult for me to give up control of the kitchen.  Maybe that has something to do with the fact that I find onion pieces on the floor and dirty spoons sitting next to to spoon holder on top of the stove when Joey cooks.

Free grape samples at Whole Foods.

Actual fall weather.

It was cold, gray and rainy all day on Wednesday.  We wore sweaters and ordered Chinese for lunch at work.  It was awesome.

The return of Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

Catching up with my best friend while drinking said lattes.

 Finally being able to bottle our beer!

Riding in Joey’s dad’s new Mercedes.

It has a voice command feature but no matter how many times I said, “Buckle me” or “Drive us back to the office” it wouldn’t listen.

Emails from Joey inviting me to lunch at Chipotle.

Serious conversations had during lunch:

“Do you think my dad will buy me a Mercedes??”  Answer: No.

“Do you think you’re dad will trade cars with me for the day??”  Answer: Also no.

Eating this for breakfast all week.

Except I made them into giant muffins.  And except that all the muffin tops broke off when I tried to get them out of the pan.  And except that I glued the tops back on with frosting.  Joey still referred to them as the “Best muffins ever!”  I concur.  

Pulling the newest edition of Cooking Light out of the mailbox.

Especially when I saw the section on quick breads.  Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread?  I need that.  Because those muffins are going to run out at some point.  Maybe I can make the quick breads into giant muffins that are glued together with frosting, too!  Or maybe I’ve just had too much caffeine today!

Having my last day of work be earlier than expected.

They needed to shift some people around anyways, so they had someone to fill my spot right away and staying till next week seemed kind of pointless.  I’m totally okay with it because it means I get a few extra days off before starting at Joey’s office on Monday.  

Hello, 4-day weekend!