Pictures

Camden Yards in Baltimore, MD


Me, Dan and Trista enjoying the game


This is at Camden Yards after the White Sox/Orioles game this past July


14 yellow ("gold") roses from Jamie


This is the cake that Marina, the cleaning lady at work brought in for me. She was so cute about it! Let me tell you this cake was GOOD! ¡Muy Rico!


This is a picture of me with my cake on my 28th (also the "golden birthday" as I was 28 on the 28th)

Beautiful Flowers

These are pictures of the flowers my vendor friend sent to me for my birthday on Monday. I attached so many pictures of them because the arrangement looks completely different from every angle. They are absolutely beautiful and smell wonderful. I keep them at work so I can show them off.

It really stinks that I work in an environment where the population is 90% male because they just don't get as excited as I do when I ask them to come to my office to see the flowers the vendor sent to me. I try so hard too!

Adventure in Camden, NJ

So, today Lola, Brian and I went to the Adventure Aquarium in Camden. Let me say that is the coolest most awesome aquarium I have ever been too! I am so going back. I will probably even become a memember so I can go whenever I want to!

Not only did they have tons of great fish, but their exhibits were amazingly set up! Some looked like beach scenes, others looked like ship wrecks. There was even one part they called the "Jules Vern" exhibit that had everything look like you were looking through large submarine portholes!

Then there was a shark exhibit that you even got to walk under! I mean the sharks were swimming above you and around you! Unbelievablably cool!

To top it off, there was an outdoor exhibit that had penguins and seals. I tried talking one of the penguins into jumping into the water but he just inched closer to the edge and winked at me. He never went it. What a tease....

Oh! There were also tons of exhibits that allowed you to touch the animals! We got to pet sharks, sting rays, crabs, star fish, and even a cockroach! (It was a Madagascar Hissing Cockroach).

Okay. I have to tell you the BEST and most amazing part of the aquarium was the hippo exhibit. Yes. This aquarium had hippos! They were really cute. Names: Jenny and Button. (Aren't they cute names??)

At the end we, of course, went to the gift shop and I found a really cute hippo necklace that will become part of my daily attire.

In all, a very fun day but I'm glad it's over because I am worn out from my adventure and ready to sleep for a few days.

Funny Compliment

Last night I did go out to sing. Funny story. There was an old man there who had a very strong resemblance to Santa Claus. When I finished singing my last song of the night he called me over and told me my voice is like a finely woven cloth.

I have no idea what that means but, I am pretty sure it was a compliment.

Plans Tonight

So, last week I went out to that karaoke bar again. Gotta say, it was fun. A bunch of people all came out so that was really cool.

I'm thinking of going back again tonight but not sure. I probably will. Still considering it, but I probably will because I told someone that I would be there because he emailed me to tell me he copied some CD's for me and that he'd give them to me tonight. So yeah. I think I will go out tonight.

Guess I will leave work and take a nap since my eyes are bothering me.

There Are Exceptions

I forgot to write about how Dave (my "silly crush") refused to say my name correctly last week.

On Tuesday or Wednesday he said my last name and I corrected him. Then on Friday he called me and said my last name "Diggler" so I naturally reminded him that I already told him how to say it. You know what? He told me he knows how I pronounce my name and that I should be happy he is not saying "Deegler" like he used to. It was just saying it the correct way was too "painful" for him.

I have since decided that he is the only person in the world that I will allow to mispronounce my last name.

Pray for Me

I had to check into a hotel for the weekend. Being with my family was too much for me right now. I am not going to go into details but I am going through a very difficult time right now and can use all the prayers you can offer up. Things are tough and I am trying to deal with them and it is not easy when I am not surrounded with the support I need at home. Praise God for understanding friends and co-workers!!

Silly Crush Update

Last week my manager asked about my crush so I told him "Oh that's not a real crush. That's a silly crush."

Well, today, my "silly crush" emailed this afternoon to see if his consultant could start on 8/28 so I wrote back and told him that was my birthday and that I would check with the managers. Anyway, that got us in a silly discussion about my birthday and it being my 28th on the 28th so I told him he could send 28 long stemmed roses to me at the company. Wouldn't you know he wrote back telling me that he had already started the plans with the higher ups in his company! Too funny. (Of course he is one ofthe owners of the company so I'm not sure who he was talking about.)

So then I went into Paul's office and told him he has to stop wasting time and get this guy in to visit us. Of course he just laughed at me but then emailed him right then and there. We'll see. I am not holding my breath about any of this.

All Dressed up

Long Weekend

So, Thursday afternoon I met up with my onsite manager, Paul, and we drove up to our company's main office in North Jersey. There I got to meet all of the recruiters with whom I work but have never officially met. I also got to meet a couple of the office people.

At about 5, Paul and I checked into our hotel and one of the recruiters took us over to a bar in New Brunswick. It was a lot of fun getting to know everyone and putting faces with voices and emails.

Unfortunately the night did not end all that great but I won't go into details here. If you have my other blog, you can read it there.

I got back into work Friday afternoon (it took awhile to get to King of Prussia from Somerton). Then, my boss in NJ called me at 2:30 and told me there was no need for me to stay and told me I could go home. (That was very generous of him)

So, then I decided I was going to take it easy the rest of the day. I was supposed to go to the Jersey shore with 20something that night but figured I had an eventful enough Friday and would drive down the next day. So, I just stayed home and watched TV. But then my friend Shaun called me to ask how I was getting down to the shore and said there were people at the church who could give me a ride. So, since I hate to drive, I ran over to the church and got a ride with everyone.

The next day was hot but I was on the beach the entire day... probably to the detriment of my health but that is where everyone was. I saw my parents earlier that day (we were in Ocean City too) and my mom told me I had to be available that evening because Kenn was going to propose to Jamie and bring her back to OC. So, that evening when everyone went back to the campsite, I stayed behind to be "available". About 15 minutes after everyone left I got the call to meet Jamie on the board walk! She was so excited. I'm very happy for her.

After we met up with the newly engaged couple, mom and I went back to my hotel (I was not going to camp when it was so hot), cleaned up, grabbed my roommate and then met my dad for dinner. A good time was had by all.

This morning, everyone went to one of the beaches and we had a quick church service and 4 people got baptized in the ocean. Very cool. After that I was so hot and so stressed from being around people after my unfortunate Thursday that I needed to get home ASAP and got a ride with someone who was just as axious to get out of New Jersey.

Now, I'm sitting here updating my blog instead of getting ready to go to church tonight. I know I need to go. Jeb wants to talk to me and I have to track down my suitcase. I'm just really tired and looking forward to solitude right now. I don't want to sing and I am not ready for communion tonight.

Karaoke Fun

I have a friend, Shaun, who goes to a karaoke bar almost every Wednesday and I am always meaning to go out and meet him there but it has not happened for various reasons (i.e. he's in North Carolina, I am beading t-shirt with Trista, etc.)

Well, last night I finally made it out there with him and it was SOOO much fun! It was definitely a place I would love to go back to. The KJ was very entertaining and very funny. Her name is Eileen and she asked me to come back this weekend because she is having a birthday party, but I am going to Ocean City with 20Something this weekend. But, she gave me her MySpace and told me to be her "friend". I told her that I am planning a BIG party for my 28th birthday this year (because I will be 28 on the 28th) and that I will be in contact with her about providing the entertainment.

Wow. Now I have to look for venues.