Gobbly Goop!

I am not writing about anything in particular today, just feel the need to update. Our trashy neighbor is still trashy, and I still haven't decided what I'm going to do. More than likely say something to her face instead of being passive agressive. Though, I did like the draft that Natalie sent me for a note to leave on the toter! I just may have to put that to good use : )

Anyway, lots of stuff, and then nothing exciting at the same time. If that even makes sense. Maybe I'll just go with the ever trusty bullet points for this post:

• I have 2.5 weeks left of classes and 1 finals day. May 20th at 7:30 pm PST I will be one happy lady!!!! I will have taken my last final and be enjoying a cocktail with my lab partners. Please think of me that evening!!!
• While I'm on the school tip, I would like to mention that after this semester I will be eligible to apply to TWO nursing schools. Because I'm awesome like that. Just in case I am not accepted to one of those two (because I'm really not THAT awesome), I will be taking a chemistry class as well as a human development class in the fall to be eligible to apply to two different schools in February. 
• I will share about the East coast trip I just went on soon. My lazy a$$ still needs to upload all of the pictures. Will try for improvement on this. No guarantees though.
• I have half way crossed off one of my 30 by 30 items. It's the half marathon one. Yes I am a little crazy. Yes I signed up to run the Nike Women's Half Marathon in San Francisco in October. Yes my name was picked to be a runner. Yes I am slightly scared. 
• Has anyone ever read The Pioneer Woman's blog? More particularly, the Black Heels to Tractor Wheels love saga? I liked it...I liked it a lot!
• We took our boat our for the first time this year last Saturday. Was fun. Would like to do again soon...

(DISCLAIMER: I am a lazy whore and did note take any pictures, so this boat picture is old)

Our "Trashy" Neighbor

My husband and I live in a little cul-de-sac in a nice part of town. On any given Saturday, you can walk by our court and see polite children riding bicycles and playing hopscotch, a retired lady planting spring blossoms, and husbands mowing lawns while their wives sit in the garage sipping a beer and gazing lovingly in their direction, showing their support (you can totally tell that last part is Matt and I, huh?). But then...dun da dun da.......oh, the HORROR.....a woman, with crazed eyes and frizzy hair will step out of her pink house. The polite children, retired lady, and husbands and wives scatter to safety. It's each man for himself. Run residents of Ivie Place, RUN!!!!!!!!

Seriously, our neighborhood is PERFECT. With the exception of this one neighbor. Her name is Brenda. And she. is. awful. Just awful. Now, I usually try to find it in my heart to be kind. Because you truly never know what your neighbor is going through. I get that. But, it's just impossible with her. Plain un-doable. There is a bit of history with my family and Brenda. The short story is that my husband's family's construction business built her house. This is actually how Matt and I came to live where we do, but that's another story. Anywho, built her house, she sued because she is ridiculous, she settled out of court and put in the settlement that she receive a plunger back. End of story, yes? NO! Very much not the end of the story. And that is why I am rambling like an idiot on my blog. I need your help...

See....Brenda has this thing that she does. She doesn't have trash toters. Here in CA, we call them toters, but I know that in other places they are referred to by different titles. I'm talking about the containers that the waste management/trash pick up company give you to deposit your trash in. They then come and pick them up once a week. We pay $65 every other month for this service, as do all of our neighbors. With the exception of Brenda of course. See....she will wait until every Friday when Matt takes our toters to the curb. Then, while we're at work, she will sneak over and put HER trash into OUR toters. So, she doesn't have to pay for garbage service, see? Here's the question....what do I do? Should I pull out what I know is her trash the next time I see it in the toter and leave it on her front porch (yes I know this is very passive-aggressive of me, but it really is my first choice because I'm that kind of bitchy)? Do I try and call the city/garbage service and "tattle"? Do I approach her personally? Do I ignore it because, really, it's not THAT big of a deal and I shouldn't waste so much time and energy? HELP!!!!! 

PS: If you made it this far, please, please, pretty please leave a comment. You're a super star for getting through my pissing and moaning novel of a post and I would love to hear your opinion. Just be nice and don't tell me that I'm an a-hole that needs to get over it, okay? Thanks : )

OMG!

I've been gone for a bit because I was out and about, traveling to New York, Philidelphia, Washington DC and Virginia. That trip is a post in itself, so you'll have to wait patiently to hear about it (I'm sure the anticipation is absolutely killing you. Deal with it.).

I have to say that I am SO excited about something. I have received comments from not one, but TWO bloggers. TWO bloggers whose blogs I read. So, thank you to E and Natalie for making my day, well heck, probably more like my month. 

So, the first thing on my list is to run a half marathon. I have not accomplished this yet, but I did sign up for the Nike Women's (half) Marathon in San Francisco this October. It's a random drawing process for selecting the runners, hopefully I'll know in a few weeks if I've been drawn. 

That is all for now. After being off of work for the last two weeks, I need to go earn my paycheck : )