Winter Formal at Borders!

This winter my co-workers and I at Borders will be celebrating our 1st Winter Formal. Me and my fellow committee members- Jenn, Liz, and Christine- are planning it all out. We will pick a date, probably a Sunday since we close earliest on Sundays and can have an early after-party. And on that day we choose, all Borders employees (who choose to participate) will show up to work in their prom gear. Dresses, suits, etc- we will be dressed to the 9's and work our shifts like that. Then, we'll have an after party- TBD, where we will crown the Borders prom King, Queen and other court memebers.

This is going to be so much fun! The only bummer is our dress code doesn't allow open toed shoes and tank tops, so us girls will have to get creative, but it's no biggie. It'll just be fun to dress up and see other people dressed up. Our customers are going to think- "wow, not only am i receiving excellent customer service, but they looks great too!" lol. More to come as the details unfold. :)

Thank you!

I just wanted to let ya'll know that I truly appreciated Greg making me go out and surf on my own. I might have been a baby about it at first, but I knew it had to be done and it really helped me. So- Thanks Greg!! *big smoochies*

Conquering Fears

On Sunday I wanted to go surfing, but I have issues about going there by myself. I realize that when I am actually surfing that I am alone, at least with no one I know, and that anyone coming along is just hanging out on the beach. I guess I just like knowing that someone is there so I don't feel so alone. But on Sunday mom wanted to get stuff done, so she couldn't be my surfing buddy- though a little later she did offer to go for a few hours only, but I didn't want to go all the way out there just for a few hours and feel the pressure to leave. So i got a litttle mopey, and was sulking around the house. Greg was asleep and Sunday is his day to sleep me and for me to not wake him up early :) When I saw him flip in the bed I took that as my opportunity to go bother him, figuring he was partially awake. We went back and forth about the whole "me-not-going-alone" thing- he though it was silly and that I should just go, and I just kept saying that I didn't want to go alone.

Eventually I started putting my suit on and slowly getting ready to go by myself...i think I was taking my time, hoping Greg would join me. But he insited that I do this on my own and get over this need for company. We agreed that if I did this on my own, he'd come out with my next weekend. So i did. It was a good thing, and I knew I was being a baby about the whole thing, I just really had issues going by myself. But I went, rented my board on my own, managed to get it in my car, and get myself down to the beach. It was a really rough day in the water. I was getting tossed around, my board was beating the Shyte out of me- I have an awesome purple bruise on my thigh where the fin hit me. I was able to catch some good waves, But I didn't stay out for long, the water was really rough, I spent more time just trying to paddle out then anything, and my toes started going numb. It was a good expereince though, and I was also getting over this fear i have of the really strong waves, which i think relates to me having trouble poping up. I get nervous cuz these waves are really pushing you and the thought of leaving the safety of my board gets to my head. But i managed to stand up even while riding some of the stronger waves and just going with the flow. i still REALLY need to work on poping up though.....that will be a major accomplishment for me at this point.

Cum Laude my A$$

When I graduated from SFSU I found out that I was graduating with honors (naturally) and there are 3 levels- Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude, and Summa Cum Laude- going from lowest to highest. I was part of the Cum Laude list, which was great, but I always had a feeling that I was better then just Cum Laude- like c'mon, I've gotten all A's for the past 2 years, for my entire major....I have to be at least part of the magna team. Whatever, I'm not sure how they figure your rank anyway, so i just accepted it. Then the other day i went to check my unofficial transcript online to check my GPA for my grad school application, which by the way it was a lovely 3.78, and I noticed at the top of the transcript it said- "Graduated with Honors- Magna Cum Laude" And I was like- what?! i went back to the program from graduation and checked to see where my name was, and it was under cum laude....so I don't know if it was a type-o or what but who cares, it says on my transcript Magna Cum Laude and that's what counts! So take that- yeah!!! They should have that honors ceremony all over again just for tihs discovery. :)