Shouldn't have worn high heels to work

(Despite the Pistons' last two ridiculous losses...)

I concluded that the last four days have been amazing. Perfectly rejuvinating, the best way to end high school, the best way to start off my summer. And I found out today that my cousin Hans is coming to stay with us this summer. It will be the first time in 18 years one of our relatives has come to America to visit!

I finally cleaned my car out yesterday, and then D and I went to Lifetime again. After a couple hours there, we went to Yvonne's to watch the game with Keri, Sarah, Sarah, Wes, and Greg.

Just the most random things yesterday made me "head-in-the-clouds" happy. Like having the time to sit down and scrapbook my heart out. Like Keri's "thanks and goodbye" yesterday. Like D and my food run to Meijer for cheap sushi and strawberries yesterday.

I'll be all set if the rest of my summer is like this.

Claude was trying to make me feel better today at work. Instead of calling Veronica (the new co-op) a "co-op" when referring to her, he was calling her "Tammy's assistant". But she is getting the best computer that Ricardo has, and I still have to move my desk over so they can squeeze her in next to me. Bummer.

Spent the day with Mr. Hot and Humid!

Yess, yesterday was an active day.

I feel bad because I woke up late and was originally going to Harvest in AA with Karen, but I didn't hear my alarm and didn't wake until she called to ask if I was coming. Sorry Karen.

D and I went rollerblading in Maybury's trails, and I have to say I'm pretty disappointed with myself. Who knew I was so out of shape? Next time we'll shoot for three rounds, at least.

After that, we went to Rebecca's where I met up with Mr. and Mrs. Good for the first time since before winter :)

We went to Lifetime and spent four hours fooling around with weights/biking/seeing Zach/swimming/hottubbing.

Went to Meijer, picked up some chicken and peach juice. Went back to D's and between the two of us, we made corn, chicken, salad, and mashed potatoes.

Then watched Miss Congeniality until we fell asleep.

Yesss, good day.

Cheers! Prom was AMAZING!

Wednesday/Thursday --
Last day for Rohde's seniors (Mike, Sarah, James, Matt, Bethany, and me)

Pre Prom --
After our last day of school Thursday, Yvonne and I went to get manicures and pedicures, went shopping for some last-minute things, had frozen pizza, and raved about how excited we were for prom. Cheers with our prickly pear lemonade!Then D and I went to get his tux, and then we dropped by Gabe's to watch the game with him and Stephanie. And we left early. For pretty apparent reasons, and I'm not talking about the actual game.

Prom Day --
Went to get my hour-and-a-half hair done and then makeup. Here's documentation (for the boys that don't get why girls take pictures of expensive hair) I swear I'm not naked. It's just the effects of a strapless dress.Then Megan, D, and then the Chrysler limo came over, and we picked everyone up... And went to the Shenandoah Country Club!
After parteee --
Ummm I gotta keep it G-rated so I'll leave those pictures off of here ;)

I'm kind of lazy. Kind of.

Friday - sushi w/ D, watched a movie
Saturday - garage sale, goulash party, shoes, Gabe's for dinner, poker w/ D, Gabe, and Tom
Sunday - lunch and Pistons game w/ D and Gabe
Monday - studying
Tuesday - Ricardo, CW project, Piston's game w/ D, seminar prep
Wednesday - Ricardo, tanning, CVS

My newfound "Only Child" Syndrome

The "Only Child" Syndrome is when an only child finds out his/her parents are having another baby and he/she feels threatened that he's/she's not the cutest anymore. Now he/she has to share all the toys, be a good role model, and watch the parents split their attentions between two people.

Ricardo has a new co-op in the IT department and asked me to move my desk over and move my hours/days so she can work there too. That makes a total of 3 actual co-ops in Ricardo (and 1 is an engineer).

I'm cynical because it's like they're upgrading or something. It's like the IT department is adopting another kid or something.

See, there's only 2 co-ops in the US's Ricardo locations. I'm one of them. And today, Claude comes over and is like, "umm so about your summer plans... you'll have to move your days and hours around and also move your desk over because we have another IT co-op coming in." I know, I know, I'm super-spoiled.

I guess what happened was this girl from Grand Valley is best friends with the President of Ricardo's daughter and asked him to get her a job. What pisses me off, is I fought through hell to get this job and she just comes home from college and whines that she needs a job. So Jeremy, the president (who has never dropped by to meet me, say hi, or anything - our company is small enough that he should), pretty much told Claude he didn't have a choice but to take her in and treat her like me. What if they like her more than me? What if she's smarter and prettier?

I guess that determines that I would never survive at Bosch where there are hundreds of co-ops and they get thrown into a room to do crappy work (as a nice way to put it) and aren't even guaranteed their jobs. They're born into a family with lots of brothers and sisters. Or maybe that's a good thing.

Her resume says she can type 80 wpm. Bring it on baby, bring it on.

Maslow's Hierarchy/Self Actualization

It finally stopped raining for a few hours but it looks like it's about to again.

What I really want, is someone to talk to (not complain to, not rant to) about everything that's going on in my life who will actually be interested in what I'm saying and give me more than bad advice and conversation stoppers. Is that selfish?

I can't help but think I've been forgetting to do something really important.

Since the AP Psych exam last week, I think my brain has decided for itself to shut off completely. I feel like I have no attention span at all, can't focus, can't comprehend without trying really really hard, can't stay awake, can't stop day dreaming, can't stop singing songs in my head, I keep missing highway exits that I'm familiar with...

Went tanning with Yvonne yesterday :) I dunno why I wrote that, but I really like her and hope we keep in touch for years to come.

This Friday is the Brhlik clan's Goulash party - yesssss - I get to finally meet Angela/Jim+new baby and Eric/Amy! And I get to see Olivia! Saturday is our garage sale, even if it rains, which will suck.

Green with envy.

While at Ricardo today, I found my self immensely jealous of D/Josh/Ernie/pretty much all FH robotics guys (and Lindsey) because they're all so tight knit like family. Ricardo is actually a lot nicer of a co-op environment in many more ways: much more personalized, more attention, more to do, less "co-op" work, etc. etc... but I'm still jealous. D says that maybe eventually, I should try and switch over. I mean, off the top of my head, I already know 10+ people from Co-ops to high positions like John that could put in a good word for me.

On my mind, I've got this Motorsports project that I'm working on, and its got me baffled. I think it's almost going to become more of a personal benefit (if I work with SicHP, I guess) to understand the concepts and connections in this project, but I've got to understand it inside out for this project. Either way, I've been working on a presentation to show the Motorsports group that will do two things: 1-benefit their group with information and 2-impress the heck out of Tracy and John. Anyone extremely familiar with the Motorsports industry?

I'm such a lazy bum I can't even believe it.

They keep spinnnnin'....

("Keep Spinnin" - Baby ft. TI, Petey Pablo, and Manny Fresh)

Did I show you this goregous Aston Martin DB9 that D and I saw at NAIAS earlier this year? I know these pictures are a little blurry, but:
Friday: the guys attempted to play paintball while I sat inside with Mrs. Vetter by the fire :)
Saturday: sushi with D, got him a tux, looked for prom shoes, Joe came over, the three of us watched MI2
Sunday: breakfast with Joe, Joe left for Saginaw, out to dinner with mom? to Lazlo's with D to see Angela's baby and Olivia?

I got a dress!

So Wednesday (the day after my last entry) was the AP Psych exam I'm not totally sure how I did, but one thing is for sure: Mrs. Hoffman was right. The multiple choice questions start out easy and get harder. The first 30 or so were no problem, and then towards the end, I was spending like 5 minutes on each problem. The free response wasn't exactly hard except that we were given 50 minutes to answer 2 questions, and I barely finished in time.

After I got home, Megan and I went up to Great Lakes Crossing. Yes it was rush hour, but I have to say I don't think she's too good with directions. I mean I'm not either, but when we were going in the right direction, she'd convince herself we had to turn around. It didn't help, either, that she was on the phone with her dad relaying directions to me but accidentally incorrectly repeating what he had said.

Either way I got a dress :) Should I describe it on here? D might read it. Well, it's a sea-foamy, pastel green, it's strapless, and the bottom of it looks like one of those flippy, swing dancers dresses with frilly layers. But not a mermaid dress.

Pictures from outside the suite at the Pistons game:

How to feel stunning

Last night, while feeling frustrated about a million things, I put on the white dress that I wore with Kyle to prom two years ago. Yeah, girls, you know you got the right dress when you put it on every day for two weeks straight after you buy it beacause you love it so much, and you know you got the right dress when you put it on two years later (it still fits suprisingly) and it still works its magic. I forgot what it's like to look in the mirror and feel stunning. I used to love this picture. I think it's adorable how Kyle has his head tilted and is smiling at me while I'm laughing at how hard it was to pin his boutonniere...

And yeah two other things today:
1. Got a text from Dusan saying we have VIP/suite tickets to the Pistons game tonight!
2. Definitely just saw a Lamborghini Roadster pull out of my subdivision! Here are pictures of the Murcielagos we saw at NAIAS this year:
Tomorrow is the AP Psych exam and I'm about to walk out the door to go to the game. Hmmm... well I don't feel bad since I've been studying nonstop for a week and a half, at least. I need a break.

Some things/people I miss

I spent the entire weekend focused on these five things, in which all of them amounted to absolutely nothing, and not really because of procrasinating:
- prom dress shopping with Colleen
- spending time with Dusan
- finalizing prom limo plans
- studying for the Psych exam
- finalizing plans for summer co-op/Ricardo

Needless to say, I'm a little angry.

Some things/people I miss (I couldn't find a picture of Cat, but she would be on here if I had a digital picture):

Mix and matching chemistry.

Just to say before you read the rest of this, I wrote this entry with a lot of certain people in mind, but I know it would be completely inappropriate to mention, or not mention, certain names.

Recently, I was thinking a lot about people I know, and I think it all comes down to this strange thought I had: if everyone in my entire life (that I know) was playing a game, any kind of game, and I had to pick my team, who would I choose and why?

I could pick my closest friends and make my choice off of how familiar I am with them. Even if I might be taking a big risk knowing they are lousy workers or pushovers, I might be more comfortable knowing where they came from or what they've been through. On the flip side, I might be putting our relationship in jeopardy because of expectations we might have of each other.

Would I want to pick someone who I think has a lot of potential but isn't quite there yet? If I were to invest in that kind of a person, I would probably expect to be ready to defend them if they made a naivete mistake. He or she might be a good, possible candidate for a future leader of our group.

I could pick an agressive person who I know would be first pick for my line of defensive players. They might say things boldly and knows how to make a person uncomfortable when it's needed, but would will go out of the way has a big heart for anyone who deserves it.

There are people with intelligence and wisdom that could out-wit opposing teams but might not be the most social. They might be the type I'd have to "bridge" with to get others to get along with them but would be worthwhile because everyone would grow to love them in the end.

There are people who I think are complete jerks to everyone they're not friends with and maybe were even jerks to me before we got to know each other. I don't like that quality, but it might be nice to have someone on my team who will kick butt if we need it. I'd pick someone who seems to, under all of that aggressiveness, have his or her head on straight when it came to the most important morals of right and wrong.

I could pick someone with a lot of integrity and common sense but is emotional. He or she might be a person I could turn to for strong support but have to be ready to lend a shoulder to cry on when he or she has a problem.

I was thinking if I had the choice of picking someone who I know is ambitious but greedy and materialistic, would I want them on my team? They might not pay much attention to the environment or poverty but would know how to map out a mean, business plan and keep our pace knowing the deadlines. They might know the economy and money inside out but not know how to deal with communicating fears or admitting faults.

And the opposite - if there was a person who could keep our team on the right track by not letting our pride overthrow our ultimate goal but he or she maybe was more person-oriented rather than decision-oriented, would that slow us down? Would that help us get more, emotionally, out of the journey?

Who would be the mother-like person I would choose to watch over us as a background character? Someone who wouldn't mind caring for us and taking care of the small business because he or she knows that we're ready to go out on a limb for him or her anytime.

There are always the people who have little common sense and aren't extremely useful but always keep the group's mood light with their humor. They might not know what's going on most of the time but knows how to keep the team spirit at a high. It would be nice to have someone ready to crack a joke at the appropriate time or do something crazy that would become a funny story to tell later on.

I decided, after thinking about this/writing about this for awhile, that maybe it's about time I stop judging people by their surface nice/mean, smart/dumb, or materialistic/environmentalist qualities and remember that they are just a different type of person. I'm not here on earth so I can butt heads with others, so I might as well try not to.

If I go crazy then will you still call me Superman?

Today as I walked down the diagonal sidewalk (which serves no purpose) from Ricardo to the parking lot, the smell of the flower buds sprouting from the trees around strangely made me feel melancholy.

School has got the best of me.

Cute pictures of Tim and me I'm using for a scrapbook I'm making:

This past weekend-ish

The last couple days in it's absolute raw-ness:

Thursday:
"Take your kid to work" Day
Friday:
Late night trip to Meijer with D, Zach, and Josh
Poker at the Vetters'
Saturday:
Sushi with YvonneRenee's/Jen's scrapbooking party
Babysitting the Rydings
Enoch's visit home/Pistons game
D's house (was supposed to go to the Vetters')

Sunday:
Intense lunch with the the Brhlik clan for Mrs. Brhlik's birthday
Rollerblading with D around Highland Lakes

Monday:
Dinner with Winky before she leaves for Hong Kong