is it time for turkey yet?

one more day of work and then i get 4 days off in a row. so excited. i got ripped off this week and only got one day off and i had a million things to do so it didnt even feel like i got a chance to chill out. we are going to visit glenns family in mass AND pa for the holidays so there is a chance that even with 4 days off it will all go by way to fast and i will still feel like i didnt get a chance to chill out. not really sure why we have to do so much traveling just for dumb old thanksgiving but hey...
the good news is that i only have one more week of work after that and then i get laid off for the winter. yay. im not gonna lie i am pretty darnt (thats right i said darnt) excited about getting laid off. i just hope that unemployment pays me enough money that i dont go completely broke sitting home waiting for it to snow. i have heard that we are going to have a mild winter in terms of temps but that there will still be a lot of snow. great. warmer temps combined with snow equals the worst kind of snow that exists.
heavy. wet. terrible.
cant wait.
ugh.
cant wait to eat mashed potatoes.
and corn.
and pie.
so so hungry.

loves.
ames.

tired astrological ramblings.

yay. its finally my weekend.
i worked almost 50 hours this week. cant wait for that paycheck. beat the hell out of my shin today. im pretty sure its going to be the biggest bruise i have ever had...i might even try to take a picture of it if it gets good. right now its just swollen and a little bruised...
ugh. im so tired... its not even 10pm and i would gladly go to bed.
i was reading my november horoscope a little while ago and i thought this was interesting:
"in mid-october, mars moved into your twelfth house for a long, eight-month stay. as a result, in coming months, you will rediscover the joys of being alone where you can nurture your creativity. you may work on a writing project, or do something with your hands- such as sewing, carpentry or fashion design, calligraphy, gardening, flower arrangement, cooking- or get involved in any other creative project. in coming months, your imagination will take flight and your intuition will be very strong. your greatest satisfaction will occur from what you bring out from within."
i like that. i am about to get laid off for the winter and i was thinking that i would like to try to fill some of my spare time with craft projects...sounds like thats a good idea.
i also really like the last line:
your greatest satisfaction will occur from what you bring out from within

maybe i should get a sled dog?

so i have been in my jammies since approximately 6pm. not just jammies...jammies and my robe. so comfortable. glenns friend is about to come over and i kind of feel like i should change my clothes but ehh.... its almost 930 and i am tired and want to go to bed soon. i have been working like crazy the last couple of weeks. last week i worked 48 hours and today when i punched out i was already up to 38 and i still have tomorrow and saturday to go. tomorrow is going to be bullshit and i think it is a little ridiculous that they are going to make me go. from the sounds of it we are going to be having our big snow meeting, which would be fine but it sounds like they are trying to make a big deal out of it because there are so many guys who are new. well i feel like i should get a get out of jail free card since this will be my fifth winter in a plow truck and i will be in the same truck i was in last year and i even will have the same 3 properties as i had last year. the only difference is that they added one. bfd.
but since i have no choice in the matter i am going to just sit there and collect overtime hours and hang out with my coworkers. some of them are pretty cool. most of them actually.
so on another completely unrelated note.
i have decided that i am ready for a dog.
wicked excited to get a dog.
actually.
i have been looking around online at some shelter dogs and i have been working on making a list of breeds that most interest me.
currently on that list are:
schnauzer/cross of any kind really...
there are 2 really great border collie crosses that need homes
i discovered catahoula leaopard dogs


this is karina. too cute.
um...and maybe something big like a mastiff or a newfie or something.
i pretty much still have no idea. im just kinda sticking my toe in the water. i have been checking out different rescue organizations. its kinda weird actually there are all kinds of different ones and i am a little skeptical of some of them... im thinking that i might stick with the local few that i have already been visiting: animal refuge league, pet haven lane, the one in brunswick mid-coast something...
anyway so ya. im tired.

loves.
ames.

poop post.

funny story.
a couple of months ago i ate 2 huge bowls of cereal for dinner.
pooped my brains out.
different day even longer ago than that...
ate 2 huge bowls of cereal.
pooped my brains out.
conclusion i came up with?
apparently my guts dont like that much milk all at once.
funny part of the story?
i was just reading an article about poop
and it says:
if the runny poop is diet based, it more than likely means you are living on cereal just about...blah blah blah crap about sugar and fiber
anyway sorry. not sure why that was so funny to me

i am also going to title this something lame.

i am currently listening to explosions in the sky (which someone, i cant remember who, told me to listen to forever and ever ago and i never did and now i am)
i am also loving it.
i am also messaging with my lil sister on facebook.
i am also texting with my dad.
i am also being a really good girlfriend.
i am also going to stop starting my sentances with i am also.
pandora seems to think that i should like iron and wine a lot more than i do. i mean.. i like them. just not as much as pandora thinks i should. if you are reading this and you dont know what pandora is...well...im sorry.
truth be told i am pretty sure i only have 2 readers
1 alison wheeler
2 my aunt sandra
alison wheeler is it strange that thats your name now or are you used to it?
welcome to the back of the alphabet.
i mean im not at the back of the alphabet.
you are.
just sayin.

i am also going to go eat pasta salad.

loves.
ames.

quickie.

so i convinced glenn to go upstairs and offer the neighbors a little trade for their internet password. and ta-da! just like that i am back on the internet. i was looking for some pictures to share but the truth is that i havent been taking any pictures lately so there arent any to share. that makes me a little sad and actually i think i am going to make an effort to take some pictures at work this week. its kind of ridiculous that i am at work the entire time the sun is up. ugh. i hate how short the days get... at least it has been warm. we have been very lucky.

crazy lazy.

um. hi. so it has been a lil while since i have updated this thing... stuff has been pretty crazy today. we had a meeting this morning where they announced that they would be doing a two week layoff after next week, i got poop on my hand, my direct deposit is missing and the bank is "working on it", my sisters husband is being crazy, my boyfriend left for new york for the weekend... and um... its freezing out. on the brighter side... lezlie flies in tomorrow and we are going to crystals parents reverse wedding on saturday. i guess they are starting the reception at 8pm and then they are getting married at midnight AND they are wearing their motorcycle leathers... should be entertaining. i want to find a cheesy leather motorcycle vest to wear. i will be hitting up goodwill tomorrow. i have been insanely lazy today. i got out of work at 12 and have accomplished approximately nothing since then.
bucky is the loudest cow on the planet.

loves.
ames.

blair witch part two.

last time glenn and i went to his dads in new york we went to the witch's house.

we found some cars in the woods.

and a cool barn foundation full of tires.

tree growing over a rock.

glenn and his papa. love the matching poses.

lichen on a stump. probably my favorite picture from that day.

just some pretty things...

snot.

daisy.


thats all for now... mostly i just needed to post glenns car pictures so he would shut the heck up.

loves.
ames.

some of my summer adventures.

so it has been about half of forever since i posted any pictures. i have a bunch of sort of random ones from this summer to share... i havent put them into any order or anything but ehh... whatever.
this is hub chillin out in a box.

this is mister thomnus lounging in the window sill.

marty and the cow dog relaxing by the fire.

cool picture from the fourth of july.

pitcher plant glenn and i saw in the heath in saco.

being a dork in front of lake champlain when glenn and i visited burlington. holy cow i miss that hat.

cottonwoods in vt.

naked bike ride in vt.

monument square from a fourth floor balcony.

glenn and i being cute on our trip to acadia.

view from cadillac mt.

cool cave we checked out while on mdi.

me being a dorkus.

caught a cool sunset on the water one day walking woody.

beach day= one of my favorite pictures.
my bf making a silly face.

me making a silly face.

starfish i found on our adventure out to peaks island.

this snapping turtle was laying her eggs on the side of the road not too far up the street from the farm.

lupines in the back field.


um so thats all for now. i have a few pictures from alisons wedding to share but i am going to go play outside for a little while. i will post them laters.

loves.

save this track to your itunes. asap.

so i have been feeling the new rise against song lately. its called savior.

it kills me not to know this but i've all but just forgotten
what the color of her eyes were and her scars or how she got them
as the telling signs of age rain down a single tear is dropping
through the valleys of an aging face that this world has forgotten

there is no reconciliation that will put me in my place
and there is no time like the present to drink these draining seconds
but seldom do these words ring true when i'm constantly failing you
walls that we just can't break through until we disappear
so tell me now
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause i don't know
that's when she said i don't hate you boy
i just want to save you while there's still something left to save
that's when i told her i love you girl
but i'm not the answer for the questions that you still have

and the day pressed on like crushing weights
for no man does it ever wait
like memories of dying days
that deafen us like hurricanes
bathed in flames held the brand
uncurled your fingers in your hand
pressed into the flesh like sand
now do you understand?
so tell me now
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause i don't know
that's when she said i don't hate you boy
i just want to save you while there's still something left to save
that's when i told her i love you girl
but i'm not the answer for the questions that you still have

one thousand miles away
there's nothing left to say
but so much left that i don't know
we never had a choice
this world is too much noise
it takes me under
it takes me under once again

i don't hate you
i don't hate you, no
so tell me now
if this ain't love then how do we get out?
cause i don't know
that's when she said i don't hate you boy
i just want to save you while there's still something left to save
that's when i told her i love you girl
but i'm not the answer to the questions that you still have
i don't hate you
i dont hate you, no

alison is giving me a hard time.
so ya. peace.

loves.
ames.

its been a while.

holy crap! i cant believe that i havent posted on here since april. i guess thats what happens when you arent sitting around the house bored and snowed in. it has been raining for the last month. im about sick of that. today the sun is kinda out. well the clouds are bright at least. i had to put my sunglasses on for the first time in a reeeaaally long time. i have been thinking about going to a tanning booth. partly to keep from going crazy and partly to even out my awful farmers tan for alisons wedding. i ordered my dress last weekend and it should be coming in sometime this coming week. i am eager to see it. the one i tried on was this awful shade of peach...
so lets see... what else can i tell you about? um... i have been thinking about going back to doing hair. im not really excited about it but i need to find something else to do this winter because i really really dont want to plow again. and i would like to move back to the portland area relatively soon so it would be nice to be making more money and i was also thinking it would be nice to have a job in the portland area instead of a half an hour north of here. my job has been especially terrible lately. in addition to the fucking endless rain, my bosses are being dicks about stupid shit. like our uniforms. whether or not our shirts are tucked in. its pretty foolish. and now we dont have any real work so they have made me a mowing crew leader. i dont want to mow lawns. i want to play in the dirt. its not what i enjoy doing and the rain has made it even less fun. i spend half of the day elbow deep in soggy grass clippings trying to unclog my mower. so dumb. and its not like i was given any sort of choice in the matter. it wasnt like hey amy how do you feel about mowing? it was more like hey amy this is what you are going to do. fucking bastards.
so ya. other than work life is good. im happier than i have been in a long time. my boyfriend is amazing. i went to watch him play ultimate frisbee for the first time last night. that was entertaining. it was pouring rain about 50% of the time and glenn fell about a half a dozen times. which made standing in the rain worth it. that and the half keg of home brew that i had mostly to myself while everyone else was distracted with playing frisbee. beer definitely warms you up a little. i did end up having to pee behind a chicken barn. in the rain. but even that was entertaining... i think i am going to try to convince glenn to go play outside now. but i am going to try to get back in the swing of updating this more often. maybe.
loves.
ames.

lacking inspiration.

so i have been seriously neglecting this blog. sorry. i havent really been inspired lately.
life is lame right now.
i am eager for summer to be here.
i am eager to get out of this place.
i am eager for change.
i hate change.
ironic.

loves.
ames.

friday night lameness.

vacations already almost over. i can hardly believe it. i havent really done anything. i hung out in bangor with ron most of the week and ate stolen chicken salad sandwiches. and then the last 24 hours i have just been hanging around the house. kasey and i went out for a little while this afternoon and found a lady that has piglets. i got kicked by a big tom turkey. and now i am half watching some stupid football movie that stars mark wahlberg and downloading music. my itunes is finally fixed. it hasnt worked since before christmas so i am pretty excited to have it back. i am kinda on the fence about how i feel about break almost being over. i have been kinda bored so i am eager to get back so i can see my friends. but at the same time i am not really looking forward to the school part of it. there are only 7 weeks left of school so i need to get my ass in gear and start getting some work done. i am getting a little sick of school. i havent really had any motivation the last couple of semesters.
i havent really had very much motivation to blog lately either.

loves.

here you go. have some pictures.

so here is my new self portrait.

it was winter carnival here last week. they had a snow sculpture contest. only 3 groups participated... the light house was by far the coolest. unfourtunately the weather only allowed it to be recongnizable for a couple days before it melted.

ron has been on spring break and has been hanging out in the dorm with me... he jammed with my neighbors a little...

friday night we went to tylers house. christmas lights were kinda the theme for the weekend. it was odd...

we smoked some hooka.

and drank some beer.

and made silly faces.

the next night we went to alex's house for a pizza party.

arlo can play dead.

ahna was pretending to be sick.

ron and tyler are the cutest boys i know.

seriously. cutest ever.

i wish he didnt hate me...

today is the longest day in existance. ugh. i kinda hate my life right now. i think it is winter that makes me feel this way.
i hate winter.
i love ron.

loves.
ames.