I wish there was a bootprint so I could CSI the bastard...

As you can see by the very lovely iPhone photo above, my car of which I've been in possesion for just 5 months, was deformed by some jackass this weekend. I keep looking at it hoping it'll just go away, but instead I just feel a tight pain in my chest with every glance.

I got an informal estimate this morning and it'll probably run between $500-$1500 to fix. Ouch. I haven't called my insurance yet. I'm still debating whether or not to since it's just cosmetic damage and it's still drivable. Although, I fear the pain in my chest will continue until I fork over the cash to get it fixed.

I did call the po-po this morning and filed a report, but not before I racked my brain going over and over the events of Saturday to make sure it wasn't something I did. I've decided it wasn't. The officer said I'm lucky it wasn't worse and that it was probably just some punk kids.

Great. That makes me feel a WHOLE lot better...

*sigh*

Happy 279th Birthday George!!!

So in celebration of Mr. George Washington's Birthday, and in turn the Monday holiday, I took a trip to Boise for the weekend. I figured I needed a little mini vacation since the next holiday isn't for another 3 months, and all government agencies may be closing after March 4th if Congress can't decide on a budget or CRA... but I digress.

Boise!! The only time I ever make it to Boise is for work, so this weekend was a real treat. My friend Kim tagged along because she also had people in Boise she wanted to see, so it was nice to have the company on the drive and someone to split the gas with. :) We started the weekend off right and headed out to the bar for some drinks and pool. Unfortunately, Idaho still allows smoking in bars, so I was pretty miserable with the stench and the whole not being able to breathe thing (I'm so spoiled in WA), but we made the best of it. I think the best part of the night was the 3 AM carne asada burrito from the taco truck parked outside the bar. SOOO good (but apparently not up to par, according to my friend, Mike...).

We also did some shopping, went to a Stealheads (hockey) game, and hit the slopes up at Bogus Basin.

Now Bogus was interesting....

So Kim's friend, Cook, came skiing with Mike, Kim and I, and 2 runs into the day she started feeling pretty sickly. She ended up curling up in Mike's truck for most of the day fighting off a stomach bug. :( THEN, sometime after that, I caught my heal edge and took a nasty fall down the mountain hitting my head pretty hard. It took a while for me to realize I had a concussion. Stupidly, I did about 3 more runs before I couldn't do anymore. Like I said... stupid.

The drive down the mountain was interesting. Cook ended up getting sick out the window (somehow missing the truck) while I did everything I could not to do the same. By the time we got back to the house, I had severe nausea, a 100 degree fever, a knarly headache, and vertigo. I just curled up on the couch and reveled in my misery. Not even Mike's homemade turkey noodle soup, with HOMEMADE noodles, could make me feel better...

By Monday morning I felt more human, but I'm so glad Kim was there to drive home. I probably would've stayed in Boise had she not been there... which I actually would've been OK with. :)

So the moral of the story is:

Wear a helmet... or just take up skiing.

slr

Hi, my name is Stephanie, and I'm an infomercial sucker.

Over the past year or two I've fallen prey to a few informercials... Go ahead... say it. I'm super gullable. I've known this about myself since... well, since I could understand what "gullable" meant.

The first one was WEN Haircare...

In my defense, I was in the hospital for that blood thing and miserable beyond belief. The hospital didn't have cable, so in the middle of the night when the nurse would come in and poke me for bloodwork, I would stay up and watch the home shopping network or get suckered into the oh so enticing infomercials for the magic bullet or the fancy, never dull in your lifetime, even after sawing through a brick, knife sets.

Anyway, this WEN stuff lured me in and I called in my order in the wee hours of the morning. I liked the stuff at first, even gifted a bottle or two to friends, but after a while, I got tired of the stuff, and had WAY too much, and canceled my deliveries. I still have 2 bottles at home that will probably take me a year to use...

A few months later I decided to try bareMinerals makeup...

Now, I've had my fair share of bad luck with makeup, but I LOVE this stuff!! My sister even got me some for Christmas!! She's way awesome like that... Anyway, the only part about this that I fell prey to was the mail order delivery. I was paying the same price for half the product, plus shipping. I finally canceled my deliveries last month and started getting the stuff at one of the over priced beauty salons in town (the haircuts and stuff are over priced, not the makeup). :)

The last, most recent and financially STUPID informercial purchase I made was for the Food Lovers Fat Loss System...

Now before you judge me, it was a VERY convincing infomercial... OK, judge me. I deserve it. I got suckered, but not by the program. I actually like the program. I got effed by the "extras." I signed up for some "free" extra stuff, and forgot to cancel in time (my own stupid fault). BUT after I canceled, they were still charging me... so I called last week to bitch about it and demand a refund... and of course they said there was no record of me canceling. And of course I didn't have my cancelation # on me... It was Bullshit!! So... I canceled again, but only after paying up the ASS...and making SURE I wrote down the cancelation # this time. I am so stupid sometimes...

Anyway, the whole reason for this post was to say that after buying the "program" about 3 months ago, in an attempt to get bikini and 5K run ready, I'm finally actually doing it... Or at least this is my 3rd day of 21. We'll see how long I last. It's supposed to be life changing.... I'll let you know when I'm allowed to have tasty, frosty beverages again...

slr