two whales in a pod.

so, as most of you probably know...i hate my job.

one of my "resolutions" for this year was to find a new one, asap.

i've just felt very under appreciated for a long time there.

and i also hate all of the drama that goes along with this job.

i hate sounding really whiny and complaining, but there's just some stuff i have to get off my chest.

(then, onto happy things!)

at the beginning of this year, i took my two weeks of vacation.

after i got back to work, i found out that they didn't count my second week, because i can't take it til after my anniversary.

but apparently no one decided to tell me this the multiple times i asked about it.

thanks, guys!

also upon my return, i find that i have been kicked out my position in the office and demoted to cashier.

it has been about 3 weeks that i've been back and no one talks to me about it. at all.

until two days ago.

my manager comes and talks to me and tells me that because i was out for a week, i was kicked out.

so on top of the fact that i was so sick i could barely walk or even move,

or that i was seeing multiple doctors everyday...

i lost my job.

it's just very hard to accept and deal with.

i want to get out of there as fast as i possibly can.

ANYWAYS.

yesterday started out as a pretty rough day in paradise.

i won't lie...josh and i aren't perfect always.

he had his moment yesterday afternoon, and i had mine later that night.

and honestly, i can't even care that there are occasionally moments like these.

i love seeing how josh and i work through things and every time we do i feel closer to him.

i love watching how the two of us grow together and learn from each other.

it's so beautiful and wonderful to me!

things were mended quickly and we had a fun day.

we went to eat at steak n shake.

every time we go josh always gets chicken fingers and fries with barbeque sauce.

but when the waitress asks what he wants, he says, "chicken fingers with ra--barbeque sauce."

because he hates, hates, hates ranch.

and he did it a million years ago when we first started dating, to be silly, and now he has done it ever since.

it always makes me laugh. :)

i really wanted to go to the pet store afterwards, so we did!

i tried to get josh to guess my favorite fish, but they DIDN'T EVEN HAVE IT. thanks a heap, petsway!

we also looked at chinchillas, which i have a really funny story about, but i'll save that for another day. :)

there was this really funny little bird that hated josh and every time he got close it would snap at him.

but it let me touch it's creepy, cute little toes and talk to it.

and they had a bunch of "free to good home" dogs that i was DYING to have, but i know the 'rents would have killed me. :(

we went to jcpenney's and looked in their jewelry dept. at rings.

they didn't have the kind i liked, they only had the square and pear styles.

but i still liked going to get a better grasp of what sizes and stuff are like.

it was really awkward for me talking to the people behind the counter.

because i didn't like anything they were trying to show me, and i felt so weird being like, "no. no. no." ha.

oh, and at one point the lady was like, "i heard you make a comment about diamonart. what was that?"

and i was like, "um....they're not...real?"

and she was like, "oh. right. they're CZ. you don't want that?"

do i want a fake diamond ring? no, no thank you, lady.

i mean, i'm not trying to be shallow or greedy, but i would like a real ring!

i told josh he had to do the talking, and we left. :)

we went to the movies and saw "when in rome."

it was pretty cute! but there was this lady behind us that thought that literally every line of the movie was like, rip-roaringly funny. josh and i could not handle it. so funny.

i love being with my best friend.

seriously, such a blessing! :)

i'm on a mission.

"The Nanny Diaries" is one of my favorite books, and also one of my favorite movies.

and i am now on a mission to become "Nanny."

obviously, i'd like to skip the whole working-for-an-awful-woman bit.

oh, and the creepy-dad-that-hits-on-me piece.

but other than that, this is the job i'm looking for.

my school schedule allows for it perfectly...

i'm just not sure how to go about getting a job like this.

so if you have any tips...do share!

last night, i found myself with another real reason to go out--thank goodness.

originally, josh and i were going to dinner with matt and trey.

and then, i invited leah along.

apparently, this was "weird."

(but what is actually weird is boys. yeah, i mean you, mister.)

but that is completely okay!

because leah and i went out to dinner, just the two of us, and had some girl time.

we went to las margaritas (las mas), which is pretty much a staple around here.

whenever i go, i always get the same thing:

shrimp chimichanga!

but i decided to shake things up a little last night, and i got the "yoli's special."

which was breaded and lightly fried tilapia w/ mexican rice, avocados, lime, and side garden vegetables.

it was fine at best.

but, i'm glad i tried something new!

leah has been my best friend since our freshman year of high school.

we don't really see a lot of each other these days, and i really hate that.

it's something i definitely want to change.

we need to get as much quality time in as possible this year, while we're both still here.

josh spent today at his parent's house working on booking and poker.

so i had some alone time.

it was a pretty productive day....

i finished up a disc of mad men, 90210, and watched some friends.

i briefly fell asleep.

(my sleep schedule is all out of whack, and it is so terrible.)

i ate some cinnamon life.

that's all.

....

just kidding! onto the productive parts:

a new idea for a children's book/series popped into my head.

i'm going to start trying to develop it a lot more, hopefully, over the course of this next week.

it's my last week of vacation, so i'll have plenty of time.

and today i also filled out two applications on my new job search.

one for Hibbett Sports, a sporting goods store.

and the other for Hastings, an entertainment store.

i definitely won't quit my current job until i have something new secured, but i'm still incredibly nervous!

i've been at the same job for close to three years now.

and i've never had another job before.

it all feels so new to me, and it's a little out of my comfort zone.

but it's really important to me.

finding a new job is part of my quest for eliminating negativity.

it has to be done!

i hope everyone has the best week.

:)