1 point for Dawn, 0 points for Souper Salad

So today I yelled at the manager at Souper Salad. Now I will admit that I'm suffering from PMS, so that didn't really help matters. However, I for some reason had all this food that I guess I thought I was going to eat (a case of my eyes were way bigger than my stomach) and I had a whole potato that I had prepared and then finally just couldn't eat. I ask for a take out box because I don't want the food to go to waste as I will eat it later. The waitress brings me a soup bowl. I look at my Mom and I said, "is she serious?" So I take the soup bowl up to the front counter and I go, "can I please have a box to put my potato in as it's not going to fit into this container obviously." She replies after rolling her eyes at me and taking in one of those breaths that you just know means you've pissed me off now and then with a voice that echos that pissed off glare, "here, but we really aren't supposed to do this." Well if you know me that kind of reaction didn't really sit well. So I say back to her, "Well if you want you could just throw the WHOLE potato away, I'm sure the Idaho potato growers won't mind if we waste their products." She just looked at me then turned around and helped the next customer.

They don't sell bras in McKinney, Texas

I saw enough bra-less boobs on Saturday night to last me a lifetime. I heard enough bad Karaoke singing on Saturday night too. Sorry to crush their Karaoke dreams, but they sucked. I mean I can't really bash them too much, it's not like I got up there and tried it. But, then again, I know I'm not all that great, so why humiliate myself in front of people I don't know? haha

One of my favorite moments from the night is when one of Josh's friends was dared to go up and stand in front of the "singers" and sway back and forth for the entire song. Well he didn't make it the entire song, but it was hilarious. He scared that poor girl to death I'm pretty sure. haha

Another moment is when mullet man and his 80s girls walked in the bar and were strutting around. It was a mullet wig, but funny all the same. I looked at Chanda and Mike when one of the girls went up to do her Karaoke song and said, "she's totally going for Madonna's "Like A Virgin." Can I call things or what because that is EXACTLY the song she sang. Funny stuff.

I had a good time socializing. I definitely NEVER have to go back to McKinney Tavern again. But, the people watching was the best I'd seen in a while. Firewater had nothing on this establishment.

Rebecca Lynn grew up in Carolina....

Bryan White. I used have the biggest crush on him. I was almost stalkerworthy. I was a member of his fanclub. I got backstage passes and met him. Decided he was an ass. And well that was the end of my obsession.
Today on the Wolf at 1:15ish they played the above mentioned Bryan White song. And it made me smile. Not because I love Bryan White or anything but because I am so different from that girl that I used to be. And I'm proud of that. The quiet, timid girl who would become all nerves around boys to the point she couldn't even talk to them. The girl who never spoke out against anything and let her friends dictate what she did and ultimately lose those friendships because she decided that conforming to their standards wasn't something she was willing to do anymore.

I decided that perhaps Bryan White was just having a bad night and maybe he really isn't an ass. In fact his life seems quite normal and happy. And it appears that he's singing again.

I am fortunate that I have the friends that I have now. Friends that allow me to be me. And when I have a bad day and say something I don't always mean that they can look past it and see me for the person that I am, not the person I was at that moment. I am a lucky woman. And a much happier one than the 19 year old girl that first fell in love with Bryan White.

Status: Complete.

Well, my passport is here. Deidre and I have chosen some places to stay along our trek through South Ireland. I'm interested in knowing what "power showers" are and why it seems to be a selling point for some hotels/B&Bs. It is now 23 days until we leave. And I'm ready to start packing now!

My dance classes are going well so far this year. I was excited about having my own 4-5 year old class this year. I was nervous about it at first, but so far I'm loving it! I had met one of the little girls in my class at Walmart of all places and she was looking forward to being in my class. She didn't enjoy her dance class last year, so I knew I was in for a challenge. Well after the first class she went running out to her Mom exclaiming, "That was so much more fun that last year!" Her Mom also told me that after our encounter at Walmart that she went home and told her Dad that she met me and that I had the same color hair as her. Us red heads must stick together! So, needless to say, I'm having a good start to what I hope is an awesome dance year!

Is it bad of me to not care about a co-workers vacation? I mean so what you were gone 2 weeks to Florida and I DO NOT need a second by second replay of those 2 weeks. I think I know every detail of her vacation down to when they took potty breaks. Seriously, all i need is "my vacation was great, we went to Cape Canaveral and Disney World then we came home. The end." Simple enough right? However, I'm a nice person so I've listened to it, so you better bet your ass that she will hear ALL about my Ireland trip when I get back. haha paybacks are hell folks.