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Friday, May 2, 2008

Crispy

Margaret said I should start taking pictures...I agree...but everytime I get to the pool(internet connection) I realize I've forgoten the camera AGAIN and I don't feel like walking ALL the way back to my apt.(okay so maybe it isn't that far away but sitting on your rented ugly couch playing minesweeper all day tends to make you a little lazy...it is a little far though)
My update for the day is...I am burnt to a crisp! Yesterday while I was blogging and surfing the web for HOURS I was forced to stay on my stomach the whole time or I couldn't see the screen. I thought nothing of it at first. Then after Matt got home and we had dinner(pizza hut...) he said why is your neck all red? I said it isn't. It definitly was red as was the whole back side of my body. I asked Matt to take a picture of my back for the blog and he said no he would not. Oh well. Maybe this will finally teach me my lesson and I will wear one piecers to the pool...no then again maybe not! I just decided instead to stay on my back and fry my belly!! WooHoo!
My sunburn is quite funny looking though and it would have made the post all the more effective...I didn't want to get the computer oily yesterday so I just squirted the oil on and left it where it was...I thought it would blend on it's own...guess not. I am covered in these huge red blotches, especially on my legs. Yikes.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Betsy??

Okay so I'm getting a little obssesed with my blog but oh well...I don't know how I forgot to re-play this story earlier when I posted but it is a gem!

So last night I was wondering what we were going to do for dinner since we have no car and not too much to eat besides cereal...I'm thinking thinking...Pizza, that is easy. Matt wasn't getting home until close to ten so I decided to go ahead and just order a pizza so it would be there when he got home(what a nice wife).

There was no phone book in our apt. and no internet because the clubhouse was closed(we only get wireless at the clubhouse or the pool)...I'm resourcefull, I call 411 and ask for any pizza restaurante in El Paso...this confused the lady a little but we managed.
Ring Ring...Lady answers(you must imagine this conversation with a SLOW southern accent or it will not be effective)
Pizza Hut: May I get your # with area code first
Me: 541
Pizza Hut: 411?
Me: No, (a little louder) 541
Pizza Hut: 554?
Me: No F.I.V.E F.O.U.R O.N.E.....
Pizza Hut: and your name mam
Me: Jessie
Pizza Hut: Bessy?
Me: No JJJJEEEESSSSSIIIIEEEEE
Pizza Hut: Betsy?
Me: No J J Jessie...with a J
Pizza Hut: with a A? AAASSSYY??
Me: Seriously? It's just Jessie, with a J, like JJJJUICE
Pizza Hut: Oh sorry mam
Me: that's okay...I order and tell her our apt address(which is on the same street as the pizza hut I called)
Pizza Hut: I'm sorry mam can you spell that please?
Me: Zaragosa...Z. A. R.
Pizza Hut: Mariposa?
Me: It's the same street name as the store you are in right now...Z A R...are you even in El Paso?
Pizza Hut: No mam, I'm in San Antonio
Me: What?
Pizza Hut: This is the Pizza Hut call center...can I take your order?
Me: unbelievable...never mind thanks
Hang up
I am almost in tears...I was on the phone for 10 min. I was starving. Matt walks in, I tell him the story, he laughs at me, I get mad because I didn't think it was funny, we went out to Mexican with some other apex people...and I was happy again. End of story.

Windy City

Okay so I'm sitting out here at the pool(don't be jealous) trying to check all my blogs and read some good gossip(my life is hard) but I keep getting interupted by the WIND!! I just checked the weather to see how windy it actually was sinceI was almost blown out of my lawn chair...it says it's 40mph....all I know is it is strong and my nice oily legs are covered in red sand. They don't really have grass around here...only in little patches so the whole complex is mostly different colors of sand...very strange. On a good note I just looked up and saw a huge sign for burritos across the street...anyone who knows me knows I LOVE burritos. Nice. That just made my day. We really have no food yet only random odds and ends so I'm getting quite bored of eating at home(alone). Matt is insisting we still don't need to get a t.v. Anyone who knows me also knows I need a t.v. especially since there is no one to talk to from 12-10 at night...how boring. My computer just shut on mefrom the wind! Yikes! Well I guess you can tell that I'm bored because I've blabbed about nothing and have nothing left to say yet I want to keep writing because it's entertaining me.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Good Bye Oregon, Hello Texas

We finally made it to El Paso. Yay. We have been planning this for so long it's weird that we are finally here...BUT I am so excited to be on a four month vacation! Woohoo! A few quick observations that I've already noticed.
1. We can see Mexico from our appartment.
2. It is windy here!
3. It is HOT here...and I LOVE it.
4. Deciding not to pack ANYTHING but clothes and "buy it all when we get there" is really overwhelming and costs A LOT more than I remembered!

Our appartments are great. They are really nice and new and clean and big. I will post pics once I get it all cute and put together.
Really I'm just excited and think this will be a great summer.

Our "Favorite" Friends

Don't get offended we tell everyone they are our favorites(wink wink)...Well befor we left for Texas we had a happy b-day Jake/goodbye for awhile party. It was a blast. We had a lot of people in our tiny house!...but it sure was a lot of fun. We are sad to leave our friends(they are moving to Utah) but we are excited to come visit them in the fall!