Saturday, August 7, 2010

One of the best moment ever

Caught on camera, Isaac throwing the guitar pick... And Amy rejoiced!

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Blistered feet, Skinned Knees, and Guitar Picks: A story of triumph!

what a week! Last thursday night my bestie Caitlin arrived for 6 days of craziness! She was supposed to get in around 4 but because of flight delays she got in closer to 9. On our way to logan Dan and i stopped at chipolte and got burritos, where dan got hit by a car. seriously. we were walking in and a woman was backing up and HIT HIM. hes fine, but this trip was not off to a great start. but caitlin arrived safe and sound and thats all that matters. we got home and hung out a bit and prepared for what would be a super busy weekend.
Friday was day one of Hanson. they played in Hyannis and we decided to spend the day there. we got lunch and ate it on the beach, where of course it started to rain. Once it started raining we drove around, a lot. We got ice cream @ ben & jerrys, shopped, and drove around some more! We got to the venue about an hour before doors opened and it was crappy and rainy. We hung out in the car, people watched and listened to inappropriate music for a hanson show (coughpopthatpussycough). Once doors were open we ventured in to our seats. The weather was really crappy and the usher at the show were dicks. The show its self was amazing, but the experience was less than great. We were in the 3rd row and hanson always puts on a great show. so we did have a great time. The show ended very early (1030) so we were by no means ready to go home. We were a little on the mad side that the show ended early and we were unable to take pix w/o being super paranoid about our cameras getting taken away. So what do we do? we find the closest dive bar and drink our sorrows away. We went to the 19th hole tavern and drank 3 dollar buds. We had a lot of fun here. there was another fan controlling the jukebox playing hanson songs and a few cape cod gangstahs hitting on us, and the bar tender even gave us a free beer. So the night ended on a high note. We got home after 2am, which btw is the latest ive gotten home in a good while!
Saturday will go down in history as the funnest day of my life. In the morning we dragged sleepy asses out of bed and went to plymouth. We got some lunch and then headed to Cohasset for day 2 of hanson. Due to the festivities of the previous night, i really had zero hopes for tonight. We got there early to do the walk. As we are going to get in line i see a van form my work there. i had a little mini panic attack but then tried to get myself back stage.... fail... but it was ok. i walked with isaac on the walk and talked to him and it was effing amazing. i am nothing if not shameless. After the walk we had a lot of time to kill and we had Seen Robert Schwartzman riding his bike around, so we decided we wanted to go find him. We drove around the town and had kinda given up on finding him. As we are driving around we see the rest of the band walking, so i rolled down my window so caitlin could get a pic. she thought i was going to yell, so she hid. haha. We drive a little further down the street and see another band member by himself, so i DID yell out the window. we were laughing so hard after that, i had to pull over. (hey i told u i have no shame!) After that Caitlin had a stain on her dress and i had blisters on my feet for the one mile barefoot walk so we stopped at the Mobil station down the street. We sat in the car for a bit and tried to make ourselves human again for a few mins when all of then sudden Robbert is walking by with his bike! we grab our camera and walk over to him, introduce ourselves and get a picture. He was very nice and actually had a real conversation with us. At this point we had a few more hours to kill then the show. we got to the show and had 2nd row seats. At this point i thought the night could NOT get any better. But it did! while isaac was sing we made eye contact more than once. it was amazing. Singing a minute without you while looking into isaac hansons eyes while he is smiling was the best feeling in the world. And at that moment i thought nothing could make this night better. Pure bliss. THEN at the end of the show isaac threw his guitar pick. i ligit dove on to the floor to get it, skinned my knee, but i GOT it!!! and THAT concluded the best night of my life. seriously, i havent had so much fun in i cant remember how long.
Sunday we dragged our asses to boston and went on the duck tours, so much fun! then we did the sky walk at the prudential center, which had such amazing views! Then walked all the way from the prudential center to the north end. thanks to caitlin and he patience and stellar map reading skills we made it to dinner at fiore in the north end. the food was AMAZING! i love the north end we ate, drank and laughed. We stayed up way too late that night and had so much fun.
Monday we went shopping in providence and then got tattoos!! Yes i got a hanson tattoo. its really cute. Im glad i did it with caitlin. We have been friends for so long and this is just something so special that we will always have and will always remind us of each other.
Tuesday was caitlins last day. we slept in a bit drove to marshfeild and went to the general store steve Carrel owns and then dropped Caitlin off @ logan. I was sad to see her go but glad for all the memories we made. I couldnt have asked for a better mini vacation and cant wait to hang out with caitlin again.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

And God said HAHA AMY

Whenever i look forward to things in my life i always get let down. This is a big part of the reason i look forward to very little. I am always an expect the worst kind of person. because the worst is 90% of the time what happens for me. I never let ppl close to me cuz i am always getting hurt. every major event in my life, no matter how much fun i have, something doesnt go right. i try to roll with the punches. i always put on a happy face and let ppl stab me in the face. u win universe. u win. i except the fact that nothing will ever go my way, ever.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Disney (less than a month later!)

I have been wanting to blog about Disney for a while now, but every time i go to something else catches my attention. I swear the older i get the more i develop A-d-d.

So Anyways, our Disney trip was so perfect and i am SO sad thinking that its all over and we have to wait at least another year before we can go back. we left bright and early sunday morning to catch a 6am flight! We thought we would have a nice hastle free trip to logan by printing out our boarding passes on Saturday. Of course Jet blue was having some issue with their system and we were unable to. So needless to say i spent most of sat night worrying about whether or not we would actually be able to get on the plane. All the worrying was for absolutely nothing. The woman @ the jet blue counter informed us that the comp system they use is a POS and it doesnt work very well (boy can i relate!) So we get thru security and had about 2 hrs to kill. I hate flying, a lot, so i was a big ball of nerves and excitement. Once we got on the plane and were in the air for a bit i felt a lot better. (the Roseanne marathon on TVLand helped). We arrived in orlando around 9am and it was hot and humid (JUST how i love it). I had hired a car (for 60 bucks) to come pick us up at the airport and bring us to the hotel. The previous night they had called to inform me that we were being upgraded from the rinky dink 60 dollar sedan to a STRETCHED HUMMER. (which i looked up and is over 400 buck!) This was the start of what would be the most amazing trip ever. The hummer was ridiculous and we got looks the whole ride there. I felt way too important when we got to our hotel. We had told our vacation planner over the phone that we would be celebrating our honeymoon (which really wasnt TOO big of a lie, i mean technically we never did go on a honeymoon...) so when we checked in we got 'just married pins'. After we checked in and threw our bags in the room we ran out and went right to Animal Kingdom. First ride of the day was expedition Everest. Best. ride. ever. It was a great way to kick off the day. next we hit up the dinosaurs ride and the water rapids ride (where there was a 2 hr wait and the fast pass guy just let us go thru the line because we were just married!) we did the walking safaris (skipped the actual safari since we had done that last time we were there). We stayed there till around dinner time and we headed back to teh hotel. Dan had ordered the 'ears to the bride and groom package' which gave me my bride Minnie ears. which is all i ever really wanted! It also came with some cheese and crackers and a bottle of champagne (which we promptly spilled all over everything!) So we relaxed on our patio with a glass of champagne and then went down to the hotel bar. For dinner we ordered nachos and dan got a beer and i got a drink with a strobe ice cube in it (that i got to keep!) After that we hopped a boat over to the magic kingdom that was open till 1am our first night. Here we caught the fireworks, went on splash mountain, thunder mountain, haunted mansion, pirates of the Caribbean, Tea cups (where dan did not get sick this time!) and bought 13 dollar sunblock! To say magic kingdom after dark is incredible would be a huge understatement. the castle all lit up, the lights, the fireworks, the less crowdedness! it was perfect. We finally called it a night around midnight and went back to the room and passed the heck out. i honestly have no idea how we stayed up that late on such little sleep.
Day 2. We headed to epcot first thing in the morning. i was really looking fwd to epcot this trip because this is the first disney trip since turning 21 and i was looking forward to drinking around the world. It was also Epcots flower festival and i was REALLY looking forward to seeing that. In the morning we went on Soarin', a ride whose name i cant rmeber but took u thru disneys eco farm, Saw a jim cantore ride (txt my cajun to tell her next time shes there she can ride jim), test track, finding nemo, a nice walk through the nemo aquarium, and then walked through all the pavilions. We were starving and we are picky, so we ate at the America pavilion and drank beer in Germany, Sake in Japan, and more beer in England. In England 'the hat lady' sang us 'just married' song. It was nice and embarrassing all at the same time. After a long day in the hot sun (and a lot of beer) we headed back to the room. We chilled again on the patio with some cheese and crackers and fed the ducks. After that we headed to downtown disney for some shopping and i had hoped a balloon ride. It was too windy that night for the ride so i was a little bummed. but i did manage to spend a good chunk of change @ the stores, so all was not lost. After that we were absolutely SPENT and headed back to the hotel to pass out.
Day 3. Hollywood studios. Not my fav park. we went on the great movie ride, the back lot tours, saw Indiana Jones, and went on some star wars ride. We also went on a toy story ride that 2 nice people gave us their sold out fast passes for. That was probably the most fun i had in that park. Dan won the game, but i had more accuracy so thats that! After hollywood studios we came back to the hotel and had a few hours to kill before the Luau @ the Polynesian hotel. we puttered around our hotel and took some photos and sat on the hotel beach for a while. This was our last night, so i was starting to get sad already :( We headed to the Polynesian for the 8pm Luau and had so much fun. the food wasnt great because it was a lot of meat on bones (which i do not eat) so i really had a hard time getting over the fact that there were animal parts on my plate, even after 3 glasses of wine! The show, however, was amazing! we got called up to dance for our honeymoon, which was just a lot of fun. The night was a perfect last night! Again completely beat, we went back to the hotel and passed out.
Day 4. Our last day. We took the first boat over to the magic kindgdom and had breakfast on Main street usa and did even MORE shopping. (ps- we had already mailed back TWO boxes of souvenirs... yes i have a shopping problem!!) after about an hour we headed back to the room, gathered up our stuff and went to the lobby to pout and wait for our car to come. The car came and picked us up and dan loves to talk to people, so we spent the whole car ride talking to our driver. and of COURSE he also used to work in TV so dan just HAD to tell him i work in Tv. So i couldnt even pout the whole way to the airport. Orlandos airport sucks compared to logan. It was confusing and busy. once we got thru security (where i sliced my hand on my bracelet since they made me take it off) i sat and read for 2 hrs. we got on the plane, i was exhausted. All the not sleeping had finally caught up with me. The rise home i had a short attention span and watched about 16 shows in 2.5 hrs. We got off the plane at logan and it was cold and raining. It matched how i was feeling perfectly.
Disney was so much fun. i'm so glad we went and i cant wait to go back. Luckily i took enuff pictures to hold me over till next time :)

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

better

It started last friday, when i finally got out and enjoyed the nice weather. i realized that i have been a complete shithead for months. Between work stress and just being in a rut i have been miserable. I decided that i really just need to stop sweating the small stuff and get back to being myself. the person who, deep down, is happy go lucky. I have never been a downer, but over the past few months i havent been able to get out of my own way. This past weekend was a perfect rejuvenation for me. the weather was nice and i was able to just relax and enjoy my life again... So far this week has been fine. the weather isnt great, but u know what? its ok! i havent wanted to off myself, i havent complained really and best of all tomorrow is my birthday! i will NOT spent my 27th year as miserable as i spent my 26th. Heres to a new year of me, getting back to loving life and being happy! :)

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Breakaway

Every once in a while i get into these moods. i really can not describe it. Its like i want to put on my pjs, pull the covers over my head and forget that anyone even exists. im currently smack in the middle of one of these moods. Theres no real reason for it. The sun is shining, work has been fine. But EVERY little thing is bothering me. Little things that i normally would find funny are hurting my feelings. Songs that i ussually love are making me want to cry. i cant stand being like this. I hate being on the verge of tears all day. i hate that people think they are being funny, and they are really hurting my feelings. I hate how personal i take things. My entire day has just been a little off. I think it started last night, when i couldnt get to sleep. Maybe i am just over tired. Maybe im bored with my life. I just do not know. I hope i am not like this much longer. I really hate myself in this mood.

Thursday, March 4, 2010

yup

Yea, im really not good at staying with this. i have no reason why, i just forget about this i guess. Since we last spoke dan and i have planned and booked, what i guess will be our official honeymoon since we really never did have that nice get away after the wedding (im shocked it only took 2.5 yrs!) So its off to Disney we go in about 2 months. I'm really excited to go, i love Disney and i am in desperate need of getting away from this place (this state). Life has not been terrible. its had its moments, but its march and as far as im concerned the winter is over. Works been work. not god awful tho. My jaw is better(ish). Still hurts when i open my mouth too wide, but at least i can chew with out being brought to tears. Which i think will be as good as it gets.
I will really try to stay with this damn blog. Maybe now that i have my spark back in my life, i will be more motivated to actually write in here.

Thursday, January 21, 2010

Stress

I am a worrier. I always have been. When i was growing up i worried about school, friends, enemies, everything. As i got older i added work and men into the mix. Now at a ripe old age of 26 all i do is stress out about everything. I stress about our house, our jobs, families. When i am at work im stressed about work. when im home, im stressed. I just never can relax. Finally all this stressing and being on edge has caught up with me. A few fridays ago i had finished an extremely stressful week @ work. I woke up on saturday and my jaw hurt. I really didnt think much of it and kind of just ignored it and hoped it would go away ( like i tend to do). The next week at work was even worse and home was getting the better half of me. At this point my jaw is feeling worse. i couldnt chew, yawn, brush my teeth, anything, with out being in excruciating pain. I made an appointment with the dentist and it turns out i have TMJ caused by stress! AWESOME! his remedy 'take a vacation'. Which honestly i could use and sounds delightful, but even on vacation i stress about being in a new place and getting everything i want to done. Last night i tried to just shut my brain off when i went to sleep, but ive had so much on my mind thats really just impossible. Work has not been stressful at all this week so that helps. I just need to learn to relax, not let everything get to me so much, and how to just let things happen.

Monday, January 18, 2010

Nice Long weekend

So the past few weekends dan and i have been really busy. We went to the Legends Classic Hockey game at Fenway and the following weekend we went to the Hot Stove Cool Music charity concert at the house of blues and saw Bronson Arroyo and Tinted windows. Both events were a lot of fun and i was glad to have something fun and different to do on the weekend. My work days have been extremely busy, and this past week absolutely kicked my ass. By the time i got home on friday night (at around 8pm) i really just wanted to pull the covers over my head and not leave the house for a week. Luckily i had a lot to do on saturday so i got my ass out of bed and did not let work defeat me! The weather was nice(for January) so i went to the farm stand and got some fresh ingredients came home and made a nice lasagna. I summonsed my inner Italian and made a freeking delicious meal. Eric and Nicole came over and we played some board games and ate my dinner, complete with a salad AND bread! (who needs olive garden?) The meal was a big success and i was really happy everyone loved it. Now of course because i summonsed my inner Italian, we have a ton of left overs. as a matter of fact thats all thats in our fridge right now, left overs. Which i love!

Sunday was a little more laid back. My dad came over and helped me put up the last 2 doors in the hallway so now that is one project that i can check off my list.

Today i'm off from work and its crappy outside. Its 1130 and im still in my pajamas watching the price is right. I'd say this is the perfect way to end my relaxing weekend!

Monday, January 4, 2010

Year in review

This blog is really becoming monthly. Now that the holidays are over i will write more!

Im not one to make resolutions, i never have. I feel like I'm just setting myself up to fail. Instead i take the new year as a time to look back and see what i have accomplished during the past year. 2009 was a strange one for me. I spent a majority of the year worrying about getting laid off. The year ended with work being so busy i spent most nights in tears. I accomplished nothing major during the year and by the end of it found my self in a bit of a funk. I found out everyone at my job thinks i am a slut who sleeps around. I lost a coworker i hated more than anything and gained a new one who i love! My home life has been great and i can not complain about my friends, family and home. I am very lucky in those areas. Overall my year just was. I can't pinpoint anything great about it or anything horrendous and i guess thats a pretty good thing...

This year i hope to not get laid off and to get out of this life funk i have found myself in for about a year. i really dont think thats too much to ask for...