Oh Hey, Blog. I've Missed You!

Wow. So it's only been THREE MONTHS since my last post. I should be kicked out of blog world.

Ironically enough, my blogging skills were much better when was in school and had far LESS time on my hands. Although, I guess it's not too ironic, considering my blog is called "Dehydration and Procrastination." Heavy emphasis on the procrastination part I guess.

Sure, I have a job now, but I actually still have plenty of free time. I work mostly mornings, so the rest of my day is pretty much mine to do with whatever I want. *cue maniacal laughter*

One would think that I would say to myself, "Hey! I can work on my blog! Score!" But apparently, no, that is not the conversation I have with myself. Apparently I just say "Hey! I can find a bazillion other things to do with myself! Score!" So I do things like: have things-I-recorded-on-DVR marathons, take naps, eat snacks, waste time on StumbleUpon, reread the Harry Potter series, and--most recently--try to be a chef. 

Yeah...I've been watching way too much Food Network, and now I think I'm fit to be the next Iron Chef or something. Okay, maybe not really, but I'm fascinated enough by the idea of being a great cook that I--wait for it--suggested to my parents that cooking classes would be a good Christmas gift for me.

Maybe I'll never be an awesome chef, but I do like messing around in the kitchen. Last week I used my aunt's recipe to make the butter cookies she always makes for Thanksgiving and Christmas. They are SO delicious, I wanted to give them a shot. And they turned out pretty good! My second batch was even better, because I figured out little things I needed to tweak to make them taste exactly how I wanted. Plus they're cute. They're little flowers and Christmas trees!

The next few weeks I'm working far less, so my Christmas gift to myself (early) is going to be working on my blog more. And then my New Year's resolution will be to be a better blogger. We'll see how that goes. Wish me luck.

UPDATE: Important! Someone please tell me their thoughts on my--admittedly cheesy--snowman/holiday background. Please and thank you.

Wow. I Suck.

Yup. It's true. I suck, and I'm sorry. I've neglected you fine readers for far too long. All I can do is hang my head in shame, cry, and beg forgiveness.

Now comes my pathetic list of reasons I've been such a neglectful blogger: 

1) I have a job.

2) I was on vacation.

3) My laptop is being a piece of junk and randomly shutting down on me every so often.

4) I'm trying to CLEAN my ROOM! (A much harder task than it sounds, I assure you.) Actually, let me elaborate on this further.

My room looks like it could be featured on an episode of Hoarders.

Image Here!

Ok...So maybe it's not THAT bad, but still...It's bad. It's a culmination of 22 years of life, laziness, and lack of motivation to get the freaking job done. I mean...today I found a box of rocks. Yup. Rocks. When I was about 7, I collected rocks. (I was super cool.) And for some reason, I've hung onto them for all these years. Why? Who knows? Why didn't my mother make me get rid of them at some point? Again, who knows?

Maybe I'll make a whole post out of this room-cleaning saga at some point. I can include images of some of my favorite weird things I've found. One of which is--get ready for this--a FURBY! Please, someone tell me they also owned a Furby so that I feel better about myself. I mean, I pulled that sucker out of my closet, and I thought to myself "Why the HECK did I want this thing?!" Furbies are creepy as heck. Really. It looks like it will devour my soul.

This actually looks just like my Furby.
Image Here.

I'm getting excited about this "What Weird Crap Did I Find In My Room?" post, so here's the deal...You all stick around just like you have been, and I'll make it worthwhile. I know without a shadow of a doubt I'll find at least 10 super weird things I can blog about, and we can all laugh at how ridiculous I am. It'll be great.

And seriously, thanks for sticking around even though I've been super neglectful. I appreciate it. 

Oh Happy Day!

Friends, the day has finally arrived. Today...I got my laptop back! 

I'll write a decent post tomorrow, because frankly I'm too tired to do it tonight, but I just wanted to share the happy news. 

Also, thanks to everyone for sticking around during this dark period of no posting. I even got a couple new followers despite my lack of posts, and that was pretty thrilling! So thanks again. 

To hold you all over until my decent post tomorrow, here's a picture of me and my happiness.

A Sad Tale

So...I have a sad story. I haven't posted lately, and there's a reason for that.

About a week and a half ago, my laptop met with an unfortunate accident. I was carrying my laptop when I knocked over a glass of water that my sister left on my bedroom floor. Stupidly, I set my laptop on the floor to try to mop up the water with a towel. I bumped the glass, and it fell the other way, splashing my laptop with the little bit of water left in the cup.

Needless to say, I panicked. I took it downstairs and opened it up to let it dry off, but I'm afraid it's a goner. Currently I've hijacked my mom's netbook, since she and my dad have been on a business trip for the past ten days.

I'm not much of a tech nerd (despite what my family thinks) but I'm pretty sure the water fried my motherboard. Since my parents left the day after the incident occured, they told me I needed to wait until they got back to make any big purchases like a new motherboard or a whole new laptop. I've been (im)patiently waiting for them to get home so I can discuss options with them, and the happy news is that they'll be home tonight. But not until about midnight. So sadly, I probably won't have a fix for at least another couple of days.

Anyway, I just wanted to explain my lack of posting, and I'm sorry there aren't any drawings in this post. They would most likely have been of me, weeping over my fallen laptop, but my mom's netbook doesn't have paintbrush on it, so...can't draw anything. You'll just have to imagine that image.

I'm A Barista!

Or I will be once I finish my training anyway.

One of my older posts was about the "coffee bar" we had in our dorm room. I made some reference to Starbucks, and in retrospect, it's a little blasphemous. Or something like that.

On Friday I had an interview, and on Friday I was hired. Tonight was my first night of training. I'm not working at a Starbucks though. (Hence the "blasphemous" comment.) I'm working at a Biggby. So it's not:

Like I portrayed in my post back in the day. Instead, it's more like:

Wow...My drawing skills have already improved since that first drawing. I look a lot less like a clown in the new drawing. And you know I hate clowns. Anyway, I digress. 

If you've never heard of Biggby Coffee before, chances are you don't live in the midwestern United States. Fun fact to be proud of as a Michigander, Biggby was actually founded right here in our state. About 20 minutes from my town actually. And the store I am now employed at is store #11. It's old. We were informed in our training tonight about how to shut off the main water supply in case of an emergency like exploding pipes. No joke. Oh, and the electricity. In case of electrical fire. Fun stuff.

Back to the point, Biggby isn't a huge chain, but there are stores all over Michigan, as well as several in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Illinois. There are a random few in South Carolina, Alabama, and Texas, but otherwise, it's a midwest thing.

So that's my exciting life news for now. Tonight I learned how to do things like pull espresso shots, make creme freezes, and shut off power and water in case of an emergency. Or as a fun practical joke.

Just kidding. I'd probably get fired for that, and I haven't even worked a real shift yet.