The One Where I'm Annoyed...

I'm in a quite annoyed mood this week, so maybe airing my grievances will make me feel less full of annoyance...maybe.   Feel free to skip this post...I'm just venting...

-I know I harp on this a lot, but school bus drivers in my area of town don't have any regard for the other people on the road.  They stop in front of high schools and let the other buses out, for 5 minutes!  I would be ok if they'd just let out one at a time, but blocking traffic for the bus that's a 1/4 mile away...really?!
The worst offense is allowing the kids that ride your bus to get on the bus AFTER the lights have gone off.  I see it all the time in our neighborhood, but the bus driver will turn the lights off and start to move and instantly put them on again because a kid is jumping out of their parents car.  And then another.  And another.  When I was younger and rode the bus, if you weren't there, you weren't getting a ride from the bus to school.  She did not care that she could see you walking to the bus stop, if you were not at the stop, you missed the bus.  We learned responsibility that way.  You didn't miss the bus twice.  I learned that lesson when I was 11.  These kids that are doing this are in high school.  They are rude.  And this gripe makes me sound old.  Whatever.

-I'm annoyed with our wedding photographers.  After a month and a half of promises many times for pictures to come on specific dates, we finally get them over a month after the first promised date.  We have some nice pictures, but a lot of them are not well done.  We honestly have better pictures from friends than our photographers for the most part.  They did not adjust the spacing with the bridal party, they cut people's head's off for 'art's sake', and they freaking read a "Photography For Dummies" book during the photo process are our wedding.

Like whoa.  You can't charge that much and read that book while you're doing our pictures.  They were unorganized, didn't take charge, didn't adjust anything to look better in pictures...they just let it all go.  Oh, and for our beach wedding, they had sunshades, but decided not to bring them out until we were basically done taking pictures, so there's a lot of squinting in there because we had to face the sun. all. the. time.  I don't have one good full on bridal portrait because I'm squinting too much.  Then, when I asked about all the heads being chopped off and if they kept other pictures with people's full faces in them, she looked at me like I was stupid, and said 'No, that's the style of the photograph'.  Who wants their dad and husband's head cut 1/2 off when he's handing you off during your wedding ceremony?  I understand that some can be artsy, but that wasn't the representation we got from the other pictures, nor the moment in a wedding to be artsy. You're artsy with the bridal party pictures, the couple pictures, shoes and rings.  Not the ceremony shots. And when I look, they have better pictures from most of their other weddings.  One of the photographers was even crying at the wedding in a corner after disappearing 15,000 times.  (I understand personal issues and all, but that was really just the icing on the cake)  The worst part is we had dinner and were clear about what we wanted...at least I thought we were after the two hour conversation we had.

-I'm annoyed by people that think their time is more valuable than mine...or that just have expectations from you because they want to do something, so automatically you have to want to do it.  No.  Not true.

-I'm annoyed by people who ask for money...and then are pushy about it.  I'm a Christian and grew up in church but religious groups are the worst.  I can definitely see why people get turned off to church and God when people are trying to shove their ideas down your throat while trying to get your money to fund their organization.  Why not just share with people what you are doing and give them a link if they decide they want to donate.  Do you really want to strong arm people into giving to God?  Because...I'm pretty sure that's not what He wants.

-I'm in a funk with work right now and have to force myself to stay motivated...which is hard sometimes.  I'm working on something that is usually my favorite project of the year right now and I can't seem to get into it.  I think I just have a lot of pressure and the fun stuff seems trivial (although it is necessary to our company's marketing) when we're trying to get more work because construction is still slow and sucks.

-I'm annoyed by mean girls...

You know...the ones in real life.

I could go on, but I think I'll stop here...

If you actually made it through my bitchy little post...thanks for reading.  Some days, the annoyance just gets the best of me.

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Project 365: Days 28-31

The movie screen at Thor after it melted and tore.




Beautiful day on the lake!




Tent in the house-oh yea!




Oh what a beautiful mooorrrrnnning, oh what a beautiful day...

Tidbits...

-Janae aka Hungry Runner Girl, is having a giveaway!  Check it out!!

Borrowed from Janae

-School buses are my nemesis.  Today, a school bus stopped to allow 10 buses to come out of a school and stop traffic for 5 minutes during morning rush hour.  We already have to wait on them on the road while picking up children, can't they just let us by and wait on us for once?!

-I wasn't feeling too well yesterday, exhaustion mixed with allergies I believe was the culprit.  I decided to run anyway, even though the couch was calling to me.  I ended up with a pretty decent easy run.  6 miles in 56:47.  I ran the first few really slow and started feeling a little more 'pick up the pace-ish'.  But by mile 6, my lungs started to constrict and I felt like the treadmill was pinned against my chest so I had to stop.  I wanted to get to 7, but when you start wheezing, it's no good.

-I wakeboarded for the first time this year on Saturday!  It was fantastic and once I got my footing again, I actually got decent air for myself :)  Yay summer!

-Right now, we've got a tent set up in our house.  We wanted to be sure that the tent didn't appear to have any holes before taking it camping.  I want to have a sleep over in it, but the cloud (my awesome bed's name) keeps calling me upstairs.  I can't wait to use it!  Hurry camping weekend :)

-Tonight, I'm going to see Something Borrowed with the ladies!

I can't wait!!!  Oh, and I'm having Chick-fil-A for dinner.  Life doesn't get much better for me than that :)

-Speaking of movies...we went and saw Thor this weekend.

I loved it!  I didn't have any expectation for the movie, I just knew that I like the Marvel movies and it did not disappoint.  It was a bit different just because the story line is a bit more mystical than a lot of their other movies, but I thought it was well worth it.  Minus the screen melting and ripping during the movie...oops.

-In about a month, serious marathon training starts.  Woo hoo!  I love having goals.

-Off to lunch.  I love lunchtime :)

Project 365: Days 24-27

Yummy chicken fried rice I cooked for dinner.

Not a picture, but a video of Lily rolling over.


Ride behind these stupid things almost everyday and they're so frustratingly slow.



One thing I love about being up early is the sunrise. They're always different but always beautiful.

I *heart* good runs!

Last night was a good night at the gym.  I love having nights like that.  I got through my shoulders and tri's workout rather quickly and felt the burn, baby!  Pushed out some leg press...and for the record, the weight I had on the leg press was the same as some of the annoying boys in the gym last week...small victory for me!  

Then, I had a good run.  Well...that was, of course, after I knocked my stupid phone off when I caught the cord with my arm swing.  The phone flew off the treadmill and almost hit a lady. You could see in her face that she felt bad for me looking ridiculous...I hurdle-jumped to avoid stepping on my phone and then almost fell off because I stepped wrong while the treadmill was slowing down all while trying to grab my phone from her...AND end scene.  That was only 1/2 mile into my run, so I jumped back on and cranked up the speed without my music because apparently, I flail my arms when I run like a maniac, and I finished out my 4 miles.  I lost some time with the slowing down, grabbing phone and speeding up and I finished in 36 minutes.  The run felt good.  I've had trouble with good runs lately, but I had one Sunday and yesterday, so hopefully we're on a roll!

Tail Wagging Tuesday!

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Today is all about the looks:

 "This is the life..."

 "Back off B!"

 The crazed, "I want people food" look.

Happy Lily

 Sad Lily

So tired...why am I awake?