Let's All Freak Out

- I get that I am a little spoiled because I get to go to the mountains and enjoy snow whenever I feel like, but come on people. Seriously!? What is happening outside in North Carolina isn’t even snow. This hell mix winter mix that you are blowing up my Twitter and Insta feed with is going to FREEZE tonight. That also means the crazies have bought all the bread, water and milk from any and all surrounding grocery stores. I only have four bagels left. That my friends is not enough to last me through the next couple days until it is safe to get back on the roads. It’s not unsafe because of the ice in 3 days, but because people here drive like blind 100 year old bats with schizophrenia if there is as much as a rain drop on their windshield. People who know how to drive in snow, just imagine. It is, ugh. If you want to experience snow, there are these things called mountains and ski resorts that will gladly take your money and let you experience the wonderful dream called snow. Boosting the economy and not freaking out and a fleck. Win, win.

- On Tuesday I took Sadie in to the Vet for the first time in two years. I had been getting her rabies shots from back woods places like Tractor Supply Co. and not really thinking much of the whole she actually needs to see a veterinarian thing. She was due for her rabies shot and Tractor Supply wasn’t doing their shot deals at the moment so I had to take her to an actual vet. In hopes to lower the cost we went to Banfield, the vet inside Petsmart. They said the check up and shot would only cost $58. Little did you know, they try to scare the crap out of you and say your dog is dying at every turn so you spend more and more money. I have no idea about dog health. What was I supposed to do? Let my dog die? LOL at whoever is around me when that happens. First it was her teeth. They told me she needed to be sedated to have her teeth cleaned properly. Um, no. Dentastix are adequate. Then it was her ears, and since I couldn’t look into her ears myself, I had to trust the dog doctor. Which cost me $30 for an ear swab, $30 for ear cleaner and then another $30 for the actual medication. Is this for real? Apparently it was. I also found out my dog weighed 71 pounds. Never in a million years would I have guessed 71 pounds… I tell people roughly 60. Sadie Muffin needs to go on a diet. (That means no feeding her Cheese Puffs… Jacob.) I walked in expecting to pay $58 and walked out paying over $150. “Children are expensive,” said, my mother.

BEWARE! My dog smiles.

- I had an interview on Wednesday. Hopefully it all works out. You will be the first to know.

- There was a man at the pool today that had so much back hair it swayed with the direction of the water. Hopefully you weren’t eating just then, because you might be throwing up right now.

- Another man walked in wearing very thin white jammers. What happens to whites when they get wet? They turn see through. Another special moment brought to you by aquatics.

- I have always been somewhat dependent on my iPhone. Who isn’t, honestly? I used to be able to leave it at home here and there and not really worry about it. I really did that once, for like two hours. Despite what she is about to say, my mothers memory holds no truth anymore, she is 50. More recently I have not been able to NOT check Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest and whatever else the heck is out there. It’s not that I feel “naked” without my phone, because part of me feels like I could leave it for a while, but it’s more like if I have it on me I am on it. In the future I am going to make an effort to be more present in what is happening. If I am sitting at home, and there is Wifi, and I am bored out of my mind… I will probably be on my phone. But if there is an event or if I am out with friends or doing things with my family I want to leave my phone in my clutch and just leave it there for more than 30 minutes at a time. One of my biggest pet peeves is when I am out to dinner with a friend and they are constantly on the phone with another friend or their boyfriend… if you wanted to talk to them, maybe you should have gone out with them. Novel thought? I definitely do not want to become my own pet peeve, and it is much easier to be present now that I only have one phone. I am no longer a slave to the 24 hour news cycle, thank God.

- Have you watched the show Smash? I always ignored it because Katharine McPhee annoys me, but then I just finished the entire first season in two days. K.McPhee doesn’t really annoy me anymore, and I cannot wait for the 2-hour season premier on February 2nd. You should probably watch it. Smash is nothing like the Glee. The people can SING, DANCE and act their age! It is so good it makes me actually like New York and want to move there to chase my dreams of Broadway. {{Which I don’t have.}}

Come talk to me after you spend the next two days of your life watching this show. There are two men with good British accents, for real.

Katelyn