Lent: I’m not giving up anything because I don’t have to

Every year At this time people start talking about what they are giving up for lent. And that’s fine. Give up your bad habit, you’re weak resolve, give up whatever you want… I guess.
But my question for these lent Giver uppers is always this. “Ah. Are you catholic?” BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM AREN’T! And I think that’s bizarre. They’re just like oh hey, I already tried and failed my New years Resolutions, so I will RENEW them for Lent. Occasionally I have people ask me “What are you giving up for lent?” I’m not giving up anything for lent! because I don’t have to! Hooray! because I feel like many of the lent give ups land with their fallen comrades the new years resolutions. And Why would I give something up that isn’t required of me? Obviously I wouldn’t. My favorite are the Facebook giver uppers. You see that Facebook status go up that is like “For lent this year I’m giving up Facebook! I don’t know how long I can last!” Well that’s a vote of confidence in your Lent resolution. Let’s see how that goes for you….. *5 days later* “AHHHH I couldn’t do It! I couldn’t give up facebook!”
Me: *slow clap* way to go you made it a whole 5 days.
And honestly I get bored with not being able to get on Facebook but IF I was going to do lent? I would totally pick something really easy, I’m pretty sure I’m smarter than the average Lenter.

Types of Customers

I have been really bad at posting for a while now. This is mainly due to the fact that I never have time, and my life is extremely boring right now. I work ALL the time. Almost literally. I go to school early in the morning, I come home for like an hour, and then I go work 8 hour shifts at the local grocery store. Once I get home I basically just do homework, and then die on my bed until I have to be up early again the next day. It’s a vicious cycle. My main source of entertainment now comes from the customers that go through my line. Here are a few different types of customers:

• The Habitual Customer-  This is the customer that comes at the same time (i.e. every Monday) and buys essentially the exact same items every week. My favorite habitual customer is the truck driver who comes through once every 2 weeks. He always buys the same thing, and breaks into random Mickey Mouse impressions at odd intervals. He is extremely weird, but highly entertaining. Another example of this is the customer I call pleated shorts guy. He comes EVERYDAY. Really. I always see him, and he usually wears those nice work shorts and a polo even though it’s winter.
• The Over-Sharing Customer- This customer somehow translates a friendly “How are you today?” to mean “Please tell me everything about your life!!!! In detail!!!!” It’s amazing some of the things people are willing to tell some random stranger across the counter. As I scan their groceries I learn about divorces, financial trouble, how much they hate their in laws, court proceedings, their children’s grades, the list goes on! These customers can be really entertaining, but they often hold up your line, and make the people behind them grumpy. Sometimes it’s worth it.
• The Husband Shopper- This customer is a husband with a list written in suspiciously girly handwriting, and no idea where to find anything on the list or in most cases even exactly what that list item is. Conversations with these shoppers usually go like this “Do you know where the juice isle is?” “Yes I do! Are you looking for frozen concentrate juice or bottled juice?” “Um…. * panicked look* one second…. *pulls out phone and frantically starts dialing wife*” I find these shoppers to be hilarious.
• The Sunday Shopper- Sunday customers are different than other days of the week. You can pretty much split the Sunday Shoppers up into 3 groups. People wearing church clothes, people wearing pajamas, and people with tattoos (not sure why there are more tattooed shoppers on Sunday).
• The Rude Customer- This customer is pretty self explanatory, and no fun at all. They either get mad at things out of my control (usually prices) or they just answer all your questions in a grumpy voice, and when you tell them to have a nice day they say “Ok.” instead of “Thank you!” or “You too!” Luckily most customers don’t fall into this category.
• The Technologically Impaired Customer Trying to Use the Self-Checkout- If you fall under this category it might be easier for all parties involved for you just to go through a regular checkout line.
• The Couponing Customer- These customers spend a lot of time cutting up little bits of newspaper and buying 10 of everything. It’s no big deal most of the time, but sometimes it gets a little extreme and can be annoying. Although I have been pretty impressed by how much money they can save.
• The Cell Phone Customer- This customer can not be bothered to set their cell phone down for two minutes in order to complete their transaction leading me to have to use some form of unofficial sign language and mouth words to them. One step worse: The Bluetooth Customer (Not only are they otherwise engaged, but it always takes a second before I figure out they aren’t talking to me, and it gets confusing).
• The Jokester- This customer is always good. Either they are actually funny and you laugh or they are actually not funny and you laugh after they leave. Either way you end up laughing so I say it’s good. There is the cutest little old man who comes in and tells me a joke every time. It’s usually something along the lines of “What did the tie say to the hat? …  You go on ahead, I’ll just hang around”. Sort of like something you would read on a popsicle stick or something, but I love it when he comes in.

A Pre Written Dear John Letter to Your Missonary

I have 2 roommates currently stinging missionaries along. and if we’re honest, I actually think it’s hilarious. And they’ll always just say “Oh I don’t know what to tell my missionary so I won’t tell him anything it will be fine!” Yeah… you let me know how that goes in a year when he finds out this other kid has been sleeping in your room every night, meanwhile you tell him you’re not dating anyone. So I did them a favor! I wrote a Dear John letter for them! So sweet of me I know!

Dear Missionary,

Hi, how are things in the ______ Mission? I hope the weather is nice. I just wanted to tell you that I’ve been stringing you along and have actually been making out & going out with this new boy.  He’s really nice, He comes and sleeps on a little floor bed in my room every night. SO SWEET. I know I sent you a giant valentine and that you are going to be crushed by this news, as we never actually broke up, and I told you I would wait for you. I lied. Sorry!

Sincerely,
your (ex?)girlfriend

♥ Happy Valentines Day!! ♥

We LOVE Valentines Day!  Actually love it. All the way. Not just a little bit. So here’s a little Valentines Day advice for you….. don’t complain about it. Seriously! No need to get all cynical. Just have fun with it!

Valentines Day Playlist

• Teenage Dream- Katy Perry
• All You Need is Love- The Beatles
• Secret Valentine- We the Kings
• Lessons in Love – Kaskade (Ft. Neon Trees)
• Don’t Hurry Love- The Supremes
• Let Love In- The Goo Goo Dolls
• Heart Vacancy- The Wanted
• We Found Love- Rihanna
• Hopeful Romantic- This Century
• Love Song- The Cure
• Stop in the Name of Love- The Supremes
• Stay Young, Go Dancing- Death Cab for Cutie
• Last One You Love- Breathe Electric
• All About Us- He is We
• Let Your Heart Do All the Talking- A*Teens
• If My Heart Was a House- Owl City
• Love Story- Taylor Swift
• Victim of Love- Cash Cash
• I Will Possess Your Heart- Death Cab for Cutie
• Love You Like a Love Song- Selena Gomez & The Scene
• So Much Love- The Rocket Summer
• You Belong Here- Anberlin
• Nomads- Les Sages
• Tu Amor- RBD
• Calling You- Blue October

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Our Camp Counselor Check List

This is our application video for the summer camp we want to work at. Obviously they should hire us, because we are AWESOME!

I Heart Camp Day, and some other stuff

I made this:

As it turns out I have lost any ability to cook for myself, because cooking in college is hard

Or buy good grocery’s that will turn into good food. actually it’s debatable if I ever had either of these skills. but seriously. the only things I have eaten in the last 3 days are eggs, cheese, tortillas, cuties, Frosted flakes, and Pasta I didn’t cook with pasta sauce I bought. Oh. and tang. the sugar, not the drink. I think I’m walking the fine line of the Malnourished… It might be time to go to the store.

But the store brings up another problem I have, my refusal to get a cart. If I can’t carry it I don’ need it I always tell myself. but I’m pretty sure myself might be wrong considering the sad state of my pantry shelf.

You know what else I hate about cooking at college? Dishes. Dishes are the worst. I hate it when I cook something that you shouldn’t eat out of the pan… (which might be everything) but seriously. I don’t want to have to cook something in the pan, put it on or in a dish, eat it, and then get another container to put leftover in the fridge. So I either A. eat it out of the pan, unless I can’t or B. Eat it out of whatever it will go into the fridge in. This helps solve the dishes problem, which for as long as I’ve been a room mate has been a problem. Because someones dish was in the sink and now it;s lost or you didn’t do your dishes fast enough or it’s your turn to unload or we ran out of dish soap again. College living goal #1 Make as few dishes as possible