Our dog ran away!

Lacey ran away again! Grrr, we have GOT to get the fence fixed in the corner! When STL had that big storm last summer, a tree fell onto the fence in the right corner where the dogs can crawl underneath because it's so bent and run rampant all over the neighborhood. And it's my fault because I didn't put her on her chain...hopefully this isn't the beginning of a bad day already???

what a week!

It's been a crazy, crazy week for me here in STL!!! I love my job as a real estate assistant but it's kinda stressful at times! But I enjoy the stress....there are some days I don't mind working late, but that's OK for now since we don't have kids. I don't even know what I would do right now if we did have kids....I'm kinda stressed out right now because I'm studying to take my real estate license test sometime in October and I despised test-taking. They make me nervous, make me forget things and I just kind of spazz out when I look at all the options available to me. But I keep trying to tell myself that I should treat it like the ACT I took to get into college...no, I didn't do well in math/science, but I DID score a perfect 36 on both English and reading! So the moral is to go with my strengths and definitely study my tushy off for the rest! So to de-stress, we went to the Cardinals game last night. For those of you who don't know, I am not "direction-oriented" whatsoever so I had to go from my work to UMSL where David works to Busch Stadium, and I followed him the whole way. We got separated, so I called him, put the phone on speaker in my lap, and we kinda hung out when we were driving there! I didn't freak out because that plan totally worked. I said, "Honey, if you turn left or right, just tell me so I can do the same since I can't see you anymore!" and things worked out perfectly. Driving in STL is sometimes a pain in the tushy, especially when there's any sort of game going on downtown! So we parked, but he couldn't find the cash I gave him for parking (also the ONLY cash we had on us!) and I had to go to the bathroom SUPER bad! So I'm patiently (this word doesn't even describe me on a usual occasion, but I needed to calm down so I wouldn't have an accident!) waiting for him to find the $ when the attendant says, "dude....what about the visor?" in that SoCal surfer-dude way that's kinda hot out of some guys (not this one!) And...there it was! So we gave him a big tip. Notes to self: 1. never give David cash! 2. Park closer to the stadium next time!

And we lost to the Astros 18-1. How sad! We were WORLD SERIES CHAMPS last year, for goodness sake! But we've had a lot of injuries this year, David said, so....haha, who am I kidding? I haven't been to a baseball game in 8 years, when I was 16 with my ex-boyfriend! I could care less about pro sports, really....I think there are more important people to support than people who are already making millions! But that's the part of me that makes me a "save the world" kind of girl, so I don't feel too bad about that statement. I would much rather give my time, energy, and money to a women's shelter or a rape crisis center.

OK, on to a lighter topic! I cannot WAIT to get my RE license because then that means that I can start scrapbooking again! I haven't really been able to do anything in the past few months because I've been busy with my RE course and now studying for my license test that is next month. I'm taking a class for a "junk journal" in November, and I'm WAAAAY excited! Missy is teaching it, and I thought she did a fabulous job teaching us on SDU weekend about 2 months ago!

The most exciting part of my week has been making 3 scrap pals on the CKMB. I am SOOO pumped up about this because I LOOOOOOOOVE meeting new people, and I also LOOOOOVE giving people things! I have one in Vegas (you know that city is important to me!), one in Tulsa, OK (and she's from STL!!! whooooo hoooo!), and one in Kansas (hopefully she's not a Jayhawks fan! GOOOOOOO TIGERS!!!!!)

Oh, right, I'm not a sports fan! Well, not really.....but I loooooove anything MIZZOU!!!! That place changed my life! The 4 1/2 years I was in college were the best years of my life, and 2 of those years were completely life-changing. I miss college life! I love you, Truman!

I'm going to try to post my scrapbook for Grace when I get a chance.

"Who is Grace?", you ask? ahhhhh....that's another post for another time! But the first person to guess will get a prize!

Love,
Jamis