5.30.2012

Awkward and Awesome: Roadside

Hey everyone! I'm somewhere between Minneapolis, MN, and Rapid City, SD. You know, just a normal Thursday afternoon.

I thought I'd share some of the great and not-so-great moments from the past week.

Awkward:
- My check engine light coming back on. I haven't dealt with yet because of the long weekend and travel. Add it to the to-do list when I get home.
- Trying to walk home from the grocery store with coffee, a gallon of milk, and a bag. Then trying to open the door to my apartment. It took some balancing skill but I pulled it off.
- Being told that I went through my presentation slides too fast and having to go back through them.
- The number of parents that brought their kids on a 3.5 hour overnight flight. I would not want to be dealing with that exhaustion tomorrow.
- Taking off my shoes for airport security and realizing they don't smell so great.
- Getting an e-ticket sent to my phone (awesome!) but the airport security couldn't scan it. So much for saving trees.

Awesome:
- The really good sore feeling after lifting weights at the gym. And working up a good sweat. I've missed that.
- Getting compliments from my classmates after our presentation. I love that people are willing to ask questions, but also show you love. The people in my program are awesome!
- Drew's round-up posts of The Bachelorette. Seriously the funniest thing I've read in a while. Go check them out!
- Class getting out early enough that I had time to run home, eat ice cream, and change before heading to the airport.
- Our purchases while on the road today: growler of cold-presses coffee, buffalo skull, super sized container of Tootsie Rolls. That's how awesome the trip has been so far!
- Getting 3 more hours of sleep after getting to MN. So needed and wonderful.
- Feeling like I've got my blogging groove back. :)
- It's almost officially summertime. My favorite season of the year!

So, what were your awkward and awesome moments last week? (Bonus points if it makes me laugh!)

8 comments:

  1. Even with technology, it seems that processes aren't actually more efficient. I've had a few of those phone tickets take longer to scan than the pieces of paper.

    Hooray for a blogging groove. I think I have found mine again too!

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  2. SUPER-SIZED CONTAINERS OF TOOTSIE ROLLS?!!? Now I'm really jealous! I'd even fly to South Dakota for them (and possibly eat buffalo skull...but I can't promise).

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  3. i hate when ppl turn around and just read the powerpoint presentation to us. i just need it to be exciting i guess...like a 5 year old kid! hehe

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  4. "Our purchases while on the road today: growler of cold-presses coffee, buffalo skull, super sized container of Tootsie Rolls. That's how awesome the trip has been so far!"

    yummmmm! Now that's my kind of road trip!

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  5. I could not be more ready for summer. It's always a long wait for us up in the NW, but this year I feel like we really earned it.

    Glad your awkward to awesome ratio for this trip has been a solid 2:1!

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  6. The part of taking off your shoes really does sux :/

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  7. aw, 3 extra hours of sleep. nothing beats it!
    xo TJ

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  8. Excellent round up! I totally just had an almost-awkward with the airport scanning my barcode on my phone. It died 23 seconds after they scanned it. Phew! And I HATE juggling groceries and walking home. Ick! I just did a run-through of my presentation with my boss and, just like my mom, she goes, 'You need to SLOOOO-OOO-OOOWWW DOWN." It's TORTURE. I think, 'Okay, go slower, got it' like 4x before they're finished enunciating the first word.

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