busy

my life in oklahoma:

work.
watch friends. (probably the best show ever created)
sleep.
repeat x5.

my weekends.
this weekend: stillwater
next weekend: manhattan
next next weekend: stillwater
next next next weekend: kc for my best friends wedding!
next next next next weekend: norman
next next next next next weekend: kc for thanksgiving

life in oklahoma is great, very busy.

there's my update. how you doin?!

bobo's chicken.

last night i experienced a true oklahoma gem. bobo's chicken. yes, it's only open on friday and saturday nights from 8 to whenever they want to close, and yes, it may not be in the best place in town, but oh my goodness it was to die for.

all week at work i heard about bobo's. "first they smoke it, then they fry it, then they pour honey all over it" but words do not do this chicken justice. it is incredible. so, on friday night at 8:30, us old hatters left norman for downtown OKC, and bobo's chicken. We stood in line, smelling the deliciousness, waiting for our chance to tell Bobo what we wanted. I ordered a 4 piece, but to my surprise, i ate four pieces and still had four left. (Bobo isn't good at counting, but i'm not complaining.)

after we each got our chicken, we drove to bricktown to eat in a parking lot. in the back of a pickup. yep. classy. but it was good. sooo good. and the leftovers were just as good.

awesome.

love from oklahoma,
tricia

new life.

friends.

I have moved. I have my stuff, and I am starting to settle in. It has been a crazy week for me. i moved down on monday, found a place and started working on tuesday. I got my cute little apartment on wednesday and stayed on a air mattress until my mom brought down all my stuff on saturday. work/moving/getting settled has kept me busy for the past week, and it is weird when i start thinking that i moved here. there is no end date for my job (at least lets hope so..) but i am, like a real adult now! I am looking forward to seeing what God has planned for me here, because I know that this is where I am supposed to be, the way things happened, I know that it is right. Now I just need to find a good, solid church to get involved in and keep me spiritually fed and provide me with community and relationships that will help me feel more at home here in Norman. The job is going great, I think I have started to get a hang of things and get in the groove of what I need to do, although I know I still have a lot of learning still to do. ..but to give you a glimpse into my Monday, just think of when you used to play dodgeball..

yes. at work today, we played dodgeball as a team building exercise..and we watch arrested development at lunch. what up.

ok, here is a little glimpse of my life in Norman.

Kitchen. Love it, I will be cooking a lot. (freshly made warm brownies are currently on the stove..come visit, will ya?)

TV, with antenna, yes, i finally have a salary, but I will not pay for cable.

Closet. for the first time in 5 years, I have a closet that I can walk in. #totaljocomove

so yes, my life has drastically changed, and I don't think it has fully hit me yet, so I'll keep you posted when it does. 

love from oklahoma.

tricia

new life.

refer to last post.

see you there.

i refuse to settle.

on a job i hate

on a man that isn't worth it

on a life full of things i am not happy with.

because i am good enough.

for the job i love

for a man that loves me the way God made me

for a life that is full of happiness and success.

i refuse to let the fact that i am moving back home tell me that i am not good enough.

and i am thankful that i have parents that will welcome me back, and encourage me to keep pursuing the life i deserve.

and i know, that eventually, i will look back at this time and know that the path i took only made me stronger.

what would you do?

what would you do if you applied to lots of jobs but still don't have one, your current job ends august 31st, your lease ends august 31st and you don't really want to stay in the city you are in? also, your mom has been counting down the days until she is an empty nester..and moving back in isn't really something you want to do..

please. i would love to know..not like i am in this situation..at all...

doctors

remember that one time i got food poisoning and the bill was so expensive?

it was then when i decided doctors are over rated. yeah sure, i probably would have been found dead on my couch if i didn't go..but that is besides the point.

then i couldn't hear out of both of my ears ...so i gave in and went to the minute clinic. they misdiagnosed me.

so then i gave in a week later and went to the real doctor and they fixed my ears. but still, it was expensive.

so now. i have been sick for a week..and i refuse to go to the doctor. stubborn? yes. miserable? absolutely. but they aren't taking my money.

timeline of being sick:

last thursday: woke up at 8:20. slept through both my alarms. throat killing me. decided i must be getting sick. went home from work early and slept.

last friday: still sick. didn't stay out late and partied... tried to get better, throat still killing me.

saturday: woke up feeling slightly better, but not 100%. went to a wedding. danced too much.

sunday: woke up with no voice. scared little kids at church with my lack of voice. slept most of the day

monday: went to work. no voice still. people were all like "why are you here? go home!" but i didn't. i hate missing work, i feel like i am letting people down. had emotional breakdown when i got home not about just being sick, but about my life mom made me stay home the next day

tuesday: didn't get out of bed until 5pm. (seriously)

wednesday: went to work, thought i was feeling up to it. lies. came home early and slept. and now my ears are starting to hurt. ahhh

which leads me to right now. here i am. my nose is all dry. my trashcan is all full of kleenex and i have large amounts of dayquil/nyquil on me at all times.

hopefully it is almost over. and maybe next time i won't be so stubborn and go to the doctor at the first sign of sickness.

such is my life. jealous?