Blahness...

So, I'm having one of those months where it just feels like I'm just going through the motions in life. It's like everything is in slow motion and I cannot get ahead to save my self. I don't know how to put things into words, but I just feel blah. Lately, I find that I'm just not as happy as I used to be. I don't want to go into drastic detail or anything, but I feel lonely. I'm just aggravated, depressed, sad, frustrated, angry, lonely, bitter, resentful...all in one. How do I get myself out of such a funk??

It's Been A While...

So, I have pretty much picked up my cousin, Rachel's habits and have become a bad blogger. That's life I guess...hehe. So much has been going on, it's crazy! Work has been pretty hectic...which I take as a good thing! They have been keeping me so crazy busy I honestly don't know how I've managed to stay alive! The fun part is I've made a friend at work who loves Braves' baseball as much as me! It's so cool to have someone to talk to about the games. We even do this thing where we "predict" what is going to happen each series before the games are actually played. It's interesting to see how close we come to having things actually happen. Like one series, I predicted that Kelly Johnson would hit two homers. Well, if you're following the Braves, you know Kelly has been benched. It just so happened that this particular series, Prado was hurt, so Kelly played and Kelly hit two homeruns that basically changed both games! My friend was pretty impressed with me. But he calls some pretty good shots too. We should have kept points to see who comes closer at the end of the season...

As for me, I've been good. Josh is getting over the shingles. It sucks. He took a trip to California with a friend last month. I'll have to post some pics on here...he got some very beautiful scenery pics. Family is good...house is good...work is good...I am good...but tired. Off to bed I go...

Maw Maw

What a week! I got a horrible call last week from my mother saying that my grandmother was in ICU with pneumonia. I was in tears as she told me about how they rushed her in almost losing her once. I drove in to New Iberia on Sunday to go see her. She may not have looked her best...but who can with tubes running all over the place, but she sure was in great spirits. Her face lit up when she realized I was there and that made me so happy to be there. My grandfather just wanted to get to her to hold her hand. He even pushed my sister out of the way to get to her! It was heartbreaking. Margo and I were fighting back tears as we watched them look at each other. Fortunately, Maw Maw took a turn for the better and got out of ICU. I went see her Friday nite and she looked so much better. She lost a lot of the fluid she had retained and looked like my Maw Maw again. It hurts me to think about now how little I see her in my busy crazy life. She was like a second mom to me when I was little and my mom had to have surgery right after I was born. I guess there's a connection between us that no one else shares. At least I like to think so. We all have our connections, and that ones mine. I wish now I would have stopped in more to visit. It hurts that it took her to get into the hospital to just stop and even say hello to my grandfather on the way back from a friend's house. We had went eat with some friends in New Iberia and even though it was late, I still made Josh stop since the lights were on. I went to check on Pa Pa to see if he needed anything before bed. He said he was fine and Travis, my cousin, was going stay over. I love my grandparents so very dearly. We take for granted that they will always be there.

Today I found out one of my good friend's from high school's dad passed away. I was good friends with the family, so I knew Mr. Herman fairly well. My heart goes out to William in his time of grief. I'm sorry this blog is kind of sad, but it's been that kind of week. As sad as I am for Mr. Herman, I'm very grateful my grandmother is doing better. I hope she comes home soon. And I will make better efforts to visit more often.

Yes, I'm Alive

Ok, so it's been a while. My motherboard crashed on my computer, so I was without one for about a month. Then when we received the new one, for some reason it would not let me log onto this thing! Finally, tonite I was able to log in after struggling to reset the stupid password. Ugh. What a nite. But, in case anyone was worried, I'm alive and kicking! Things have been pretty hectic here too. Work is keeping me extremely busy and for that I am eternally grateful! I'm very lucky to have a job in this sluggish economy! I promise when I have time, I will post pics to catch everyone up! My friends and I had a Twilight party last nite. It was a blast! We decorated in red white and black and silver for the theme. Had the apples and the candles and blood. Hehe. We started the movie at the exact time of twilight for us so it was pretty cool. Baseball is almost under way! I'm super excited! I've been watching the USA play in the World Baseball Classics. Chipper and Brian made the team. Unfortunately, Chip got hurt so he went back home, but I am rather proud of Brian. We got knocked out tonite in the semi finals, but at least we fought. Now it's just to get ready for April 6th!! So, short update on me. I'll post later to catch you up on everything!

Hey, Rachel, You're Not the Only One to Get Snow!!

So, yeah. We awoke Tuesday morning I believe it was to a beautiful sight...SNOW! Now, why do you ask do we find this fascinating?? Because A) I live in LOUISIANA and B) I haven't seen snow since I was like 10!! Josh woke me up at like 6 in the morning screaming, "It's snowing! It's snowing!!" What a sight! It was just so beautiful!! Here's some pictures...

Of course, it only lasted until the sun came up, but it was just the most beautiful thing I've witnessed in a while!! Now this week...it's in the 70's believe it or not!! I actually had to turn the air conditioner on in the middle of the nite last nite!! Go figure...

A Horrible, Horrible Night

Well, things have been going pretty well for me lately. I've been partying it up with friends...having girls' nites...rockin' with the band...etc. This past weekend my friend, Ryan, had a birthday. We started the nite at Hooters and ended up at his house playing beer pong. I'll write more about it later and post pictures...I'm too depressed now to even think about fun.

So you guys know I'm in love with the band, The Boulevard. Well, tonite, I log onto facebook to find a note from my guitarist, Josh, saying "So Josh quit the band." I was staring at the note dumbfounded when I got an email from him saying to call him. I think he saw I was on and knew what I was thinking! So I called him and we talked. It's true. He quit. I'm really really bummed. I freaken love this dude! He's just truly talented. The good news is he is working with another band where he's the lead singer and I'm really psyched about that because this boy has an AMAZING voice. So, I'm going to try to hold myself together and be patient and wait for him to book a show. I can't wait to hear him sing again. It's been a really long time since I heard him. It's just depressing....

STUD MUFFIN...TWO F'S

OK. SO I HAVE TO SHARE THIS STORY. TODAY AT WORK, I TOOK A CALL. EVERYTHING WAS GOING LIKE NORMAL UNTIL THE PART WHERE I ASKED WHO I WAS SPEAKING TO. THE MAN'S REPLY? "STUD MUFFIN." TO WHICH I RESPONDED WITH, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" AND WE BOTH LAUGHED. THEN I ASKED HIM HOW TO SPELL IT AND HE STARTED, "S-T-U-D..." THEN KILLED HIMSELF LAUGHING. I AGAIN ASKED WHO I WAS SPEAKING WITH AND HE AGAIN SAID, "STUD MUFFIN." I TOLD HIM, "SIR, THIS WILL SHOW ON YOUR INVOICE...DO YOU REALLY WANT ME TO CREATE THE NAME STUD MUFFIN?" HE LAUGHED AND SAID, "SURE, WHY NOT? I'VE BEEN CALLED WORSE." I THEN ASKED IF THAT WAS ONE F OR TWO. HE SAID TWO. WELL, THE NEXT PART IS WE ARE SUPPOSE TO SAY, "OK (INSERT THE NAME OF CUSTOMER HERE), WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY?" SO YOU CAN IMAGINE MY HORROR WHEN I MEAKLY SAID, "OK, STUD MUFFIN, WHAT CAN I GET FOR YOU TODAY?" I TRIED HARD TO COMPOSE MYSELF, BUT I COULDN'T HELP IT...I LAUGHED MY ASS OFF! WE BOTH LAUGHED FOR A GOOD MINUTE. THE CALL WENT ON AS NORMAL, BUT I JUST COULDN'T BRING MYSELF TO SAY, "THANK YOU FOR CALLING, STUD MUFFIN!!"

Girls' Nite out with The Boulevard

Yeah for girls' nite out! Or something like that. My fave band, The Boulevard, played at Shakers again Saturday nite. A bunch of coworkers and I went and had fun. It was suppose to be a girls' nite, but we had a few guys show up. It was the greatest nite! I have found that I now LOVE Southern Comfort! I drank that and coke all nite long! Then Gaflin bought me a shot of Goldslaugger. Now, one nite waaaaaaay back when I was younger, I had TEN shots of that stuff in one nite. Yes, it found it's way out of me and into the toilet. From then on I had not touched the stuff until Saturday nite. But don't worry...it stayed down this time! LOL Here are a few random shots from throughout the nite and some of the people that came. In this photo, we have Paolina, Gaflin, Kim and me.


Brooke showed up later that nite...










The nite's not complete unless I get a shot of me and my girl, Tab!!





Josh and me












I really don't care for this pic, but I just wanted to show how much fun we had! Me and Gaflin jamming to The Boulevard!



Funny story about Josh...the band was playing "Left Alone" which is one of my favorites. I pointed at Josh and yelled at Kim and Gaflin to watch him. Well, Kim thought I said, "Take lots of pictures of him" and that's exactly what she did! It was too funny. She took a good 12 or something pictures of just Josh. I about died from laughter when I saw all the pics of him and she said that I told her to take them!

This is Josh's stick drawing of the band. From left to right: Josh (with the sunglasses), Tab, Matt, and Sean. And yes, Josh even autographed it for me! He told me he would sell it to me for a dollar...but being the sweetheart he is...ended up just giving it to me. I think it's cute!

So there was this poor sap who was getting initiated or something and had to run around in a banana suit...it was hilarious!

Quick shot of the band...and Josh in his sunglasses...

The next day, one of my best friends, Jennie, baptized her little boy. We have adopted Holden as our nephew, so he calls us Aunt Nicki and Uncle Josh. He is just simply the cutest thing!!

So I'm messing with this smile box thing...

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Halloween Done the Stuller Way

Ok. So this has got to be the greatest compliment I could ever receive! Two of the consultants from my training class decided to be me and Kim, my assistant, for Halloween! Sheri, aka me, is dressed in Braves gear (including the back, which said Doucet). She has the baseball on her head, because she was killed when she missed and it hit her head! Poalina, who I call Probie, is Kim. Kim is famous for always walking around with a cup of ice. So, Probie died from choking on the ice! They even had Brenda print out the pics from our badges and they put our pictures on their badges! I was floored! I could not stop laughing all day! It felt good that someone would go through all that trouble to imitate me! Kim and I felt so proud!

So, my second official training class is now on the phones. This class sure was a challenge! But everyone has passed and is doing so well on the phones! I'm once again rather proud of myself for teaching these guys!!

My goofy assistant, Kim! She was too funny! She was a perfect scarecrow from the wizard of oz! Kim is one of the people who come in to help me with the training class when Brenda goes on vacation. I love this girl!

Poalina (who I call Probie) and Kim.

Sheri and me

This weekend was a great one for me and Josh. Friday nite we went trick or treating at Aunt Nella's house. I had a blast walking around with Cindy and Brian and their adorable two little ones, Caitlin and Connor. We had delicious gumbo and then went around the blocks with the little ones. Saturday Josh and I went to the air show. We parked in a parking lot and watched from the highway. Ok...not the legal way since we didn't have to pay...but it sure was a blast! We were out there for FIVE hours! Didn't even realize it! It sure was great quality time though. That nite we went eat at Olive Garden. It's my favorite place. Not necessarily Josh's, but it was the restaurant of our first date and the place he took me right before he proposed, so he says it has a special meaning to him. The nite was capped off with some CC's coffee and snuggling up to watch Iron Man. I of course, fell asleep on it since I didn't quite get the movie, but he enjoyed it. Today was spent at my mother in law's. We went visit my gorgeous neice, Keira. Then we went get lunch and sat around with the family. Then Jamie (my sister in law), Josh, Keira, and I went shopping for Jeremy's wedding (their brother.) We had such a blast! Keira can now say my full name. She had to go to the bathroom, so when they were coming back, I could hear Keira yelling, "Nicki!" trying to find us. Too freaken cute! Over all, it was a great weekend!!