Sickly Lucy

Last weekend was Memorial Day weekend. Darren and I went up to Denver to a friend's wedding. It was a nice mini-vacation, and the time spent out of town was much needed. We came back, relaxed, refreshed, and complete with a Chipotle fix. We got to see a ton of the AGO boys, which was good. Darren really misses those guys, and I kinda like hanging out with some of them, too. Lucy stayed with my friend, Sam, and it sounds like she had fun playing with the other dogs. However, when she got home, she started acting really weird. She didn't want to play, just sleep. She started getting diarhea. Then yesterday, she started vomiting and there was blood in her stool. Of course, nothing is getting better this morning. And now, she is refusing to eat. So, Lucy and I are making an excursion this afternoon to the vet. Not sure what is going on yet, but I hope she'll be ok. She's gotten sick kind of like this once before, but all we had to do was put her on a bland diet and she was fine in a few days. We still had some, so we've switched over to that, but it seems to only to be getting worse. She wasn't vomiting or refusing to eat before either. She just looks so pueny and there isn't anything I can do right now. It just makes me sad! I hope there is something the vet can give her and I definitely hope that is isn't something serious!

Long Day

Today, i worked a 10 hour day. This doesn't include getting ready, or driving, or even a lunch break. No, today I worked for 10 hours straight, no lunch.  It was very exhausting. We released a new portal today, and of course, it was my department that got the brunt of that. I spose I got through it though, and I got to pick up some overtime. I also had my interview for the gift department today. They weren't sure of an official date, but she more or less said I had it if I wanted it, which is aawesome! I have my interview tomorrow for the new lead position, but I'm not going to take it. Well, its more like I'm not going to get it. I'm not being pessimistic. I'm being realistic. There are so many people up for this position, and I don't have near as much experience as some of them do. I know that some of them are a much better fit for that position than I am. Besides, I really want this gift position. And I plan to get it! I think i can hang tight for a month for it.

I need to go to the store before the night is over though. I have to get some things to make a dessert for the pot luck we are having at work tomorrow. It is Sara's last day, so we decided to throw a 'happy going away' pot luck for her. I'm excited about making it. It was a dessert my Grandma used to make and I absolutely loved it. I'm modifying it though. I'm putting strawberries in it, but other than that, it consists of chocolate pudding, cream chees/whip cream layer, and nuts. Mmmmm….

Wedding Pictures!

I've spent a better part of my morning looking at my wedding pictures. I can't stop looking at them. It was such a wonderful day, I want to remember it, every second of it. I showed a few girls at work some of the pictures and I really enjoyed watching other people look at them. Its weird, but even just looking at these and seeing how cool these pictures are just enhances my passion and my dream to become a photographer. I want to make happy moments like these for someone else. I want to make sure that someone else's day gets locked away in precious photos that will last a lifetime.

Most of the pictures turned out really well. I'm very impressed, and I love the creativity that he put into them. Some of Darren and the guys turned out really good. They made some black and white, but kept the groomsmens vests red. It looked really nice. So, I could write all day about the ones I liked and the ones I thought were really cool. But instead, why don't I just tell you how to get there and you can look for yourself!

Step 1: Click here.
Step 2: Type in 'Hinderer Wedding' in the event name and click 'Find Events.'
Step 3: Click on 'Hinderer Wedding.'
Step 4: Enter the password. Password is 'password.'
Step 5: Click continue and enjoy!

Keep in mind there are two categories: Wedding and Reception. There are over 200 in each category, so beware! You can also view them as a slideshow. That button can be found in the middle of the page toward the right side. Have fun, and please leave me a comment and let me know what you think!

Monday

I'm beginning to get a little frustrated with work. My supervisor is letting just about everyone in our department pick and choose their own hours, two people just quit, one just got fired today, and now we are running very thin on coverage. Not to mention, I am still very interested in getting that promotion, which I would need training for. They are currently training another girl in the department in some of the duties that are included in this new position, but they have not said a word to me about beginning training, even though I have expressed my interest to several people on several occations. I'm beginning to want this position in the gift department even more. I want to get out of this department and try my hand at something else for a while.

The weekend, however, was good. We went out to dinner for $10/lb crab night with Darren's sister and brother-in-law, then went and saw The Da Vinci Code. It was good. I haven't read the book, but may pick it up. Saturday, we hung out for a while, went shopping around town using our gift cards from the wedding. That was fun. We went out to dinner with some friends, and then had people over for a game night. It was fun, maybe too many alcohol selections. Some of them got out of hand. I am hesitant to invite one of the girls over any more. The last two times they have come over, she had gotten wasted and broken something of ours. Just frustrating I guess. On Sunday, we slept in really late, I cleaned the kitchen, which was an absolute mess from the night before. Sunday afternoon, we decided to check out 'Taste of Durango' for a while. It was good. I had some good beer at least. Darren had a Centennial and a margarita from Skinny's. I just had a Backside Stout from Steamworks. Darren decided he wanted to order a pizza for supper after chruch. So we stopped and picked up a few movies and watched Munich while eating pizza last night. Of course, we didn't realize it was a three hour movie. It was good though. I was impressed. However short it felt, it was a good weekend.

Beer and Summer and Summer Beers

It has been an off couple of days for me. At work, two of the girls in my department quit, so we are shorthanded now. I have heard absolutely nothing on the new position I want. The servers have gone down more times than I can count on one hand. And the phones have been unusually quiet lately, unless, of course, one of the afore mention servers have gone down. On the home front, things are going well, but we are ready for the weekend, to relax and enjoy ourselves. We are definitley looking forward to memorial day weekend. We are going to Denver for a mini-vacation. One of the guys from Darren's fraternity is getting married, so we are going up for that and staying the whole weekend. It will be a much needed trip. Plus, we will get to see all of our friends from the Boulder/Denver area. A lot of them we haven't seen for quite a while, other than our wedding. But even then I feel like we hardly got to see them.

Las night we went to pint night at Steamworks. Of all the pint nights in Durango, Steamworks is definitely my favorite. Why, you ask? $1 pints! You have to buy their logo'd glass, which is like $5 the first time including a fill of beer, then after that, every Thursday, if you bring in your logo'd pint glass, you get $1 beers. Sometimes they have 3 or 4 choices, or sometimes, like last night, there is only one beer on tap for $1 beers. Last night, they only had the Colorado Kolsch which is good, but not my favorite. It's a very light beer, and I like the darker beers. The Lizzard Head Red and the Backside Stout are my two favorite Steamworks brews.

I'm very glad that today is Friday. I'm ready for the weekend, a chance to relax and sleep in a bit. I'm not sure what we are going to do this weekend. I wonder if the mini golf place is open yet… Ever since Mexico, I've wanted to go mini golfing again. It was fun in Mexico, but there was no way to keep score and the holes were almost exactly the same on all 18 holes. I'm just ready for summer. Warm nights, mini golfing at 10pm, tubing down the river, hot days, being outside, picnics, Thrusday night Pint Nights on the Steamworks patio. Not too much longer and spring will officially be over, and summer will here. And then the real fun begins…

Epitome of Thank-you’s

So, I'm only 12 thank-you's into the process, and I'm already tired of it! Darren and I were talking about the need for thank-you's last night. You were invited, we spent the money, and now we're expected to spend more money to thank you for a present? We don't send out thank you notes for people when you get a birthday present, or anything. I think they should be thanking us for inviting them in the first place! It was hard enough to narrow the list down in the first place, they should be thankful that they even got on the list. They should send us a thank you for getting invited at all! Ok, so maybe I'm just bitter about having to sit down, write them – not knowing what to say, handing them to Darren to sign, and stuffing them. Then spending even more money to mail them out. Aren't we broke enough from this wedding? It's the curse of getting married, I suppose. The showers weren't so bad, but that was because you knew everyone and there weren't that many people. For the wedding, I dont' even know half the people that are getting thank-you's. Thats when they start sounding cliche. Family, of course, is easy, as are most friends. It's the random people I get thrown off by. But I suppose I should nip this thing in the bud, finish them and never think about them again. Sounds like a wonderful idea!

Happy Anniversary!

I was mentioned on the 'T-Line' today. The 'T-Line' is our intranet here at work. Its a website that is only accesible from the office…a company-wide thing. But today is my one-year anniversary working with Mercury, and they recognized it.

 

My name was in there as my previous name, but they made it a link:     

Except if you notice here, they spelled my name wrong. Kind of funny actually. It made me laugh. Just wanted to share!

Trading Cubicles

The way that my department is setup here at work, we have these 'contests' that we do to see who can handle the most calls and tickets. I won in March, but was told today that I won in April as well. The reason I have a hard time believing this is because I was literally gone the second half of the month due to my wedding and honeymoon. Not that I'm going to argue, because the winners always get to take a long, free lunch break to a very nice restaurant. On Mercury, of course. However, I'm still contemplating how I managed to snag my place at the April lunch. The part that gets me is that two of the three that won, one was gone half the month, and the other only works part time. This tells me that the people who are working full time and didn't win, aren't really doing their job. Or at least they aren't doing as well as they could/should be. I guess its just frustrating that the same three of us are taking the brunt of the work load every time. I suppose in a way I should be happy. They are making us look better. Especially now that there is a position opening and I'm going to apply for it. It could potentially help me out a great deal. I'm very excited at the thought of a potential move. Even if I don't get this position, I would really love to move over to the gift department. I would just like to see myself in another position. In a position where I can see more mobility. I'm just so afraid that if I stay where I am for much longer, I'm never going to get out except for quiting. I don't want that to happen. I just have to sell myself, and let them know what they can't do without me. Darren's helped me a lot and talked me through it, but its ultimately up to me to figure out what I really want. I want to go for this lead position. I want to start taking charge. I want a management position, and I think I deserve it.

Roller Coasters and Thank you’s

I've been very emotional lately for some reason, and unfortunately, Darren is getting the brunt of that. Yesterday was the worst. I seemed to get very upset and angry one minute, and crying the next. I was definitely on an extreme emotional roller coaster. I'm not sure what is going on with me, but its driving me nuts! I can only imagine what Darren is thinking. I know he was only trying to help. He always asked if I wanted to talk, and, of course, me being the person I am, shell up when I'm upset. He even took me to Applebee's late last night just to get out of the house. That definitely helped. He's definitely the one I go to for my solid place here, but I wish I would open up more when I am upset. I know that it is only something that I can change. Its something that I have to work on. I know that Darren will always be there, but opening up to him can only make us grow closer…

 On a lighter note, however, we are beggining our long process of thank you notes. I'm not dreading it yet, but I know a few into it, and its going to get tedious. I always feel like I'm writing the same thing over and over. Don't get me wrong, we got a lot of really awesome stuff, but I feel like especially for the people I don't know very well, it is going to sound very scripted and cliche. Anyway, its a project that Darren and I are working on together, and I'm actually kind of excited about it. We get to spend time together, and thats all that really matters. I love spending time with my husband! And any little project we can do together is fine by me. (Wow. Was I really just that cheesy?) 

Friendly Games

Last night Darren and I had a couple over from our church, Anina and Russell. They were recently married in January, and it was really fun getting to know and hang out with another newly married couple. We've been feeling lately that a lot of our single friends have been hanging out with us less and less, and it was nice to know that we have someone to hang out with on a regular basis now. We had a lot of fun just hangning out and playing games. We introduced them to 'Ticket to Ride' and they introduced us to 'Hand and Foot.' I'm really excited that we are finding other couples to hang out with. I know that sometimes, especially with some of our friends, that I'm always the only girl. I'm not saying I don't have fun hanging out with them or doing things with them, but its nice to have girls to go out with, and the only girl I'm really even close with here is moving to Seattle soon. I'm excited that I've met another girl that I've clicked with so well.