LIARS!!

LIARS... I hate them! All of them... and the thing that sucks about being a Christain is that I HAVE TO FORGIVE THEM... GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH! You know, it is crazy when you sit back and think about how many people LIE to you everyday... family, co workers, friends, guys, even the taxi cab driver! I mean I cannot take it anymore seriously! People will tell you and say anything to you to get what they want no matter what! Some people are so selfish! Some people believe their own lies and sometimes I even know a person is lying to me and I will still believe them because it's just easier and I hate confrontation. I always try to find the best in people. Lying is soooo hard because you have to keep lying to cover the first one up and so on... it's such hard work and some people are really good at it and some are really bad and still do it! I don't get it? I let people lie to me over and over and over! You know they say fool me once, but fool me twice I'm the fool... I AM! I forgive everybody for everything and I'm not going to do it anymore...end of story! As far as guys go... I am soooooo sick of them, alllll of them. I just want to grow old by myself and live on a beach in the middle of nowhere (not Miami) ALONE, eat Chiquita bananas and go swimming everyday with my Rhodesian Ridgeback. Maybe I'll adopt a child or 2 and teach them how to be HONEST! However I am not the most perfect, honest person in the world either! I do lie... but if I lie it's because I don't want to hurt your feelings. I know this is not right and I shouldn't but I've tired to change and I can't do it so chances are if you ask me if I like your new hair I will say YES and I'm really good at exaggerating but ALL of my friends already know this about me.. LOL so if I tell you there was 500 people at the party you should already know there was only like 50 people really there LOL. HOWEVER I will never tell my child that I'm going to take them to England their whole life and keep coming up with excuses why I can't every year. I would never tell someone I love them and not mean it with all of my heart. I would never pretend to like someone just to get something I want. I would never tell someone I was going to meet them to hangout on 5 different occasions and NEVER show up but tell them it's because I like me so much that I was scared?!?! I would never cheat on or disrespect a boyfriend or anybody for that matter. I would never tell a co worker if they need help or have a question to call me and then I never answer the phone or email back. I feel like when you take the risk of lying to someone you love you take the chance of them finding out and never trusting you again! There is a handful of people in my life that I can say have NEVER lied to me that I love and I am soooo thankful for! Most people are just out for themselves and I'm sick of dealing with it so if you think "you're my friend" and you don't hear from me anymore.. chances are you're a liar and you should probably change before you lose all of your friends!

Praise Jesus, Pass the BACON!

Wow, I guess I am not very good at keeping my blog up to date. So much has happened since the "Wrong turn" LOL I got to go home to Nashville for awhile for Easter and went to Memphis to visit friends then I was back in Maryland for Phase 2 Training! Maryland was A LOT of FUN this time around. I thought it was going to be really hard with lots of studying but not so much. We all went to Annapolis and toured the Naval Academy... it was soooo BEAUTIFUL. OMG, why didn't I go to school there? WOW, there were so many HOT guys EVERYWHERE in their white uniforms. My kids are going to school there for sure so I can go visit all the time! However the fun didn't last long, with a few days left in Maryland I became sick sick sick and it sucked really BAD! But all my friends that I am soooo lucky to have took very good care of me and when the time came for me to leave for Miami I was feeling much better. Then I was off to Miami for the weekend to see some friends! Ohhhh Miami... I miss that crazy place! I really loved my job that I had there with all of my "Sherry" family and the crazy Pilots and Flight Attedants, it was never boring. When I went to hangout with everybody Saturday night I was so happy Kisha came and brought her friend TJ. They brought me a rose with a pink monkey...lol it was soooo cute! I don't feel like a got to spend enough time with Paul & Denise :( They will always be like my dad & sister to me! You can tell I do not live in Miami anymore b/c Sunday I went to the beach for a few hours... OMG I've NEVER been so SUNBURNED... and it still hurts so BAD! Sunday night I ended up going to Nikki Beach with a friend and it was alotta fun but I couldn't stay long b/c I had to get up really early and go to the airport. But He got us in for free and we didn't have to wait in line or anything... SOOOO AWESOME! Wish I would've known him when I actually lived there, I would've gone out more!

Now I'm in Santa Cruz, CA. It took allllllll day to get here yesterday but when I got here it was only 4pm LOL. It feels really weird with the time change an all. It's really pretty here but I have not had a chance to get out and explore. I'm not staying at the hotel I will be opening b/c it's not ready yet but hopefully it is ready very soon or I do not go to work today which only means I will have to stay here longer :( I'm suppose to leave here Saturday and go home to Nashville... yayyy! I met my led for dinner lastnight and he is very nice and he is from Atlanta.

You know it is soooo funny! Every time I walk into a store whether it is Target, Walgreen's or wherever... MY FAVORITE FAVORITE aisle in every store is the Travel Section. I LOVE IT. SERIOUSLY! I have so many cute little stuff! I love finding NEW cute little stuff that makes my life easier b/c my BIGGEST obstacle is keeping my Suitcase UNDER 50lbs... it is sooooooo hard for me. However the lady in MIA let me by with my suitcase being 55lbs and that has never happened before... she is my new FAV person! I also got to see some of my American Airline friends in the Dallas airport yesterday on my layover... that was fun!

I'm also glad I was sick last week and NOT this week so people would not think I have the swine flu! and I just found out on CNN you cannot get the Swine flu from pork! Praise Jesus pass the BACON!

Hopefully I'll be home May 2nd and then I think I'm Leaving for Novi, MI on May 8th.

Wrong Turn

Day 8 in Antigo, Wisc.
you know... I thought I had seen it all living in small towns in both Tennessee & Georgia. Boy, was I wrong! SERIOUSLY, this place is unbelievable! I should have known something was up when we got off the plane and into the car to drive to Antigo and my GPS would not even pick it up to give me directions?!?!?! To read a PERFECT example of the type of place & people we are talking about here, please click on this link (this happened & was in the Newspaper here 4 days ago)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_fe_st/odd_gps_wrong_turn

I believe it was on Day 6 that my lead and I noticed that there is only 1 race of people here (Caucasian.) There are no Spanish, no African American... nothing other than white. White snow, white people, nothing else that I have seen! And with there only being 3 restaurants in town, a Wal Mart & a BP.. you would think I would've seen atleast 1 person that is a different race, NOPE! So every time I go to one of the places listed above, I see the SAME people at each one. The cashier at Wal-mart knows us, and all the waitresses and owners at the restaurants know us, and the cashier at BP knows just how I like my coffee and thinks it's cool that I have an AMEX card! Now you know how us girls that are raised in the South dress, with our jeans & high heels, make up and hair done! So the women here... for some reason NEVER look nice EVER! They all wear over sized sweat shirts or men's button up collared shirts that they tuck in their Levi's?!?!?! They do however fix their hair like they did in the 70's or 80's sorta big and teased with no make up on! So needless to say, whenever we go out to get something to eat, we get a lot of " you guys goin dancin? or are those your dancin shoes?" No no, we just don't like to wear men's sweatshirts to go out to eat and prefer wearing makeup. Also, if you want strange looks... ask for lobster! Don't get me started about the music here... OMG!

Sometimes, it does get uncomfortable being here, I really do not get a warm vibe from the people in this place when we go out to eat and I walk in the front door, everybody sorta stares, with a look of "who are they and why are they here?" With that being said I have met some really nice and genuine people here, don't get me wrong!. People here are very hard working and family oriented. But I have encountered some very redneck & ignorant people. And if you truly know me, you know how I feel about racism & ignorance. To me, it's really sad, because this is it, this is all they know and if I was raised and grew up here... would I be like that? Being here makes me want to kidnap a few people and take them to New York City or just buy them a Cosmo Magazine or something!!! Now, as most of you know, that the SWAT Team has been practicing here in the hotel where I'm staying. We were told that this is because Antigo has a very very bad Drug problem... WHATTTTTT WTF!?!?! Are they serious, really? In which, they refer to Marijuana as "Wacky Tobaccy!" You know, most of these people here have never been outside Wisc. Drug problem? Maybe a drinking problem because there is really nothing else to do here BUT DRINK! If you wanna see a REAL drug problem go to Miami, Memphis, or Atlanta! This man in the bar the other night told me this is where they send a lot of people in Wittiness protection and you know what, I BELIEVE HIM! I also believe that there are unabombers and other crazy people living here and if there were other races here, Osama Bin Laden would be hiding out here also! I also feel like I'm in a movie here sometimes... has anyone seen the movie "Nothing but Trouble" with Chevy Chase? I get the feeling if I went 5 miles over the speed limit (which is 25 mph here) we would be locked up and not let out!And honestly, I was sorta looking forward to coming here. I like small towns and family like atmospheres. I thought I was coming to a cute small town surrounded by beautiful outdoor scenery & nice people. Not so much the case, Ellijay, GA is Bigtime compared to this!

I know a lot of you was wanting to know how I am liking my new job... I LOVE IT!

I'm glad to have had this experience but as my lead would say... We are clicking our heels 3 times... there is no place like home, there is no place like home, there is no place like home!