I did it!

So I have to brag, because well I am dang proud of myself. OK so Friday the plan for Fernando and I after work was for Fernando to go to the Geek Expo in SLC and for me to pamper myself a little. So here are some of the accounts of what happened.

Well it started with me watching the clock at work waiting yes waiting for the clock to turn 3. Now please keep in mind this is not my normal time when I get to run out of the doors screaming FREEDOM!!, but it just happened to be this last Friday. Shelly and I had it all planned out. Our department had planned a bar-b-q in a park starting at 3, meaning we all got to leave at 3.

The only catch with the bar-b-q is that we couldn't invite family. Now honestly I find this a little weird, I mean come on its a Friday night, you get out early and instead of going to hang out with your loved ones you go to a park enjoy food stay till 6 and then go home...huh? does this really make sense. Well it didn't to me. If I was going to a park to enjoy someones company and eat till my hearts content what better company would I want, but Fernando. Well I had decided I wasn't going to go and participate, the other problem would be transportation. I mean it would be a little difficult to get from the canyon to my house that evening without a car, and since we are a single car home that would leave me without.

OK so back to the story. I made a decision no taking time to brown nose or get in good with the boss at an after work gathering I am just going to spend time with the hubby. Well that plan lasted for about a day or two and then Fernando asked if he could go the Geek Expo. I knew it was coming to town I had seen the advertisements so honestly I wasn't surprised when he asked. So being the loving and caring wife that I am...lol hmmmm probably should work on that. I said sure go ahead!...

So with that being said I thought to myself well what am I going to do on a Friday night all by myself? So good'ol Shelly came to the rescue she invited me to get a pedicure after work. So that's what we did we took ourselves to the "ghetto mall" OK actual name Valley Fair. (love the mall, but unfortunately it is referred to as the ghetto mall). We were able to get a little pampered and our toes all pretty. After enjoying the pampering we walked around a little bit and of course made a stop in the food court. Really do you think you can go to the mall and just walk past the food court...I don't think so! We enjoyed a little something to eat and then went on our way. Shelly then noticed the cell phone cover kiosk and we had to stop, and somehow I ended up with a cover....hmmm funny how that happens. After enjoying our time at the mall we went on our way home. Shelly then dropped me off at the trax station and I made my way through the city to the Frontrunner. I was able to sit and chat with a man named David from Ogden. Really nice guy he commented on my purse said it was really cute and made a comment on my pedicure. I would have tagged him as maybe someone who went for the same gender, but then he began to talk about his girlfriend and them going out to dinner tonight. I am not good at picking people out. We began talking about restaurants as well as his life in California and how he moved back this way because he needed to be with his elderly parents. It was a very nice chat and it really made the trip go by.

We made it to the Clearfield station and well, I didn't call for a ride, so I decided I should walk. OK its not that I had forgot, but I thought if I walk home tonight I wont have to workout tonight. So I started off. It was nice I was in my flip flops and soon realized that there was no way I was going to make it with these sandals. I don't know how girls do it. Little pieces of rubber that are no more then an inch thick is just not going to cut it for these delicate toes. So I took a seat on a bus bench and put on my tennis shoes. Yes you are thinking to yourself, huh...what, where did these come from. Welllll lets just say I had planned this out already. In the morning I had thought i better take my tennis shoes just in case I am up for walking home. I actually had 3 pairs of shoes that day. It was kind of funny the ladies at work were laughing saying I was such a girly girl. Which I find extremely funny, because honestly I never would consider myself such. Anyway the reason for the 3 pairs would be i had a pair of sandals that went with the outfit for the day. A pair of flip flops for after the pedicure, because they are the easiest to put on as well as the best to make sure everything is dry. And lastly the tennis shoes if i was ambitious to walk home. So this being said i switched out the shoes Mr. Rogers style and started back on my journey.

Three pairs of shoes and my nice new pedicure.

Can I just give a props to Fernando or a thank you. About 4 years ago Ipods came out and became the "new" thing. Well I wanted an Mp3 player, but not necessarily an Ipod. If you know Fernando at all he cant just get me any type of Mp3 player he needs to get me the best. I remember telling him no really, besides that they will be cheaper and better in a year or two. Well he said no only the best for my wife and I received a pink ipod Mini (which isn't very mini compared to them now). Anyway honestly it really was nice of him, but I really didn't use it as much as i should especially for the money spent on it. So I kind of felt like it was a gift that went to waste. I always keep it in my purse though just in case I want to make my life into a musical...so with that being said I decided it was time to put this thing to use. I only hope it has a charge.? Well it did and lets just say it helped set the pace. I was singing along to the tunes and it really kept me going.

The Ipod that made it just a little bit better!

On my journey home I was about 3/4 of the way home and could see the light at the end of the tunnel. The 2nd wind had come and gone and i was very much ready to be done, but seriously what do you do. I mean every car that went by i looked to see if it was someone I knew, but it wasn't. So I had to go on. I was looking around myself trying to keep my thoughts off how hot as well as tired I was. I was able to stop at a little taco stand and get some cold water that helped me keep going. I watched as two little girls probably about ten years of age raced up the hill on their bikes and then down the other side and around the corner. i thought to myself hmmmm maybe I should tackle them and take a bike, that might make this trip just a little easier. Well don't you worry (all talk no show), but it was odd the next minute after seeing these girls laughing and talking and riding down the hill and around the corner i see only one of them coming back over the bridge...hmmmm that's interesting and then shortly after I see another walking back up the bridge with tears in her eyes and holding her arm. I looked at her and said are you OK and she lifted her hand and I saw that she had hit the pavement pretty hard and had some nice road rash. I asked her if she could make it to her house and she said yes. I said where is your bike? (hmmmm now is my chance I could b-line home on 2 wheels..Yahooo) ok ok that's not really what I did, but i did ask and she said down the hill. I told her I would grab it so off I went tired, but knew I couldn't just walk by her and not help. I went down the hill and picked up the bike and then headed back up the hill and down and then up and down again. Wow and I was supposed to be home by now. At this point I was getting tired, but I could see the neighborhood so a third wind kicked in. I could do this! no backing down now. I made it home in one piece and it only took me an hour and a half. I know that sounds pathetic, but for me this is a big feat. I'm somewhat out of shape so things like this are good for me but somewhat of a struggle. Anyway i was proud of myself so I had to call mom and say "I did it!" which she replied...did what??? and I then proceeded to tell her the story.