TRI....athalon.......NO TRI-COLLEGE!!!

time to share the trip memories, mostly good ones i must say. the family had two day's off (wed. and thurs.) so early wed. morning we made our way down to moorhead, a road we hadn't traveled in quite a while.
our first stop was concordia college home of the cobblers!
(that is one mean lookin cob of corn!) we toured the campus with amber (a senior), talked with trisha an admissions coulselor and had a free lunch outside.

Next we headed to the university only a few minutes away. MSUM the home of the dragons. once again we met with someone in admissions and took the campus tour. after the long day we decided to head to the hotel. (holiday inn of course) the hotel was pretty sweet. i used the buisness center to check my myspace and the blog and to print directions. they also had free lemonade. this was FAR better than the last time we stayed in a holiday inn on our way to mexico (long story).
after getting tired of talking about the colleges we ventured our way to a resturant called "doolittles" which was recommended to us by trisha from concordia. it was awesome! when we were sat she used a touch screen computer to seat us and who would have know that our waiter, dennis, was from north dakota! our next stop! so my parents bothered him with questions about tuition and "party schools", but he humored them. other than the service the food was great and on our way out my mom and i used the bathroom where we actually walked by the kitchen and the roticery chickens which were acutally turning over a wood fireplace in a turner the size of a large window! Next we headed to the mall, but i didn't do that much damage. (only a few things)

the next day we started off for NDSU, but stopped at arby's for BREAKFAST! i know what your thinking, but they actually do serve breakfast in other places. sadly we were the only ones there for the entire time we ate and ordered, but the food really wasn't that bad. then back on the road we made it to NDSU. they started us out on the tour like always, and the campus was much more spread out (12,000 ppl during school), but afterwards they had us meet with an admissions person and even someone in the psychology department, who showed us some really interesting rooms where the professors actually did their studies, or research, and explained some of them to us.

then as our last stop we were off to UND. we arrived almost an hour early to the tour (1:00), but holly our tour guide was ready to get moving (!?) the dorm accomodations were much nicer there, but the campus was still very spread out. many people would have to take the UND bus to get to class on the other side of campus from their residence halls. she ended the tour in the food court, (we hadn't had lunch) but we were in a hurry to find out how to get back to MN. so we got lost on the way back to the car, then hit the road. we stopped at a gas station and hadn't eaten lunch so the attendant recommended a place down the street called red peppers. sure enough red peppers was hidden ina residential area, but had somewhat of a line at 3:00. they had mexican burgers, tortillas, burritos, tacos, tostadas, and grinders. the resturant was no bigger than my kitchen, but the food was good and also cheap. we were still in east grand forks (ND!) at 3:00 and after road construction finally made it home at about 6:35. just in time to leave for band practice (3 clarinets!!!)
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in other news at band prac i recieved a practice book that is almost 300 pages long!! what fun for me! also if anyone seriously wants any fudge let me know! my parents barely even like chocolate and i have like a third of a pound of chocolate rasberry to eat. (also penut butter and chocolate walnut!)

why you ask...?

Why you ask is my job(s) better?
well today i worked at the chocolate ox and upon arriving while wearing my free cute t-shirt i found a cute little bag with my name on it. "fudge scraps to: megan YUM! YUM!". sweeeet! the benifits compare to no other job. ex: before i was even hired ( i didn't apply) when i first met lorise (owner) i came home with over 30 pieces of taffy and a handful of smoothie jelly bellies. my first day the store wasn't open but paige and i filled candy jars and could take home a bag of whatever we liked, after learning what Rob called ice cream 101. i also love the benifit of getting to have a free scoop of any kind of ice cream after work. what could be better. i'm talking 30 + flavors!

so for the last two days i spent 15 hours scooping ice cream (!). but i feel i have gotten stronger, unfourtunatly i am only referring to my right hand. we also have a ton of fudge and do not sell the "butt" of the fudge which is mostly what i recieved. i have chocolate rasberry, chololate walnut and penut butter if your interested, probably over a pound all together.

funny story about the fudge: erin lothert ( a floor manager) worked fathers day and it was so busy that lorise dropped a lot of fudge on the floor. erin was soo happy as she boxed up the fudge for her last minute fathers day gift for her dad, who probably thought she purchased it. floor fudge....there is no ten second rule at the chocolate ox!

Sometimes Information Is Helpful, Sometimes it's Not Helpful, And then a whole different category, TOO MUCH INFO!!!!

OK. Wow. I work at Minnesota Hockey Camp. What an experience already and i've only been working for two and a half weeks. I am now an expert on ice cream cones, how to make four pizzas, mozzerella stix, an order of mini corn dogs, two orders of cheese curds, and three orders of chicken fingers, all under ten minutes, while answering the telephone, helping kids check out the latest christian hockey equipment, minnesota hockey camp apparel, controlling the TV, and debating the latest NHL draft, and whether or not that it was rigged where Carl Sneep was drafted in the second round second pick (32 overall), and Chris Peluso who is also from Brainerd and drafted in a much later round and somewhere in the two hundreds overall. I say Carl is way better along with everybody else in the world, but Conrad Kragness who's better friends with Chris, says Chris is. Apparently i'm right along with everybody else, including the NHL teams, their scouts, coaches, and general managers.

I have also learned who's a better rapper, how much kids can lose gambling in a week of hockey camp, how to run the fryer, the ice cream machine, the slushie machine, the hot dog machine, the nacho machine, how to change fountain soda, the nacho cheese, and the soft serve ice cream. I now can make a mean sprite float, along with root beer floats, coke floats, cherry coke floats, dr. pepper floats, and grape floats.

I have also been dissapointed when i learned exactly how much my pay check really is, especially working as much as i do, and when you take out social security, which i do not get back when i file taxes, is a measly $115, and when i do the math, i make $2.40 per hour. Fricken A. If i would have known that i get paid this much, i'm not so sure i would have taken the job, even though i do use a lot of ice time and i love working up there.

And now the TMI. I have also learned what goes on in the camp, when you have high school girls and high school guys going to camp at the same time. And if the people who are our bosses find out what happened in a specific cabin at three in the morning when the counselor was sleeping, my very good friend would lose her job. I have also learned how fast these certain activities can circulate the camp. For example, Lauren and Vitta did some things together at three in the morning Friday, and by eight thirty in the morning on Saturday, everybody knew. And as teenage and early twenties counselors and staff, we have had long discussions about this, especially the extremely horny guy counselors. I have also learned that Chris, from Boston, has betted against Kendall from St. Cloud, that whichever one gets COW (counselor of the week), the other person has to wear a skirt and work out in it the whole day.

That's all i got for you. This is my life until August 18, where i leave for three weeks and return to Brainerd the day before school starts. But I hope to see you all soon. Keep it REAL!!!

the last slide

today was my dad's "last day" of work at the holiday inn express. he began working there a little over a year ago and left for many reasons. today was interesting bc they threw him a little pizza party in the break room and got a cake with bob the builder on it ( his name is bob) previously worked for NOR-SON for 21 years! that's a long time and he left on good terms but is not sure that he's going back. he can also go to work with an old friend who used to work at nor-son (steve northway), but he hasn't even decided yet! he's going to finish working on the basement for the dentist that took out my wisdom teeth last week and then go from there i guess.

anyway tonight was a fun night. this was our last oppertunity to get into the waterpark for free or discounted prices, (kate i called: you were working...sad) and some other employee friends were coming too. it was a little sad that i had worked there for three months last summer and reconized two people that came back (other than the obvious), nonetheless they accomplished what they needed when they flipped him over in the tube. plus it's alway's priceless when you can hear my mom coming down the slide and it surprises her every time.

the evil plan.....(whoa long post!?)

well it's been almost a week since i last posted. nothing too exciting since then...um i got my wisdom teeth out wed. and worked fri., sat, sun at ponchos and then mon and tues at the ox, which was good cause i made some extra cash in tips (about nine dollars) over the two shifts, and free ice cream come in handy when it's one of the few things you can eat! oh yeah and band prac. on sunday...i was the only clarinet..sad i know.

why i formulated the evil plan: as you know i had every intention of getting aqn ipod and i wanted to get one before i had my wisdom teeth out so, last minute i went to best buy with leeann on tuesday and came out swearing. i have an iriver that i got for my birthday like ten months ago and have exchange it like three or four times (for other irivers) first time (january-ish) i turned it on and everything was written in chinese and froze the screen (ummm okay..?) they gave me another one with a deffective usb cord so i couldn't get any music on it, they gave me another one, after a week it wouldn't turn on, this time we asked if it didn't work with this one if i could get store credit for another one she talked to the manager and said yes.

getting shotdown= andgry megan: first the fat lady told me i needed the geek squad to look at it to prove that it was DEFFECTIVE. whatever, every time it sits for two days charging i have to reset it with my earring! so we shop around the store until we're bored (10 min.) then much later when the geek squad member comes back he " found nothing wrong with it and upgraded it from a version 1.5 to a version 2.5"????????? what the hell? " do i look like i know what that means?" after while walking out to the parking lot i considered using my key to scratch obscenities with my car key into the geek squad car, but i wasn't sure that he actually drove it and i had to get to ponchos for my last meal. anyway i get home after going to a basketball game and taking leeann home i turn on my iriver and all my music is gone!!!! i have nothing! version 2.7 my ass! i have nothing to listen to buddy and what the hell is version 2.7? i would check the website but there are no irivers! why? b/c they suck and even in the store they sell the opened ones aka MY USED irivers! SOOO the plan is to let it charge for a week and hope it doesn't turn on thus proving it to be deffective and of course bring my parents ("they will take advantage of me again") but if we try again and are shot down i might have to hire someone to steal the geek squad car and run over my iriver in the parking lot . hahaha

...the experience...

well it's over and done with although not entirely. on tuesday i had my last meal and got about eight hours of sleep. i went into the OMSA and they got me set up with the blood pressure cuff, finger pincher (?), and some other thing they stuck on my throat. doctor comes in: "oh don't you look excited!" i hate him at this moment. a little chit chat with my parents and then we're ready to go. this is at 8:00am so i'm not exactly wide awake to begin with, but the assistant set's me up with the laughing gas. keep in mind i'm a first timer to the gas. whoa! they asked how old i was i said "seventeeeen" and personally i thought i souned like a man! so it made me laugh, then they asked where i work and after i told them i kept laughing at the sound of my voice so obviously i was smiling. the assistant was like "ohh look doctor now she's smiling!" i attempted to frown to disprove her point, but they had just injected me with the needle and i was out!
that's all i know..next time i'm laying on a bed in this different room and i need to sit up awake before i can leave. the assistant say's i look pretty pale, and i'm fadin away cause i'm soo tired. she changed the gauze in my mouth which i really didn't care to see and my mom is sitting there looking prety nervous, later i hear the assistant say "i'm more worried about you dear you look like you could faint" (to my mother). eventually she gets me up and into a wheelchair and into the car with an icepack. i'm in the car for less than a minute and my mouth is watering...not good. as if life can't get better i threw up a little in the car, but don't worry about the car i got it on myself. my mom drove around the back and we headed back in, changed the gauze again (ewwww) and headed back to the parking lot.
i got home and crashed! i took like 3 different drugs and slept from10 am until about 9:30pm and moved to my mom's bedroom b/c i had to take more meds at all these wierd times, then i continued sleeping until like 10:30 this morning.
so, yes i'm glad i went under, i look like jay leno's daughter if i had a longer chin, i have my liquid vicadin, and am still taking crushed ibprofen in sprite, and the infection stuff, and i haven't been spitting, but these stiches feel really wierd! Thanks for all the advice and support, the little things help. i'm just glad it's over and done with!

D-DAY!

Querida blogosphere,
yesterday was pretty awesome...one part in particular. first: i worked 11-5 at the ox and was visited by some biker friends (ash, leeann and tori), then after work we met at ashley's and then went bowling. that was sooo much fun (we were like the only ones there) and then had a pit stop at taco bell, but the drama followed as leeann stepped out of the car and ashley attempted to drive away leaving LA in the taco bell parking lot with the door of the buick swung open. LOL! then we stopped by tommy's( ash's bro) baseball game, then went to rent a movie (wedding crashers) and watched it at my house. the one part in particular: we were teasing LA about her phone call dates and how she had to think of these excuses (ie: grandmas b-day) when ashley completly flipped over the recliner, and was lying on the top of it curled up into a ball b/c she was laughing so hard! LA colapsed in a corner and was making the loudest laughing noises i have ever heard her make. we laughed for at least 5 minutes so hard that we almost wet our pants! we will never forget that moment!
in other news tonight i will enjoy my "last meal". tomarrow i'm getting my wisdom teeth taken out, and my mom just left me a message that they wanted to move me up to 8:00 for surgery. yay! (sarcasim)my choice for last meal: the rosas ie: a meal at poncho's that under normal circumstance i couldn't finish, but i can't eat or drink for 8 hours before and probably won't want to eat 8 hours after either. don't worry though i should have enough puzzles, pudding, jello, and popsicles to last me until friday when i actually have to work! only 3 days later...i guess we'll see and wish me luck.
Carino, kummet

worth a second look

i recently stumbled upon this blog belonging to a guy named justin who lives in LA. it's actually quite interesting b/c he has actually see's celebrities on a daily basis, and comes from a totally different perspective. plus he has links to like 50 other blogs, mostly from LA. he doesn't seem to blog anymore, but look through the archives and especially november 06. Enjoy! Kummet
http://http://dudemanphat.blogspot.com/2005_11_01_dudemanphat_archive.html

i simply ask your opinion...

i have a small dilema that has been causing me to constantly ask opinions...what you ask?...well thank god we're not talking about my hair color.. i'm referring to a choice in ipods...!obviously i intend to use my enormous amount of store credit to get an ipod (this has been the secret plan for some time now), but cannot decide which one.
Here it is: the mini which is about maybe $50 cheaper and is much more compact, it would be more simple, and holds about 1,000 songs, and i think i have 350 some right now, this would also have a cheaper case and be easy for excercising. the larger version (not that rellly thick one) would be a little more expensive but will hold like 7,500 songs, i know that i will never aquire this many, but it is more than 1,000...the cases are also a little more expensive, but i like the bigger screen and more memory could help, although i probably wouldn't use video, it might be nice.
As potential best buy/electronics customers let me know what you think. i already have one vote from LA for the mini which she obviously owns, but if possible comment the rest.

Two for one.

the bike story: i usually go on this certain route in my nieghborhood when i go rollerblading in the summer.... i was going to go with manda, but we went on bikes instead. this is a pretty long route, probably over a mile, and about halfway through the ride on the side road trail across from baxter school manda got ahead of me and i stood up on the bake to catch up to her. while attempting to stand the bikes left (?) pedal broke off and left me for dead....well not exactly, but i was going fast enough to look like i was picking a fight withe the bike as it spun around me while i was now on the ground. my leg was all scratched up and i had to walk the rest of the way home. i'm still not a big fan of bikes, i prefer my rollerblades b/c i broke the curse after i got them on my birthday by sliding across the tar on my thigh about a week before school started, so were okay now.
the dance season: this was the day that we had two competitions in one day and performed almost an hour or two after finishing at the other one. we were almost first to go and had lots of time before awards. we went to a food court with intentions of coming back before awards. dancers are not as graceful as you think... amanda did a faceplant running to the taco bell parking lot...when we got back things were more interesting. i was with manda and couldn't find melissa (our coach) but then i saw her and she was in the same dilemma and couldn't find the team! we found them alright... they were on the gym floor for awards! we saw them on the tv screen and had to run down through the crowd hurdle some metal chairs and run to the back of the line just in time for the enitre team to give us the "look". just a little embarrassing, but i'm glad i wasn't alone on that one.