Little Blurb Series One

July 3rd.. well technically 4th- that's right, it's currently 12:22 AM.
Just got home from Outback not too long ago. Everyone else has gone to bed. It's just me, and well.... the dogs were up and around awhile ago. I guess I've lost them too.
OMG... Tia and Tamara are on the Disney channel and they are playing in the balls. Haha. I want to play in those! Self note- must take Brooke to Chuck E. Cheese soon. :)

So anyways, i've been meaning to write forever. I've got a lot of short little stories/moments that I want to write down so I don't forget them.

Playing Hulkette
It was Sunday morning. Brittany and I woke up early and decided to go rollerblading. We went to the end of the trail and then came back home to get the family up and around for early church. (started at 10:00) Mom wasn't feeling so good and the rest of the fam was zonked, except dad. I showered and got dressed. I was feeling blah in my clothes. Red shorts, white tank, eh it feels like no matter how hard I work out it doesn't pay off. Anyways, needless to say we didn't make early church. We did, however, make late church.. and we were a few minutes late for that. After getting up early and hoping to be at church early enough for the music, Britt and I were a little grumpy about the tardiness. We sat in the back seat of the van and melted on the way to Fellowship. Dad parked the car and we got out. I tugged at my shirt to cover my stomach. Dad then reached to fix my straps so that they covered my bra straps. I had a frustrated moment- not with dad- with myself. My body, my clothes, my hair- GRRR! I spouted " Ahh I wish I could just rip it off." (talking about the shirt) I took my hands and grabbed my shirt to imitate the motion. Oh imitation- don't play.
That's right. I ripped it- right down the middle.
Brandon and dad were walking on opposite sides of me, but their laughter was simultaneous.
Yeah, apparently they thought it was the funniest thing ever. So there I was in the church parking lot with a huge rip in my shirt as my family hurried along in front of me. I was no longer grumpy... I mean seriously you couldn't help but laugh- at least I couldn't. Luckily the rip looked trendy. It definitely wasn't too classy because it was so low, but if the fam was goin in.. so was I. After service we laughed some more. I was so excited to go home and change, but Dad wanted to eat out as a family. We went to El Chico. It was good. 2 orders of fajitas, a kids chicken. That pretty much covers it.
We drove back home and I ripped the shirt the rest of the way- bustin' on out. Haha.
Oh sometimes I am really crazy, eh?
Alright ya'll, I'm tired- more to come soon I hope.

As for me- it's time for Boy Meets World.
Yes!

June 23rd, 2006

2:16 A.M. - Just back from a late night Steak n' Shake run.
Brittany and Mom just fell asleep on Britt's bed. The lights are still on and I've got music that's definitely not quiet. Now playing: How to Save a Life by none other than the Fray. Don't worry- I asked them if they wanted it off...I think they like it. That or they are just really nice.
I feel more normal than I have in weeks. Thank goodness. I thought I was losing my zest for life for awhile there. The last few weeks I've really felt lost. I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm usually pretty happy, but I think I've jsut got a lot on my mind.

I've been wanting to start blogging for awhile here. I really miss writing. I miss putting my thoughts down on paper.. or whatever. You get the picture.

I worked at Outback tonight and I'm really starting to like it. At first I felt like the people weren't very nice, but now that I've given it awhile I'm definitely getting used to it. I think it helps when you're there a lot. One of the hostesses and I might actually go do something next week- I'm so excited. She's such a sweetheart, and heaven knows I could use a friend in Texas!

On my way home from work I had missed a call from Thomas. He was calling in response to my facebook message about the wedding. I called him and got voice mail, but decided to leave him a voice mail so he'd be "it." Phone tag- I play with everyone.. really! Note to self- it's my turn to call Bittaney. After hanging up after my first message I held down the #7 key on my phone. The phone rang and rang, but no Melissa. We've been playing phone tag for over a week so I was totally hoping to catch her! I started to leave my message, "Meli, hey- it's Bry. I was really hoping to get you on the phone. I miss you. Anyways.." My phone began to beep... I looked down and hurried the rest of my message. "You're calling me- yes!" I switched calls, and I was so excited to actually have the real person... Melissa Dawn herself. I miss her so much. I parked my car in front of the house and ran in to ditch my apron and my purse. It was time for a long convo- and a long walk. I could feel myself getting excited.... oh how I missed my best friend. It felt so good to catch up. It's sad how much we've been missing. It's June and I haven't seen her since November. I do get to see her at the end of July though- YES!

We ended up getting cut-off in mid conversation, but it didn't matter that we never finished talking. We'll never be finished. I'm so going to jump on her when I see her next! Haha. We'll do the wal-mart parking lot hug that we imitated at the end of every day of senior year!

After that phone call, I came in and talked to mom and dad for awhile. Both were a little down. Mom was hungry so we decided to get something to eat. Britt woke up just in time to walk out the door with us. T called as I was walking out the door. Mom, Britt, and I had a convo with him as we drove to our destination. He sounded good...working midnights though. I hope he's doing okay. Anyways....Steak and Shake it was.. after I had shut down the old Taco Bell idea. I don't know, I just wasn't feelin' it?! We had a great waiter- really funny. His name was George.
It was odd though because he thought we were regulars or something- hmm?! I don't know that I've been there more than once.. and that was a looong time ago. haha. Oh well.. familiar faces. :) Britter got the ChiliMac and mom I ordered the turkey club because I know that's what mom wanted. She's an easy read. I love her. Chocolate shakes for those two... and then I couldn't decide. Half and half maybe? I voiced this aloud. George all of a sudden got this sneeze .. ahha totally fake- aka. he muttered chocolate vanilla in disguise. I laughed. Perfect. That sounded perfect. So that was our S&S meal. We left a nice tip for George, and a note to make him feel awesome. We even waited out in the car to see his reaction, but I don't know what we were expecting him to do. It's not like he was going to bounce up and down over a tip that was over 20%. Haha. A coy smile is all I would've wanted. That was too hard to see from the parking lot.

I drove us home with the windows down. We came in and chatted for awhile. It felt so good to have actually done something fun. The last week has been kind of hard. I made mom listen to the Rascal Flatts song that I love and then Britt and Mom started drifting. So, here I am. Okay, I'm getting tired..but more than that, I'd like to be awake for the day tomorrow. I'm looking forward to spending time with my family. I've missed dad this week- a lot. Brandon too- but he's at the lake with Christian this weekend.

One more listen to the Fray.
- Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend.
This song reminds me of someone...
I think I loved him.
No.
Yes.
Maybe. That sounds just like him.

Goodnight :)

I love the Fray.

I love the Fray and I love this song....

Over My Head (Cable Car)
The Fray
I never knew
I never knew that everything was falling through
That everyone I knew was waiting on a cue
To turn and run when all I needed was the truth
But that's how it's got to be
It's coming down to nothing more than apathy
I'd rather run the other way than stay and see
The smoke and who's still standing when it clears
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
Let's rearrange
I wish you were a stranger I could disengage
Say that we agree and then never change
Soften a bit until we all just get along
But that's disregard
Find another friend and you discard
As you lose the argument in a cable car
Hanging above as the canyon comes between
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind
And suddenly I become a part of your past
I'm becoming the part that don't last
I'm losing you and its effortless
Without a sound we lose sight of the ground
In the throw around
Never thought that you wanted to bring it down
I won't let it go down till we torch it ourselves
Everyone knows I'm in
Over my head
With eight seconds left in overtime
She's on your mind

Lyrics compliments of lyrics.com

Let's try this blog thing again!

So it's been awhile.. I know I know.
I'm trying.

I really hope to start posting again. We'll see how this goes.
Anyways, it's after 1 am and we just got home from Fredonia, Kansas. Unfortunately, it wasn't one of those just-for-fun visits. My great grandmother passed away.
Sigh.
Anyways.. we are going to skip over that for a minute because I'm tired.. and I need to get to bed so I'm somewhat pleasant for Father's Day.
I love my daddy.

We had a 7 hour drive home today, and it was a pretty fun and amusing drive.
I drove for a few hours until I scared my dad by slowing down when a school bus started smoking in front of me. I also couldn't stay with the 75 mph speed limit up and down the hills. Haha. I was under okay, under!

Highlights from our drive included:
Grandpa giving Brooke $20 for snackies on the way home. She totally did a dance when she got out f the station. She was so happy with her large brown bag of candy and the money she got back! She thinks the number of bills is more than the actual amount-it's so cute. It was nice of her to get something for everyone.
Buffalo Wild Wings, the hot wings, Brandon spilling the water, and Brooke getting excited about the games.
Dad paying the dollar toll and the thing still buzzing as we drove away.
Ice cream from the Russell Stover's store. Is that a peach? Eww thats sweet!
This is me. This is me awake.
Stopping at the Casino.
Bubble blowing contests in the car. -Pink extra
Gambling age- 18. Bryana gets her $5 up to $20 and then loses it. But we all get mugs! :)
Oh for the love of souvenirs. My victory dance when the machine made noise.. The evil pennies!!!
Brooke and buddy being patient
The rainbow, the lightning show, country songs, and tickling brandon's legs.
Okay...... that's all I have for now. I'm exhausted.
Outback tomorrow too.. I better get excited!!!
Goodnight.

Thanksgiving... so much to be thankful for

Full but nearing empty.

I'm stuffed... I really am. I'm stuffed with stuffing, sweet potatoes, and corn casserole. I had three helpings of the green beans with gravy, countless handfuls of nuts, and at least 2 pieces of apple pie. Yum. I even made room for my favorite dessert...the 7-layer jello that mom was so sweet to make.

breath.

I miss this.. and I have it... I miss it and it's all right here. How is it that I can feel the moment slipping even when its in my grip? I'm 20.. 20 years old. I'm home from my 2nd year of college for Thanksgiving at the grandparents' house. It's so nice. It's so nice to feel so loved.... to be so loved.

Brad and Aileen just came in town last night with Erin, Kate, and Maggie... Kelly has been here pretty much all week.. She got here on Sunday and then my family of course got here late Saturday night. That was so fun.

And now the week is over, or well its definitely nearing its end and I'm.. I'm just not ready. Why does it go so fast?

Sometimes I wish it back.. I wish everything back... to live this all again. Then I look around and realize how amazing it is to watch everyone grow together. It's so perfect. I'm amazed. Kelly and I celebrated our birthdays together 20 and 25. Now that is crazy. I love my mom. She's such a sweetheart. We were all done celebrating my birthday-or so I thought- and then she just went all out. I have all these presents, a big balloon, an ice cream cake. I felt so special. It was really neat because the night we celebrated Tara, Melissa (my best friend in the entire world) , and then Connie's family (old family friends) came over. It felt like the good ol' times. They even sang- so today is your birthday... the martin family tradition.

Let's see.. what else was really neat about this break. We played trouble a lot- very fun- I love the way it makes my dad laugh, we put together a 750 piece puzzle- Tara and Meli were great with the edge pieces!, we watched a ton of movies. 6 of the infamous Junior High seven went to the movies to see Rent.. all but Mallory. That was really amazing. It was so neat to see us all together. Di, Whit, Meli, and I all went out to eat at Hacienda- Yum Yum I've been loving their soup. Meli, Britt, Tara, and I went to see the Spauldings at 1 AM when they got home... that was fun. We all woke James up at his house when we went to see him. This time I really felt like he was changing. =( But he gave us sr. pics and all that stuff.. they were great pictures. He's really growing up. We stopped in and saw some of the girls at cheer practice because Tara wanted us to stop by. Brittany thought it felt kind of weird, and I guess it was. I just missed it. It gave me a strange feeling. Kramer made me feel good about being there though. I always enjoy her excitement.

I picked Melissa up from the Indy airport on Saturday at 3:45 and I had a bright pink poster that was really fun. We hugged so hard we ripped it in half. I think we both felt a little awkward at first when we met because we were so excited we just didn't know what to do with ourselves. After a little while we were rollin. Haha. We retrieved her luggage from the good ole baggage claim and rolled on out to Santa Baby. We loaded up and then before exiting the parking garage I decided it was time to decorate the car. I armed myself with window paint and approached the windshield. I wrote "We are SO .." haha I couldn't reach any further from either side of the car. Meli hopped out and I stepped aside to see if her extra height my be the ticket to a complete message. She could reach a little more... but not quite enough. So, it was right there in the parking garage that we busted out one of our old cheer moves and I hoisted her up. She added the finishing touches.. and it was perfect. "We are SO going home." Nothing could've described it better. I don't know if either of us were really referring to a place, but more a combination of people that make us feel at home. I don't know how to explain it, but someday you'll understand.
A string of giggles and we shut the car doors. Music on. Time to drive. We went down the turning structure that provided an exit from the concrete parking structure and drove to the ticket window. The woman working was excited about the message on our windshield and asked us a few questions. Where is home?, etc. At that moment I realized what was really happening. I was sitting in the car with my best friend of over seven years and she flew in all the way from Utah.. now we had a whole week to exist in the same place.. our old familiar place. It's moments like these I feel more than blessed.

So Melissa...she is so fun... like crazy super duper fun! I don't know if we have ever not had fun together. After the airport we finally found our road and we listened to music and chatted as we went down 70 to catch 41. I had wanted to take her to dinner so we went to Outback ( a different location than the one I work at) and that was a blast. We had steak dinners and talked and it was really great. Plus we were both extremely hungry. Yum!
Anyways....it was cold when we left Outback and ran to the car. I almost forgot to put the heat on. Crazy! We made the rest of our journey and Meli played DJ. Soon we approached the Ville where we bought candy bars for our long lost loves because we just couldn't resist (I really shouldn't be writing this for the public) . Finally we approached the Vern. I'll never forget how excited we were to drive into MV.... we rolled down the windows and just.. felt it.. took it all in. We were screaming and rolling the windows down and I don't know... every time I enter that town I get this huge wave of emotion that rushes over me. So many great memories packed into one place...

Later Melissa and I made fun of ourselves for holding on to our guys (not to be revealed, but if you know us you know them) ...and that was some classic comedy. Like we were totally on the floor laughing. Haha. It was pretty funny. I should know better than to disappoint myself. Anyways.... there was this one night that was just hilarious. Meli jumped on my back for a piggy back ride and started singing I like big butts or something so I started shaking and she started falling and.... it was hysterical. She fell, but not too hard I hope. When we got back to the house she wanted to give me a ride so I jumped on her and.. well she's a little thing. She bent over forward and I just slid off face first into the planter. I thought I was going to pee my pants it was so funny.

I'm randomly changing subjects here.. sorry I'm going with my train of thought and it's a track jumper if I ever saw one. Grandpa took us all to Abuelo's one night too... which was really nice. I should be around these people that I love more often. He bought us all dinner.. it was hilarious because dad and I got the trio fajitas and I subbed out the chicken for veggies. Who'd have known they gave us 6 cucumber slices .. haha we laughed at that one for awhile. It was like the time Meli and I tried to share an 8 oz steak. We were like..is that ALL of it?! Haha.. back to Abuelo's.. Grandpa told the restaurant about Kel and I's bdays and we got a free dessert. Flan... ooh ooh! Haha.. Kelly wasnt too fond of the texture.

Hunter and Tara and Melissa and Britt and Brooke and I went bowling one night.. Bowl from 9-11 at Franklin lanes for 5 bucks.. it was a blast..they had great music from back in the day. Brooke had a lot of fun. The gutter dance, spare dance, etc. The guys that liked Tara and I hugging in the parking lot. That was pretty funny. Meli got her cranberry bliss, mom won 400 dollars. What else happened? Brandon drove me around for like the 1st time ever..we went to the river to swing and he gave me a piggy back ride. Great guy.. so excited for the girl he marries. The donut bank.. his little girl friends.... the right and wrong he sees. Talking to alex k. and sarah p....seein amanda and levi.. the hickey talks.. talking to megan on the phone..texts to john....let it go.... brittany's excitement - i hope she's always that excited.. jace being in florida... kayas text, brooke latching onto di....so many memories. good times. I'll miss this.. 2 and a half wks of school... you can do it bry. you can.

I LOVE MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS.

Buenas Noches Don Pablos

Today will be my last day at Don Pablos #26.
May the laughs and fun times never be forgotten.

My teammates: Peter, Christy, Kelli, Lucas, Alisa, Tara, Russell, Amber, Rob, Chris, John, Kyle, Steve, Vladimir, Jenny, Sarah, Meg, Lacey, Bernie

Assistance from the bar: Angela, Ryan, Jason, Brandon, Angela

Kitchen Staff: Roberto uno, Roberto dos, Miguel, Flo, Coach, Julian, Speedy, Adolfo, & food runner Tori

At the host stand: Destiny, Lacey, Valarie

Managers: John, Jeff, Jerry, Jamie, and Mike... I'll never forget Mike.

I had a blast guys...this summer was a blast. Rock n' roll ya'll!

Don Pablos #26- Lewisville, Texas Summer 2005 End date: Friday, July 29th

Things that fall from the sky.

And so today.... was the first day... that a bird pooped on my head!!!!!

hahahahahhahaha.. and I never thought I'd think it was that funny!

..for the full story feel free to e-me.

Boy.. You Gone Broke The Camera...

Don't you just love to be funny?

I mean it may sound ridiculous, but doesn't everyone like to get a laugh once in awhile?

You know.. you say the right thing at the right time and people just.. haha.. roll with laughter.

Well me....I love that. I love it.

Haha. So tonight I'd like to remember my funny moment.

Place: Don Pablos

Time: About 10.. right before close.

Another server needed help announcing a birthday.. I 'm loud and I used to be a cheerleader, needless to say I have the ability to announce a birthday. So I announce and I make everyone sing because it's fun. WE sing to the two Teri's...a guy and a girl.. who happen to have birthdays on the same day. Haha.. Happy Birthday Teri and Teri. Haha. The mom or some relative sang next to me. She was so excited that I was excited that she put her arm around me and we swayed as we sang together. After the song the whole restaurant clapped and Lacey (the other server) took pictures of Teri with his sombrero and then attempted to take a picture of the other Teri. Unfortunately no picture came out. Lacey came to me with the camera and I practically performed surgery on the thing to see what was wrong. I couldn't figure it out. I told Lacey to try it again just in case. Teri was so cute trying to recreate her excited face for the camera. Still nothing...good thing I'm no doctor. The fun happy wahoo sing a birthday song moment had sort of died due to the malfunctioning polaroid andI just couldn't stand that. So I walked by the table and I said... you know what ya'll?...I think I know what happened.. and then I got a lil funky spunky and continued somewhat sarcastically accusing.. somebody broke the camera. Haha. I said it loud enough so the whole party could hear and I hoped to get a positive response. This was a party of black folks and they just I mean thought that was a riot. Ol' Teri was all blushin and stuff. Haha. Lacey laughed too. Haha.

Okay....so maybe it wasn't all that funny. but it was one of those cliche lines that seemed so right for the situation. It made my night better =)

Laugh hard.. it's good for the abs.