It’s been a long day but I feel a bit accomplished if only for the fact I was able to buy the dress I found and loved a couple of weeks ago at Marshall’s and did not buy. I also got 3 really cute tops and I bought another dress and I’m not positive if I love it or not. It’s teal and cowl necked and fits me really nicely but it has these pockets on either side and I can’t decide if it’s cute or just makes my hips look really big. I keep staring at it and I can’t figure how I feel about it … but it was $20 and will be an awesome summer dress for work if I decide to keep it. Maybe I’ll go back to Marshall’s tomorrow in Rockville and see if I find another dress I like and then maybe if I do, exchange it.

I saw this on Millie’s blog and looked like fun so I’m yoinking!

Saturday 9: If I Had a Hammer

1. Are you handy with tools? Not really. To be honest I don’t know how to use any tools beyond a screw driver. What? I have no reason to use tools! And if I did, that’s what I have my doofus for!

2. What was the best thing that happened to you this week? I got a raise! I’m quite excited about that!

3. What was the worst thing that happened to you this week? Nothing really that terrible beyond N’s moods. I hate dealing with N. (one of my students) when he gets pissy. I swear to G-d he has borderline personality disorder with the way he treats people!

4. Do you think you act your age? For the most part, yeah.

5. Describe an item of clothing that has definitely seen better days but that you refuse to dispose of and still wear. Why won’t you toss it? I just tossed it like 2 weeks ago (and felt the pain of getting rid of it too!) but I had a pair of underwear that I adored and has been sewn up so many times and yet I wore forever and a day. It was white and had a picture of Garfield sitting on top of the world and the thought bubble says: The world looks better in green. I actually have a couple of pairs of underwear that I adore and should get rid of and I don’t…this is probably why I have 100+ sitting in my drawer (no exaggeration!)

6. What is your favorite summertime beverage? Iced Tea! Actually it’s my favorite beverage anytime of the year but is especially yummy after a hot day!

7. Have you ever lied about your age? Nope. I wonder though now that I’m turning 25 in September (GASP!), is it time to start lying?!

8. What was the most memorable birthday party you’ve attended? Hmm. My 21st birthday was awesome and quite memorable (yes I can remember it! Did not get drunk!) Not including my own? I think Lina’s 16th birthday sticks out in my mind for all of its awkwardness because of all of the different groups of people she invited or her 21st when we went to Friday’s and then clubbing in D.C. and I threw water in some guy’s face (he was trying to trap me!) and thought I was going to get my ass kicked!

9. What is something that really frightens you, and can you trace it back to an event in your life? I was thinking about this recently and mentioned it briefly in my LJ a couple of weeks ago but at the time couldn’t think of why this frightens me. I’m frightened to be honest of going out somewhere and being shot to death by some random person. As I watched the Grey’s season finale, it really struck home to me this fear and I’ve spent time pondering why this is so when I don’t live in such a dangerous neighborhood and it’s not something I should need to worry about…and then after a couple of days, I realized why I’m afraid.
During my senior year of high school, is when the D.C. snipers went on their shooting spree and unluckily for me, I live right where most of the shootings took place. You can walk to the Shoppers where one of the first shootings took place from where I live now in 2 minutes (and at the time where I was living then, it was a 5-7 minute drive). Almost all of the shootings took place somewhere in the city I live in not too far from where I live and I had a friend at the time who even lost her uncle in the shootings. At school, we spent the month of October in lockdown mode and some days we’d sit in the gym and not go to class – or we got sent home early from school. People were paranoid to buy gas, to go grocery shopping, or really to step out of their house for too long for the fear of being shot. It was scary as hell to turn on the tv and see familiar locales on CNN! Even though it’s almost 8 years later…that fear still lingers with me that somewhere a mad shooter could pop out of nowhere and bam!