Creeepy... OR is it just me???

So this weekend was all about school! I am taking a humanities class and we have a project to complete and write a paper about. The project was to attend two of the the following a musical, opera, play, film, book reading, or art exhibit. I chose to go to an art exhibit and to attend the Opera. On Friday after running some errands I headed out to the Houston's Fine Arts Museum. I saw two exhibits they were Sargent and the Sea and Prendergast in Italy. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it. Sign of getting older? Mayhaps, but I love it! I am defintley going to go back because there was another exhibit I want to check out which is Alice Neel's Painted Truth. I recommend you checking out your local museums and going! Musuems have defintley been apart of my growing up and my nieces and nephew go all the time however I think moms and dads should get a babysitter and go out and enjoy the grown up parts of the museum. Not only is it budget friendly (I paid only 3.50 because I am a student, regular tickets were 7.00) there is SO much to check out and you can defintley get lost in it. While I was in the Prendergast exhibit I was asked by this lady if I was an artist. I told her no that I am just studying his work. Which I thought was funny because the only artistic thing I am good at is coloring! So back to the title of my post here we go with the creepy things:

#1. There was this goofy looking and by goofy I mean kinda scary guy following me around the museum. I went out of my way to lose him, I finally did.
#2. On my way to my truck I was almost hit by a Ford Expedition. I gave a prayer to God the minute I was back in my truck just thanking him that it was only me and not any kids around me. I am very capable of 'looking both ways' however this guy came out of the parking lot like he was being chased by something and zoomed across the street trying to make a left while I was walking to the median and wow for how ugly it could of been. He rolled down his window to apologize and I was too shocked I could not even form a sentence. I mean I was just inches away of being knocked over and rolled over.

Saturday was just busy busy busy. My sister Laura came over and we chatted and visited awhile and then I was heading over to Megan's house to babysit for her. I stopped at Jack In the Box to try their iced coffee. I LOVE LOVE LOVE iced coffee but I'm one of those weird coffee drinkers where I like the taste of coffee mixed w/ something not good for you like vanilla or caramel BUT I do not like to much of it to the point of it overtaking the coffee taste. Or maybe it is not so weird! Anyway I like my coffee just right. On a scale of 1-10 I would have to give it a 3. Sorry Jack :/ They loaded it with that dang syrup and it just was not good. So Meg lives in Beasley which is almost in the middle of nowhere and her house at night scares me because of how dark it can get. No city lights. You can hear coyotes in the distance and they have three dogs and believe me being the dog lover I am they almost came inside. However I'm almost positive Meg would of disowned me as a friend! Ha ha! Saturday night was good we (Sweetpea, Isabelle and I) had our 'club' ate pizza watched Finding Nemo and ate burnt popcorn (my specialty) (don't ask). Woke up sunday morning and had coffee with the Storks and visited with Megan's grandpa Bill. It was nice talking to him made me miss my Papa Pat. I never met my mom's dad because he died before I was born. You forget what it's like to have one being around one. So I had to get going because I was going to the Operaaaa and when I say Operaa I'm singing it!

So here we go with creepy thing it started POURING DOWN RAIN when I left to go home.. Think of the most scary rain while driving and that was what I was driving in. Two things to point.. #1 On the highway I Love 75mph thats my usual speed 80 is just to fast for me and 70 is sooo normal and I like to spice things up a bit and be a little daring so going 75 mph is my thing. Oh yea that's part of my excitement. On that day on 59 I was going 35 mph! Your eyes should be popping out of your head because whoa nelly I was driving on the highway. 2nd thing I'm not scared of rain. I was freaking out coming home BEFORE

#3 MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED doing their go back and forth thing. 1st thing that comes to my mind, "can windshield wipers get tired?" 2nd omg I cant see. I CANT SEE ANYTHING. I feel like I'm underwater and my goggles just filled with water. So I try to pull over oh yea I cant see the shoulder. I just guessed to where it was at and I stayed there for a few minutes with my car off. Then I restarted it and they started working again. So I guess windshield wipers can get tired. This happens a 2nd time when I'm passing First Colony Mall. So needless to say I was driving like an old grandma I was freaked!

Have to get on with my day if you are still reading.. I like you.

It's Operaaaa time... Operaaaa is a lot of singinnng... It was all in Russian... I will go to the Operaaa again but I will not pay for my ticket! So we are leaving.. Parked in the garage got in the elevator and what happens to Ms. I hate elevators with a passion because I do not like small spaces..I will take the stairs any time but I didnt on that day because I was in heels and if you know me in heels you know I am concentrating and the lasst thing I need to do is fall on stairs in a dress.. So in the elevator press the number 2 and doors are about to open.... BUT...



THEY DONT...



My eyes are OPEN.. My mouth drops open.. I'm not breathing I'm just starring at the door that should be opened.....

Waiting.....

You can call me Casper now because I've lost all of my color to my face and I put on blush that morning ladies..

Then this horrible noise starts.... I'm hypervenitaling...

I'm getting hot..

I'm pressing that open door button over and over again..

We call the little help sign in the elevator. A nice too plesant voice answers, "Yes may I help you"

I cant speak but I'm thinking "you are the help line so lets get to the point"

My sister says yes, we are in the elevator and the doors are not opening

The lady says, "Oh which elevator"?

I really can't speak now but I'm thinking "oh holy cows she doesn't have caller id and its 2010" she doesnt know where we are at I need to call 911 and I just know my cell phone is going to lose signal. Where is my purse.. I am NOT letting my finger off the door open button.. Then all of a sudden the elevator

SHOOTS UP TO THE 7TH FLOOR...

Oh my Gooses something is wrong with the elevator cables and they are going to bust and we are going to plummet into the ground.. What do they do in the movies... Seriously amy you've seen this scene many times what do they doooooooo....

Meanwhile my sister is having a heart to heart with the help lady.

My sister responds the garage elevators.. She asks is it the freight elevators. Like we are in a position to explain such things... Do they know the venitaltion system in elevators is not that great we are running out of oxygen and my shawl has come off.

I had to cut in and say you have to open the doors, please just open them. My sister says lets try floor number 3.

BAM THEY OPEN.

I'm GONE.

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April Showers bring May flowers...

Well as far as the weather is concerned I have not packed up my long sleeves or my sweater jackets just yet. It's almost like California weather. Beautiful during the day and chilly at nights. So its pretty perfect weather I think! The only thing that I am kinda ugh about are my allergies to pollen and trees! I have never had allergies like this before. I've made a new friend and even though he is kinda pricey I would recommend him to anyone! His name is Zyrtec D. Ok so I have a lot of pictures to share however I should be going to bed so I'm going to start with some Rodeo Pictures! Let's see I went to the Rodeo 3 times this year and I had a great time each time! First one was a family affair. Papa Paul (my dad) Nana (my mom) Laura and Abigail, Christine, Christopher, Emma, Olivia, and Noah and I all went up the weekend it started! It was packed to say the least and we spent alllllllllll day there. We came home and had a little birthday cake for Emma who turned 4. She was so happy that Papa Paul was able to be there for her birthday this year! She loved her Barbie and so did Noah (ha ha). 2nd trip to the Rodeo was a sister affair with Christine we checked out the Rodeo and got to see Lady Antebellum. My new favorite song at the moment is American Honey. I will load it up on my music player. The third time I went my great friend Megan and I got to see the championship Rodeo and I took a lot of video and once I have time I'll be able to post the videos I took! We saw Brooks and Dunn since this is their last Rodeo tour because they are retiring.. However I'm sure we will see them in about 5 years or so! This past weekend Christine and I made a trip to see some family in San Antonio. Growing up my parents and my Aunt Donna and Uncle Mike made it a point to have us be close. Well thanks to them I know I have 3 great cousins in San Antonio that will be not only family but great life long friends. The semester is almost over and it's crunch time to say the least. I have a project that requires me to go to the museum (what a drag... NOT I love museums!) and on Sunday I am going to the Opera! This will be my first Opera and the name of it is Queen of Spades. I am totally looking forward to it and I am looking forward to the shopping of a new dress to go to the Opera because it's a new event for me and I do not feel like I have any Opera worthy dresses in my closest at the moment! So here are some pictures.. Enjoy them! Btw it is utterly (ha ha get it.. utterly.. utters.. cows?? I have to make myself laugh writing this blog) impossible to go to the rodeo and come home and not smell like manure! =)