2/25/2010

This is an IM conversation I had with my co-worker about my morning that day......



11:13 AM Corinne Smith

This is a good story
Lets just say I got into a fight with a GIANT spider and I won
Killed it with a frying pan
CORINNE -1
SPIDER - 0

11:13 AM Co-worker

really ?
how big ?

11:14 AM Corinne Smith
silver dollar size. I swear
I mean silver

11:14 AM Co-Worker

k tell the story

11:14 AM Corinne Smith

alright
So I have like 10 minutes until I have to be to work so I grab my jacket from my bed and go to put it on and this HUGE spider crawls out of it and under my covers.
Naturally I am screaming
and thinking Oh crap. I cant just leave it there because there is no way in heck I am ever sleeping here again if I know there is a giant creature lose in my bed.
Im not a good sharer
okay pause the story

11:16 AM Co-Worker
k

11:31 AM Corinne Smith

So now I have like 5 minutes to get to work and so Im pretty sure I am going to be late because I still need to find this thing and muster up some sorta courage. No kidding... I would MUCH rather go through child birth then have to see and kill a spider.

Dont judge me.
So I call Danny because Blair isnt in yet and I was like alright you are going to think I am completely nuts
I know.... but, I just had a huge A spider crawl into my bed and I have to kill it now and so I am going to to be late.
He's like umm... okay i guess. I could tell by his voice he was not amused.

11:33 AM Co-Worker

yeah Danny doesn't get amused easily

11:33 AM Corinne Smith

So I hang up the phone and now I have to get ready for war.
I got a frying pan in one hand. Windex in the other and my mom on the phone for moral support. I look like an idiot and I was bawling my eyes out but I knew I had to do.
PAUSE

11:37 AM Co-Worker
are you serious ?

11:43 AM Corinne Smith

So i slowly start pulling off all the pillows and am on edge watching for any movement. And my mom is like counting down for me to pull the covers back real quick. haha
I finally did it and the sucker fell off the bed and I screamed soo loud im sure my neighbors think I am dead.
And I hit it with the frying pan and then stood on the frying pan for like 5 minutes while I recovered.
haha then I grabbed a cup and put some Cotton balls with nail polish remover on them and stuck it on the monster

11:44 AM Co-Worker

why ?
to sedate him ?

11:44 AM Corinne Smith

That was insurance just in case he decided to
be reincarnated while I was at work.
I have the biggest headache right now. Man it was intense. Oh and I made it to work only 15 minutes late. I was pretty impressed. I escaped death and was only 15 minutes
late!

11:45 AM Co-worker

thats not too bad
so you still have its dead body under a cup at home ?

11:46 AM Corinne Smith

yes
and I will vacuum it up when I get home
I have goosebumps telling you about it

In a world with billions of people I am alone

Alright it is time to get back on the blogging wagon. Its hard for me because I don't have Internet in my apartment so I have to schedule Internet time. It's times like these that I wonder how we ever survived without things like the Internet.
Speaking of my apartment. I have discovered that there are many pros and cons to live by yourself. Like it is amazing how long it takes to use up a roll of paper towels or toilet paper when it is just you. and it is nice that the whole house is your personal space. So If I want to walk around naked I do. Not a big deal. Or if I want to have a dance party in my living room by myself. I am not ashamed. Its nice to know that the dishes in the sink are mine. And my favorite part is when I clean it it stays clean until I mess it up. The down side is I have no one to blame when it is messy. Also sometimes too much "Me Time" is a little overwhelming and a lot more lonely. That is probably the one thing I thought I would be good at is hanging out with me, myself, and I. Because I've done it since I was little. But living on my own I think I have realized that although silence does not bother me, being alone everyday and every night does. Because of my job I can go days without face to face talking to anyone and there have been times that I haven't been able to remember the last time I was hugged. I'm not saying that every person that lives by themselves experiences this, but for me I have just noticed that because I choose to have a small social circle in Utah and the rest of my friends and family live in other states. It is not a good idea to live alone and be secluded from civilization. I am actually quite proud that I have made this break through as to why I have been feeling so lonely. I use to just think it was because I was 24 and single, but I am really happy with myself and so when I actually did some soul searching it kind of makes sense. I think as humans we need to interact and have contact with one another. There are certain things I think we need to survive. And just like water and food we also need love and friendship. I have spent so many years of my life never looking people in the eye because of the way I looked physically I didn't think I was worth friendship. I beat myself up and treated myself soo unkind. It was hard because the reflection in the mirror did not match the beautiful person inside. It has been a process. and I know I have written about this before. But just kind of realizing today that I do need to let people in my life and peel back those layers. There comes a point where you cant do things alone.

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"I feel to invite every woman everywhere to rise to the great potential within you. I do not ask that you reach beyond your capacity. I hope you will not nag yourselves with thoughts of failure. I hope you will not try to set goals far beyond your capacity to achieve. I hope you will simply do what you can do in the best way you know. If you do so, you will witness miracles come to pass."
Gordon B. Hinkley

My Bucket List

* Wear a Bikini and look hot in it
* Do a Triathlon
* Run half Marathon
* Run Marathon
* Wear shorty shorts the the GYM
* Buy Jeans at the Buckle
* Find a Husband
* Pay off all my debt
* Go back to School
* Have Children
* Learn to drive a stick shift
* Be at least a decent snowboarder
* Travel to Greece, Egypt, and Jerusalem
* Sing in front of a crowd of 1000 or more
* Put my lyrics to music
* Ride in a hot air balloon
* Swim with Dolphins
* Hike the Grand Canyon

* Be in Times Square on New Years
* Take an Art class- Learn to draw
* Volunteer at a homeless shelter
* Keep motivating myself and others
* Go to The Oprah Show
* Go skinny dipping
* Go on a spontaneous foreign vacation
* Sit on a Jury
* Grow a garden
* Pet a Tiger
* Adopt a child
* Learn to be a good cook
* Stay a night a an expensive hotel

* Mountain Bike in Moab

* Go rock climbing

More to come later I am positive....

Chirstmas Eve Smith - Phillips Party.

Annual Christmas Party!

No this is mine! What did he say?

Smart remark Happy art! Jim is super excited!

Stylin and cooking hot! Shirley's bracelet Popping bubbles

A picture of the Smith's! Naughty Elf Cute snowman apron

FinallyTodd got Balls... And Sauce..... And a pole... hmm themed?

Michael "Jackson" Phillips MAC here I come!! Soo happy!

For the Good

I've heard it said
That people come into our lives for a reason
Bringing something we must learn
And we are led
To those who help us most to grow
If we let them
And we help them in return
Well, I don't know if I believe that's true
But I know I'm who I am today
Because I knew you

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
I have been changed for good

It well may be
That we will never meet again
In this lifetime
So let me say before we part
So much of me
Is made of what I learned from you
You'll be with me
Like a handprint on my heart
And now whatever way our stories end
I know you have re-written mine
By being my friend...

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a skybird
In a distant wood
Who can say if I've been changed for the better?
But because I knew you
Because I knew you

I have been changed for good

And just to clear the air
I ask forgiveness
For the thing I've done you blame me for

But then, I guess we know
There's blame to share

And none of it seems to matter anymore

Like a comet pulled from orbit
As it passes a sun
Like a stream that meets a boulder
Halfway through the wood

Like a ship blown from its mooring
By a wind off the sea
Like a seed dropped by a bird in the wood

Who can say if I've been
Changed for the better?
I do believe I have been
Changed for the better

And because I knew you...

Because I knew you...

Because I knew you...
I have been changed for good.

Another adventure in the life of Corinne....

Alright where to begin... I could look at this weekend as a very negative, crappy, hellish ordeal. When it rains it pours, but you have to have rain to have a rainbow. This weekend I have cried, and been soo mad I wanted to scream, but now that I have had time to calm down and everything is resolved I can't help but laugh about my unique life and write about it! If you know me or read my blog, you know that I have a problem of locking my keys in my car. It usually happens when I have a lot on my mind and I just start going through motions without processing because my brain is on overload. Well this was indeed the case on Friday night. I was kind of having a bummer of a day and had not been feeling good the day before. So to take out some frustrations I turned to the one guy who takes away my worries and makes me feel better. He is better know as GYM and I will write about our love in another post. Anyways so I go over to GYM'S house and go for a run and by the end of our run I am feeling a bit better about my day. So I jump in my car and drive home, this is about 11 at night, and lucky for me it was butt freezing cold. So I am not thinking and I get out of my car to go inside and forget my keys as I lock the door behond me. I don't have a spare so I already know the only option is to call a locksmith. You would think I would have a loyalty punch card by now, in fact that is not a bad idea to ask for one. Anyways. I stand outside for about 45 minutes freezing my tatas off while I wait for the guy to come. He takes about 5 minutes to open the door and I thank the man for his time and pay him more money then I spent on my whole family combined for Christmas. He in return decides to remind me I have his number and should give him a call. I smile and think mmmm... Listen, if you would have unlocked my car for free I mightwould have taken one for the team, but sir I think I have given you enough tonight . Then I run up to my apartment before anything else disastrous can happen. Well I woke up late for work this morning and had time to brush me teeth and throw on a sweater. I was feeling pretty lucky because I made it to work on time but I still kind of had a chip on my shoulder from the night before. Right after work I had a wedding reception so I ran home and changed and drove downtown. I of course get lost, which is completely stupid because I not only have I lived here for a year but SLC is soo simple its impossible to get lost. Only I can figure out how. The reception was fun. It was soo good to see all my old Paul Mitchell girls and laugh. So I leave the reception and get back on the freeway. I had planned on stopping at Costco to get some gas, but apparently my car had other plans because I was about a mile away from the exit and my car starts to slow down and I have about a minute to get over 4 lanes of busy traffic before it is dead. I am soo grateful Erika was out and about with her mom because I was able to call them to come save me. As I was waiting and bawling about my sad life a cop pulls up behind me. I always get nervous when there is a cop. I think I watch too may You tube videos about old ladies getting tasered. Anyways so he comes up to my window to see what is wrong, and I explain my situation. He tells me to get out of the car, and I am thinking oh shiz. He is going to tell me that I should have known better then to let my car run out of gas and tell me to put my hands on the car and everyone in the SLC Valley is going to witness me getting frisked. Alright so I might have been a little bit over dramatic. So I get out and go over to his car and he says okay get in and I will take you down to the gas station to get some gas. He was SOO nice! So I called Erika but she was already on her way. So the cop tells me to get in the back seat and stay with him until help gets there because it was freezing cold and my car was dead. I crawled in kind of slow expecting there to be bars or glass between the front and back seat but it was just a normal car. I laughed and thought soo.. this is what it feels like to be in the back seat of a cop car... nice. I was there for about 30minutes before Erika came with the gas. I thanked the cop for being soo nice and went on my merry little way. So this weekend I learned that I need to buy a car with keyless entry, don't drive when the gas light comes on, and mark sitting in the back of a cop car off my bucket list.