I am slightly embarrassed to say that when I read Dawn’s last structured meme and she tagged four people to respond, it didn’t occur to me to scroll over each “YOU” to see who she was referring to. I thought it was a cute way of getting everyone who read her blog to follow suit and do the meme themselves. Duh. I tell you, I’m living with only one functioning brain cell – and even it flickers in and out like a shorted lightbulb at times. But here I am at last, ready to give my first and long overdue meme a shot. Hopefully my bulb won’t go out mid-meme. HA!
Four jobs I have had in my life: 1. watered potted grass at wholesale plant nursery 2. data entry clerk 3. customer service clerk at Albertson’s (so glad when THAT job ended!) 4. high school English/ESL teacher
Four movies I have watched more than once: 1. Gross Pointe Blank 2. Happy Gilmore 3. The Holiday 4. You’ve Got Mail
Four places I have lived: 1. Castroville, Tx 2. San Antonio, Tx 3. Brownsville, Tx 4. Comalcalco, Tabasco, Mexico
Four places I have been: 1. Big Bend National Park 2. Telluride, Colorado 3. Islamabad, Pakistan 4. Xinjiang China
Four people who email me regularly: 1. Mom 2. Erica 3. Pat 4. Tozer Daily Devotional
Four of my favorite foods: 1. ANYTHING WITH CHEESE 2. Mom’s roast 3. Potatoes – any form 4. Chicken pot pie with biscuits – all homemade
Four places I would rather be right now: 1. a swimming pool 2. having lunch with friends at a yummy U.S. restaurant 3. playing with my girls in OUR OWN house 4. on a date with my hubby in Villahermosa
Four things I look forward to this year: 1. birth of Baby #3 2. Christmas in the U.S. with family! 3. losing major weight after I have the baby 4. seeing the next step God has for our family in this journey we’re on
Four t.v. shows I love to watch: HA! OK. FOUR SHOWS I LOVE TO WATCH WHEN I’M IN THE STATES - 1. Everybody Loves Raymond reruns 2. Good Eats (Food Network) 3. Project Runway 4. Devine Design
Four friends I tag to do this meme: 1. Mom 2. Kristen 3. Katy 4. Pat
abu daoud Said:
on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 am
good to see you blogging again!
Dawn Said:
on August 29, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Ha! Okay. First of all, it was a pretty indirect way for me to tag people.
So no worries. Only Jenny picked up on it before you did.
Second, I am having a MAJOR lapse of memory. Did you work at the same Albertson’s as me? Because for the life of me, I CANNOT REMEMBER THIS. What is wrong with me??? Did I convince you to take that job? Did I scar you for life? What havoc have I wrought???
Finally. I am so happy to find out all about your lovely third child! Did you ever tell us if you’re having daughter no. 3 or son no. 1?
Okay, now, finally for real: Nice new blog! I too get bored, oh so bored, of things too easily and am always changing things up. I think it’s because stuff like blogs and templates can’t contain our ever-growing creativity and intelligence.
Love ya!
hayrod Said:
on August 30, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Dawn, thank you for your encouraging words, and thanks also for the WORST job I ever had!!! HA! Yes, I worked at the same Alberton’s you did (Thousand Oaks, right?). I needed a part-time job when I moved in with Erica and Belinda my last semester of college, and I applied there where you worked. YOU seemed to always enjoy the job, so I thought, “It can’t be too bad. Let’s give it a try” You worked a different shift than me, but every once in a while we worked the booth together. What was our boss’s name? Robert? He was a punk. When we graduated I transferred to the Albertson’s in the Valley. It had just opened in Brownsville. They loved me, but I hated that job – hated the apron, hated the lottery machine, hated the same khaki uniform w/black shoes EVERY DAY (how I longed for Sundays when I could dress up for church), and hated dealing with angry, snotty people. I swear, I regularly wanted to pick up the lotto machine and hurl it against the wall smashing it into a million pieces (hear villainous laugh here)! I’m not sure what God was trying to teach me through that experience; but at the very least it made me REALLY ready to teach high school ESL!
I loved teaching: I never even thought about quitting or what other job I’d like to have until we felt the call to come down here to Mexico. I know I’d like to teach again when we get back. But at least I know that restaurant work and retail-type work is NOT for me. 
That was a pretty long rant about Albertson’s. Sorry to unload 10 years worth of pent-up angst in this way, but *whew!* it felt good. And no, I don´t blame you in any way for my experiences there; it just wasn’t a good fit for me and I needed to find that out. Made excellent material for stories to tell my kids one day, though! hugs.
Dawn Said:
on August 30, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Wow, I feel really stupid for forgetting that you worked at Albertsons too.
Mommy brain!!!!! Sorry I probably hyped it up so much. It’s the same feeling I have when people tell me they didn’t like the movie I liked so much. Like, wow, am I dumb for liking it then? Then I shrug it off and decide that IT’S NOT WORTH WORRYING ABOUT. 
Must tell myself that more often. Robert, yes, a punk, but I had a soft spot for him. Lots of lost people in that place. And he always supported me when I needed him to. I still keep in touch with a few other Alb. employees, can you believe that?
Your ire towards that job reminds me of my ire towards most of my OTHER jobs. Ha! I can’t wait to tell my kids all about how waiting tables is the worst thing known to man.
amelia Said:
on October 12, 2008 at 12:11 am
Yay for baby #3!!! When are you due?