strike two.

well, belgium. we meet again.

the day after i ranted about not getting a letter from belgium,
i finally got my letter.

lots of joy, yes?

well, then i opened my letter and found this inside. 

anne, what are you holding?
oh, let me zoom in further.

your eyes do not deceive you, folks.
that is indeed a disembodied spider-man figurine.
it was supposed to be a little action figure guy that stands on that little black stand.
BUT, it turned out to be:
an arm, a torso and a head, a leg and a stand.

dear belgium:
how did you get into my letter?
why would you break spider-man??
WHERE ARE HIS OTHER PARTS???
my obese mail-bringing walrus also turned out to be a thief.
strike two, belgium.


recent awesomeness:
-not getting a callback for the job i interviewed for, but that turning out to be a blessing in disguise because their manager was a little scary, and they would have forced me to work at least one sunday a month.

-jamming in the car with my dad to john mayor.

-having crazy blizzard conditions and getting let out from church an hour early.

-a little boy said the prayer today in class and the only word i could make out was "regret". the tough life of a three year-old.

walruses and airplanes.

picture an obese walrus.
now picture said walrus trying to travel up a giant hill.
now add that the hill is covered in tar.
i am pretty sure that the above mentioned walrus is carrying my letters to and from belgium, on account of that is how slow letters are getting to me.
i'm pretty ticked at that walrus.
(and belgium, for hiring such an unqualified walrus to carry my letters.)
everyone thinks that belgium is so great because they make waffles,
and although i will always make a case for waffles (they are delicious),
i'd still like to kick belgium in the kneecaps right about now.

464 days.
anne, why is dallin holding a five? i don't understand?
yeah, me either. join the club. maybe he is at an auction to buy a faster walrus? cross your fingers.


you know what is faster than walruses?
AIRPLANES.
and i will be waiting for one to get into the denver airport on may 3.

people. that is in 72 days.
i'm mildy freaking out.
72 DAYS.

random happenings:

-a little boy said to me yesterday, "my mom's birthday is the same as mine. i don't know what day her birthday is though."

-it is snowing rather hard outside right now. i was dreading scraping my car when i got off work but when i went outside i saw one of my co-workers scraping my car for me, even though he had to meet his girlfriend for dinner soon. there are still good people left in the world. thanks, c-swizzle!

-at church on sunday we were talking about our bodies and the things we are grateful for about our bodies. one of the leaders said to the kids "we sure are grateful for our bodies, huh?". one of the little boys in my class yelled back, "yeah! and for our butts!"

-out of the blue i got a call from a company that i had submitted an application to back in january. they asked if i could come in and interview to work a couple mornings a week. (i have an interview friday!) the best part? i would be working for dsw (designer shoe wear house). making extra money and getting a discount on shoes? yes please.

-a little girl at work yesterday asked me to come over to table to help her with something. when i got there i asked what she needed help with but instead of telling me what she needed she just started telling me a story. it went like this: "so on wonder pets yesterday the duck said to the guinea pig 'can we ride the roller coaster?' and the guinea pig said back 'heck yeah!' (at which point this little girl started laughing uncontrollably.) it was the funniest thing ever!!!!!!" this little girl didn't stop laughing for another good five minutes.

-i had the day off of work on monday, along with my mom. i got to spend the whole day shopping and talking with her. i seriously have the best mommy in the whole world, and i sure am grateful for her.

lately.

i know that everyone out there is saying
"anne. i need to know what is going on in your life. please tell me."
you gotta give the people what they want right?
so here for your enjoyment are some random moments in my life as of late.
(just a side note, i recently got called to be the lead sunbeam teacher, so i spend sunday through friday with children. hence the tons of children moments.)

-at work today a little girl told me "my dog is named princess. princess the wonder beagle."

-we were about to read a book at work yesterday that was called "diary of a worm" (which i highly recommend!) when the teacher asked if someone could explain what a diary is. a little girl eagerly shot her arm up, and then told even in explicit detail what diarrhea was. i seriously cannot remember the last time i laughed that hard.

-the other day i yelled "goodbye mr. andrew!" to a little boy. He yelled back "bye spider-girl!"
life. made. 

(can you tell i love my job?)

-i just got a whole bunch of cute new clothes, but on account of i never go anywhere except work i look exceptionally classy every saturday when i go to lunch with my parents.

-my friend jayna and i were entertaining our sunbeams with flowers that opened and closed with the touch of a button. while playing with my flower a little girl said "this flower is the color of pee! yellow!" kids are very observant these days.

-i have become weirdly obsessed with breakfast casserole.

-and this song. don't judge me. it is so darn catchy.

-i wear footie pajamas more than the average 2-month old.

-i always ask the people in the baby room at work if they want a break. it makes me look like a super nice person, but really it is just so i can cuddle with a baby for 10 minutes. oops.

-today at work i had a parent ask me where i got my winter jacket. i had to shamefully say that i got it from the children's section... this is my life.

-a new guy started at work this week. he guessed i was 21 and 5'4. i don't know whether he is blind or just nice, but i will take it.

-i really didn't want to do my homework for my child development class... until i saw that the chapter was on babies. i then studied it thoroughly.

-at work a couple days ago a little boy pushed a little girl down. i told him "you need to say you're sorry to her for pushing her down!" he looked her straight in the eyes and said "YOU'RE sorry."

i'd say i am one lucky fool to have the life i have right now.