Today is hot dog day at work!

Wanderlust.

If I didn't already have it... I have it now.

CHECK this out!

so cool.

Chris introduced me to some amazing Korean food. Here's what happened:

ps. I love Kim Chi.
pps. Chris (ordering everything in Korean) = hot.

Philadelphia, Corbett style

I'm home and cannot *really* settle down for another week as the fun continues. Philadelphia was SO fun and Pete, Kate, Heidi and Jesse's cute faces made it perfection. And Pebble... can't forget the doggie.

I think you can only see this link if we're Facebook friends, but here you go. (good motivation to be my friend in all possible venues, right?!)

Mom and dad will soon grace Nashville with their fun and hilarity. I can hardly wait!

I will be sane, rested and back in the daily blogging game soon. Just hold out for another week, friends. Together, we can do this. ;)

kisses,
k

TTFN

I'm off to see Heidi, Jesse, Pete and Kate in about 3 hours!

It is my annual Corbett adventure to Philadelphia and I am so looking forward to it! Its about to be a whirlwind, though- the time always flies by too fast. I am hoping to soak it all in!

Mom and Dad arrive Tuesday and I only have finishing touches to make on the house at this point. What a difference a week makes, huh?!

I will post pix- don't you worry. Gotta go dust off my wings pin.

Ta Ta for Now.

how it feels in my room right now...

I DID IT!

I MOVED!


You just WAIT til you see the "before" and "after" shots, y'all.

I would like to publicly thank (and pour out adoration to) Gregory, Nathan, Brett, Paul and Gray for their tireless efforts on my behalf. Were it not for their quick thinking, sharp packing skills and pizza eating abilities... this girl would be up a creek. We did it!

Now... time to relax... by working.

OVERwhelm.

Here's the thing...

When I have too many things on the to-do list and not enough hours in the day (provided I actually sleep), I go into "brown out" mode. I do only what is necessary and, unfortch, that means I haven't been here as often as usual.

I will break my silence to let you know that I self-soothed by exchanging my so-awesome-but-too-ambitious heels from Zappos for some OH-HOLY-NIGHT-these-are-too-cute wedges. You should know that I never buy shoes. I'm always happy to wear my cowboy boots. That's why purchasing shoes in January got a freaking blog post. That said, Amber is a stylist (and just plain old cool) and she sniffed them out... so OBV, i pounced on em. They get to me Monday because Zappos thinks I am VIP (for no reason) and, well, that takes the edge off of a crazy Friday, ok? Just look how adorable:

Before Monday, I must pack, move, clean, (maybe) sleep, attend a wedding, dance the night away at said wedding, (come to think of it, find a boy to do said dancing at said wedding), nest at new place and reward dear friends helping me move by feeding them Jet's Pizza and cold beers.

Can I do it? Of course I can.

Is that confidence or the iced mocha I started the day with? Doesn't much matter at this point.

hi!

hi friends!

I am here and quite tired, so I'll tell you of some things I have done recently and then we'll get to the nitty gritty later this week. So, things that have happened recently include (but are not limited to):

- Driving, driving and more driving
- A simply lovely wedding weekend enjoyed in my beloved Lowcountry
- The acquiring of keys to new dwelling
- The moving in of a TV so that now SOMETHING of mine is there and its official.
- snuggle time with my dearest twin.
- not a hair cut. (i know!)
- a day of allergy testing/education
- the discovery of TONS of tree allergies and the realization that my body's biggest enemy *may* be a dust mite.
- countless gut laughs with Chelsea and Chris
- Chelsea performing alto sax. "performing" is more like it.
- Chris rocking the piano. Woo-ing is more like it.
- A blueberry milkshake....?
- Driving back to town the MINUTE the Patty Griffin show started at the Ryman.
- joy.

Specifics later-  this girl has got to sleep.
xo

Is it possible to have all three?

...cuz my body is trying.

oh, chiro, I love you.

I heart my chiropractic clinic.

They are awesome! I say "they" because Dr. B is great at all the cracking and adjusting but SO are the staff of folks at the back of the place who give this girl a rub-down when the shoulders and neck try their best to make me a wrinkled mess.

I started the day right with an adjustment and, then, the strangest thing she's ever done to me. She pulled as hard as she could on my ears... one at a time.

Keep in mind that I have been going NUTSO by popping my ears.

NOT ANY MORE!!!!!

Hallelu! My ears just needed a good tug, I guess...? So weird.

Ear candles on Thursday. Stay tuned. :)

I am my father's daughter.

as if more evidence were needed, I would like to state for the record that I have three things in my (part of the) refrigerator:

1. Olives
2. Banana Peppers
3. Egg whites

While that could sustain Cam for a week, its time for this girl to hit up the grocery.

True Confessions: Saturday edition

I am rarely a writer on Saturdays. I tend to get caught up in activities... but today is different.

I am holed up in my room. That's right. I'm 30 and I am hiding in my room to avoid interaction with Alice.

Who is Alice? How much time do you have?

Let me start with some background to our house. I live (for only 3 weeks more) in a gorgeous neighborhood in a prime location. The problem is that the house itself seems to be expelling us. It is all but falling down around us while we watch. As if that weren't bad enough, there is mold and the worst carpet you have ever seen. (*sidenote: when Chancey's mom paid to have it cleaned, the Stanley Steamer guy said, "this carpet will be like your favorite t-shirt... ugly as sin but technically clean." He was right.*)

The reason that our house is such a piece is because our home owner is in her 90's. Who could possibly be expected to maintain a property at that age? Continence is probably all her schedule can hold and that is questionable, ok? So, she hired a woman to manage it for her. That woman happens to also live in her home and care for her when needed.

Enter Alice. Alice is a woman in her 40's who could pass for a woman in her 60's. Homegirl has done a lot of living. She's a trooper and an incredibly hard worker and it takes approximately 12 seconds to see that she has never put herself first. There are a million notable things about her, but specifically, Alice has the most unique voice you have ever heard. All I am saying is that her voice makes people from the most remote part of East Tennessee sound like Rhodes Scholars.

I distinctly remember the day I walked in our home, after a long day of work, to Alice standing 3 inches from the TV screen. Maybe 2 and half. What happened next has become a staple any time I decide it is the right time to wow a crowd with my impersonations. She rambled for a solid three minutes about how horrified she was by the untimely death of Anna Nicole Smith. (who wasn't?) The wonder of it all was that she never (a) came up for breath or (b) repeated a single word twice. I caught, "I don't never wanna live in a world where a girl caint just raise her baby in peace, I swear, that girl had to lose weight takin some drug and I bet that's what did her in".

So, Alice has been known to sneak attack and just stop by the house unannounced. It is usually because, God love her, she is quick to respond to anything that needs fixing in the house. In fact, her visits are part of how we welcome the newest roommate. We make them answer the door. Its that good.

Today, Alice is here to work on the yard. Her unwilling son has been roped into this manual labor and I'm not going to be next. As I hide in my room, I can hear her screeching orders to her pre-teen child who looks like he would rather be playing World of Warcraft. It has me wanting to clean my room, honestly.

So, today, as I would rather be stretched out on the couch just because, I will be busy at work in my room, making no discernible noise, trying not to be discovered. Shhhhh.

back in action!

yesterday (and by that, I mean the last 24 hours) were LONG.

Long and brutal.

I had an unrelenting stomach bug and it was not pretty. True to the promises "they" make, I had it only 24 hours! Hallelujah!

I would like to thank the following people for my renewed gusto:

- Anna McCoy for her quick thinking and Gatorade purchasing. It saved me from hours of prolonged dehydration and provided my sustenance for the day. She also checked on me all day/night and was the perfect nurse.

- Pedialyte for their production of a beverage that walks the fine line between sweet and salty- Grape delight full of replenishing goodness.

- My fan and sound machine that did their best to drown out the blaring mariachi music (insisting its way into my room) from the workmen next door.

- Cottonelle. For obvious reasons.

- the show "Glee" that kept me entertained through pained eyes on Tuesday night.

- My co-workers for insisting I stay put in my bed.

- My dad. For having had the exact same bug a few weeks ago and telling me it would end- bestowing hope.

Annnnnnnnnnnnd, scene.

Re-cap.

you know me.

Sometimes there's just so much ground to cover that only a bulleted list will do. :)

- Chelsea turned 25
- We celebrated by shooting guns at a place called "Gun City"
- I hated it.
- C and I went to Kentucky to play on a lake with Erica all day yesterday- so fun!!
- As I was dropping off Chelsea, my car overheated at the airport. Way to start my Tuesday.
- THE nicest tow truck driver EV brought my ride to a place where the fixed it same day.
- I signed my lease today and will move after the 15th!
- It is a short week but already feels long.
- I have been obsessively popping my ears... have I lost it?? This lunacy is not recommended for someone with TMJ.

SO, there you have it. I'm a hot mess, y'all.