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It's been a rough week... so here are 50 things about me you may or may not know or care about.

1. My favorite food is chocolate. Almost all kinds of chocolate all the time. White chocolate, however, is crappy. I despise white chocolate.
2. For the first time in my life - I make my bed. Most of the time. 6 out of 7 days on average. Because I want to, not because I have to. It's wierd really.
3. I have had tension headaches for nearly every day of the past 4 weeks. This could have something to do with the fact that I don't necessarily love my job.
4. I love when we have fun weekends... it makes it that much easier to be productive!
5. As of recently, I have been to 5 funerals in 2 years and lost one other person I was very close to. It sucks.
6. I go through spurts of health where I'll eat lots of fruit and veggies and not a lot of calories. I'll drink lots of water and work out.... I never really feel any better during those times than when I'm eating junk food and being lazy...
7. I love dogs... but only medium sized ones - ok all fo them, but the only ones I want are the medium sized ones. Every time I go to the dog park I want to take all of them home. But I've also decided that I can never have more dogs than I have hands because I need to be able to hang on to them from time to time.
8. I hate bills. I know we all do, but I really hate them.
9. I love laundry... not all of it, just putting it into the washer and dryer... I have no idea why I do, but I do... I do not enjoy folding or putting it away however.
10. It totally deflates my sails when I'm micro-managed. When I'm asked to do something, I do it. I actually almost cried today because of it.
11. I hate onion texture.
12. I don't mind onion flavor.
13. I cook with onions sometimes, but I pick them out before I eat it.
14. I used to swallow onions whole because I had to eat everything on my plate. I attribute my ability to swallow big pills and lots of them to this.
15. I adore the little sticky post-it note flags. They gave me some at work, and I love when I have the opportunity to use them.
16. I enjoyed cleaning the smarm off the mirrors and mopping floors and scrubbing toilets at the dance studio more than I enjoy my current job.
17. I love the way my dog (Jilly Beans) hugs me when she's longing for more attention.
18. I love the way my dog (Ody B) jumps in and sits on Jilly Beans when he's longing for attention.
19. I love remembering good times. If I'm in a bad mood, I'll sit and think about fun stuff that's happened to me... it's swell.
20. Standard transmissions rock my world... I love them so much. There's something about having that control that makes me happy.
21. I just bought my first ever shiny new car. It has a standard transmission.
22. I waste more paper at my current job... than any job I've ever had. I hate being wasteful. Hate.
23. I loved my job in Casper at the Chamber. I just didn't love Casper
24. I love Fort Collins... I just don't love my job.
25. I moved to Fort Collins to be with the boy... As fate would have it... the boy has been working in Casper more than in Fort Collins.
26. I was offered a job in Casper the other day. The pay would be good. And it's where my boy works... but no. I'm staying here.
27. I've found that drinking half a gallon of juice a day reduces my hunger a lot. I think I'll continue.
28. I realized that I'm pretty lonely in Ft. Collins. I like the city a lot and I absolutely love living with Nick, but I don't have a big friend base.
29. If I'd stayed in Casper the situation would be the same. My good friend who lived there just moved to Virginia for school and to be with her dad. So at least this way, I get the boy most of the week.
30. I may not have a lot of really good friends and now none of them live near me, but the friends I do have, are the greatest.
31. Often, I feel like an underacheiver. I haven't really acomplished much with my life, but then again... what is life all about?
32. Nick and I have the most gorgeous sunrises and sunsets in our bedroom... all taken by the two of us. They make me smile.
33. We watched a lot of movies this weekend. A lot a lot. I actually probably slept through them all really.
34. I've been having migraines like nobody's business.
35. I scored over 200 at Scrabble the other day. It was awesome. Not even cheating... all words were real and in English. I never win or even earn more than 100 at Scrabble. It was awesome.
36. I've recently started drinking mimosas with cranberry juice and red champagne... We've heard a couple of different names for them, but damn they are fan freaking tastic!
37. You should, however, not mix the above stated drink with Frappuccinos and chili. Talk about the most painful burning tummy ache ever!
38. I love snuggling. Love it. Since Nick's out of town a lot, the doggies get to snuggle me on the couch during tv-time. But they have to be invited first.
39. I've learned so much about myself in the past couple years. I hope I continue to learn this much on a daily basis. I like knowing that I've grown. I no longer jump to immediate conclusions and I've learned to breathe. Somtimes I still lose my mind a little, but not that bad considering.
40. The other night I was trumped by South Park. Damn you Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Don't you realize that I don't see my boyfriend very often, and your stupid show doesn't help matters.
41. I'm not very impressed by Grey's Anatomy this year. So far it isn't living up to any of the standards I've set for it.
42. I've hit some snags with some seemingly close friends recently... by recently, I mean in the past couple years. One thing I've realized is that while I know I'm better off without them directly in my life, I still want them to thrive and to be happy. I think that makes me human.
43. I'm very much so in love with Nick, and he is with me also. There is no doubt. That's nice. I really, really, really love it. Really.
44. I finally sold the neon! Woo Hoo! Everyone shout for joy for me. I'm officially not a used car salesman anymore.
45. I sold it for less than I wanted, but that's ok because it's not mine anymore.
46. I'm not the only one in the house who vacuums. I'm mostly the only one who vacuums, but not the only.
47. I get to go to a Black Tie Optional event in November. I'm super excited, because how often do people like me get to dress that formally!?
48. The event is for an awards banquet where my company stands an excellent chance of winning the award... I helped with the submittal, so that makes me that much more excited!
49. I enjoy how quiet the house is without people in it all week, but I don't enjoy the loneliness. Irony.
50. My insurance deductible is $3000. Do you know how hard that is to meet? This is why I will not be having an MRI done on either my head or my back. I cannot afford to pay for it in its entirity. How sad is it that I have insurance and still can't afford to have my back or my migraines taken care of?!