Baking allllllll the time

So my mom and aunt have their own baking business and my nana and I have been cooking and helping out. Well ladies and gentleman I have to say this on the side job of baking is the one thing that pretty much keeps me occupied most of the time while army man is away. Did I mention he is coming home on the 19th!!!?
Yes, it is incredibly exciting however, as the countdown has began the constant thought of spending time with him has ceased to leave my mind for even a second. The flood of memories come pouring in, imagine the hoover dam mixed with niagra falls kind of rush of happy memories people... HUGE ALL THE TIME! Anyways so I've been doing pretty much anything I can think of to get rid of this haha, drawing, running, I have like 30 hours at work this week which is awesome considering I now get to have disposable income when he comes home and of course.... wrapping Christmas presents. Yeah, be proud America, this girl is done with all shopping and wrapping of superficial items we give each other to show the "Christmas Spirit".
As the fire crackles beside me on this early morning of December 7th I cant help but wonder if my handsome boyfriend will still love me when he comes home. I mean for all he knows I've been depressively eating nonstop and weigh 300+ pounds. Will he love me for me? I have gotten 6 letters now and thats always reassuring, if only they could require the "rats" to send one everyday haha. I've so far written letters 6 times a week and it's not as hard as I thought it was. Haha I mean I write about what I do everyday, which to me sounds incredibly boring, but hopefully he can read and visualize as a tv sitcom, considering all the ridiculously awkward situations I get into haha. Anyways thats all for now, my co-baker/mom is back with the flour and we have quite the list of toothsome treats to make including but not limited to: sugar cookies, gingerbread snowflakes, our secret family studel recipie that dates back to dutch royalty, and the new thing we are experimenting with: yellow cupcakes filled with buttercream icing, topped with a chocolate ganache. YUM. I'm pretty excited. Then to work to "bring home the bacon". How is it that all the good figure of speeches have to do with food?

Thanksgiving Day and 6 Months

The smell of a baking turkey is wandering into my room as I sit here and type this. SIKE! This year the family is headed to Stratford Hall, which for all of you history lovers is the General Lee's House. Yep I think its safe to say we are a rather southern family, considering Robert E. Lee (for those of you who don't know) was the General-in-Chief of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

I can only imagine the feelings my family has as they walk around the ground and are seated where the famous general once sat. Why do I have to imagine you ask? Well... I get the honor of working this Thanksgiving, from 5 to close at my designated retail store. Its not all bad, seeing as I don't have to eat highly fattening food and get paid time and a half to be there but I am pretty bummed I don't get to experience this historical setting. It wouldn't really be Thanksgiving anyways without Cj here, but yet again as I force myself to lean to the optimistic side I remember that our Christmas dinner usually consists of the same glutenous menu. YES, AN OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN WEIGHT WITH THE REST OF AMERICA. The excitement is hard to control ladies and gentleman.

Twas the day before Thanksgiving...

Ah the day before Thanksgiving, you can almost feel the stress of the frantic housewives going over and over their grocery lists, sending tired husbands and sons to Kroger or Food Lion as soon as they realize they are missing that single-dire important item. Luckily in the Boroughs household there will be no such hassle or stress, as we for once are going out to eat?? I was mortified at the thought and yet the controversial issue is now obsolete since I will be spending the day working! woohoooo how exciting, my pulse quickens at the thought of grouchy old women and relentless mothers shopping for the all important present that will surely ruin my "happy holdiay mood". Oh i can't wait. however time and a half is nothing to whine about so I will end that rant right there.

In other news tomorrow is signifies the date of my 6 month anniversary. yep. take it in. crazy right? I mean it might not seem like a long time to the readers, or really to the girlfriend but six months always has some significance to it i guess? who knows. I think I'm gonna try and figure that out...

Thanksgiving Break!

As of 10:00am today I am on Thanksgiving Break wahooo!!! While this is an incredibly exciting, and long anticipated break it's also going to be incredibly boring. I've kind of been using school and homework as a way to occupy my time, which has been WONDERFUL since it is necessary anyways so now the inevitable happens... I have to get creative... so far I have stooped to the an all time low of washing my brother's laundry. Did I mention that it's only 10 o'clock... IN THE MORNING. So yeah it's going to be a longish break, I have to say I'm looking forward to working on Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Saturday because at least then I will have something to do. My goal is to reconnect/ hang out with some friends over break and begin studying for finals, and maybe clean the entire house... organize the attic, garage? get my oil changed, find a cure for cancer and maybe even become a published author. Any other suggestions?

Two Weeks

So it's been one week since my last post and a lot has happened. Beginning with work, I found out that I have to work on Thanksgiving AND Black Friday soo I'm somewhat not excited at all. Then I had an eye doctor appointment which is incredibly exciting as we all know. So yeah it was a pretty boring week in all and then the unthinkable happened... I got a phone call from my solider! I hadn't heard from him in two whole weeks and it was driving me insane and while I was helping my mom with her baking business my phone started playing his effervescent ring tone. As my mom says my face "lit up" with joy as I took the call. So I got an early Christmas present... the date he is coming home !! I am beyond excited and filled with this happy, strange sort of anticipation which I know will help pass these next couple weeks quickly.

One Week...

So tomorrow (Tuesday November 16, 2010) marks the one week length of time CJ has been gone, and I've got to tell you it has been the longest week of my life. I know technically it's just like anyother week but it has dragged on and on and on and on... you get the picture. The worst part is that I have been staying busy during the day and everything is great, however once that 1 or 2 hours before I fall asleep hits I'm in RELATIONSHIP MEMORY LAND which is usually considered a wonderful, glorious place filled with kisses and rainbows and cuddling and going to concerts, however traveling there without the other member of the relationship is hell. Luckily, I know for a fact that this week will be better because (drum roll please) I WILL GET MY FIRST LETTER all the way from Missouri! The theme of this past week has been mostly about the army "rats" ( is that right? is rats the term used in army? I know my good friend who went to Benedictine High School and is currently at VMI said rats were the first years so thats what I'm sticking with) getting issued their equiptment and a whole lot of sitting around but as of this morning at I think 5:30 a.m. my boyfriend is probably running his ass off, and doing an unimaginable amount of push ups and sit ups. I feel awful considering I slept in today until 10 and the worst I've been put through is studying for my spanish test tomorrow. At three I'll have to endear the treacheries of  Painting class and I just don't know how I'll get through the intense movie viewing of  The Kite Runner. I may not survive so I hope the readers of this post will remember me well. It's going to be the greatest struggle of my life.

* The readers of this post should know I am incredibly sarcastic, which is enjoyed by most. While I can't please everyone those of you who are turned away and scoff at this "southern belle" with such a great sense of sarcasm I apologize.