AI in MS

So I flew down to Mississippi today for work and will be here until Saturday. I'm actually staying with a co-worker who is a good friend of mine. We've been out of the country together a couple of times and in those situations you usually end up loving or hating the person. Lucky for me it's not the latter! ha!

Anyway, we went to the gym tonight so I could rack up some more steps. Oh, and get some exercise. :) Anyway, we ran back by the house after a worship service at church before going to the gym to pick up some extra head phones b/c according to rumor, this gym had tvs attached to each treadmill, stairmaster, eliptical machine and bike. I was thinking, ok, this will be good b/c I'm used to watching tv while I run/work out after work. Well, it's Wednesday people, and I'm going to admit something... I'm an American Idol junkie. I know, some of you who know me find this very hard to believe, but it's true. So, you can imagine my elation when we get to the gym, I find that the rumor about the tvs IS true and then I realize what time it is when I see someone already watching AI! WOOHOO! Struck gold on this one, I did.

Let's just say that a few wonderful voices and a few snarky comments from the lovely Simon Cowell helped me get through the 49 minutes on the treadmill today. Thanks, AI! hahahaha!

Weekend in DC

First of all... it snowed today!! I know, you're jealous. People were slipping and sliding all over the roads and I saw more firetrucks and ambulances and heard more sirens today than I have in a long time. Scary. Anyway, I enjoyed the snow :) especially since I wasn't driving in it.

This is my grandparent's house. My great-grandfather bought this 1929 house in 1934 for $4,000! I'll let you imagine how much it's worth now...!

View from my mom's apartment balcony. Yay snow!

This morning at church my mom was ordained as a deacon. She is such a servant and loves people, so this is a perfect way for her to live out her faith. I'm so proud of her!

She sings in the choir... hence the robe :)

Today was my cousin Karlyn's 2nd birthday, so we celebrated with cake and ice cream and Tinker Bell. Check her out...

Finally, I got to see my other baby cousin, Alejandro. You know, it really stinks that the kids in my family aren't cute... ;)

One step at a time...

Apparently each day we are supposed to take 10,000 steps. Yes, you read that right, 10,000 steps. Well, I've been wearing a pedometer for a few days and yesterday evening after I got home from church I had gone 8,400+ steps. Well, it was about 9:30pm but good night, I was almost there!! So, I did what any normal person would do. I started running in place in front of the tv, I ran up and down the stairs as many times as I could, I walked the peremeter of every single room in the house (and all of this was after I had run a mile and a half and walked another mile while working out in the afternoon!).

My calves were screaming in agony and my heart was pounding. I went upstairs to get ready for bed and before brushing my teeth, I looked down at my pedometer... 9,668 steps. Dang it! So, I paced while I brushed my teeth and ended up having to go downstairs again for something. I came back up expecting to have to run in place for another few minutes but when I looked down, it read 10,049 steps! WOOHOO!! That was about 4.6 miles that I walked yesterday and close to 500 calories burned.

I don't know that I can do it every day, but man, I definitely got a work out!! lol!

Extras! Extras!

The things I have done on my "List of Things to do Before I Die..."

• Go Skydiving (check)
• Fly in first class/business class (check, check)
• Live overseas (check)
• Visit each continent, excluding Antarctica (i've been to 3 of the 6!)
• Be in a movie (the first step has been taken!)

Yep, I went and applied to be an extra in a movie last night. They will be filming Leatherheads toward the end of next month and have had 2 of their 3 casting calls here in Greenville, SC. Who knew that George Clooney would ever come to the place that I live! I know, it just took him a little while to find me. haha!

The movie is a football romantic comedy set in the 1920s and the first casting call they had was for Caucasian males, between the ages of 20 - 35 years, about 5'9 to 6'1 tall and weighing 160 lbs to 250 lbs. Obviously I do not fit that description... at all! Well, I am between 20 and 35 years old, but that's about it. ha! I was a little disappointed that I couldn't go but my friend Mac went though, (read his story) so maybe he will be cast in the movie!

Well, I was really excited when I heard they were having another casting call for any and everyone! Yep, I fit that description alright! So, I found a picture to take with me and drove to the Palmetto Expo Center after work yesterday. I was afraid that the line would be wound around the building, but when I got there, there wasn't even half of the crowd I was expecting. "Oh no! Did I miss it?? Was I too late??" As I walked inside, I passed a girl who was leaving and asked her how long it took her. "About 30 minutes," she said. Sweet! So, I went inside and stood among many other hopefuls. There were moms with their kids, there were 20 something guys and girls, there were men, there were women, there were babies and even one guy in a wheelchair with his family. The whole thing was very low key but exciting nonetheless :)

So, I get to the front of the line in one of the larger rooms and am then directed to a table where I was to fill out a form with my information and then have one of the "stapler people" attach my photo to my form. It was a typical form wanting your contact info ("Be sure to write legibly so that we can contact you!"), height, weight, sizes, hair color, eye color and hobbies/interests/talents/jobs. Well, all was fine and dandy until I got to my waist size. How am I supposed to know that?? So, as any honest American and former student, I looked on the paper of the girl sitting next to me. haha! I then snuck a look at her waist and determined that she was a little smaller than me, so I added a few inches to my own description :) As I was filling out the hobbies/interests/talents/jobs section I heard her say something about cheerleading and dance. OH! I've done those!! So, I added them to my list. I don't think of it as cheating. I mean, can you really cheat on an application to be an extra?? I think not.

Anyway, who knows if I'll be the next Julia Roberts. Hey, a girl can dream, can't she? Before leaving, they people in charge said that some would hear soon or some may not hear from them for months. It would just depend on what they were filming when and what type and how many people they needed. Keep up with the project on the The Clooney Project website.

So, just be sure that I will probably be walking around with a sharpie in my bag ready to sign autographs at a moment's notice. I have to be prepared, right? ;)