I shuffled like I never shuffled before!

Well, I did it. I'm alive. And still in one piece. I ran my first Shamrock Shuffle 8K this past Sunday. My goal was to run it in an hour. I was hoping (really hoping) it wouldn't take longer than that. But to be honest, I was really worried. Buuuuut I ran it in 54 minutes and 30 seconds! I am very happy with my time and now when someone says, "Oh, you run?" I can proudly say, "Why yes, I do!" and not be lying this time. Ha.

To end this short short post, I will share some funny moments from babysitting:

"Who's that?" (pointing to the T.V.)

"That's Justin Beiber."

"Oh. He's a beaver?"

"Big Maura, what are you gonna be when you grow up?"

"Well...I'm kind of already grown up..."

"Oh. So you're gonna be a garbage man?"

Ooh the things 4 year olds say.

Hmph.

Listening to the radio this morning, I almost called in because I was so mad. The topic of conversation was unemployment, receiving unemployment and people taking advantage of unemployment they're receiving and not job searching.

For the man who called in, and anyone else who thinks the same as he does, for starters "there are plenty of jobs out there, people just aren't looking" is NOT true in all cases. Yes, there are some jobs out there, but so many people are applying that it is very difficult to actually get an interview.

"People are living off their unemployment and using it as an excuse not to job search." Well buddy, college graduates do not receive unemployment just for graduating. College grads who are job searching do not have any income at all. So no, that is also not true.

And lastly, "anyone can get a job if they look" is just not true in this economy. Please don't assume I am lazy, receiving unemployment, and planning on relying on tax payer dollars while I sit back, relax and coast through life.

I am an unemployed college graduate and cannot wait for my job searching to pay off so I can finally begin my career!

Okay, rant over.

What's your name?

So I've started babysitting. Some of the things kids say are just hilarious. One girl I'm babysitting has a baby sister named Maura. This confused the heck out of her until she made up a new name for me: Big Maura.

"Big Maura! What's your favorite color?!" and so on. As if one new name wasn't enough, out of the blue she told me that I'm Mickey Mouse and she's Minnie Mouse.

"Mickey Mouse! What school do you go to?"

I was helping out at her friend's ice skating party, so I'm sure people were intrigued by this Big Maura/Mickey Mouse person.

And to top off this hilarious experience, one of the other parents thought I was the mom of two kids. Aaaah.

Cars BEWARE

It seems that I am bad luck for cars. Or the cars I drive are bad luck for me. I haven't quite figured out the logistics of it all, but the bottom line is that cars and me don't mix well.

-a car died on me completely an hour away from home

-a car decided to start leaking antifreeze everywhere an hour from home and then again while at home.

-i was pulling out of the garage and knocked off the side-view mirror the day we were supposed to give away the car to my cousin.

-nearly got stuck on the highway with a steering wheel that wouldn't turn and a screen inside blinking "Check battery."

I'm worried for whatever car I eventually buy on my own. I'm worried for its well-being, and if it will sense that I have not had good luck with cars in the past. Oh well at least I haven't had a severe car crash (knock on wood.)

And no, none of the cars I've driven has been a Toyota.