rambles

i'm sitting at my computer melting. falling into the keyboard. i am WAY behind on my calls this month, and have been working for 3 hours already tonight. yowza. this happens every.single.month. but it's not always my fault! for real. for those who don't know, i have a part time job scoring customer service calls. our company provides quality assurance for other companies... so i listen to employees and make sure they're saying and doing what they're supposed to be... anyway, this job has been a tremendous blessing to our family and is absolutely perfect for a stay at home mom. it's totally make your own schedule... which is why at the end of every month i am behind. last week, the system went down and since then, it's been slooooooooooower than molasses. every call takes 12 years to load. this is a big problem for this job. being able to work fast is extremely important. part of my work is scoring direct tv calls and last week they gave all of us this HUGE assignment putting our other work behind + extremely slow system = melting meredith into putty or glue or slush or chocolate milk right here on my computer. i've had to motivate myself with sweet tea and doritos. i'm so healthy.

ANYWAY, thank you for listening to all that. i feel better already. must keep listening to these people talk about HD, DVR, and 2 year contracts. some people get so mad they make them sign a 2 year contract. 

but let's forget about august for a second.... BECAUSE SEPTEMBER IS GONNA RULE!

here's why... in chronological order:

1. PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES WILL BE BACK! liz, can i get a holla! me and my sis, liz, call or text each other about our first PSL of the season, and any that we drink, really. we heart PSL. katie does too. but she gets decaf, soy ones. she's weird. 

2. my friend becca's BIRTHDAY! is the 9th! sadly, i will be miles and miles away, but i love becca's birthday! we would so go out to panera for lunch, no kids of course, do some shopping, and then a nice meal with our hubsies. 

3. JAKE's 25th BIRTHDAY! heeeeey booooooy! LOVE his birthday, too! quarter of a century. we're gonna have a good one, i'm sure. 

4. MOM AND STEVE are COMING! to CHARLOTTE!!! what what! i think it's the 21st-25th! we are all SO excited about this! endless fun will be had, i am sure! 

5. my birthday is this month, too! it's the month of bdays!!!!!! 

6. our niece juliana's BDAY is the day after mine! YAY for first birthday CAKE! 

well, i am certain there are more!  i am also sure this post wins some kind of record for exclamation points and capital letters. thanks for following this weird post. it started as a bit of a downer, but now that i am thinking of how great september will be, i can make it through this last bit of august. and i'm a bit sad to see summer go. I KNOW. who am i? but it's been a nice summer. 

i mentioned last week how we were going to go to a church volunteer event, well we went. it was at an open house for a local elementary school that has a LOT of needs. ridge church has kind of adopted it and does several big service events every year. we provided a carnival theme with free games, cotton candy, sno cones, and PIZZA. tons and tons of pizza. jake was at the pizza station making sure everyone got what they wanted, refilling boxes, etc. i hung out with the kids and talked to some of the families as i could. on sunday we were on our way to church and finley said, "i wanna go to pizza church". ha! sadly, there was no pizza at regular church. but i guess he kinda got the whole service/church thing a little bit? :)

how is it going with you? hoping you are well.

love to you.

mer

 check her out. she brings me finley's clothes all day long and loves wearing his undies over her clothes! and she is always bringing me shoes to put on her. she cracks us up.