What do YOU mean by Possible?

So last wednesday (oh look it's been a week) i was leaving the super awesome (read crappy) warehouse where we practice for Derby. It's located in a lovely (read shit hole) neighborhood. So anyhow. I'm leaving... i drive by the usually vacated corner. On this corner is a dilapidated building behind a fence which also houses a vacant growing over parking lot. SO imagine my surprise when a bunch of giant men are standing around this fence looking into the vacant lot (at 10pm pitch black out)... and i hear angry barking/growling dogs.... SO i'm pretty certain this is a dog fight happening before my very eyes.

Clearly i'm no genius (i mean you have been reading long enough to grasp that) but it's 10pm at night... there is nothing behind that fence normally but a dilapidated building and it's tiny parking lot, SO WHY would these men be staring into said dilapidated building and it's tiny vacant parking lot? and WHY would there be angry barking/growling dog noises but no dogs in sight?

So 1st i call Lucky b/c i'm freaked out. She tells me to call the police. I agree. SO i call 911. This is what happens:

Dispatcher: Hello what is the emergency?
Me: I would like to report a possible dog fight happening, near (i say location).
D: What do YOU mean by POSSIBLE?
Me: Well you see there are bunch of men standing around a fence that leads to a vacant lot and there were angry dogs barking/growling. And i didn't get out of my car to investigate it further nor did i feel like i should. So i believe a dog fight is happening.
D: Ok (sounds a combination of pissed off and bored of the conversation) I'll send someone by to look.
Me: about to say ok thank you but i hear the CLICK of the Dispatcher having just hung up on me.

So i'm not well versed in the calling of 911 but this last year i have had to do so twice and both times I was in the Philadelphia area and both times the dispatcher acted like i was just another loony calling in my delusions b/c i forgot to take my meds for 3 days.

I get it... a dog fight doesn't out trump a human gun fight. But was i wrong for calling it in (comments welcome from you hourglass or anyone)? Should i have gotten out of my car and investigated it? (me vs 6-8 big giant men in the city at 10 pm)

I guess maybe next time i shouldn't use the word "possible."

Days 1-5 RUN

So i'll start by saying i took a pic a day so far of myself after running so i can prove maybe more to myself then anyone else that i'm trying to be accountable. Kat said in the comments how she hates running. And while i can surely understand b/c i didn't always use to be a fan of it myself. I have to tell you that the benefits far out way my hate. Along with helping my derby endurance and speed it also melts the love handles away... just saying! :O) so enjoy my sweat photos... or just look away.

Day 1
I ran 1 mile walked 1/2 a mile ran 1 mile then walked 1/2 a mile my time was 32 minutes! Better then i thought it would be for a total of 3 miles.

Day 2
I ran/walked a total of 3.1 miles ish... it was in the middle of the day so it was hot. i forgot to put sunblock on so that made me sad (LOL) and i was running/walking with a backpack on b/c i went to pick my car up at the shop. SO i don't know how much of it i ran and how much i walked and my time was terrible but o'well at least i did it. 42 minutes.

Day 3
I just straight up ran 2 miles and walked 1/4 of a mile time 24 minutes. It was still nice this point in the day meaning no rain & no wind.

Day 4
I ran 2 miles and walked 1/4 a mile same as day 3 except it was lightly raining and super windy BUT these events made the run cooler which was nice. My time was 22 minutes! 2 minutes better then the day before woohoo.

Day 5

I ran 2 miles today and walked about 1/4 of a mile just like yesterday. it took me 22 minutes just like yesterday. I surely thought i would me much slower today. Also side note... i'm really feeling it in my booty. LOL

Well i hope i can keep this mess up! Enjoy watching me try!

Home again home again jig jig jig

So. All the Michael family members that reside in my apartment are once again home (that would just be me & honey head). Boy has it been a crazy time away.

There was the dumb guy at the Philadelphia airport that i handed my boarding pass and DL to. He looked at them both... kept looking at them... looks up and says: "Your name is Michael?"
Me: "My LAST name yes, First name Topaz."
Him: "It says Michael on here (points to boarding pass)."
Me: "It also says Topaz."
Him: "It says Michael on here."
Me: "Ok."
He lets me through to the lovely security lines. I get that my name is a little confusing... BUT if every boarding pass is formatted the same... Last name 1st / first name... WHY WOULD MINE BE DIFFERENT!?!? FURTHER MORE my DL says TOPAZ A MICHAEL. It does NOT SAY MICHAEL A TOPAZ. UGH. Is it really that hard? Don't get me wrong i LOVE my name... i just hate other people. (LOL)

So while in NC there was a viewing, a funeral, sad times, happy sharing memories times, food, food, & more food, going to Asheville, seeing the Biltmore house, seeing Grandfather mountain, going to this place, this place, seeing lots of family, some friends, a few dogs, & THEN the long LONG drive home. BUT we survived and had some fun and will always remember Sally in our hearts. (Plus currently you can see her getting the mail on google maps if you put her home address in... crazy!)

I am still trying to get NTB of Willow Grove to make my car not stained and dirty... well mostly i am trying to get my money back from them b/c i hate them. I am also trying to get Mixbook.com which is a site i usually LOVE using and buying items from to just print my dang wedding album the right FREAKING WAY. 1st they sent me a book with all the photos cut off. SO SAD. so i wrote them sent pics... they had me move photos around and then re-printed and sent me a new book free. COOL. TO BAD new book still has cut off photos... and words (awesome). So i wrote them again... sent pics. The guy wrote me back laced with attitude and saying how usually they can't re-print but this time they will... and he sent me photos of where the photos should be and said how he could look over my edit and tell me if the photos are lined up right.

Well i wrote back TRYING to not be a bitch... but i was a little i think b/c A. WHY isn't this mythical magical RED LINE (he put in the photos to show me) anywhere in the actual editor you have people use to make their books? B. WHY do you show people in editor "here is all the awesome page space you have to place your photos!!!!!!" But really they don't have that space and shit is going to get cut off b/c your anuses. C. WHY THE FREAK didn't asshole #1 LOOK at my book to make sure the photos were lined up the 1st time i complained? Durrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and FINALLY D. OF COURSE YOU ARE GOING TO RE-PRINT IT UNTIL IT IS RIGHT FUCK YOU. (excuse my language!) BUT i was not that mean to him in my e-mail back. I did not cuss or anything like that (i cuss here... where it's sort of ok). But i did give a little tude back b/c it's just very disappointing. I usually LOVE the items i get from them and have never had this problem before. Annoying and sad.

Do i have anything happy fun yummy rainbow time to say (gee!) well yeah. My honey head is home. That is really happy fun yummy rainbow time! While he was away... he was staying at his Grandmother's / Bill's house (bill is his grandma's husband but NOT his grandfather but he might as well be...) so he was staying there. I arrive there on Tuesday... and in the room honey head was sleeping in I notice a photo of me... that he brought with him from home. Cute. It made me smile lots b/c he is just so cute. (you may now go puke.)

He did like the cleaner apartment but he says now i have to keep it that way. Dang! I am finally FINALLY returning to derby practice tonight! The long awaited return of me... LOL sure whatever. AND i have decided i am going to run everyday for 30 days in a row before my 30th birthday. (that would start tomorrow the running.) Not everyday is going to be hardcore or long BUT i will run at least 2 miles everyday for 30 days. I need to challenge myself somehow b/c my motivation is no where to be found. I even bought a shuffle to be like RUN! so now i must put that shuffle where my mouth is! LOL well i think you know what i mean.

and now i am done polluting your mind with drivel. Have a wonderful & wild Wednesday.

I'll make it fast

Update on things and such:

Dan's Grandma Sally is no longer with us living folks. She passed last night. From what i hear it was peaceful and pain free. Which if you are going i suppose is the best way to go. She really was a very kind & giving woman. I found a really cute note she wrote to Dan & I on one of our trips to the beach house. Now the question is would him seeing this note make him happy or sad... or both but in a good way? It was a really nice note and totally her, how she was. Well i have a little time to decide 14 hours or so... b/c i will be flying out tomorrow really REALLY early to NC. It should be a time. (and yes i meant to just put a time.)

My Grandmother seems to be doing well. She is 91 in a week... and still fighting anyone who will listen. She is in a nursing home.

Me... i have been cleaning around the apartment and purging like it's my job. which i guess it kind of is since i live there and what not. So maybe it will put a little smile on Honey Heads face upon his return. i didn't get everything done i wanted to. BUT that's how life is.

I am not looking forward to the 6+ hours of travel time tomorrow. BUT i am looking forward to seeing Honey Head i miss him. BUT i am not looking forward to the sadness that will ensue. Yuck.

well have a great week. Upon my return hopefully i will have better things to write about.

What a person should do

Be strong.
Face the world head on.
Be tough
Things may get a little rough.
Hold tight.
We are in for a bumpy flight.
Finish strong.
Our time here isn't that long.

I'm preparing to leave for NC tomorrow. Things aren't looking too great and I'm really sad for my honey. I am going to do everything i can to be there for him and make it known that whatever he needs i will do my best to provide.

I wish i had better things to blog about. so just bare with me. Thank you all for your words and support. I may not have a bazillion readers BUT the ones i do have are super awesome and i thank you for being YOU!

Now go have a great Wednesday because DAMN IT someone needs to! LOL