It has been a while since there has been any action at my office, to divert my attention from working.  But today was my lucky day… thanks St. Patrick’s Day!  Luck of the Irish for me!

This guy spent quite a bit of time sitting outside my office window this morning and having one HELL of a conversation with himself!

I am guessing he was so talkative because he was WASTED and chugging a 40 ounce at 9am, on the side of an office building.  What’s crazy, is he is not the typical looney tune that frequents the area around my office.  This guy had on spiffy new white shoes, a shiny watch and a lanyard around his neck with keys on it… like he had an actual job or something.  Yet there he sat, swigging beer and talking to himself.

Then, as fast as he came into my life… he was gone.  Just left his beer and walked off, leaving me with an empty hole in my heart and my work to get back to.

So my co-worker Bill had to go out and try to help fill the void that was left inside me.  He is always going the extra mile for me.

As good of a fill-in as he was… it just wasn’t the same.  Sometimes, you just cannot replace the original - just ask “New Coke” from 1985!

UPDATE… BREAKING NEWS:

His day got NO BETTER!!!  We had lost track of him for a while after he walked off… then spotted him up at 7-11 - YES THAT 7-11 - Soooo, we made Bill go up there and scope him out.  The guy tried to pay for a piece of cheese with a handful of pennies.  When the clerk told him it was not enough, he reached into his pocket and a whole bunch of other pieces of cheese came spilling out, so he just left the store.  Unlucky for him, a cop was pulling in just as this was all happening, got the scoop from the clerk and followed the guy across the street into the crazy’s parking lot, where Bill also followed to get some pictures of him being arrested.  Poor guy.  All he wanted today was to get piss-ass drunk and eat some cheese.  Poor guy!

We survived another St. Patrick’s Day in Ocean View and had a blast doing so.  We could NOT have asked for better weather for the day - 66 and sunny all day!  We got down to the parade to kick things off pretty early and met up with some friends to tailgate, cracking our first beers for the day around 10am.  We also had a jug of pre-made “red-headed slut” shots to enjoy in between beers during the parade.  We hung out at a friend’s house for a bit after the parade chit-chatting and drinking beers, before heading to our hotel to drop stuff off and check in.  From there, we walked down to Dena’s daughter’s house.  Cristin was having a party complete with kegs, jell-o shooters and FOOD!

After a few more beers and several rounds of jello-shooters, we picked up Dena and Heidi and started the trek down to Greenies for more beer and partying.  Greenies was BEYOND packed this year.  It was CRAZY!  Complete madness and awesome at the same time!

Did I mention how GORGEOUS it was outside?  We could not get enough of it!  We hung out at Greenies for a bit, then made the next trek from Greenies to The Thirsty Camel!  Personally, this is my favorite place to go on this particular day.  I always have the most fun here.

This is where my brother met up with us and the insanity set in.  Billy quickly did a large quantity of shots to “catch up” to us and then had us all laughing our asses off.  This is also where I met up with the Sheriff’s Deputy that was on duty last year and TOTALLY remembered me!  Dena and I spent about an hour hanging out with him in his corner between the bar and the entrance to the outdoor tented area.  We proceeded to ask every person that walked through that doorway to see their ID and told them we needed to pat them down.  They looked at us with beers in our hands and looked at him and he said “you better let them do it if you want to get in…” - AWESOME!  Then he left us for a while to take care of things on our own.  I was DYING.

One of the people that we frisked coming in the door was a woman with Downs Syndrome… who was DRINKING HER ASS OFF.  I was shocked - and I was DRUNK.  Completely shocked… but not as shocked as this:

When my brother challenged her to a dance off.  I AM DEAD SERIOUS.  Who the hell does that????  I mean a circle formed around them and they kept taking turns popping and locking and break dancing, then high-fiving each other.  I was peeing my pants I was laughing so damn hard!

After The Thirsty Camel, we headed to another bar called Captain Ron’s to see a friend of our’s band play.  Nadine, Big Kev and Billy played some darts - very emotional darts.

We did A LOT of dancing… a lot more drinking and then my brother took it to the next level…

We had so much fun.  By the end of the night, my cheeks hurt so bad from laughing it was giving me a headache.  We got back to the hotel around 12:30.  WE MADE IT PAST MIDNIGHT!!!  We were so damn proud of that fact.  Somehow, I got up the next morning at 6am with ZERO hangover, showered, met up with the clan and we all headed to breakfast at the Silver Diner.  Another AMAZING year down in Ocean View.  Cannot wait until next year!!!

Here are all the photos from the day:

This morning on my way in to work, I chatted on the phone with Nadine, like I do every morning… only this morning, right when she said hello, I immediately started singing this song as loud as I could in her ear… “It’s the FINAL COUNTDOWN…” - to which she immediately joined in without skipping a beat “da na na na… da na na na na…”  The reason for the final countdown?  Tomorrow is the St. Paddy’s Day Drinkfest that we work hard all year to prepare our livers for.  It is finally upon us!  You remember last year, right?  How could you forget this:

Which ended in victory for Nadine here:

Unfortunately for poor Nadine… her tea remedy that we discussed on Monday did not work for her and today her Aunt Flow has come for a visit.  SHE IS NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS AT ALL.  She DOES NOT WANT to deal with that and Porta Potties!!!  To make her feel better about it, I emailed her this when I got into work this morning:

FREAKING HILARIOUS.  I was laughing my ass off. 

Tonight, I plan on cleaning my house from top to bottom, getting as much laundry done as I can and getting whatever else done I need to get done, so that I can drink all day tomorrow and be a hungover slug on Sunday and not have to worry about anything!  Hooray for St. Paddy’s Day in Ocean View!!!

I think I have hip bursitis in my right hip.  I have had horrible pain in my hip on and off since last summer.  Some weeks it is really bad and some weeks it is non-existent.

Bursitis is caused by inflammation of a bursa, a small jelly-like sac that usually contains a small amount of fluid. Bursae are located throughout the body, most importantly around the shoulder, elbow, hip, knee, and heel. They act as cushions between bones and the overlying soft tissues, and help reduce friction between the gliding muscles and the bone. The main symptom of hip bursitis is pain at the point of the hip. The pain usually extends to the outside of the thigh area. In the early stages, the pain is usually described as sharp and intense. Later, it may feel more achy and spread out.

I am going to the doctor in a little while to have it checked out.  I have avoided going to the doctor since last summer because I do not want to hear him say I have to not run on it.  I am hoping he will give me some steroids or something to bring down the swelling and I will be on my way.  REALLY hoping that I don’t need a cortisone shot or some type of draining procedure that involves big needles, etc.  It better not effect my run this evening.  Hate this. 

PS - I am choosing to believe this is 100% activity related and has nothing to do with age and no one can tell me different!!!  *puts fingers in ears and starts repeating la la la la*  :shrug:

PPS - The above picture is an actual rendering of my butt.  Just thought you should know that.  :thumbsup:

Interesting conversation with Nadine this weekend:

Nadine: So I am SO SO excited for our St. Paddy’s Day drinkfest… only a week away now!!!

Misty: I am too.  It is going to be SO MUCH FUN!!!  SO.MUCH.FUN!

Nadine: You are going to die when I tell you what I have been drinking all day.

Misty: OH GOD… you’re not sipping colonoscopy laxatives again like it’s a glass of Courvoisier and “cleansing” yourself are you?

Nadine: HAHA - NO.  I am supposed to be on my period for St. Paddy’s… I am SO freaking upset about that.  Drinking all day + Porta Potties + your period is just NOT going to work for me. 

Misty: *starting to laugh*

Nadine: SO… I did a little googling and apparently making a tea with parsley can induce your period… so I am trying to get it started early, so that I am done by next weekend.  Big Kev has been steeping me parsley tea.  It’s supposed to relax your cervix or uterus or something.  It’s freaking disgusting, but I’m desperate.  I have been adding honey to it but it is not helping much.

Misty: *laughing hysterically now* ARE YOU KIDDING ME NADINE?  WHO DOES THIS STUFF?  SERIOUSLY????  OMG I am cracking up.  You know you are going on the blog again…

Everyone NEEDS a Nadine in their lives.  Seriously.