Adidas Girl...

Those in my family often talk about how I am a die hard Adidas fan, all the soccer cleats and tennis shoes I own are always Adidas. I had one pair of Nike cleats growing up and the fell apart after a short time, where I have never had any problems with any of my Adidas cleats. Yesterday I found myself in a second hand sports equipment store I walked back to the soccer cleats and low and behold there was a pair of Nike Total 90 III for $22 just slightly used. I really did need a pair of new cleats, mine were falling apart. I just couldn't walk away from a price like that. So now the Adidas girl owns a pair of Nike cleats. I'm sure my brother, who is a die hard Nike fan, is proud. To be honest if they would have had any Adidas cleats in my size I would have most likely gotten those instead. So I'm no where close to being converted to Nike yet.

Hottest August on Record

While I was still at school I would always joke around that I was so glad that I was going home to South Carolina for the hottest month of the year. For the for the first few weeks I was home it wasn't too bad. But for the last 17 days 13 of those days were over 100 degrees. And when I say over 100 they have not all been 101 many of those days were 105, I think 107 degrees is the highest it got though. This is the hottest August on record and so far the third hottest month in history. So I say again, "I'm so glad that I came home for the hottest month of the year." I usually do exaggerate, but this time I am telling the truth, it really is the hottest month of the year. Even though I say that I am so glad that I came home, I have had a lot of fun living in a free sauna everyday. You can go outside at 10:00 and it is still 95 degrees outside. I can't remember it ever really being this hot before, but I will be glad to leave the heat, not my family.

Life at Belk

I have been home for the last few weeks...well kind of. While I was at school this summer my parents moved across town. They had lived in that house for 30 years so nobody ever imagined them actually moving. But they did and in the long run I'm glad I wasn't there, but it was a good move. Our new house is much smaller, but it is nice. I already think of it as home. Whenever I come home for a few weeks it seems like I work at Belk. Now I can't complain because it is nice to have a job that will hire you for three weeks then let you go without caring. It seeems like they enjoy having me around for the few weeks. Every time I go to work though it reminds me why I went to college. If I didn't go to college I would be stuck working at a job like retail for the rest of my life and I don't think I could handle that. This is one reason why my dad encouraged us all to go to college because he knows how rough life can be working in retail. This time I have been working in Today's Woman, which is the department for plus sized women. It is not the department that I would like to work at but so far it hasn't been too bad. Tonight I have to close so it is nice to get to sleep in, but it sucks to have to spend all afternood and evening at work. But it is money in the bank and that is what I really need right now.