NEVER go to valvoline!!!

So I brought a brand new car so that I wouldn't have to deal with car shit but valvoline is doing it's best to make that different! I got my oil changed at valvoline last time I got it changed and when I moved my car the next morning there was a big puddle of oil under it. So I brought it back in and they tried telling me it was my transmission leaking. NO, I do know what oil looks like. Anyhow I took it to the dealer and they put a new gasket on my transmission. Problem solved...or so I thought. I went to walmart for an oil change today and fricking valvoline tightened the plug so hard that they can't get it off. Great! Now I have to find a dealer and pray that they can get it off otherwise they will have to drill it and I'll have that whole expense. I suppose when I went to valvoline saying it was leaking they just cranked the plug as hard as they could. GRRRRRRRRR!!!! I will never go to valvoline again.

B-day fun

Thursday was my birthday so we went to this dualing piano bar which was actually pretty fun. 2 girls from work, Dana, Cori, and some of Cori's co-workers came along for the fun. Thursday is ladies night so all drinks (and not just bar pour) were $3. Good drinks that are $3=bad news. LOL! Let's just say friday was a little rough and we were all wishing that we were Dana who just got to lie on her couch all day. :) Since it was my b-day they made me go on stage, lifted me onto the piano, and sang to me. It was a little embarrassing but at least I had a few drinks in me by then. :) I think lots of fun was had by all.

Other than that I have just been working a lot. My social life is booming compared to what it was a month ago. The people I work with really like to go out. I've been trying to limit mysefl to 2-3 nights per week.

Here's me on the piano. LOL!


And here's some of the group that joined us.

Inquiring minds want to know

I thought most people knew this but I guess not. Yes, I did bite my tongue off when I was little. I don't remember it but Amy says she does. Anyhow, I was 18 months old and at my babysitter's house when my cousin's daughter pushed me down the stairs. I bit the tip of my tongue off and I was sucking on a stick so I poked 2 holes in the roof of my mouth, one up toward my nose and the other back toward my throat. They sewed the holes shut and my tongue back on. I had to take speach when I was little bacause of it and I blame that for why my accent is so much stronger than Amy's. Other than having a problem with saying some words, an occassional stutter, and the scars in the roof of my mouth bother me sometimes I have no problems. So that's my story. :)

Not much

Well I don't have too much to report. Work is crazy busy so during the week I don't do much being that I don't get done with work until 7 or 7:30 and live 30 minutes away. Went to dinner on friday, the out for a drink but had to cut it short since I had to get up early on saturday. I ran a 5k on Saturday morning. It went well being that I haven't ran at all for at least 2 months and have been barely making it to the gym. I did manage to beat everyone else that I knew who was running it, not that it was a race or anything. ;) Saturday night I intended to make friends with my couch but got convinced to go up to Seattle. It was my first Seattle adventure and was a good time, in fact I didn't make it home until 5am! I thought I was going to die I was soooo tired. Let me tell you, Seattle is much more my scene than Tacoma...can actually go into a bar without paying a cover so I can feel fine with my tendency to bar hop. And there was hot boys, always a plus. :)

But since I don't have much to write I will entertain you all and myself for a bit with another survey. :) Yes i like to do surveys to kill the time.

1. A is for age: 25

2. B is for beer of choice: Hmm...coors light, sierra neveda pale ale, stella, amstel light, bluemoon, I could go on and on

3. C is for career right now: Physical therapy

4. D is for your dog's name: I have no DOG.

5. E is for essential item you use everyday: chapstick

6. F is for favorite TV show at the moment: Grey's anatomy

7. G is for favorite game: I don't know the last time I played a game

8. H is for Home town: Hibbing, MN

9. I is for instruments you play: Trumpet

10. J is for favorite juice: I don't really drink juice but I do enjoy pulp-free OJ and cranberry

11. K is for whose butt you'd like to kick: A few particular boys's

12. L is for last place you ate at: Denny's...it was a drunk thing

13. M is for marriage: Not anytime in the near or not so near future :)

14. N is for your full name: Laura Lynn Skraba

15. O is for overnight hospital stays: none that I can remember but I know I was in once for an ear infection and then when I bit my tongue off

16. P is for people you were with today: Steve, Tricia, Angkor, Emily, Jeff...and all my patients

17. Q is for quotation: see post below

18. R is for Biggest Regret: not going to med school...but there is still time

19. S is for Status: single

20. T is for time you woke up today: 6:00am

21. U is for underwear you have on now: Black lace

22. V is for vegetable you love: lettuce, green beans, corn on the cob, asparagus...

23. W is for worst habit: using alcohol in too large of quantities and too frequently

24. X is for x-rays you've had: way too many, in fact I may come close to glowing

25. Y is for yummy food you ate today: I just ate a big fat brownie, yumyum :)

26. Z is for the zodiac sign: Aries

just a thought...

I survived

Well I survived my first week in WA. So far the rain isn't driving me crazy, it doesn't rain constant all day so it's not so bad. Work will be a big change. It's really busy and everyone is much more manual based (which I like but am a little rusty on since I was unable to do it at my old job). I'm feeling a little overwhelmed and stupid since I haven't been in a setting like this. Time will make things better I'm sure. Not getting done until 7pm may kill me and make me fat. Not sure how often I'll make it to the gym after that since it would mean not eating dinner until at least 9. Thinking about trying to hit the gym before work but I know how that normally works for me.

My weekend was rather busy. Friday I went to dinner with a co-worker and then we decided to go have a few drinks at this little hole in the wall bar. It was a little frightening, more hickish than the bars at tech! Saturday I finally got my stuff, YAY!!! So now I have a couch to sit on. Then I went out with Cori (a friend from PT school). Not a huge fan of the place we went but from what I hear it is the place to go in Tacoma. I ran into a guy from Hibbing who graduated with Amy. Totally random. Then Sunday I got together with Dana, a friend from tech. It was nice to see her and catch up since I don't think I've talked to her in almost 5 years. Hopefully I'll be seeing a little more of her. :)

Oh so bored

I'm alittle bored here in my empty apartment so I thought I would do a survey to pass some time. This way it will entertain all my stalkers for a few minutes as well. :)

50 Things You May Not Have Known About Me...
1. What is the last alcoholic beverage you drank?
Stella
2. Do you follow college football?
Not really
3. Do you think you will be married in five years?
I think so but 5 years ago I would have said that I would be married now so who knows
4. Who was the last person to send you a text message?
Amy
5. Last time you went swimming in a pool?
June
6. Are you happy?
For the most part
7. Where was the last place you went shopping?
Target
8. How do you feel about your hair?
it's pretty boring
9. Where do you live?
Tacoma
10. Last thing you ate?
pizza and whopper eggs (great combo huh?)
11. Do you wish you were someplace else right now?
I'm ok here
12. Last time you were kissed?
OMG!!! It's embarassing to say it's been quite some time...I think end of December. How sad!
13. Do you have any expensive jewelry?
nope
14. If you're alone in a room with two beds, which one do you sleep on?
the one closest to the wall
15. What are you afraid of?
Birds, failure, being alone forever
16. Best thing to eat for breakfast?
breakfast burrito...but I usually just end up with cereal or a bagel
17. Ever used a gun?
yes...I did grow up in northern MN
18. Ever won a contest?
haha! I won a binkini contest in Cabo but my competition was lacking a little and I can shake my butt well. :) LOL!
19. Do you watch the Olympics?
not really
20. Last restaurant you went to?
Applebees
21. Who was the last person to call you?
Amy
22. What's your sign?
Aries
23. Do you have a favorite number?
nope
24. If you could go anywhere where would you go?
Oh I have too many places I want to go to name just one
25. What do you spend the majority of your money on?
rent, car payment, student loans...all very fun :(
26. Where does most of your family live?
They all live in MN
27. Are you an only child or do you have siblings?
a sister and a brother
28. Ever been called a hoe/$lut?
I'm sure at some point I have been
29. Ever been called a female dog?
in not quite so nice of terms yes
30. Got any guilty pleasures?
not really
31. Favorite kind of beer?
so many...cheap beer would be coors light, better beer sierra neveda pale ale
32. Have you ever experienced true love?
think so
33. Did you ever collect Beanie Babies?
nope
34. Which are better, black or green olives?
I will pass on both
35. Favorite season?
Summer all the way
36. What kind of car do you drive?
Jeep grand cherokee
37. What do you look forward to most in the next six weeks?
a new adventure in a new city
38. Do you sometimes wish you were someone else?
yes
39. Do you usually fall for the "bad guys"?
unfortunatly lately I do seem to
40. Were you an outcast in high school?
Nope
41. Last time you saw your parents?
Christmas
42. Do you have any talents?
not really
43. Ever been in a wedding?
yes
44. Do you have any children?
nope
45. Last movie you watched?
Because I said so
46. Are you missing anyone at the moment?
many people
47. Did you take a nap today?
No, I don't nap well
48. What motivates you?
My fear of dissappointing others and my fear of failure
49. Ever been on a cruise?
not yet
50. List five things you want to do in your lifetime (in no particular order)
1. get married
2. have kids
3. travel the world
4. buy a house
5. become passonate about something, just not sure what that is yet :)