Here comes the crappiness...

So, I think I'm having a quarter life crisis... I don't know if it's possible - but today I feel like it is. I just feel... CRAPPY. I'm sure you have those days too where nothing goes your way and you feel like the world is out to get you... for me - today is one of those days. Life is like a rollercoaster for me... for the past few months I've been coasting... on top of the world! And then suddenly... you drop - screaming and holding for dear life all the way down.

It's crappy. Hope it turns to happy soon. Hence the title of this blog and the theme of my life. :)

Till next time - here's to better moods!

The Amazing State of the Art "Breathe Thru Nose Filters"

Okay - so I'm not quite sure why it is my eyes are closed and what I'm doing with my hands (gang signs in east st. louis perhaps?) but those things on the outside of my nose are the amazing state of the art "breathe thru nose filters". They're actually supposed to go inside of your nose but I refuse to put weird things given to me by weird men at bars up my nose. So ya, we walked into this bar and sitting on some bar stools were two cowboy types with these things up their noses. They told us all about them - how they made them, invented them and that you're supposed to stick them up your nose in bars so you don't inhale as much smoke. I think they are just earplugs, but oh well. They then bring out this briefcase and give us each a sample of one to try. They wanted us to buy them but we refused, so they just gave them to us. I tell ya - the things that people think up. Here's a photo with Amy and Abbey with them as well. Too funny. Long live the nose plugs!

Third Annual St. Louis/MVC Trip Recap

I've returned alive and well yet again from the annual MVC trip. For those of you who aren't familiar, MVC stands for Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and each year Creighton's basketball team plays in it. This is a mecca for Creighton alumni, friends and fans so my work goes down to throw pre and post game events and yours truly gets to go not only for free but for a spankin' good time. I'm telling ya - this place is like Vegas for me... nowhere else do you meet random Nebraska Husker football players, keep up traditions of falling asleep at least one night in a strange place with all of your clothes on - including shoes and your jacket and run into 3 ex-boyfriends all in the same hour, let alone the same night! Yes, talk about good times and great oldies... St. Louis is the place.

Usually - Creighton has an awesome basketball team and makes it to the Championship game. Well, this year we sucked it up big time and couldn't even make it past Bradley in the first round, but that didn't stop the fun times to be had!

My friend Jen who lives in Chicago as well as my famous party pal Abbey and her friend Amy all met up together for a good time. Friday night we went out and chatted it up with a group of married men who were there for a football coaching convention. See the photo up top to the right for a visual. When they asked what we were in St. Louis for, Abbey responded with "we're here for a lesbian convention." So as you can see - the fun just never ended with the randomness. They of course thought this was the best thing they'd heard all night. Luckily each of us had photos of our boyfriends handy to show them that we're actually straight and there for the MVC. So that was that night.

Saturday brought on a whole 'nother night of adventures but unfortunately it was just me and Jen as Abbey and Amy had had enough fun for one trip and headed home. So Jen and I sucked it up and hit the town... but not without first being stopped by 2 guys who thought we were locals and asked where the hot spots were... we told them where we knew of and went on our merry way. Thinking later we should have invited them to join us for dinner - as another St. Louis tradition is eating dinner with strangers!

After dining at the Hard Rock Cafe, we actually ended up going to the same place we were the night before so I could meet up with my friend Erin. And this my friends is where the fun times, ex boyfriend run-in's and the drama began...

We walk in and it's like Creighton has transplanted from Omaha to St. Louis... Everywhere I turn there is someone I know. First stop - I see my friend Kate along with a dude I went on one date with my sophomore year and who then later came out of the closet. He says to my friend Kate "wow, since when did Sarah Lukas get so cute?" I completely ignore the comment, give it a thumbs down and move on. Whatever - I've ALWAYS been cute! :)

So we move on to the dance floor section of the bar and Jen says to me "we have a looker..." 2 seconds later a guy comes over, tells Jen she's beautiful and they hit the dance floor. I'm left there standing alone like a loser. I decide I am definitely not drunk enough to deal with this so I'm off to the bar for another beer. On my way I run into my friend Erin and chat it up with her. A few moments later Jen calls and tells me to meet her in the bathroom - stat. I hurry over there and she's in there crying because she thinks someone threw up all over her. Luckily, it was just a beer that someone spilled on her but NOT cool. We go back out and chill with Erin.

Soon, I see my friend John approaching. Yay! More people to know! So we all talk with them. Fast forward a few hours and a few more beers into the night and I get a phonecall from another ex -... Scary Darrell! He asks where I am and stupidly I tell him... I tell John I'll pay him 20 bucks to pretend to be my boyfriend just so Darrell doesnt try anything (it's happened before!) So here comes Darrell (his real name is Dan), in a t-shirt with an extremely large camera bag slung across his body. Jen and John just start laughing hysterically and I'm trying not to laugh - did I really once DATE this guy? EW. So I chat with him for t minus 2 seconds and we're off! Jen has a photo of this encounter in which Ill post as soon as she sends it... Okay - so here's the photo from Jen! Look past my fat ass and there you'll see Darrell in all of his glory! EEK!

There were many more adventures in St. Louis but I'll have to add them seperately as they each have photos and deserve they're own post.

Here's until next year, MVC!

Adventures at the Hilton Parking Garage

So I've discovered that this story is one of those in which you just had to be there but since I've said to stay tuned for it - I guess I should follow through and write about it. So, here goes.

When you go to a basketball game for Creighton they make you park in the Qwest parking lot and pay $6! You can also go to the Hilton and park there for $5 when you enter and then when you leave, the attendant is usually gone and they just leave the gate up so you can just leave.

Well, we were going to a basketball game and decided to park in the Hilton. We got to the window and instead of being the honest person I am and telling the attendant I was going to the game I lied and told him I had a room there. He said "okay, that's all I need to know!" and lifted the gate up... SCORE i thought! FREE parking!

Well not so fast... after the game we go back and the guy is STILL there! CRAP! If you know me at ALL - I freak out... a lot... so as soon as I saw the same booth attendant and of course after making eye contact and leaving with everyone else who was leaving after the game... I start to try and figure out an alternate plan. I look for all exits in the garage... no good.. they're all blocked off. Time for plan C. I'm still freaking out and my friends are just getting annoyed because they think of COURSE the guy won't remember me! Well, I take no chances so I take off my coat (it didnt help I was wearing a huge white one), put my hair in a ponytail and put my glasses on. I figure if I'm incognito - he won't know! So we drive up and I don't roll down my window, I just look straight ahead and I see him go "Oh yes! The one with the room here! Go on ahead! " and lifts the gate for us.

Can you freakin' believe it? Now I feel really bad for lying AND getting away with it!

Oh well. Long Live the Hilton Parking Garage! :)

My Fan Club

So this isn't MY fan club - but a fan club that we're starting for my friend Tyler and his band "Vinnie Bronx"... they're pretty awesome and sing some off the hook stuff. You can catch them at bars in Omaha that you've probably never heard of like the Goofy Foot Lounge, Shea Riley's and Mick's.

I'm the Vice President of their fan club - ma fren Dan gets to be President because he goes to shows that even Tyler's girlfriend doesn't go to. Now that's fan love. I just go and collect the autographs.

Let me know if you'd like to join and I can send you the official fan club packet! (I'm the secretary of the fan club too. )

Making Other People Feel "Famous"

So while living my life as "rockstar" (see post below) I got this GREAT idea to ask for people's autographs. Random people whom I didn't know. It all started on a random Thursday night when my friend and I went to a crazy kareoke bar ( I made MANY new friends that night!) and after everyone sang - I pretended they were famous and asked for their autograph. This trend kept up through the weekend where I would just go up to random people and ask for their autographs, everyone obliged and felt like they were famous! Now I have a bunch of autographs and if one of them becomes famous... I'll be rich! Mission: Accomplished.

My Life as a Rockstar

Thanks to all of you who have stayed tuned after these messages... now onto my story as my "life as a rockstar"... which really isn't that exciting but the last few weeks I have managed to go out on work nights, drink enough beer for everyone and really - just make a fool out of myself... but hey! I'm fun! right? Guess I'm just not still 21. Oh well. Gotsta live it up while you still got it!

Happy New Year!

This is what happens when you drink PBR for 6 hours all the while thinking it's Bud Light. It was New Years Eve and we were counting our pitchers. Here is proudly - pitcher Number 10. .. Bottoms Up!

Stay Tuned!

Just wanted to let everyone know that I have many stories to share so stay tuned and check back often for updates. Some upcoming stories include...

1. My life as a "rockstar"
2. Making other people feel "famous"
3. My newest fan club
4. Adventures at the Hilton Parking Garage

Until then!

Technology

So I'm taking this graduate class called "Culture, Literacy and Technology" and we have a class blog that we have to go and post comments to. Well this week we had to go and post something generic about technolgy...

I was so tempted to write "from one of my favorite movies, Napolean Dynamite - "I love technology... always and forever." But I didn't. But now I wish I would have because I think that's funny.

Always Check the Caller ID...

So I couldn't decide if I should name this entry what I did name it or I AM AN IDIOT! Check out what happened to me today...

So I'm at work and I hear my assistant take a call for me. Usual procedure is to take the call, ask who it is, ask the caller to hold, call me and ask if I would like to take the call. I figured my assistant would use this procedure, so when I picked the phone up - I assumed it was my assistant, didn't look at the number and yell into the phone "Who the hell is it now? I don't want to talk to anyone!" Totally joking around of course with who I thought was my assistant... YAH... my assistant was NOT on the other line. She just put the call through and I said those very bad words above to an alum!!!!! Thankfully it was a younger alum and not some doctor who writes letters to my boss on phone ettiquete. UGH! So anywho - lessons learned... Assistants - don't EVER just put a call through and professionals, check the caller ID before yelling into the phone or just don't joke around. :)

Deep Thoughts from the Gym

So when you spend an hour on a treadmill in the back corner of the gym - you see a lot. And a lot of it is stuff and things you don't want to see. And then, you start to think about these things you'd rather not see. For example, the variety of underwear people wear to the gym. Since I was in the back row of treadmills, all I had to look at were asses. And they weren't pretty either. Then I started to think about my ass and if it looks like the ones I had to look at. Then I started thinking about what people wear to the gym and why people feel as if they should wear tight clothing to the gym... and these people weren't buff either. Why do you want to show your goods to everyone who doesnt want to see them? This brings me back to the underwear... with tight pants - you can tell... boxers, briefs, thongs,... none. I saw it all from that back row of treadmills and it wasn't pretty. These are things that you think about when you go to the gym.

I'm a (Fairy) GodMother!

Welcome to the world baby Madison Jean Riggs! Everyone... meet my god daughter! Isn't she the most precious thing in the whole wide world? She's the daughter of proud parents Jenny (Saniuk) and her husband, Chris Riggs.

Just wanted to share her with the world! I love babies! :)

Hot Coffee Guy Re-Visited

So after a week and a half, I finally got the courage to return to my regular coffee joint. I had hoped hot coffee guy wouldn't be working, but alas - he was and he handed me my coffee. Thankfully he didn't recognize me in sunglasses and scarf... so I'm safe yet again!

A large mocha and your phone number please! :)

It's Raining Ex-Boyfriends

So I don't know what the deal is - but ex-boyfriends are all of a sudden coming back from the dead! I'm getting phonecalls from *Dick every other day for no reason at all ... *Darrell emailed to go to lunch and the list goes on! What is it? I wasn't good enough for you then... but I am now? Again - just don't get it.

Oh well! C'est la vie






*names have been changed to protect the innocent

I figured out the photos!

I just wanted to try and figure out how to post photos to this thing and look! apparently I've got it! That's me to the right for anyone who doesn't know. But you should. And if you didn't - now you know.

Okay, after these messages, I'll be right back!

Blinking Christmas Greeting

Okay - check this out for a laugh... it's the Christmas Card from my alma mater. I feel bad for the kid in the front, he obviously has a problem. I'd also like to ask who made this freaking thing - bc the blinking kid is taking away my Christmas spirit!

http://www.creighton.edu/HolidayGreeting/

Proposals, Pregnancies and Babies! Oh My!

Okay - so no offense to ALL of my friends who were recently proposed to, found out they're expecting or had a baby recently - but I swear I am the only one without any of the above happening anytime soon! Last week I opened my email and each day there was a new one with the news... I'm engaged! or I'm pregnant!... or I got to meet everyone's newest family addition.

I feel as if I'm falling farther and farther behind in the "circle of life" some days, but then other days I'm like I'm the luckiest woman alive! I can go anywhere, do anything or act any way I'd like all at the drop of a hat. Take last week for example - I pretended that I was a rockstar... partying every night, sleeping until noon and drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon until the room spun around. But that got old after a few days and waking up without a hangover was like the coolest thing ever.

But really - I'm happy for my friends and if anything else - I'm just a tad bit jealous of ya... I want your life too! :)

Until next time...
Sarah Lu

"Hot Coffee Guy" - My very own Seinfeld Episode!

Everyone has them... you know... their very own real life Seinfeld episodes... I had one of my own just the other night!

So I go to the same coffee place almost every morning and order the same thing. Sure it's because I need my caffeine fix, but it's also because on some days, this really hot guy works the drive through window too and starting my morning with some eye candy never hurts. I always tell my friends that some day, just to see what happens I'm going to say "Hi there, I'll have a medium mocha with skim milk... and your phone number please" :) Granted, I'll never do it but it cracks me up just thinking about it!

So anywho - back to my Seinfeld episode... I"m at this total dive bar on Monday night to meet up with some friends who were in town visiting. I turn around and in walks "hot coffee guy" and not only is he hanging out at the same dive bar as I am but he too knows my friends! What in the world?! So of course I turn to my friend and say "hey! I think that's hot coffee guy!" She of course gets excited too and says are you serious?! I'm going to talk to him! I try and tell her to stop but before I know it she's asking him 20 questions... including where he works. Sure enough - it IS hot coffee guy! Holy crap, I almost pee my pants... I also stare at him and make eye contact a few times but alas I never did get to say a word to hot coffee guy... and now I can't get coffee anymore - I'm too embarrassed!

Oh well, cest la vie.

(Sorry - this story is much better when told in person... but still; what a small world!)

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