Not Me! Monday

Not Me! Monday is back! To see the past few Not Me! Mondays and this week's, go to MckMama's blog.

One Saturday night while babysitting, when the kids were asleep, I did not watch The Suite Life of Zack and Cody on the Disney Channel because there was nothing else on.

I did not enjoy the episode and actually laugh-out-loud quite a few times. I was not extremely thankful I was alone then.

On another babysitting night, I did not get peed on by my two year cousin while trying to give her a bath. She did not pee on my pants and the tip of my left shoe.

I did not then, the next night, proceed to step into a puddle of water with the same shoe, twice, completely soaking my left shoe.

I did not then have to sit through a three and half hour LSAT class with a soaking wet, cold shoe because I stepped in a puddle.

I was not thankful it was the same shoe that my cousin peed on because that meant I only had to clean one shoe. 

I am not the reason the band I am has not recorded a cover of a song. I do not get confused when other people and instruments are included and I therefore do not lose count. I can count when other people play with me.

I am not going to be missing Black Friday this year because I will be in Israel. I am not extremely thankful of this as I do not have money to spend (even if it is all sale items).

I was not in Target (my favorite store) almost every day last week, and multiple times every week for the past month. I do not know the store like the back of my hand now.

So now it is your turn to confess! Anything you would like to share, like maybe something you did not do this past week, or whenever?

Not Me! Monday

Not Me! Monday is back! Yay! For more Not Me! Mondays, head on over to MckMama's blog and take a look at hers and others.

A few weeks ago, I did not decide that I do not want a job right now, and have therefore, not been looking or applying for any jobs.

I did not just realize last week that this might inhibit my love of shopping and going out with friends.

I did not go for my first ever manicure and pedicure last Thursday night. It was not totally amazing and I was not wondering why I had never done it before.

I did not finally figure out how to finally stop biting my nails and picking at my toe nails. It does not involve spending money I do not have on manicures and pedicures every 3-4 weeks or so.

I did not figure this out because since my mani/pedi, I have not bitten or picked at any of my nails.

I am not seriously bummed about this realization as I do not have the money to indulge like this. :(

I have not started looking at jobs again so that I can afford this lavish lifestyle I aspire to have (among other reasons).

I have not been stalking my ex's Facebook page, looking for hints of a hookup. I am not that sad and pathetic.

I am also not seriously very glad that he has not done the newest Facebook phenomenon, Fan Check, as I would probably be the number one "fan" (a.k.a. stalker).

Ok, time to 'fess up! What have you not done lately? Share!

Not Me! Monday

Is it Monday again, already? It must be, because MckMama is doing one, as it everyone else. And now I am.

On the train on the way downtown a few weeks ago, I did not take out my iPhone to listen to my music, plug in my headphones, and put the earbuds in my ears, only to realize that the music was extremely soft. I could barely hear it.

I did not spend five minutes on the train trying to figure out what was wrong, then realize that my headphones were not plugged in all the way. I was not broadcasting my music to the whole train car for five minutes.

I did not keep my head down for the next fifteen minutes, with my hair covering my face because I was so embarrassed.

I did not get a dress at Macys.com for $4.34. I am not extremely proud of myself.

I did not go out on Friday a few weeks ago and spend an exorbitant amount of money on a suit for an interview on Monday.

I did not buy a suit at one place, find a better suit at another place, and then made my friends return the first suit while I was paying for the second.

I did not do all of that for temp job. That temp job was not two weeks long.

I have not seen every single iCarly episode out there. I did not accomplish this in a little over a week.

Your turn to confess! What's on your Not Me! Monday list?

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Last Monday afternoon/evening, my friend did not throw me a drinking party.

I did not completely wasted and then go home and get sick.

I did not drink two nights in a row last week.

I have not been sleeping until about 12PM most days because I am having trouble going to sleep so I don't get to sleep until about 2AM.

I am not sitting here, trying to cut off a huge bow on a shirt I bought because I hate the bow but love the shirt.

I have not cut off the bow, and am now not left with a black piece of fabric in the middle of the chest area. I am not trying to undo the sewing that holds it to the shirt now.

I did not (sort of) empty out a bag that has been sitting in my room for years with clothes I want to take to the tailor but never get around to doing.

I did not place some clothes back into the bag, stuff the bag somewhere else, and then make two more bags of clothes out of the rest of the clothes that were in there. I am much more organized than that.

I do not currently have five bags sitting on the floor in my room, in various places. The bags are not filled with clothes in different categories. (Two bags of clothes to give away, one bag of clothes to sell, one bag of clothes to eventually take into the tailor, and one bag of clothes to take into the tailor now.)

I also do not have a bag of clothes sitting the car that I tried to sell but that they did not take. I do not keep forgetting it's in the car and to take it up.

What have you not done this last week?

I Did Not!

Yup, it's that time again. Another Monday, another Not Me! Click on over to MckMama's blog to check out what she's not been doing, and see what others have not been doing.

Last Thursday night, I did not go out with a friend to a specific restaurant because they serve alcohol there and I was in desperate need of some.

I did not get an Amaretto milkshake while there, and then finish the whole thing even though I was full because I wanted the alcohol.

I did not tell the waitress when ordering the milkshake, "I think I deserve this. My boyfriend just left me today for another country. For a year, at least."

I did not do the same thing last night while out with some friends (though at a different place).

I did not, however, have two drinks, deciding I still deserve it and because the day was a bad one.

I did not also have a "brownie bliss" there (brownie bites and ice cream, served with chocolate sauce) because chocolate and alcohol make me feel better.

I did not get drunk last night.

I am not going to a party today in the afternoon, in my honor, to get drunk (again) because my boyfriend has left the country. I do not get drunk two days in a row.

Ok, let's have it! What have you not done?

Did Not!

Here we are again. Another Monday, another list of things I did not do. Ok, I lie. I did do them, but if I admitted that, what fun would that be? Besides, if I admitted it, we would no longer have Not Me! Mondays. For more, check out MckMama's blog.

I did not consider getting a new phone, even though I no longer have a job. I am not being wasteful with my money.

I do not keep telling myself that now is the time to buy what I need because at least I have two months of severance pay to hold me over and that I should buy now before I have no income whatsoever.

I therefore did not buy two pair of shoes at Old Navy last week. (They were on sale for $12 each and are very cute!)

I was not being productive last Sunday at home, then broke that streak, went out with my mom, came home, and did nothing. I am much better than that.

I have not applied to about 15-20 jobs in the past two weeks, and have not heard back from any except for some staffing agencies.

I am not immensely enjoying my time off of work.

I did not help my boyfriend move back into his parents place yesterday, after helping him move out six months ago. I am am not very sore today because of that.

I did not go play miniature golf yesterday with my boyfriend and another couple a few hours after moving him.

Thursday night at a meal, I did not blatantly stare at a guy thinking I knew him somehow, then realize who he was, and in the middle of the meal scream out, "Oh! I know you! You're dating A!" Even though they are not dating.

Now it's your turn to 'fess up. What have you not done this week?

Wasn't Me!

Yep, it's that time again. Time for Not Me! Monday! Oh, boy do I have some good ones for you. For others, go to MckMama's blog and check out everyone else's Not Me! Mondays. As for me, well, here I go.

I did not spill coffee on my computer this morning.

It did not get inside my screen and keyboard.

I did not take my computer and tip it upside down, letting all the coffee drip out of the keyboard. I did not then think that my computer was fine.

I did not then proceed to go about using my computer for another fifteen minutes, thinking that the wet spot that was spreading on the inside of my screen would dry and everything would go back to normal.

I did not then IM my boyfriend, a computer genius, and ask him about spilled coffee and computer screens.

At 12:30PM I did not make an appointment at the Apple Store for 4:20PM, then go anyway, hoping they could squeeze me in.

I did not spend the next 3 hours at a movie right by the store waiting for my turn at the Genius Bar because I had nothing better to do.

My boyfriend did not accompany me throughout this whole thing.

I was not told that in order for Apple to fix my computer, I would have to pay them $755, plus whatever tax applies. I am not seriously considering getting a new computer instead, for an extra $200.

I am not thinking that my compensation for this is a free 2G iPhone. Yes, you heard. FREE. At least I did not spend $400 on that. :)

You're next! What did you not do?

Not Me! Monday

We're back! Not Me! Monday has officially resumed! Due to health issues, MckMama and her Not Me! Mondays have been on hiatus. Head on over to her blog to see what she and others have not been doing in the past seven weeks.

I did not lose my job last week and I am not extremely happy about it.

On the "exit interview," I did not let HR, the executive director, have it as far my opinions as to the firm, its policies, and everything else I disliked about it. I did not feel awesome afterward.

I did not leave work on April 23rd to sit in on the trial for the case I had been working on. I did not stay watching the trial for three hours and it was not the highlight of my working there for eight months, and possibly, one of the greatest things to ever happen to me. Nope. My life is much more fulfilling and exciting than that.

I did not go tattle on a coworker and get her in major trouble (she really deserved it). I did not feel awesome about that as well.

I am not sitting at home now, trying to think of ways to get out of vacuuming. I am not seriously thinking of using the sweeper instead and trying to pass it off as vacuuming.

Two weeks ago, I did not throw a huge fit because there was a centipede in my room and I had to kill it.

I did not kill it by dropping my mom's shoe on it and then running away.

I did not make my mom clean it up.

I did not use my mom's shoe because the thought of using mine and then wearing it was just too gross and disgusting.

What's on your list?

Not Me! Monday(s)

Surf on over to MckMama's blog for tons more of Not Me! Mondays. In the meantime, since you're here, why not read a list of the things I have not done over the past three weeks (since I have not posted and have definitely not done something).

I did not walk in on my coworker in the bathroom because she forgot to flip the lock, which triggers the sign on the door that lets others know the bathroom is "occupied."

I did not then profusely apologize, even though it was not my fault she got confused with the lock.

I do not spend most of my time at work either looking through boxes, looking/working/organizing/updating binders, or staring at a computer screen full of scans. Nope, not me. I have tons more skills than that that are utilized on a daily basis at work.

I am not working my butt off on one case in the hopes that all my hard work will pay off and enable me to sit in on the trial in a month.

Sitting in on this trial will not be (one of the) highlight(s) of my life.

I did not sit at work today, coughing my head off because I have a cold but refusing to take a sick day because I don't have any.

I am not losing my voice because of said cold and coughing.

I did not write a post about not having anything to post about, then decide not to post it.

I do not have many more things that I did not do, but cannot think of right now because I only got four hours of sleep last night.

So, what would go on your Not Me! list?

Not Me!

For more awesome Not Me! Monday, take a look at MckMama's blog. But now, mine!

I did not go shopping online today while at work, out in the open, where anyone who walked by could see what I was doing.

I did not buy a pair of really cute boots while shopping online.

I did not actively try to avoid working today (hence the online shopping).

While standing in line at the theater last night with my friends, I did not realize that I did not have my car keys with me. I did not proceed to search all my pockets and purse at least three times. I did not then announce to my friends that my car keys were not with me, tell them to buy me a ticket, and rush out of the theater to my car. I did not walk extremely fast to the car instead of running. I did not approach my car and see exhaust coming out of the muffler. Then, I did not realize that not only did I leave the keys in the car and leave the doors unlocked, but I also left the car running. Nope. Not me. I would never do that.

When I got back to theater and my friends, the first thing I said to them was not to search my hair for blonde hairs in the mass of black on my head. I am not a closet blonde hiding behind dark hair. I just have some very blonde moments.

Nuh-Uh, Not Me!

Yup! It's once again Monday, and that means it's Not Me Monday time! Click over to MckMama's blog for hundreds more Not Me's!

I am not about to post the Not Me's from last week that I left at work.

(Ok, I am. Some of last weeks.)

I did not stand in single digit weather, waiting for a train for five freezing minutes, then spend another five minutes on the train, and then walk for another three minutes to my office. I did not do all this and realize while waiting for the train that in the amount of time all this took, i could be at work, WARM. I did not decide against leaving the train station to walk to work because a) I already paid my $2.25 for a five minute ride (ok, not even five minutes), and b) I was too lazy (it's 8AM!!!).

I do not not have another topic/hobby to discuss in my law school personal statement. I am a well rounded person with many other interests. Coming up with something was easy.

Now this weeks':

I did not spend the ride home on the train today thinking of Not Me's instead of "sleeping."

I did not see a man wearing cowboy boots with heels as tall as mine (2 3/4 inches). I did not automatically assume he was gay because of the high heeled cowboy boots. (That, or he has very bad taste.)

I did not spend all day today and last Friday on a project at work that involved another project, only to find out an hour before work ended that the original project (which my current one depended on) needed to be completely changed. I was not happy about that because it gave me something else to do instead of looking at a bunch of d@mn exhibits all day.

I did not forget to go into the gym to sign up when they were waiving their $149 enrollment fee. I do not now have to go in tomorrow and pay the fee to join.


I did not have to put in another transcript request, three weeks after my original one and a month before all law school applications are due, because my alma mater screwed up and put a hold on my account because they forgot to withdraw the last payment for school, ever.

I did not seriously almost text my boyfriend to ask him if he could get a gun about 5-6 months ahead of time so I could shoot a coworker.

What's on your Not Me list?

I Didn't Do It

For MckMama's Not Me Mondays and others, click here.


Last week, I did not average four to five hours of sleep. I did not stay out too late almost every night last week.

I did not slip and fall on ice and badly hurt my knee ten feet away from my house.

I did not get lotion on my KitKat bar and proceed to eat it anyway after wiping it off.

I did not go onto Kohls.com on Friday morning at work and I did not proceed to look at bras out in the open where everyone could see what was on my computer screen. I did not realize that maybe I should not be looking at bras at work only when a male coworker walked by and glanced at my screen. (Luckily, he was too far away to really see what I had up there.)

I did not spend fifteen minutes at work writing down a bunch of "Not Me's" and then forget them at work.

I did not spend another fifteen minutes today looking for Bill, the facilities coordinator, to ask him if he ordered my tea in the last grocery stock-up order. I did not have the receptionist call him and the secretary, Lisa, who does the grocery shopping for my office, to find out.

Your turn! What did you not do?

Not Me!

I did not go into work forty-five minutes early and then proceed not to work for those forty-five minutes.

I did not go into work early today because I had nothing better to do.

I did not spend the majority of my day doing menial tasks--filing, indexing, etc. And I did not enjoy it greatly because it meant I was not working on the other project that I've been doing for the past two months.

I did not almost have about ten panic attacks/breakdowns in the middle of work last Tuesday and Wednesday because of a bombshell my boyfriend dropped on me.

I did not stick my hand into my cup of tea this afternoon because I was not paying attention, thinking it was the cup that contained the peanuts I was eating.

I did not manage not to get a paper cut today.

I did not spend two and half hours today staring at my computer, checking scanned, black and white documents.

I did not get up and go to the bathroom just so I could look at some color, even though that color in the bathroom is gray and white.

How about you? What did you not do today?

Who Me? Yes, You! Couldn't Be! Then Who?

After reading other people's "Not Me Monday" for a few months now, I have decided to try it out. Forgive me for not doing this on a Monday, though. Of course, you can read others here, here, and here . (The last one also has links to many, many more.) I promise that if I do this next week, it will be on Monday.

Last Monday, I did not get on the wrong platform for the train because the CTA changed tracks (again), and I did not stand there waiting like an idiot when everyone else on the platform got on the three trains that passed because they knew about the track change and I did not because I was sick the week they changed it.

I was not sucking my thumb this morning (because I got a paper cut) as I passed by the kitchen at work, and one of the equity partners did not look up and see me as I passed by, sucking my thumb. I did not stop, but continue walking, sucking on my thumb, only to pop it out to say "Good morning."

Every day, I do not make two copies of the part of the paper that contains the Word Jumble, Crossword Puzzle, and Sudoku from the paper, and I do no give one copy to a coworker.

We do not then proceed to race to see who can solve the Jumble first.

I do not constantly forget to water my plant so I therefore do not need to tape a post-it note to my monitor that says "Water plant!"

I do not water my plant with the water from the glass I use since that's when I remember to do so, and I don't feel like getting up and walking around the corner to the kitchen for a different cup and water.

I did not skip lunch today to go shopping because I needed some retail therapy. I was not starving by the time I finished, and I did not end up eating peanuts for lunch since I ran out of time because I shopped.

I do not purposely open up a bunch of different work documents and leave them up on my screen so that anyone who walked by and looked would think I was working, when instead, I was really doing something else.

I have not spent the last month and a half at work buried in boxes, binders, and in front of a copier/scanner/printer in the copy room. That copier/scanner/printer has not become my new best friend.

I do not go to the bathroom four to five times a day just to escape from my desk and work.

I did not come up with these and write them down throughout the day at work, when I should have been working.