New Words for All

Hello all, So today I would like to introduce some new words that I have heard recently, and would like to enter the mainstream. Yes, like in Mean Girls, I am trying to make fetch happen, but let’s give it a shot anyway. 

Voluntold (v) To be volunteered for something, possibly against your will, definitely when you do not have a choice. Often used in families.

Sentence: I was voluntold to pick my sister up from the airport.

Provided by Cynthia 

Facebook First Responder (n) Someone who comments on your facebook status before you are even sure that it has posted.

I had just uploaded my photo when Stacey told me that she liked my haircut. She is such a facebook first responder.

Provided by Julia H. 

Gardening Stigmata (n) Not to be sacrilegious, but you know how sometimes you hurt your hands doing yard work, and it may or may not make your hands look like the hands of The Lord.

Sentence: Person 1: Are you the savior? Person 2: No, I’ve just been weeding. Person 1: Oh. Gardening stigmata.

(Sorry Mom!) Provided by Brent

Toolbox (n) Someone who is such a tool, that being called just one tool simply will not suffice.

Sentence: That toolbox stole my parking spot and cheated on my sister.

Provided by me

Where did Jen go?

Loyal readers, all 63 of you, I totally apologize for leaving you Jen-less for these long, hot months? What have you done with yourselves instead of reading my oh-so-fantastic blog? Have you been pining away by your inbox, waiting for just one more hit? Have you been crying yourselves to sleep? Or have you been doing, you know, kind of fun summery things that were just awesome? 

There is no good excuse for not writing. Well, Maybe one.

That’s why so many TV shows go on hiatus for the summer, cause when the snow melts and people can have actual good times outdoors, they forget about television. Well, not quite so much in Texas, where the uninhabitable summer months are just starting. 

So, here is my explanation, and I will tell you many ridiculous stories from the past two months that will have you giggling openly in the quiet section of the library. 

Mostly, I was traveling a good bit (wedding, play, cruise), and I had a pretty severe flu-like illness for about half of May (maybe 2/3). Yes, through the miracle of crappy immune systems I am able to get the flu in the middle of the summer. Oh, good times. I in fact found a half-written, fever-induced entry about how I had ebola and how lifetime movies saved my life. 

Anyways, just wanted to let everyone know that I am back on track, and you will be hearing from me soon. 

Kisses,

Jen