Happy National Scrapbook Day!
Extra 10% OFF Select Scrapbooking Brands with Code: NSD24
Extra 10% OFF Select Scrapbooking Brands with Code: NSD24
Cheers
Give a Cheer
Give a Cheer
Journaling reads:
"It's Thursday, February 15, 2007, just before 8 a.m. I am in my car in the parking lot at work, not looking forward at all to delivering mail on ice-encrusted snow. I turn off my Hall & Oates CD and switch to the radio. In the five minutes it takes me to get to work, I have almost forgotten about my local celebrity crush (WXIX TV weatherman Paul Horton....make that recently promoted Chief Meteorologist Paul Horton!) switching jobs with one of the Q-102 morning DJs - this even after I had just seen him doing a segment on TV about being at the radio station. Just goes to show how stressed I was about the weather and work.
I hear the announcement that I can call a number and ask him a question. I am on my cell phone in an instant, praying that I memorized the number correctly and don't wake up some innocent citizen who just happens to have a similar number to the station's. When the phone actually starts ringing, I am sure I have made a mistake. The phone is answered on the second ring and someone (not Paul Horton) simply says, "Hello." I respond accordingly and get ready to apologize for dialing the wrong number when the voice on the other end confirms that I have called the Jeff & Jen morning show, to please hold for a moment and I will be able to ask my question. First, I'm thinking, "I can't believe I got through!" Then, I find myself being thankful for the weather; otherwise, I would have waited 'til the last minute to leave for work and wouldn't have this extra time before I had to clock in. Then, I think of work and wonder how long I'll be on hold. Is Paul Horton worth being late to work for? Ah, of course he is! After all, I've been late to work before. I could blame it on the weather!! Do I take a moment to actually organize my thoughts in preparation for my big moment? Not a one.
The moment arrives. I hear Jeff and Jen. They announce it's Kristi from Hamilton. They tell me Paul Horton is there and I hear his voice. Jen tells me to ask my question, but I find myself instead blurting out something like, "I love you Paul Horton!" There went any chance I had of sounding sophisticated, calm, even sane! There is a pause and in the deepest voice I've heard him speak I hear a response that went something like this: "Well, you know what, Kristi, I love you, too." Yes, I know, it doesn't mean much...but it does mean the man is a good sport! And, even though I was sitting down, I felt weak in the knees just from the sound and depth of his voice.
Looking back on it now, it is at this point that the conversation (my part of it, anyways) gets a bit fuzzy. I did ask my question. I had been missing him in his spot in the morning news. It just wasn't the same without him being there early on, in the studio (or on location somewhere), joking with Rob. It wasn't the same not hearing his name announced as the morning meteorologist. He was the whole reason I started watching Fox 19 News in the morning. He was my morning pick-me-up when I needed one. Couldn't he be Chief Meteorologist but keep the same hours? Jen talked about his promotion and he said he gets to sleep in this way and he assured me that he will still be doing remotes in the mornings. It made me feel better. You could say Paul Horton comforted me at that moment.
He asked me what time I got up in the morning and how Jeff had done. I said something about Jeff doing a good job but not having the sexy voice that he has. There was talk of a list and Paul being #4 on the list. I didn't know what list they were talking about, but I knew he would surely be #1 on my list and said so. Later, I found out that this list is a list of local celebrities with whom women would most like to have one-night stands. Had I known what list this was, would my answer have been the same? My lips are sealed!
As I do when I get nervous, I start babbling. He said I should come to one of his remotes. I start babbling about this one remote I had really wanted to go to last year involving a bus and school supplies. Who knows what else I said! I could have kept on talking (or just listening to his voice) all morning long, but the conversation had to end. If I had been in my right mind, I would have asked Jen a question, "Is he as dreamy in person as he appears on TV??" Ah, those missed moments in life....
So, I look at the clock. Amazingly, I am not going to be late for work. My boots are in the office, all I have on are sneakers, but I am running/sliding/falling on ice to get into the office. "Q-102! Q-102! Turn the radio to Q-102!" I get questions, I give explanations. I dig out my walkman and take it into the locker room with me. I have no idea if and when they will play the conversation. I am really wishing I had a tape recorder or knew someone that was home and able to tape it for me, but no luck.
I realize I have a package I have to get ready to mail to a friend. The clock is ticking. I must start work in one or two minutes. Some lady is on the radio now asking him for a date. I leave my walkman in the locker room and go up front to get something. I come back from the front and hear, "Oh, we heard you! We heard you!" I can't believe it! I miss it myself! After hearing my co-workers lovingly tell me that (1) I sounded like a mushy schoolgirl, (2) I was rambling, and (3) I sounded just as stupid on the radio as I do at work, I decide it is for the best that I didn't hear it. Oh, and let's not forget all the "Oh, Paul Horton, I just looooooove you"s that I heard all morning long!
But, you know what? That conversation and my giddiness from it got me through a rough day out on the street. My sore back, aching muscles, working another 9-1/2 hour day...meaningless! For I had gotten to speak with Paul Horton!! "
Products Used:
Die Cuts With A View Old World Stack Cardstock
Unknown blue textured paper
Unknown red cardstock
Zig Millenium Pen
Me And My Big Ideas Rub-Ons
No products have been added to this project.
Thanks for spreading positivity!
March 18, 2007
March 05, 2007