Erica, oh Erica.

Yesterday was a great day. I got home from work and headed off to the gym. I worked out super hard and felt so good. When I got home, I heard this funny noise. After walking farther into the kitchen I discovered that there were bubbles coming out of my dishwasher and the floor was flooded!!! I immediately turned the dishwasher off (after laughing because this is the kind of stuff that is in movies) and called Erica to get the number for maintenance. When I called maintenance and told them what happened, the man on the phone told me he would call me right back. Later I realized that he probably had to hang up the phone because he was laughing so hard. He called me back and says this happens quite a bit. It happens when you put LIQUID dish soap-NOT detergent-in the dishwasher. I was laughing so hard I could hardly contain myself to finish the conversation with the maintenance man. I immediately called Erica and said "Erica, you are a dork!" She was so sweet to do the dishes and clean up before leaving out of the state for a month, and didn't realize that you can't put the liquid dish-washing soap in the dishwasher. The reason she did it is because right when we moved in, our kitchen sink had a leak and it leaked onto our dishwasher detergent. This caused it to form a solid block at the bottom of the detergent. Well we have now used up all of the loose detergent, and instead of breaking up the block to make it pourable, Erica just decided to use our yellow Joy soap. It seriously made my day. Maintenance will now be stopping by today to pour a neutralizer into our dishwasher, otherwise we would never be able to stop the bubbling. Oh what a memory!


On a different note, Erica is leaving for New York and Georgia to be with family and won't be back until the end of June. Alex, Erica, and I went over to Jenn's to watch Forever Strong. I'd already seen it before, but it is such a great movie and has some of the most moving lines. I ate TONS of junk food which kind of makes my trip to the gym pointless, but oh well...it was fun while it lasted. Speaking of the gym...I was super excited this morning when I put my belt on (just keep reading hahaha). A few months ago, I had to buy a new brown belt that was bigger because I couldn't even buckle my old one in the very first hole. I couldn't even get it around me! Well, I am proud to say that today I am wearing my OLD belt and it is buckled on the SECOND hole! I am pretty excited I have been going to the gym and eating healthy. It is SO worth it :) Here are some fun pictures from last night right before we left Jenn's-keep in mind these were taken at about 1:30am, so don't judge ;).