Midweek Random Link Up

I am so excited to finally make myself sit down and write this Tuesday night so I can participate on Wednesday. I absolutely LOVE midweek randoms and have plenty of random thoughts myself. I've been following Megan for 2-3 years now and love reading what she is up to. She is who is hosting the midweek random link up, so go check out her blog.

I will start with something that I think is pretty exciting. Today was a big day if you live in Chattanooga, TN. The president of the United States of America came here to give a speech about his five point plan on helping the middle class grow. Raising the minimum wage was huge hit in our town...well...for those that attended the speech. Only Amazon employees and government officials were allowed in. Amazon came to Chattanooga two years ago. Amazon is a HUGE company, but I've heard it is a horrible place to work. America needs more jobs and needs employers who are willing to give people a chance, but I also think they need to be cognizant of how they treat their employees. I don't want to go off on that rant, so I will share my pictures. I did not see in person Air Force One land here in my hometown, but watched on my laptop as I worked thanks to the local news station. Despite how I may feel about our current president, it was so neat to watch THE PRESIDENT and Air Force One land right here in my town. That just doesn't happen every day. They showed all the law enforcement involved and talked about snipers being in place and pointed out the secret service and of coarse showed the motorcade...I got teary eyed. I may not like who is in office, but I do respect the office.

The quality is horrible because it was taken from my phone from the computer. My little town is definitely starting to make itself known on the maps lol.

Speaking of phones, I got me a new iphone. I was really trying to wait until the iphone 5s came out, but mine decided it wanted to quit charging every now and then. I actually went a couple of weeks or so without a phone. It felt odd at first, especially when driving but I got used to it quickly. Now I don't know what to do now that I have one. It was time for my upgrade and I wasn't sure what finances would like in September so I bit the bullet and went for it. I don't notice much difference from the 4s. The biggest difference to me is the weight...the iphone 5 is SO much lighter than the 4s. I got me a good otterbox this time since I dropped my old one pretty bad. I think that is why it quit charging. Soon after it got dropped it would only charge if the battery died completely. Anyways, here is what my otterbox looks like.

I had the otterbox commuter series for my 4s and it really did a decent job of protecting my phone. The casing never cracked...only a couple of knicks on my screen. I like this one better because the phone sits in an actual case and is completely covered and then the outer shell goes over that. If I mess this phone up then I'm just doomed no matter what case I get. I really want to get the life case and have ever since I heard about Matt and Julee Turner. Julee's husband, Matt, died unexpectedly one night. He had the life case in case anything happened to him. On his phone he had written a letter to Julee as his last goodbye. The phone survived a head on collision with a pole I think it was and then a fire. I thought it was a good idea to write your last goodbye on your phone and then have it protected by the case and have wanted one ever since.

Yesterday I noticed our house was warmer than usual. I generally have the air off throughout the day because I freeze. I noticed I didn't need to turn it off yesterday and in fact I was a bit warm. I felt the air and realized there was a problem. It wasn't cold. I went to look at my a/c unit and saw the fan wasn't turning like it normally did and there was no loud noise coming from it...just a humming sound.

I went to look at the thermostat and it was registering 80. The good thing is I rent so my landlord SHOULD fix it, but I had no idea what I did with the lease. I need the lease so I can get the number to call him. Today I spent my break looking for that silly lease and at the very last minute found it. My mom brought over a fan that works wonders until time to go get Maddy. It's 11:42 p.m. right now and I am sweating...I need air!!! Poor Maddy was sweating up a storm too and she was in a tank top and shorts and was laying down. I took off her shirt because it felt like it was creating the most heat and had her take her socks off. She would often go stand in front of the fan...I don't blame her one bit!

The last picture I posted on Instagram :) I have a feeling it will be a week or so before we have air again...please pray for us!

I have more random thoughts, but this post is getting a bit long so I will save them for next time or maybe five on friday. I hope you all are having a WONDERFUL week and hallelujah for hump day :)