& that's the way life goes

The past weekend was both long and short. It was one of those weekends that bends time. It was packed with events and errands that made me feel like I was constantly running around, yet I had time to park myself on the couch and mindlessly watch half of Gilmore Girls season 1.

After plans changed multiple times on Friday, Jenni and I went to yin yoga. The best idea ever because my legs and hips have been bothering me lately. Maybe I’m getting old. I didn’t want to overstretch anything because I had my first pretest for my 2nd degree blackbelt on Saturday. After laughing because one of the poses hurt so bad my hip was dying in agony, but I woke up Saturday feeling better than I had all week. YES!

Testing went pretty well. The kids were so cute and couldn’t wait to start. It’s amazing how much and fast they learn.

One of my oldest friends baby shower was on Sunday.  She is one of those friends that I do love because I’ve known her so long but we aren’t very close.  This is the type of event that makes me miss my mom immensely.  I must have done something right because karma was nice to me and I ended up sitting with a couple girls from her work that were easy to talk to.

When I got home C was back from up north and he made me dinner.  It was delicious and we finished off the weekend by watching Rescue Me.

Now I’m just counting days until Thursday, when my LONG weekend begins.  Starting off with Eminem and Jay-Z!

{song lyrics: Taio Cruz, Dyanmite}

There are things I don’t want to talk about right now.  Either because I wish it wasn’t real or I’m afraid if I talk about it I’ll jinx it.  Simply when I stop talking something has taken over my life.  When I stop talking something major is going on.  Maybe it’s one thing or maybe it’s a lot of little somethings.

Regardless…

I still feel a tiny inkling to keep up my little space in your google reader.

Things I learned this past weekend:

• I could have graduated in 98-99 and still be 22 years old
• It’s ok to finally confess some of the really horrible things that happened years ago that you never told anyone about.  (For example: almost drowning in the middle of a lake because your fucking asshole boyfriend left you with his incompetent friend, people doing lines of coke in the living room of a house you were visiting, being picked up at the Canadian border by your controlling boyfriend who wouldn’t let you go out with your friends, etc…)
• It’s ok to name things you regret even when you cling to the belief you shouldn’t regret anything
• I’m not the only one that gets nostalgic about a certain time
• Trust your instincts
• Playing games when you know all the rules is fun, there is something to be said about getting older and wiser

When is the last time you laughed like this?

Thanks to these two ladies: Jenni & LP,

I almost died from laughter.  Best way to die, just fyi.

There were a couple crazy nights at the local bar.  One night included a creepy guy that wouldn’t leave poor Jenni alone.  But she’s hot and awesome so I guess I can’t blame him.  But dang…he was gross.  We are all Beaver Certified. If you care to know, it’s called a beaver for two reasons: It has fur & because it eats wood.

The tubing adventure was all about A LOT of beer, new friends, Jenni getting stuck in the tube and no one actually helping untangle her, branches smacking people me in the head, Jenni getting a bruise from her awesome waterproof box, jello-jars, sex talk and most of all FUN.

There was a lot of noming and cheek kissing going on

Shotgunning beer FAIL

I can’t wait to do it all again next year!

xoxo

The weather up north this weekend was pretty nice.  It was hot so I didn’t mind sitting outside by the fire.  Yeah I know that doesn’t make much sense but I’m not a big fan of chilling outside in the cold around a campfire.

I know, I’m weird.

Friday was gorgeous and we spent most of the day on the boat.  Followed by relaxing by the fire.  I did get eaten alive Saturday afternoon and I’m ridiculously itchy though.

How was your weekend?

This past weekend was and will be my longest vacation of the summer.  The weather couldn’t have been any better.  Sunshine, blue skies and warm temperatures.  Mother Nature must have been trying to make up for the chilly summer we had last year.

I’ll just tell you that there was a lot of:

• † Laughing
• † Beer
• † Sun
• † Boating
• † New Friends
• † Jell-O Shots

There wasn’t a lot of time for

• † Cleaning
• † Arguing
• † Cooking
• † Reading
• † Sleeping

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It was a pretty great weekend.  Definitely a 4th of July to remember.