I’ve always had a hard time making friends but most of the friends I do make tend to be the shoulders I turn to when I need to cry or the ears I need to listen.   I guess they are the people that love me for me and without them I would be lost.

This whole blogging thing is like internet dating for friends and I have to say that it’s one of the greatest things I’ve been involved in.

My promise is that next week I’ll get back to my normal blogging on senseless and useless chatter.  I hope everyone has a spectacular weekend.  I’m going with the No Plan Plan as suggested by LP and invented during the I’m Naked in Public weekend.

Oh boy…do I have stories!

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When FPD asked why he was leaving he told him because he pulled an all nighter and FPD proceeded to ask if it was with his girlfriend.

Um hello…I’m sitting right there.  I DO NOT need to know this.

My dad laughs and says it’s because he was up all night finishing painting but wishes it would have been with his girlfriend.

Bleach. I need bleach for my ears, eyes and mind.  Seriously.

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This past weekend I opted out of going up to the cottage with C. He took Scooby and left Friday afternoon.

This weekends highlights:

• Breakfast with the most fabulous Jenni
• Cleaning out my car – finally!
• Buying sparkly earrings
• ice cream – even if it was the strangest experience ever

Lowlights:

• Way too much time to think
• Feeling like a complete idiot
• Wondering what the hell my problems is

In other news, I wrote a post for my usually boring family blog that  I think was very open.  For the first time I think I gave my family blog some personality.  I’m terrified of people responding to it though.

Even though my weekend was quiet, I’m still very disturbed.  I need some loud music and distractions ASAP!

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• † I like, love more accurately, spending time with some of my favorite bloggers friends: Sarah, Mandy, Jenni, Supergirl.  I like it even more that we shared pain relaxed at Yin Yoga and then chilled with wine on Sarah’s awesome deck with her homemade Pita bread and pasta salad.  ps – your house is so cute, I love the colors! And I also ♥ Slayer!
  
• † I like bike rides – especially when they involve touring Southwest Detroit with Jenni and Mallory.  I could have done without the helmets though.  Knock 3 times!
  
• † I like that I got my bracelet I bought from TheShagBag on Etsy
• † I like sparring and getting 2 headshots on my Dad last night. 4 points!  He was surprised the first time and stunned the next.  They were pretty shots too.  He gave me a hug afterward and told me, “It’s about time.”
• † I like that I got to spar with Fist Pump Dude for the first time.  He’s the one that wanted to spar me and when he finally gets the chance he’s all, “I don’t hit girls…blah blah blah” I was like, “Seriously, just don’t punch me in the face.  If you do I’ll cry and you’ll feel bad. let’s do this”.  Haha I didn’t say the last part but I thought it.  That counts.  I’ve got a nice bruise to the left of my kidney from his spin hook kick.  But it’s alright, I was nice and limber from Yin Yoga on Friday and could have had at least one head shot.  (Black Belts should not pick on Yellow Belts…mmhmmm)  And you guys, we measured, his legs are so long they come up to my chest.  That’s 3/4 of my body height, yo!
• † I like that I get to hang out with The Watson.  She always makes me laugh so hard.  Whenever we hang out I always feel a billion times lighter.  I just hope I don’t forget my credit card at the restaurant again.
• † I like having friends that have turned into sisters because I don’t have worry about losing our friendship, I know she will be there no matter what.
  
• † I like that I’m designing my next tattoo!

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Some dreams are just so good that you don’t want to wake up.

heh

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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.

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I like:

Warm nights † Reading † Wakeboarding † Cold Beer † Sangria † Guacamole † Campfires † Sunshine † Silence † Pitch Black skies with sparkling stars † Girl Trips!

I don’t like:

When people get angry and say mean things.  Because even if you apologize I’m still going to think there was truth in what you said.

I want you to know:

That I can’t believe it’s July already.  Summer always goes by quickly.  So many plans and so little time!

I’ve planned:

To work on my sparring for the rest of the summer.  It’s great exercise and an awesome stress reliever.  Even if this means that my Dad kicks me in the face.

I want to say to someone special:

Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I couldn’t be happier for you, and this time, I mean it.

*Thanks for the toothfairy for starting this

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Tonight Includes:

– I’m part of the belt testing tonight at taekwondo.  Ok, it’s a mini testing but I’m instructing it nonetheless.  *Fist Pump dude is one of the students testing.  And yes, he still smells good.  I won’t let this interfere with my mad virgin testing sills.  There are only 2 other students testing and they are higher belts than me and 7 years old.

– I’ve got to do all the shopping for our trip this weekend.  Do you know how much I’m dreading this?  I hate it.  I don’t want to do it.

– Finishing packing so we are ready to leave ASAP after work tomorrow.

Right now, since I can’t do shit sitting at this desk, I bought the new Eminem album.  I can’t even talk about the Eminem concert at Comerica without wanting to cry.  I swear all the crappy stuff happens all at once.  Long story short, probably not going.  Boo.  If anyone has an extra ticket I’ll buy it!   C said he would go with me but it’s not his thing and it won’t be fun with him.

Anyhow…

The 4th of July holds so many bittersweet memories for me.  Every year I try to overwrite them but something really spectacular is going to have to happen to achieve this.  I’m hopeful this year.

I can’t shake the funk I’ve been in.  It’s one of the bad kinds where you’re annoying yourself.  I just want to run. And the kicker is my life isn’t bad.  I have everything I need and more, people who care about me and a job.  I feel selfish and helpless all at the same time.  I’m bored.  I don’t want drama, trust me, but I’m bored.  I need some type of stimulation.  I guess it’s time to find a new hobby, a cause or something.  What do you do when you get bored with life?

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Let’s do something completely useless today…

If I were a month, I’d be June.
If I were a day of the week, I’d be Saturday.
If I were a time of day, I’d be dusk, when the sun is setting and the fireflies light up.
If I were a planet, I’d be Pluto.
If I were a sea animal, I’d be a dolphin.
If I were a direction, I’d be East.
If I were a piece of furniture, I’d be the couch you didn’t want to get up from.
If I were a liquid, I’d be strawberry kiwi juice.
If I were a gemstone, I’d be a topaz.
If I were a tree, I’d be a Maple Tree.
If I were a tool, I’d be a hammer.
If I were a flower, I’d be a stargazer lily.
If I were a kind of weather, I’d be sunshine.
If I were a musical instrument, I’d be the drums.
If I were a color, I’d be blue.
If I were an emotion, I’d be excited.
If I were a fruit, I’d be raspberry.
If I were an element, I’d be wind.
If I were a car, I‘d be an SUV.
If I were a food, I’d be Mexican.
If I were a place, I’d be a tropical island.
If I were a material, I’d be cotton.
If I were a scent, I’d be candy.
If I were an animal, I’d be a monkey.
If I were a facial expression, I’d be sticking my tongue out.
If I were a song, I’d be “Life Goes On”.
If I were a pair of shoes, I’d be flip-flops.

I stole this from Nifer Musings

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As much as I love the cottage, and I do adore it, it is making me fat.  It’s hard to go grocery shopping for a couple days and we end up eating out.  It’s actually pretty horrible.  I’m trying to remedy the situation since we’ve decided to leave the fridge on since we are going up almost every weekend.

I’m falling off the fitness horse and it’s stupid scary.

In other news, I sparred with my dad last night and got a knee to my hip flexor.  Though I’m not as sore as I was afriad I would be, it still hurts like a mother fucker.  I also lost focus and slammed my heel into the base of the kicking bag.  For the love of all things, *fist pump dude should not smell like he just took a bath in skittles.   It’s distracting and someone I could hurt themselves myself.  And seriously, it’s 87friggin degrees out.  We are sweating our asses off how do you smell like candy?!   Skittles…

Ok, moving on.

Yesterday was pretty fucked up kind of day.  Michigan felt the tremors of an earthquake (I missed out on this) and there were some wicked storms that came through the area.  Granted, they didn’t have anything on what Oklahoma or Kansas get but still. Armageddon, yo.

Did I tell you that I tried wakeboarding again last weekend?  I haven’t been on the board in 2 years since I face planted in the water.  C is ridiculous and makes that shit look easy.  Fucker.

Clearly, I have a potty mouth today along with a lot of slang. I’ve got no excuse.  All I know is…

I love summer. † I love the summer memories I have. † I love having a cottage. † I love being able to get away from the house on the weekend with C and the dogs. † I love wearing a bathing suit. † I love wearing dresses. † I love tank tops and flip(py) flop(pie)s.  † I love being on a motherfucking boat, yo! † I love settling back into a town I used to know. † I love discovering and rediscovering secret spots. † I love making new memories with people I’m pretty sure will be in my life for the long run. † I love vacation days. † I love flex schedules. † I love campfires and sunsets. † I love Lake Huron waves. † I love the AuSable and canoeing.

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