& that's the way life goes

My weekend was pretty fucking spectacular.  I was so messed up Friday that the memories and moments are still resurfacing.  For better or for worse.

Did you know you could shotgun a beer from a bottle?  Come hang out with me, I’ll pass on my new found knowledge.

Oh, Friday.

Saturday I got up from a little amount of sleep and waited for LP to come over.  We were going to get our eyebrows done but when I told her the little trick about shotgunning beers out of bottles she had to try it.  So at 11am that’s what we did.

We ran some errands, I talked her ear off and then we came back to get ready for a graduation party.  Cue more beer.

She had plans that night so I stayed in and chilled.  I feel asleep before 11pm and my friend Raych called me but I was too out of it to answer.  She texted me and it’s crazy how the past always comes back.

After talking to her today she is going to bring some cupcake wine to my house tomorrow.  I’m for sure excited!

I’ll save Sunday for another post, but I’ve been really into the dance music.  I think it’s time for some club action ASAP.

Enrique Iglesia – I like it

Usher ft Pitbull – DJ Got Us Falling In Love Again

Any other suggestions for me?!

<3

You know those conversations you had that you keep going over in your head.  For no other reason than to drive yourself crazy.

Yeah I’m there.

Part of me laughs because it is so ridiculous.  Another part of me is a tad mortified. And a third part of me is beyond mystified of the things that come out of my mouth.

“I took 3 sleeping pills and drank half a bottle of gin….Sing me a Filipino lullaby”

“I’m not singing you a lullaby”

The next day…

“You know you sang to me.”

“I did not.”

“You did, I wouldn’t sing you a Filipino lullaby so you made one up.  Then I asked you to sing it again and you did, the exact same way.  It was cute.”

“Shut up.”

“You better be careful with those sleeping pills, you might start singing to people.”

Also on my mind is the ridiculousness of the trip with LP and Jenni. I still can’t believe that some of that shit happened. Phone calls at 5:45am resulting in me buying breakfast is classic. Also, everyone was “naked” at some point. Oh yeah. *blush*

“Why do they call it a Beaver?”

Thank you Google.

I spend a lot of my time in limbo.  Not really progressing any of my skills or talents.  I’m really good at just hanging around making myself look useful.  I guess that’s a skill, right?

I love my job but 80% of the time it’s not challenging at all.  I’m not exactly a go-getter.  I don’t strive to be management or make 6 figures a year.   I slack more than I should even admit but I get what needs to be done, done.

The truth is I don’t know what I want to do.  I want to be challenged but  I don’t want to give up my flex schedule.  I want to  write more and about topics with substance, maybe get back into researching and editing but I don’t want to give up working from home.    It would be nice to have a bigger paycheck.  I’m not asking for much, a few thousand more a year would really help out.  Right now I’m on the low-end when it comes to salary.

Part of me misses working in Detroit too.  The job I was looking at has better tuition assistance in case I ever figure out what Master’s degree I’d like to obtain. I also wouldn’t have to leave campus to take classes.

At about 5 years I start to get bored.  My attention span is tiny.  It doesn’t help that there isn’t anywhere for me to advance in my department.  Choices.  I guess I’ll have to see what’s out there.  Maybe I’ll get lucky and find a perfect fit.  And if not, I have it pretty good now so I can wait it out.

Pieces of Me – August 2010

I like:

Laughter † Friends † New Friendships † Cold Beer † Jello Shots † Pizza Rolls † Playing on the Playground † Sunshine

I don’t like:

Feeling suffocated and claustrophobic

I want you to know:

It’s ok to go a little crazy sometimes.

I’ve planned:

To start figuring out what my next adventure is going to be.

I want to say to someone special:

Sometimes the road can be a little rocky.  At least one of us has faith.

*Thanks for the toothfairy for starting this

In the times where you aren’t really sure about yourself or the things that you are doing it is NECESSARY to have girlfriends to rely on.  It doesn’t matter how independent you are or how much you like your quiet time you need to have someone to just listen, nod and make you smile.  A hug once in awhile doesn’t hurt either.

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!

Last night at tkd my dad told me he was leaving and I needed to teach class.  When I asked why he said it was because he pulled an all nighter.  Yes people, my dad can hang better than me and pull all nighters.

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.

I don’t want to say I’m in a funk (again) but I feel anxious. I’m counting down the days until my 4 day weekend with the girls. That I’m excited about.

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!

I have a lot of likes right now so here we go:

• † 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!

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

heh

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.