i'm back...kinda...

haha....no seriously, i was out all last week on a business trip and am still regaining my bearings. i'll post more tomorrow when i have some time to actually put together something decent for you lovelies to read.

have a great day!

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

- Friedrich Nietzsche

from my F*@% It Bucket List

this is for my AK, who told me at the wedding she reads my blog. but apparently doesn't comment...shame on you, AK. i was going to list them in the order i wrote them but decided to just randomly pull and c/p...here are 13 from my list (13 is my lucky/fav number) -

2. Sky Diving (this will be crossed off on Aug 2!)
6. No-Predetermined-Destination Road Trip
14. World Series
21. ride a bull
27. ride a train - the Orient Express, travel Europe by train, too.
36. write a book about my life - not leaving out anything
46. ride a camel thru the desert
51. jump off a cliff
63. take a pic w/ Royal Guard
88. send a message in a balloon or bottle
90. run the stairs in Philly....Rocky style
95. surfing
111. stomp grapes

i know, i know. i'm b-o-r-i-n-g. nothing terribly exciting or unique, so sorry to disappoint. haha!

peace!

so, last weekend was the wedding. there were no surprises but that doesn't mean it went on without incident. i came to two conclusions after the 3 day affair - 1. my family never disappoints. never. & 2. weddings are overrated. my advice to you singletons - E.L.O.P.E. save yourself the stress and the bullshit that goes along with having a wedding. go get hitched, get the little 8x10 piece of paper that will bind you to another person for life (hopefully) and then we'll throw down like it's 1999 in celebration. no expectations. no hurt feelings. no bridezillas. and it'll be perfectly acceptable for you to be unable to stand upright at the end of the night...on your own two feet...because it's a party, not a wedding. just sayin'.

***

i took a nap last night and woke up craving a frosty from W.endy's. and a small fry. 'cause
frosty + fries = win. i told the Captain what I wanted and he just looked at me. so i twitched my nose and puckered my lips. that worked. i started heading towards W.endy's and the Captain said it was too far (meaning further than his 2 mile rule) and told me just to go to McD's for a milkshake. i rolled my eyes. now, i realize that for some of you, this may be no big deal. but for me, it is. i mean, how can you seriously compare a FROSTY to a MILKSHAKE? don't even try. you can't.

FAIL.

but i wasn't going to argue about going to McD's. i did argue the difference between the chocolaty goodness though. and i think i won. hell, i know i did. so, we get our milkshakes from McD's. sans fries. cuz you just can't trust McD's fries....sometimes they're perfection and then sometimes, they look about as old as my g'ma. sorry g'ma. and it's not really the same as a frosty and fries, anyways. and if you can't do something right, just don't do it.

came home, plopped my tush on my couch. started sucking thru the straw of my milkshake (um...obviously, that's ONE major difference...frosty = no sucking. must use spoon. damn, i want a friggin' frosty! never again Captain will you deny me the frosty. never.) as i'm sucking, i look over to my left just to check and make sure it's still there. and it is. staring at me. and i stare back. wagging my tongue like a 2yro. and the elliptical will still be there later. taunting me. but i didn't care. i was trying to enjoy my milkshake. and i did. as much as anyone can enjoy a milkshake...instead of a frosty.

and that was that. my craving was not satisfied. and i'm still wanting a frosty. with fries. from W.endy's.

it's now been added to my TDL for this weekend. #4 - FROSTY & FRIES.

but for now, Happy Thursday!

"Among other things, you'll find that you're not the first person who was ever confused and frightened and even sickened by human behavior. You're by no means alone on that score, you'll be excited and stimulated to know. Many, many men have been just as troubled morally and spiritually as you are right now. Happily, some of them kept records of their troubles. You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, if you have something to offer, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry."

~J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Chapter 24, spoken by the character Mr. Antolini



*i'll be posting regularly again starting tomorrow...things have just been crazy busy 'round these parts*

I'm on call, to be there.
One and all, to be there.
And When I fall, to pieces.
Lord you know, I'll be there waiting.

To be there.
To be there.

I'm on call, to be there.
One and all, to be there.
And When I fall, to pieces.
Lord you know, I'll be there waiting.

I'm gon' brawl, so be there.
One for all, I'll be there.
And when they fall, to pieces.
Lord you know, I'll be there laughing.

Kings of Leon, On Call

not much going on. saturday sucked, as expected. but it was an internal struggle more than anything else. we didn't really talk about it on saturday, as we'd briefly touched on the topic friday night. i think the captain knew i just needed to process it on my own. and i did. i guess.

whatever.

april is going to be crazy busy for me/us. my sister's wedding is this weekend. then we have a trip to HOU next week for a day. the following week we'll be in HOU all week. and the next week (20-24), i'll be in OH on business.

at least i'm keeping myself busy, i suppose.

oh. my blogoversary was march 17. missed it. sigh. and btw, blogoversary just doesn't sound right after the mr. blogo fiasco. hmm. anyway. happy blog-versary to me. yay.

picked up this. not bad. not my fav but not bad. and the RJA album i picked up a couple of weeks ago (previous post) - total win. get it. you'll love it.

until next time....