Weekend in Review

Saturday morning I got a call from Nick’s mothers cell at 7:00am asking if I could go into work “RIGHT NOW” because the girl that was supposed to work the morning shift had just gotten into a car accident.  I had only had about 4.5 hours of sleep but I couldn’t exactly say tell her, “no”.  I got up took a shower, did my makeup in the car (I KNOW THIS IS DANGEROUS) and got to Talent by 8:00am.

The coffee stand already had about 3 cars driving around like vultures waiting for somebody to open so they could get their usuals .   I was an hour late when I got there  and EVERYBODY had to ask a million questions and then the following conversations started with EVERY SINGLE CAR THAT CAME THROUGH FOR THE NEXT HOUR: how come you are opening so late?  Because Katy was in a car accident but she is okay, I don’t know what happened because I didn’t ask. I don’t know if her new car is okay, no I’m not NEW here I work the evenings, my In laws own the coffee stand.  Yes that makes Nick’s my husband.  Yes I enjoy working here,  yes it is nice to get the tips, thank you for being so patient, now what can I get you?

I eneded up staying till about 3:00pm.  Nick came and brought me something to eat and come work the next few hours for me.  I needed go home and take a nap so I would not be tired and have to cancel dinner plans with our friends.  I would have to say that working the morning shift was nice because I had $60 in tips by the time I left.  People tip a lot better in the AM.

I got home and immediately got in bed.  I had been desperate for sleep from the minute I got the 7:00am phone call.   I woke up at 6:30pm, got ready and my sweet husband asked me if I wanted to go to Macey’s and Old Navy to buy some new cloths. DUMB QUESTION.  They are my 2 FAVORITE STORES.  I was stoked!  I bought a necklace and a pair of jeans from Macey’s but didn’t feel much like looking around for things I really needed like shirts and shoes.  I was still feeling sluggish.

Old Navy was not much better, I walked from the front to the back of the store about 2 or 3 times before a table of colored shirts coughs my eye.  I grabbed 3 that looked pretty and met nick at the register.    About the time we were done it was time to meet Jay and Meg at the Outback for some dinner.  I was starving and decited that I wanted prime rib.  It was pretty much amazing and dinner was a lot of fun.  We laughed the entire time.  After dinner we went to Barnes and Nobel to look at books and take a friend some of the leftovers so he wouldn’t starve.  We stuck around till he was off at 10:15pm.  At this time it was pouring rain (which canceled our prior plans to go to the Mt.) and were still looking for something to do.  We pretty much said fuck it and lets all go stand in the rain up at the Mt. around a huge fire regardless of the weather.

By the time we got up to the Mt and made our fire it was nearly midnight.  To our luck the rain had let up to just light mist that easily evaporated near the fire.  We had amazing conversations about life and about the paranormal.  Josh told us things that made the hairs on our neck stand up.  We decided to leave after we had all scared ourself and it was after 2:00am.  The drive back down with my husband was nice.  We discussed our night and what our favorite “scary stories” were and how our night was.

It’s nice to have friends that are adventurous and willing to take risks to be together.

REASONS I KNOW I’M HAPPY

I was bored at work today and was thinking about if I go back to school what it is EXACTLY I want to do.  I have 2 years under my belt including some criminal justice and basic prerequisites.  I was going to go starting in January but I couldn’t decide on what I want to do.  I would LOVE to finish what I started and pick back up with criminal justice to work with troubled youth, but I start thinking about the future and I’m not sure if I can seem myself with that forever.  I do know what ever I decide to do is to work with people directly.  Weather it’s some type of a counselor or  physiologist with youth or adults, I know this the way I need to go.  I feel that I can succeed in this because I know what it takes to be happy for myself.  I know everybody is going to need different things in order to be happy but I don’t think you can offer any kind advice unless you know it works. 

 

REASONS I KNOW I’M HAPPY:

 

I know that I’m happy because I filter out the bad that comes in my life and let the good strain though.  I allow myself time for me. I allow myself 2 days a week devoted to being with my friends.  I devote 3 days to my husband and being at home with him and 2 days to either being with my husband and my friends at once or family.  Family fits in above all this though!!  I’m fairly confident in myself which I know many women lack.  I know  what I need to fix or work on, a.k.a.: my weight.  However I have also allowed myself to be at the weight I am, so if I’m not going to work on it I need to feel confident to be happy.  I have amazing friends, all of which every time I see I get hugs from and I LOVE it.  I feel like I can tell ALL my friends just about ANYTHING ‘cause the are absolutely ASWOME!!  I love my girl time I have Emmy and or Barbs once a week, it makes me feel important!  My husband lets me spend as much of his money as I want as long as the bills get paid!   He wants me to be as happy as I can and I know it.  I guess what I’m trying to say is that confidence makes people happy.  They more you have, the less you have to worry about and the more time you have to be happy.    

 

This brings me to having children.   

I would love to possibly have 1 or 2 sometime in the next 5 to 10 years.  I want to wait as long as I can.  I feel the older you are the wiser you are therefore the longer I wait the more I will have to offer my future children.  I feel that you should have as little problems in your life as possible to show your children confidence at their early age.  This should some questions up for the many people that keep asking me about kids!!!   

 

Anyways I guess this whole blog is basically what was flowing through my head today while I was at the coffee stand. 

Rambling about the weekend

My weekend was amazing.  I went to dinner with a good friend on Friday and drank way, way, way, too much.  CRYSTAL ROCKS!  Saturday I didn’t feel all that great so I didn’t really do a whole lot of anything.  Sunday was Easter and it was simply wonderful.  Lots of Vodka Cranberries, good laughs with the fam, watching the kidos doing Easter things, and participating in a scavenger hunt. 

 

Today I bought a new purse that is magnificent.  And worked outside in the yard.  I work Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday and my plans for the evenings are still to be determined.     

Back from Reno

 

I didn’t realize how much Nick and I needed some “us” time.  Everything is wonderful between us but I guess we get so excited to spend time with our friends when it’s the weekend that we forget we need to spend time together.  We Drank lot’s of alcohol, gamboled, laughed with family, and laughed A LOT with just each other.  I know this is cheesy but it was almost magical when we laughed in sync with one another.  It felt like 5 years ago again when were first dating.  We could not stop laughing with/at each other.  Our trip to Reno confirmed with me that Nick is more than amazing!  So basically to sum it up our trip to Reno was a blast! 

St. Patty’s day and family

It was St. Patty’s day yesterday and unfortunately it was nothing like last year… I couldn’t go out because I somehow managed to leave my ID and debit card at the drive though at the bank on Friday and since I had to work all Saturday I didn’t get a chance to go pick it up. After work last night Nick and I went to two BBQ’s but the best one was with my family out to my grandmothers with my Uncle Davey and my little cousin Lexi along with my mom and step dad. Dinner was GREAT: Steak, shrimp, artichokes, salad, wild rice… Great conversation as well over some drinks. One downfall of the day though was that Colleen and David were in Seattle and could not join us. All in all it was a great day though, the weather was beautiful and I got to spend time with my family.

“The love of a family is life’s greatest blessing”