And this place could be much brighter than tomorrow......

It seems inappropriate to blog about mundane stuff today. So, instead, this video for my mom:

I think this time around I am gonna do it.....

Tuesday....I am so busy with work. But I have CABIN TIME to look forward to this weekend!! I have to plan and pack and buy vodka! It's also C-C-W's birthday so I need to figure out a present to make her. Usually I make my projects during the work day, but I don't see that happening this week. I have 1800 pages of commissions to process. I should get started!

I recognized the flair.....

MONDAY!! I'm back at work from a very nice, long vacation. In which I did absolutely nothing productive! BEST VACATION EVER!! But it is so hard to be back. Getting out of bed this morning was so hard!

I had a nice time visiting with my sister and nephew. I did a lot of shopping. Me and the Princess (and her little brother) went to see The Purge: Election Year. It was okay, not really my kind of movie. But the kids liked it.

I saw Duran Duran and Chic. That was a pretty good concert. Chic was very good, I like disco music. Although I think they played a bit too long. The Princess is not really a disco fan, so she got bored after about 15 minutes. Duran Duran was really good. They dedicated "Save a Prayer" in their encore to Prince, so that was really nice.

I also saw Air Supply, and they were FANTASTIC!!!! Graham Russell came out to our side of the audience, and I got a picture with him. It's a bad picture of me, but what an awesome thing to have happened. And then when C-C-W and I rushed the stage, he handed me a guitar pick!! Obviously he is in love with me.

Aside from a ton of shopping, that was my vacation. But now I'm back at work and so my blog is back too!!

I was running, you were walking.....

I have been on vacation for 3 days so far. Only a week left. But inhale had to do a few hours of work. I got 41 emails yesterday and had to deal with several of them. And sometime is the next few days I have a report to prepare. I need it done by Thursday when I meet up with a coworker for a training thing.

I spent the day shopping with the princess. We got a lot of things done, so that's good. Now to go to bed early.....

I lost myself in a familiar song....

Tuesday....but it's my Friday. The Friday before my week and a half vacation!! My sisters plane gets in at 11:45 tonight. I hope I'm able to take a nap because I couldn't sleep last night. Probably because I took a vicodin, and for some reason they keep me up.

So sometimes weird things happen. Like really weird, insane, crazy things. Like your brother dating the girl who bullied you in 6th grade and made the last year of elementary school hell. That kind of weird and crazy and insane. Hopefully she's matured or family events are going to be awkward.

When you are faced with any sort of challenge, you have 2 choices. You can become a victim or you can face the challenge head on. I've always accepted my difficulties and made the best of every situation. And I will continue to play with the hand I was dealt. Because I'm certainly not folding. We all get bad cards dealt to us. But we always get to choose how we play them.

Yes I have known, I can be wrong.....

Monday.....I think I'm still hungover from Friday. For future reference, half a bottle of tequila is a very bad idea. Thank you to M for cleaning up after me. Sorry about the comforter. And the carpet. And the closet. And the wall. Just ugh!!

Only 2 days of work this week and then my vacation starts. My sister and nephew are coming from Maine. I haven't seen her in a couple years, so it will be nice to hang out with her. And I need some time away from work.

I see thru you, I see thru you....

Thursday!! That means tomorrow is Friday!! Yay!! For a short week, it's feeling like a long week. Last night I went over to ZammyZou's for curry and Dolores Claiborne. I've only seen the movie once and it was a super long time ago, so it was nice to watch it again. Tonight is a bday dinner with my mother-in-law. Friday is something with M, not sure what yet. Saturday is something with C-C-W. I'm not sure when I am going to fit in laundry and sleep.

Day 2 with no splint. And I ditched the sling because it was getting in the way. It hurts, but I'm trying to suck it up.

I signed up to do a 5k with ZarahZou in August. There is no way I will be in shape enough to run it, but I will finish it. It just may take several hours.

Time everlasting, Time to play B-sides....

Day one without the splint. So far all I know is that I really don't like the sling. I feel like a 5 year old. and I can't type with it on. So I will work without it until the pain gets too bad. Then I will probably continue to work without it because I have so much to get done.

Last night my electricity went out. We have 3 candles. And we also have 700 flashlights and 0 batteries. Thankfully the Princesses friend CH came over and saved the day with a box of 100 tea lights. The power was only off for about 2 & 1/2 hours, but it seemed like forever.

I need to find time this week to renew my drivers license. Why am I so lazy and unmotivated?

And your heels so high that you can't even have a good time.....

Tuesday!! I'm so glad this is a short week. I was up way too late last night. I went to see fireworks and didn't get home until 11. And then there was the mad scurrying to get everything ready for work today. I don't think I was actually sleeping until after midnight. Totally worth it, though. I haven't seen fireworks in several years.

Last night I had a fantastic dinner. We grilled like everything - chicken, shrimp, sausage, corn on the cob....and then I made these super yummy crab appetizers with fresh dill. Such a perfect dinner. And all weekend I only had one glass of wine.

Tomorrow the splint comes off and the sling goes on. I thought I was healing great and the pain was nearly gone. But last night I was pulling the sheet up and I twisted my arm a bit and it felt like I was being stabbed. It feels a bit better now, but it does hurt again. Ugh!!!

But the river is wide, and it's too hard to cross....

FRIDAY!! And a 3 day weekend!! A much needed 3 day weekend. My plan is to do as little as possible. Lots of relaxing. I'm planning to finish the latest season of Orange is the New Black, I've only got a couple episodes left. And then lots and lots of napping. That's what I need - relaxing.

I bought some aloe vera gel from Target and it has alcohol in it. Which makes it sting. Why does it have alcohol? The stuff from Walgreens does, too. But I have other stuff that doesn't. Isn't alcohol super drying? And am I not trying to hydrate? What am I missing?

I need more coffee.