govtmule's blog
So my dh, and I use that term loosely, and my son are in Florida visiting his parents. My sil, who you might know, reeked havoc in our lives, lives there too. My husband and her are now at the House of Blues seeing Gov't Mule, my fav band, together. Does anyone else get my pain? B/c my husband seems to thinks it's fine. Just another crappy scenario for me - oh, well!
First of all, yes I'm posting - I'm like the long lost bastard-child:)
So for weeks now I have been hating everything about the holidays - all the shit to do - I've had no spirit. Got through Thanksgiving, cooked some "contribution items," had dinner - felt nothing.
Now Christmas is here. So close on the other "big family" holiday. Pressure to make it special; feel family warmth - blah, blah, blah...
Well last night was the big night. The night I've been waiting months for and the night I spent a boatload of money on.
We dropped Jordan off at my parents house and headed over to the Metro. We arrived downtown and had yummy Sushi at a place called Wok and Roll (seemed appropriate for the night) in Chinatown. After dinner, we went to the Venue, got a couple drinks and settled into our seats awaiting the music to come.
I completed my first day of the c25k program! I was really excited about trying it but rather unsure if I could run for the 8 minutes. I printed out the 9 week schedule and taped it on the wall in front of my treadmill. Each day I complete the exercise I'm going to check it off. One thing I can say for sure is, I need a better sports bra - running is hard on the girls LOL!
I also found this poem/story today and it gave me some inspiration. I think I am my biggest crowd naysayer - I need to quit that!
Little Frogs
Last night my husband showed me a letter from his mother. He got this letter about a year and a half ago while deep into a drug addiction. Since he would not take calls from his parents during that time, his mom wrote to him.
He never opened that letter. It sat in his desk drawer for a long time. So many times I wanted to open it, but did not. Yes, I snooped through his things. I don't anymore, but I had to then. Drugs make people lie and hide things - and I refused to live blind. Anyway, I had not even thought of that letter for a long time, until last night.
... I'm off work for 16 days!!!! The beginning of next week will be spent making Christmas cookie balls, grocery shopping, cleaning, exercising and staying in bed until 10 am everyday! I know this is weird, but I have decided to do only cookie balls this year. I'm making bourbon balls, coconut balls, peppermint candy balls, ginger-spiced balls and chocolate balls. I'll be a ball-rolling fool!
The power went off at my house today around four while I was vacuuming. My first thought was that the damn cord came unplugged - again. But then I heard Jordan shout out, "Why did the lights go out?" Shit! Now I'm rushing to get things done before we lose daylight. Jordan had basketball practice tonight, and I still needed to get him to finish his homework, eat dinner and get dressed. When the power goes out at our house, we do not have water either. Luckily, we have propane for cooking.
Tonight we had family movie night. This is something that does not happen in our house very often because I'm not much of a movie person. My husband and son watch movies all the time, but I'm usually on the Nest:)
Today I attended the funeral of a former co-worker and friend's mother. This woman and I used to work together but she left to stay home with her baby a couple of years ago. We have kept in touch and I found out on Sat. That her mother died on Halloween.
Last night my husband and I and our friend, Bob, headed to Baltimore to see my favorite band - Gov't Mule! It was a great time with great music. Warren Haynes is the most talented electric guitar player! The music is not for everyone but if you are interested, I'm sure you could goggle youtube to see them!
All I can say is:
OLD PEOPLE ROCK!!!
Here's a tale of a bad wife. Today is my husband's birthday and before I left this morning to walk with TH, I never said Happy Birthday or acknowledged his special day in anyway! How could I have failed to even remember? We had already decided that I was not going to buy him anything and he does not eat dessert of any kind, but saying Happy Birthday and I love you would have been nice.
Just really sitting down for the first time today. Worked 6:45-2:30, then picked up Jordan from my parents' house (no school today). They went to see The Express and loved it.
Just got home from a great show. My husband and I went to see the Allman Brothers
