So I know I am a complainer, but I have had one of the worst weeks of all time. Death, Cancer, Near death of a friend. And today Alex goes to the vet to make sure the large lump in his little tail is not a tumor. I am hanging from the edge!
With all of this - there is a silver lining. An egotistical, self-indulging silver lining...
I am wearing a shirt today that no longer turns my arms prurple from cutting off circulation! And I saw major definition when I worked out this morning. And I saw a picture of myself from last Saturday's karaoke/dancing night out and I don't look like a fat ass!!!!
How can I feel so bad, hate my job so much, argue with David all week and somehow come up for air in time to notice that my arms are pretty damn awesome these days. I mean people are dying and all that keeps me going is arm strength! how completely stupid! But damn they look good.
I've also switched to a 1500 calorie per day diet and haven't gnawed my own arm off yet.
Friday, July 17, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Jimmy Buffett
So I have to talk about our Jimmy Buffett concert experience!
We arrived in Pittsburgh around 1pm Tuesday, checked into the hotel and by 1:15 we were on the bus with our first round of beer. The bus took us to the venue. It was cool because we loaded our coolers, chairs, etc on the bus and when we got there we just took it off the bus and set up camp in front of the bus. Now here's the cool part!!!! The Steel City Fins, (Pittsburgh's Parrothead Club) who we were in a group with, hired a band to play for us all day. Tom Watt is the lead singer. He looks like Jimmy Buffett even doubled for him in Hoot! http://www.tomwatt.com/ He was so awesome! He played from 4pm - 7:30pm and we had front row seats! We ended up having to ask someone to borrow their grill...The guy from our parrothead club that was supposed to bring the grill ended up not coming. So David went in search of a grill. He found one and unfortunately the guy was a HUGE Steelers fan. David hates the Steelers, but he kept quiet about it so he could still use the guys grill. Anyway, he wasn't real happy about all of it, but things turned out ok. There was a group next to the grill guy that had a 'prize' wheel. You had to spin the wheel and do whatever you landed on. He ended up getting to see alot of boobs. I mean ALOT. It was pretty hilarious. Jen walked over to him to check on her and Cheryl's hotdogs and she came back to report what was happening. So I went over and asked him if he as doing ok and he said 'what can i complain about, i've got a peepshow right in front of me' LOL. There were quite a few characters that's for sure. A mother and daughter were walking around topless but had parrots painted on their boobs. Seriously...their boobs were kinda misshaped so it looked really weird. All these trashy guys were getting their pictures taken with them. yuk!
At 7:30 we headed into the concert. We had pretty great seats. I am always on the lawn so it was nice to be in the pavilion for once. There were beach balls flying everywhere. We sat with our parrothead club and everyone was singing and dancing the whole time. He played for almost 3 hours! I was sober by the time we headed back to the bus for the trip back to the hotel. I was proud of myself because it was HOT! Like 85 with 100% humidity. I used spf 50 and still got burned. Anyway, I was thinking how miserable I would've been if I drank too much. I drank alot beer but alot of water too! Words can't describe how much fun we had. The band really set the tone for the day. They even played our wedding song which I've never heard live. So I made David stand up and dance with me:-) There were so many people by our location...eventhough there were 5 other bands playing in the lot. I guess Tom Watt is the best because there was a huge crowd. Everyone was dancing and having a great time.
Can't wait for next years concert!
We arrived in Pittsburgh around 1pm Tuesday, checked into the hotel and by 1:15 we were on the bus with our first round of beer. The bus took us to the venue. It was cool because we loaded our coolers, chairs, etc on the bus and when we got there we just took it off the bus and set up camp in front of the bus. Now here's the cool part!!!! The Steel City Fins, (Pittsburgh's Parrothead Club) who we were in a group with, hired a band to play for us all day. Tom Watt is the lead singer. He looks like Jimmy Buffett even doubled for him in Hoot! http://www.tomwatt.com/ He was so awesome! He played from 4pm - 7:30pm and we had front row seats! We ended up having to ask someone to borrow their grill...The guy from our parrothead club that was supposed to bring the grill ended up not coming. So David went in search of a grill. He found one and unfortunately the guy was a HUGE Steelers fan. David hates the Steelers, but he kept quiet about it so he could still use the guys grill. Anyway, he wasn't real happy about all of it, but things turned out ok. There was a group next to the grill guy that had a 'prize' wheel. You had to spin the wheel and do whatever you landed on. He ended up getting to see alot of boobs. I mean ALOT. It was pretty hilarious. Jen walked over to him to check on her and Cheryl's hotdogs and she came back to report what was happening. So I went over and asked him if he as doing ok and he said 'what can i complain about, i've got a peepshow right in front of me' LOL. There were quite a few characters that's for sure. A mother and daughter were walking around topless but had parrots painted on their boobs. Seriously...their boobs were kinda misshaped so it looked really weird. All these trashy guys were getting their pictures taken with them. yuk!
At 7:30 we headed into the concert. We had pretty great seats. I am always on the lawn so it was nice to be in the pavilion for once. There were beach balls flying everywhere. We sat with our parrothead club and everyone was singing and dancing the whole time. He played for almost 3 hours! I was sober by the time we headed back to the bus for the trip back to the hotel. I was proud of myself because it was HOT! Like 85 with 100% humidity. I used spf 50 and still got burned. Anyway, I was thinking how miserable I would've been if I drank too much. I drank alot beer but alot of water too! Words can't describe how much fun we had. The band really set the tone for the day. They even played our wedding song which I've never heard live. So I made David stand up and dance with me:-) There were so many people by our location...eventhough there were 5 other bands playing in the lot. I guess Tom Watt is the best because there was a huge crowd. Everyone was dancing and having a great time.
Can't wait for next years concert!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Forgiveness
How do we forgive the people we don't want to forgive? This is a question I often ask myself. Do you ever get tired of forgiving? I do! Do I often have to ask for forgiveness? No I don't. That's because 99.9% of the time I think before I speak and act. When it comes to David that is a different story. I find myself apologizing to him alot and vice versa. But it's the other people that rub me the wrong way that I can't handle. Why does (nameless) tell me all the time that my friends are lame? Why does (nameless) always show up late and act like it's no big deal eventhough I've driven 2 hours to get there and am there on time? Why does (nameless) think it's ok to use me and never repay me with kindness? I didn't do things for her because I wanted something in return, but when it was my turn I wanted something. Why does (nameless) call me every single day and talk about nothing? Have I outgrown my friends? Is it wrong for me to want to spend quality time with David and blow off my friends? How do I navigate without feeling guilty? It's all a puzzle, and while I am in search of answers every day, I can't stop being friends with people I am hurt and bothered by. I guess some day I will be able to lead a guilt free life, but for now I have to go because the phone is ringing and it's (nameless) calling to tell me about her dull boring weekend. God help me please.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Weekend
Eventhough the weekend didn't start off well, we somehow got it together. Everytime we go to Caesar's Windsor we have a great time. However the stress of the week got the best of us and Friday virtually sucked. All was better Saturday though. We got a nice tour of the facility from David's contact there, then we watched the air races and went to see Huey Lewis. Love him! By the time we had to leave, we were just settling in for a good time. This never happens when we go to Mexico. I pray that we get to go this year. It's the only place we can vacation in peace.
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