Good Morning, Monday!

You know who makes me crazy? People who dread Monday. 

I mean how can you dread a day of your life? I know Monday is the furthest day from the weekend, and characteristically, Mondays tend to be the screwiest day of the week, especially if you work in an office.. but you know what I say?

Each day is exactly how you want it to be, you can choose to enjoy it for all its quirks (good & bad) or not.

I think Mondays are great. A new chapter. Didn't work out enough last week? Well try harder this week. Ate like a pig last week? Eat better this week. 

(BTW, I am not sure what my deal was last week, but working out and eating healthy were not on the agenda.. you win some.. you lose some, I'm pretty sure I gained 2.)

No.. you still hate Mondays? well.. whatever.

//end rant.

This weekend was spent with friends. On Friday night there was a surprise party for my good friend Kayla  who is moving to Orlando for a job-- a job she is actually excited about. I am happy for her, but selfishly, I am sad that she wont be bopping by my casa after work for some vino and girl talk. After a few glasses of wine, I caved, and shed a few tears because even though she will only be a whopping 2.5 hours away.. 2.5 hours is just long enough to be a pain in the ass to just go for the day.


I'm just saying.

On Saturday, I was tired and grumpy... but I managed to make it to the home depot with R so we could price out some supplies for our garden. We always have fruiting plants, but lately we've been lackadaisical about our garden (& laundry, & cleaning) so we thought a little garden make-over would get us pumped up again.

Of course Tropical Storm Debbie is causing us to worry that our plants will drown, but the south-east coast of FL seems to be fairing well with the rains (and pretty much no wind). We needed the rain so badly.

Whilst perusing the wood section of the home depot (my favorite isle-- I love the smell of lumber) I remembered that I've been meaning to try out Masonite Board in lieu of canvas, so I had the guy cut some in half for me, and I am just waiting for the gesso to dry so I can start painting.

I am a texture person, so I am pretty exited to see how my paintings look on a grittier texture. Plus, I feel like one of the Highway Men-- all their paintings are done on Masonite too. ;)

After taking a nap on Saturday I went to the mall with Kayla where we ate cupcakes and searched for luggage. Having failed at luggage we decided to go to TJ Max and find something cute to wear.


I scored this cute dress.

Thanks mom!

And then R and I went out for round 2 of drinks with friends. We normally don't go out, so having gone to two functions revolving around alcohol, I must say.. I am rather happy to have my health today because yesterday R ended up sleeping & being sick all day, and I was feeling a little poopy as well.

We had fun though, and it has been really awesome meeting locals. I drank a beer called Yetti, and it was so good. At one point the bartender said to me, "One more of these and I'm gonna start looking reaaaal good"

Its dark and strong. R and I had to split the 3rd. 

Having a slow Sunday was great motivation to stock up on some really healthy-energizing groceries, and recommit myself to a full schedule at the gym/yoga this week. My mom will be here in TEN days! Which means.... in eleven days I will be forced to try on wedding dresses-- so I need to get with the program so I don't feel like a bloated pig! :)

Now I am off to the Red Cross to learn how to do Disaster Education with the simulator (Its an RV that simulates fires, hurricanes & tornado-- cool right?) Then, I'm going to find myself a summer part time because business is SLOW. I'm thinking I want to hit up the new Tevana in the mall-- Best Tea EVER.


Namaste!
R

Florida Fun: Hurricane on the Horizon

I am about to head out to the store in an attempt to beat the paranoid hurricane shoppers for some goods just in case Hurricane Irene decides she wants to rock my world for a few days. This is a great excuse to by cans of ravioli's, and if there is no power, I wont feel like a disgusting pig eating them out of the can.

I am living about 20 minutes from the coast right now, does that mean I am in an evacuation zone?

I need to find these things out, sooner rather than later probably.

What happens if the dog needs to poop?

Is it bad that I am hoping the weather is a little crazy so that R's work is closed Friday so we can spend an extra day together?  

Maybe we will get a few extra days together.... 

He is further south and closer to the coast than I am, so I mean.. they don't want to risk it, riiiight?

Clearly I am worried. 

I remember my senior year, we got 3 hurricanes in a row. My parents stayed with my grandfather because he had underground power, and my sister was still in diapers then-- so power is important if you want live like a normal person. Plus babies and extreme heat probably aren't much fun for mommas.

It was two weeks before we got power back in our neighborhood. 

Two weeks that I vaguely remember because it was spent participating in a lot of debauchery.

When I was packing to move to Chicago, my step mom was "helping me," and found a case of empty beers under my bed that I forgot about from Charlie, I got a talking to that night.  

At least they didn't find the roaches in the dresser.. I am was a space cadet.  

Oh, High School.

ANYWAY. What is on my Hurricane Readiness list you ask?

Well.. Here it is, I LOLed so I thought I'd share.

1. Wine

2. Water

3. Chef Boy'Arde with peel off lids

4. Apples or something healthy

5. Baby wipes (aka bath in a box)

6. Scrabble 

7. Deck of Cards You have this, don't buy more.

8. Candles

Wow, I have my priorities straight. 

I just hope we have a flash light somewhere around here.

No seriously, it's not a joke because it's a pretty big storm and there are a lot of communities that are really unfortunate and have to evacuate their homes; unfortunately, while a good majority of folks are just inconvenienced by losing electricity, a lot of people lose much more than that. 

So for those folks, I'll be sending the good vibes. 

As for myself, I reckon I'll be fine since there are no large trees adjacent to the property and it's new construction. I think this community might have underground electricity too, which might ruin my plans for can ravioli. 

Note to self: Find Breaker Box.

I have to make light of the annoyance of preparing for a storm though; storm weeks are a nightmare for someone with social anxiety.. Every multipurpose & grocery store in town is packed with frantic people and screaming children. 

I can feel my stress levels rising just thinking about it. I can already feel the walls caving in on me, the bright lights and tight spaces... did I mention the screaming children?

I don't know what it is about going to the store and people disregarding the Three-Foot Bubble, I am really not down for that sort of violation of personal space. I mean really. Stop breathing on me stranger!

AND I just noticed it's still rush hour, I am going to wait a few more hours to save myself the embarrassment of a public panic attack.

Breathe in, Breathe out... 

xo, r