I'm Awesome!

Let me just say, I have the best friends in the world.  The above is a picture of a necklace that my friend Lisa got for me when she and her soon to be husband, BJ, took their daughter to RAW.  Now, how great is it that she is out with her family, sees something that made her think of me, then buys that thing?  The reason she got it for me is because last year, I'm awesome was my slogan, per say.  I made all of our friends shirts for the brickyard that said something that would fit their personality and the way they drink.  My husband's said "Drink like a champion today".  Mine said, "I don't get drunk, I get awesome".  Everyone wore them on Saturday to practice and we got many complements.  I plan on doing the same thing this year as we have already bought tickets to the race and rented the RV for camping.  I'm so excited about this upcoming weekend even though it's not for 4 full months away. 

The kids are on spring break this week and we are having a very nice time doing things around town.  Monday, we went downtown to Circle Center and shopped.  We ate lunch at Jonny Rocket's even thought I really wanted to go to Champs.  We sat at the bar and played songs from the jukebox.  Then we walked to the circle and had dessert at the Chocolate Factory.  It was yummy.  Tuesday, my sister had her twins 10 weeks early, so we went to the hospital to see her.  Don't worry, they are going to be ok as long as they don't get infections.  They were both over 3lbs, which is fantastic.  They'll be in the hospital for 10 weeks or so.  After that we went to the eye doctor.  Dylan has had glasses since he was 4, but Hannah hasn't needed them, until now.  She is near sighted and so we picked out glasses for her.  45 minutes later....she finally found a pair she likes.  They are white plastic frames.  I hope she'll still like them in 3 months.  Today, we've done nothing.  And it has been fantastic.  Tomorrow, Children's Museum and Friday we are going to the movies and then they are staying all night at the in-laws!  Of course this means I get date night with my husband.  It's not really date night though, all we ever do is go the bar and play cards.  But I don't mind, I'm not doing to badly at cards here lately.

I know it's not that funny.  I know it's not even that interesting.  But it will be nice for me to look back and read this blog and remember that I have good friends and am having a nice time with my kids on their spring break.  Oh, I also got that job!  Yay me!  I can't wait to start.  I hope I enjoy it as much as I think I will.  I also hope I make money at it as much as I hope I will.

I do not have A gun...

Why is it that I have great subjects to write about when I'm in the car, or about to fall asleep, or falling asleep in the bath tub, but when I sit down to write the blog, all idea's fly out of my head never to return again?  It's dementia.  Great, I'm in Perri-menopause and I have the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. 

With all this aging, I find myself remembering being young (even though these memories are only from 16 years ago).  One of my favorite memories came back to me this week when I was watching Wayne's World.  My best friend in high school, Cathy, (she was also my roommate after high school 'til my now husband knocked me up and I felt it was necessary to move to Ohio to be with him) and I would watch Saturday Night Live when I'd stay all night at her house, which was every weekend.  So of course we went to the movies to see Wayne's World.  I must say, this movie is one of my favorite slap happy comedies.  Even watching it the other day I was laughing so hard I had to re-wind it to catch what I had missed.  My favorite part of the movie is when Stacy gives Wayne a birthday gift (mind you it's not his birthday) and it's a gun rack.  His response is "I don't have A gun, let alone multiple guns to necessitate an entire gun rack, what am I going to do with a gun rack?" I don't know why I think that is so funny, but I do. 

Now, at this point in watching the movie, I'm reminded of how simple things make me laugh.  And I don't have to be drunk to laugh at simple things either (but a good buzz does seem to make it happen a little more often).  I laugh at things like the commercial I just saw on T.V. with the local weather man telling people "turn around, don't drown" during a flash flood.  Duh! If I see you driving through high water, I'm going to laugh at you while I call 911, idiot. 

And of course my kids make me laugh all the time.  Hannah is so literal, I can't help but laugh at the way she thinks.  Of course I don't do this in front of her, that would only hurt her feelings (which are all haywire right now anyway because she's a 12 year old girl).  But I do laugh in my mind, cause it's so funny.  For example, today she filled out a survey at school about drug use.  She came home all worked up because she had to check "yes" under "have you ever drank wine".  Now, let me tell you, she has never "drank" wine.  She has tasted wine at church with communion 3 times in her entire life.  And when I say tasted, I mean literally touched wine to her tongue, not even enough to need to swallow.  She didn't like it so I told her she didn't have to take the wine, she can just take communion.  I don't take the wine because although it's blessed as the Blood of Christ, it is 100 people drinking out of the same wine glass.  Germs, lots of germs.  Anyway, I got off subject, my kids make me laugh.  Dylan is purposefully funny, and very much likes to make you laugh.  His feelings are hurt if you don't laugh at what he says.  And he says things like "Yeah, we had to let Sanders go so we can keep Peyton, it's OK though, we'll be alright."  I know it doesn't sound funny, but remember he's nine and sometimes I think he thinks he's actually on the team.  He's just like his dad, can't wash his jersey when the Colts are on a winning streak, has to have his Colts socks on during the game, etc, etc.  If you could see him watching Nascar, you'd get enough laughs to last you the week. 

I'm about to become very busy so I hope to have a lot to write about soon.  My weekly schedule looks like this:  Monday, guitar lessons; Tuesday, baseball practice; Wednesday, gymnastics; Thursday, class; Friday, out with friends; Saturday, class/baseball game; Sunday, church/cleaning house.  And, I've been interviewing out the yin yang the past few weeks.  Hopefully I'll get a job soon, I just started to get somewhat bored.  Although, I am glad I'm not working this week cause finals are kicking my butt. 

Until next time...don't forget to laugh...at your friends, at yourself and at the stupid things that happen everyday.  Much love!

Something Big

I've decided to do something big.  I have an idea, but I need money (as everything big takes money to start).  My problem is, I know no one with money to invest.  And since you can't do anything without knowing someone first, my idea probably isn't going to happen.  I don't want to be famous, but I'd like to do something that will make me money and make me happy.  Strike that.  I'd like to do something that will make me happy and make me money.  I'd like to have a college fund for my kids before they start college.  And I'd like to have my student loans paid off before my kids start college as well.  I know I sort of did things backwards.  I got pregnant, then married, all at the age of 20.  I stayed home to raise my kids for a while, then found a job that paid well.  After being at that job for a while, I went to college.  See, it's all backwards.  And I don't regret that at all.  I'm still married and my kids are fantastic.  But being in a situation of no longer having a job and still being in school, I'm looking for something more than what I've already done.  Therefore, I'm going to do something big.  Or at least I'm going to look into it...