The big road trip!

Well, we are headed down to Jacksonville today! It's Georgia/Florida weekend. Yep- the world's largest outdoor cocktail party! It seems like it was just here, actually. A year has gone by pretty fast! I am a little nervous since our first string quarterback is out for the game. Yikes!

We're going down with our friends G and D. They are this super fun couple that we always travel well with. They made the trip with us last year and we've decided to all go every year (if we can). Last night was spent packing for 3 days and making a triple batch of sausage cheese balls for us to have for all our breakfasts down there. G will probably get into them before we've even left Athens as he LOOOOVES sausage balls. I thought he was going to eat all of them at our annual Christmas party last year.

The part that always amuses me the most about the UGA/UF game is the people watching. So many college kids down there trying to out-cute each other. So many alumni coming wearing god-awful clothing. And then there's the UF fans who are just heinous all the way around! HA! Seriously, I love going to the Landing before the game and eating and wandering around and getting in the spirit of the game. However, I have gotten over going back to the Landing afterwards where it's wall to wall drunk idiots who sometimes barely manage to stumble out to vomit on the lawn. Nice. Very classy. I definitely plan on having a few yummy cocktails before the game to commemorate the day. That's for sure! Hey- maybe one of those beers in a giant plastic football! Because really, doesn't beer taste better when it's in a cup shaped like a sporting good?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGS!

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10 years ago I was:
In my first semester of college performing in "Pippin" and dating my first serious boyfriend

5 years ago I was:
Living in Alabama and engaged to the love of my life. I hated living in AL. I really wanted to move back.

1 year ago I was:
About to leave the HELL that was the newspaper to start my new job. (Thank the lord)

Yesterday I was:
At work for about 11 hours because we had a financial seminar last night.

5 snacks I enjoy the most:
1. Ice cream
2. Pretzels dipped in cream cheese
3. Frosty Treasures
4. Hummus on veggies
5. Proscuitto on french rounds

5 songs I know all the words to :
1. Summertime, by the Fresh Prince
2. Ironic, by Alanis Morrisette
3. Home, by Marc Broussard
4. Let it Be, by the Beatles
5. The entire score of "Les Miserables" and "Jekyll and Hyde"


5 things I would do with a billion dollars:
1. Buy a beach house and a cabin
2. Go on at least 3 trips a year to places I've always wanted to go to
3. Set up trust funds for my kids
4. Build my dream house with my husband.
5. Set up a scholarship at my alma mater

5 places ideal for running away to:
1. Charleston, SC
2. A cabin in the N. GA mountains
3. St. Martin
4. my best friend's house in Chattanooga
5. NYC

5 items you'll never see me wear:
1. gauchos
2. tapered pants
3. "themed" sweaters/sweatshirts/jumpers
4. the color orange
5. anything with "University of Florida" on it

5 best TV shows:
1. O.C.
2. ER
3. My name is Earl
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Grey's Anatomy

5 biggest joys in life:
1. Laughing my face off with my husband
2. spending girl's weekends with my 2 best friends in the whole world
3. performing in a play I truly love
4. Snuggling with my husband under our down comforter on a cold night
5. road trips with good friends

5 favorite toys:
1. I don't really have any- I am getting an Ipod for Christmas!
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Me and My Brain

Your Brain's Pattern

Your mind is a multi dimensional wonderland, with many layers.You're the type that always has multiple streams of though going.And you can keep these thoughts going at any time.You're very likely to be engaged in deep thought - and deep conversation.

What Pattern Is Your Brain?

I'd say this is pretty accurate. I am a Gemini, after all.

My show

Well, I'm in a play that debuts tomorrow night. It's a conglomerate of scenes from Shakespeare highlighting Shakespeare's women. The guy directing the show had some definite ideas for the costumes which he then passed onto me. Well, we had our first dress rehearsal last night and sweet fancy Moses. We don't look right. The men all look like they should be doing street theatre at a Renaissance Festival and the women look like we should be doing the regional tour of Godspell. I feel like the chicks look like hippies from the neck to the ankles and then are rudely interrupted by black tights and black flats. We should have been allowed to go barefoot, at least.

I know it's horribly vain and NOT AT ALL the point of being in a show, but I hate it when I don't like/am uncomfortable with my costume. I have worn some crazy stuff in the past. But at least that stuff all went together with the concept of the show and everyone matched/coordinated in some way. I just think we look weird. And not good weird, but distracting weird.

I am looking forward to sitting on my ass and knitting at night again. Two shows back to back is a little much for me. I need a nice break until next year...

Lots on my mind

I haven't posted in a while. I've been a little busy. Lots to talk about today.

A messageboard that I am a member of is being shut down because some bitches on it can't take the hint to shut up when they need to. Good lord. It's sad because there are actually lots of fun people on the board that I like and enjoy talking to. Unfortunately, like real life, when you get a bunch of women together- they are going to pick sides and find. Now, some of the so-called popular ones I can't stand. But, I just ignore them or walk on by their posts. I mean, what are you going to do? Ce la vie.

Other than that, my show goes up in a week. I still have some lines to memorize. I plan on doing that soon. It's just one little scene. Ugh. I will be glad when this is over and I can actually BE at my house like a normal person. I remember having free time. I'm afraid this show won't be very well attended as we are performing around a football weekend. Oh well.

My skin is absolutely freaking out. I don't know what I did, but my chin in particular, is revolting. I think if there were a title for zit queen, I'd win it.

I did very good today about not stressing about money. Usually, when it's pay the credit card day, I am to the point of nausea. But, we have made some money selling some of our UGA tickets and we haven't been spending that much cash. So, we're ok. Still a little less money than I would like, but I already have a good chunk of the Christmas shopping done. So, I don't have that to worry about in the future.

I know I am going to have some serious muscle pain tomorrow. I worked out 4 times this week and yesterday I took a class involving a barbell the entire time. Lots of lunges and squats and things of that nature. Ouch. But, like I keep saying- it's good for me. And I am starting to see the benefits.

I had a roach in my car this week. I think that's all I want to say about that.

I am wearing my new jeans from Kohl's today. Let me tell you- that Daisy Fuentes can design some jeans for girls with curves! I love them. They are still a tad long and big in the waist, so I think when I wash them, I'm going to dry them on low. That should solve the problem. I feel super cute, though.

I guess that's it from my end. Only 3 more hours until my weekend starts. Sigh...can I make it?

Raining like a mother!

Holy crap! I knew we needed rain, but good lord! A tropical storm off the coast of GA is absolutely soaking us today. Driving on roads that haven't seen rain in over a month was not a pleasant experience this morning. I know i need tires, but I didn't need to be scared out of my wits more than once sliding around on the road! Hopefully this crap will clear out of here by lunchtime.

I am very excited about lunch today as there is a new Kohl's that has opened a few miles away from my office. Today is the grand opening and I AM GOING! I got a $10 gift card from them in the mail and I fully intend to use it today. My friend Hope keeps hoping that more cool shops open in the same little strip mall. We are both crossing our fingers for an Ulta, but that may be a little too much to hope for.

The new enormous TJ Maxx is opening today, too. I won't be able to get there today, but I want to go soon. I looooooove TJ Maxx and since it will be closer to our house and not in the nasty shopping center it was in before, I'm sure I'll be there a lot more often.

Not much to talk about today. Other than the fact that I am totally icked out by the fact that Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes are having a baby. What the hell?? They've been "together" for like 6 months. If this whole thing wasn't staged in some way, I will be stunned. There is NO way that that gay man had sex with her.

Oh, and I'm growing my hair out and right now, I feel like I look like an anchor on your local 6:00 news. I'm not crazy about it at this point.

Drama, drama- all is drama

This is going to have to be relatively short since I am off to get my "hair did" as Missy Elliot would say...

So...I almost had a run-in with my parents this weekend. As not at all bad as that would sound to a normal person, it's not so for me. See, I pretty much divorced my parents 2 years ago after a VERY long time of them treating me like crap. It honestly is the best thing for me and my husband and friends and in-laws all fully support me in my decision.

However (isn't there always one of those?), my family does NOT see it from my point of view. Particularly my mother's family who I am still in touch with. My husband and I went to a family event this past Saturday with the notion that my parents were not going to be there. Well, SOMEHOW it managed to slip 5 or 6 different people's minds that, oh by the way, yes they were. Fortunately, my husband saw my father slinking into the house where the party was and before you can say "The package is out in the open" he had escorted me out of there like I was the president under fire! He got me outside in the car ready to go before I even saw them. (See- we have an agreement. I don't ever want to see my parents again, and he agrees with me.) My aunt came out and talked to me for a few minutes about the whole situation, but thankfully didn't try to guilt trip me into coming back inside. However, she is pushing me to try to re-connect with my mother. Unfortunately, my mother has no spine and basically sides with my father at all times since he is a religious bully.

I think the thing that is frustrating me me the most is that it seems like my aunt and grandmother (who I love dearly) are really forcing the issue with my mom and I DO NOT appreciate that at all. I know for a fact that they can't understand that not having my parents (yes, both of them) in my life is a goods thing for me. My Father-in-law thinks that I need to have a really honest conversation with them where I tell them that I can appreciate where they are coming from, but that they are going to have to accept that any decision that I make about my relationship with my parents is just that- mine.

I didn't want this blog to be all heavy and what not, but I needed to get some of this off my chest today. I'm sick of trying to be a grown-up but having people still try to make me do something because "It's the best thing for me." Well, maybe it isn't.