saturday.in.pictures.

recap:

after the dirty girl 2012 5k

 prior to shower but after hose...my ear was full of mud

 shirt

 letting dad drive me to dinner in the jeep 

dad with his pro beats and new computer explaining why eggs are white...VERY LOUDLY!!

 sunday jeep shopping w/ momma and picked up these bad boys at abbadabbas on the cheap!

rest of the weekend spent napping, reading, and a tiny bit of work.

i know alot of people saw the video of the boy with two moms addressing his state congress....he wrote a book "my two moms" and i am picking it up one night this week when i finally wrap the dragon trilogy. in other news, SoCal's birthday present will be here tuesday or wednesday and i can't wait!!!

two more weekends until four days of palm springs with my lady!

meemaw's.five.

1. meemaw broke her damn arm.
2. meemaw is retiring...forcefully for the second time.
3. meemaw isn't driving anymore...forcefully.
4. meemaw is seeing a neurologist for alzheimer's.
5. meemaw is otherwise in perfect health.

it's been hard to wrap my mind around what this means; to really accept the things that are happening and the changes that are real. truth is, i'm half a year away from 28 and she is 84. she is our matriarch, our glue, my strength, and to many she is the sweetest soul on earth. she is confident and honest. emotionally she is a rock. she has lived the last 26.5 years without her husband and the last almost 14 months without her only son. she's a good sport when i tease her and a sponge when i teach her. my family is lucky to have her, to have learned from her, to experience life through the tiny elephant-like eyes that we all look to for comfort, reassurance, or our own happiness. behind those eyes is a woman that has spent the majority of her life away from her homeland and her family. a woman who knows heartbreak and heartache. a woman who has told me in some of my darkest hours, "when you get mad, you cry and that's ok. just do it and then move on."i'll lift her up anyway that i can - i adore the ground her size 5 feet walk on and i stand in awe of everything she is.

i have cried a little everyday this week, but i haven't moved on. i'm anxious to see her again and bend down to hug her little frame and kiss the cheek that comforts like the calm after a raging storm.

i am so happy that she met my girl last week, it was really really important to me. the picture of the two of them is super sweet.

bizzy.

that's how it sounds with an accent. today i had to remove the heads of several agents from their respective rectums. those are always fun conversations...especially for those that sit outside my office and can hear my side of the conversation.

disclaimer: apparently you can tell i'm from good ol' GA when i get good and pissed off. (also when i'm tired/sleepy).

regardless, things are looking rather impressive for april...yes already. three months in a row? yes sir. high fivin', talkin' shit, and tearin' in to reports.

i was even called a sweet heart by a client today....AND she has met me....in person :) clearly that was a day i was shakin' hands and kissin' babies....not fighting fire with fire. (aka spewing the profanities that roll so easily off my tongue).

seriously, i was in the office from 7a-5p and then workin' it from the home office and the cell phone from 5:50-7:45. wednesday needs to tread lightly.

emergency.response.testing.

in other words, the whole office worked from home today. i went to bed sort of early for me (as of late, anyway) and slept until 4. at 4 i let jake out, drank the last of the purple gatorade, jake drank water, i did a little work then we went back up to bed and slept until 7. nicely done eh?

day starts at 7 and waiting on everyone to "show up" took until a little after 9. then came the policing of who is actually working. a quick task search revealed that they were all working however all the asset manager's except for the few out of state AM's were saving all of their marketing plans and list price reductions for tomorrow. sneaky. i ran at lunch time...totally could get used to that idea. hit the grocery store at 5 and it absolutely doesn't feel at ALL like a monday.

i found out the kentucky v. kansas game doesn't even tip until 9:30. that means the championship game and the END to march madness will not be over until after midnight. there is so much money on the line that i have to know who wins (kentucky) before i go to sleep.

now? lounging on the couch...kind of reading...kind of looking around. i wish i didn't hate everything on t.v. perhaps i should start recording more shows so it's a little less painful.

bullet.fact.sunday.

- started my day with a call from a beautiful girl.
- cut the entire yard today....lil sunburn on the arms.
- still can't decide about the gardener, its a really good workout.
- dinner with mom, dad, uncle randy, and nana!!
- blizzards with nana. :)
- read more of what i call the nest in my swing chair.
- met some neighbors...i know, the introvert. shush.
- worked for a little over an hour to catch up for our "emergency" work from home day tomorrow.
- jake chewed up a paper "the fray" cd case while i was cutting grass.
- laid down to nap, then remembered i have a battle with insomnia going on and got up.
- layin on the couch with purple gatorade watching the ACMs
- added to "our" bucket list
- just got a text from dom regarding sara evans camel toe and on that note, i'm out.


spent all day saturday with my dad. we worked, ate, ate, ate, ate some more, and got hair cuts. then we drank beer and watched basketball.