my.boy.

luckily my mom (and dad) are willing to take care of my little furry black four legged handsome boy when i travel to and fro from SoCal and other business affairs. for the first time ever jake was not a prince for "gammer." turd didn't sleep, whined, moped, and pouted the entire four days/nights i was gone. i left my office at 4 straight up.....i had been there since 5 and while there were two naps involved i was in desperate need of a shower (i'd hit my 12 hour limit at about 7 a.m. eastern time). plans to meet tay-tay for dinner flopped partially because my dog will NOT let me even walk to the garage and partially because he is working late.

tonight i am drinking beer and eating pizza right out of the box with out a plate....dont judge! i've been craving some nasty grease.

p.s. sofia grace and rosie crack me up. 

the.end.

the.best.laid.plans.of.mice.and.men...

:) i LOVE john steinbeck. anyways, moving on. i've noticed the last two weekends that while i have a plan for each day (always!) sometimes the downtime between "plans," is too idle. i know at one point in my life i would have thought that having too much time didn't exist. oh.yes.it.does.

now, this is partially my fault....okay all my fault. about 5 months ago i decided that i no longer wanted to clean this house by myself and that bringing in housekeepers every other week was a great idea. PERFECT! i don't have to dust, clean toilets, mop, wipe baseboards etc. then spring came along a little earlier than expected (great, no big deal), and i started cutting the grass every 7 days or so....then i noticed i also needed to edge. THEN i decided that this yard (much like the house) is too damn big and why should i be doing yard work if i really don't "have" to....see where this is going? so, i hired a guy to cut the grass, edge, blow, etc! awesome! i will have so much more time to do other things. 

OTHER THINGS? OTHER THINGS LIKE WHAT!?!? well in my head i would be doing other things like playing guitar more, reading more, laundry more, playin' in the jeep more, working out / running more, etc. mind you, i had plenty of time to do these things prior to the lack of house work and yard work only now i had even MORE time! woo hoo! yeah, not. 

i have found that my new work schedule (really coming and going as i please depending on my sleep schedule which means going in a little later and staying a little later) was leaving me just the right amount of time to get home, walk jake, work out, read/tv/guitar/laundry/shop/tan etc was perfect. i was no longer sitting around at 8 p.m. wondering what the hell i could do for another TWO hours before it was acceptable to go to bed...i.e. lay awake for hours and hours. so i have fixed one of my "too much time" problems. working out / running on the regular makes me tired! YAY i can actually go to sleep and stay asleep and feel amazing the next morning (most of the time!).

the weekends? eh not so much. weekends are the definition of TOO MUCH TIME when your girl is 2300 miles away and everyone you know has "normal people" things to do. weekends have been pretty busy. always having a jam packed saturday and a semi packed sunday up until recently. working at dad's shop takes up half of saturday (thank goodness). then we typically hang out the rest of the day. just me and my dad. which means we look at expensive tech gadgets. first it was laptops, then beats, then cameras...well kind of still is cameras. i am obsessed with the nikon j1. i can't pull the trigger because it's just a lot of money for a camera. the last two weekends have been kind of out of the norm leading me to sit on the couch looking at jake who sits in his bed looking at me like "this sucks." then we both fall asleep in the floor. love my boy.

thank goodness next weekend is mother's day weekend which means, PLANS!! it also means cousins! it means busy!

just for kicks - here is a list i made at some juncture, it consists of the three things that i tend not to lose interest in.

-layin' on the beach/pool

-playing guitar (typically after dark)

-watching sports

t-h-u-r-s-d-a-y

typically thursday nights at 8 p.m. i am sitting in a sports bar with at least my dad. sometimes tad and more recently mom and meemaw too. tonight, i am sitting on the couch (first time this week), catching up on the dvr, and waiting on this supposed thunder storm to roll in.

monday - last day/night of the month and i finished dad's books for april after work
tuesday - tanned, apple, cheeky
wednesday - pedi with mom (to get rid of the damn mud that stained my toes saturday) and dinner
thursday - TODAY thank goodness! housekeepers :)

tuesday/wednesday/thursday i have dealt with the damn hickory / grass allergies. i decided that a single 10 mg claritin was ridiculous....so i took two. and then took two more 22 hours later. i guess it didn't help that i couldn't keep my ass out of the jeep at night.

hoping for a laid back weekend. ideally i want to finish the dragon so i can go to the bookstore and lose control with starbucks, but i'm fairly certain that wont happen. in fact i have kind of lost interest half way done with book three :(

i have decided that "quiet night on the couch" should be changed to "drink beer on a stool and play guitar," which means, i'm freakin bored out of my mind.....i'll just read the dragon.

SINCE WHEN DO I GET BORED?