last.friday.night.

we were dancing tabletops.... no, no, no we weren't.

actually a rather country fella from chattanooga emailed me about my jumbo bodied 12-string that i am too little to get around comfortably...he offered cash and a smattering of various guitars because mine was worth substantially more than his and he wanted it. b-a-d. so after a day going back and forth, i increased the cash and took the two best guitars he had knowing i could make more money that i was asking for to begin with. so i got a pocket full of cash, a 1972 12-string, and a takamine 6-string. i'm sure he spent $100 just in gas driving down here to pick it up.

this 6 string is one of the best sounding $300 guitars i've ever heard and/or played. perhaps i'll hold on to it for a while :) i've rather enjoyed it this week.

shaming.myself.

clothes.clothes.clothes.

it's crazy!! no really. i walked in to this mess this morning before getting ready to go hang with two of my fave four while mama.jo gets a hair cut.



this is the only "room" in my house that my o.c.d. does not affect. quite odd given my love and addiction to all that it holds. that said, even i jumped back this morning and thought to myself "you need to get a grip on this shit tonight."

she's.done.it.again.

she's a hell of a writer and a rockin', spot on, pitch perfect vocalist...rachel williams, i'm just lucky to call you a friend.

this one will grab you by the heart. enjoy.

a.couple.two.three.things.

as my favorite youtube chick (atlanta transplant from la) says. this morning i was pulling on some oversized sweatpants to let the sweet, furry, four-legged, sleepy-eyed boy out and thought to myself i love this.
a few things i am really getting into in the final months of my previous/current "employment."

- 9 times out of 10 i am awake before my alarm
- using my coffee maker/machine/thing everyday
- sitting at the table catching up on emails/tasks and fighting fires in my kitchen
- hanging out with jake and watching his tail spin during the day
- new iphone 5 (rocks my face hard core)
- football saturdays and sundays
- my fantasy football league and beating most of the boys
- dropping in to see my babies midday and picking up whatever their dad forgot on the way to meet him where ever he is
- dark seasonal beers (mmm, hmm even the punkin ones)

in other news these unpredictable morning/evening temperatures are killing me. sometimes i can handle shorts, other times i need a snow suit...fall in georgia.

back to the original task at hand before i got distracted!

w.m.3.

obsessed with the new damien echols book. fascinating story of the man convicted and sentenced to death row for involvement in the west memphis three murders in arkansas over twenty years ago. he is a brilliant writer and his story is moving. life after death...put it on your list! currently only available in print.

currently looking for a way to watch the old three part documentary from HBO in the nineties and looking forward to the new documentary that is being made of the tragedy in west memphis.

also on my list of nerd material:
rest of the emily giffin books
memoir from bernie maddoff's daughter-in-law
ashley judd - all that is bitter and sweet

week.

working from home the last week. it feels like when the snowpacalypse rolled through a couple of years ago. there isn't much to do but that doesn't mean laundry is caught up. i drink more coffee, start working earlier, go stir crazy by about 2 pm, make more calls, and work stronger/longer on the unmentionables. a couple of cohorts have more distraction at home (children, wives, roommates, etc) but i've found that things get completed quicker seeing as it's me and the jakester. he loves it!

what happened to the warm weather? pretty chilly this morning. i guess fall is really moving in. football, dark beer, and starbucks.

today - yardman randy
tomorrow - housekeepers

human.

confession: i'm a lot to handle. i'm intense. i'm super focused. i'm o.c.d. i suffer from g.a.d.

for the better part of the last year i've worked on me. who i am, who i was, and who i ultimately want to be. everything is under control 97% - 97.5% of the time. i have had generally everyone who knew me before notice the difference which is encouraging. all of this to say that sometimes i do fall off the turnip truck and act ridiculous.

i know that i need A LOT going on to stay occupied and grounded. work is slowing down. i spend a good amount of time reading which is my default distraction. i'm re-focusing on music and playing (which sadly comes in spurts, but the lulls are often short). the last few days i've been a pain in my own ass and those around me, i am positive of it. even while i'm panicking, i know what is happening to me and i cannot control it. luckily, for me, and you, and us, it is rare. very rare, and i can deal with that.

a lot of change in the air and i've got good people around me.

i.feel.better.
i.feel.more.like.me.

i'm.okay.

fuse.lit.

today = aggravating, frustrating, boring, and ultimately disgusting.

i spent entirely too long at the office (bored as shit, mind you) for one reason only, got booted off the call for a false alarm, sat in traffic, and walked in on jake standing amidst 7 piles of various forms of throw up. cleaned up the 7 piles in his crate. he proceeded to then flooded the stair landing with the gallon of water he drank followed by another flood by the front door. i have spent the last hour and 15 minutes going through 2 rolls of paper towels, a gallon of fabuloso, the remaining 409 antibacterial and then lysol. my house smells like a hospital and my mood rightfully matches the fowl ass odor that has filled the two-story family room.

i am pretty sure i went from extremely pissy to fucking angry in a matter of seconds. if this damn dog doesn't stop eating grass and other yard shit we are going to have a serious issue. i don't do bodily fluids....from humans or animals and in the 5 days i've been home i've had an office full of diarrhea followed by today's vile vomit. E-N-O-U-G-H.

tickets.tickets.tickets.

saw sugarland a couple of weeks ago which was amazing as always.

tonight, heading to eddie's for caroline herring.

also have tickets for melissa etheridige, garrison/adrianne/maia, and corey smith.

vaca.over.

just spent the last week with lots of family in our usual condo on our usual beach. lots of time with pop and uncle joey. highlights include learning to read the greyhound odds and betting correctly...and winning with uncle randy, antagonizing joey to wake up and let's walk only to be told to wait he needed coffee(wtf its 900 degrees out), making fun of mom and nana for their obsession with the 50 shades saga (annoying!!), watching honey boo boo with nana on the computer, drinking at the pool, nana's dip, uncle randy's tent, shopping the surf shops, lunch at bubba gump's, grocery shopping with dad and his late night run that resulted in the most amazing oreo ANYTHING that i've ever put in my mouth, dinner at the deck twice, uncle randy's pink panty pull down (it's a drink...) and he delivered it frozen to my tanning ass on the pool deck more than once, instructing mom on the proper way to put on the spray sunscreen, nana demanding laundry the second the clothes came off, football with nana, uncle randy, and dad, mom's amazing lunch while i handled a work emergency, people watching with mom from the beach tent in the afternoon (oh boy), and telling tad and lola to go to bed and get up (at normal times) by calling them "the kids." of course i am missing a ton! i read two books and half of a third. finally i missed the shit out of jake and the babies (whole nicholfam, really).

i am darker than i think i have been in years....not on purpose, i had a tan before getting to the beach so i didn't burn or have to wear a hat. win!

i have a pissed off pup at my feet..