To continue along with my productivity high, I woke up at 8:30 ready to run! I quickly changed and ran to my moms room screaming, “Rise and Shining in the Morning” in a very odd accent that I can only describe as being like the one of the lemur from Madagascar…please don’t judge me! Needless to say she was none to thrilled with me dragging her out of bed into the scorching weather to complete a run, she later loved it…I think.

After running, I quickly showered up and headed to my old stomping ground, Hopewell High School. After taking forever to get through the school, seriously I think it may have airport security beat, I finally made it to the Yearbook room where I got to catch up with some of my favorite people that are still in high school. I also caught up with Mrs. Rogers who without a doubt could be one of the most amazing women I have ever met. Talk about strong, opinionated and full of willpower! I really wish she would get out of Hopewell though, she deserves so much more then she is getting there and I just don’t like to see her tired or unhappy. Besides the usual “yahoos” (one of her favorite words)making her crazy, she looked absolutely wonderful and I can’t wait to see her again. My friend Jonesy joined me on the trip so I dropped him back at his house once we finished visiting the school.

On my way home I realized I was famished because I was in such an excited hurry to leave the house I didn’t eat anything. So, into a bowl went taco meat, refried beans, cheese, and sour cream. I mixed this all up and then spooned it out with chips. In my usual fashion I have no pictures of any of my adventures today, but you are probably glad I don’t have a picture of my lunch because it slightly resembled pre-digested dog food….not a pretty picture.

Once I had refueled my body I was ready to go again. Michael came over with his truck and we loaded up as much stuff as we could from the garage and drove it over to Goodwill. It was so hot! I feel bad that Michael has to go sit in it all day, but that is what he gets for being a lifeguard haha 🙂 We ended up being able to take over two loads before he had to go to work and then my mom and I came back inside to start working on some of the other rooms. I finally got some shelves in my room to put all my clothes on and Colton cleaned out the floor of his closet so I was able to hang the rest of my stuff up and get my shoes out of the way. I still have a couple more bags to go through and a lot more stuff to donate, but things are looking very promising 🙂

Now that I have relaxed for a little bit I am finding it much more difficult to find the motivation to start back up again. Especially since my bed seems to be calling my name!

Today, after waking up at 9:30, I was feeling very productive and in the mood to get stuff done. I immediately started on my massive amounts of laundry, which isn’t all that thrilling, but I actually love doing laundry.

Then after feeding the dogs, Chuchi, my mom and I sat down to watch one of our all time favorite movies, Because I Said So! Seriously I highly recommend this movie for all women! It has Mandy Moore, Dianne Keaton and so many other excellent actors!

After the movie I caught up on some blog reading and had this itch to get something done. That being said I changed into my running clothes and headed out for a two mile run. It was hot! But it felt s good to get back out there and get in a workout! My dad and I have been trying to plan a day to go do yoga which I am really excited about, but I know it is going to really work my muscles. I feel like all the working I have been doing lately is enough of a workout it makes up for the fact I haven’t started back up with P90X, oopsie!

After running I finished up my laundry, did all my chores and got ready for work. I was feeling really good because I actually looked semi-presentable for work today! Being a server is absolutely wonderful, it can be a lot of stress, but if you are a bubbly smiley person you will go so much further with waitressing! Lets just say heading to the bank tomorrow after my morning shift is going to feel so good!

Tomorrow we are having a birthday celebration for my Papa! He is such an amazing man, I’ll be glad to just hang out with him 🙂 I’m off to bed since today’s shift wore me out and I have to get up and do it all over tomorrow morning!

Night bloggie loves!

PS I promise the changes are coming 🙂

Emotions are exhausting. Feeling them, talking about them, analyzing them, trying to understand them…everything about emotions is just simply exhausting. As I sit in my hole of a room, listening to Michael Buble and sipping a glass of wine a water, I am letting the full weight of my exhaustion hit me. I can’t help but think about the 400 million things that I should be doing, namely get my room in order, but for some reason even though I have just about talked all my emotions out I can’t help but still be thinking about what has gone on this past week. Probably to much for any one person to handle.

Monday I went to my sisters awards ceremony, then had a wonderful dinner with mom, Colton, Chuchi and Michael at Brixx, then watched Salt, which was absolutely incredible!

Tuesday I went to work.

Wednesday I went to the doctor to get something checked out, more details about that when I actually know details. Then Wednesday night, Chuchi, Colton and myself packed ourself into my moms car and headed downtown to where my dad now lives with his new girlfriend, Katherine. Woah. Lots to handle. Lots of emotion. Mostly all chalking up to I don’t know how to feel. Confusion is the best way to describe my feelings. I think the meeting went very well considering the situation. We had a good time talking around the dinner table and joking about silly things we have al done in the past. We all know I am OCD though and when Katherine untied my brand new bow on my brand new purse, I had a little  massive panic attack. 😉 No worries though it was restored to its former glory and I swear at some point I might need to get my OCD in check, but we all know that will never happen.

Thursday comes along and I have to work all morning, then come home and change and head to my first therapy session. I had no idea what to expect heading into therapy, but after realizing I need to go to some more private sessions to work through things I think it will be beneficial to fixing things in my relationship with my daddy.

But as I was driving home from dinner downtown with my dad, I found the strange need to still talk to someone. Mom is in Raleigh with Chuchi and she didn’t answer the phone, Allie is in Florida and was off to dinner so she couldn’t talk long, Michael was at Speed Street with the boys. I felt lost. I had no idea why I needed to call someone, I was physically exhausted from talking about everything, yet I couldn’t shake it. So I called Meredith. Thank goodness I did, first it was just good to talk to her because to go from spending literally 24/7 with this girl to never seeing her is quite the shock to the system! We chatted and she listened and we decided it could all be solved with a good craddle…which no one will understand unless they lived in room 322 so don’t worry about it and I would be way to embarrassed explaining it.

On a much happier lighter note, being downtown today made me really want to live downtown! (are you paying attention Michael?!) When we walked out of the restaurant there was like a little party going on, there was people and live music and it looked like so much fun, and Charlotte is just a gorgeous city I think. Also there is this really pretty greenway being built that I would love to wake up every morning and run or go for a nice walk after dinner. I think its the perfect place for young couples before they start a family.

Well I am of to tackle this awful room that I would take a picture of to show you, but I am just to embarrassed with how messy and insane it looks!

Question of the Day

How do you deal with emotions? Do you tell everyone? Do stuff them until you explode?

Okay I know there are still no changes to the blog and I have barely been posting since being home, but I promise the “newness” of summer is wearing off and things will start falling into a regularly scheduled routine…at least I sure hope they do!

Last time I posted I was recapping my 2 days of P90X….yeah about that, I haven’t completed a P90X workout since last Wednesday. For that matter I haven’t completed any type of workout…YIKES! Not to mention this weekend I have my first practice with the brand new cheer team and I have done nothing to prepare myself for it!

So far my days have been going a little like this:

9am: wake up; make bowl of cereal; eat while reading The Help (SO GOOD); get ready for work

10am: WORK

2pm: break; come home power nap

4/5pm: back to work to serve or expo (tonight I’ll be expoing)

8:30/9pm: get off work, go home and change, see what Michael and rest of friends are doing then spend time with either my friends or Michael’s friends

12am: return home read 3 pages of The Help before I literally pass out from exhaustion.

And the process repeats itself day after day. I’m not complaining because I am making a significant amount of money, but my chores at home are severely and I don’t think momma is liking that to much! My room looks like a hurricane and a bomb decided to drop by, I have yet to do any of my laundry except my work clothes and those were done by momma, and the bathroom and living room which are my weekly chores have yet to be done… YIKES! On top of all that I must go to the bank because my pile of tip out money should not be sitting in this disaster of a room for fear it will go missing!

Tomorrow I am working a Duke event for Brixx and don’t have to go into work until 2:30, the plan is to get to the bank and attack the room and the rest of the chores in preparation for leaving for Raleigh this weekend. I would be so stressed out to come home from an intense 3 days of practice and see my room in total disarray! Plus I can’t pack if I don’t clean my room because I don’t know where half my stuff is, I have been borrowing momma’s stuff, whoops sorry mom!

Well it is time for me to head back to work! Hope everyone is being a little more productive then I am!

Awkward Picture 🙂

Oh and PS I forgot to mention that last week May 10th was my 3 year anniversary with my best friend Allie celebrating our marriage 😉 She griped on me for not having posted about our awesomeness last night at poker night so I thought I would share that special tid bit! Peace out bloggie loves!

Hello loves!

Yesterday myself, my mom and my brother all started the P90X program! Let me just tell you, so far I am feeling the burn!

Day 1 included Chest and Back and also Ab Ripper X. For breakfast I ate cottage cheese and then for lunch I had a turkey and swiss sandwich. Then dinner included Turkey Feta Burgers with Roasted Red Peppers, Sweet Potato Fries and Pasta Salad…might sounds familiar seeing as how it is the same exact dish we always make at spring break or any other time us girls get together.

Day 2 had me doing Plyometrics….ummm YIKES! I was sweating like no other and it was amazing! I am going to sleep like a baby tonight because not only did I do that but I spent the day on the lake jet skiing and swimming until I had to go be a busy bee at work training to be a server. On a side note, I really enjoy serving, but right now since I am just training I’m not making any tips so basically I’m not making any money. We all know, I need the money! To eat, I skipped breakfast (bad I know) then since I was rushing to get back form the lake and to work on time I went through McDonalds (bad again!) when I got home from work I enjoyed half of a feta burger and some black bean and corn salsa.

Tomorrow brings a full day of a work out, training to serve at Brixx, baby sitting for one of my favorite little kids and then hopefully spending some time with my friends or Michael!

I’m officially pooped! Goodnight to all!

I’m back! I haven’t even started making changes to my blog, but of course it seemed very appropriate to do my first post back on the most amazing woman in my life. My mother.

This woman, besides giving me life, has to deal with me on a regular basis and that is something special. The relationship I have with my mother is beyond incredible. She is the first person I go to for anything, with good news or bad, if I need advice, absolutely anything she will always be there for me. If one day I can be half the mother she is, my children will be so lucky.

This woman will literally do anything for her children, she puts us before herself every time. She is completely selfless. She has shaped me into the woman that I am today. She has brought me up right and taught me to live a happy and full life.

(I don’t know why but this one refuses to flip?)

I can barely put into words how much my mom means to me. I wish I could explain to everyone how special and incredible she is. Being away at school made me realize how much she did for me and brought my respect for her to a whole new level.

Happy Mother’s Day Momma! I hope you have a wonderful day and I am so glad I am home to spend it with you 🙂 I love you!