A day (or two or three) in the life of...

Where my money at? The gubment is supposed to be giving us the checks this week, right? Where my money at? As Flyguy said: My bitch better have my money Through rain, sleet, or snow My ho better have my money Not half, not some, but all my cash 'Cause if she don't, I'm gonna put my foot in her ass. Not that the gubment's my ho or my bitch. I mean, when it comes down to it, I'm more their bitch? Jems brought up the stimulus checks excitement this week and I keep going now to check to see if the money's been deposited now. It has not. I have a feeling this is going to be a good week. That's all. ps - I hope my Mom didn't come by to visit my blog today. If so, The cuss words aren't mine, Mas. I am merely quoting an actor and one of my favorite clips from I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, honest. Sorry! I just want $$ so that I can buy you that old school Jaguar you've always wanted!

So that ex that I ranted about a few posts ago sent me a huge long email apologizing for actions back in the days, why he did what he did, where his head was, how he let his friends effect him and what he learned from becoming a Father and man, I'm in awe of how some people can actually grow up emotionally and humble themselves. So, though I ranted, I'm feeling that was just a good very late vent and it's nice to make amends, sorta. That's another thing. I have heard from everyone who has children that becoming a parent completely changes your perspective... a lot. I mean, yeah that's kind of a given but to really see it in a lot of people first hand is pretty interesting. My brother is a big example of this. His emotional state and outlook changed DRAMATICALLY after having Noah. It makes me wonder how it will/could change me when/if we have children. Just thinkin' aloud'ish.

So, I went out to the Chicky meetup group event at the Oasis here in Austin on Saturday night and.... I HAVE FRIENDS! I do! I claim them and they are mines. Excitement toned down... There were about 12 or so chickies that came out to the meetup and they were awesome (and really quite cute, not that that matters but I guess I didn't expect that?). I should mention that I posted my 'rocker bride' pic on my meetup profile so I think I set the expectations a bit high (as many, including the organizer mentioned they already knew I'd be a great fit for this group... ruh roh expectations) and found myself living up to them. See, I've always thought that I was a shy girl and much more of a wallflower than most and here I was realizing that I was quite the head of a lot of the conversations and wondering where that came from. Suddenly I'm sharing all sorts of fun adventures and opinions and such to a bunch of eager eyes and wondering if I was having an out of body ex...

Tonight's run was GREAT! So I was in the back of the running pack and huffing hard by mile 4. I'm ok with that because I'm working towards a goal and that's to not get my ass kicked so hard or at least not look like it. On the bright side, I was actually ahead of 1 of the runners consistently so I didn't feel too bad considering the group was doing about a 8.5 minute mile. Keeping up was really challenge enough. The group leader is a pretty cool guy who runs in a cowboy hat. He's establishing his identity as the running Cowboy and apparently even bought the domain name. We did say we wanted to meet characters. To top it off, we went to the Mexican restaurant by Town Lake for Red Bull Margaritas which were surprisingly good! I'm not a big Meheecan food fan but Cowboy and I ended up splitting a Seafood Enchilada dish which was AMAZING! Holy crab meat mouthfuls, was it good. That was easily the most enjoyable Meheecan meal I've had since moving down ...

I'm just going to put it out there: I'm tired, my head hurts and I want to be in bed. Wah wah wah. Could it be that I've had coffee every day of my natural life and then we ran out of coffee 2 days ago and I'm too lazy to go to the grocery store (there's a big list that needs to be grocered and in our home before we die of starvation) and therefor my body is going through withdrawal? I don't know but it does not feel good. I was so perky and energetic and hyped up yesterday. Today, not so much. We've been painting non stop from late afternoon till evening for the past couple nights. First the hallway and foyer of our entrance was painted 'Clear Maple' (certainly NOT as soothing as it sounds) and at first we were liking. Then we got through the hallway to bathroom, foyer and one wall of our stairway and we realized our eyes and pshyche were burning. We were staring at it and our brains were screaming at us. So, we went back to our collection of pain...

Friday's Salsa lesson and clubbing was such a treat. We got to class just in time to hop into the back row formation and learned as best we could "5, 6, 7 AND 1, 2, step back, 5, 6, step up... ". No biggie. The spins were a bit tougher but once we got them down, it was fun. There was a group of about 20 of us so we got in a big circle and started rotating partners so that everyone danced with everyone. I'd hop to my next victim, hold out my hand and say "Nice to meet you and sorry for stepping on your toes!" and I'd try to encourage them all on and crack some jokes but some were a bit stiff (we're talking little to know eye contact at all, that is not the Salsa!). May have to do with the whole 'guy leading' thing that was supposed to be happening and all the pressure on the mens. Letting the man lead is very difficult for me (did someone say control issues?). I feel like, if I know the steps, why can't I just go ahead and do them e...

Sooo, we went to the Austin Runner's Group Meetup (it was a small gathering, only about 7 or 8 of us total) and it_kicked_my_ass. I saw the description as usually being 3-5 miles and if anything I thought, meh, I'll do it in the midst of my cross training and it'll just be cool to get a chance to meet fellow Austinites w/similar interests. Sure. Right, see, I've been running on flat courses and this run we joined tonight was a HiLLy 4 mile run that started off at a faster speed than I run (Speed walkers have been known to pass me by) but my pride was bigger than my brain so I took off and w/in the first five min, we were going up a hill that I would have sworn was taking me to the pearly gates. I don't know that I've ever walked, let alone run a hill that steep. First for everything, folks! Finally after 10 minutes of heaving and trying to keep up, I had to walk. Crap! My ego was lambasted w/out gloves. At one point the words "don't look at me...

Weekend highlights: Friday night dinner at a cool outdoor joint in downtown Austin. We were going to try to make a full 'out on the town' night of it but me head was hurting and I was preferring to be a home body so Blockbuster and home it was for this old er fogie. Getting way lost in Walnut Creek park... again. It was awesome. I think we were doing alright till I suggested we climb the big viney/limby rocky hill that assured me some mountain (ok, just big hill) climbing brag rights. We started just following the cooler looking paths and suddenly, we had no idea where we were and it didn't even matter what my trusty compass told me. Total hike estimated time: 35 minutes. Total hike actual time: 2 hours and 5 minutes. Score! I secretly kept hoping to get even further lost (if possible) and low and behold, hoping garners results (reslut could be a very funny word if it were actual?). Last point of knowing where we were and the dialogue: Me: "Oh, come on, I...

That new Mariah song is kinda cute sounding but disturbing, especially when her voice gets husky in singing "I will hunt you down". She sounds kinda passive agressive crazy but she makes is sound ok to sing along. Not that I do but I do bob my head along a little. I got an alone night last night. Cowboy joined an adult soccer league (he hadn't played in a while because he hurt his ankle playing in a game last spring and then we left Virginny so that was that) at my suggestion yesterday and they needed him to play right away. He excitedly got ready and asked if I wanted to come out and watch. As much as I love watching him excel (and do anything that requires him to sweat... sorry, we're newlyweds. That's my story and I'm sticking to it) and cheering him on, I needed a quiet night to hang out w/me. Don't get me wrong, we spend an unnatural amount of time together and I actually love it but we're getting too spoiled with it and once in a while I cr...

I'm mourning the end of the weekend. I'm still sleepy. We went over to Walnut Creek park for a hike on Saturday morning. It was ridiculously beautiful and a great hike trail. Hilly, with creeks that Skeeter was able to romp around in and gorgeous flowers all over the place. Cowboy even picked me some blue bonnets, to which I warned him he could be arrested for destroying public parks and then thanked him. Blue Bonnets are all over the place now and it's downright gorgeous! They smell awesome too. So, we ended up picking random routes to hike up around and got a lil lost and we agreed that next time we'll bring a compass in our back pack. This park was amazing . I kid you not! Harms, I have to take you here when you come. You're going to love it. We're gonna look up some other trails a bit further out West to try next weekend. I won't make the mistake of forgetting my camera next time. So, more paint has gone up on our walls. Not just paint . We...