Today is set to be the record breaking hottest day in the history of Oklahoma Hotass Hot. For this day, in this month. It’s Africa hot. I’m heading to the pool…lots of sunblock stuff but need some vitamin D. Yesterday, I did nothing. Until about five o’clock. Slept, and woke and slept and napped and watched Bourne Identity and took another nap and watched the Cubbbies smack down in their game and napped more…Finally I got up and went to the bar for the first preseason football game starring the Colts. We were down 14 men on our roster. FOURTEEN!!! Holy crap. That’s our entire salon!! Lost the game, but whatever. It was fun to finally see the game back on tv!

Got some facetime with B and Scottyringo and Gert and Fitz and Mgirl on Saturday night. B and SR’s house is AMAZING. I had just the best time, drinking cold beer and laughing until we cried. Good times. Good friends. I’m a better human for having them in my life.

since I’d rested so much, last night around 10 i went to the grocery store and got provisions for awhile. Came home and started laundry, picked up the house. Cleaned up some stuff and made some cole slaw for tonights dinner. This morning, I’ve continued laundry, cleaned bathroom and bedrooms, made some fruit salsa (new recipe. I’m excited) put the pork tenderloin in the crockpot to cook. Dad is coming today. He’s got August Conference and is staying with me thru Wednesday. Thursday I hope to see Bonusmom, if our schedules work out. Friday is Urinetown with the redhead and here we’re back at the weekend!!! No wonder this summer is just flying by. Is yours?

I’m off to bake. (safely) Enjoy your Monday! Huzzuah and Halakaleem and I love George Clooney.

apparently I’m still hopped up on Christian Bale. I don’t care if he did drop kick his mother.

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhot. here’s another one for us, D!

For those of you who don’t know this brilliant being…you’re missing out. He’s my soulmate. Split apart. Lobster. We are one of a kind. But are two. We haven’t seen each other in over a year…possibly two…where does it go? But he’s in my heart and I speak of him almost daily, so he’s never very far. Never far at all. Today is his day. Kizz always starts the birthday ball early in the year, Dion picks it up in the middle, and I wrap it at the end.

For you my dear, a cyber party. We aren’t all around you singing. Wish we were…beach party!!! My birthday wish for your candles is to see you. to be in the SAME ROOM as you. and SOON! Have a great day honey. Know that though we are all scattered from here to hell’s half acre (bismark) we love you and are wishing you lots of love and attention! and cake. and cute boys. LOTS OF CUTE BOYS!!!!!

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Five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes.
Five hundred twenty five thousand moments so dear. . .

Yep.
It’s been a year. One year since I said, “when.”

And you know what? I’d been looking to this day since June-ish. July-ish. and all of a sudden sitting with my besty and my pseudo sister having an ice cold fish bowl of beer to wash away the bat shit crazy day….I remembered!!! It wasn’t first in my head. It wasn’t even four hundredth! It happened around 7pm! DING!!!!.

Fuck around. It was a year ago today. and a year ago tomorrow. DIONS BIRTHDAY I wrote this….this.

This is why we make documentation, yes? So that we may go back and weep for the women/men that we were. Bless us. Bless them.

I sat with my girlfriends tonight, and made plans with my soulmate for tomorrow and I looked back at my year. Then I came home and read my year. and I look at MY HOUSE. and yes…with tears in my eyes I give thanks.

to you.
to my family who now reads.
to my new friends who have come to know me and hopefully love me.
and to myself….for believing every single thing my family and parents and grandparents ever said to me that consisted of this:

“you can do anything you want”

plain and simple.

anything.

and to their surprise and shock…have seemed to do just that.

and this road has taken me far and away and back again. To and fro and apart and right here. The path has been different…but I’ve always been that way. It’s been a little funky…but my tune has never been in sync. I have gathered my people along the path…and disposed equally of those unable to complete the journey. No harm. No foul. It is what it is.

AND FUCKIN’A HOW’D YA LIKE ME NOW!!!!

point is…it’s been a year. and No. no dates (save one.) and no men. and no slumber parties. and many stories. and many promises and many goals along the way…

here’s to another five hundred twenty five thousand six hundred minutes….

may they all be filled with joy and bliss…

God knows that’s still what I’m following!

Oh man oh man. Have you all read Gert’s last two posts??? Go. Now. Go and read and imagine the roller coaster she’s been on the last seventy two or so hours…oy vey. Here’s to her today, though as the Only Woman Standing. I’m raising my cuppa java to you sis!! Halakaleem!! Robert Plant music is blairing and what the hell, let’s go ahead and eat the dark chocolate candy anyway!!!

It’s been a kind of a funky week over in my world. (ps. we need a name for my house. put your thinking caps on and let’s have a contest. that probably requires a proper post and I’ll get to it later!) Had some kind of weirdness with a friend but it seems to, like teenage acne, cleared itself up. Still left with the funky feeling though.

Nothing a good paycheck can’t erase! Huzzuah for payday! I made the 65% commission, though with all of my cancellations this last week I have no idea how. My Paycheck Angel was working overtime and bless her heart for doing it. She get’s an Atta Girl! Now, tonight it all goes to bills, but I have reached the point that frankly, when I can pay everything I’m happy. My savings has dwindled down to bits and that is my next target. And the tips have been going into a drawer for the NYC trip which is looming six weeks away.

GIRLS!! SIX WEEKS AWAY!!!!! MGirl and Mandrea are jumping out of their skin with excitement. We are going to have a grand time. No large group to deal with, no crazy picky eaters who try to push their roommates to the edge of sanity, none of that!!! I need to start thinking about what shows to see….I still want to see Spring Awakening as I didn’t get it last year. I know you’ve both seen it so I won’t ask you to spend the $$ to go with me. I know Chrome wants me to see Xanadu and I’m all in for that, but here’s my deal. Isn’t Whoopie in it? Are the tickets up due to that? I’ve seen her before and don’t feel the need to pay more $ to see her again, but if they are the same price, I’m all in for it. Any other suggestions? maybe a play? I dunno. I know the other girls want to shop shop shop. H&M will never be the same.

Today I get to go back to the gym and work off last weeks gain, and lose an additional to get me back on track for NYC goal. I hate that $$ makes a difference especially when I get the “friend” discount and only have to pay 27 dollars a month!! But hey. it is what it is and there ya go.

Weekend plans anyone? I’m going to try to get some facetime with B and Scottyringo. And any of my other friends that I can manage. In the back of my head I’m also working on a USAO gathering and the beginnings of my reunion that is set to explode next year. I am a class officer and that job usually falls on officer’s shoulders, however I didn’t live here ten years ago for the first one. touring days don’t ya know. so I just sent my money and showed up for the party. However, I kind of feel like something needs to start rumbling around about this…I’m excited. Not about the number of years gone by, but about getting together. I had just the best best best time at the last one. Seriously. It was great. So I’m one of the dorks that get excited about the next one!!! Oh well. That’s me. Anyways….Sunday I think I’m going to hit the early movie with Nan and M’Lynn for the X-Files. I remember watching in Saginaw with Clemo. “non arc episodes” would just piss us off!!! (like I knew from arc or non arc. I just played along to impress everyone. and frankly, got into it too!) Then Sunday night is the first game of preseason football starring my Indianapolis Colts!!! Wahoooooo. Also on the table as a possibility is a comedy roast for one of my new friends who is moving to NYC. He works here, for our bombing memorial, and got a job there with the 9/11 memorial. He’s leaving in like…five minutes. So his comedy friends are roasting him and I may try to get there for that too….whew. I’m tired.

Re-wind….What are you going to do this weekend, kids? Happy Friday!! Halakaleem and Huzzuah and I love George Clooney!