eleven hours.

ten clients.

more money in one day than I’ve ever made. ever.

Mgirl back in emergency…but not admitted. perhaps anxiety? we dont know yet.

feet hurting.

two more days at the salon.

bartending tomorrow night.

garage sale stuff loaded and delivered tonight and still need to do more tomorrow.

brightest spot in my day? 7am reading Elephantsoap dot com.

sweet sweet sweet.

i’d have more to say if my brain weren’t filled with rocks and my feet didn’t feel like fireballs.

Mgirl is better…she’s still having pain occasionally, but I sat with her for a few hours yesterday morning and we chatted and laughed about stupid people who can only think about small things, and cried about beautiful giving people who are warriors for her in prayer, in active fundraising, in support for her new lifestyle…it was good. I took my computer up and she got online a little bit. She’s still in for a few more days while the docs monitor her thinning bloods. We went over all of the changes in her upcoming life, for the next six months. No alcohol. No greens, (which sucks for summertime eating) no asparagus, no (insert every one of her favorite summer foods here) because of it’s Vitamin K content. Vitamin K? wha? yup. it’s the vity that clots your bloods. So…we’ll just figure it out. Right? right.

This past week was one of the more exhausting ones I’ve lived through. Work has become super busy. I’m grateful. Hospital at night. I’m grateful it’s not a funeral home. Bartending on the weekend. I’m grateful. Sunday morning was a 6:30 wakeup and then two to three hours of shouting and cheering for our marathon runners. I’m so grateful. It’s such an amazing experience every single year. M’Lynn and I every year side by side just laughing and crying. Chris and Cindy joined us and I think they were happy that they did. I saw a lot of my friends runing, which just makes me ever so proud!

We all four ate breakfast, and talked about new things (Froast has been sighted in OKC! woo hoo!!!) and plans (gardens!) and then we split up still cheering each other on! YOU GOT THIS! YOU CAN DO IT! WAY TO GO! (we almost cheered on our waitress…)

I ran home and showered and then met Gert and Josie at church. WHAT? I know. I’ve been looking for one to attend and I’ve heard a lot of buzz about this particular flavor, so we tried. I’ve more on that in another post. But it was beautiful to just spend time with G & J and hold hands and soak up some positive love and encouragement to get us thru the week.

I finally got home and pretty much slept till Monday.

Without going into a full list of what Monday was, I planted my garden with the help of Bonusmom’s compost and encouragement. I got more plants in the dirt. It was a good afternoon! Our Co-Op bounty day was yesterday, so we had a fabulous meal and called it a night.

This week we’re getting ready for our fundraising garage sale on Saturday. I bartend Friday and Sunday, with the sale/work/and a bridal shower on Saturday. Sheesh…send up a prayer.

MGirl is sick. There’s a lot of details about how she got to this point in the journey, ambulance rides, hour long waits in an emergency room, phone calls, family drama, catscans…but push come to shove and the bottom line is she has what the doctors feel strongly is a brain clot. I mean, a blood clot in her brain area. And they believe it’s torn…There have been catscans, andiagrams, MRI’s. We’ll know more today, but she’s in ICU at Mercy Hospital here in OKC.

We’re all pulling together to visit, and take things. Her parents drove in at 3am from Tulsa so they’re here. It’s really really really scary. I’ve been playing go-between as the information center, which I am HAPPY to do. But my phone has just blown smooth up. And thank goodness for social networking and technology…it’s just kind of nuts.

I’ve been kind of anti-social for awhile now, and that’s fine, I do that every so often. But seeing my friend so tiny and pale in the ICU with all the beeps and the bops and the icks…I am SO GRATEFUL that she is where she is under constant supervision. I am so grateful that we live in such an age of advanced medicine. She’s pretty scared and freaked out about how her life will have to be lived from this point on…lots of change coming her way and…oh yea…she doesn’t have insurance.

We’re planning to help out with that and I’ll give details here when they come…but for the love…do NOT get me started on the insurance…

She’s going to be ok. Thank GOD, she didn’t die. We are reminded today how fragile life is, and how it can turn on a dime…let’s all of us life today with a full heart and no matter how shitty it is remember that we could just as easily lose it…

I’m grateful for you. All of you. I’m not going to talk about how my feet are tired and how busy this week has been and how it’s going to be nuts thru Monday…I’m just going to say HAPPY FRIDAY!!!

go getcha a cuppa joe and CHEERS!

This is the third morning I’ve been up and at-em to attend a class…Vidal Sassoon was here Monday and Tuesday, and while I didn’t have the thousand plus dollars to attend the four day intense hands-on stuff, I did fork over 60 bucks to watch demo’s for two days. This morning is our salon education…sigh. It’s good. I need motivation. . . because all I want to do is stay in bed. Seriously. My give-a-shit is so low right now…

At bible study last night, we’re starting a new study and I’m excited about it but nothing really to report yet, all the girls were talking about summer trips. Costa Rica. Hawaii and California. Mission trip to Brazil. Beach. Chicago…every single girl. So I kind of got depressed about that. I’m traveling to Canadian County to work every weekend, and while I’m super duper ridiculous happy about that job…I would love a week in NYC. or Chicago. Even to take a class for work! Or just a week on the beach? sigh. just to relax..but maybe next year. Maybe. I’m grateful and oh so thankful that I had the $ to pay for the plumbing issues, and that we an all flush in peace…but still.

just a wee little pity party. and next year perhaps a really great vacation. a belated 40th birthday present to myself…perhaps.

so.

brush it off. figure it out. move right along. look forward to some fun with friends this summer, cookouts and maybe some progress in the backyard.

right now, I’ve gotta giddyup and get my learning brain on and get this day started.

I hung out with one of my favorite humans last night for the first time in what seems like years…we watched some comedy then changed locations and flapped our jaws until well past midnight…and while I’m puffy eyed and yawny this morning, I wouldn’t change it for anything. It’s so nice to just re-fill on that kind of friendship, no holds barred, no boundries, full blown honest just BAM lay it out there kind of conversation.

One of my other friends fell down and went boom this week. Ole Chris a.k.a. the Shawn While of Scooter Riding decided to have a little adventure with the pavement and his scooter and won several broken ribs for his performance. Scary shit, my friends. I’m sooooo happy that he and the scooter are ok, and even though he hurts when he breathes in and breathes out…it’s gonna be ok.

Work has been ridiculously slow this week. Seriously. and I was gone two days of the pay period, which is fine, totally worth it for my trip last week. It’s just nuts at how wonky business is…but it’s not just me. There’s lots of girls who are sitting around reading. OH MY GOD I’m about 50 pages away from finishing book 7 of the Outlander series.

Woof.

I’ve read nothing but this series, back to back, for about 6 months now. Holy Moly. I’m sad to see it go (book 8 is being written but it takes the author 3 years to finish one of these books) but I’m excited to get on with reading other titles…woof.

Bought my garden yesterday at Sams. It’s a little raised bed, and even though the forecast calls for rain, I’m determined to get it up and planted this weekend.

I’m grateful for all these things, friends, books, gardens…all pieces to my puzzle…intricate chapters to my own story. Grateful Friday, indeed.

This is the second morning that I’ve had a live freakin bird in my house when I wake up.

A few days ago, I’d heard some scuffling in the night. I did what I normally do and closed my door and wished it well…fully expecting to clean it up (or for Austin to clean it up) the next morning. Well, I ease out, setting my internal gross out level to “steady” and I find nothing! Nada! Zip. Bupkiss. I’m over in the corner of my dining room area and all of a sudden there’s movement above my head and something drizzling down the mirror….gearghhhhh….bleah.

there’s a bird sitting on the mirror. pooping. and proceeds to flying in my living room. I immediatly open the front and back doors and go lock myself in the bathroom lest it starts to beat down on me, and I just don’t want to watch the cats try to eat it…but Kikimama successfully chases it out of the house into the backyard and Whew! Done.

This morning, I stumble in and feed the cats. Sammy is talking, meowing which should clue me in because he’s the strong silent type. I open the moist and go to throw the containers in the trash and HOLY SHIT THERE’S A BIRD SITTING ON THE FLOOR BEHIND THE TRASH CAN!!! Seriously. Kikimama just goes over and sits nose to beak with this thing. Yes. I took pictures. As I type, said bird has a jacked up wing, and is hanging out over by the buffett/lamp area. I’m just hoping it’ll hop out one of the doors…

I guess we’re not killing things in this house anymore. And while I applaud the cat’s newfound sense of civility…COME ON GUYS!!!

The backyard is leveled and ready to get grass!!! and a garden!!! I’m so happy with this and soooo happy that this job was a hired one. Watching the three guys work yesterday…ugh. That’s some hard work. Harder work than I want to do! So now we’re onto the next steps! I’m going to go get a little seed and some fertalizer because it’s supposed to rain this weekend….

That’s about it from here…Happy Happy Happy Day to you all. May it be blessed and bird-free.

The landscapers are here working on the backyard. I’ve blocked out a little later so I will be here…my yard is full of “workers” and I’m not too comfortable leaving them to it…but YAY! and let me just say, watching them? SO GLAD I hired this particular job out. Seriously.

Got some stuff done yesterday, Austin mowed the yards, I got some laundry done. Worked on clothes/closet organizing as well.

Because it helps to put it down, here’s my list to continue working on.

Grocery store
Sams for my garden
Bank
Mail in request for my birth certificate (first step to getting passport)
Tires (THANKS MOM AND BONUSDAD) aligned.
Organize shed/garage
Set time for garage sale
finish book 7
get to Frontier for compost and plants
buy stuff and plant garden
make a plan to get free sod and plant in the yard
get gas refilled for grill

Gah.

Here’s something else that I totally love. Found this website on someone’s facebook page.

http://cuteboyswithcats.tumblr.com/

It was a whirlwind weekend. I’m exhausted frankly…but soaked up lots of time with the fam and that was good. Everyone got fresh hair and that always makes for feeling better. We even got some girl pampering time with pedicures! Amazing!

Mom took a tumble down her stairs yesterday though and jacked up her back…say a prayer that she’s on the mend quickly…

this week is a full one. I’ve got to get the errands done that usually I do on Monday…few groceries, laundry etc. I’m getting the yard leveled and grated hopefully tomorrow. then it’s time to plant the garden and move onward with my projects back there. the house still needs getting in order. After Austin moved in last week, then I was gone for the long weekend…it’s a little out of control. I start my second job bartending for weddings this weekend, so that’s awesome…

anyways, my brain is still mushy so I’m heading for more coffee and to get ready for the workweek. Hopefully it will be full of clients, yet gentle.

Heading out to Arkansas here in a few minutes. I’m waiting for the oil change place to open up so I can run the car through before I hit the road. Yesterday, I used my “opening night pressies” from PseudoSis 2 and Laura and took my car to Red Carpet and got it detailed and washed and the mats scrubbed…oh man. It feels fabulous! I’m excited to get on my way.

Everything is chill here. Austin started his job at the Redhawks last night. All the cats are home and good. (horking up hairballs, but eating the hairball medicine as well, so hopefully we’ll balance that out too) The sun is shining and life is good.

I’ll be around. I’m taking the machine with me, will post pics of the Wonderbaby’s birthday party. Lord he’s getting big.

Have a fabulous weekend, ya’ll.

This is what I’ve been watching all morning….CANNOT WAIT!

It’s a short week for me, today is my last day of work this week. I’m heading to Arkansas to see the fam tomorrow. I’m excited to see everyone, and just really glad I’ll have a little extra time to spend. I’m glad that Austin will be at the house to care for it and the cats while I’m away.LOVE IT!

Everything is coming along smoothly with the move in. I had pizza waiting on me when I got home from work last night. Who doesn’t love that? LOVE IT!

Dad stopped by yesterday and sprayed my yard for weeds. We had a discussion about the back yard, and the building of the pergola. I showed him pictures, we discussed plans and demensions. Between he and I, we think we can get it all gathered, pre-fabbed and ready to build, then call a workday with my friends and have a Pergola-Raising-Party! It’ll be JUST like Habitat for Humanity! (except I’m not homeless. and we won’t get free tickets to Disney.) I’m hopeful. Verra hopeful. LOVE IT!

I’ve started the FINAL BOOK in the Outlander Series. Ok. not the FINAL one, but the last one that’s been published. The author is writing book 8…sheesh. I’m trying to take it in bits…savor it…but that’s never really been my style. Especially with words. But I’m exited about getting on with reading other things…I’ve got a stack!LOVE IT!

Ok, that’s about it from me. Happy Love Thursday, ya’ll!