Another Random Tuesday

So, it's Random Tuesday and this is my first post in quite a while . . . I'm a slacker, I suppose.

This has been quite a week and it's only Tuesday. It started off with the headache from HELL, which I have had since Sunday and STILL have. Ugh, headaches suck!

We got to work yesterday and found out that our manager was in the hospital because they thought he might have had a heart attack . . . not cool. He is 76 years old, but still . . . not what you want or expect to hear. He seems to be in really good health and very fit, but something is wrong. He is at home now, but apparently the tests didn't show anything, so we are just kind of waiting and wondering. Again, not cool.

Today is the 2nd anniversary of my significant other's death. I thought I would be really sad, but surprisingly enough I am feeling okay right now. I do miss him every day, but more than that I am sad for my son. He won't have his Dad there when he gets his driver's license, when he graduates, when he gets married, when he has his first child . . . all of the things he should have him there for. Hopefully, I can continue to be the best mom I can be and help to make up for some of that.

I think maybe this post should be called Depressing Tuesday Thoughts.

On to happier thoughts . . .

Saturday, Tyler and I hung out together. We went to see Night at the Museum: Battle at the Smithsonian and it was funny; we liked it just as much as the first one. After that, I let him decide where we would eat dinner and he picked Taco Bueno of all things. Don't get me wrong, I love Taco Bueno, but the choices included IHOP, Chili's, and several others, but as I said, we ended up at Taco Bueno. After that, we decided to go by the Crazy Nana's and visit Brandy and the family. Oh my, was Grayson ever cranky. In his defense, we did wake him up from his nap. On the plus side, Nana went to the casino, so we didn't have to deal with her.

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Well, I'm already pissed off this morning and it's only 8:25. I was trying to make a measly 15 copies of something and the damn copier kept giving me problems. On top of that, I'm tired as hell. I can't wait for Friday to get here - no work, woo hoo!!!!

Yesterday, I learned that my friend's 14 year old son has already had sex . . . twice. Tyler is 14 and I don't even want to think about the first time he has sex. I'm not even sure how a parent is supposed to deal with that. Hopefully, it will be a LONG time before I have to.

People just kill me. Our new employees have to take a physical and when it's time, they get a letter with their appointment date. Included w/this letter is the physical form that they and the doctor have to fill out. You would not believe how many come to my office saying they've lost the damn form. REALLY?! Do they think I mail it out for the hell of it?

I'm pretty sure today is going to be a very long day for me.

The air conditioning in my office isn't working very well at all, so to keep me from calling and complaining about how hot I am everyday, our HVAC guy brought this huge ass fan to me. So, everyday around noon, I roll it into the hall and turn it on so that it will blow some of the cool air from the hallway into my office. It sounds like airplanes are zooming around in our hallway, lol. It's huge and it's EXTREMELY loud, but it gets the job done, thank goodness. However, I will be glad when they figure out what's going on with the AC.

My nephew Grayson was cranky over the weekend; more so than usual, according to my sister. She took him to the doctor yesterday and poor baby has the beginnings of an ear infection, so they gave him some antibiotics. Hopefully, he feels better pretty soon.

I'm going to try to get in a better mood for the rest of the day, so wish me luck.

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Random Tuesday

This is the first thing I've posted in quite a while.

This weekend was our Muscogee (Creek) Nation Festival and I volunteered, so it was a very LONG weekend. I'm still tired from it.

Yesterday was Meme's (Melany's Grandma) funeral, so it was a sad day and it took a lot out of me. It's the first funeral I've attended since Roy's (my significant other), which was almost 2 years ago. It was not an easy thing.

It's super HOT in my office . . . they keep saying the air conditioner is on and it's working, but I don't believe them. On the plus side, if I sweat enough, maybe I'll lose a few pounds.

I cannot believe how big my awesome nephew Grayson is getting. He's growing so fast. And he's SOOOOOOOOOOO cute.

I'm ready for lunch. When I leave for lunch, I'd like to just keep driving and go back home. Unfortunately, I can't because I have work to do . . . mine and Melany's. Ugh.

Work pretty much sucks.

Did I mention that I'm TIRED?

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Random Tuesday Thoughts

Whatever damn bug my sister had yesterday, she passed it to me. I've been sick all morning and fyi, throwing up at work is NOT a fun experience at all.

My sister finally realized just how CRAZY our Dad and Nana really is this weekend, while helping to clean out my Nana's garage. She never throws away anything, because she might be able to use it some day; once my sister convinced her to get rid of something, my Dad would go behind them and decide he needed to take it home with him. REALLY? As I said, CRAZY! But then again I've known this all along.

I'm hungry, but just the thought of eating anything makes me nauseous.

I'm really glad this is a short week; holidays rock!

Meme is in the hospital, so I'm praying for her. She's actually Melany's Meme, but she means the world to me and Angela, so she's our Meme too. I'm hoping she gets better soon.

Oh, my, I feel like I might need to throw up again. UGH!

Being sick SUCKS!

Grayson is growing so much and he's just SO cute. I spent the day with him Sunday, while my sister and her hubby were at Nana's, doing the garage thing. He's not so cute when he gets sleepy, cause man oh man, he is CRANKY. I told him he couldn't be too cranky because I'd lay him in his bed and let him cry for a bit, lol; my sister said I wasn't watching him anymore . . . whatever, she doesn't know what she's talking about.

Not So Wordless Wednesday

I was going to try my hand at the whole "Wordless Wednesday" thing; post some pictures and don't write anything. How hard could that be? Well, it's pretty hard to do when you don't have the pics you want to post, lol.

My plan was to post some pics of Tyler's 8th grade graduation last night. However, the batteries were dead in my camera and my sister totally forgot to bring hers, so I had to rely on the kindness of others to take pics for me. So, now I'll have to wait until they send them to me.

Other than that, everything went okay. He did a good job; he didn't trip or fall down the stairs or anything, thank goodness. And I'm SO PROUD of him. He is in the top 10 of his class, so he got an extra award for that. My baby is definitely growing up on me and that makes me soooooo sad. But everyone should be very proud of me because I did NOT cry last night.

Edited to add some pics, because my sister did manage to take a couple w/her iPhone.

Tyler & Grayson

Random, Random, Random

I still have a gay looking tattoo on the back of my leg

I'm eating a bear claw from the new donut shop and it is YUMMY

Tonight is Tyler's 8th Grade Graduation and it makes me SAD

This week has been bright and sunny so far; no rain, yay!

Oh, did I mention that my bear claw is actually shaped like a paw with 4 fingers/toes/claws; it's just too cute for words

My crazy sister and her family are still moving in with the CRAZY Nana

I spent too much money during my girly day on Saturday

My Blackberry keeps pissing me off; it says I have unread text messages when I don't

I haven't braved my high heels yet; I'm a little scared

It is way too nice outside to be stuck in my office all day

I think my house has been invaded by ants and I can't seem to get rid of them

Ginny just told me she likes my tattoo, which makes me feel a little better about it; however, she could just be saying that

I still cannot believe that Tyler is going to be in High School; that means I'm getting old, lol

Melany's boys are having their first High School football scrimmage tomorrow; that kind of freaks me out, because while Nathan is decent sized, TaKoma is a skinny lil feller

Girly Day

Melany, Angela and I started our girly day on Saturday at about 9:30 (which was about 1 1/2 hrs. later than originally planned, lol). Brandy and Jodi weren't able to make this one, so we were on our own. We started out looking, and I do mean looking, for yard sales. That was way easier said than done. I'm guessing the wind and cool air put some people off as they thought that might be followed up by rain. Thankfully, we ended up finding a few and did get some good deals.

We did meet up with Brandy for our belated Mother's Day lunch, though. Oh, and did I mention she brought along Chris, Grayson, and my son Tyler? It was all good though . . . good food and good company. The waiter seemed a little strange and I'm pretty sure he touched Melany's ponytail. I don't know if it was because he was diggin' on her or because he was jealous that her ponytail looked way better than his, but nonetheless . . . WEIRD.

After lunch, we went shopping (and a lot of window shopping) at a fairly new shopping center we hadn't entirely checked out before. I ended up buying a few things, which included a really cute pair of black high heels. Now, for anyone who knows me, they know I don't wear high heels. Me and high heels is like oil and water, they just don't mix. I fall down in sneakers, for goodness sake! But, I'm going to get brave and give them a try . . . and if it doesn't work out, they only cost me $12, so no big deal. If I don't end up with a broken bone or two that is.

The last stop of the day was a tattoo shop . . . because for some idiotic reason we decided to get matching tattoos. I was all for it, so we called to see how busy they were. Reality set in when they said they weren't and that we should come on. I couldn't help myself, my hands balled up into fists up by my face and I made some noise that Mel would describe as "eeeeeeeeeeeeeee" in a kind of high pitched voice. Maybe that should have stopped me right there. Unfortunately, it didn't. Now, as much as I wish I could blame it on being drunk, that's just not the case. Three grown women, stone cold sober, deciding to get matching tattoos . . . what in the world were we thinking! You should keep in mind that Mel and Angela have already gotten a few tattoos over the years. And let me just say, I have made it to the age of 37 without marking my body with anything like that and here's what we ended up with:

Me MelanyAngela

So, go ahead and say it . . . that is SOME tattoo, right?! Believe me, we know. When it was drawn out on paper, it looked a lot better. And, when the tattoo guy suggested our smoke or dust, whatever he was calling it, match the color for our star (me - pink, mel - blue, and ang - purple), even that seemed like a good idea. If you ask me, the smoke/dust doesn't really look like smoke/dust. I'm not sure what it looks like, I just know it doesn't make me think of smoke or dust. Melany's husband felt it necessary to let us know it looks like we have the Care Bear symbol on our legs; he's such a funny guy, isn't he? In hindsight, this really doesn't seem like such a good idea after all. On a positive note, however, we're all in it together and it's not just my leg that has some gay looking tattoo on it, lol.

Heels and tattoos . . . what is happening to me?