I mean it. I am not going to be here anymore.
I've escaped. I even almost wordpressed (GASP)
(this is from last friday night - tid bit late in posting)
Last night began with a cheery start, as weazled my way through heavy traffic, home to my dear Hubby. We were raring to watch our Spurs take on the Mavs and so I fixed some super yummy burritos, beans and rice and we settled in for the exhilarating game that kept us on the edge the entire way through. Halftime came around, Spurs were up by one in this extremely close game and we both agreed that a trip to HEB for icecream was in order. What's a game without icecream? ;)
I was in the car in seconds. H stayed behind to play with the dog and clean the kitchen. A short drive down the road and as i was turning into the HEB parking lot a cop flashed his lights on me and pulled me over - for what??? I was NOT speeding. I had my lights on. I put my blinker on to get into the turn lane. What in the world???
A very large cop approached my car and I immediately asked, "um, hi, why did you pull me over?" "Well, you passed a car on the left in a turn lane."
Rewind here. Okay. There was a slow moving truck before me, but I stuck it out until about ten feet before the turn lane began for HEB. I did pass him, but I was just cruising up to the light in the turn lane, and not trying to get in front of him. I was going the speed limit, again, I must make that clear and known (to those of you who doubt my driving).
He asked for my insurance. Boy, did I tear that car apart trying to find our newest insurance card. I explained that this was a new car and I needed a little bit to open up the manual book and the glove compartment. He was fine to wait. I called my hubby in frustrated tears, asking where the insurance card was. I finally found it - right where it should be - in the glove compartment.
The cop was still not budging. . . so I got a traffic citation for this stupid 'offense' which I am baffled by. I am still wondering if I should contest it. It seemed like a completely ridiculous thing for me to get a citation for.
I was in a pretty irate mood in the store as I grabbed our ice cream essentials. I drove VERY carefully home and couldn't bring myself to watch our team struggle against the Mavs in the state I was in. I had to clean the kitchen first, and settle down. H informed me that we were winning, and so we got our icecream and finished off the cranky night with a Spurs win. WOHOO.
Life goes on. I admit, my attitude was not stellar, but I still feel like this was not fair. :( Kay, done with my pity party.
Its about that time when I would (once upon a time, in a dedicated and disciplined moment) rise, and go sweat bullets at the gym. Then, greater wisdom called me back to bed; bodies need sleep too.
So I sleep. I woke this morning on the early side to find my dog snuggled on the bed at my feet (?!) and the sound of the wind was hollow and exciting outside. . . I couldn't let the moment escape me. After picking up my windswept garbage outside and re-stacking the cans for trash pick-up, I made some tea and here I sit - at 4:30 am.
A magical thing happened last night, and I am not talking about the Spur's win over the Hawks ;)
While the night lay in a quiet slumber, a bold front of cold air pushed away the 90 degree heatwave we were having. The early morning sky is streaked in wispy trails of clouds, and the strong winds did some earth-scattering around my neighborhood. The air turned crisp, cool and inviting. I might go back to bed and snuggle for a little longer, but this was certainly worth waking up for. . .
Just so you know - I am doing some 'blogscaping' right now - we'll be a little bit under construction for awhile, while I get these links back up ;)
Can you believe that its already here? I am still trying to get over the fact that Christmas is over . . .
Other than watching 24 episodes and eating dark chocolate, I think us Hofpeeps are just gonna lay low tonight. Any parties going on??? ;)
So, resolutions - - - I normally don't go for this sort of thing, but these are more like goals anyway, and I go for goals all the time :)
-The usual - get back in shape ;)
-Get our 2nd bedroom in order. (We are looking to purchase some fitness equipment (see above ;) and make the room more like an office/workout room rather than a junk/craft/everything room ;)
-Landscape our backyard - patio/firepit/magnolia tree/gardening - the whole kit & caboodle.
-Landscape our front yard - rose garden!
-Try out new recipes!
- Have more people over (I need guinea pigs for those new recipes!)
-Visit family
- more to add later ;)
Its so late here. . . I am ashamed to be awake - I should be taking advantage of this precious sleep time, but, my body just won't shut down. I did the usual 'shut down' things, like, take a hot bath, turned on smooth jazz, turned down my bed covers, brushed my teeth, etc., etc.
Oh well. That's when I decided to sit here and blog. And, what do you know, I end up blogging about pretty much nothing. Just typing to fill a small space - typing to make my fingers tired, and fingers are connected to hands, and if hands are tired, maybe the brain will get the general idea. Tired should come normally around this hour. Maybe this 'midnight blog train' will scoot me there.
Its a quiet night on the internet tonight. The moon shines full and orange bright, peeking through a veil of clouds. They say more rain is on the way. I will take rain over humidity ANY day.
I miss my hubby. :(
Anyway -
Late congratulations to the B. Family on the birth of Arabella Rose Marie!!!
Despite this present funk that I am in (see post below/see my BLOG TEMPLATE), I am not going to let it screw up my weekend.
I just took Hectordoodle for a walk - it was more humid than I thought! I kind of wish I had my own kiddie pool ;)
I just realized that I missed my blog birthday. . . Its been a year and a handful of days since I began this e-journal business last January ;)
I think I am gonna go celebrate with an icecream cone over a 24 episode in my snuggly bed :)
Cheers ya'll!
