I officially have one follower! Yay!! I wish I had a fabulous prize for our dear friend, Summer. But, sadly, you'll have to be content just knowing how happy I am that someone "follows" me.
Today's "mess" is actually from last night. I decided to continue working at Venue Friday nights during the school year to give me a little extra money (trying to buy a condo in the spring). Last night was the first Friday I worked. I had a meeting right after school, so I didn't get to go home or relax...just went right from school. It was about 5:00 when I realized I would be there until around 1ish...and I had woken up at 5:30....and been on my feet since then. Why do I do this to myself? I was at the point of crying at one point. I had no idea what anyone was saying because I couldn't focus on them. I couldn't even enjoy the grammy winning blues harmonica playing Charlie Musselwhite - which I would normally LOVE - because I was just so tired. My knees hurt...my back hurt...and oh, yes...my dogs were-a-bahkin'. I love my danskos, but they are not helpful when you're on your feet for 20 hours. So at some point in the night I'd decided that this just wasn't going to work, and I'd just tell them I'd work when they needed extra help for the bigger shows. Then...I counted my tips. Ugh. Guess I'll be working again next Friday. It's so addictive to make so much money in so little time. I guess I'll have to play it one Friday at a time and see what happens. I know there are people who do this every day, and I feel horrible complaining about it. But I've always been someone who needs sleep...like anything less than 7 hours is brutal. And I haven't had to work longs days like that since I was just out of college - so I'm a bit out of practice.
But here's the "beautiful" part. This morning I woke up at 7:00 (ugh) and felt pretty ok. Tired, but functionable. I decided to go to my almost 9 year old niece's soccer game. It was beautiful outside and Em did a great job. I'm not sure she's really that athletic, but she looks great :) She just got 4 braces on her teeth and was so excited to show off her "bedazzled teeth". Cathy and I joked about the hot "FILF"...and decided that title was way cooler than "MILF". After the game I took Ryan to play mini golf. Dude - that kid is going to be a stand up comedian some day. His latest quote to is mom is: "Mom -I forgot to show you my giant pickle!" He was talking about a picture he drew of a pickle, but it was still hysterical. We had a great time at OOB on the boardwalk after our not-so-competive game of mini-golf. Spending time with Ry is good enough for a great day...but then I got home and our family's closest friends were visiting mom and dad. To all my friends out there - these are the people who taught me what to value in friendships, and how to treat my friends. Truly. Love these guys, and it was great to see them. Of course, tonight I'm sleeping on a mattress on the floor, while they are in my prized possession queen sized, pillow top bed. But whatever - small price to pay.
Must sleep now...tomorrow I'm hoping to go for a nice long walk - maybe on the blvd.
Peace.
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