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{May 25, 2014} It was a mistake, but so good!

When I do something that I know will be bad, it had better be worth it! and today it was, well, sort of.

I know I’ve told you that I’m lactose intolerant and that about a month ago, I gave up dairy altogether. Another thing I gave up over a month ago was soda; I used to have a few a month, but then I decided it was time to give it up, since I’m not supposed to have it. Well, to be more specific caffeine and colored soda and I really like coca cola. It’s been an adjustment, but I’ve been making it work, albeit begrudgingly on occasion.

There have been a few times I have been desperate for both, but resisted. Today was another story.

As I am heading back to Michigan tomorrow for about two months, and was in one of those wonky moods, nothing bad, just wonky, I wanted something I really enjoyed and missed! I wanted a slice and a soda…please!

As I’ve said, if I am going to do or eat something I know is really bad, it had better be worth it. I decided to take a chance.

We ordered from Abo’s Pizza, http://abospizza.com/, the best pizza we have found in Colorado and a real NY style pizza joint, so you know I’m happy! I also ordered a coca cola from the soda fountain, there is nothing better than a coke from the fountain, yum. And let’s be honest, pizza is not the same when you have it with water.

I knew it wouldn’t help very much, but I took a lactaid pill with my first sip and ahhhh…that first sip was delicious and then there was the first bite of pizza…ahhhh. I finished the slice and sat and waited, it was slow going. Most times when I eat something bad for me, it hits within moments, the pizza and soda were doing their thing pretty quickly, but I soldiered on, I knew it would be my last for a while.

I let the first slice digest and then realized I was hungry and wanted another, so I dug in and had the second slice and most of the soda. It was heavenly, sigh!

And then about thirty minutes later, it happened and that’s all I’m going to say about it.

Your first question should be: Will I be doing that again? Most likely no. Your next questions should be: Was it worth it? Oh yes!

{May 25, 2014} It’s a Marvel movie… You sat through the credits, right?

There is always a scene, possibly two, at the end of every Marvel movie. How do people not know to stay?

Maybe when the first Iron Man movie, produced by Marvel, came out, people didn’t realize there would be an extra scene at the end of the movie that you have to sit through the credits for. But we are 10, I said TEN Marvel movies into this and people are still getting up and leaving after the credits?

I don’t care how badly you have to go, you stay for those scenes! They are insights into the next movie, what might be happening in the future and so important. And something to talk about and “be in the know”.

Besides, they’re cool. And sometimes make you gasp and say “Oh!” Or “oh my!” Very important!

Yes, I know, your life will still go on, your destiny will not be altered because you missed a scene…or will it?

But come on people, you have friends don’t you? Don’t they tell you to stay? Friends don’t let friend miss the extras!

{May 24, 2014} Sleep on the sofa… awake in the bed

I think I’ve told you, I suffer from bouts of insomnia.

So…on average I sleep about 3-4 hours a night and catch up when I need to. On occasion, I might take a nap or sleep for ten hours then I’m good to go again for a while.

Sometimes, that might mean that I’m going to nod off on the sofa while I watch something, we all do it, right? It usually happens when I lean or completely lie down, but not always.

Tonight it happened while we were watching something, I dozed off and have to rewind to watch again or DCM will wake me and say let’s go to bed.

As it inevitably happens, I was asleep on the sofa, as soon as I get into bed, in wide awake! Hence, I sit here writing to you…wide awake!

Maybe next time I’ll just stay on the sofa!

{May 23, 2014} I’m home…it only took NINE hours!

Long weekend…check. Flight booked.. check. Flight delay… check… wait, what?

Yes friends, I was coming home to Denver for the first time in about a month and it took me about nine hours.
I get to the airport in plenty of time, have lunch, board the plane, ooh it looks like we’re going to leave on time. Yeah right.

There’s a light out somewhere…30 minute delay. There’s something else wrong…30 minute delay. We pulled away from the gate and back twice, then finally pulled into a new gate after being on the runway or almost on the runway for a few hours , then a plane change…back to the original gate, what?

Then wait at least 30 minutes to get on that plane, then another delay taking off. You know they have to do the whole luggage thing too. We finally took off about 5:50. Weehoo.

Then there was bad weather in Denver, we circled for a long time almost having to go to Phoenix. I must have been asleep during those announcements.

(I had spiked my hair this morning but fallen asleep against the widow so many times my hair was flat!)

They did give us free movies at some point, I watched part of Dallas Buyers Club, all of Philomena and The Lego movie, I slept through most of it (and all of Star Trek while I was still in Michigan).

We finally landed at 7pm mountain time (9pm esatern). The entire plane applauded. We were done! (to top it off, the shuttle to the car…bumpy)

I am now safe and sound and tired. I’m glad I don’t have to fly for a few days!

{May 21, 2014} You can’t be dead Neo, you’re the one!

Can you tell what movie was on when I got back to the hotel?

Please tell me you said The Matrix!

Did you want to take the blue pill or the red one?
Would you follow Morpheus?
Would you follow the white rabbit?
Believe the oracle?
Eat a cookie?

“Do you know how to fly a helicopter?” “No, but I will.”

Did you think Neo was the one? Or did you know?

So…I was compelled to watch it and it brought back memories of the first time I saw it and it was good. The second movie wasn’t bad, but the third one, you can keep that one, not interested, unless we were doing a Matrix marathon and you kind of have to watch all of them, or else it’s not complete.

Final thought…everyone else wore leather, why didn’t Neo ever wear leather?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

{May 20, 2014} When it comes on tv, I am compelled to watch, what about you?

There are certain movies that I just have to watch when they come on TV, I might even own them or have seen them over 100 times, I have to watch.

Aren’t there movies that you can’t turn away from that no matter how many times you’ve seen them, you have to watch them? No matter how old, although sometimes, when they are on TV, they’re chopped to pieces and the language is dubbed, it’s hard to watch but you give it the old school try. Maybe they’re so old the technology is outdated, but they are from your childhood and they bring good memories, maybe where you were, who you were with you first saw it.

Here are a few of my favorites that I must watch if they come on:

Star Wars [IV, V, VI]
Die Hard [the original and sometimes #2]
Beverly Hills Cop [definitely 1, sometimes 2, I say that as i am sitting here watching #2]
Sixteen Candles [I think this is mostly chicks, but I could be stereotyping]
Have you noticed that there is a scene they put on TV that isn’t on the DVD or VHS [now I’m dating myself!]. It’s the scene in the lunchroom where Jake Ryan finds Samantha’s ‘sex test’
Rocky
War Games
Moonstruck [again, chick flick]
A Few Good Men
Pride and Prejudice
Coming to America
Terminator [the first one]
Groundhog
Day
Caddyshack
The Abyss
The Princess Bride

I could go on, but I might run out of room. Those are some of my favorite must see’s [and you know as soon as I publish this post, I’m going to think of a few more!]

{May 19, 2014} Servers can make or break a meal

Servers can help you have a great experience and pook when they don’t.

When you go out to eat and get seated, the server helps to determine if you’re going to have a good meal/experience or a bad one. So many things go into making a positive impression.

How long does it take to come to the table to say hello, how often they come to the table to check on how things are going, recommendations that they make, how many questions do they ask and what do they ask, how long does it take to get the check.

It’s their attitude and how they interact, you can tell if it’s a good day or not. Was there too much information? Attention to details?

There are so many things that go into helping make a positive experience. Yeah, that’s it.

{May 18, 2014} Bathroom query

This is total random thinking…

I understand when there are multiple stalls in a bathroom, then it should be segregated, one for men and one for women. Sometimes the men’s room has urinals, definitely can’t be mixed.

My query is in regards to single bathrooms, when there is no difference between the two, nothing special on the wall, no urinal, both have a toilet, sink and paper towel holder.

Here’s my question…why does there have to be a men’s and a women’s sign differentiating between the two, especially if they’re not cool or special signs.

Whenever the ladies room door is locked and I really have to go, I go into the men’s room and do my thing and that’s that. It’s no different, so why the different signs?

{May 17, 2014} It’s time to go back to Michigan

I slept in again..until 8am, hold yourself back!

I got up, said good morning and then headed out with ACS for a dump run. They don’t have trash pickup at their house, so once a week they take trash and recyclables to the dump. Sometimes MGS likes to go and help, today the girls were very busy playing with all their new stuff from papa, so I went with ACS to the dump. We made two runs, one was trash and plastics, we came back for the cardboard.

On the way back to the house after the first run, we stopped at a farm stand and got some apple cider donuts, you know the ones with the sugar and cinnamon on them? And when they’re warm..oh boy! When we brought them home, GES and dad said the same thing I did, how much we loved them and they reminded us of when we were kids and went apple picking and then got the donuts after, ah..memories.

After the two dump runs, I got some work done, then I headed up to the New England Running Store to meet RG and try on some new sports bras and found one that fit and held me in perfectly! I got a few other things and then headed home for lunch with the family. That was nice, the rain had finally stopped, the sky cleared up and it got nice and toasty, we were able to sit outside on the deck for lunch, felt good to sit in the sun.

A little more work and then it was time to shower, get cleaned up, pack and get ready to head out. The nice thing about today was it was very laid back and relaxed, no rush to get anywhere.

About 3:30 I said goodbye to LaLa and GES then dad and I headed out to the airport. It was nice to have some one on one time with my dad.

We got to the airport, said goodbye and off I went, looking forward to the next visit.

I got back to Detroit and KS picked me up, we went to dinner, enjoyed some laughs, checked into the hotel and here I sit talking to you!

{May 16, 2014} Just another day in Boston, yeah right!

The day started very early, about 6:15, when the birthday girl, MGS, came in to say hello.

That’s a wee bit early, add to that the fact that I had taken a Zyrtec and it knocked me out! I have to tell you that I didn’t come out of my fog until late today!

So, MGS came in to say hello and I tried to stay awake. She left and then EJS came in to say hello, I could barely keep my eyes open. I was disappointed in myself because usually when they come in in the morning, I get up to spend time with them.

I passed out again and got up just as EJS was getting on the bus and she said to get mommy “Why does Auntie J sleep so late when she’s here?” (8:00 is late, awesome!)

I got up, got dressed, GES headed to a dentist appointment Abe I straightened things up, the cleaners were coming. When she got back we went to get some brunch and a little shopping done.

We got back and then both got some work done and at the same I made a batch of brownies for MGS’ birthday at school. We headed out to school to celebrate her birthday in hey classroom.

After Brown brownies and singing, we headed to do some return and get some extra shopping done.

All of a sudden, it was time to meet the rest of the family at the Cheesecake Factory, where MGS wanted to go for her birthday dinner.

We got there and Poppa and La La were waiting, they had picked up EJS and when ACS got there with MGS it was time to site down.

Everyone was glad to be together and had a really great time at dinner. For dessert, there was Cheesecake and singing happy birthday.

After dinner, it was home for presents, stories and bed..ahh. And now that everyone is asleep, It’s my turn, goodnight!

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