August 13th, 2010
This weekend I’m having 2 awesome people over and it just so happens the three of us haven’t been together in over a decade. We were friends our first semester in college and one of the three of us didn’t come back for the next semester but that one semester really bonded us for life. I thought I’d take you on a little journey of my college years.
Why go to class when you can make phallic shaped balloon animals?
Unlike all the other nights we go out to basement parties to drink cheap beer this time we’ll do it dresses as The Crow or maybe a mouse or just maybe a Q-tip.
If you try to wash a wool sweater and end up ruining it, cut it into pieces and make a lovely outfit out of it.
Homework? What homework?
Southern Comfort? Sure, I’ll try it. Bra over my shirt? Sounds like a great idea.
Now you know a little more about me and how I became the well adjusted person I am today. Funny thing is my two friends who are coming this weekend, who btw were the ones who introduced me to that SoCo, both have children. This will be, surreal for sure.
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July 20th, 2010
I usually hear about people having night terrors as a child and that they grow out of it. I am a 32 year old woman and I still have night terrors. I can go for months without having one and then having several in a week. I think one time I had 4 in one night.
I never really knew I had this problem until I stayed at my SIL’s place one night (long before she was my SIL). I was sleeping in the guest room and I guess (as she tells it) she heard me screaming in the hallway about a spider. She came running out assuming that I was being attacked by someone (luckily she’s a marine) and saw that I wasn’t awake. She told me there wasn’t a spider and sent me back to bed.
Looking back I remember a few times jumping out of bed, when I lived with my parents, in fear of a spider. I also remember a time I freaked out and ran downstairs, completely sure a spider had fallen on me while I was in bed. I was so terrified I slept on the couch in the living room the rest of the night. I think I may have had at least one in college with my roommate but I’m not sure, since I don’t usually recall them unless someone was there to tell me about it.
Since living with Manly Man I’ve had more than either of us could count. He’s gotten (mostly) used to me jumping out of bed screaming my head off. Of course every time it makes him wake up immediately but when he realizes it’s a night terror he calms me down and we go back to bed. Often he has to reassure me several times that there is in fact no spider or no animal in the corner of the ceiling.
It seems to me I get these particularly when I’m in a high stress time of my life. I’ve had 2 this week already and I think I had at least 1 last week.
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June 10th, 2010
“Earliest thing you can remember”
Unlike my husband I don’t have a vast memory that goes nearly back to birth. I remember little pieces of things here and there and over time I can’t really trust that they are completely factual. My one memory for some reason that has always stuck with me was going to Disney World at age 4.
I remember very well being introduced to Mickey Mouse and crying. I don’t know why any child that age wouldn’t be scared by a 6 foot mouse.
I also remember being inside this cave, there was a whole group and we were walking through it. Then there were sounds of Indians chasing us and we all started running. I remember being petrified.
Lastly I remember being on the Peter Pan ride and the crocodile scaring the bejeesus out of me but I don’t remember if I cried.
So basically all my memories of my childhood are of pure fear, this explains a lot.
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June 9th, 2010
“A thank you letter to someone who has changed your life”
Instead of writing this to one person, I’ve done that a few times on my blog, I’ve decided to generalize it a bit more.
Dear Fellow Bloggers,
Thank you for entertaining me and many times taking my mind off of other things in my life.
Thank you for making me laugh over and over again.
Thank you for making me think about things that would either never cross my mind or be something I may have otherwise not seen the other side of.
Thank you for opening up my world far beyond I could have ever imagined.
Thank you for sharing so much of your life with me, some of you I feel I know even better than some of my RL friends.
Thank you for getting to know the real me and never questioning it.
Thank you for making each day a little bit better.
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June 7th, 2010
“What you imagine paradise to be like”
Paradise is a lot of things to me, sometimes it’s a location and sometimes it’s a feeling. As far as location it’s usually a quiet place with a lake nearby. I love nature, although I hate bugs which figures, and just being around it or having it around me gives me a feeling of peace.
The feeling of paradise is a peaceful sense of self, knowing who I am and what I am striving for. I don’t feel this way everyday, not even close, but when I have that feeling it’s the kind of paradise that nothing can compare to. Stopping and thinking to yourself Yes, this all feels so right and I believe in who I am at this moment.
The kind of paradise to me is one that is rare and fleeting. When I realize I am amidst paradise at that moment I try to take it all in and really appreciate it. If paradise was 24/7 then it wouldn’t be so beautiful, it would be common.
Paradise is a moment in the morning stepping out on my back deck to witness life at it’s simplest. Paradise is watching my cats sleep and look so serene. Paradise is a big hug from my husband at just the right moment. Paradise is knowing yourself and accepting all that you are.
Paradise is a moment, don’t miss it.
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