Laziness, procrastination, boredom... just me.

I haven't posted or commented in forever. (I'm sorry Sandi! I've been reading, but I've been a slacker commenter! I owe you!)

I've been sort of "blah" lately. I've worked two hours of overtime everyday so far this week (7am-5:30pm days, which does not included waking up at 5:05am and leaving the house by 6:05am). I will work overtime again this afternoon and probably tomorrow, and if now tomorrow, Saturday or Sunday.

Last Thursday night my mom flew in from Cali. I guess I may be having the blahs due to her leaving on Sunday evening. Family wasn't the most important thing to me growing up, but you live and learn. I miss my family so much. I cry after my parents come to visit and I drop them off in the airport. Yes, I let the crocodile tears roll down my cheeks under my sunglasses as I hand the booth attendant my parking receipt and pay to leave the lot. I blink hard and let the tears roll because it makes me feel better. And I always wait until they're out of sight to do this. Although I'm saddened each time I leave my mom or my dad, I am a mamma's girl. I even lived with my dad through out college, but we never had much to speak about. My dad is a businessman. He's serious. Most of our conversations are serious, drawn out, almost debate like... but that's how we do! Mom and I joke. We were at Ann Taylor Loft and I took a picture of my squnched up butt cheeks with dimples on her cell phone. She just laughed hysterically. That's how mom and I do!

Monday after working overtime, G and I went to Lodo's to meet up with some of K&J's friends for J's birthday and went to the Rockies game across the street after a bite to eat, a Washington Apple, an Irish Car Bomb, a Purple Hooter, and two beers. Seeing that I don't drink much, I was onto a good buzz, so K and I had some hot cocoa at the game.

Tuesday I worked O.T. and G went to a buddy's BBQ at Washington Park in Denver.

Wednesday I worked O.T., again, and went to K&J's house for J's birthday BBQ dinner.

Today is Thursday and I've been battling a cold since last Friday night/Saturday morning. That could also be another reason why I've been "blah!"

Hopefully these go away soon!

Tomorrow night a lot of co-workers from the department I work in are going to Suite Two Hundred. I would like to go, because the people I work with seem like they're a lot of fun. I would like G to go with me too, especially because 1) no one at work has met him yet after a year of working here and 2) because he probably wouldn't let me go by myself. I don't think he'll want to to go because 1) he has to work Saturday morning and 2) because you have to dress up. I guess it's super hoity-toity and there's a long line and a large cover to get in, but we would actually be on the guest list! I dunno... we'll see. I think it would be a lot of fun.

Saturday, G is working and my co-worker A.D. asked if I wanted to go play paintball at this place. I haven't been in years, but I would love to go. So we'll see. It's up in the air since it is probably going to rain on Saturday and this place is an outdoor field.

Sunday, G actually has the day off! His schedule is changing and he will now have EVERY. SUNDAY. OFF! I'm uber excited. I get a whole day with my man meat! Lol. ;)

Today is only Thursday and I SO wish it was Friday already!!!

Mom left...

and I am sad.

Why am I still homesick at the age of 27? Why do I still cry after I take my parents to the airport or they drop me off?

I love and miss my family SO much.

These are a few of my favorite things...

Well, pictures from the past few years...

UPDATED: Our backyard!

Yesterday G and our friend J worked very hard removing rock, building a planter box (for my veggies, herbs, and fruits!), and planting three trees and ground covering plants!

After I got home G and I refinished/oiled our deck, and it looks amazing.

Our poor grass is suffering and growing back in patches due to our TWO and K's dog wreaking havoc on it. For now we're taking them across the street to potty to try and help our grass recover! (Weird part, they're all fixed males. Why does their pee STILL burn the grass?!)

So here are the pictures...

I will write more/elaborate later...

but for now I will say: I agree with airlines charging for two seats .If you TAKE up two seats, you should pay for two seats.

Four Two Oh

Yesterday was April 20th, or as others know it, 4-20.

This was the scene at CU Boulder and downtown Denver yesterday:

To me, that's just crazy and mind boggling. Not one arrest or citation was made is relation to the events that took place yesterday (as far as smoking weed goes).

I have never participated in something like this and I probably never will. Although, I'm sure my younger brother was somewhere in California yesterday, lighting up with his buddies.

I'm sure I'll get some flack/hate/anger/arguments for saying this, but I am not against smoking weed or others smoking weed. Do I do it now? No. Have I done it in the past? You bet I have.

I know there are a lot of arguments as to why and why not marijuana should be legalized. I think the main problem with legalizing marijuana is that there is no way to regulate it (like alcohol) and there's no way to test someone for there level of "intoxication." People can grow their own Mary Jane, but people can brew their own beer and moonshine too, you're just not allowed to distribute it.

I think there are many people that can benefit from using marijuana for medicinal purposes. People who have eating disorders, individuals that suffer from severe nausea from cancer treatments, and those who have chronic pain from whatever it may be.

I guess what irritates me is the stereotype. I would say that most of the time, stereotypes are accurate. To me, for someone to categorize a person that smokes weed as a lazy, stupid, unmotivated person, is the same as saying that those that go out with friends to drink and get drunk are "alcoholics." For some people, it's true. For most, it's not.

I find 4-20 interesting in that all of those people can get together and do that, and no one was arrested or caused any problems. It makes me wonder; what if you let 8-10,000 people binge drink and get drunk... how many problems would there have been yesterday?

Body Pump

I have a new full-blown addiction... and surprisingly, it's to a workout class! It's called Body Pump.

What is Body Pump?

Body Pump is a 1-hour weight training class where all the major muscle groups are worked out, from the warm up through legs, chest, back, triceps, biceps, shoulders and abdominals, before the stretch and cool down. Each exercise lasts the length of one track of music (which is about 4 to 5 minutes), with pauses between tracks used to alter weight levels. Body Pump is a strength endurance training class. Not just an aerobic exercise. It can help increase muscle tone and definition. Most of the exercises are based around weights ranging from 1 kg to 5 kg. You choose the weight that you are comfortable with. As you progress, you can continue to with increased weight. If you think you will get bored with the same music, no worries. Les Mills releases new Body Pump class every three months with new music and choreography!

It's awesome and from the classes I've been to, women outnumber the men.

I guess I like it a lot because I want to work on building lean muscle, but weight lifting by yourself isn't any fun. Doing it with a group is a lot more motivating AND you have someone telling you what you need to and should be doing.

You can search HERE and see if there's a gym nearby that offers the class.

Try it!

G's 30th Birthday...

As much as G would've liked to travel out of the country for his 30th birthday, it wasn't realistic for us to try and get passports in a month. (We realize that we need them, and are going to get them, we just don't want to pay to overnight the application and passport, plus pay an additional $60 to expedite each one. )

So, our other options have been taking a trip to the Key West, FL OR taking a road trip to Yellowstone National Park, to Boise, ID, to Moab, UT and then home. That would make for four days of driving and one FULL day at each destination. If we take out Boise, then we'd have two days at each destination... but ultimately, it's up to G.

As much as I'd love to sit on the beach in the Florida Keys and go deep sea fishing and snorkel, I would also love, love, love to see the wonders of Yellowstone National Park! We will see what G chooses.

What do you think? Where do you think we should go? Where in the United States have you visited and found beautiful, amazing, and worth visiting?

(On on unrelated note, did you notice the path of travel makes a heart? I'm such a dork!)

Memories from Charleston...

and one of the many reasons I miss Brian, Sarah, Lauren, and Baby Amelia.

and Kevin... the shenanigans in the late evening at the apartment. Kevin was the "you won't do it" guy... tablespoon on cinnamon? Sure. Double ball of wasabi? Why not. Leave it Kevin.

We finally have a picture together in front of our house!

If I'm 5'7", how tall is G?