The Engagement!

Yes I did get engaged this summer! June 13, 2008 to be exact!

This Summer. . .

Go Shawty . . .

It's my birthday! I partied like it's my birthday!
Today is my 29th birthday and I am too crunk about this weekend! My fiance', my beloved, my sweetie. . . my Boaz treated me like a royal queen this weekend. I am dog tired! But smiling all the while!
So he has been contemplating about this weekend for quite some time what I would like. For his birthday . . .08.08.08 we went to Orlando for that week and wrapped it up with a romantic night at the Melting Pot.
Honestly, I wasn't too excited about going away again b/c it's been a lot going on but whatever he plans I'll be fine. Even if we have just a quiet night in hugged up. . .I'll be cool.
Wednesday night I learned that we weren't going out of town, surprisingly! I then found out that my "big" gift was having delivery trouble and he faced the store clerks out b/c he needed it . . .period! But Friday he let me know that after we went to our cake tasting, he'd drop me off b/c he needed to "handle" my gift.
So he only requested that I like sexy and fly! BET. . . so I went and got me a FLY dress and if I do say so myself, I was the bomb! He scoops me up, we drive to Mccormick and Schmicks. And then we go in and are sat by a table of about 7 black men. At which that point, William decides that okay they are staring, we need a private booth/table. . . .Told yall I was cute!!!!! We move and have a great evening.
So then after dinner he says okay do you want one of your gifts.. . I'm like YEAH!! So we drive to his house where I stumble upon my very own "room" in his house. He had moved his couch out the room that we deemed my scrapbooking room. In it he'd gone out and found me a WONDERFUL craft table, shelves, mirror, pillows, throw. . .basically decorated my very own space in his house! I mean the room and decor is AWESOME but the act was more powerful than anything else.
Saturday and today were great, I got wonderful cards, another night out, dinner, and a gift card!
At this point I am grateful about the blessings in my life. B/c truly it could be another way. I have had men to come and go. Men who I thought treated me well. Men who I knew who didn't give a darn about me. . .But with this man I make it a point to let him know and show hin how much I truly appreciate him. I make it a point DAILY to let God know that I am truly grateful to HIM for thinking enough of me to bring me him.
It's a great day! I mean 2008 has been a wonderful year thus far. I look forward to the future! My future and all that it's holding for me!

Long Time No See!!!

I know it's been a minute. . .and my faithful "few" readers probably have stopped checking. . .but just charge it to my head and not my heart. I still check everyone else's blogs all the time. . .but just haven't sat down to update my own. I haven't even been writing in my journal. . . so I'm tryna get things back together. . .

So let's see what's been going on! 1st off I have been sooooooo tired. . .my job has/had put such a stress/strain on me that I was feeling like I was in that hospital 24 hours a day, and all 7 days a week. This week was especially crazy b/c it was a full moon. . .and for those in health care who've never paid attention, do so next time. People lose it with a full moon. . . It's bananas! But alas. . . thanks to my God who answers prayers. . . today I got a brand new job offer! Yes sirree I applied for a transfer within the system to the rehabilitation center (right next door to the hospital) and got the offer today. It's amazing b/c it was just last week that I visited, and went for a casual/impromptu. . .that turned out to be an interview chat with the pharmacy director and got the call from the corporate recruiter today. AWESOME. What this means to me. . . NO NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS LIKE BEFORE. Well technically. . . specifically I will be back to my 10 hours days (ie 4 days per week) with every 7th weekend I'll be on call for some dosing. Which requires about 2-3 hours out of your day on that weekend! I am HYPED yall! I mean don't get me wrong, I loved inpatient, excelled at it, gained a lot of knowledge in IV drugs and Critical Care (ie. . .ICU/Trauma/Surgery etc) but the schedule was killing my poor body. Not to mention that I have a man who is a minister who wants me with him --- particularly on Sundays. So it was literally starting to feel like I worked 6 days per week b/c my Sundays have been no longer mine. No more going to the early service, out to eat, then back home by 1, then taking a 2-3 hours nap, then eating dinner about 6/7, with my hot bath/relax time that night. . . Naw Dawg!!! GONE!!!! And we're not even married yet (. . . yep I said yet ;). . . so I ain't there for everything. JESUS. . . I just have to remember that your grace is sufficient. At least this professional change will help. I was quite shocked at how understanding my director/manager were. I say honesty is the best policy, so I was up front with them from the very beginning. . .and as a result. . .they helped me find/support what's best for Vicki! So I'm excited.

My love life is great. . .we're settling in to our routines. He's still blowing my mind. It's so crazy how even the smallest things make me grin so hard. One day, we went to the park to walk the dog, saw some swings and decided to try them out, then went for ice cream. . . I was like Man this is a freakin' movie! I'm staring in my very own love story!

So it will be a month with me being in Charlotte on May 7th. Can you believe it? I mean time flew. But all in all the QC has been what it's cracked/hyped up to be. . .at least for me anyway. I feel blessed to have been led and heard God's direction for my life. I'm truly ecstatic about the future. Not sure of all it has to offer me, but hey I'm open!

LOL. . .

So you noticed that I left out the details of my V-Day. . . It was truly wonderful. I mean who knew that you could be treated like this.
So we went to dinner. . .a surprise b/c I had no clue. . .to the House of Jazz here in the QC. It was a nice place and they had a select menu that evening for this special day. So we sat amongst other couples, young and old. . .looking good. . fresh and fly! So we're talking having a great time and I'm a little upset b/c I got a "gag" gift. . . that I didn't like. I tried to be the little sweet girlfriend who is okay with anything. . .but I couldn't hold it in. So he's fiddling around and saying I can't believe u didn't like ur gift. I'm like it's okay, dinner is expensive, the flowers all that. . . it's really okay. I'm trying to console him and he's laughing inside at me. So I'm minding my own business and look away. . .and Voila. . .what do I see. A little Blue box!

***Side Bar***NO IT WAS NOT A RING***

But it was a necklace from that wonderful store. Girl that lady beside us was like how long have you two been married? We were like ummm. . . negative. She was like well sista girl you must be doing something right if you already got Tiffanys!!!!

I was HIZZYPE!!! To say the least. It was a great day. Good conversation, good food, good company, GREAT man.

I might actually start looking forward to this holiday.

Happenings. . .

When was the last time that I blogged. . .when was the last time that I wrote in my journal. Life has just been happening. And I've been caught up in it. . .blowing in and out like the wind. Can you believe it's almost spring? I'm so excited. Excited to say that though it was colder here than I'd like, it sure wasn't the Midwest winter that I dreaded so much. So many holidays. So much family time.

So I celebrated Valentine's Day for the first time in ummm. . . 3 years. . . WOW. That's a long time isn't it. The last V-day I celebrated I was dating a guy who worked 3rd shift. . .so there was actually no V-Day celebration on V-Day. So when this year rolled around and it wasn't even a question as to if we'd be together. . .that morning I woke up in a tizzy. So I had gotten a gift. . but forgot about the ding dang card, forgot to put in something red, white, or pink, forgot candy (do guys do candy). . . and that morning I was still wondering, do you "dress up" for this holiday, if you have absolutely no idea where you're going. It was str8 comedy when I sit back and think about it. . .but I made it through yall. . .WHEW!

This past weekend, the families met and merged. I mean it was so much hugging and nice to meet you going around, it was insane! They all really like each other. Who knew it would be like this? I would not even have guessed that such a thing could truly happen.

Went to a couples' dinner at Brio. And Brio is one of my all time favorite restaurants, even though it is a chain. But man I love it. In St Louis it was nothing for me and my girls to meet at Brio on a Friday night and chat it up over lobster bisque, calamari, chocolate desserts and Peach Bellinis for hours and hours. I had not been literally since the weekend that I moved away from STL. So naturally I was excited.

So Brio is in the South Park area of Charlotte. And maybe it was the tint of my skin, the thickness of my lips. . .I dunno. . .but it was the most horrible service that I had ever received. I mean this was the first time for some of the couples dining in a place like this. . .and now. . . unfortunately, I'm sure they won't go back. I mean when you see a large group of "us" why does it cause mass confusion, why is there an automatic 'tude from this little waitress. Why do they try to play you like you're dumb. . . oh no my friend, you have come up against the wrong one. So while I'm fuming, trying to ignore the subtle rude remarks. . .my cousin Kim is worse and on it. . . before I realized it chick had already talked to the manager and handled it. Pretty soon we had all 3 managers at the table, along with the 2 waiters giving me the service that I was paying for. I tell ya. . . it's was a dog on shame! And just because they were rude, I didn't even tell them that they'd left my lobster bisque off the ticket. . . Take that!!!!

Weekend. . .

Do you ever need one of those weekends with nothing pressing to do or places to go? That was this weekend for me. Nothing was urgent or "needed" to be done! I loved it! It was such a wonderful day. I mean 60-70 degree weather. . . in February. Who could ask for anything more . . .
Tomorrow it's back to the J-O-B. . . work is really for the birds. I mean don't get me wrong things are going very well for me at CMC. . .but man I don't like my schedule. I have to work some nights this week and then this weekend coming up. Scheduling sucks. . .but I guess this is the life of a hospital pharmacist for now. . .

Meet the Fam'

So the day for boo-boo-skoo-boo to meet the fam came and went. Not all the fam but the criticals. My cousin and her family along with my mother. I sat back and observed like I was in the twilight zone. I mean my family has been dying to come here to meet him b/c they felt like they were missing out. But our schedules just did not permit. So we went to them! Talk about excited. I don't know who was more nervous him or them. I mean from my cousin talking about catering a meal to him and his many outfit changes. . .someone was bound to get on my last nerves. So the simple solution for what to do with our time. . .go support the kids. So we went to see my little cousin play b-ball with the church league. Man Who Knew! You would have thought this was the NBA playoffs. I mean with the cheating referees, the cursing from a few fans (. . .did I mention this was the church league. . .) it was str8 comedy. So at first he played it cool like ok this is cute. The next thing I know he's yelling and screaming with my family. I was looking like what in the world. . .
So then we went to have "lunch/afternoon meal" with the fam. Per Jordyn's request, we must play games after eating. So she pulls out like 2 or 3 games ready to go. I had agreed to play UNO but somehow those UNO cards never surfaced. We ended up playing some random "slap" imitation UNO game of which boo-boo-skoo-boo was able to make up some rules, much to little Jordyn's delight.
We were even able to swing by PF Chang to meet Adrienne and Brian. The two of them were super crunk. I mean excited to be out with two other adults! Hilarious!
All in all it turned out to be a great day. I mean there were a number of times that I just looked over at him and just smiled! Man! Who knew there'd be days like this?

Vacay!!!

Cloud 9. . .

I have been off work for the past 2 days. . . and it was WONDERFUL! I mean for real I had the most fabulous time doing whatever I wanted to do today. I mean everyone else was at work and those who weren't . . .I didn't really worry about. I was walking through the mall today thinking. . . if I could do this a few times per month I probably would be aight. I went to the VS Semi-Annual Sale, picked up a few new pieces, then went to Sephora, stopped in Bath & Body Works. . . not really looking for much, not looking to spend much. Just enjoying the fruits of my labor.
Last night was also wonderful. I had a dental procedure yesterday so I didn't want to do much of anything. So my sweetie called. . .asked me what I wanted to do and all I wanted was a movie, a pizza and some QT. And that's what I got! Lovely fo' sho'! We watched the Perfect Stranger with Halle Berry. . . a pretty good movie I might add.
So today I was able to think of what I wanted to say to my faithful readers about my sweetie. Things are going well. . .much better than that . . . but that's the best word to describe it. I mean we're good. Happy with each other, happy with the way things are going. . .just really dang Happy! LOL. I mean in the past month we've crossed a lot of milestones so it's only flowing. I mean we're letting things naturally progress. Not much effort is going into it. . .which is what's so dang crazy. I mean this is the person that I've been the most honest, most comfortable with ever. I mean honestly. . .I'm not one much for game. I don't really have a lot of time to come up with lies to cover up things. I am just as Mary suggested. . .letting him take me as I am. I had to step away a long time ago and let God handle this one. B/c early on I saw that this was totally out of my hangs.
John Legend described us best in his song. . . "So High". . . good stuff I tell ya. . .good stuff!

Whew!!!!

Have you ever had so much going on that you just can't put them into words? I have so much to say that It's overwhelming. So let me get my thoughts together. . .and I'll be right back!

So I just added a pic to a previous entry. . .that's a neat thing that you can do . . .I like it!