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?