Time Heals All

You know when people say "life gets in the way"? I never understood that phrase until now. Within the past year, life has thrown me so many curve balls, that I'm still learning how to catch them. About 10 months ago, someone very close to me was diagnosed with cancer. You never know how that word will affect your life until you're faced with it. I never talked about it because it's just one of those things where, when I said it out loud, that meant it was real. I didn't want to accept it. Or maybe I couldn't accept it. As the months went by, so many things went through my mind. "What if I don't get to say all the things I want to say?" "Will she ever know how much I love her?" "How much longer can I pretend to be strong?" Between starting a new job where I travel almost every week, to traveling 4 hours every weekend to see her, it became too much to handle physically and emotionally. I felt myself losing control. It's hard to stay strong in a situation you can't make sense of. After months of making memories, her time had come. I've gone through this more times than I'd like to talk about and even though I'm older, it never gets easier. I always tend to shut people out and not want to speak, because I feel like no one will understand my pain. It's something I can't explain, and I guess in a way I shut you all out too. I've learned time heals all, and I'm on my way.

A day in the life

So today I decided to take a page out of Erin over at LivinginYellow's book. She wrote a post about what a typical day in her life looks like. Not sure any of you care, but I decided I'd like to share.

I wake up every Monday-Friday at 5am. Before I do anything, I turn my curling and flat irons on. It's literally the first thing I do. This gives it time to heat up while I'm brushing my teeth and washing my face. Then I wander around for a good 5-7 minutes. I can't really explain that actually.

By 6:30am I'm walking out the door to catch the bus. However, this morning was a special day. It was what some of us may call the end of the world. I could barely walk. The wind pushed me down twice. Oh and did I mention I was soaked? Yep. That was fun.

Those are my feet standing on a mountain of snow/ice

It looks pretty, but don't be fooled, it's not fun to travel in.

After a 2 hour commute, I finally made it to work. Only to be one of 3 people on my team to come in. Surprisingly, I got a lot done. It was a day full of conference calls and follow ups. And by full day, I mean 5 hours. There was no way I was staying all day, while Armageddon was happening outside.

Please notice the chapstick. I ALWAYS have one on my keyboard. Otherwise, I'd be lost. Physically.

After trecking home, it was time to dig out my car. Sorry, I don't have pictures of that, as my hands would have fallen off. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it out as ice decided to eat my car. So what else is there to do, except call your boyfriend? Of course, he came by and saved the day. My car is out, and I can move it now in case you're wondering. By the time I got inside the house all I wanted was the left over Chinese food from yesterday. What? Chinese food is always better the day after. Then it was time to get back to work. Naturally, I laid on the floor and worked with my cup of coffee in hands reach. All while watching ID (Investigation Discovery). That's a completely normal thing to do, right?

Notice my background? Much needed escape while I'm working.

Afterwards, I got the itch to write again. It's not everyday that I have time to sit and write a post. I try to take advantage when I do. 

After an hour or so I quit to eat dinner and spend some time catching up with shows on my DVR. It's raining really hard right now, and I'm hoping that means I'll be working from home tomorrow. 

I hope you enjoyed a sneak peak into my everyday life. Maybe next time there won't be a snowpocalypse, and I can share more exciting stuff. One take away is, I spend way too much time on computers. Until next time..

Birthday Festivities

Okay, so I may be almost a month late on my birthday post but I have a good excuse. I promise! I traveled to Canada (if you're wondering, it was beyond freezing), Mississippi, and Dallas. Not to mention, Superbowl happened. Hope you all caught our David Beckham for H&M commercial!

Anyway, my birthday plans were low key. Let's face it I'm not 25 anymore. Dinner and a night of karaoke is perfect for me. Not only was it my birthday, but we were also celebrating two of my other friends' birthday too! I had only invited a hand full of friends, because I really didn't want anything big. A college friend (Amber) who had told me she was coming from DC for my birthday, called that morning to say she's not going to be able to make it. I won't lie, that kind of put a damper on my day. I spent the rest of the day getting pampered and ready for our night out. The night started with dinner at Mezzogiorno. Food was delicious and the company was even better! Afterwards, we headed to a bar where we met up with more friends. While talking to an estranged friend, I felt a tap on my shoulder. There, stood Amber screaming "Surprise!" I was so surprised/happy/excited that I started crying. Yes, crying. It was that kind of night. I was overly emotional. Maybe it's because of the age I was turning (no, I won't mention that number). Maybe it was because I really love my friends. Maybe it was because I have so much going on in my life that not having to think about it for one night was exciting. Or maybe it was because I realized I haven't done many of the things I wanted to do by this age. It's tough to say.

Unfortunately, I don't have any crazy stories from that night. And that's how I like it. It's nights like these that make me appreciate the people in my life, and realize that I have the greatest friends in the world. And yes, I make that face a lot when I'm happy.