Headstrong...

Hey guys....

I'm having a bit of a tough time today...feeling like I'm treading water, trying to keep my head above being depressed/anxious about stuff...

Channeling My Inner-Uzumaki Today...

I hate being this way. Thankfully, days like this are not nearly as common for me as they used to be...

I'm sure I'll bounce back and be back to my usual [awesome-ish?] self soon...

Today, I choose to listen to kick-ass music and watch Naruto AMVs....yep...I'll be fine soon.

Weekend Adventures....

Good morning, guys...

I hope you all had a great weekend...I certainly did! [Not to brag or anything...]

This past weekend, the kiddo and I went to Mississippi with the boyfriend for his family's annual reunion ^_^

We had a blast!

This year, they held the reunion at a plantation turned hunting preserve...it was a really nice place...I wish I had taken a picture of the plantation house...it's proving harder to find a picture of it online than I'd thought it would be...

I'll admit, I was pretty nervous about meeting the boyfriend's extended family [probably no surprise there! /chuckle], but they were all super nice...I felt comfortable around them pretty much immediately, which is a huge thing for me! [Gotta love being socially anxious, right?]

And, aaaaaand, as if the weekend wasn't going fantastically enough...my kiddo had sooooo much fun! There was another boy there around the same age and they were inseparable buddies...he enjoyed playing so much that he's already asking when the next reunion is!

Me And The Boyfriend <3

Soooo, yeah /grin

I had a great weekend with two great guys....gotta say, I'm definitely one lucky girl!

Deadpool...Go See It!

Good morning, guys...


So, how many of you went to see the Deadpool movie when it came out last weekend? [I hope you did...it was fantastic!!]

The boyfriend and I went to go see it this past Saturday...if you haven't seen it yet, then you should definitely solidify some plans to do so, ASAP! I'd say that this movie ranks up in my Top 5 favorite comic book movies...aaaaand, I like a lot of comic book movies...so, it's kind of a big deal...[okay, okay...I know my opinion means nothing to most people...but just go see the movie, alright?!]

But, just in case you haven't already heard...or for some reason you don't know much about Deadpool's character...this is not a 'hero' movie that you should be taking your small children to see. Not at all! There's raunchy humor, violence & gore, and boobies. Soooo, yeah...don't bring the little ones.

I'd like to write more about the movie and truly nerd out over the things that I loved about it...but I'm going to refrain! The movie is that good! Go see it!

Lent, Revised...

Good morning, guys...

Sooooo, I've got a confession to make...

Don't Look At Me...I'm Disgusting! :(

Remember how I'd said I'd given up sodas for lent? Well...due to an excessive number of headaches [which I am attributing to the drastically lower caffeine amounts in my system], I am changing my lenten commitment. Instead of sodas, [ugh, this is embarrassing] I'm going to be giving up fast-food breakfasts. It's not that I have fast-food breakfast every day...but, if I'm being honest, I have them far more often than I should...and I always want to stop and get one when I'm driving past all of the terrible fast-food places. So, yeah...there it is...you guys now know one of my dirty little secrets...[pardon me while I go crawl in a hole and die...]

Now that that's out of the way...I've come to realize that I've been drinking waaaaaay too much soda...[which is something that I already knew, anyway] this has been made especially more apparent by the almost constant caffeine withdrawl headaches that I've been having. So. My soda drinking habits have got to change...but, I'm going to go with a tapering down on the amounts that I'm drinking rather than just cutting it out abruptly. Hopefully, this will ease up and lessen the amount of headaches!

Let's see....what else has been going on that I've been meaning to post about???

World of Warcraft, the Deadpool movie, and...umm...I'm sure there are few other things...

Unfortunately, I don't have time to include them in this post...but I will hopefully have time to get to those topics later on this week.

Hope you guys have a good day! Check back soon for more posts!

Reminders...

Because sometimes I'm more bull-headed than I ought to be, I found myself getting a much needed reminder today...

I was reminded that patience and tact are absolutely essential skills. Skills that most people, myself included, probably don't practice as much as they should...[I'm certainly going to work on this...]

I was also reminded that feelings are typically complex. Sometimes, there's more to what's going on than what appears at the surface...unfortunately, people are not mind readers. Unless you tell them, there's no way for the other person to know that you're truly sad rather than angry...so, rather than dance around the true issue...as embarrassing/painful as it may be, why not save all parties frustration and just tell them what's actually going on?

And...

If you happen to meet someone that puts up with you while you're acting irrationally and being angry [rather than admitting that you're hurt]...someone that can take a step back, put themselves in your shoes, and then try and make things right...keep them. Love them and let them know that you appreciate them...do not, under any circumstances, push them away...one day, you may finally succeed in pushing too hard...and that reality will be worse than you'll care to endure.

[Thank you, sweetheart...]

Lent...

Good morning!

Hope you guys are having a good Thursday...I'm doing alright, so far.

It's Lent season now, and I've decided to give up sodas...which isn't going to be terrible, but I'm not really super thrilled about it. [Here's where I need to mention that I've got a bit of an...umm...attachment to carbonated beverages. If I had to estimate, I'd say that roughly 25% of my blood stream is made up of Diet Coke....yeah, yeah, I know it 'isn't good for me'....]

Click here to read an article on Ash Wednesday and the season of Lent...I know that a lot of people aren't familiar with it, and the article does a pretty good job of explaining the basics.

Wish me luck guys...I hear that caffeine withdrawl headaches can be brutal. :(

Monday, No Funday....

Hey guys!

Garfield had it right...

Hope you're having a good morning, despite it being a Monday...[every fiber of my being loathes Mondays.] There's just something about going back to work after a couple of days off that just...sucks. /sigh

Though, I must admit, I had quite an epic weekend ^_^

Why so epic?

Well...

Remember how I'd mentioned my awesomely amazing boyfriend?

Yay spa...

He recently surprised me with a spa day for Valentine's day! [It was a bit early, but that was fine with me! As if I'm going to complain about the timing of a spa day! Pffft!]

[Hehehe...look! It's me! I know I haven't included any pictures of myself for quite some time...but, yeah. That's me, now. Hooray.]

The boyfriend got me a gift certificate for an hour-long massage and a manicure [or maybe it was a mani/pedi...I'm not really sure of the specifics...but there's a reason for that....], buuuuuuuuut, I decided to turn his surprise for me into a surprise for him as well. /grin

After looking at the different services that the spa had to offer, I decided to use the gift certificate he'd given me as a credit towards a 'couples hot stone package.' I was super excited about the opportunity to go and get pampered, but I knew that I would enjoy it much, much more if he were able to get pampered, too.

Soooooo, we got hot stone massages and hot stone mani/pedis with chocolate covered strawberries and 'unlimited' champagne and mimosas. Sounds pretty incredible, doesn't it? [It was!]

After we finished up at the spa, the boyfriend and I headed out to Paramount...

The Boyfriend and Me!

Paramount is a vintage gaming bar/restaurant in downtown Birmingham...its a seriously cool place! [Check out their website here] They've got several 'vintage' arcade games, skee ball, and pinball machines...and their food is amazing!!

I definitely recommend that you check out Paramount if you're looking for a cool, laid-back place with a nerdy twist.

Well, as always, work beckons. Here's to surviving another Monday...

Monday...

Hey guys...

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend...I had a pretty great one, myself! Didn't really get around to doing anything super exciting [spent most of the weekend on some sort of sinus/cold medicine...hooray for sickness...], but it was a good couple of days, nonetheless.

I don't have a whole lot of time to write out a post right now, so....'quick thoughts' it is!!


- I am super, super excited about the upcoming Deadpool movie! Definitely not going to be a 'superhero' movie that's suitable for kiddies [my kiddo is not happy about this lol]...but the trailers look pretty amazing! I'm so glad that there's going to be a chance for Deadpool to be redeemed, as far as movies are concerned...he wasn't given the attention that he deserved, in my opinion anyway, when he was in whichever X-Men movie...[X-Men:20? 25? There's been so many of them, I can't keep up...] He's a great character with an incredible back-story...can't wait to see how they bring him to life in the movie!

- Speaking of movies, the boyfriend and I went to see The Revenant...aaaaaand, meh. I really wanted to like the movie...really. But, at about the 2-hour mark, I found myself wishing that the movie would end soon. From a cinematic stance, the movie is spectacular! Buuuuut, as a casual moviegoer..../shrug. I wouldn't recommend seeing it in theaters unless you've got 3 hours to kill and you love colonial period movies.

- I've spent a good bit of time playing Mario Kart 8...I like the game, a lot...aaaaand I'm reminded at how not good at the game I am. [/chuckle] My fantastic boyfriend, however, is very good at the game...so, the kiddo gets a kick out of watching me getting the mess beaten out of me. I really don't mind sucking at the game...it warms my 3-sizes too small, grinch-y heart to see how happy playing the game makes my son...and the boyfriend, too. ^_^ [Aaaaaand, there's no revenge as sweet as a spiked blue shell. Just saying!]

- Finally, I'm going to brag on my boyfriend for a little bit...[super sappy subject disclaimer!]

I know that everyone says that their boyfriend/girlfriend/whateverelseticklesyourfancy is the 'best ever'....but my boyfriend really is! He's one of the most kind-hearted and thoughtful people that I've ever met...I would consider myself super-fortunate to have him in my life in any capacity...I mean, even just as a friend, I know he would make my life better. However, I somehow managed to be fortunate enough to have him in my life as more than just a friend...somehow, for whatever reason, this incredible man loves me <3 [Crazy, right?] I could go on forever gushing about how fantastic he is and all the warm fuzzy feelings that he gives daily ^_^

Ummm....well, looks like I've run out of immediate, writable thoughts...will post again soon!