Thursday Thirteen

It’s still “Memival Week” at Looney Tunes. You know, this is the week that I am participating in all the meme’s and carnivals that I just don’t have the time/energy/dedication/desire to do on a regular basis.

Today is Thursday Thirteen.

Of all the Meme’s and Carnivals out there, I think that the Thursday Thirteen is my favorite. I LOVE lists. Love them. I may be unorganized and chaotic as hell, but there is something about lists that is inherently soothing to my rabid mind.

Since I just spent the better part of three hours getting my hair done, I was going to have a post all about how my hair has changed over the years, but I decided not to. It would require going through photos, scanning them, and realizing that I have made some really crappy hair decisions in my life.

I’m just not sure I’m up for that today.

Maybe I’ll do that tomorrow.

Until then, why don’t I just do a list of blah, blah, blah:

1. I got my hair done today. I like my hair color. It isn’t overly different, we just warmed it up with a tiny touch of red and wove gold highlights in to it. It’s simple and pretty and will look great under the lights.

2. I am still very sad that I am not pregnant but I’m dealing. I am so grateful for all the lovely, personal comments about my “Oops, guess I’m not pregnant” post. It’s still pretty raw for me and I am trying not to be bitter. I don’t want anyone to think I am ignoring anything they said, I just am not able to talk about it much yet. Just know I read them and all the emails and it helped me a lot. I love you guys.

3. Boot Camp and Diet Coke. I am still participating in boot camp, but I missed yesterday. I have been having such severe cramping that I just couldn’t go. I don’t know what is up, but this is the worst period of my freaking life. It doesn’t help brighten my mood and I am just not looking forward to cinching myself up in a dress tomorrow. Hopefully, I’ll feel better.

And?

TOMORROW I MAKE MY GOAL FOR NO CAFFEINE, DIET COKE, CARBONATION, OR ASPARTAME!!!!!!!

I can’t believe after all the physical and emotional hell I have never cheated even one teeny, tiny bit! I haven’t even taken Excedrin!!! If I can give all that up I can give up ANYTHING!

4.I have great friends. I have had some lovely quality time with my friend, Michelle lately. She made me a great “Buck up little camper” CD (IT RULES) and also picked me up to go running (Ok, I walked) up the canyon and arranged for me to have my hair done. She is just the best. I wish everyone in the world could have a friend like her.

And…Karen and I took my friend, Bridgy out for her birthday. We had dinner and saw the movie, Be kind, rewind. I was kind of disappointed in it. The “Sweded” movies were hilarious, but the rest of the story line kind of sucked. Bummer. At least the company was good. I heart Karen and Bridgy. Remember that comment I made about Michelle in line 4? Yeah, that goes for these lovelies, as well!

5. MAKE IT STOP! I have had the YouTube video “Shoes” running though my head for about a week solid, now. The ‘Twin’ conversation at the beginning and her parents KILL ME. “I’m going to Batchslap you!” I may need to seek intervention and SOON. “I think you have too many shoes. SHUT UP!” (There are curse words in it. Just as a warning.)

6. New makeup find! I am currently in love with Clinique’s High Impact Mascara. I HEART it. It gives a thick, dramatic coat in one layer. I have think, wispy, wussy lashes and this stuff actually makes it look like I have eyelashes!

SEE?

That is ONE coat. Dude. Now, I really should invest in a curler and eyelash brush to make them tidier.

7.Food cravings. I have been craving sushi like crazy lately. I think I’m going to take myself out to lunch as a treat tomorrow and get my favorite sushi roll, which is basically a California roll wrapped in tuna. (My ALL time favorite roll is the Rising Sun roll, and it isn’t available in Logan. You can only get it in Salt Lake at Happy Sumo and I weep for it on a regular basis.)

8. Twitter Trouble. I am not sure that Twitter is for me. I like it, but I am not sure the format jives well with me. I have made some small social gaffes on it lately that keep me up at night and I just don’t know if it is something that is a good thing for me or not. I’ll have to keep mulling it over.

9. Stumble it! One thing that IS working for me? Stumble. Holy moly, is this thing lovely for your stats. Every time someone reviews one of my posts I get hundreds of hits from it. I know that they tend to be “Fair weathered” hits, meaning that they are only there for one visit and don’t return, but when you are on BlogHer ads and are trying to save for a million different things, every penny helps. If you really want to help a blogger out and make them feel good, stumble one of their posts. On mine (Hint, hint) you can click the stumble it icon down at the bottom of my post. Kewel.

10.Pain of parenting. My son told me he hated me and wanted to live with his dad because I had to make a tough decision about his schooling. It was not what he wanted to hear and he was so hurt and angry. It is better now, but I think it will be a long time before those words stop ringing in my ears.

11.You know? I think I really like vanilla. ‘Nuff said.

12. The Messiah. My performance is tomorrow. I’m trying to stay positive. I do have a few people coming to see it. It’s a little weird, I have done hundreds of these things and it’s always still a thrill to know people want to come see me do something like this. It means a lot to me.

13.Surprises and friend-lovliness. Speaking of The Messiah, looky what I found on my porch today when I came home from my hair appointment! FLOWERS!
They are from Marie, one of the best women (And readers) on the planet. She brought them to me because she isn’t going to be able to come see me perform. Isn’t that sweet? I can’t believe she’s getting me flowers because she can’t be there. It blows me away and makes me damn grateful.

I heart her to death. (And dude, I am a wretch because I still haven’t gotten her a thank you for the cookies she made me!)

So, there you are. My first Thursday Thirteen.

Won’t you be glad when this damned “Memival Week” is over so you won’t hear from me every single freaking day?

Talk to you all tomorrow!

(Yay.)

Sinc