Realization

Please tell me if I'm overreacting.  I don't think so.  I think lately that I have been getting more and more mad, and a lot easier than normal.

I hate more than anything putting so much work into something, and then having it blow up in my face. ..

Take this for instance....

I am not the maid of honor in an upcoming wedding that I'm in, yet I'm planning the bachelorette party. In New Orleans...when all was planned, a total of five people were going.  And that's fine.  It's a "destination bachelorette," and I'm totally okay with it being a smaller group of people.  But don't tell me that you're not going two weeks before it's planned, after I had already changed the date AND found a cheaper place to stay.  Needless to say...I'm a little angry.  

But I guess there's not too much I can do except vent about it.... and move onto Day 7.

7.  I want another dog.

6.  I want true love.

5.  I want to not live in Alabama.

4.  (I'm aware of how corny this is before even saying it)  I want everyone to stop caring so much about everyone else...ie, about who everyone else marries, about who does what with their own bodies.  It drives me crazy.

3.  I want to be a professional ballroom dancer.

2.  I want to live closer to my family.

1.  I want my student loans to finally be paid off.

Day 6

So my dad said he checked out my blog...

And he commented on the color of my hair...

Not my awesome writing, or anything, but the color of my hair.  He hates it blonde.  Like hates it hates it.  But oh well.  I'm 28 and still disappointing my parents!!  At least I'm gainfully employed!!

Today has been another frustrating day.  I feel like I have so much on my plate at one time.  I would say that I should give up blogging, but I did that and didn't really like it too much.  I know that I don't talk about much of importance on here, but it's still a nice break from thinking about moving flatbed freight...

Anyway, onto Day 6...

6.  Waukesha, Wisconsin  -- the place where I was born.  I will always have a special love for Wisconsin, and always do claim it as my home town when people say I don't sound like I'm from the South.

5.  Aruba.  I love Aruba.  I don't care what anyone says about the place.  It's absolutely beautiful, and home to one of the greatest bartenders and free bar food around (yum yum mini eggrolls).  

4.  Linz Am Rhein, Germany -- where I spent a summer as a foreign exchange student.  Beautiful...and I know most people don't think of Germany as beautiful, but that is where my people came from, and it was actually pretty awesome to be able to drink vodka at 16.

2. Auburn, AL  --- really?  do I need to say anything else?  Loveliest Village on the Plains... WDE!

1.  New Orleans.....  my most favorite place on Earth.  As if that was a huge secret to anyone....  here are a few pics from my last adventure there (I get a bachelorette adventure in 2 weeks!  So excited!!!)

1st pic - Lucy's Retired Surfer Bar

2nd pic - Cooter Browns -- home of the longest beer list I've ever seen.

Day 5

Wow, so here we are at Day 5.  By the way, I have kept up with my April photo-a-day.  A whole 3 days.. I am so proud!

I have actually been pretty busy lately.  I have been going non-stop at work, and have been crazy busy preparing for my next ballroom competition.  I have found myself getting more and more into dance, and I find that the confidence is coming easier now.  I have more than practiced my Cuban movement (those child-rearing hips have come in good for something) and my arm and leg movements (ditto on the long limbs).    

I also found myself getting frustrated today when I couldn't control every aspect.  You can't control people.  You can't even control how they feel about you; even if you try to talk yourself into thinking you can.  In the back of your mind, you always already know.

Your gut always tells the truth.  Even if you choose to ignore it.  

5.  Chicken - lo- mein.  I know that it's terrible for you, but I love Chinese, and I really only have cravings to eat it when I'm home alone.  With Sex and the City 2.  And an US Weekly.

4.  UAB sushi roll - from Pacific Rim in Birmingham.  Holy deliciousness.  

3.  Pulled pork BBQ sandwich - Come on . I am from the South!!

2.  Cold cheese  -  Oh, so cliche you say, since you're from Wisconsin.  Whatever, I don't care.  I love cheese. And I'm pretty much not averse to any cheese.  Except  blue cheese.  Ick.

1.  Pizza.  My absolute favorite.  I can eat it all day every day, no questions asked.  And as long as you don't throw anchovies on it, I'm perfectly ok.

Also, if you read this and are using a great photo editor, please let me know.  I have been on the search for one for a really long time.

Thanks!!