Weather or not….

Mother Nature does not like the town I live in.  Seriously…. She is holding a grudge.  I am not sure why but she is.  And she needs to come to terms with whatever the problem is and move on because we need some weather besides constant annoying sweltering heat.  Oh and the humidity! Sheesh! It needs to go too.  Its misery.  Dont bother to do hair or makeup because you will sweat yourself into a pitiful hot mess. I am ready for some rain and cooler temps.  I miss the days of a breeze blowing through my living room after a long day of work.  I miss taking the kids to the park.  I miss walking the dogs.  I miss being able to walk from the car to the inside of a building without beads of sweat pouring down my face.  If anyone of you can relate….. Holla at your sweaty Betty hot mess girl!

Internet… Good or Bad?

So as much as I tried to post while on vacation…. The internet, or lack of it, made it near impossible.  Now I know, some might be thinking that a vacation should not involve the internet.  Vacations are meant to spend time with family, sight see, relax, etc….. And I agree.  To some extent.  For example….. While I repeatedly told family & friends where I was going, they never really listened.  How do I know this? Because when the massive storm hit the area I was in, I heard nothing from anyone.  After, I posted a picture to Facebook and tagged my location,  the worried text messages came rollin’ in.  It’s also nice when you have the “memories” feature on your social media as well.  Another example…. Today, while we stopped for lunch on the way home, my phone notified me of an anniversary of a memory from 3 years ago.  It was nice to see that because it didn’t feel like that memory was 3 years ago and it was a nice reminder of a nice time.  I did not spend my entire vacation trying to access the internet and when I found out there was no wi-fi, I did not have a melt-down.  But it would have been nice to be able to post along the way to share my experiences.  Either way, it all worked out.  I had an amazing time and it was quality time as well.

Vacation Sadness

Life really is short.  We truly have no damn idea what each day holds for us.  For every single one of us,  our futures our uncertain.  This vacation has brought us many ding dang experiences but for another family,  it has brought death, darkness & sadness.  A fierce storm came in like a boss and took 9 lives with it.  The ages of those who lost their lives range from 2 years old to 60 years old.  If you are the praying type,  the family sure could use the prayers.  So devasting.  😢😭

Is it possible??

Is it possible….. To understand what doesn’t make sense? I’m here on vacation and enjoying my family and the peacefulness of this place….. But I am trying to understand how or why people can just ignore another.  Yeah…. Back to the DNA crap….. It’s been weeks and still nothing.  No response to my numerous messages.  I’ve explained that I was not looking for relationships or to invade on their lives….. Just wanting to know about that side of my life.  Because,  damn it….. That is part of who I am.  A small part.  A very small part but I deserve to know.  Yes…. My Mom made the choice to keep me away from him, for which I am grateful,  but to not be able to just answer some questions,  or wait….. To refuse to answer some questions is an asshole move.  For crying out loud,  I am in my 40’s so I’m not after child support,  I support myself so I’m not looking for money…… This just confirms that my Mom did make the right choice all those years ago….. But it’s still not right that he can’t step up now.  I must say this though….. I have always had major love & respect for my Dad (my REAL Dad – not DNA sperm donor) but my Dad would have never allowed me to feel this way.  It amazes me that I love him so much more & respect him so much more when I thought I couldn’t love him anymore.  At least this has shown me one thing…… DNA doesn’t mean shit!

Vacation with a rough start….

 

Waited weeks for this vacation.  But let me tell you….. It’s been an experience so far, that’s for sure.  We stopped to get the kids breakfast yesterday morning on the way to our vacation destination.  Walking out from the cafe I was stung by a bee.  I have never been stung by a bee before and it freakin’ hurts! We head on and keep going.  We are about an hour away from our destination and a truck pulls out in front of us, kicks up rocks and cracks our windshield.  Seriously?! Again….. Keep on trucking…… The directions we were given lead us to the Visitors Center for this town.  We were not able to get ahold of the property owner for HOURS! This is after we drove 5 hours to get here.  We finally get to the vacation house and are getting settled in when my sister screams in panic.  No damn joke….. A bug the size of my palm was crawling around.  Come on now….. This is insanity.  The vacation house is not clean and the “beds” are just mattresses thrown on the floor.  We are here for a few days so we plan on making the most of it and this place has some beautiful views!

Weekend Feels…

It’s the dang weekend! Leaving for a little getaway this weekend! Looking forward to a change of scenery and some fun.  Of course I will blog along the way!

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I believe that it just might be possible that the devil himself has made my hometown his new stomping grounds! Yes.  With every bead of sweat on my never ending sweaty body,  I can promise you that it really is 125 DEGREES!!! For whatever reason the news and weather apps always report our temps to be about 5-8 degrees cooler….. They are lying.  It is impossible to do anything.  You either sweat, melt, get heat stroke, sunburned or all of the above.  I spend at least an hour getting ready to go somewhere…. I’m outside 5 minutes and my hair is dripping with sweat, my makeup is halfway down my face and my boob sweat marks become my new outfit of the day.  Go away Satan….. And take your devil’s breath with ya!