Casinos, Cupcakes, and Conversation

Hello, peeps.


I am still on vacation.  I know.  Crazy, right?

Where did I leave you?  I was headed to the casino in my last post I believe.  Well, that turned out to be a lot of fun.  I lost about $40 out of my Winnings Fund that I keep set aside strictly for gambling.  So, that was a no harm, no foul.  When you consider that was an entire day's worth of entertainment and tons of fun... well, it was money well spent:)

After that there was a Rehearsal Dinner.  The most notable thing from that event was the CUPCAKES.  You read that right.  Hand to God, I ate the best cupcake I have ever had in my entire life at the Rehearsal Dinner.  It was so good, I ate a second one.  Sooooo good.  I should have taken a picture.  However, I was in a state of delirium and didn't think of it.  My nephew's wedding was the next day.  I will write more on that later.  A lot more going on at that event than awesome cupcakes.

We are now visiting my mom's best friend, my uncle, and all of the rest of the family that live in these parts.  So, there is rather a lot going on every day.  Ironically, even when there isn't... it feels like there is.  You know what I mean?  Yeah, like that. You know how easy it is with a best friend to pick up a conversation, even though a year or more has passed, just like you talked yesterday?  It's not like that with certain members of your family.  Just sayin.'  Not naming any names, but there are some people in my family that are all lit up when THEY are talking, but as soon as you or anyone else says something, it's like you can see the light switch turn off.  Let me tell you, spending time with those folks make for very long days.  On the other hand, it does make you appreciate other family members all the more.  So, everyone is good for something.

Anyway, we are waiting to get past the holiday before we make the long drive back south.

I think we will probably spend a few days in Georgia once we start moving that way, visiting with old friends who live there.  Hey, why not?  So, it could be another week before I actually sleep in my own bed again.

If you are traveling this Memorial Day Weekend - be safe out there. 


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(not the amazing cupcakes I referenced in this post.... clearly)

THESE CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MYSELF..

Do you ever have practice conversations? Or write letters in your head? I do that more than I would like. I remember doing it as a teenager while I was getting ready for school in the morning. I would be looking at myself in the mirror doing something that required little to no thought (like my hair or make-up) and my mind would be playing out some imaginary conversation. Usually it was a conversation that never came to fruition.

Since the onslaught of migraines, and the requisite insomnia that goes with them, I now find myself lying awake at night, doing the same thing. Now, it is less conversation and more email or blogging or writing in my book. Sometimes I come up with some pretty good stuff for my book and I am really tempted to get out of bed and turn the computer on, but I am really trying to develop a more "normal" sleep pattern. Staying up until 4am working on my book wouldn't achieve that.


Here is the thing about me: I mean well. I really do. My life has sort of resembled the number eight. It started out with me not at all afraid to voice my opinion, but I didn't have a clue what I was talking about, because I was just a kid. The thing was because I was a kid, it was no big deal. The people that I was talking to were other kids, and they didn't know what they were talking about either. No harm, no foul. And then I started to get a little bit smarter, and I still felt okay with voicing my opinion, and I was sometimes right, and sometimes wrong, and I ended up taking some lumps. Okay, I learned some lessons. Unfortunately, it is pretty much in my nature to speak up if I feel like someone needs to say something. And that means I sometimes call it right, and sometimes call it wrong. Well, then I went through this period where I lost my voice altogether. That was a bad time. And I am just now getting it back, and so we are now back to being sometimes right, and sometimes wrong. However, I go back to my original statement. I mean well. I really do. And when I speak, it is with love in my heart. And these conversations that I've been having with me, have been me trying to find a way to explain that. I hope that makes everything more clear.

Now, moving on to something fun and different. I am not a person who has ever "advertised" a giveaway on my blog. Actually, I've never taken part in a giveaway before. However, there is always a first time for everything. You can click here to go to the artist's blog/page and get the scoop on how to enter to win. I clicked on a picture of the painting so that you could see the "prize." It is lovely.