My "real JOB" as a Speech Therapist has begun AGAIN (riiiiight... your jaw just dropped that I am not technically a "professional blogger"cause I am THAT good). Naw yo, full time, 8 plus hour workdays at a school, fixing lisps and r's (common misconception, this is not at ALL what I do) is where it's at for me.
Sooo without further ado, my "ODE" to a summer well spent.
The "Late Show with David Letterman" has the top
ten, "10 Things I hate about you" and "How to loose a guy in 10 days" (don't pretend you're too good for these classics) put emphasis on the number 10. Which is why I have chosen to highlight my summer in a top 10 fashion (in random order. I promise #1 was not more fun or cooler than #7).
Why should you care you ask? I don't know, why anyone reads this blog is beYOND me, but nonetheless, I KNOW you're out there.
10. Running the Rock and Roll Marathon SAN DI-AGO because C-Note made me. I thanked her later. Although I think she may have lost a little respect for me due to crying and pleading at mile 23, while gasping for air and hyper-ventilating.
(obviously I wanted to catch your attention, ahh SHIZZZ....., get ready for the rest....... )
9. Getting locked out of my own house for 3 hours, shoe less and in a revealing, let's say "loose" top with no bra(let your imagination run wild), hang-in with the neighbies. "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got, cuz I'm still W-T from the block".
8. Enjoying the mornings, paying close attention to the beautiful sunrises and chirping birds. MMMM-K, this did NOT happen, despite multiple attempts and the best intentions. Heh, a girlz gotta catch up on some z's.
7. Spying on neighbors daily activities....this is not as pathetic as it sounds, I was TOTALLY busy and way too good for this, just checking to make sure you're still there.
6. Endless hours at Barnes and Noble, fingering through magazines so that making sure not to spend a DIME. Does it sound like I had too much time on my hands?
5. TODAY show in the morning (minus Meridith Vierra's stupid, inappropriate jokes, face and awkward laugh. She's SO lame). I hate to even mention the extra 4th hour with Hoda Kofi and Kathy Lee, GAG. Are the executives kidding?!
4. Almost dying while tubing the Salt River....there ARE rapids! I had a new found sense of life's delicate balance.
3. CO-ED soccer in 110 plus degree heat, while going up against a MAN WOMAN beast named Sabina (seriously her name, doesn't it sound like a lioness?), the jury is still out on that one.
P.S. still getting over groin injury...1 month later and continuing to ponder mysterious opponents sex.
2. ALMOST buying a $30.oo Eames swivel chair at Goodwill, but not, do to previous agreement with THE significant other, only to go back on 1/2 off Saturday ('cause $15 sounds so much better than $30) to find it was GONE! Did I mention that they go for $35oo? Yahhh, that day I almost gave up, but then quickly realized, life's not about possessions (barf). This one deserves an entire dedicated blog entry to be determined at a later date. Stay tuned.
Drum roll please
1. Taking care of one deathly ill Husband. OK, so I may have a slight problem with worrying, I thought he was going to die.......Between the night sweats and uncontrollable shivers, thoughts of incurable diseases and rare illnesses swarmed my every thought. Some day some one will thank me for thinking of the random 1 in a millionth disease that I discover from their symptoms. These occasions put life into perspective (and it sure helped that it happened after the EAMES chair incident, I finally let it go).
Did you notice how I turned so many negatives into positives? Kudos to Luise L. Hay, author of the self help book of the NOW . Also a summer pastime, but not noteworthy enough to make the top ten.
SIDE NOTE: I use way to many of these " " and these (blah blah blah blah).
