Just woke up! It felt so good to sleep in for a change. This is the first time in a long time. Mom is out of town. She went on a much needed vacation to Vegas with her sister and brother. So I have the house to myself. Going to run a few errands, go over to
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What an amazing weekend. I just got home from dropping Jon off at the airport. My first emotion was sadness but knowing that he will be back soon made that emotion very brief. Instead I am extremely happy and fortunate to have met him. I haven't been this happy in a long time.....in a VERY long time. Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on ( Read more... )

Things are starting to settle ever so slightly around here.  Today, I spent the day with my nephews and took a ride to Boulder to have lunch with some friends.  I got my much anticipated phone call from the Hot Las Vegas Guy and got some very good news!  Turns out he REALLY wants to meet me and is going to come out to Denver for the IGRA Rodeo ( Read more... )

What a weird day. After the weekend from hell, I decided to take the week off to get regrouped. This morning was rough, I sat down with my mom and looked at some old pictures, I met with the funeral home, and called social security for my mom.....you know....all the dirty work after a family members death.  But by the end of the day, I found myself ( Read more... )

After getting through my first week at my new job, I decided to just take it easy this weekend.  Went to the Rockies game last night.....watched the Rox get clobbered by the Cubs.  Went to the Wrangler to play pool with my buddy Tom.  Tomorrow, I will wake up bright and early to play softball....it's suppose to be near 100 tomorrow so glad to get ( Read more... )

Finally! after 2 1/2 weeks I got the call I had been waiting for.  I start my new HIGHER PAYING job on August 6th.  I cannot wait to go into work tomorrow to give my 2 weeks notice....I have been dreaming about doing that for a month now.
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Still waiting to hear from the interview that I had 12 DAYS AGO!  I finally broke down and called her today to see if she had made a decision. Turns out she is out of the her office all week! So now I get to wait a little longer. dammit!
Tonight I am meeting my brother for dinner...a man I have not seen in 9 years.  He flew in from Virginia to visit ( Read more... )

What a nice evening last night.  It starting with me taking my 2 nephews to the Rockies game for their b-day (Austin is 8, Blake is 6) It was their first baseball game and they seemed to really enjoy it.....or maybe it was the 6 dollar cotton candy i bought them, or the 5 dollar Rockies dogs, or possibly the 5 dollar lemonades?  Not that I was ( Read more... )