No so loving Valentines Day Start

Happy Monday and more importantly Valentines Day! I have such mixed feelings about Valentines Day because well its just such a Hallmark Holiday when everything is soo much more expensive and well I'd much rather have flowers on a radom Tuesday than when everyone else says you have to buy flowers. Am I the Valentines grinch!?

Speaking of Valentines grinch. Today has just been MY kinda day.  Everything I seem to do, touch, think to do goes wrong. Seriously. Ever have one of those days you just want to crawl in bed and just call it quits for the day? Or have a do-over kinda day!? Thats me today. I'll summarize this for you:

*Woke up early after a horrible night sleep for PT

*PT kicked my ass... to be perfectly honest

*driving to work with the rest of atlanta in the flow of traffic  and I only I get pulled over for my first speeding ticket. Its hard to be mean about it because the police officer was being super nice and polite and he is doing his job so not blaming him. But really?! Its valentines day!

*So that started off a crying morning

*I swear everything is going wrong in my day, I cant explain it but its just WRONG of a day and I just want to go crawl in bed

* I ran a million errands at lunch except I didnt get to EAT lunch and I have a small feeling I will be starving shortly.

*Now my shoulder is throbbing and I am grumpy. And there is still a long days worth of work ahead of me. Not to mention its tax season and the whole world acts like they have never done taxes before! HELLO!

*I think I made the big guy in the sky mad at me for something. it just NOT my day

Soo for all you fun happy loving romantic people out there today.... I really am truly happy for you and wishing I was you today but as for me... Its just NOT my day and Im officially over it!



Wednesday's Thought(s) of the Day

Happy Hump Day!! Or in my case its My Friday! I could easily get used to the 3 day work week concept!! I am headed home sweet home tonight and I could not be more excited. Well except that there is a pending snow storm headed this way which might make this a tricky drive but anything to get me to good ole Tennessee is worth it!

I havent seen my daddy since January- this is a long time in Jessica/daddy world. I get to see my mom who I havent seen since our wedding in August. I get to see friends I havent seen in months and on saturday hubby is coming down and we are headed to Jackson, TN to see my sweet Lauren and her hubbys new house and celebrate Valentines day! Fun couple days ahead of me and I cannot wait!

Anywho, so on to my thoughts of the day:

{one} I sorta maybe kinda read some of the spoiler alerts for the bachelor today :) ooppss! Curiosity killed the cat I guess you could say! I cant help it! And besides they arent always right! :)

{two} Do you ever feel like something is just missing in your daily life?! I kinda feel like that now. I have an amazing husband and fortunate to have a job and a house and a nice car and a wonderful family so dont get me wrong. But I just have this looking for more feeling in me. I really  wish I could wake up every morning knowing I was going to help someone's life, or make a difference, or do something actually related to what I went to college for, or NOT have to fight a 2 hour commute that puts me in a bad mood. I just want more  and I don't know how to get there.

{three}  Anyone have any grand ideas on how to lose weight without working out? Not becasue im lazy but with the shoulder it kinda makes working out a bit difficult. But Im feeling like serious TUBO  right about now and its not fun!

{four}  Do yall get your husbands/ boyfriends gifts for valentines day? Usually hubs and I will do dinner, maybe I get some flowers and something but its not usually a huge ordeal. However, I've discovered this year that maybe I'm supposed to be getting him something big and presenty or something. Thoughts needed- and yes hubby I know you read this! Don't get too excited!

Pretty thoughtful Wednesday huh?! I will be MIA until monday! Excited for a bit of a break from it all! I hope you all have a fantabulous week/ weekend!

And for the finale: I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU  for helping me get to 100 followers! What a blessing! It is the coolest thing to have met actual friends through blogging that I email, text, facebook, twitter with on a regular basis! This has been a fun journey for me and I never meant for it to be anything big- and by no means is that my goal but its fun to know people care and are interested every now and then! This is such an outlet for me to be creative and fun and speak my mind for whoever might want to listen. So again, Thank you!! This blog and all of you mean so much to me!

 

Over the River and Through.... Atlanta

This was my Tuesday morning commute. If any of you follow me on Twitter you would read my frequent comments regarding traffic in this crazzy city. Well today it was just at a whole other madness level. I had physical therapy this morning so I was up early getting ready and watching the news when the Breaking Traffic Alert comes on saying that 285-Eastbound was SHUT DOWN. Not heavy traffic or one lane blocked but dunzo, nada, zippo traffic moving. And to top it all off the portion where it was closed where exactly where I needed to be going for PT. Normally if I was just going to work I could have re-routed. So handy dandy new GPS and I wound our way around Greater Atlanta (seriously) to get to PT and then again to get to work. What is normally a 24 mile commute was more like 40+ miles today. All because a teenager in the middle of the night decided to go the wrong way down the interstate and of all things runs into a butter truck! Hello explosive!

When you live in this crazy city and traffic is already a nightmare this just makes a good morning go south real quick. However I must say I am super proud of myself for 1. not getting lost 2. not calling my husband crazy freaking out and 3. Figuring out how in the hell to avoid that cluster of a mess without saying 5+ curse words.

A mimosa would have been nice(maybe 2)

 I dont think work would have appreciated that

 but I seem to be the only one who lives a million miles away from the office....

Maybe I have some things to think about regarding that situation (thats a whole other post)

Happy Tuesday!

PS Bachelor last night anyone?!?! Michelle is C-R-A-Z-Y! At least she got the last rose!

Friday Connections

Happy Friday!! Thank goodness! It's been a fast week but a long week over here! So very glad it is over and ready for the weekend and some s-l-e-e-p! Sorry for the absense the past 2 days. Its been busy with work, physical thereapy, small group and everything inbetween. I go back to the doctor monday to schedule surgery and get this s-l-o-w recovery on the road! Anywho... I thought this Friday Confessions would be fun to well... be honest! Here we go

I confess that lately I just feel like life is life. Same ole routine day in and day out.Kinda been a boring blah month of January. I'm just beyond ready for it to be warm, start making trips to Nashville and fun places in georgia and just Get O-U-T of the house and have some fun. Anyone else feeling like this?

I confess this shoulder thing has really gotten the best of me. I try soo hard not to complain because well... no one wants to hear it but there are days I just want to lay in bed and be OVER this. Ready for God to put some strength and peace in me to get through this!

I confess  I have a girls slumber party tonight that I am SUPER excited about. Bring on the wine and food and PJ's! Very excited to just relax and have good fun girl talk!

I confess my husband is a complete blessing. I am the most un-mushy sappy person you will meet but this past week in particular for me has just been such an eye opener to the blessings and well God-send that my husband is. He is so selfless and giving and the way he loves and take care of me and our girls (furbabies) is absolutely incredible.

I confess  I am hosting a Super Bowl party Sunday and I have not even Began  to think about it or plan anything out! Umm... might need to get on that!

I confess I am super excited for Steeplechase 2011! We booked our spot and I absolutely cannot wait for May 14th for friends, drinks, dresses and of course hats! Spring I am DYING to see you!

I confess I am soo incredbily happy that it is Friday! This week has done me in! Happy Friday to all and to all of..... Good Day?!

Top Two Tuesdays

Top 2 things you've learned about friendship

Happy Tuesday! Good news... Monday is over, bad news... its a long 4 days until the weekend. Bachelor recap to come... no worries. For now, lets focus on the positive... friendship. The most amazing gift in life is having great friends by your side in the thick and then, good times and bad...

1. I've learned that maintaining close friendships isn't easy. It IS work. Constant work. There has to be the effort on both sides. This has been huge for me since moving to Georgia. I constantly have to make the effort to call or text my friends since I don't get to see them as much as I would like. Even at the end of the day when your tired or exhausted that one little text or call can make a world of difference

2. Friends change, your best friend growing up may not be your best friend later in life. I'm at a point now where friends can be...interesting. I either have friends that are married, settled, or in a serious relationship. Then I have friends that are all about going out, having a good time, partying it up and meeting new people. It was definitely a challenge for me to learn that this is OK, to not necessarily be at the same level as all your friends are or if they don't understand why I'm married and just don't want to go out all the time.

Like I said... friends are work, it can be a challenge and it can create heartache. But there is nothing in the world like amazing friends!