5 Signs...

...that it's summer in Waldo




1. Mosquito bites freckle my arms and legs.

2. The candles on the front porch are victim to hijacking by squirrels nightly.

3. 311 fills the house in the evenings.

4. Tyler is in heaven. Bring on the 110 heat index; He loves it!

5. Two showers a day still doesn't feel like enough.

5 random things...

...I bet you didn't know about me.

1. I miss pork like you wouldn't believe. It's just a matter of time before those damn carnitas do me in.

2. I freaking love me some classical piano. I can listen to Beethoven all day.

3. I haven't chewed gum in over a decade. People around me are constantly chewing gum. They all think I'm crazy because I don't chew gum.

4. I honestly have no idea if I want kids. I shouldn't be indifferent about this at my age. All of my friends have kids; all of them.

5. I miss land lines and loathe texting. The fact that I communicate largely by text message only makes me loathe it more.

5 firsts...

This week I will...

1. ...work my 1st 40 hour, salary paid, work week. Not bad considering I landed a full time job with spectacular benefits 1 week before graduation (toot-toot my own horn).

2. ...graduate from something for the 1st time. Yup, the 1st time...since 6th grade anyway...and I didn't work nearly as hard when I was eleven. I worked my butt off for this one.

3. ...go to work at 8am for the 1st time in my life. This is actually kinda sad...I'll be 30 this year and I've never started my work-day before 9:30am.

4. ...see my brother for the 1st time since his return home. BTDubbs, #1 & #2 woulda' never happened if it weren't for my brother. (Don't tell him I said woulda' and not would have, that might really bother him)

5. ...be surrounded by the people that I love, the people that make me who I am, the people who allow me to be who I am, and the ones who show me who I am. For the 1st time I think...

I will

be...here...now.