Been awhile

Wow, I can't believe I haven't written in a whole week! Amazing how the time gets away from me. I feel like I am constantly going. It's not a bad thing, I just haven't really had a chance to slow down. Last week was pretty uneventful during the week, just the same ole same ole, working both jobs, looking forward to the weekend. Doug and I left around 12:30pm on Friday and headed for Kingsport, Tennessee. We got in around 5:30pm, not bad timing considering it was a holiday weekend. I was expecting much more traffic. I got to meet Sandra, Doug's mama. She is a sweet woman (not that I expected anything less, knowing Doug). She made me a bead bracelet with my name on it :) We took a tour around town and had some popcorn and walked around a bit. It was very cool seeing where Doug grew up. I believe he told me the town "rolls up the streets" at 8pm.....one of the funniest things I have heard in awhile. I know towns like that, had just never heard it put that way. We had burgers, then took mama home and Doug and I went into Virginia (yea, another state I can put on my list of places I have been), and went to the OTB (off track betting). We hung out for a bit and waited for Doug's brother John to get home. Then I got to drive into the country and meet John and his wife Bonnie. Very nice and friendly people. My favorite thing about Doug's family is that they welcomed me with open arms (literally), they are huggers like I am :) Saturday morning we all got up and went to a local diner and had breakfast, biscuits and gravy....I am so glad I found someone who likes them as much as I do, considering it's pretty much the only thing I eat for breakfast! If you know me, you know I don't like eggs, a.k.a. ~ chicken abortions. Next, we went antiquing. Oooo, I had forgotten how much I love that! I could get lost in those stores. It's so fascinating to see all those old things. I would probably have a houseful of antiques if I had more money. They did kind of lose me in the store a couple of times, I just can't help myself, I am a wanderer. I got to see John and Bonnie's booths, they are bigtime antiquers. Their house has some amazing stuff in it! John's a big Civil War buff, he even does reenactments, how wicked is that? Anyhow, after that, we loaded up the truck with the guns (yipee!) and saddles (hooray!) and headed out to the farm to do some shooting and riding...hee hee hee, exactly what I had been looking forward to :) I got to shoot a 22, a 22 rifle and a 9mm. Oooo, the power. There's just something hot about a gun, can't quite explain it, but from the 1st time I shot one, I fell in love. I'm hoping to own my own someday soon (just add that to my list of wants). Then I got to ride Benjamin. It's been probably about 15 years since I've been on a horse, but I really do like riding. I'm no pro mind you, but I still think a casual ride is fun stuff! If I had felt more comfortable, I would have liked to have run him, but, I didn't wanna fall on my face/ass in front of everyone on my 1st visit out...we'll save that for my 2nd visit ;) I absolutely LOVE being in the country up there. The scenery is to die for. The mountains are so cool. I am sooooo drawn to them. There was a small creek on the property and the sound of running water and the whole property around the farm was just serene. I was very much at peace this weekend, it was nice. Later that nite, we headed up to the OTB to do a bit more gambling. We met up with Dave Quillen. He is a friend that I met through the people at Erdas, it was nice to see him again too. I was picking horses to play by name, and the one that I had won on was called Wicked Mischief.....I love that name! I didn't do so swell after that, but Doug did win back most of his money before we left, that's a good thing. After that, we went back to John's and I got to try about 5 different kinds of Whiskey he had. He really likes that stuff I was told. He had quite a nifty collection...I tried some old stuff as well as new. I'm not a big whiskey drinker, but what the hell right? After that, I was pretty much tired, I think we tried to watch a Die Hard movie, but I was dozing off right before the end. Nothing new there, me falling asleep to a movie.... In the morning, Doug and I headed out to his mama's and had breakfast (yes, biscuits and gravy, oh so delicious!!) Then we played scrabble. Man I haven't played that in years! I'm not really good at points, with the help of Doug and his mama tho, I won :) Wasn't that nice of them to let me win? I thought so anyways. Then we were off to Knoxville to visit with Brian, Judy, Jenn, Steve, and Justin. The boys were doing their fantasy football drafts and us girls were just chillin and talkin. I must mention this hilarious event. There was this really "trashy" (for lack of better word) looking woman, in her tight ass shorts, and leopard print top, with her feathered then hairsprayed to the max hair, playing pool with these two "meatheads". I had been watching them and chuckling to myself all nite long, when finally I hear the woman say, quite loudly, "I put the ass in class". Lemme tell ya, that summed her up in one sentence. Maybe this doesn't seem that funny in print, but damn, I'm tellin ya, it was hysterical. After the bar, we headed back to Brian and Judy's, where I was finally introduced to the game they call "beer pong". Fun times folks! Seems like it would be easy, but it's just another one of those, the more you drink, the harder it gets, games. I just can't see myself lasting more than two-three games tho. You could really get messed up if the other guys are good shots ;) Well, after sleep that nite, we woke up and had.....guess what? Yeppers, biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Damn, I do love biscuits and gravy. Then we took a ride out to the home depot to pick up some legs for a poker table that Brian made for the Chip Slingers' guys who host poker nites at Nemoe's. Wow, this is one hell of a blog..... To wrap it up, we left Knoxville at 1pm and drove home thru the mountains so I could take more pics, and got home around 5:30pm. It was a really fun filled exciting weekend and I'm glad I went. Next weekend is my trip to Nashville to see Jordan! I am so happy, I miss that boy. Well, more blogging tomorrow. Hope you made it all the way thru :)

Feelin' Icky

Yep, that's right, I'm feeling yucky today. I had a really good dinner last nite with Casey, his wife Eva, Doug and Byrd (Dan showed up later). We sat around and yapped and had beers (the reason I feel icky today). Didn't get much sleep either. Not good sleep anyhow. I should have known better than to play like that, I have to work at Nemoe's tonite :( Today at work has been busy busy for me too. Our "acting president" of our company is in and so there are a bunch of meetings going on. I just got their lunch ready, and ate mine. My boss is out because her mom is in the hospital, so all things now rest on me. I have to plan lunch for tomorrow and possibly book reservations for dinner for the team as well. I've been watching the weather, looks like there is a category 4 hurricane heading towards Cabo. Please, please, please let it miss Cabo! My vacation is in almost exactly a month! I am really getting excited to go to Tennessee this weekend. We are going to Kingsport, Doug's hometown. I'm gonna get to meet his mom and his brother, then we are gonna head to Knoxville to see Judy and Brian. I'm looking forward to seeing them again. Then next weekend I am meeting up with Todd in Nashville to see Jordan! Yay!!!! I can't wait to see my little man again. I miss him so much! He said I can't think about him, because then I'm going to want to tickle him. He's too funny :) Alrighty, I'm pretty sure that sums up all I got to say today. Hopefully this day will get better!

Bye now.