The blah, blah blog...

Where do I start? Ping...Ting...Ping...Ting...that is my mind bouncing back and forth. You see, I think of one thing and while I am thinking of it, something in that thought reminds me of something else which leads me into another thought. It drives Keith crazy how I can bounce from one topic to another and another without even skipping a beat. If any of you have seen the TV shoe Gilmore Girls, and enjoyed it, then you would understand me, my thought process and NOT be bothered by my ping pong brain. Others, like my husband, who can't stand the show, are literally and physically, already going bonkers right now and repeating the words, "Get to the point" OK, OK, already...



So, I have been in a funk for the past week or two. I haven't been feeling that inspired...not up to par, blah, blah, blah. Walking through the motions of life because I have to with little to no excitement and feeling extremely irritable. NO, men in my life, it is NOT that time of the month, but thanks for playing!! I was out of town with Gavin all last week in Ohio, just Gavin and I, no Keith and then this week, Keith is in CO for his Annual Guys Climbing Trip, which makes for a lot of Gavin/Mommy time, which is fantastic, don't get me wrong, but has also made Gav a bit of a Mommy's boy, which in turn is not helping my funky blah blah feeling. Whatever, it's just a funk, I'll get over it like I always do. So, we'll go about our weekend like usual. Daddy will go on his trip, whatever. Blah, blah, blah. I sound like a basket full of cherries, right?!?!



Saturday Morning: Mamaw text...pool time tomorrow?? Sure, why not? We have nothing better to do and it sounds like fun, come on! We head up to the pool and low and behold, the HOA is hosting a Pool Party!!! Beach Balls, Floaties, Water Guns, Pizza, Drinks, Prizes, DJ, Music, what fun!!! My day is looking up! Gav was having a blast! We even talked cousin Charlie into coming to play with us!! Sit back, relax and watch the innocence and laughter of the simple things through the eyes of a child! A little inner demon slips away and some blah blah's go with it!

Saturday Night: Keith had to work a partial shift before heading out of town so Gavin and I headed up to the station to say good bye and take him a few things, when, to our surprise, we found out that he was getting off early to come home and spend a few hours with us before leaving!! Yay!! He was able to enjoy dinner with us...yummy...steak! He gave Gavin a bath and rocked him to sleep. As I quietly watched them on the monitor, I took a deep breathe and a simple sigh and parts of the inner blah blah demon slipped away.

Sunday Morning: Gav slept ALL night without a peep and woke up at a relatively normal time, we ate breakfast and invited ourselves over to Aunt Gia's to play!!! Don't you like how I said invited ourselves, I crack myself up! Our favorite place to let loose and be ourselves is the one and only, Aunt Gia's house! For once, Uncle Paul was home too! Yay!! We all had some lunch, got our bathing suits on and had a great day in the pool. There is nothing like an Aunt Gia laugh, a funny Unk Paul, pool fun, juicy watermelon, Sam telling it like it is and well, can't say much about Jack this time cause he slept like ALL day, to make you SMILE!!!

Sunday Night: Dinner with Mamaw and Pappy, Pappy, Pappy, Pappy, Pappy...let me just tell you, when Pappy is in the room, no one else exists!! I was able to sit down and relax, have someone else wait on me and have a glass of red wine...again, sigh, deep breathe, and blah blah gone!

It wasn't until the ride home and the bedtime story that I feel like I really had an "ah ha" moment. You see, Gavin started to scream in the car on the way home and when I say scream, I don't mean cry, I mean scream, just like a screech to hear himself. He had done this once before and to stop him, I did the opposite and said, "shhhhhhh" so that he would repeat me...he would say, "ahhhhh." I would say, "shhhh" when finally I thought, who cares? We are in the car. No one hears us. One day will NOT create a habit...What the hell...can't beat 'em, join 'em, so I opened my mouth and "Ahhhhhhh" and Gavin, "Ahhhhhh" and Mommy "Ahhhhhh" and giggles flowed...We would scream and giggle and scream and giggle. It was very therapeutic. Every time I would scream, Gavin would giggle and then scream, then I would giggle cause he was giggling. I know, we probably looked hilarious to the people next to us, but who cares!!!

Once home, we hit bath time and a bedtime story...the infamous, Llama Llama Red Pajama...we got to the last page..."Night Night Llama Llama" is what Gavin said as he laid his head on my shoulder and then the final *sigh* of the weekend and the final release of the blah blah monster. I am getting the wind back into my sails!!

My inspiration this weekend...a voicemail from a dear friend, FuN in the sun, LOVE from family, and youthful looking glass that I get to peek through every now and then while raising such an amazing little boy! Sometimes, it's the simple things in life that bring us back!!!