January 31

Oh god, I have started to not hate horseradish. What is wrong with me?!

January 30

The sun! And blue skies!

January 29

Soooo many groceries.

January 28

January 27

Does the sun still exist? What does it look like? This inversion sucks!

January 26

January 25

Something new and exciting might be coming down the docket. Woohoo!

January 24

Getting tired of the inversion. The air is full of clouds and snowflakes...artificial snowflakes. Not sure if it's from them seeding the clouds at the airport or if it is just from the low hanging clouds being full of water. Hm!

January 22

Miniature pony... o_O

January 23

My usual schedule is all messed up. My little Libra scales are out of balance and it's bugging me.

January 21

Best snacky gum.

January 20

Two new things today...we took a little trip to Bown Crossing. We had lunch at Boise Fry Co. and walked over to Powell's candy store to look at all the marvels and had a little bit of gellato. Yum!

January 19

THE SEAHAWKS ARE GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!!!!! YAY!

January 18

I went to Cash & Carry for the first time today. I am in love and will be going back.

On the trip home (after getting unlost from that weird Americana/Shoreline area of Boise) I had an impromptu BSB concert in my car, singing some of the oldie-oldies from their European albums...I remember how hard I had to look at every music store to find them. This was before the Internet, Amazon, and eBay. I cherished those things. I also realized most of my brain mass is probably wasted retaining old BSB song lyrics because I remembered all of them! Even the ones I don't remember remembering. I came home and decided to find the Coming Home video on Youtube. I LOVED that concert video and watched it so much I probably wore out the VHS. Then I decided to watch the Black & Blue concert that I went to in 2001. I wish I could find it on DVD, I don't remember a lot about it just that it was the best day of my 16-years.

I didn't have a horrible childhood, but it wasn't super fantastic, either. I was kind of a depressed kid with everything that was going on with my family, not having a lot of friends, and being poor. I really started to reminisce and also reflect back on how much being able to focus on a bunch of silly love songs and dance hits from a group of five people I'd never met before, yet felt like they were my best friends. I even remember a fantasy that they would show up in a limo on my first day of high school and take me away to hang out with them. When that didn't actually happen, I was devastated and actually had to stay home from my second day of high school.

From the summer of 6th grade through my second year of college, those boys and their music kept me going and focused and gave me a happy place, even when the world wasn't such a happy place.

I'm forever thankful for that.

Also grateful that my car has great acoustics and it makes me sound like I have amazing range and vocal abilities.

January 17

The last 2 days have been beautiful, sunny, clear, and mild.

Spring fever in January.

January 16

...tiny annoyances
                start the day right
stupid check engine light!

Garage door was stuck
                gas receipt? No luck
Work, busy, but a good distraction.

Little things compounded,
                 finally, home and calm
Everyone survived my wrath, I'm confounded.

January 15

How does someone with very little common sense survive int he world? Trying to use a snow shovel as a step stool instead of using it to reach an object up high...I just can't eve.

January 14

Goooooood workout on the elliptical today.

January 13

Highly frustrating day. No patience.

January 12

Headaches....day ruiner.

January 11

Excellent Seahawks win today (too bad they didn't play on the 12th!).

Very nice dinner and game night with my parents. So much fun but I am sooooo tired.

January 10

Peeve of the day: someone says something, you respond with a question and it takes the person 5 minutes to respond. Hello, you're too busy texting and have forgotten how to have an actual conversation.

January 9

46 car pileup on I-84

January 8

Snow is sooo pretty but man I hate driving in it, walking in it, and shoveling it. Boo.

January 7

Sometimes we want to do something so badly we do it now matter how much it aggravates an injury!

January 6

Sometimes it's just easier to fall in line and stay out of the line of fire.

January 5

This year is not going so well, I feel like I am falling apart. Is this what happens in the year you turn 30? That isn't for 10 months!

I fell down the stairs this morning, my tailbone really hurts. I have a callus on my foot that hurts, and my fasciitis is flaring up. Good thing I spent the weekend doing very little.

January 4

I am so tired of sounding like John Laurinitis. I want this raspyness to go away, I want my voice back!

January 3

Went to put together lunch, ended up organizing the pantry.

January 2

Very disappointed in someone I love. Partially because something was hidden from me, partially because of why it was hidden...kind of hit right on the feels for me. I am an adult, not a child, I don't need to be protected and I don't want someone to put it out there that I need to be protected.

For some reason, though, I've put it aside...I guess forgiveness was easier than being upset.

January 1

Like all great minds, I peaked today, the very first day of the year. We flipped on the Rose Bowl halftime show, my husband asked what kind of formation they were making...being the smarty pants I am, I said, "It's clearly a line graph of my waning interest in this halftime program." Not as funny the second time around, but trust me, it was hilarious.

Also, the Queen knighted her gynecologist. Come on, it's just funny.