It's FRIDAY!!! It's FRIDAY!!!! HOORAY!!!

I absolutely LIVE for Friday!! I love Fridays because I get to sleep-in until 6 am...and I don't have to make a 60-mile commute (it gets cut down to 8 miles!)...and I get to stop at Starbucks for a little pick-me-up...and I know I don't have to work for the next TWO WHOLE DAYS!!!!! I just can't help but be in a good mood when Friday gets here. The only thing that could make it better would be if I got off early today, but I guess I won't press my luck.

Tomorrow we have a wedding to attend. I absolutely love and adore the girl that is getting married...but I HATE going to weddings!! I always have. I don't really know why...I just don't enjoy them. I think the only wedding I have ever truly enjoyed (besides my own...which was pretty dang fun) was Megan & Josh. Short and sweet with a really awesome party at the end!! I don't like weddings that are full of pomp and circumstance...I think the meaning gets diminished...I like the ones that are small, personal and truly reflect the bride and groom's personality and tastes. But...that's my opinion...what do I know.

But, this issue of the wedding has brought up a minor stress...what to wear. I know I need to wear a dress...but I don't really have anything that I feel would be appropriate. And ever since giving birth to my sweet little baby boy (whom I would not trade for anything, just to be clear)...I do not enjoy dressing this new body I have. It's a total alien form to me, and I feel like I am constantly in unfamiliar territory. I used to be able to look at an outfit and know whether it would work for me...cannot do that now...things that look like they would work suddenly become a device of torture when I try to drape it on myself...!!! I just get so frustrated with the entire ordeal. And I swear, I am not trying to make excuses...but getting to the gym is proving to be IMPOSSIBLE!!! I already get up every morning (except Friday) at 5 am...I don't WANT to get up any earlier...it is physically painful to do so. And I don't normally get home from work until about 5:30 or 6 pm...and since Cole usually goes to bed between 8:30 and 9, that only leaves 3 hours for me to spend with my sweet baby...and since it is Summer in the Deep South...trying to exercise outside is like trying to exercise inside a giant oven!! So, I just don't know what to do anymore. I guess I am going to start learning to live without any food at all until this weight miraculously disappears and I start to recognize my body again!! Anyways...I'm sorry I have whined...I will stop now.

The sun is shining, it is a beautiful day...and one of my favorite holidays...the 4th of July is right around the corner!! I have already been scoping out the fireworks stands around our area...I LOVE fireworks!! I end up with a horrible burn on some part of my body every year...but it is WELL worth it!

There was one time when Megan and I were taking a road trip to Washington, DC and we had to stop in South Carolina to get gas. We were ECSTATIC when we realized that in South Carolina you can buy fireworks 365 days a year!! Isn't that amazingly wonderful? For that reason alone, I am ready to pack up and move to South Carolina on a minute's notice!!!!!!!!

Alrighty, I am going to do some work now...or, well...I'm going to LOOK like I am doing work...

I just thought I would include a picture of my home away from home. Isn't it lovely? I have tried to cover up the strange wall color with pictures of my sweet baby boy...but there are areas where it still shines through.

I just came back from my afternoon break, Bridget and I went outside to get some fresh air. It was a lovely experience! The sun is shining, there is a nice breeze and I believe the temperature is somewhere around 92 degrees (of course, add in that good 'ol humidity factor and it feels about 200 degrees!)...but I LOVE the warm weather, so I'm really not complaining.

My Mom called me just a little bit ago. Her and Dad are currently enroute to Montgomery. They have to go to Georgia for a pinning-on ceremony (silly Air Force people) and they decided to swing by and spend the night at our little house. I'm sure it has more to do with Cole than anyone else. But I am excited to see them. We will probably go out to dinner and then sit around until the wee hours of morning shootin' the shit...that's pretty normal in our crowd!

So, the nasty cold is FINALLY starting to get better!! YEAH!!! Cole has been feeling better for a few days now...which makes sense since he is the one who brought this illness home. I, on the other hand, am just now starting to feel a little less on the edge of death. And yes, Moog, snot IS gross! I wish there was some sort of market for it, because we would be filthy rich right now!! I am really excited to get rid of the cough...I freakin' sound like Tammy Typhoid...I'm surprised they haven't quarantined me yet!!

Cole and I played on his swing for a little while last night. He LOVES it! The dogs can be a little annoying at times...they wander around like they are blind and run into his feet...which brings the whole operations to a jerky halt! Poor kid takes it all in stride...no crying...just gets a panicked look on his little face...jeez! Anyone want a Chocolate Lab?

Ok, gotta get back to work now....

WHAT THE FREAK!!!
Why are plane tickets to Utah so expensive?!?!
I mean, really, I'm going to have to sell Cole to the Gypsies in order to ever afford one!!
Cheese and Cornbread!!!!!

Ok, if this week does not hurry up and end...I am going to go insane!!
I always hate when we get to summertime because it makes me actually miss being back in school. You know, back when we actually got a "Summer Break"! Don't get me wrong...I LOVE LOVE LOVE summer...it is my favorite season...but I hate that I am spending nearly every minute of it in a cubicle with no window! I want to be outside building a fort...or swimming in the river...or playing tag at the park. Being an "adult" sucks!! I saw a quote the other day that seems to fit nicely here: "You are young only once...but you can be immature FOREVER!" It's gotten so bad that I have resorted to cutting tropical pictures out of magazine and stapling them to my cubical walls. Is that sad?
Well, Cole and I have a wonderful summer cold going on...it's lovely! Stuffy nose, coughing, sneezing...we were quite a pair riding to his grandparent's house this morning. I felt like someone should put a "Beware of Plague" sign on the bumper of my car. How did I manage to make it through the entire winter with no illness...but as soon as the hot, muggy summer arrives...bam...!!! I just don't get it! I wish I could go home and crawl back into my bed and not get out until I stopped sniffling. Too bad the lucrative world of auto insurance cannot get by without me.
Can you tell I am feeling very negative today? I promise to try to do better!
Gotta go!