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...