It's been a while since I posted one of my lists of what I've been doing/listening to lately. So here's what's been going on in my life:

1. Got a killer new job working for an airline. I went through a month of hellacious training. When I say hellacious I mean HELLACIOUS. It was stressful beyond belief and so freaking hard. Not because the information I was learning was hard, but it was basically boot camp for the airline -- strip your identity away and then rebuild you as a new and improved crew member. I seriously wondered what in the Sam-Hill I had gotten myself into. I loved every single minute that we were in class, but it was still the most stressed I have been in a long  long time.

2. Got a killer promotion at my new job. That's right. I graduated from training and a wicked cool position came open in a support department and I decided to go for it. I went all ball busters on it and got the promotion which meant back to more training for me. Only this time the training was absolutely delightful. It was a completely different experience being trained in a support department verses the initial front-line training. I spent the day learning about destinations all over the world and which hotels are what and all the fun things there are to do in all the various destinations around the world. Basically I'm a Travel Agent for the airline and I dig it. I dig it hard.

3. Watched a ridiculous amount of indoor football. Thing 2 played on an indoor league this year and the kids on his team were all Sophomores in High School and BIG. My poor baby looked like a little midget next to these kids and I was terrified he was going to get squished. But the boy loved it. The older boys were super nice to him and pushed him harder than he has been pushed in a while. I saw some serious improvements in his confidence. Besides, it was super good for him to be exercising every day for two hours.

4. Watched a ridiculous amount of Soccer. Thing 3 was on two teams this spring - a rec team and a comp team. She has blossomed into this amazing Keeper who is willing to dive and sacrifice her body for the good of the team. She wears her keeper wounds like a trophy prize-- proudly showing all who will listen the various wounds and exactly how she got them. The comp team has been wonderful for her because its something that is just hers, and hers alone. And, she's good at it. Her self confidence has grown exponentially over this past season and its in large part because of Soccer.

5. Thing 1 is graduating from High School in one week. ONE WEEK my baby, who is not really my baby, is being set free into the big bad world. It's exciting for me see her growing up and she is terrified. As was I when I was her age. We are more alike than different, she and I and its fun to see how much further ahead in life she is than what I was at her age. She is starting her college career with over 30 college credits which is amazing to me. I started college with a buck-two-eighty-five in my pocket and not a clue in the world. She is worlds ahead of where I was her age.

She is a delightful child who has turned into a delightful young woman. I have thoroughly enjoyed these past couple of years with her-- she is smart and thoughtful and wise beyond her years. I am excited to see where the waves of life take this child of mine.

6. Moxie is giving me a run for my money. She says the funniest things on a rather regular basis and she thinks she is way older than what her small five years actually are. She graduated from Pre-school yesterday and I felt rather verklepmt. My two bookends are graduating and leaving my nest. I don't like it. Not one little bit. I have this photo of me with my kids and I'm reaching out for their hands... it's symbolic because I really feel once they head off to school I am only privy to what they choose to share with me.

I feel like the Dad in "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" and even though that's my favorite scene and I laugh like a crazy lunatic, my heart now breaks a little because I understand that cry on a much deeper level.

That's it peeps. That's me in a crazy nut shell. Now that my life is getting back to normal and I've got my life back I hope to be able to start squeezing out some more posts. Don't hold your breath, but there is hope.


1. Get Lucky - Daft Punk
2. Ho Hey - The Lumineers
3. Mirrors - Justin Timberlake
4. Just Give Me A Reason - Pink
5. Home  - Phillip Phillips
6. Skyfall - Adele
7. How Am I Supposed to Be - The Watson Twins
8. Free Fallin' (Live) - John Mayer
9. Young Blood - The Naked and Famous
10: Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight - Amos Lee

Bonus: She Will Be Loved (Acoustic) - Maroon 5

I carry my cell phone in my bra. Mostly because I kept losing it and it was easier to find if it was stuffed inside my bra. I could hear it ringing (or feel it vibrating) and "toilet incidents" decreased by over 100% when I started using my bra as my phone purse.

You KNOW I'm not the only chica that does this, too. Hell, they even sell bras with little pockets on the side of them so you have an even better, safer place to store your phone. 

If it weren't so weird, I'd get me one of those.

Anyway, I work from home except for two days of the month when I drag myself into the office to work and attend various meetings. We have a fantastic little Deli at the office that I frequent WAY more than I should and I have developed a fun relationship with the employees there.

Me: {pulling my cellphone out of my bra purse}

Deli Dude: Nice Boob purse you got there.

Me: Uhhh, Thanks?

Deli Dude: No. Seriously.

Me: Well, you know you're just jealous cause you don't have one. 

Deli Dude: Wanna know why girls are better than boys?

Me: Sure.

Deli Dude: {very serious now, holding up his fingers to count off the reasons} Boobs, Purses, Heels

Me: Ain't that the truth!