Awkward and Awesome

Awkward

• Running home after work, lightening quick change, then off to a presidency meeting. Half way through I realize I'm not wearing a bra. This is still mind boggling to me. 
•  Muttering to myself as I write a release, it's the only way I can find the mistakes, when a coworker pops into my cube. Yes, I was chanting like a Gregorian monk, how are you today?
• Walking into a restaurant bathroom and a little girl is sitting in a stall, pants on the ground, door wide open, playing on a Game Boy.  She looks up, grins and said "I have a DS." I closed her door for her. 
• Absolutely dieing for a haircut, going to make an appt, and seeing your usual girl is booked up for 2 weeks! Taking the walk of shame to a different stylist is not comfortable my friends. "Oh it's totally fine, totally." Ya....totally :/
• Taking a huge swig of coconut water, thinking it will be manna from heaven, sent to save you from Coke Zero....and spitting it into your trash can.

Awesome

• The Lose It! app> MyFitness Pal. 
• Thunderstorms, this week has been fantastically cozy.
• New glasses from Coastal for $12! Can't wait for their arrival. 
• Incredible luck thrifting. I'll have to post some of my new favorites. (like the above cats which I did not buy, but I did covet)
• Fresh cut ends and bangs! 
• All the comments I've been getting from other bloggers. That feels so great! If you're reading, become a follower so I can do the same.

One more week!

 

In exactly a week I will be in San Francisco. The land of street trolleys, rice-a-roni and Kimmy Gibler. Every time I tell someone about this trip, there's an (imagined?) flash of jealousy  in the person's eyes followed by "Oh, I loooooooooooooove San Francisco."

We'll be there for a week and I have  about three hundred things I want to do while we're there. And look at this weather forecast! Look at it! You guys it has been an average 1000 degrees in my apt lately. I can wear tights! Scarfs even! Dare I say it, cardigans? When I think of wearing all those things at once my eyes go glossy and my mouth gets slack, the Full House theme starts playing, whole nine yards.

Not only will I get to enjoy this fab weather, but I get to spend a week straight with my husband!...and my father-in-law and brother-in-law and Mitchell-in-law, but they're swell gents. Jared and I see this as checking out our future home town. Maybe. Apparently you have to be King Tut to afford an apartment in the city.

Have you been to San Francisco? Did you wear flowers in your hair? Luckily for us we're staying with friends, so we'll get a native taste, but recommendations are always welcome.

Mix Tape Tues

Bon Iver is in Orlando tonight and I shall not be there. In honor of this great tragedy, I give you my favorite song from their first album.

 

I have such strong emotions tied to For Emma, Forever Ago. I was entering the second half of my freshman year of college and going through some of the worst heart sickness of my life. I was so deep in the pits of unrequited love with my best friend. I didn't know what to do. This album was my companion on many a lonely car ride. Just like Re:Stacks I pushed through all that, not because of a light bulb moment, a "crispy realization", but because of necessity. You have to be happy by yourself, you have to. You can save you. Those hard times made me so much stronger. Of course,the story has a happy ended, my best friend finally got a clue and married me.

Btw, have you seen this SNL skit where J.Timberlake spoofs J. Vernon? Golden.

Tyger! Tyger!

This weekend consisted of taking our Mutual kids to Catty Shack Ranch for a feeding tour, Netflix, thrifting, taking my littlest sister-in-law to the dog park, lot's of laundry, being pummeled by a 2 and 4 year old and some very very serious conversation. I feel like I need a break from my break so that I can stop and breathe a little.

Picture Show

The Bird and I love movies. Our freshman year of college we saw literally 99% of new releases. Good, bad, funny, drama filled, didn't matter. Ask me about practically any crappy movie from 2007-2008 and I can give you a quick synopsis, cast and review.  I mean, why go to class when you could see a  matinee? Plus Jared always had a hearty stash of movie gift cards. I actually yearn for the matinee (or manatee as a high school chum once called them). Fairly empty theaters, cheap tickets, a Chick-Fil-A nugget meal hidden in your purse...that's what I call a good time.

My mother-in-law told us that her father and Jared's namesake, Birdwell, always  said "I'd rather see a bad movie then no movie." Lack of time, patience and cash has taught us to be a little choosier with our films, but I'm sure we'll see something this weekend, hopefully a decent one.

I would love to see Moonrise Kingdom, but I don't believe it's made it down to the South yet. Have you heard of it? How beautiful is that poster? Wes Anderson has made some of my absolute favorite movies: The Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore; and Moonrise Kingdom is getting great reviews.

 I mean for goodness sakes, there's a Francoise Hardy song in the trailer and Bill Murray, what more do you need? What movie are you most looking forward to seeing this summer?