Thankful

Yesterday was one of those days.  You know what I'm talking about...it seems that no matter what you do, you can't get your head above water.  On top of having a hellacious work day, I had some serious stuff happen in the lives of my friends.  It is because of that day that today I can say I'm thankful. 

It all started at work.  I call it the snowball effect, one thing goes wrong and it's like a snowball going down a cliff at speeds in excess of 1,000 mph.  One thing went wrong and then BAM, here I go down the hill.  Then I get some phone calls about serious stuff.  Now I'm not trying to tell anyone's business on here, so let's just say it was bad news that couldn't have come at a worse time. 

Let me make a side note here: I usually take mood altering drugs that make me really happy all the time (or rather they make me normal) but some doctor thought that I should get off of them! So I haven't had them in months and everyone around me can really tell! I also say all of this in jest.  My husband and all of my friends would agree completely with the above statement that I'm crazy and the "magic pills" are just that, magic mood altering wonderfulness. But, if you are reading this and either don’t know my humor or don’t know me, let me say that I’m not diagnosable, nor am I suicidal, I’m just a woman who found the wonders of medical concoctions to even me out!

Ok now that you know my whole medical history, I can continue my story.  After I received the phone calls, my emotions shut down.  I sobbed, prayed, cried, called my husband, and then cried some more.  I felt so horrible.  These things were not happening to me so how selfish of me to even begin to feel bad.  Just at that moment, I had an epiphany.  The world is full of bad days and terrible news.  It is how we handle it that sets us apart from other people and makes us who others see us as.  I picked my big butt up, sent some text messages, and prayed that everything would turn out. 

So when I tell you that I am thankful, I truly am.  Things are not perfect in my little crazy world; however, they are looking up.  Bad news was given, but because of that bad news, good news can be found! Terrible situations were presented, but if they had not been present, worse things could have happened.  I also learned that I love my friends more than life itself.  I would gladly take the place of 2 people at this very moment if I could.  And because of that, I am thankful, I am proud, and I am mostly honored.  I am honored that I have people in my life that I care enough about to want awful things to happen to me and to want wonderful things to happen to them!

Try Try Again

In December I decided that I was going to conquer the world of blogging.  Fresh off of reading a wonderful blog and inspired by a truly wonderful woman (www.notthatyallcare.weebly.com), I set off to do things right! Of course…I failed.  And when I mean I failed, I mean it’s freaking the end of April and I’m just doing a second post.

Second post you may say, but I did not see a first one.  Well you are correct.  I went back and deleted the first post because it went something like this:

“You may ask.."Really, Ramblings of Real Craziness?" If you know me, then you will understand the craziness.  I am 27, married to the love of my life, love to cook, have plans 4 days out of the week, always running around, I craft a lot, and I am random. For New Years, my plans are to do at least 2 posts a week.  So I am going to start small tonight, blog tomorrow, and then pick back up after Christmas.  I hope that by expressing myself on here, someone can get a laugh out of my crazy, random life! If I'm going to be dumb about stuff, someone should at least be able to feel better about themselves! So..until tomorrow goodnight!”

I told you that I failed!! I made all of these false promises and really let myself down.  But on a better note, I did not let anyone else down! Because, when I got back on here tonight I saw that I had no views!! Ha! It is okay because I am not defeated, only determined to at least attempt to be a little witty, somewhat funny, and have at least one person check this out. It may only be my mother or one of my dear friends that I con into clicking the like button, but either way, I’m off and running.

This is me starting small.  I feel that I have taken up enough space for one sleepless night, but will be back tomorr…well sometime to tell you about my so called life!