I just had another fun webchat session with my favorite sassy in THE WORLD! Poor little one is struck by the plague aka Mono and is feeling super awesome these days. Mom had overexaggerated and told me her neck was super swolen, so I of course had to see this. Turns out mom is a hypochondriac and Sarah looks JUST FINE!!! But all that aside, I miss her dearly. Thank God for technology. Webcams are to die for when you live too far away for spontaneous visits!!

AND I forgot to mention my incredibly fun story from Friday night. I was out and was at this really cool spot. Time to cash out and I'm waiting on my card and waiting and waiting... 20 minutes later the bartender insists that I already received my card back. Um mam?? Im pretty sure I would remember if you gave me my card considering I had ONE drink. Not like my judgement was altered. They def got a piece of my mind and then I quickly notified Wachovia of this travesty. The card was canceled and a new one is on its way to awesome Tallahassee. So for the time being, I'm being super safe and walking around with big wads of cash in the wallet (wow I just set myself up to get jumped huh??). Thanks awesome bartender. Here's to you.

And one more thing I'm a wee bit frustrated with. Ok so I have TMobile My Favs for a REASON. So that I don't have an incredibly ridiculous phone bill every month. The whole idea is that you can change out the contacts (and no mine do NOT look like these attractive d bags) whenever you want. So today I took a HUGE step and took out you know who's from My Favs. It was wasting a spot. So I was going to put in an ex from the past that I happen to be bff with now (believe it or not) and TMobile decided to be difficult. TWO hours later and its not updated. Usually it takes 5 minutes. Uh of course it would reject my request to replace Ryan. UGH. NOT happy here!!

So that is the end of all my whining and complaining. Things are good here otherwise. Just staying busy and enjoying every minute.

I'm having a hard time wanting to return to the real world after my relaxing weekend. So, I'm opting for a no hair straightening morning and relying on old faithful... For all you ladies out there who are looking for that perfect product to give you beach hair, here it is! Well worth the $30!! And if you have ULTA where you live, they carry this line....so pop in and stock up!!

I've got saltwater in my hair from yesterday and have debated if I should just leave it, but I think my co-workers will thank me for using the alternative!!

So now, I'm just catching up on blogs and emails sipping on this goodness...


I don't know what it is, but I've become quite the coffee addict. Its part of my morning routine for sure now. The dogs rough house each other while I fill up on my morning stimulant. I'm going to need it today. I've already got a case of the Monday's and its only 8:10 am!!

A little Preview...

I'll save major details for later when its safer, but for now, here's a preview at what my weekend consisted of.

THE most INCREDIBLE shrimp and scallops cooked just for me...

A glass with my name on it (not really), kept full at all times...

Three games of cosmic bowling...

And a day spent out on the boat at Alligator Point.

Keep guessing because my tune has changed from a few weeks ago. Im BACK and loving life right now!!

Funny how the heart moves forward with just a little change of pace and maybe a new face :)

So, its been doing A LOT of this recently....
It seems like every day there have been a few showers that turn into DOWNPOURS here in Tallahassee. Kinda puts a damper on making any beach plans for the weekend. But that's quite alright, because I've got plans to go have a few of these...

That's right. The weekend is here, which means one thing to me. Time to RELAX and have a good time. Its been a LONG week and I've been counting down. Here's to hoping that the rain won't just totally ruin everything!!

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An update on the pops. He's doing well, all things considered. Surgery went well. Had a brand-spanking-new-fresh from his residency doctor. I asked if he was single, dad said there was a ring. Bummer:) . But all that aside, he's at home taking it easy, letting mom play nurse (EWW stop your thoughts right there). I talked with mom this afternoon and she was on her way to pick him up some scrub pants since he's doing quite the bit of lounging these days. Apparantly, he doesn't own a pair. UMMMM....you're a doctor and don't own scrubs? Yeh, my thoughts exactly! But anyway, he cant put any weight on it for 6 weeks. Mom's getting him a walker. I thought the point of walkers were to help you oh, I don't know, walk. And he sure can't do that, but Sweet Carol put it lightly when she said, "I'm the physical therapist, let me do what I do best." Alrighty then...touche!! Poor mom, now she has 2 patients to take care of...the mono struck Deckster and the can't do anything with a bum foot dad. Hey, she's in healthcare...just doing what she knows best!

My mom called me today around 3:30, which was odd because calling me during the day is basically pointless. My job is to be on the phone AT ALL TIMES so honestly, the best way to catch me is to text or email me.

But anyway, back to the story. She called me in histerics the first thing she said was, "Rachel, we've had an emergency. Everyone's ok." So I don't know about you, but this is NOT the type of call I like to receive when I'm a little fragile right now or you know oh say...EVER.

Turns out Mr. B-ron (as the gearles affectionately call him) aka my dad was trying to load up an old sofa in the boat house and somehow slipped and busted up his ankle. Mom was driving him home to the hospital, but keep in mind its a 45 minute trip from the lake to Montgomery. I asked her if they were going straight to the hospital and she said, "No, we've gotta take Lexie home first."

Personally, if my ankle were shattered, I would be saying something along the lines of, "Yeh you can just drop me off at the ER first then take home the little squirt and meet me back at the hospital." But the man is that awesome that he said, "dog first, me second." Pretty admirable!!

So I'm still awaiting the outcome. More to come. Keep the man in your prayers!!

A little change in plans...

I got a call Friday afternoon from my little sister saying she just found out she has Mono and so I quickly had to change my plans. I had decided I would just go home instead. But honestly, I wasn't really feeling the 4 hr trip home. I got 1.5 hrs on the way and crossed right into Alabama when I got a call from this girl...

(Please excuse the horrible bags under my eyes!! This was Friday after a LONG day at work.)

And I decided to just turn around and head back to really is home to me now....Tallahassee. It was silly and spontaneous, and felt AMAZING!! So we had a fun weekend out meeting fun new people. And instead of me sitting at home crying over the fact that a year ago from yesterday, I met someone very special. I honestly didn't really even give it much thought, believe it or not. It was fun to just be me.

And for now, things are good. We had an amazin weekend and I felt like I was back in college but its ok. Because tomorrow we'll be back at work (yes we even work together) and living the life of an adult. Its all a fine balance that I'm going to have to find. Because the truth is, I don't really know how to do the single scene and be in the working world at the same time. I'll figure it out. Bit by bit:).

But back to my sister, keep the little squirt in your prayers. Poor little one has mono and I've been there done that and hope to never do it again. So I know she's beyond miserable. Poor thing.

I'm getting ready:) ...........

to be surrounded by Orange and blue!!

And take walks around my old stomping ground...

And remember what a college town is really supposed to be like!!

Bags are about to be packed and loaded into the car. Just a few hours away from a little escape from swampy Florida. And I'm pretty excited!!

Life goes on and my little man just keeps trying to jump into my lap to give me his morning sugar. The coffee is especially yummy and filling this morning and I know I've been given another day to enjoy!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!