Unauthorized use of motorized vehicle *blonde moment*

So......I went for a little grocery shopping trip and ended it with a great laugh.  I finished shopping and strolled on out to my car.  Tried to pop the trunk but it wasn't working.  I have been having battery issues with the remote lock button and well....just haven't bothered to fix it.  It has been going on since Tonya was in town, so needless to say, I need to get it fixed.  Anyhow, I opened "my" car door and manually pop the trunk.  Trunk opens and low and behold my trunk is magically cleaned.  I assume my husband has surprised me and cleaned out my trunk....it wasn't majorly messy to begin with but had some craft stuff in there.  


So I unload my groceries and then get into the car and try to start it.  I was like WTH?? NOW what is wrong with my car????  So I get out and there is this little elderly gentleman asking me to help him find his car.  I said sure hun, what does it look like?  He states it looks just like mine, same body, same color.  WaaaaaaaaHAT??? Then it hit me, I was in this mans CAR!!!!!


So after trying to explain to him how dingy I was...and I was so sorry.....I took my groceries out of HIS trunk and loaded his groceries in there for him......into HIS CAR!!!!!!


Then I looked one row over and low and behold I found my car.  I suggested to the man he might want to start locking his door.  He asked with a puzzled look why?  I said because the next time someone might not be mistaking it for their own, they might try to be making it their own!!!!


I left and I still don't think the man knew what was going on.  He was totally confused and I felt so bad, but I have to laugh at myself.  You know I blame it on Shelby (my blonde wig).  I was obviously having a blonde moment!


PEACE, LOVE, AND CARS!


Rach


xoxoxoxo

New Hair!

So today I went to the Women's Health Boutique to get my radical-reddish-wig trimmed up and styled.  While I was there, this blonde bimbo was talking to me.  She was saying....buy me buy me.....She was just a head and her body was to be imagined, but I thought she was gorgeous.  Her name was Shelby and Shelby wanted me to have her in a major way.  Shelby was even 30% off.....(signs signs, everywhere there are signs).  Shelby kept chanting to me and finally I tried her on.  I was in mad love with Shelby.  I told her if I bought her, I would still be a brunette at heart and she can't by any means take my brains away from me.  Shelby promised she would be just for fun and would leave my intellect in tact!  So it was a done deal!  Today, I am Shelby!! I LOVE SHELBY!!!! She makes me feel tan and free-spirited!! So YAY!!!!!


Love,
Shelby

Bladder #FAIL

So, there are two ways of me looking at this issues.


1)  I suck at being healthy
2)  I suck at being healthy


Okay, that was supposed to be funny, but semi-true as of this past year.  Last month I had the wonderful privilege (snark) of having a hysterectomy.  I was becoming accustomed to the fact that hot flashes and hormonal surges were now a part of my everyday life, but I wasn't accepting my bladder that kept failing me.  I won't go into the pissy details, but let's just say my days are more than the average "pissy".


I went to my urologist today and he told me that more than likely my bladder was damaged during my hysterectomy surgery.  GaaaaaaaaaaREAT!  It could be interstitial cystitis, but given my recent surgery and the symptoms, my bladder appears to be damaged.  I don't like damaged.  I don't want damaged.  I want HEALTHY and thats that.


Good news...it is fixable.  So next week, I will go in "to get fixed".  Then the week after that, I will see if my broken elbow will need surgery.


I don't like surgery, I can't stand it really.  One would never know if they looked at my medical records because I have had more the past year than most people have in a life time.  I am over it.


Yes, I am having a poor poor pitiful me moment.  But I am allowed to do that.  This is my blog, if you don't fucking like it, then stop reading it.
(Last comment directed to someone in particular, he knows who he is)


Anyhow....I just needed to get that out.  Why?  I am not sure.  But I just did.
So now I am going to sit down and enjoy a movie with my husband.  Despite what some people think, I really enjoy the simple things in life and can't wait until my life gets back to "simple" again!  simple=healthy


Thanks for all my blog readers who appreciate me and my thoughts.  I have had a recent complainer who tried to bring me down, and I almost let him for a brief 10 minutes or so.  Then I realized, this is my life.  I own me.  Nobody can deny my thoughts to myself.  I happen to love me, just the way I am! (minus pissy bladder).
xoxoxoxo

*Crash*Boom*Bang* 100 MONKEYS

On Friday, Caitlyn , my good friend Jennifer 

and her daughter Ashlynn headed out to see 100 Monkeys perform!  If you have never heard them, you are missing out!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWxJMhKRzo They are a unique rockish-bluesyish band who are just fun to watch and have a great sound!  
Before the concert we took the girls to Hard Rock Cafe and had dinner and some fun!  It was a great start to the night.  Then we headed to House of Blues and listened to the bands before the headliner.  We were able to people watch, which is always fun. lol

So 100 Monkeys starts and they were awesome!  Jenn and Ashlynn had never seen them so they were quite impressed!  And in awe of Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Cullen from Twilight).  He is the lead singer and he is H A W T!!!!!! And baby, he can sing, dance, entertain, he can do it ALL!!!!

Right before the show ended I went to the merch table and asked if they would be signing autographs after the show, the answer was yes, right there at the merch table...
So I went and got the girls, we headed to the merch table, bought some shirts and pulled out our pictures of the band and of Jackson that my husband had printed out for us.  Sure enough, after the show, here came the monkeys!!!! The were so gracious and happy to sign everything we had!  We were ecstatic!!!

After the concert Jenn and I took off our sexy shoes and went shoeless for the (long) walk back to the car.  No big deal, we agreed we would just soak our feet in bleach water to remove the nastiness from the street we were picking up.  Jenn was talking to me and apparently I can't walk and listen at the same time and I tripped, flew a few feet in the air (I kept telling myself I wasn't going to fall, I wasn't going to fall, I was NOT GOING TO FALL) then coming down from the air I realized I. WAS. GOING. TO. FALL.
That is exactly what I did.  Landed on my right elbow and just laid in the street.  Jenn, Caitlyn, and Ashlynn were so scared, all came running to my side.  I just laid there and said give me just a minute.  Caitlyn was so helpful (they all were) and she helped me up.  I said I was okay, then realized I was dripping blood.  I pretty much had a chunk hanging from my elbow.  So I wrapped it up in a handkerchief (I just so happened to have in my purse) and we went on our way.
That morning when we got home around 1:30 or so, poor Robert had to hear the usual "I think I need to go to the ER"....his response was "What now".  So I just showed him.  Then I decided to wait a few hours until the pain was unbearable.  Robert had to take Caitlyn to the airport so I had to drive myself to the ER.  Oh yeh, that was some fun. Ummm huh....
Long story short and 5 stitches and a broken elbow later, all is okay.  

I am in a soft cast so I am able to take it off and clean the sutures.  In two weeks I will be suture free and in a new cast.  Hopefully it heals on it's own just fine and no surgery will be needed.  I am all surgery-out for the year.  Seriously.
Now, someone please remove this bad Karma and give it to someone else.  I am over it!

To write or To not write?

I went to lunch with a friend today.....we have known each other for about 12 years.  She suggested I write a book.  She is not the first person to throw this idea at me.  I asked now why would I write a book?  She said Rachel, your life has been a mixture of ups and downs, twist and turns, and you are a great writer.  She is write about the first part, I don't know about the second.  We started talking about all the obstacles I have had and what I have overcome in the past several years.  Things I won't talk about here, but just know I have had my share of troubles....things people thought I would never conquer, I have managed to come out okay.  I have joked about writing a book before but here lately I have thought about it more seriously.  So when she mentioned it today, it was kind of ironic.  So to write or not to write.  Where would I start?  What kind of book? I think I will start with jotting down some topics and narrow it down.  Did I just say that?  Why yes, yes I did.  If my life experiences could help some one it would be worth it.  Maybe it would be a self discovery thing for me.  
So that's it for me....deciding whether I should write or not.  Any suggestions?