Melt Moments and an Attack at Walmart…

It was Wednesday night.  I was listening to new music on my computer and talking to Nomad.  Part of the way through our conversations he asked me if I would like to go to his Military Ball….I have never been to one of those before so, if my schedule allows, why not?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4UwnYyUrKA This is what began this whole period….the song that seemed not to know how to leave our mind…

Truth be told…I had one obligation and it was at 10am in the morning.  OH this was so do-able.  I drove 2 wonderful hours to get to my destination to see Nomad.  When I got there:  we made a shopping excursion, assembled a chair and get ready for some fun.  The CatMan actually used a power drill (and I didn’t harm or hurt anyone in the process!).  It was lighthearted and just random fun.  There were so many “melt moments” as I call them.  They are the moments that just make you want to just melt into a puddle of mush.  I like feeling mushy.  On our way to the store, we had a weird mushy moment.  We were pulling in and we both at the same (EXACT, VERY SAME) time stated “…just sayinnn….Whoa that was weird!”  There was about 20 seconds worth of  “what the hell do I say after that???”  Then, it was fine.

OK, so I totally need to inform you of this shopping trip.  I have never feared more for my life as I did when we entered the Walmart.  I really almost died about 4 times.  The situation was as follows.  We entered in the main entrance with our list in hand.  At first Nomad was pushing the cart and I decided after this first situation that I totally was going to take charge and push it.  We were looking at pineapple.  The cart was obstructing the aisle way just a little but, nothing for someone to get bent out of shape over.  We hear this beep.  So we apologized  and moved it out-of-the-way.  She literally says “no you aren’t!  My husband might think I’m lost but I have to ….the rest was just as nonsensical as the first part….”  We acknowledged what she said then gave each other a funny look in disbelief….did she really just say “no you aren’t when we said we were sorry?!”  We just kind of laughed it off.  Next, I was easing out into the aisle way and then this cart comes out of nowhere with “I’m a woman on a mission so look the heck out” mode  written all across her face.  Well I was trying to be cautious but, apparently I had to be more aggressive!  In my pursuit to be more aggressive and just go straight for the items on the list, I about took out a 3-year-old.  He looked at me with terror and ran.  The mom was your typical “HEAY…GET YUR LITL’ BE-HEYANND OVR HEAAAR NOOOOW!” SCREAMER AND YEAH…that was about par for the course.  This brings me to my biggest pet peeve in the world next to the sound of slurping, why do parents let their little children run wild in the Walmart!?  Well we get to the check out line and stand there waiting our turn.  By the time we got up there, our pineapple didn’t have the price on it.  SO of course we were those people…

Melt moment number 2–1 being us ‘jinxing’ one another–when he first caught a glimpse of me in my dress.  “Wow…you look sexy.  No I really like it!  You look great!”

Melt moment number 3–when he comes running out of the bathroom with his after shave in hand “Which one do you think I should use….oh….um….ok I guess you were thinking the same thing then…” You see I had my perfumes all laid out ready to ask him already.

Melt moment number 4–getting to the dance, hanging out and actually pulling him on the dance floor for something other than a slow dance  🙂  sigh.  It was awesome.

Melt moment number 5–as we were driving over to the small after party get together, Nomad grabs my hand and kisses it.  HE TOOK INITIATIVE!

Melt moment number 6–sitting and talking about nothing in particular and having a wonderful amazing time.

…there are more moments but, I won’t bore you with them….

The whole night felt amazing.  From the chills, the laughs, dancing, the everything was just wonderful.  I felt revived even though I was tired.  What a beautiful 24 hours filled with melt moments and beauty.  AND READY FOR THE BIGGEST KICKER OF THEM ALL?????  I GOT FLOWERS THIS MORNING!

 

COURTESY of Nomad "Hope these brighten your day as much as you brighten mine. 🙂 The Nomad"

I am the luckiest girl in the world today!!!  😀

Much love,

CatMan

 

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So last night our little “t.v. logger”  (no not the one that goes and cuts down trees for a living) stood us up.  Let’s call him, Bronzy.  It was pretty bad when you get stood up by a co-worker.  He tells us “oh yeah I will go out with you guys and it will be TONS of fun…just text me” (sense the heaaaaavvy sarcasm there…)  Well we texted him and that was the end of it.  Well…no I take that back…we tried texting, calling, etc.  It was as though he was avoiding us like the plague.  Later in the night we had our boss text him and yeah the key phrase was “You’re fired…”  It was pretty comical.  We all felt like American Bad-asses.

Now I must explain our evening.  It was 5 girls, one frozen pizza and pop-tarts, drinks and going to the bars that made this sight so much fun.  Pre-bar was a short walk in the cold to meet up with some friends, at the bar was where the fun truly began.  From dance floor parties, camouflage women wearing jumpsuits making them look unisex–yup definitely smacked the hind end and found out “he” was a “she” OPPS!, laughing at the stupidity of others–like the girl dancing on the table for no apparent reason!, shooting shotty glances from across the room at the jerks talking about us–just because we don’t fit your snotty mold don’t judge!, stripping in the bathroom–I was hot because I had gone dancing in like 3 layers! and finding “nuggets”…..the list of little things is pretty much endless.   Then I stumbled upon a sign in the bathroom while I was taking off my under armor.  I have provided the pic below:

It reads, "Put your big girl panties on and deal with it!" 🙂

I realized something….I don’t like going into bars that much because of several reasons.  People are dumb.  When I mean dumb, I must tell you I literally mean they go more stupid than they were to begin with!   People try to hit on married men, dance on tables, hit on girls that are clearly not falling for the “You look familiar…Do you live around here?” line…(they are the reason why Aspen can be tricky).  Seriously?

Well I met a lot of great people out and that made all of the silliness worth our while!  🙂  I promise you this!   LOTS of laughter and great company.

We HAD to take a picture with the bear hat! Don't you even begin to judge me!

We made it home at a decent hour, then like girls do, we talk until 3am!  Call time of 7:30am!  Needless to say our old bones were dragging!  Well that is all the update I have for you now.  Happy Saturday!

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Carry your candle…

So, I have decided today was kind of blah.  I got a few things done (cough 2 projects!) and then I was done.  A rough Monday if you will.

This past weekend was filled with interesting happenings.  First off, I think as we all have specific energy that helps gravitate others either away or toward us.  It’s almost like seeing people of light and of dark in a sense.  For me, I tend to attract some pretty cool people but, they might not necessarily be anyones first choice.  I love them!  Those are the people who make things happen.  For an instance, on Friday night when I was getting my nails done, Nicki was the name of the woman who took care of me.  She was going thru some guy issues.  I could tell she had something on her mind, so I asked.  Sometimes, people just need you to ask!   We had an at length conversation about boyfriends, marriage…etc.  🙂  She had a dim light because of all the crap she was going thru…but I guarantee once she eliminates that–she will be in good shape!

Next, my friend Katherine and I ate dinner at a restaurant that has really good sweet tea.  We walked in, out of the cold, and had a delightful time.  I am sure people thought we might be sauced because both of us together are all giggles and politeness.  🙂  Then the manager came around to check on us and we struck up a conversation about his situation!  He was planning a wedding with his 24-year-old fiancée and so we were drilling him on that!  How great…then out of no where he asked me if I wanted a gallon of sweet tea!  UH HECK YES I DO!  My inner child was just jumping for joy!  Best part being I got it for free.

The attraction just kept coming thru the last part of our night at Karaoke.  While we were up singing, the table right in front of us participated in our singing antics.  We were energetic, and just having a blast.  AND the one that I had a connection to was named Gopher.  He was a regular.  We talked about everything.  Literally.  He probably gave me the biggest complement ever that night.  He told me that the reason why I could carry a conversation on with anyone about anything was because I was secure with in myself.  That means this stranger could see what progress I made in the last 2 years.  That is huge.  His light too burned brightly.  So did the stage lights though….

OH my did I feel like such a Rock Star up there!   “DON’T STOP BEELLLLIEEVVING…..HOLD ON TO THAT FEEELLLING!  STREET LIGHTS, PEOPPLLLE!”  (excerpt from Journey-Don’t Stop believing)  By the end of the night, we were dancing on tables and singing at the top of our lungs!  I never thought that would be possible but OH yes it was!  We ended up closing the bar down.

Well on Saturday, it was all about my Special Olympic athletes.  🙂  Totally had Bowling State!  Everyone did so well.  There were 13 athletes that competed.  We had two athletes place first and it was super awesome.  There is just something so special about them.  You could see the nervous looks on their faces as well as succeeding…it is one thing you can just never replace.  I think the coolest thing that happened though on Saturday was when an athlete from another team got a strike.  She ran and gave me a hug!  I just hugged her right back but how precious is that?

I think that if you really think about things and about how we all connect, you might be more inclined to let your light shine a little brighter.  Deal with the situations you are given, take a lesson from each and move on!  Those who understand, will always support you.

Visualize:  A dark world with little specks of light scattered around it, some brightly burning and others dark as night.  Imagine if the specks gravitated toward one another.  What a bold visual!  What if then the semi bright ones also reflected in the darkness and made them bright too?  What a beautiful bright world this would be.  Let us strive for that kind of world today!

 

Carry your candle 🙂

 

 

Peace and Love,

CatMan