Insomnia

Categories: celebrations, family, friends, work crap

Insomnia The birds in my neighborhood start their song at 4:30AM. Why do I know this? Cause I got home from working Summer Jam at 3:00 AM… then worked for another hour and a half trying to stay ahead of the game. And I still feel like I’m behind. And as I laid my head … Read More

The Trip Down the Aisle

Categories: catching up, celebrations, excursions, family, traveling

Not my trip literally, but all the makings of Lavern & Andrew’s Wedding. We made it. It’s over, they’re married and happy and it was all beautiful. I meant to blog day after day, but never got around to it, so now, the abridged version: Day 1: Getting to Florida We booked our flights on … Read More

Cheese Fries and Red Wine

Categories: change, family, figuring it out, work crap

This here is the reason I’ll never lose any significant amounts of weight and be able to KEEP it off. Because I wholeheartedly enjoy good tasting things. And they whole heartedly would like to stick to my inner thighs and buttocks and gut for the rest of my days. *sigh* Anyhow, this was the snack … Read More

All the validation I need…

Categories: esteem, family, growing

My cousin Ollie just called me after crossing the stage at Temple University where he graduated with honors, Magna Cum Laude *chills* and wanted to make sure that I knew 1) he shouted ME out and 2) that he saved me a program as a gift. Man. I’m such a sap… I just sat here … Read More

Positive & Motivating

Categories: family, real inspiration

I got this email from my cousin Ollie today. And I haven’t been able to get it together since. When I can get it together, I’ll come back and comment. *sigh* Dear Ms. Cantave: I am writing to you today to thank you for something you may or may not know that you have done … Read More

Old School

Categories: esteem, excursions, family, future gazing, good day, good times, growing

It’s amazing what good movies can do for a night. Good, old school movies that take you back to a time and place that you’re fond of reminiscing about but maybe would never relive again. We watched 2 movies, one last night before we fell asleep on the couch and one this morning as we … Read More

God Answers Prayers

Categories: dreams, family, future gazing, good day, health

I can’t believe I forgot to elaborate / tell the story of God’s Goodness. So I’ll do it now. My baby LOVES to lift weights. He fell in love with it shortly after college and he’s not stopped loving it since. Growing up, he was a little skinny boy with a big head and a … Read More

Spring Cleaning

Categories: aspirations, change, family, figuring it out, love & marriage, makin moves

That’s what we’ve been doing in this household. Thanks to my baby and his steadfast commitment to his word, my brother, he and I got together yesterday, bought a bunch of supplies, strapped on some dust masks and went at the kitchen. I dare say my kitchen is bearable now. I’m not afraid of it … Read More

Rude Awakening

Categories: bad day, family, figuring it out, kharma

Sometimes, music in the waking world seeps into your dream… maybe as the band that’s playing at some grand ball that you’re attending. Maybe as an instrument that you’ve somehow become adept at playing in your dream… or just as your alarm, waking you from your actual dream. Arguments, however, crash into your dream and … Read More