The Secret Life of Bees

On Wednesday Lisa, Jr. and I went to go see The Secret Life of Bees. I was so excited when i heard it was coming out. I read the book and absolutely loved it. I was really hoping that the movie would be just as touching and good as the book was. I was not disappointed. I really enjoyed the movie. I had heard that some were skeptical of the movie because it starred Queen Latifa and Alicia Keys. I thought they played there parts well. Especially Alicia Keys. She did a great job playing June. The only criticism I might have about the movie is I thought it should have had more about the bees in it. In the book there is a lot more working and referencing to bees. I think as a whole the message and touching parts of the book were definitely carried out in the movie. Lisa had never read the book but she liked the movie and seemed to be very touched by parts of it. As you can tell I am not the best critic but I would recommend the movie and definitely if you haven't read the book you should read it.

Broken heart!

It has been a busy week and I have a lot of shit going on. Yep. that is my excuse for not blogging. Work has been busy since the boss has been gone all week. My house is still unorganized and so is the rest of my life right now. Haven't talked to Misty all week so that can't be good. She said she is going through a lot. I don't think that is a good excuse to ignore your girlfriend. So, this has me all in doubt that this is going to work. It seemed things were fine and then all of a sudden she shuts me out. It has me shaking my head. I can't believe yet again I invested my time and love into a relationship and now it looks to be ending. My heart is fragile...doesn't anyone get that!!! I got into this relationship because she said she loved me and has for a while and that she wants to have a future with me. Wow, doesn't that sound nice. Someone sweet and nice who actually "wants" to be with me. I cared for her so i said yes. I put my heart out there and started to fall for her. Look at me now. Now I'm left to pick up the pieces of my own broken heart yet again!

Wii anyone?

Saturday night I went over to Charles' to hang out with him, Hugo and Joe. We had a great time playing wii, drinking wine and eating yummy food. I was a bit nervous hanging out with them since I always hung out with them and Caitlin together but once I was there everything was good. I had a good time with them and didn't find myself thinking about C. There of course was lots of lesbian jokes and lots of laughing. We played this one wii game that was a mixture of keeping the beat and dancing. It was a workout and my arms are even a bit sore today from playing it. I wish I could remember the name. I am definitely going to have to buy it. Jr. will love it. Thanks Ch, hugo and joe for saturday night fun!!!

Last night I went with Lisa to go see Girlyman. For those of you who know me you know I am crazy about Girlyman and I have been looking forward to going to see them for awhile. I have to say I had a good time but was a bit disappointed in their song selections. Plus they didn't seem to have the same excitement in their music as they usually do. I also am not quite sure how I feel about some of their new songs. One was very cheezy. I forgot to tell Lisa to wear comfortable shoes so she was a bit miserable standing for that long. She was such a trooper. She had never even heard of Girlyman and still agreed to go out with me to their concert. She says she liked them and she thought they were funny. Thanks for being a good "cheap date" Lisa.

till tomorrow

I had a really good weekend. Got to hang out with friends Saturday night and went to see Girlyman tonight. I have a lot to talk about but right now I am exhausted and going to bed. You will have to wait till tomorrow to hear about my weekend.

More on food

Misty and I were having a conversation about food earlier today. I was telling her about all the different ethnic food I love. She was saying how she has never had Indian and some of my other favorites before. She then asked me how I felt about Soul Food. It kind of threw me for a sec. I guess I never thought about Soul Food as an ethnic food. So, she started asking me if I liked food like; greens, corned beef and cabbage, sweet potatoes, sweet potato pie, etc. Of course no mac and cheese for me. And yes Misty is a cheese lover so she is of course disappointed about my no cheese eating self. I told her how I do like most of them and that I really haven't had a lot of Soul Food. Only at holidays or special occasions when I was around my ex-husbands family. I will get my chance next month. The plan is for me to go to Texas at Thanksgiving. Not only will I be in a state I have never been to I will also be around all of her family. I do look forward to trying new food. I always loved when my ex-mother-in-law came for the holidays and took over my kitchen. The food was always good so I am sure this will be too. Plus different is good! My family has such the typical boring thanksgiving dinner. I am definitely ready to tune things up a bit with some "SOUL!"

Indian Food

I've been told to blog more about food. I guess it is a bit more interesting than the rest of my life now and plus I get comments when I blog about food. This one is for you connie.

Last night Lisa and I went to an Indian restaurant for dinner. I have been craving Indian for a long time and it has been months since I had any. Lisa and I went to Sher-A-Punjab on Devon. It is a little restaurant amongst all the other indian restaurants on Devon. I was so pleased that we found parking only a block away and really quick. Sher-A-Punjab has a small buffet of your basic indian dishes. I was a bit disappointed that didn't have Aloo Gobi or Chana Masala but the butter chicken was real good. They also brought fresh naan and tandori chicken right out to the table. I enjoyed most of the food and the variety was good for the price. Only $9. I washed it down with my favorite mango shake. This was probably the best mango shake i have had so far. I was pretty pleased with the food but I did go away missing the chats, dosas, and other snacky indian foods I am used to.

BACON!!!

I did something tonight that I haven't done in years......I fried BACON!!! I realize some people are going to find the humor in that and others are going to be confused. Believe me it has been years since I have cooked bacon. The ex husband was against pork so we had none in the house. And as most of you know bacon was a deal breaker with C. It is not like I crave bacon on a regular basis or anything. It was never hard to not eat bacon around C....well except for that one time at the bed and breakfast in St. Louis. If I wanted bacon I would just have it when I went out if she wasn't around but I never cooked it. For some reason last week I bought bacon. Still having some hard times dealing with life today and I felt like bacon. So, I had it and it was good...but my house does stink like bacon now.....wah, wah.

Happy Monday

Today was a pretty good day for a Monday. Usually, I hate Mondays because we are so busy at work. I don't mind the paper work but usually I mess up at some point in time when my boss wasn't there at the end of last week and I hear about it on Monday. I must be getting lots better because I didn't get that today. I really do enjoy my job but after an emotional weekend I was dreading work this morning. I am glad it went well.

I went grocery shopping after work and then came home and cooked dinner while jr. did his homework. I just got done taking a shower and I think I am going to go crawl under my warm covers and read a book as soon as I get done blogging. No more unpacking tonight. Kat is coming over tomorrow to help me put Jr's loft together and my cabinet. I am already looking forward to the weekend. Jr. will be at his dads and I can go out and have some fun. Also, the Girlyman concert is this Sunday. I still have 1 extra ticket if anyone wants to go.

Moved!!!

I am officially moved now. YEAH! I really like my new place. Thank you to all my friends and family who helped me. I couldn't have done it without them. So now I am in the process of unpacking. This I hate. I think the worse part is the whole being unorganized. I have come to hate caos or a messy house and right now that is what I have. It stresses me out! I know it is only temporary until I get everything out of boxes and where it belongs.

I don't know if it is the move or what but the last few days have been emotional for me. And those who know me know I tend to not be very emotional. Today I got into a fight with a good friend over text and then I had a 3 hour conversation with the girlfriend about how unhappy I am with things right now. Why do things have to be so difficult??? I mean my day did not even start out well. I had a dream about the ex that set my emotions off first thing this morning. I was fucking crying in the shower. WOW, that is so not me. I am trying so hard to move on with my life and to try to get C off my mind but I keep having these strange encounters with her and even stranger dreams. I want to be at a place where I can have her in my life and not have all these mixed up emotions toward her.

Well, tomorrow is a new day and maybe i can fucking keep myself from crying tomorrow and get some unpacking done.