Yeah for Tea!!!

I have been sick with a cold this week and been feeling pretty horrible. I was really happy that last week when i went shopping I bought some tea. My tea which is Bigelow Vanilla Chai has brought me joy despite this horrible cold. Yeah for tea!

Joy!!! Take 2!

I have been talking about things that bring me joy lately. It is nice to talk about them because there are so many things that are not bringing me joy and sexy has been very good at reminding me that there are things to be happy about in my life. Yesterday I was talking about doing some cleaning around my apartment. I hate to clean but I also hate messes. When my ex moved out last year he left me with a huge mess. Over the past year I have improved my apartment significantly but there is still a lot of work to be done. Now that my living room, bedroom and bathroom or mostly cleaned and organized it is time to move on to other areas. There is the kitchen....wow, i have a lot of organizing to do there. Then the front room...time to get rid of the rats and haul all that junk out to the dumpster. And then of course Jr's room. Sexy and I were having a conversation about motivating Jr. the other day and she really had some great ideas. I'll get to those in a minute but 1 idea she shared with me a while back is to spend so many minutes a day cleaning and then the task doesn't seem so overwelming. So, Jr and I talked and I told him we were going to spend 30 minutes every night cleaning his room until it was all clean and organized. This is how yesterday after schoool went. Jr. came home and I let him play for 30 minutes. Then he did his homework. (sexy's idea) We then walked to the store and came home and cooked dinner. We ate at the table and talked about his day and what he did at school. We then put the food away and did the dishes. Then it was time to clean his room. I was expecting opposition but I didn't get it. I set my timer for 30 minutes and gave him specific tasks to do and it worked. He was amazed at how much we got done in 30 minutes. The whole evening worked well. He did not grumble about his homework or doing any work. Then after his room we relaxed by watching a movie and then it was bed time. I was so pleased with his good attitude and results. I really hope this continues to work.

JOY!!!

Lately I have been all about finding little things that bring me joy. I have been doing some cleaning and organizing around my house and this makes me happy. Here is something else that brought joy to my day today. It is the new Indiana Jones Movie! I knew one was being made but now it has a title; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. This now has me very excited. It is not often that you look forward to a movie that won't be coming out for almost another year. I am such a huge Indiana Jones fan. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

Yuck!

My throat hurts, my neck hurts. I am tired and I feel like shit!!! I am going back to bed!

weekend

Thank you Connie and sexy for your encouraging words. I know it has been tough being friends/girlfriend with me lately. I am really hoping for some good things to start happening.

This weekend Connie was in Chicago for a wedding. I picked her up from the airport and then drove her up north were the wedding was taken place. We had made plans to hang out late saturday night and sunday till her plane leaves. So, while she was doing wedding stuff on saturday I finished cleaning my mess I had made going through boxes. I am so pleased. I now have my bedroom, living room and bathroom organized. I only have 3 more rooms to go so i guess I am half way there. It has been a lot of work but I am so pleased and happy with the end result. After cleaning I headed to square dancing. Started back with my class which is learning plus. I already learned plus over the summer so I was mostly bored but it was nice to have adult conversation with people. Then headed to sexy's so she could do some sewing for me. Thanks baby! Dropped jr. off with the babysitter and went home to take out my trash and do my dishes and take a shower. Headed to pick sexy up......wow, was she looking sexy!!! Then picked up Connie and headed for Temptations. I had been there once but sexy and connie had never been. The dancing is ok but it definitely is a different atmosphere than lesbian clubs in the city. I don't mind it but sexy wasn't impressed. I like the less crowded relaxing atmosphere, she likes the crowds and busyness of city clubs so i guess we wont be going there again. We had a good time with Connie. I was pleased to see sexy and connie getting along so well. We ended up back at my place drinking and talking. It was a late night and 9am came very early. We got up and had brunch with friends who are leaving chicago for a while and then ended up at sexy's to play a game. After that Connie packed up her stuff, we had ice cream and headed for the airport. It was sad to see her go. It all happened so fast this weekend. It is hard living thousands of miles away from your best friend. I am so glad we got to see each other and hopefully it will happen again soon.

What a shitty day!!!

As if my life hasn't been shitty enough lately, today just took the cake! There was only one positive part to my day today and that was having lunch with Sexy but even that had its shitty moments. I am tired of rude people, exes, and people deciding my fucking life. Can't I get anyone, just one person to have some pity on me or give me a hug or something. NO! i just get shit and people telling me what i need to do different or where i need to go. Can't i fucking decide myself but then maybe I should let someone else decide my life because right now i feel like i have fucked it up enough!

Deb's Drama

The reason that I have not blogged in a while is due to all the drama happening in my life recently. After coming back from vacation I was hoping to find a job but that didn't happen. My sisters came to visit the last weekend in August and while they were here my grandmother passed away. So, Monday of last week my sisters, jr and I headed for Iowa where I spent most of this last week. I am really getting tired of funerals. This last weekend my parents moved and I was helping them with that. Now I am back in chicago.... Jobless, moneyless and grandparentless!!! Really sucks!!!