This week has officially kicked my booty. Really. I am sore all over, crazy tired, and think that I may be trying to succumb to the sinus troubles that are plaguing everyone. I'm gonna go to bed in a moment. I'm sitting in my recliner blogging, while Jimmy is reading to W. Just a little relaxation before bed. So, yeah, the week whipped me...but here's the awesome re-cap...
My sweet husband went out of town on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. This left me to be mommy and daddy both - and...did I mention that I traded my work days around to work on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday....all in a row!!?? So, some of you may be thinking - 'really, she's complaining about 3 days?'. You have to understand the nature of my job. Many days I don't sit down for longer than 5 minutes at a time, I eat lunch on the run (when I can get it), and sometimes it is interruped by patient needs (sometimes more than once). Also, my shift is 12 hours. I did that...plus was Mommy and Daddy and taxi service. Praise God for Mama Trish & Poppa & Aunt Christy who helped with the taxi-ing and even did an overnight :) Woot! No day did I get to sleep past 5:15. Most days were 4:50. I didn't get to run AT ALL - therefore, I am koo koo bananas and irritable. Then on Wednesday, sweet Jimmy came home - and bless his heart - he had a terrible, nasty case of poison oak. He was all whelped & itchy & sad....so, W and I trekked to CVS and bought Benadryl & some special lotion junk. How awesome - he's been out of town for 3 days and he comes home all gross & the most romantic thing that happens is that he slathers his body with poison oak relief cream. Nice.
Thursday morning, I popped up at 4:30am & put my OR hat on & got ready for a super special day...Aunt Christy & Uncle Shane pulled up for a BYON (bring your own nurse) & took me to the hospital to help deliver my new niece :) Seriously...no matter how tired I was...it couldn't have been any more awesome! That IV that I started in her right forearm was the stinkin' bomb! Woot! I had all of the staff chosen & fabulous peeps to take care of her :) Such a blessing! I love my job! Such a sweet, cute, perfect little gift from above - with a darling dimple on her cheek! Makes my ovaries twitch....just for a second...then I think about how wonderfully I sleep at night, without interruption....then my ovaries are still. Anyhoo - it's so amazing to see birth anytime, but even more special when it belongs in your family :) Congrats to Christy, Shane, T, and baby KA!
THEN....it was time for all of the excitement to peak! Jimmy had been keeping this secret from me for over a month...maybe even a month & a half. All I knew was that he was going to take me somewhere Thursday evening after Christy's surgery - he had arranged for W to spend the night with mama trish & poppa, and I had to trade the day so I wouldn't be working on Friday (hence the reason for my three-in-a-row). He wouldn't tell me what to wear or anything!!! So, on Thursday afternoon, he told me to put some pjs & some knock-around-town clothes in a bag with my toiletries. That's it. That's all I got! Eek! He told me to dress up...and on a scale of Burger King attire - Carrabbas attire - and Ruth's Chris attire, to dress somewhere between Carrabbas & Ruth's Chris. Double Eek! So...I have this adorable peasant dress that I've been dying to wear & I put it on - thinking I'm the bomb - and walk out of the bathroom. Jimmy says, "uh, is that what you're wearing?". I said, "yeah". He said, "you can't wear that - you just might embarrass yourself". What the heck?!?!?!?! Kinda knocked the wind outta my sails :( But, I changed to a classic black dress & pearls. Can't go wrong with that! So, we load up in the car & start driving. We pass into Tennessee & get near Chattanooga. I have a habit of reading road signs & billboards aloud, so I was just doing what I do sometimes, and say aloud "now entering Eastern time zone". I look at Jimmy (for an unknown reason) and I see the look of panic on his face, and he says "uh oh". I said, "did we have reservations somewhere?". He said, "well, we did. but, the time has already passed." He confessed that he had reservations at The Melting Pot!!! I've been once, but I talk about it ALL THE TIME and am dying to go again. I've been waiting 7 1/2 years to be exact. Not that I'm counting or anything. Such a bummer...but, truly, I wasn't hungry & he said that he will take me on my b-day - but, deep in my heart, I know that he hates the Melting Pot - and I won't make him take me - I may just gather a girls group to go for my bday. But I digress. So, we are driving along & are just having random conversation & I make the mistake of saying "dude, I freaking hate concerts". Which is the honest to God truth. I looked over at him again & he says, "well, this is gonna be the worst date ever". I said "a concert? you're taking me to a concert? but...I have on a black dress and pearls". He told me that I had to wear this - and now I'm headed to humiliate myself??!! What the heck??!!?? So, I asked him, "who in the universe do you think that I would want to see?" I gave him a million questions - is it rock? is it country? is it Christian? is it a band? is it an individual? is it a man or a woman? No answers. Not a hint. Can I tell you how hard we laughed about this whole situation?!? Praise God that Jimmy has a great sense of humor! He takes me to get a cupcake before the "concert" and the pumpkin spice that was advertised on the billboard is sold out. Poor guy, this was going downhill fast...although we shared a carrot cake cupcake & it was scrumptious :) So, we walk down the street a little & end up at this opera house. It's called the Travoli or something like that. They have symphonies & operas there - so no, I was not overdressed - the black dress & pearls were perfect :) I had no idea who was playing until they came out - and it was an acapella group called Straight No Chaser. They are 10 guys who sing popular songs & only use their voices. They are amazing. I had seen them on You Tube several times & was totally amazed - btw, you should get on You Tube right after reading this blog & look for them! Jimmy had found out that they were gonna be in Chattanooga, and planned it up :) How adorable. He's the greatest! The show was awesome - I knew every single song - and as typical for Jimmy and I, we sat behind a 60-70 year old "cougar wanna be" (Jimmy's description, not mine), who acted a total fool & gave us something to giggle about! After that, he took me to spend the night at his grandparent's cabin on the lake & in the morning we had breakfast. Such an amazing date - so wonderful to have time away, together :)
For explanation (in case it's needed for future references): yes, I freaking hate concerts. Okay. Whatev. I'm unAmerican. I hate summer, too. So, sue me. To each her own. I have had to apologize a couple of times to my friend Shannon about my hatred of concerts - because she would go to a concert every day if she could. I just hate the atmosphere. I so dislike the crowdedness, the drunk yellers/slurring/spilling, the people holding up signs, the "worship" of the band, the panty throwing, and you can't even see the group on stage anyway - maybe you're 5 feet tall like me & some nutso is jumping in front of you like they are practicing their vertical, or you are in the nosebleed section because you still paid an arm & a leg for those seats. Maybe it's those whack t-shirts that you will wear once & never again. Maybe it's the stankness of the women's bathrooms and the long lines. I don't know, but I hate it all. I explained to Jimmy, that I grouped his date as a "show" and not a concert - it was more like a musical or broadway show. When I say concerts, I'm picturing Poison circa 1988.
Other fun things - I bought my kid some awesome pink, polka dotted, slightly sparkly Chuck Taylors. :) Bomb, baby.
All this gigantic post to say - whew, I am beat. I am tired, but blissfully happy and blessed. I have gotta get up and run in the am so I can stay sane and still be nice and happy and maybe deserve another surprise date at a future time :) Tomorrow is an awesome football day, too!!! Rizzle Tizzle!!! :)
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