Homecoming with my sisters

Oh homecoming season!  Today I spent the afternoon watching my niece in her first homecoming parade.  It brought back so many memories. And I got to thinking. My last homecoming was 25 years ago.  WHAT!!  I know I am old but when I put a number on it, it completely freaks me out.

So 25 years ago, I was a senior and finally on the drill team.  At 17, I felt like all my dreams had come true. I tried out for my junior year and didn't make it.  And I cried like a baby. My goal since I was about ten years old, was to be on the high school drill team.  One of the main reasons was because my sister Linda became my trailblazer and made the team her senior year.

I felt like a celebrity because, my sister was on field in front of all of our town.  The entire town saw her each week performing and she was my sister.  I remember seeing her in her uniforms each Friday and was in awe of her.  

When I floated home on a cloud after getting the announcement that I made the team, I was so excited to let her know and then to show her. My chance was homecoming.  She and my very pregnant sister, Barbara and my niece, Marisa flew back home to spend the homecoming weekend with me and my mom.  When I was ten, all my siblings had left home and had their own lives so they never really came to any of my school programs, etc.  Their decision to fly from Dallas to see me, was the coolest thing they have ever done for me. I was so nervous knowing they would be at the pep rally, parade and the game.  I wanted to make them proud of me.

It dawned on me that I had never told them how much it meant to me and how to this day it makes me happy when I remember that time.  Today it brought it all back: the butterflies, the excitement and the fun. So to my sisters, thank you for making me feel so special by taking the time to be there for me during one of my milestones.  Today's theme is sisters.  Enjoy!

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Julie

Doctor Doctor

This summer has come and gone and the last time I posted something was in July. Where the hell have I been? Well not dating anyone that's for sure.  Haven't even met anyone. Shocker, I know. Honestly, I have been sick.  I have felt horrible all summer.  I have no idea what is really wrong with me.  Part of it is a bad allergy attack but there is something else and I can't put my finger on it.  I'm exhausted all the time and I am beginning to feel like Dorothy on Golden Girls when she was sick and the doctors couldn't find anything wrong with her. I've missed my Zumba classes because I have absolutely no energy. I go to work and then come straight home and lounge on my couch because driving wipes out all my energy.  Plus the reason I know that something is up with me is because I have never been so diligent on eating healthier.

After a couple of trips to see my doctor, I did find out that I am Vitamin D deficient so I am taking a huge dose of Vitamin D (500,000 mg) but still feel like poo.  Oh did I mention that I had my blood tested for West Nile too?  I'm not overreacting, it's that I work in a hot zip where they are spraying and I have been bitten several times.  It's been two weeks and I am still waiting on my results.  Fingers crossed.

All in all, I am just a big ol mess.  My 42nd year really has not been super but I am being positive. I have to keep telling myself that I will not have West Nile and that I will start feeling better. I need to feel better. I wanna live!!

I will try my hardest to get back on the blogging track. Today's soundtrack theme is doctors. I've seen you too many times and need to stop meeting like this.  Enjoy!

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Julie

A Great Day with Family

Today was a really good day. Unlike my 4th. I ended up getting sick yesterday so no Independence Day fun for Julie. Wah!  It was spent drinking gallons of Sprite and stuffing my face with crackers.  I was in my jammies all day, didn't brush my teeth, take a bath or put on my contacts. I was miserable.  I have no idea what made me sick.  All I know is that I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. Now this morning I felt like a human again.  Not 100% but at least I wasn't dizzy or nauseated.  That was a huge step for me.


As I mentioned, it was a good day.  I spent the day with my youngest niece, Gabble.  That is one of many nicknames that I call her. We had lunch at our favorite place, Pei Wei then headed to Target for a little shopping and then a spur of the moment movie "Madea's Witness Protection".  (Don't judge us).  We had a great conversation and she always surprises me with her wisdom.  


Spending the day with her made me kinda wonder what would happen if my life would have been different. You know - marriage, kids, carpools, the whole enchilada. Then I realized that I am so not a grown up yet.  I don't feel like one. I might not even act like one.  I'm a great faker. I could win an Oscar for the role of a lifetime.  All in all a good day.  Today's soundtrack theme is family. Enjoy!

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Julie

Summer TV - Turn It On Again

I loves summer TV. I remember being a kid during the summer and there was nothing but reruns on prime-time TV.  It was okay for awhile but then it got SO boring. But I don't count the daytime reruns because I loved me Addams Family, Father Knows Best, Good Times and Happy Days.  Those were our go to shows. 


It's taken awhile, then huzzah! Some of the cable stations realized the good scripted shows still matter during the summer.  And who does it best?  Well in my opinion, it's USA Network. I am such a huge fan of their line up. Here are my favorites and why.


1. Royal Pains -Hot, smart Dr. working in The Hamptons.

2. Common Law - Two hot cops in L.A.

3. Necessary Roughness - Beautiful, smart psychiatrist treats hot athletes.

If you're not watching these, give them a shot. Each of the shows is funny and smart. Go on, what more do you have to do?  Loved to hear what you think of them.  So for today's soundtrack, our theme is TV. Enjoy!

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Julie

Today My Life Begins

Hello!!
Soooooo, I'm not lost.  I've just been pretty much a bum. The only things I've done is work and go to Zumba class.

True be told, I've been kinda down. It took awhile to figure out why and then it dawned on me. A couple of months ago I declared that I would no longer hope or pray to meet someone. After 20 years, I was tired and depressed of not seeing a result.  Hence declaration time.  I felt like Michael Scott.

After my declaration, I was okay with it. Truly I was. A few weeks later, guess what came creeping in?  Sadness and maybe a little despair. But what was making me sad?  I'm not that bright so it took about another month to realize that I was sad because I no longer have any hope in my life.

I got to the point where I was just a sad sack. Not slashing my wrist sad but just really sad and blah. I had no motivation for anything.  Then light bulb! My declaration backfire and slapped me in the face.  A person can not be okay without any hope in their life. I need hope, we all need hope. 


I've been scared to really to acknowledge it but man, it feels good to get that out in the world. Now it's time to live. Time to bring hope back in my life and get back in the world.  I am putting it out in the world - I want to meet my soul mate.  I am ready to meet this dude and get to living. So today's theme is hope and living. Enjoy!

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Julie

Where have I been? Honestly, I've been just working and going to Zumba.  Not a lot of excitement going in my life.  Actually kinda boring. The most exciting thing is my new vacuum purchase.  I bought a Hoover Elite Rewind.  It is complete greatness.  With my squatter, it has been a miracle.  It is the best purchase I've ever made.  Wow, I've embraced my middle-age.

Wait, one major thing has happened.  I turned 42 at the beginning of May!  I still don't feel like a grown up even though my last paragraph was about a vacuum cleaner.

Okay that's all I got today. I've been under the weather so I'm gonna make it short and sweet.  Today's soundtrack is going to be random because I can't really think. Enjoy!

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Julie

I lost 3 pounds! Boom! Boom!

I love going to my Zumba classes.  If I could go every day, I would.  Heck I think I would like to even run a Zumba studio.  How much fun would it be to help people reach their goals and to get them healthy?   As much as  I love, I still  pretty much suck at it.  I feel like a stripper that has 2 left feet. I really wish I could But I still love going because I come out sweating like a ho' in church.

I started going in December and so far I have lost 3 pounds and I can tell a difference in how my clothes are fitting me.  The love handles are now infatuation handles. Next up, getting the top of my thighs to stop touching.  I think I am up to the challenge.  3 pounds doesn't sound like a lot since I see all the commercials that advertise losing a ton a weight by taking a pill and not doing a damn thing.  Okay, they don't say damn but that's the basic jist.

Anyhoos, 3 pounds is pretty good especially since over the last 2 months or so, I have been in love with cupcakes. Maybe it's lust?  Either way - yeah for cupcakes! So much so that I've been making them, taking them to work and making everyone partake in my new obsession.  But that is coming to a halt.  Now I just have to stay out of the nice little bakery down the street.

Okay kids, today's soundtrack theme is Zumba.  Our instructor has some great music and it just makes me happy. Enjoy!

Did you ever see Dance with Me?  Loved it!!!

Ah Little Richard - the Architect of Rock 'n Roll!  Woo!!

 
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Julie