Dirty Little Secrets

A few weekends back Penny and I took le' baby to Cincinnati to visit with family and we made a pit stop to see baby bro on our way.  

Before I get started I feel as though I need to mention, although I'm not sure it's truly a secret ... there is not one single day in the past 5 years that for just 1 second I haven't wished I was still in college.  Don't get me wrong, I love where I am in life right now, but college for this gal hung the moon. In a big way. My friends and I did it right and I will FOREVER cherish those four years. 

Like all things in life however, with the good comes the bad ... but looking back I feel like I automatically forget anything bad and it's completely overshadowed by good when it comes to college. It's all bliss. 

BUT ... it took a flight of stairs and three steps into baby bro's apartment for me to remember some of those "not so great" dirty little college life nuggets. 

Exhibit A: That moment after a long night when everyone in your house completely forgets garbage cans exist. In addition, beverages are considered gold, and if you made poor choices at your morning speedway stop and ran out of your diet coke and Gatorade too soon, you were SOL. You can also be sure your roommate was NOT sharing. It was in this moment I was for the first time thankful for my dual operating trash and recycling cans that luckily hubs and I have a habit of using. I also pictured our garage beverage fridge with gleaming light shining down from the heavens to highlight it's glory.

Exhibit B: The dreaded dishes. Although dishes never truly get better and you never WANT to do them, there is something about college and roommates that makes dishes terribly despicable. More than likely everyone has that one roommate that NEVER does the dishes, regardless of the fact that 80% of the items in the sink are theirs. Moreover, after a long night and perhaps a pregame .. the stench that comes from that sink along with the fruit flies that stay around for the next week is enough to make me gag while typing this. Que thankful moment for my empty sink at home and my fancy dishwasher that is constantly going. Whew!

Exhibit C: Communal bathrooms. Barf. Vomit. Kill me dead. ARE YOU SERIOUS!? From memories of common dorm showers to mixing drinks near the frat house sinks ... Oh. Em. Gee. Do I even need to share my thankfulness sentiments on the fact these days are behind me regarding this topic? Didn't think so.

Exhibit D:  The messy roommate. The getting ready with 45 girls in a sorority house, swapping clothes and then trying to find the ones you loaned later (although I do miss all those options).  The waiting until nearly every item of your wardrobe was dirty or worn twice to do your laundry. Or worse, having to pile up all of your clothes in a mesh bag and drive home to do your laundry. Ugh. Thank you front load washer and dryer that runs almost daily. Thank you.

Welp, there you have it. DIRTY little secrets inside college living. Dirty.

Needed this today.

It's happened. I truly am Penny's daughter and now cry at everything. My friends would argue this happened a LONG time ago, but I'm just now succumbing to the realization. Whew, I needed this today, a reminder that I'm doing okay :) And so are you other new mommies, so are YOU!

Not only is this video one of the greatest things, but an awesome read about new mothers and friendship passed on to me from my girl Caroline has me in a great place. Sometimes other people have such a great way of bringing perspective to concepts you can't quite put into words. It's nice to know other people are going through similar circumstances sometimes too.  Has a way of giving you that extra little bit of mmpph you need to get your through your day!  Have a good one folks! 

Yee-Haaalloween

BUB braved the wind storm last night and ventured out in the rain to make sure he got his first ever piece of Halloween candy! His daddy was such a champ and wore a matching cowboy hat. Gah! I'm in love with them both.

Cowboy Bennett made sure to bring his pony, Maggie, along for the ride :) ... Hehehehe she had a full on saddle and all!  Melts my heart how much they love each other already.

Our little cowboy was adorable thanks to Janet's Creative Corner on Etsy, and dad added some handy dandy rubber bands to keep those dapper little boots from falling off of his forever moving footsies!

I found this little trick or treat bucket (which he actually held for a good portion of the night) and the tiniest bails of hay for $1.00 at Hobby Lobby and about died. So perfect!

And because Halloween wouldn't be complete in a regular sleeper for bedtime. 

Superman watched over us last night.

Superman or Cowboy, Bennett is the best boy. 

Happy Halloween BUB, thanks for making it extra special.

Whatever Wednesday

I'm officially "back to work" all cozied up in my home office. Baby free for the moment thanks to Bennett's sweet grandparents. Sipping on my 2nd pot of coffee. Rocking my pjs until wayyy too late in the afternoon. I have 3 computer monitors with no less than 30 tabs open on each screen.  Working consistently on cabinet concepts, social media, rebranding efforts, organization of a massive server mess, accessing new emails and confirming existing accounts. You name it, it's happening. And I've hit the point where my thoughts on everything are just ...

For lunch I had a hard-boiled egg, some of Maggie's carrots and a few cucumber slices because I'm too lazy to make anything other than another cup of joe...I realize this does not count for a real lunch and therefore will be grazing the fridge for the rest of the afternoon. I may or may not have also thrown in a fun sized Twix, but I'll let you decide if I had one or three. 

So, while IT is currently overtaking my computer and using some crazy remote access to see what in the bananas is going on to why I am unable to access all of my server and email business via my work computer (which for the record I find amazing, I literally have zero access to anything I need to work on right now, and someone who is miles away is able to login to my computer and fix the problem and I am sitting here with what seems to be watching my screen magically open/close/reopen windows until it fixes itself .. technology is so cool!)  Anywhoodles, I'm running through everything that needs to happen in my personal life and thought I'd share ... for no reason other than I have no one to whine to, and I don't feel like writing it in my planner so if I make a blog post out of it and share it with the world, perhaps it'll be just the swift kick I need to get em' complete!

I need to pick up my trays from the dentist, that have been waiting on me for nearly 3 weeks now. I need to order the plaque for the chili cook-off trophy for the family competition ... in addition hubs and I are on this crazy eating regimen that makes normal cooking and eating impossible, so I am constantly faced with trying to throw together a gourmet meal in the matter of minutes, all while enjoying it and keeping the household running smoothly ... that shouldn't be too hard right?

I've got to finish a small project and plan Bennett's baptism because class is now finished and it appears we're already behind the ball. I've got to get rocking on the decor and shenanigans of this shower I'm hosting in a couple of weeks. My house is is DESPERATE need of being cleaned, but I've already decided that will have to wait for another day week. Bennett's Halloween costume came in, but there is still much to be done in regards to the additional parts that need to be created ... which will likely involve at least 3 trips to the thrift and craft stores .. and Halloween is tomorrow, PERFECT. I've got to complete my dad's Bengal's cooler before next week's game or what on earth will they use for their tailgate?

We need to find someone to come chop this beautiful piece of furniture in half so we can get it downstairs because I am DETERMINED this will go into our basement, and I want it complete before our entire family is here next weekend. I need to purchase numerous shower, wedding and birthday gifts ASAP as I am getting dangerously close to that one year rule. I need to get a new chair for my at home office before my back gives out on me while I continue to sit on this piece of metal that is breaking my spine. And I am also supposed to be placing some other orders that for the time being I just don't have time to talk about. 

Okay, email is dinging, I just glanced once again at my massive work to-do list before little man comes back home today and the coffee pot is buzzing. Lunch break and blog whining are over. Back to work!