I can't wait until I can go home with my hubbs and babies and black velvet.

I don't know what's going on with me today, but I woke up in the strangest mood. Ok... not the "strangest" mood... I actually just woke up feeling incredibly sad and off. I'm not sure why, this was a good weekend and yesterday was all kinds of downtime fun.

Dev thinks maybe I had nightmares that I don't remember but still feel now that I'm awake. He may be right and honestly, if it wasn't for him, I don't really know what I would do sometimes. I can be incredibly off and he's still by my side being my true North. That man of mine... he's something only dreams are made of.

Like all the other days I feel my feelings and don't know why, I'm just making it through the day and trying to think of anything that may pull me out of this funk. Sometimes are easier than others, but all we can do is put one foot in front of the other and remember all the amazing things we have in our lives... right?

Mental health is no f*cking joke.

Judy needed new brakes. I was driving home last Wednesday and honestly, it sounded like I was dragging a bicycle. Cue my panic and pullover and then having the hubbs confirm that yes, my brakes were in fact, GONE. I can't be too shit about it though, it's the first time we've replaced them since we've had it. I've personally never done a brake job on a car and Dev has only done a few, so we were a little lost on this. Luckily, my brother is a mechanic and was able to guide us through the process (and it only took all three of us beating that bitch of a caliper in to get it right). 

I called the Meineke because I was like, well, I know it will cost more than if we do it ourselves, but they're mechanics so I should let them do their job... and then dude told me "yeah darlin, stop on by and we'll get you right in... the minimum starts at $500." Now, I'm all for paying people for their services but F*CK YO COUCH THAT IS SO MUCH MONEY AND YOU ARE ROBBING PEOPLE BLIND! Shame on y'all.

Needless to say, it was a whole lot of fuck that and three hours later I have new back brakes.

Between my brakes needing changed and the flat tire I woke up to (and my "strange" mood), Dev has been driving me to and from work. And I have to say, having my hubbs wake up with me, be with me on the ride, and all that in between, a gal could get used to this spoiled little life. 

We took a WRTTMM on Saturday after the brake job and Dev and I have come to the conclusion with all the traveling we do (we live in deadass city so when we do go out... we drive far away) we should definitely pick up yoga. Because these asses be ouchy. I've been collecting info on it for a few weeks (we've had this talk a couple times) and I think we'd be a good fit for yoga/pilates/callanetics. I mostly just want the stretching and maybe to build a little muscle strength (your girl be fragile), and he wants it for stretching and mobility... neither of us needs or wants to lose weight so that's not a factor we have to worry about. Just some low impact stuff to maybe make us feel better.

Now all we have to do is actually find the will to follow through with it. Pheesh... good luck with that.

Aside from that, today is my MIL's 57th birthday and we'll be headed down that way again in a couple of weeks. We can't wait to see everybody again and get to spend some more time with them.

If anybody needs me the rest of the day, I'll be trying very hard to keep my shit together and divert this existential crisis, and waiting until I can curl up with the hubbs and our pups. Because that's my safe space and I feel like I need it real bad today.

Solar Eclipse 2024.

Well, folks... here we are again. Back with another eclipse that I was sure wasn't due for another 92 years. Remember back in 2017 when there was a solar eclipse and everybody made a big deal about it because there wasn't going to be another one for another 99 years? You remember that, right?

People made tshirts and hats and special eclipse boxes to look at it. People traveled and schools closed and traffic was a general nightmare. At the time, I was like thank everything I won't be around for the next one because this shit is exhausting. Well, guess what? F*cking seven years later and here we are again.

Don't get me wrong. I think this whole thing is pretty cool and special. You should definitely pay attention because it's not like it happens on the daily. So yeah, I get that it's cool. BUT... again with this f*cking traffic. 

Like the first time around, I was at work when it happened... but luckily, I was on the phone with Dev in the beginning (it was insane and eerie!) and I did get off in time to snag a pair of glasses for Dev and me (thanks, Dani!) and we got to enjoy the end of it together. 

We even took the pups outside after it was over with so they could see what the fuss was about. (Yes, I'm one of those weird people that doesn't want to chance their pups actually looking up at the eclipse so I kept them inside until it was done).

I will say that driving home from work was weird... it was eerily calm and like the world was on shutdown. Almost had a pandemic feel to it. Which is weird, considering there were SO many people here that drove in just to watch from our state (Indy had totality). Seriously, people traveled from everywhere... as far as from Mexico for a whopping three minutes worth of totality. The f*cking follow through, bro. Impressive.

So yeah, we made it through Solar Eclipse 2024 and lived to tell the tale. Now... back to our regularly scheduled programming... except there's another one happening this October and now I'm thinking they're not as rare as what I've been led to believe?

TBD. Honestly though... y'all will learn how roundabouts work before then... right? RIGHT?!

That was a weekend for the books... or something like that. 🎉 3/30. 🎉

We recently got to watch Dev's mom get married to her new honey and to say I'm excited to have another new FIL would be an understatement. Dev's family is so amazing and incredible that I say the more the merrier. They didn't have a long engagement. In fact, they got engaged in January and next thing we know we're getting a phone call from my MIL that went something along the lines of, "I won't be mad at you if you can't make it but I would really really rreeeaaalllllllllllly like y'all to be there with me."

Yeah, she wouldn't have been mad but we would've felt like a POS so... TO THE SOUTH!

We left out on Thursday evening after I got off work and made the fifteen hour trek to a Sandals Beach Resort their house. It's always a long drive but we're always so happy when we get there. We spent Friday preparing and setting up for a wedding and finished the rest on Saturday morning (because bitches apparently can't deliver tables and chairs on time... que eleven o'clock at night).

Once everything was set up, people started getting ready (I was minimal in a sundress, natural hair and scarce makeup) and next thing you know, the guests started piling in. Dev and his brother walked my MIL down the aisle and her daughter and sister were her bridesmaids. I had the very important job of music (by default and I was scared to screw it up) and the entire ceremony was awesome.

As soon as that was said and done, it was time to party. Dev and I don't usually drink anymore but made an exception with it being such a celebratory weekend (apparently, I can be a social drinker?). The food was delicious, the weather was perfect, and quite frankly it was just an all around good time.

My MIL couldn't have looked more beautiful and you can practically see the sunshine radiating from within her. My new FIL? Family already. He's hilarious and since I've been in the market for a new dad for years now, he fits the bill.

The entire day was amazing and honestly, Dev's grandpa's speech was worth the drive in and of itself.

The plan was to leave out on Sunday morning, but everyone decided Sunday was the day to get tattoos so we ended up staying late so Dev could work his magic. Many tattoos (including one of Guy's sisters very first tattoo ever!) later, it started winding down and we left out about 10:30 that night. We got home about 1:30 on Monday afternoon and spent the rest of the day getting resituated to being home before I had to be back at work on Tuesday.

I wish I could say we took it like a couple of champs but our bitch asses are sore and exhausted. Seriously, we look like a couple of old hoagies walking around our house this week. Even our poor pups are moping around and taking constant nappy naps. However, we'll have to get over it soon because we have big plans coming up. One more WRTTMM and then we have our actual vacation planned for the end of the month (4/29-5/3). You know what that means? It means we'll be making that long ass drive back down.... again.

But, it's all worth it and since we have big life plans in the works, I say we're going with it. Be as f*cking happy as we can all possibly be for however long we can, right?! RIGHT.