Finding Treasures in my Schtuff

I found a journal I was keeping from 2006 until 2010 (I stopped and started a lot). Some of you may remember 2009 as being the year I (lovingly) refer to as "The year of the mind f*ck." The journal ends in feb 2010 when I make a vow to deal with my own issues to make sure I'm not manipulated by another man. I wrote 5 criteria I wanted in the man who would become my partner. Funny thing, my fella meets every one! That was the beginning of my 8 year break from dating as I healed and dealt with some of my deep seated issues with myself and men. 2019 saw me finally start dating again in korea, which lead to a whole new set of oddness and issues, and now I've met the most amazing man who doesn't play any dating games, loves BH (now christened Goblin) days/weekends, has a wonderful sense of humor, and just seems to "get" me. He accepts me for who I am, all my weird and crazy ways. It's... strange. But in a good way. Like, suddenly I'm being treated how I always wanted to be treated. It turns out I was never demanding too much, I just expected it from the wrong man. It's really true; when you know you know. And a man who wants you won't leave you guessing. It's absolutely incredible to me, and I'm soooo happy we found each other. Being around him is peaceful, not anxiety inducing... it's like a dream.

When you exchange apt keys and your man is Texan. Hehe, so cute.

I don't want to just gush for this whole post (rest assured, I could), so let me fill you in on some of the weirdness I'm dealing with. I officially have all my stuff in one place... and feel the need to get rid of about half of it. I accumulated some books in the past year or so that I haven't even cracked open. I have a dead chromebook and a dead computer... the dead computer I need to take somewhere to get stuff transferred off the dead hard drive to the new computer. I'd like to print some of my newer pix to canvas for decoration purposes, therefore creating MORE stuff. I have 3 totes full of God knows what, and no desire to unpack them because they will be repacked in a year or so. I still can't find my damn masters degree certificate thingie... but I know where my high school diploma is! LOL and smh... I am indeed a special one. I think I just have a bad case of the I DONT WANNA's.

if I hides the totes, I don't have to put things away 😁 not really, but it could work. LOL

Work continues... ambiguous. There's been a lot of people moving on to other opportunities and replacing them is taking a while. I don't know where Quality is going to end up, and I'm more than a little nervous about it. New people means new ideas and the rumor mill has been grinding away like crazy. Sigh... the only real certainty we have is uncertainty, but man, a little direction would be nice. 

In other news, I have a pet sitting gig coming up in Nov/Dec, so that should be fun. My fella seems to be going all out for my bday weekend, so that's something to look forward to. He's even making me ice cream cupcakes so we don't have a WHOLE ice cream cake to eat 🤣. 

Here's some pix of the weekend. He really did go ALL out.

His margarita flight. I stuck to Jeremiah red.

I didn't get a pic.of our pizzookie so here's the promotional pic.

ANAMIAS!!!

Poblano a la parilla with chicken  

Bday dessert

We started the weekend at BJs brewhouse for dinner. That's one of my favorite places, so we started there. Also I had a free bday pizzookie so we got the s'mores one. The next day we went to Anamias for lunch, then Better than Sex desserts for dessert (apple cobbler, so good), then went out for drinks at a few places. It was a lovely day. The following day we went out for sushi, then got groceries and relaxed at my apt. It was an absolutely lovely weekend with the fella. He is so wonderful to me and he straight up spoiled the CRAP outta me this weekend. It was not something I'm used to, but something I could become used to, for sure. Hehe. I'm pretty crazy about this man... I think I'll keep him.

SUSHI!! And an orange 😁

Once again, I'm trying not to over gush, but really, it's so nice to be a priority. Everything I used to complain about wanting someone to do... he does naturally. It's incredible. I'm totally smitten. We might just have to make this a permanent thing 😊😉

WY Shenanigans

This was an absolutely amazing trip! I got to see so much family and friends, it was the BEST! I spent the first few days with Dad and C, as it was Dads birthday weekend. Every year, Riverton has a balloon rally and car show the weekend of dad's bday. So, we did that!

Dad at rest... a rare pic. Hehe

They have a great view from their front porch! 

Then it was off to Moms and Longmire days, with a brief hello/goodbye at Bar 10. It's always good to see my crazy friends!

The pic in the background is a baby Josh Allen when he played for UW before he went to the Buffalo Bill's.

This guy brings out my crazy side 😁

Mom and i drove to Casper the day before Longmire days was to start, so we wouldn't have as long to go on day 1. Couple things. 1) if you are going to be in a convertible, you NEED a hat for your hair and 2) it's WAY easier to get into a thunderbird when the top is DOWN if you are of the tall-ish persuasion. Oh also, if you get a hat knowing it's something that your older sis would wear, don't be surprised if said sister asks for the hat for her bday. I mean, she's not getting MINE but someone in Rtown could get her one from WalMart.

At Black Tooth Brewery I ALMOST won the blackout at bingo. ONE # AWAY!!! 

Next day we were at longmire days!

Craig Johnson, the author of the books. Since SAG was on strike, the actors had to get special waviers to attend. This event is 100% put on my the Longmire foundation, the actors are volunteering their time, and Robert Taylot was on the phone for about 24 hrs to get the waiver so the event could take place. They couldn't bring photos to sell for autographs, he couldn't wear his Walt Longmire costume, and they couldn't talk about the show... at an event... for the show... which made some of the talks very interesting. But a good time was had by all of our group, at least! 

Derek and Robert Taylor, explaining SAG's rules.

L, Mom, AL, and R

Talent show

Brunch with ruby, who turns out is a HUGE dallas stars fan.

Mom, AL, P (my cousin) and R 

Buffalo is in a BEAUTIFUL area of WY. I didn't have ANY cell reception there, and no 4 or 5G either. So it was like being in the 90s for me! Of course, the brewery we liked had wifi, so I was able to keep in touch with my fella back in TX. I missed him. I drove all 17ish hours back to TX on Monday so I could sleep in my own bed and was able to see him on Tue. 

Now for the food/drinks:

We ended up at Bonds Brewing a couple of times.

Pulled pork loaded fries.

Wyo Philly nachos, Christmas style!

Wine in the room 😁

SUCH a great bloody mary on the hangover day when it took us 1.5 hrs for our food to come.

a loaded pile: tator tots, beer cheese, salsa, sour cream, and jalapeños. Soooo good.

On the way home in the bird. I was slightly burned... thankfully that's tanned out.

catching the storm

Mom pulled over just in time to avoid getting drenched!

The bird got a bath.

Sunrise on the way home to TX

I'm very proud of this pic of split rock.

Back home.

It was an absolutely wonderful trip. I got to spend some quality time with family, we laughed SO much at the bar and at Longmire days that I think my abs got a good workout. Hehe. I did talk about my fella an awful lot... I must have missed him some. 😉 There were so many good times, I can't recount them all. I can say a few things: the Japanese make a good whiskey, we got the stink eye a couple times at the Occidental Saloon for laughing so loud, Robert Taylor is a VERY tall man, crafting fairs are a lot of fun (and I spent way too much), and (both sides of my) family doesn't get together NEARLY enough. We are going to have a helluva good time in Tuscany next year!! 

Thanks to my fella I came home to coffee and salad in the fridge, and he may just help me bring all the rest of my crap up from the car. He's a good man, I think I'll keep him. 😍