heck ya

oh my how happy am i to hear those words.

i mean come on

its friday.

time to sleep in

stay in sweats all day

eat whatever i want.

who cares what you do.

because its the weekend.

in the working world "weekend" 

those lovely days without working

are used for the running of errands

cleaning the house

catching up on laundry

doing the things you couldn't do during the week

but either way

if its being lazy or busy running errands

at least you aren't working.

i hope everyone has a fabulous weekend

doing whatever it is you wanna do!

feeling it today

blessed.
i am feeling so blessed today.
in the middle of a stressful week it hit me
i really am so blessed.
and its time i focus on the good.

everyone has those "ruts"

one bad thing after the other

and i find myself time&time again just staying focused on that rut

and its time to stop

i read  a quote 

"its just a bad day, not a bad life"

how perfect is that.

i know that when i have a bad day its so easy to just

think how bad everything is.

and i know im not the only one.

take sometime out on these "bad days" and think about 

the great blessings you have.

                                 my blessings:

i have an incredible family.

no matter what i can turn to any of them

we are a bit dysfunctional

but whose family isn't

but even through all of that we are there for each other 100%

my boy

he is amazing.

i have never felt so in love in my life.

yes this is that cheesy love stuff, but it is true.

i have that guy who can always make me smile

who knows just what to say

and what not to say sometimes

he is such a great blessing in my life.

friends are the family we pick

and i must say i have some pretty great ones.

i may not see them as much as we'd like

but they are all just a phone call/text away

and all of dars friends who are becoming friends of mine too

not only did a get a great boyfriend but i also got a bunch of great people 

that he brought along.

my job

yes there are plenty of days i dread coming in to work

but i know that as soon as i walk in

there is a group of people here that will 

joke around, ask how i am, and make me realize when im being dramatic

i have to sit back and realize there are so many 

people out there struggling to find work, and i need to be so thankful i have one.

i am not bragging 

i just wanted to focus on the good in my life.

i hope everyone can find the blessings in their life

even when you find yourself in a "rut"

this thing called growing up

i failed.
again.
i swear i go to blog.
even come up with something catchy to write about.
and then i get lost reading other blogs.
or pinterest.
or the boyfriend texts me
and the blog just gets neglected.

oops.

anyways.

everyone knows that when they were younger

13-18

growing up sounded like the best thing in the world.

no one can tell you what to do, what to say, how to act

you could do whatever, whenever.

and your parents (or maybe just mine) laughed

and said you don't know how good you have it.

this is one of those 

oh crap, my parents knew what they were talking about moments

don't get me wrong.

i love the freedom of growing up

but sometimes i hate it.

i just want to go back to when the biggest worry was what to wear to school

and if your friends were in your class.

(i wouldn't want to go back to high school

psh you couldn't pay me to go back

i just want the carefree life i had when i was there.)

now you have to worry about

putting gas in your car

making the car payment

having a good job

paying bills

and making life decisions...

...life altering decisions.

i am horrible at making decisions

its true.

ask anyone who knows me

and maybe this is my problem.

yes i have my dreams.

and my goals.

but when it comes to figuring out how to get there

i just wish i didn't have to decide

and someone would just tell me.

and since that isn't going to happen..

                                    this is what i've come to realize:

growing up is just that.

you have to learn lessons by yourself.

sure you have support 

but in the end its your life.

and how you want it to go is up to you.

some lessons you will learn the easy way

(thats always a nice way to learn)

or you have to learn the hard way

(this seems to be the way i like to learn....)

but either way at the end of the day

you've grown.

as easy at it would be to just be little again

we all know thats not possible.

so all we can do 

is hold on tight and try to do the best we can.