Thoughts on Thursday

• It’s finally almost here…my first real break of the summer!  I’ve been looking forward to this upcoming weekend for a while now.  My sister is going to be a bridesmaid in her friend Andrea’s wedding, so we’re all heading for the Belleville area for the weekend.  I took the day off tomorrow so we could get an early start on the weekend fun.  Mom and I will be packing up the car and heading out around noon.  I love my little town, but I’m just so excited to go somewhere else for a few days.

• I’m also looking forward to getting to sleep in a little tomorrow – which will make the ball park beers that much more enjoyable tonight!  The Flyers have a double-header in town tonight.  I’ll likely miss most of the first game, though, as I’ll be hanging out with two of my favourite kiddos, Maddy & Tanner (or maybe just Maddy) while their mom & dad go to a wake tonight.  And then…the ball park beers.  I don’t even like beer, but I looove ball park beers.
• Last week, I was going through a Bob Marley phase.  This week, I’m going through a Blue Rodeo phase.  This is my current fave:

• Last night I had to go to WalMart to pick up some last-minute trip necessities, and the experience was  a prime example of how little patience I have at times.  I swear to GOD, everyone in that store last night was on crack.  People were just wandering off, leaving their carts stuck in my road; nobody had any manners; there were kids having temper tantrums in every.damn.aisle. I could not get out of there fast enough.
• When I expressed my frustration to my mother, she kind of just shrugged like, “Huh, I didn’t even notice.”  Like I said…I have NO patience sometimes!
• Momma and I had A&W for supper, which cured the Root Beer craving I was having.  It did not, however, help at all with my Big Mac craving…

• Anybody know where the hell July has gone?  OK, I know it’s not exactly over, but it’s going WAY TOO FAST.  Next weekend, it’s already my birthday, and I swear to Jesus, it was just Canada Day, like, yesterday.  WTF.
• I started walking again this week.  I haven’t been out walking for weeks, and I’ve been using the extreme heat as my lame-ass excuse.  But this week, I decided enough was enough.  And it feels really good to be doing something, but I’ve discovered something’s wrong with my left heel/ankle – it friggin’ hurts.  I don’t know if it’s because I’m too fat, or because I’ve pretty much worn flip flops 24/7 since April, but it’s messed up.  I’m pushing through the pain, though.  I won’t let a sore heel/ankle be my excuse.  (At least not yet.)
• It’s been a tough week for a lot of people in our community.  There’s been a lot of sadness, too much loss, and a lot of worry and heartache.  I’ve been doing a lot of praying.  It’s all we can do at a time like this.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  Take care!