Surprising Tuesday

I'm sure you don't want to hear about my really bad day but the truth is I had a really bad day Tuesday. Most of it was self inflicted with the  demands I put on myself. I can't began to tell you how frustrating it is when your phone doesn't work and you have very important calls to be made. I knew life had really gotten the best of me this week and it was only TUESDAY morning! When Matt leaned down to kiss me bye for work he said, "Don't forget to take a shower." That was the last straw!!

My week was planned out for me. On Monday we were going to go to the Soup Kitchen to volunteer and Tuesday was to be belly dancing. Both plans fell through. I was disappointed because my first thought was what am I going to blog about and my second thought was I missed great opportunities to do something different. Did I also mention it is Staar testing week. Thomas umpired two baseball games, Matt helped cater a banquet, had two evening meetings and I was losing my mind with house obligations, cooking and mommy duties. I haven't been sleeping much at all and really not eating well or at all. I have also been soda free for 10 days. All this is very important to the ending of my blog.

So I get a Facebook message Tuesday afternoon from Julie asking did I want to ride to Fairfield with her to drop off her kids at gymnastics. That was a little out of the ordinary but, PTO nominations were that day. I started thinking oh hell what have I been nominated for? She is going to use this trip to Fairfield to try and talk me into some PTO position. She picked me up with her kids, drop them off, and then we turned in at Dollar General. She said, "I'm going to blindfold you." Wait, HOLD UP, WHAT??? Interestingly one bandana doesn't go around my head. It took two to blindfold me, in case anyone is interested.

So I started going all Nancy Drew/ Helen Keller on their asses. I had to sit in the car for 30min with a blindfold on. They better be glad I was distracted with, well truly myself and my psycho phone, because I'm not easy to surprise. I pray the people parked at the light beside us didn't think I was going to rob a bank. Someone should've called 911. I mean wouldn't you if you saw a grown woman sitting in the front seat wearing a bandana and looking like she had been kidnapped. So during that 30 minutes I started thinking that while I was at the Chamber on Monday Kristy's Facebook and Phone was going off 100 times. I figured it was because it is Flea Festival week. Then I thought about how distant Matt has been and I know that boy can't hold buttermilk (or for those of you that have never heard that saying, it means he can't keep a secret for NOTHING!). I knew whatever was going on wasn't Julie's idea because she can't lie to save her life and she is not one to over plan. I know the blindfold wasn't her idea. Instead she is a we are here kind of girl!

So we arrive at our location. I am still blindfolded and I get out of the car and really I don't hear anything. I was like are we in a field?? I thought is this some gang initiation thing. I know, I know, I  may watch to much I.D. Channel. I did see a shirt at the Wing Ding that said"Straight out of Marquez". We kept walking and then everything was dark. I smelled Mexican food which gave me very little relief at that point.

When the blindfold came off the first face I saw was Jofran and everyone was yelling Happy Birthday. Like what me?? I thought, I'm to old for a party, followed immediately by, you did this for me? When, how, why? I just started to cry. I had had such a bad day. Since I don't have many of them I don't handle them well. When I looked around the room and everyone seemed as excited as I was I just started crying and had go the bathroom to keep from Ugly Girl crying right there on the spot.

I came back to the party and I couldn't believe so many people I love were all in one place and I had no idea they were planning this. We wasted no time getting this party started. Two margaritas down and I thought umm, did I eat today? The answer was NO because by the third margarita I was well over the safe zone. You know the one when you get older, your a mom and you are in public place and you know every is thinking doesn't she work for the Chamber and her husband is the Public's Work Director? That SAFE ZONE. I did order food but the drinks keep coming. Maybe because I felt I was safe with people I trusted with my life, maybe because I was in shock that these people took time out of there life for me, or maybe because I just had a bad day but for whatever reason I just keep drinking.

The party was amazing. The decorations were perfect. It was Queen themed of course. What was crazy is I have been wanting a donut theme cake for a month. I thought I would surprise the kids one morning with it. I shared my idea with Winter so guess what my cake was? I had a donut cake that made me over the top happy along with a  cheesecake. Can a girls life get any better??? The answer  at that moment the answer was NO! Almost all my closet friends, perfect decorations, Mexican food, and my two favorite desserts made the evening amazing. How do you ever express gratitude for that? How could thank you ever be enough?? I just kept drinking honestly. 

I wasn't suicidal today but it just got me to thinking about people who take there own life. I believe if they just hold on God has a plan for them. You never know what God has in store for any of us and sometimes a really bad day can turn in to the most amazing evening. I can never repay my friends for the gift of their presence. That will be something I hold in my heart forever. Thank you doesn't began to cover it. I love each and everyone of you.

In closing, I want to remind you that in my very first blog I said "I want to live like I'm ... well I really don't know a perfect age."  This morning at 1am when I was hugging the toilet and then had to get the kids up early with a STAAR worthy breakfast before working at the Chamber and attending a board meeting I decided reliving then 19-24 year old stage is not something I want to do again any time soon.

Good Bless I love you all.  You know what I find funny is how all my pictures have almost matched everything I have done. I wanted pictures to represent me, capture my personality and represent the phases of my life. We truly did that and more.

Missing so many peeps and our selfies. These were the only ones on my phone.

Rocking a selfie blindfolded. I only took 50 to get 3 I could use..lol