Weekend Review {10/19}

FRIDAY

For the first time in forever (you're welcome if you sang that), I rode Mike to work and it was worth the pretty crappy hair day.  After dealing with the frustration of my property management company (still) and calling Disney to try and get the Armed Forces Salute pricing for our Princess run trip and them hanging up on me, I was ready to just sob a little and my desk wasn't the appropriate place for that.  I was out of work by 1:45 to head home and meet the dog sitters/walkers at 2.  They were really nice and agreed to come on Sunday instead of Saturday, so I was relieved that all my stress was eliminated.  After they left, I had to run some errands.

I took my MOH dress (/weep) to a tailor to see how much it would cost me to get it altered to be less.. awkward.  The lady said about $200 at which point I wanted to cry a little and she suggested possibly finding another dress.  Dejected, I took my China dress and told her I'd consider what she said.  I headed to Teh German's eye doctor to pick up his glasses.  That good time had me sitting in rush hour traffic while I chatted with Teh Sister over the bluetooth headset in my helmet (one of my best purchases for Mike related things).  I only almost died once when I came within inches of rear-ending a van because traffic stopped suddenly and my back tire slid out a bit.

I considered going for a ride after picking up the glasses, but I was sweaty and gross and wasn't sure what time Teh German was getting off work, so I headed home and showered since it was already 4:15.  When Teh German arrived, we decided to go out for dinner at Sesame rather than me make dinner (win).  It cooled down as the sun was going down, so we decided to sit outside, which was a good idea until 2 other tables with children were sat near us.  After the frustration of my afternoon, I just wasn't in a mood to tolerate other people's spawns screaming/disrupting my peace.  The adult milkshake didn't have enough liquor in it to dull the pain, but it was delicious.

I talked Teh German into going to Victoria's Secret with me because I wanted to possibly pick up a bottle of perfume and I wanted him to smell the dude cologne I liked, Very Sexy Platinum (I think it was Very Sexy Too around 2005ish).  I overwhelmed him with smells and there were no coffee beans around, so I ended up not buying anything.  We also stopped in a formal dress store to possibly look for a new dress, but the lady working ended up talking to me and I explained to her the situation about my China MOH dress and she said they could prob do the alterations I was talking about for less than $200 so I agreed to bring the dress in on Saturday.

After we got back home, I prepped dog food and we went to bed early.  Teh German was passed out before 9 and I wasn't really sleepy, so I took the opportunity to write all my sappy thoughts out (you're welcome for that outlet that you don't have to endure, Gentle Readers).

SATURDAY

Teh German had to work Saturday morning, which meant we had to push the Renn Faire back to Sunday, meaning ZERO sleep in/snuggle days this weekend.. /sads.  Teh German was awesome and put down the dog food so I could stay in bed, but I still ended up getting out of bed to let the dogs out and leave him a sappy note before he left for work. 

Work has really been frustrating him lately and I'm kinda at a loss of what to do to.  Guys have all these things they can do to cheer up ladies and well, I just don't see him appreciating flowers in the same way.  So if you have any awesome suggestions for creative ways to distract dudes from their work problems, I'm all ears.

Since I was already up and knew that my Sunday was going to be completely consumed, I started the laundry and made the menu for the week, which also means making the grocery list.  I got a bit sidetracked by the internets when I got online to look up smoothie recipes for breakfast but forgot about looking up the recipes entirely until 45 minutes later.  Oops. 

I had considered going to the Saturday Crossfit class, but would have been cutting it close on time and I guilted myself into a run because who passes up a run in Charleston when it's breeze AND below 70 degress?  Not this girl.  The dogs got amped up when I started to head out for my run, so I leashed them up and took them on a quick trot before getting my run on. 

After my run, instead of showering, I pulled a self-delayed-gratification and finally cleaned Yurtle inside and out.  Since that included vacuuming, when I pulled the vacuum out of the closet, I went ahead and did a quick vacuum of the house since Phil is seriously having a blow out of all his fur and Meri had tracked in dirt all over my freshly vacuumed couches early last week....  It's good they are cute.

Teh German came home from work while I was in the middle of vacuuming Yurtle.  He changed, we decided I'd meet him for dinner at sushi and then we'd go to the grocery store, and then he left to go work on Suzi at Teh SC German's house.  I continued vacuuming and finally washed Yurtle.  I had to take her on 2 drives to dry her off because I accidentally got her wet when I was trying to spray a wasp nest from the ceiling of the carport.  #worthit

After Yurtle was shiny-ish (she had a yellow coating from the drives, ugh), I applied my new sticker to her!  Because the original sticker kinda large and it would have been slightly crooked due to the roundedness of my back window, I cut the sticker apart and then put it on the window.  That meant I could make their hands touch and move the hearts closer to their heads so it wasn't as large and it meant that Wall-E and Eva were level, which was most important.

Finally, it was shower time, then I tried to give my hair a little time to dry so I didn't have horrendous helmet/frizzy hair by folding all the laundry, which I had magically finished.  I had considered leaving it for when we got back home from dinner, but decided that my hair needed all the time it could get and I had time right then and I probably wouldn't want to deal with it after dinner/grocery shopping (I was right).

After everything was folded and put away, I set out on Mike to the mall to bring my dress by the dress store.  The lady had me put it on and pinned it where it would need to be hemmed and said they'd call me by Tuesday with an estimate.  Hopefully it will be less than $200.  Hopefully it will be less than $150.  We'll see.  I considered setting out for a ride, but I didn't really know where I wanted to go, so instead, I headed to hang out with Teh German while he was working on Suzi.  I had brought a book, in case I needed entertainment, so I wasn't worried about being bored.  When I arrived, Teh SC Teacher was also at home, so we chatted and I did my German lessons while Teh German worked. 

Teh SC Teacher had invited us out to Triangle with another couple that Teh German works with and we nixed the sushi idea in favor of hanging out, which was cool.  We stopped at the closet on the way to dinner for Teh German to drop off some tools and I felt super cheesy/cliche having to ask Teh German if I could borrow a sweatshirt since I was chilly riding in just my jacket/short sleeve shirt, but part of me was secretly pumped to be wearing his hoodie.  #cheesy #dontcare

Sadly, my dinner was NOT cool and it ended up being too spicy for me to eat, even though I thought I had the spicy stuff removed.  I had looked at the food menu at Triangle when we went out "bar hopping" that one night a few months ago and hadn't been impressed and I really struggled to find something I could eat on the menu and this burger didn't say it was spicy so I was pretty disappointed.  Teh German agreed that he wasn't a huge fan of their menu, but we were really there for the socializing, so it was fine.  Since I was on Mike, Teh German was slight concerned about the no console light situation I have going on, but I assured him it was fine.  After dinner, we headed to the grocery store to get items for the week.  

When we were leaving Publix, Teh German made me add another of his jackets to my layers, which I was happy about by the time we made it home, even if I was initially annoyed at having to add another layer.  I was pretty much the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.  While we were at Triangle, the couple we had went bar hopping with invited us out and we initially said sure, but then by the time we made it home, we decided we were too old to go out since they were downtown and we wouldn't have arrived to the bar they were at until around 11 and we were getting up early the next morning to drive to Charlotte.  I was relieved.  After the groceries were put away, showers were had, and then it was bedtime.

SUNDAY

RENN FAIRE DAY!  In the theme of the weekend, I took absolutely zero photos.  Oops.  Teh German said he was surprised by this, but sometimes I just don't feel like it.  #notsorry

We were about 30 minutes late leaving Charleston and I was initially irritated by that, but then realized we were in no hurry and having a bad attitude wasn't going to help anyone, so I snapped out of it.  I had messaged Teh Sister to inform her we were on the way.  A while later, Teh Sister messaged me back to tell me that she and Teh Utah Specialist were standing us up because she was bleeding out again, so they were headed to the ER instead of the Renn Faire.  She recently had her tonsils removed and apparently as an adult the procedure is more difficult to recover from vs as a child.  I tried not to be overly disappointed.  Teh German and I were almost halfway there when she told me they weren't going to meet us, so we weren't turning around.  And I had already scheduled for the dog walkers to come while we were out and I'd already paid them.  We trekked on.

While Teh German drove, I did bouquet origami and looked up questions that we could answer to keep us entertained.  Along with the random sing-alongs, it was an excellent ride.

The Faire was awesome.  We arrived around 1130 and bought tickets online while we were standing in line.  Teh German was surprised at how big the Faire was.  We caught a short bit of the Hey Nunnie Nunnie show, watched the noon joust, then caught the Bonnie Lass and the Pirate Shantyman.  After we had lunch, then watched Zilch the Torysteller, then meandered over to where the Tortuga Twins would be putting on their final show so we could get good seats. 

I laughed so hard throughout the day that my face hurt.  Teh German said that the Faire was a lot more fun than he had expected.  I was disappointed we didn't have enough time to look through more shops and catch more shows.  We did watch the biggest and most important ones though, so I was satisfied with that.  The Tortuga show lasted an hour and 10 minutes, usually it's only 45 minutes.  They kept getting into it and were making stuff up on the spot, which was awesome.  After the show was over, we ended up going out a back exit instead of having to walk all the way back through the town, which was veryyyy nice. 

Traffic to get out of the parking lot and back home wasn't really bad at all, thank Allah.  We decided to stop in Rock Hill for dinner and we agreed on a Mexican place (Senor Nachos) that I had found on Yelp.  If you know me, you know that I mostly loathe professional sports that aren't hockey, so when we were sat in an area with a huge TV playing the Carolina - Seahawks game I was unimpressed.  Teh German also gives zero shits about football, so it wasn't a big deal..  Until we both were watching because there was less than 5 minutes left in the game, ESPN had showed us that the Seahawks have won against Carolina for the past few years, and Carolina missed the kick and started to go for a touchdown.. at which point the little girl who had been dance/playing by the tv stepped on the power cords and reset the DirecTV box and there were actual, "WHAT JUST HAPPENED!?!" statements from several tables, including ours. 

The kid could tell she had done something pretty bad and there were several upset people, but the dad totally won the internets when he pulled up the game on his huge ass Note 4 and was streaming it so the tables that had been watching could see it.  #goodman  Fortunately, football plays take for-fucking-ever so after the 5 minutes it took for the TV box to reset, there were still 2 minutes left in the game and we got to watch Carolina score their touchdown that led them to win the game.  We actually waited for the game to end before we left the restaurant.  Oh yeah, and the food was pretty good.

We did more questions and sing-alongs on the drive back home.  Teh German drove, despite my offer to drive.  When we made it home, we gave Meri and Phil some attention, showered, then collapsed into bed.



Despite not getting any sleep in days, it was a good weekend.  Granted, my bathroom still hasn't been cleaned, but whatevs. 

The next few weeks are going to be filled with crossfit and weekend adventures (depending on Teh German's work schedule).  Currently, we're seriously debating a trip to NC to go riding next weekend while the leaves are still on the trees and before it's too cold.  That said, we were both cold this past weekend at the Renn Faire and we were only in Charlotte.  I know it's colder in the hills and I'm not sure my poor fingers can handle the wind on my fingers for that long if it's below 60 degrees.  There are plenty of activities finally going down in Charleston now that it's not life-threatening to go outside.  YAY FALL!!



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Five on Friday #69

UNO

Updates about me because well, I like to talk about myself.  Kthx.

• My ankle still hurts from where I slammed it into my chair on Wednesday morning, thanks for asking.

• My lower back and hips and thighs are so sore that I sometimes debate just leaving things on the floor because bending over to pick them up is just too much work.  Chiro tells me I'm being really hard on my body and I may need a break....  I feel like Kathy about Muay Thai right now and I'm all hellllll no body, get your shit together and work so we can do ALL THE CROSSFIT THINGS!  By all the crossfit things I mean, participate and learn and preferably not drop a barbell on my face/head, mmmkay. 

• I rode Mike to work this morning and IT WAS AWESOME.. except for the part when I took off my helmet and my hair was all WTFFFFFFF.  Apparently (wet) curls and helmets don't have a good relationship.  I tried to fix it once I got to work but yeahhhh..  There's no one at work I'm trying to look good for and Teh German has already called me Tim Tam Bob, so really, IDGAF.  #helmethairdontcare

•  I made it through at least 1/2 of the Show Us Your Books linker-uppers (made that up, you're welcome) yesterday.  #likeaboss #soooomanybooks

• I may or may not have almost had a breakdown regarding my dogs and them being let out while we're gone to the Renn Faire yesterday evening, but I think the problem is solved.  

• I take notes for a meeting every day, then send them to the leader of the meeting afterwards for his review/edits, at which point he sends them back to me completely effed up, so I have to correct them before emailing them out to a distro.  WTF is so damn hard about using the same conventions I've already used?  Colons after titles, TWO spaces after a period, not 3, not 4.  1 maybe, but consistency dammit!  Maybe not randomly capitalizing words that shouldn't be capitalized.  This isn't German, we don't capitalize all our nouns.  IT'S NOT THAT HARD!

DOS

We're going to the Renn Faire this weekend!  I'm sure you're tired of hearing about it, don't curr.  I'm so stupidly excited.  We had planned to go on Saturday (so Sunday could be a recovery/snuggle day) but Teh German ended up needing to be at work on Saturday morning.  The silly, silly, VERY silly man thought we'd go without him.  #Scottydoesntknow  Which I realized when he said, now you don't have to worry about someone coming to let the dogs out, which has been my crisis this past week.  I actually laughed in his face.  It was in good humor, I swear, but mostly in a "You're so cute" type way.  I informed him that we would just go on Sunday instead of Saturday and the problem would be solved.

I have 2 ladies coming to meet Phil and Meri this afternoon and they will probably be coming by to let them out while we are gone.  I just need to make sure that our date adjustment works for them.  Of the 5/6 people I called, 2 of the 3 that responded are greyhound people, which brings me great peace.  I know, I know.. I'm such a breed snob.  But sighthounds are kinda weird and they aren't really like regular dogs who have recall and sniff their way home.  Greyhound people know that the dogs need to be on a leash or in a fence and they aren't to be trusted... ever.  Also, the 2nd dude that called me back said the magic words to me, "And I'll give you a discount because you have a greyhound."  Yasssss, please and thank you. 

TRES

Duolingo says I'm 7% fluent in German.  It also asks me if I want to add that to my LinkedIn profile, but I don't think we'll go that far just yet, kthx.
Teh German actually scoffs at the app when it accepts my obviously mispronounced speaking.
IDGAF as long as I pass the lessons.  What this really means is that I try to do my lessons when Teh German isn't around, which is good and bad.  Good because I get them done.  Bad because he KNOWS German and I should be corrected when I'm saying things wrong (JK, I don't like being corrected and I feel silly and embarrassed when he tries to correct me). 
Also, I have serious weakness with German -ch.  Specifically dich.  It either sounds like dick or dich (English pronunciation) instead of deeshh (German pronunciation).
I won't even lie that I had to download the German keyboard on SwiftType so I could access the umlauts and often autocorrect suggests words to me and I totally select them, especially if I have no idea how to spell whatever the Duolingo lady is trying to say.  This isn't cheating, it's using resources wisely, kthx.

I am actually learning some German, mostly vocab and some sentence structure.  I struggle a little bit because on the app, it's just a guessing game.  On the website there are actually notes before each lesson, which is extremely helpful.  It's just too bad they aren't on the app.  I also know that I need to do writing lessons because I learn best by writing it down... repeatedly.  I really should have Teh German talk to me in... German, but I'm not there yet.

QUATRO

I don't know how I feel about this.  Part of me wants to agree with her and part of me doesn't.  Some stories are just better told through different mediums.

Steph posted this about how addicted to our screens we've become.  I think it's awesome so I'm sharing it again.

Sometimes I read Mommy posts that are liked by moms that I'm friends with.  It's like free birth control, what can I say?  Husbands Response to Wife's Photoshoped Boudoir Photos

I didn't realize my man-crush had a new movie coming out...  But apparently he does.  Hopefully, Teh German will understand that I just can't fight my love of Tom Hiddleston.  Side note, wtf is a "Hiddlestoner?"  Update: he's NAKED in the movie!!!  #Imaynotbeabletocontainmyself

I 100% forgot that Grey's Anatomy had started up again until I saw these two articles:
This one
That one
I didn't read either of those articles because the possibility for spoilers is just too much for me at this time.  That said, I need to catch up on the ONE TV show I watch.  #goodjobMegan

 

CINCO

Ten things that made me happy this week:

1. Going from "no me gusta" to "Ich mag es nicht."
2. Completing my Crossfit on-ramp.
3. The Endurance Club being pushed from Thursday to next Tuesday and it starting 30 minutes later than planned. Who cares if it means reflective belts!  It also means pants and long sleeves, bring it!
4. The ability to go to the chiropractor whenever I need/want.
5. Teh German telling me I looked sexy riding Mike.
6. COOLER TEMPS!!!  And by cooler I mean, it was only in the 80s yesterday.
7. Surprise Halloween packages from Teh MD-AR.
8. Not having to take time off on Monday for a kinda "holiday" (Yay for banking that PTO!)
9. Quiet, sappy, pillow talk
10. Memories of first dates when I didn't realize that our jokes were actually "inside jokes" and that I'd fall for the man across the table incredibly hard and incredibly fast and be more confident in all our "too soons" than anything I'd ever experienced in my entire life.

Happy Friday, Gentle Readers.

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Fashion doesn't agree with me... hats from the Carolina Renn Faire edition!

Rawrr.
I seriously don't get the cat thing.

They just don't really make hats in my size... unless I'm shopping in the kids section.

Teh Bear and I.
See how well that hat fits on him?

And the Sorting Hat!
Which is extra cool because I finished reading the entire Harry Potter series..... when I should have been doing homework.

All the things you missed... part 1

I actually had to do research on my own blog to see what I talked about last that wasn't school or rant related.  That was at the beginning of November, wow.  Bad blogger, aye.

Mostly, November was spent doing school work.  I'm sure you gathered this as all my Gentle Readers are of above average (which is to say A+ in my book, because above course standards is shit), not based purely on the fact that you read my drivel.

After Teh BFF left, it was study time, but I did take a break on Veteran's Day to be a fatty-mc-fatterson and eat out twice.  Glutton, I know, but I did at least bring Teh Bear a meal home so he could enjoy eating out too!

We had Khakigiving at work as our VX-1 Thanksgiving.  For my non-military, Khakigiving is where the E7 and above make thanksgiving dinner for the E6 and below.  E7+ serve the food and don't eat until after all the E6 and below have gotten a chance.  They also did the pie in the face fundraiser, which was entertaining to watch.  If you get a pie in the face several years in a row, do you start to feel like your sailors either NOT like or REALLY like you?  I can't be sure, but for some people I know they were nominated because it was definitely a negative thing....  I wasn't even nominated, so there's that little gem.

Oh the things you can find in Target Dollar Spot.

I spent our DUI free Pioneer Day doing homework, because, yeah.  The increase in homework meant a significant decrease in the working out (in addition to the below 35°F temps outside which gives me a non-smokers cough when I go outside).  I skipped several praise band practice sessions and had to leave early one week for homework.  Phil was lucky to get walks in the month of November and our Pets on Wheels visits were minimal as well.

Most of the homework cramming had to do with the fact that Teh Bear and I ventured down to NC to get Yurtle inspected the weekend before Thanksgiving.  I could have gotten out of it by "getting my oil changed or tires rotated professionally" in MD (because those things are definitely the same as getting an inspection), but the last weekend of the Carolina Renaissance Festival was that same weekend and Teh Bear said he would like to go, so we did.

We stopped in Hillsborough to get Yurtle inspected and (I'm about 99.9% sure on this one), some asshole there closed my hood with the rod still holding up the hood.  We didn't find this out till Friday night when Teh Bear went to refill my windshield washer, but we had to force the hood closed again, which is how I know it was purposely done the first time.  SO MUCH RAGE.  The only reason that I didn't call or go back by was because to fix it, they would have had to have been open.  We weren't going back by Hillsborough until Sunday and they weren't going to be open and I wasn't missing the Renn Faire.  Teh Dad actually fixed it for me, but I'm not sure the status because I've been trying to ignore the problem so it goes away (much like my approach to homework, which didn't really work).

Thursday night when we arrived in NC, Teh Stepmom cooked thanksgiving dinner for us.  She was actually planning on NOT making thanksgiving dinner at all, but she changed her mind since Teh Bear and I were coming down so close to the holiday.  It was delicious even though there was no butt stuffing (as in, from the turkey butt, pervs) and no dark meat.  Teh Bear worked on Teh BFF's computer and I played with my nephew pups and sent pics to Teh Sister to give her a doggie fix.

Apparently Dell has a million screws in their laptops, but they are all hidden.
Good game, Dell, good game.

Getting my nostrils cleaned by Noodles.
(/sads for the last photo with the earrings)

Teh Bear playing with Judge.

Friday we went exploring in the mountains, which was a delight.  Very rarely do we get to just have adventure days, but I'm glad we did.  We met Teh Worldwide Jesus Lover for lunch at Come Back Shack (YUM!) then we went to Grandfather Mountain and "joined the mile high club" (tehehe) and then went to Linville Caverns.  After finding an NC wreath for myself (because bringing NC to MD was necessary), we headed back down the mountain and met Teh BFF + fiance in Hickory for dinner at Mellow Mushroom.  At Mellow Mushroom, I actually ordered an adult beverage because it was like they knew I was coming and made a drink especially for me.  It was called "Call Me Pumpkin" and its primary ingredient was Sailor Jerry.  Duh.  I would have actually gotten more than one if they hadn't been $5 each.  Booo.  But OMG delicious!  It was after this that I went on a rain-x windshield washer fluid hunt and was finally successful at Wal-Mart, after looking at Target and stopping by a close automotive store.  Who closes their store at 8pm on a Friday night??  Ugh.

Being silly.  All is well.

Rawrrr, so strong!

Ooo, so brave.

Ooo wee, a mile up!

AHHHHHH!!!!!! Total panic.

Teh Bear wanted to start this trail.
We didn't get very far.

Far away view of the Mile High Bridge.
Sadly, it was super foggy so the view was limited.

Moving on...

Sadly, all the bats have been removed due to a fungus that is growing in the cave that is killing them.

Hello Mr. Blue Critter.

Fishies were actually stationary in the flowing water in the cavern.
They are also probably blind from being in the darkness.

Stalactites 

Elephantiasis Stalactite 

Stalactites and Stalagmites growing together

The only light you would have had in the caverns in the 1800s.

It was hard to get enough light to get a decent selfie.

  

Mellow Mushroom Wake 'n Bacon Pizza.  Yes that is over easy egg, mushrooms, bacon, asparagus, and chives..
Just trust me.   IT WAS DELICIOUS.

Saturday we got up kinda early and headed to Huntersville for a day of face-aching-laughter.  Teh Bear suggested stopping at Krispy Kreme on the way, and who am I to turn down such a genius idea?  The renn faire.. OMG so much cheek soreness.  It was such a blast.  Remember my post about the MD vs NC Renn Faire?  Well, the NC faire upped their game and they now have better food options.  Maybe I was just more observant this time?  I don't think so though, because they actually had roasted chicken with mashed potatoes which I'd never seen before.  The worst part about the fair wasn't the face pain or the traffic to leave.. it was the fact that I lost one of my earrings that I had actually purchased at the MD Faire.  I was SUPER disappointed.  I'm actually still not over it, and only partially because that was a $10 earring.  Those were my FALL earrings.  I got soo many compliments on them!  Boo.  After getting home and eating thanksgiving leftovers for dinner (YUMMMMMM), we decided to get in the hot tub, but we had forgotten swim suits.  I asked Teh Dad to borrow swim trucks and tshirt and he ensured that I was the most shamed that I'd ever been in my life.......  I'll never get over that.  Ever.

Zilch the Torysteller

Hey Nunnie Nunnie

Scottish Egg, nomnomnom

The Ded Bob Show

Our first Tortuga Twins show.

Teh Bear was singled out for the 2nd year in a row.
No kisses this year.

We said hey to the Hounds of Fairhaven, where after sharing that we had a greyhound, one of the ladies asked if we were interested in helping with the faire.  I had to sadly tell her that we live in MD.  Boo.

Pirate Shanty Man and the Bonnie Lass

Watching the glass maker make a mug.

Watching the final Tortuga Show (ouuuuch my cheeks)

This was my first ever show of theirs where the audience member they choose got pissed off at them.
The girl was extremely rude, but they didn't even let it deter them.

Sunday, we got up and headed back to MD so that way we wouldn't get home late and I might be able to accomplish a bit of homework before bed (ha).  We had Krispy Kreme for breakfast, again (per Teh Bear's suggestion), Bojangles for lunch (nomnomnom) and I fulfilled my Cookout shake quota right before we crossed into VA.  There are some staples that I might be addicted to.  I can't help it.  It doesn't help that my addictions aren't accessible to me.

As a bonus for making it to the end, I'm going to share with you the most shameful experience of my life....
So I asked Teh Dad for a tshirt and swimming trunks so we could get in the hot tub.  I was very difficult to get a photo of.  It took Teh Bear several minutes of coaxing to get me to turn around.  And then this:

This was me refusing to turn around because Teh Bear was not going to love me anymore after I showed him.

Yes, that is me... wearing a Duck Dynasty tshirt.
Teh Bear even made mention of my "tiny, insignificant fists" while I was in this state....
And he laughed and laughed at me..

Yeah, Teh Dad definitely was pleased with himself.  Jerk.



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