A Quickie Update

Life is nuts.
This 3-day weekend has been re-dick-u-lusy busy, and I am just bracing myself for the next month of craziness.

Thursday: worked, then went to the film Sole Survivor. Look up the film, it's so very interesting and hits close to home since my uncle, aunt, and my aunt's parents perished in the Galaxy flight on January 21, 1985. I hope it comes out to DVD soon so I can purchase it.

Friday: my great-aunt Lois's funeral. So sad. I will miss her a lot.

*2 days in a row of not having time to get to the gym. No fun.*

Saturday: made it to the gym, ran errands, and then my niece graduated from pre-school! She will be the high school graduating class of 2026, I think! Just crazy!

Sunday: got to the gym, then spent the rest of my day at a graduation party. My Godmother's daughter, whom I have known/babysat/been close with the family since she was born, graduated on Friday and her graduation party was today. I can't believe she is out of high school, it's just so strange to think about. I spent her party running around filling stuff, cleaning up, and doing more odd stuff. It's just what I do.

This week will be equally crazy with work, wedding dress/bridesmaid dress shopping with my friend Jayme, dinner with my bff, more work, some time spent at the gym, lunch with my cousin, a wedding, and more work.

My life is always busy.
One day I'm gonna crack.
Oh well.

Stay classy,
Bamf

P.s. My other BFF got engaged this weekend..... AHHHHHH! I will officially be a bridesmaid for the 10th time next spring. O.M.G.

Weekend Recap

This past weekend was CRAZY as my BFF Andrea got married.

 

1: My BFF's bachelorette party- decked out in western wear.

2: I got us all cowboy boot can koozies- they were a hit.

3: The bride's bro joined us on the bachelorette party as our security guard. ha.

4: Post-tequila shot face. With a lime.

5: Cowboy hat with a veil. Classy.

6: Bride's Bro, Me, Mandi, Bride.

7: Pretty nails.

8: Someone rear-ended me on my way home from getting my nails done. Not cool.

9: Bride's beautiful hair.

10: Bride while getting her hair done.

11: The necklace I got her for the big day.

12: Mimosa's are necessary while doing makeup.

13: Bride and Groom's first dance.

14: The Bride and the Maid of Honor- aka me.

15: The gorgeous venue.

16: My brother's and their kids came over for Mother's day, so I snapped a picture of Miss Brenna.

That, my friends, is a snapshot of the weekend. 

It was exhaustingly beautiful.

I almost fell 3 times during the ceremony, but I didn't. Hooray for me.

The food was delicious at the reception.

Everyone danced.

My dress almost blew up above my head because of the wind (20-30mph gusts), but it didn't, thank god.

My speech went really well and I was complimented throughout the night for it.

Gift opening the next day was wonderful, and the bride and groom safely made it to the East coast for their honeymoon.

I got to see one of my other best friend's while she was in town.

She working in DC, and came home with her boyfriend for a few days so he could see her hometown and meet a few of her friends in person (we've only ever seen each other before via Skype).

My brother's came over for Mother's Day, so I got to see all the kiddos.

Yesterday started a long week of rehearsals and recital performances for dance, with a rehearsal for the upper level and adult classes.

Today and tomorrow are dress rehearsals, and Thursday-Saturday are performances.

Yowza.

SO. BUSY.

I also have an informal interview today for my mom's company- cross your fingers for me!

OK, gotta jet. 

Stay Classy.

Running around like crazy,

Bamf

Uneasy

My bestest friend ever gets married tomorrow. 

I'm honored to be her maid of honor, and to play that special role in her wedding. 

At the same time I'm terrified of being pushed aside and left behind as she becomes married and in her own life. 

I can never tell her, or anyone else, my real fear because I've seen it happen so many times with friends already. 

Makes me so sad and uneasy. 

I should be happier, but I just want to cry my eyes out. 

Now typing that out I feel like an even more horrible person. 

Oh yeah, I HATE that I'm going to yet another wedding solo. 

I don't even want to go to weddings anymore cause its humiliating. 

Good thing everyone I know is getting married. 

FML. 

Yay for another wedding full of drinking alone. 

Depressingly yours,

BAMF

P.s. this post makes me sound the most depressing bitch ever, huh? 

P.p.s. I got rear ended by another car today so now my car is all jacked up. Just the cherry on the top. 

Wedding Festivities

The wedding festivities have officially begun for my BFF's wedding on Saturday!
I'm on day 1 of my 5 days off from work (hell yeah!), and that's about all I've done for the wedding thus far.
Well, I got a spray tan last night that left a wonderful stripe down my left arm, and a spot on my foot, so that's cool.
Remind me to pick up a lemon on my way home from kettle bells tonight....
Tomorrow I will pick up my dress, pick up a bridesmaid from the airport, throw the bachelorette party, and revel in the wedding awesomeness!
If I can get this spray tan under control, I will be so much happier...
Until then, it's tap dance and kettle bells tonight!
Next week is my dance recitals... holy shit!
*Cue panic and anxiety attack*
OK, gotta jet.

Keep it real,
Bamf

Sing Loud

Well, I guess if someone has a good voice they should sing loud.
Or if you really like good songs, you should listen to Alpha Rev's awesome song.
You will learn to love it.
Holy bananas, life has been ridiculously busy the last week.
I don't even know where the days go.
This past weekend I worked, so that was my main focus.
That and attempting to get in a workout every day.
Friday I went to the gym after work, then had dinner with the fam.
I got to see my niece and nephew, so that was nice, especially since I missed out on my nephew's family birthday party because of tap dance and kettle bells.
Saturday was a clusterfuck at work, and I ended up working, going to take my tap dance pictures, and then back to work.
I worked 11 hours on Saturday, so I didn't have much time to go and get a workout in.
I was gone from 6:30am to 8:30pm, so I couldn't quite drag myself anywhere besides to bed.
Sunday I worked, got a quick few miles in on the treadmill (i don't like treadmills), and then rushed to meet a friend for dinner.
Right as I finished up my workout and was stretching, the power went out at the Y.
The lights at the intersection in front of the Y were out as well, so I'm still not quite sure what happened.
Thankfully the road there isn't too busy on a Sunday evening, but it's still not good when the lights aren't even flashing red.
Today the Y had power, so that was good.
I managed to sleep in, and then hit the gym just before noon.
I have quickly discovered that that is the prime time to go.
Tomorrow will be a repeat performance.

I'm not sure if I've mentioned before, but I've become pretty much addicted to working out now.
I have such and urge and WANT to go.
I want to sweat and to get in shape.
I need that adrenaline rush.
I want to continue to see myself get stronger and in better shape.
In order to push myself harder, I now keep track of my workouts in a notebook.

It probably puts me at nerd status, but I don't even care.
Over the past few weeks I have seen my weight increase on machines, my distance get further, and my heart rate come down.
As my heart becomes accustomed to working out, it takes longer for it to get up as high as it once did.
My legs are stronger, my arms are even more stronger (bad grammar, I know, but it's true).
I am determined to be able to do a correct plank, as well as doing a stacked plank.
My Fitbit that I bought also keeps track of my steps, so I always write down my steps per day.
Yes, I am most definitely a nerd.
Oh yeah, my friend yesterday called me a gymrat.
I'm a fan.

I got home and fueled myself with a smoothie packed with spinach, banana, strawberry, 1 scoop of vanilla protein powder, and coconut water.

Not too shabby.
And of course I had to have my egg sandwich.

Today and tomorrow are my only days off in the next week, as I will work 7 days in a row in order to have the weekend off for my BFF's wedding.

Today I was finally motivated enough to bring in my bridesmaid dress to be altered.

Tomorrow I MUST go and get my friend Missy's bridal shower gift for this weekend, so I can send it with a friend.

I should probably go and get a spray tan too- need to do a test run on the spray tans that I bought from a Groupon. 

Here's to hoping that I don't turn out like an oompa loompa.

Ok, I'm off.

Taco salad time.

Stay classy,

Bamf