May 2, 2012
Life lately has been interesting. I’ve made some new friends who have managed to preoccupy me from work and made my day a little more bearable. I’m listening to music again, something I used to love doing but stopped for some reason or another. I can’t really say. Either way, this is one of my favorite songs from Kate Voegele. Definitely worth giving it a listen.
So the story goes on down
The less traveled road
It’s a variation on
The one I was told
And although it’s not the same
It’s awful close, yeah
In an ordinary fairy tale land
There’s a promise of a perfect happy end
And I imagine having just short of that
Is better than nothing
So you’ll be mine
Forever and almost always
And I’ll be fine
Just love me when you can
And I’ll wait patiently
I’ll wake up every day
Just hoping that you still care
In the corner of my mind I know too well
Oh that surely even I deserve the best
But instead of leaving
I just put the issue to bed
And outta my head
Oh and just when I believe
You’ve changed for good
Well you go and prove me wrong
Just like I knew you would
When I run out of second chances
You give me that look
And you’re off the hook
Because you’re mine
Forever and almost always
And I’m fine
Just love me when you can
And I’ll wait patiently
I’ll wake up every day
Just hoping that you still care
Oh, what am I still doing here?
Oh, it’s all becoming so clear
You’ll be mine
Forever and almost always
It ain’t right to just love me when you can
Oh I won’t wait patiently
Or wake up everyday
Just hoping that you’ll still care
Forever and almost always
No it ain’t right
To just love me when you can, baby
Ain’t gonna wait patiently
I won’t wake up everyday
Just hoping that you still care
Mar 27, 2012
Let’s face it– my last few blogs have been meager– to put it nicely and as per standard I’m full of excuses as to why, but I won’t get into that. Instead, let’s do a brief update on what’s been going on the past few months.
Work is… well it’s work. It’s frustrating and tiresome and there are days when I simply want to just lay in bed under the covers and never come out. I suppose we all have days like that at some point, unfortunately I find that I am having many more days like that and recognize that it is probably time for me to take a break but truth be told, taking a break only prevents me from completely and utterly breaking down; it doesn’t actual solve the underlying issue but I digress.
Life is, well life. Nothing overly interesting, other than Robby and I having our house back again. No more roommates, just us. It’s nice, actually. I thought I’d be miserable and lonely but honestly? I love it. Plus there’s the fact that I get to walk around naked again; though if I’m honest I haven’t actually been really doing it that much. I guess I’ve just gotten used to having to dress in the morning so it’s hard to break that habit.
It’s probably a good thing as my little sister has plans to move in with us this summer and continue her education out here. I’m excited actually. It’s kind of funny that growing up I hated her and thought she was obnoxious and bratty but I find that now that she’s older we have quite a lot in common and we seem to understand each other’s interests better than the other members of our family. It’s probably one of the reasons she chose to move out with us over my other sister. Nonetheless, I can’t wait!
Let’s see… what else?
Oh! Robby and I are trying to get pregnant. This month’s the first official month but I have a feeling that with my increase stress level it’s just not going to happen. I did make some changes in my diet though. I no longer drink caffeine. I am eating more fruits and vegetables. I have stopped mixing carbohydrates with protein 95% of the time and I am trying to gain weight; though unsuccessfully because I have not yet gotten back to drinking my nutritional supplements which seemed to help me in the past. I’ll start up again eventually but I’m just trying to get my body re-accustomed to eating 3 meals a day again since I have the tendency to snack throughout the day killing my appetite.
Overall, I’d say I’m 80% satisfied with my life. A lot of the dissatisfaction is a direct result of things I cannot control at work but I’m hoping eventually that will change. I would promise to blog more but I’m not going to pretend that’s going to be the case. Life tends to get ahead of me sometimes; more often than not.
Mar 10, 2012
I seriously never win anything and because of that I never bother entering for anything because honestly, what’s the point?! But when I saw this amazing give away sponsored by Sparkling Reviews, I just couldn’t NOT enter– so wish me luck! And hey you can try your luck to and enter!
Jan 22, 2012
So given all the commotion that’s been happening in my life the last few months, new dog, bigger responsibilities at work, school, and new housemates, I haven’t really had a chance to announce the newest member to the Beckman pack.
Sadly, it’s not a baby but she’s still very cute, regardless!
Meet Jinx
Well, this is what she looked like when we first got her which was the first few weeks in October. But this is what she looks like now…
And she’s not even full grown yet.
I’m fairly certain I’m going to cry when she is…
But in the meantime…
Isn’t she just precious?!!!
Sep 18, 2011
I will be the first to admit that when it comes to balancing my personal life, work and blogging I pretty much fail at the concept. Often times I am so wrapped up in work that I do not touch my personal computer until the end of the work week which is odd for me. I used to be the type that had to constantly check my blog, Veracity, and Facebook on a daily basis and now? I’m lucky if I even get a day where that is the case. It’s beyond frustrating but I just don’t know how to balance life, work, and the internet.
What worries me even more is that I plan on returning to school in January and I know that is only going to make things worse. Any ounce of free time will be devoted to my school work so I’m at a loss as to what I should do. What works for everyone else? How can you balance family, work, and life alongside keeping your blog active? How do you manage to have enough time for “real” life and your internet life? What tips and tricks can you offer me?
I’m really contemplating going back on a routine which if anyone knows me knows I hate routine. I’m an Aquarian and repetition does not bode well for me but I kind of feel that I don’t have a choice at this point. Maybe I should start making a point to wake up at a specific time every morning so I have time to eat breakfast, walk the dogs and do my daily internet tasks. I just don’t know. It worked for me when I wasn’t working a morning schedule but I’m not sure if it will now unless I start waking up as some G-d awful time in the morning.
All I know is that I miss my internet life and I miss the connection I had with some individuals and I miss some people I’m close to on the net, period.
So what do I do? Help!
Aug 28, 2011
This entire week I have been pretty much MIA. Work was insane, more than usually and the last thing I wanted to do after working all day is remain on the computer. Instead, I’m likely to quickly check e-mail and then hop off and cuddle with Robby before falling asleep and then rinse and repeat. I know my life is so exciting right? You don’t have to flatter me– I recognize my life is actually quite sad, I’ve accepted that and embraced it, lol.
I got good news this month coupled with some bad news. We’ll start with the bad news only because it’s polite to follow bad news with good news so…
The car died on us. We don’t know what’s wrong with it, just that the engine died in the drive thru and when Robby took it over to O’Riley’s to have the battery tested it was bad so he replaced it and then set up an appointment to take the car in the following morning. Well the next morning on his way there the car died again and he had to call a tow truck to tow him the rest of the way. They need to examine it and then let us know if our warranty covers it. We’re hoping it does because we really don’t want to chuck out hundreds of dollars to get it fixed so I guess we’ll have to see.
On to the good news! I ovulated– not that I had problems with it, well not officially but it was a concern because we’ve been having unprotected sex for years and haven’t gotten pregnant so that alleviated some of my fears. We’ll just have to go from here and see how this pans out. I know it can take some time so I’m just going to go with the flow and let nature take it’s course. Wish us luck!
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