Fabulous Fourth

What a beautiful day it has been!  Got to sleep in and had cinnamon rolls and coffee for breakfast.  Later morning, the roommate and I headed out for Independence Day celebrations downtown.  First we heard the drum and fife band and watched them march up to the palace doors...

 

 

We parked ourselves in the grass and listened to a reading of the Declaration of Independence...

Then we walked around the gardens and took lots of pictures...

What I imagine to be the entrance to a secret garden

 

 

Gorgeousness all around!  It was fantastic.  After our little self-guided tour of all the grounds, we headed further downtown and walked the streets.  We went into a little store, and I had my first ever ice cream float.  We visited a friend working at a local outdoors shop.  We passed a group on the street handing out mini American flags that had been in the ground at a local memorial for fallen soldiers.  Each flag represented a life lost in Iraq, and I almost teared up hearing the story as I was handed one.  I really am lucky.

Just as it was getting almost too hot to bear, the slightest sprinkling came down to cool us off, continuing our local streak of at least (gotta be by now!) two weeks straight of rain every single day.  It's been ridiculous.

But today has been fabulous, and I've highly enjoyed it.  I'm hanging with the ex-bf this evening and trying to convince him to go see fireworks with me.  I haven't been to a display since 2009, I believe.  Although I'm not sure if I want to be out in all the heat again waiting for darkness to fall.  We shall see.

Too good not to share!

I was just all down and depressed again and about to head off to bed.  Of course I had to check FB one more time, and thank whoever that I did.  I absolutely can not stop laughing now because of this...

It's THAT easy??  Why didn't anyone tell me about this magic baby dust when I could have used it, huh??

I love ending the day with a laugh.  No, it's not even nine o'clock yet.  Don't judge me... I've still got the flu, darn it.

Hotty Toddy

Okay, I’m on a roll with the videos now and had to share this one! I love watching some of the awkward people in the background! The husband works with one of the guys singing. He, the roommate and I were watching the Ole Miss game today and singing this song the whole time. Haha... love it!

♪ Will you still love me tomorrow? ♫

I’m very sad that I don’t get to write about TTC anymore. It was always so much fun even if it was just venting sometimes. I love reading other ladies’ blogs who are TTC and learning about what they’re going through, and I always thought it was cool that maybe some ladies reading mine could relate to what I was going through.

Now I don’t know what to do. I don’t think the rest of my life is as interesting to write about. I try to share the uniquely “funny” things that happen every now and then, like the “Yo Taco” and the creepy salesman from the last post, but other than that, what is there? Other regular, everyday life stuff, I guess?

The husband and I are now trying to get most of our food from as many local and organic sources as possible, but I can't really write much as I don't know much about it, although I’m trying to get more excited about it since that is to be the focus of his career.

I’m looking for health insurance with maternity, but it’s crazy expensive and I don’t know where we’ll be when I finally do get to deliver a baby or if the hospital wherever that is will even take the insurance I end up with.

I’m still looking for a job in this tiny town, and 15,000 students just arrived back at Ole Miss taking the few that were available.

And that’s about it on my horizon.

Will my few readers still stick around if that’s it? Well, I guess I started all this as a way to get things out and that’s what I’ll continue to do. Hopefully some people will stick with me through it, but it’s okay if they don’t.

Okay, another pity party over. I’ll end this with a funny video that my Charlotte friends showed me. I constantly have the song on loop in my brain now. Enjoy.