The Power of Suggestion

I get headaches.  Daily headaches.  I can’t remember the last day I didn’t have a headache.  Oh wait, I think it was ALL THE TIME WE WERE IN FLORIDA!  It must be the sea air or maybe it’s just being on vacation and not having to deal with daily stress!  In fact, after my “Jersey Girls” night, I did take one preventative headache pill before I went to bed, but I woke up in the morning feeling good—I mean really good!!  I was totally shocked too!!  You know how it is when you stay out late, drinking and dancing and closing the  bar??  You just know that you will pay for the “good time” in the morning!!!  But not this time!!  When I woke up, I layed in bed for a while before getting up.  (I had to evaluate the situation!!)   Of course I had my headache pills and bottle of water on the nightstand so I could immediately take one before my feet touched the ground.  But not that morning!!  I just woke up hungry–even though J and I polished off the left over hot wings before we went to bed! 

Anyway, back to the headaches.  When I am not in Florida, as I said, I get headaches everyday.  Some days they are not bad enough to take anything, but most of the time I take a prescribed pill that works wonders!  Every once in a while I get a migraine headache.   But I am not kidding you when I say ”these are miracle pills!!”   When I am in the migraine mode, it could last for an hour or days!   The crazy part is that I usually get them in the middle of the night.  I will go to bed feeling OK, and then at 1 or 2 in the morning I will wake up from the pain.  And I just know it’s a migraine, which is totally different from a “tension” headache, or an “arthritis in the neck” headache (which I get a lot of when I am doing ceiling work), or a  “too much tequila” headache!!  LOL 

Thursday I was working.  As I was priming the walls I was having a conversation with my customer.  We were actually talking about headaches.  Nancy also suffers from migraines, so we were comparing our drugs and their side effects.   But as we were talking, it dawned on me that I have’nt had a migraine in a really long time!!

So, what do you think comes next?  Yup, last night I got one.   I woke up at 1:22 a.m. in horrible pain.  Luckily I have learned to keep my pills close by!  Do you think I jinked myself  by talking about it?  If I wouldn’t have talked about it, I wouldn’t have thought about how long it has been since I had a bad one, and maybe I wouldn’t have gotten this one!!  I’m just glad that it was only about an hour before the meds kicked in!!  Maybe next time I should talk to my customers about something good, like winning the lottery !!             I’m just sayin’!!

I was thinking . . .

 . . .  I am pretty much sooooo over writing this daily blog!! 

#1  My day-to-day activities are really not that exciting—at all! 

# 2  It is hard to find time during the day to sit down and write something creative, especially when I know I have 10 other things that I should be doing!!!

# 3  If I wait until after my hectic day is over, well then  we have already had cocktail hour, and then while I’m trying to think of something clever to write, my eyes close before the brain clicks in!!

#4  We really didn’t watch a whole lot of TV when we were in Florida, so we have so many of our shows to catch up on, and if I am watching, I am not writing, and when I am writing — I have no idea what is happening in my show! 

So, in other words, I will faithfully read Sara’s daily November blog, and I will actually really appreciate the commitment she has made to it, but me?  I gave it a shot, but it just isn’t working any more.  Besides, as soon as I finish writing this I can go play with my G-son Michael, and that just is so much more fun than trying to think of something really profound to talk about.  But thanks to my peeps who have been reading every day, even when my blogs were boring!!   And I will try to write more often than I was, but maybe not every day!  I’m just sayin’

Waiting

I have been waiting all day for something really fun and blog worthy to happen today.  But now that we are home from vacation—it is back to the day to day routine!!   Up at  5:15, oatmeal with strawberries and craisins   for breakfast followed by whatever the day plan is.  Of course today, after the hectic work day, J and I went over to visit Sara and Michael over at the in-laws house.  OMG, I don’t remember any of my kids having as much energy as  Michael!!!  All during cocktail hour I had to run circles around the odemen until I got totally dizzy.  As soon as I sat down to rest, Michael would say:  “Oma–Run!!!”  So I would get up and start running circles again and again and again!!!    Finally it was time for  dinner!   TG!!  And before I ran around   with him it was Papa, and before that it was Papa D!!!  Where does he get all that energy! 

Now as I sit here waiting for Angela to get here from MN, and it is already bedtime , I am thinking that even though Michael is not here, I should run around the table!  It might just keep me awake a bit longer!  Of course when Angela  gets here I will be wide awake again, at least for  10 minutes!!!

Good Night!

After spending an hour trying to write a blog, and falling asleep between every other word I would type, I finally decided to put that one on hold and just give up!  But since I really am trying to do this everyday for a month thing , I had to post something, so—-this is it!  This is all I have  for today.  SORRY!!!!  Maybe tomorrow I can do better — or Not!   But at least I posted today.  Good Night!!!!

The Longest Day . . .

. . . Was today!!!  I would tell you all about our great night with Pa last night, but wow, it was a long day today!!!   It was a good day. . .  but long!!

We finally went to bed last night, or should I say this morning, close to 1 a.m.!   Ordinarily that is not horrible, if you can sleep in, but we had to get up at 3:30 a.m.!!  And in that 2 1/2 hours of sleep, I think I woke up 3 times!!  By the time we actually got home, it was noon.  J and I ate  our lunch and after that, it was all about dozing!!!  Write an e mail—fall asleep—send a text—snore a bit—answer the phone—curl up on the couch!!!  This has been the longest day ever—except for the last couple of hours!!!

At 7ish J and I picked up Sara, James and my little Michael, from the airport.  Florida was wonderful, but the best feeling in the world was when Michael saw me, and came running to me–giggling and calling ” Oma” !!!  I can’t even describe the awesome feeling!!!  That’s what I’m talking about baby!

That was 7 and now it is almost 10.   Where has the last 3 hours gone!!  I can’t wait till tomorrow!  But for now  ,   it is time to crawl  into my very own bed.  I suspect that I will not wake until the alarm goes off!!!  Good Night all.

Leaving

Well, we are all packed up and ready to move on down the road!!  Goin’ to “Pa’s” house in Kissimmee for the night.   Everything is packed, everything is done that needs doing, and we are just waiting for the towels to finish drying and out the door we go!  Oh, I think I hear the buzzer now!! 

But this is not a bad thing, Oh No!!!  Now we spend a fun evening at the Irish pub in Kiss. and tomorrow, Sara’s family will be home.  James can only stay for 2 days, but Sara and Michael will be here until Tuesday!!!  And as a bonus to the bonus—Angela will be coming home on Friday for the weekend!!  Life is definitely wonderful!! 

Maybe I can tell you all about the pub tomorrow!

The list

Coconuts on the Beach - 4 times this trip!!  I would say this is our #1 favorite spot!! Good food, good friends, and a view that can’t be beat!   Our favorite bartender was there every time we went!!  Today Susan even bought me a Patron!  Thank you Susan–we will see you in April

Rum Runners – I think we actually went to RR everyday!! This place just gets better every time we come to Florida!  And we always seem to have our wildest night here!!  This time it was with all my new  friends!!  And I am so proud to be an honorary Jersey Girl!!  Fun, Fun, Fun!!!  But besides the JG night, my main man and I had many other great times there!  Old friends, new friends, cocktails, pool and each other!  What more could you ask for!  We will miss you RR!!

Yen Yens – We always go to Yen Yen’s but only once!   The food is fantastic, and it is always great to re-connect with our friend Jackson.  I actually tried a new dish this time!!!  Jackson suggested it, and I am  glad that I took his advice!!  Yummers!!  J even thought that it  was BETTER than HIS usual fav meal!!

Grills - They have the very best Mahi Reuben sandwich!!!    Also,  we usually do a little dancing at the Tiki Bar!!  The live entertainment is not always the best, but at the very least, it gets my  hips swaying and my toes tapping!!   

Juice and Java - has become our favorite breakfast spot.  We love their bagel sandwiches!!  I just wish that their coffee wasn’t so strong!

Barrier Jacks - Good coffee, and the food ain’t bad either!!

There were a few other places, but these are the fav!   Hmmmmm, did you notice that all of our “Must Do” list involves eating and drinking??  Maybe I better add “The Beach” to our list.  Of course with all that eating and drinking—lots of walking IS a high priority!!  I’m Just Sayin’

It matches!!!

Did I mention that when we were at the Art Fair I bought myself a pair of Sea Glass earings???   They’re “buck”— just the prettiest shade of green!!!   Jerry asked if I had anything to wear with them last night when we went out.   I said:  Of course I do—I have a green bra!!

I thought it matched great!!!

Sea Beans

Two days ago J and I were driving down the A1A and we saw a bumper sticker that said:  “I ( heart) Sea Beans!”  I said to my main man—I have never heard of sea beans, maybe we should look for some when we go to the grocery store, I’d like to try them!!!    Does anyone know what sea beans are??? 

Well—we found out today!  And weren’t we surprised!!   They are actually things that wash up to shore, like sea glass, or shells, or sand dollars!  There are hundreds of different kinds of sea  beans, and they all have names!  Some bigger, some smaller, but all are referred to as Sea Beans.  

Jerry and I went to an Art Fair at Lori Wilson Park today.  It wasn’t very large, and there weren’t many people there, but there were a couple of artists  that had jewelry made out of Sea Glass.  One of these exhibitors also had a bowl full of different kinds of Sea Beans!!  She gave us a great history lesson about things that wash to shore and that can actually be identified with names, dates, and locations!!!  She gave me a “Hamburger Sea Bean.  It is named that because it does actually look like a hamburger, but it is only about the size of a quarter!

It is very hard, but very light weight!!  Anyway, now I know what Sea Beans are, but I guess I won’t be eating them anytime in the near future!!!  LOL

That is the end of todays Cocoa Beach history lesson.    Not EVERYTHING we do here involves tequila, you know!!!   OK, time to go get changes, after all, it is Saturday night—Party On Dude!

Wild and Crazy

Tonight we  went back to the ”scene of the crime”!  We had a totally wild night at Rum Runners last night, so tonight we thought we would go over there early, 7ish, for dinner, and sneak out of there before the music started.  Much to our surprise—it was crazy busy when we got there, and it just kept getting busier and busier and busier!!  By the time we left (9), we had to push our way through the crowds to get out!!  Wow, it was crazy busy!!  As we were slowly making our way to the door, this guy (and may I say, really good-looking dude!)  looked at me and said:  Hey, there’s the “wild woman” !!!   He smiled at me and I gave him the “woohoo”!!   As J and I finally made it out the door, he told me that they we at the bar last night too!!!   I couldn’t decide if that was a good thing, or NOT!!!  LOL 

Anyway, I did have a fantastic time with my Jersey friend, and all her  Jersey girls.  In fact, they made me an official honorary “Jersey girl” !!  Let me just say—J G’s do know how to party!!    But rather than telling you about  the  good time we had—what is it that they say about a picture being worth a thousand words???

I do believe that we were finally kicked out of there at about 2:15 A.M.!!! 

J and I definitely missed the sunrise this morning!!  And I must confess–we actually drove  to “Simply Delicious” for breakfast, instead of walking!!