What in the HELL????

Been a wild couple of weeks.  I never knew late winter/early spring could be so hectic.  This one has been a real doosey.  It seems like every time I turn around, there’s somewhere I’m supposed to be.  BUT whatever, no complaining!  I love my life, and all the people in it.

SOOOOOOOOO here’s my list from the past 7 or so days:

~Family~

I work for a foster care agency, and lately there have been so many kids running away, and not having anywhere to go; or running away cause the people that are supposed to PROTECT them aren’t.  It’s really got me thinking about how lucky I am to have my family.  Now, my extended family, for the most part, makes me very sad most of the time.  There’s drug abuse, alcoholism, lying, stealing, and just overall shitty-ness. Seriously.  I don’t know how my mom turned out as awesome as she is with all the shit she’s had to put up with.  BUT that’s not what this blog is about, it’s about the happy.. so SCREW those no good mutha…. ANYWAY… Family.  My mom, dad, sister, and niece are my happiness. They’re the most important people in my life. My life doesn’t matter or make sense without them.  They’re my insides. Everything I’m made up of is related to or comes from them, and I am so happy that I have them.  It’s not always great, but even when it’s not I’m overwhelmed with love and happiness for having them.  My heart breaks for people that don’t have that, because it is honestly something that no one should be without.

~Friends~

I could write a fucking book about my friends, but really… who has the time?  All I will say is the people that make up my friend base right now are the people I intend and hope to have around for the rest of my life.  My life is infinitely better because of my friends.  If my family are my insides, my friends are the fucking muscle, bone and skin that holds me together.  I’ve never met such amazing people.  I look at each of them with love, confusion, amusement, and awe every time I see them.  In the past 7 days, that has really hit home and been evident.  These people are mine.  Not in the sense of ownership, but likeness.  Most people go a lifetime and don’t get that.  I have it, and it’s fucking great.

~Sun~

I can’t describe how the sun makes me feel.  I love it.  My mood is instantly changed when I step outside and feel that warmth.  I say that I haven’t left Texas because of friends and family,and that’s a lot of it; but I can’t deny that there’s something about the sun here.  It makes me never want to leave.

~Bubble Dresses~

WHY are they so CUTE?!?!  Plus, for WHATEVER reason, they look good on me!

I think that’s all for now.  Hopefully more tomorrow!

I was at my parents house and my dad (slightly tipsy) says:

Dad: Baby! Baby!

Me: Yea?

Dad: Ay!  You know you can put something else in there besides food.

Me: What?

Dad: You can put something else in there besides food! (pointing at my belly)

Me: EXCUSE ME??? (Getting pissed cause I think he’s about to tell me I’m fat and preparing to start a fight that would’ve SURELY gotten the shit slapped out of me)

Dad: Hee heeeeeee!!! There. are. other. things. you. can. put. in. yo. stomach.

Me: Um…. oh yea? Like what?

Dad: A BABY!!!! HAHAHAHAHAAA

Me: Wha?

Dad: Baby… B… A.. B.. Y…   Ain’t that right babe? (now talking to my mom, who looks confused and horrified all at the same time)

Me: Wait… Dad, that doesn’t make sense.

Mom: I think he’s trying to say you should have a baby?  Pete, is that what you….

Dad: Yea it do! B…A…B…Y (now irritated) You supposed to be the smart one!

Me: But….

Dad: Shit.  Never mind Keeshie, you ruined it.

Storms out of the room and slams the door.

Yea…

Now that I’ve groveled for your forgiveness, I will give you my day o happy for yesterday and today.  They go together!

~Co-Workers

Due to SEVERAL shitty jobs as well as several shitty co-workers, when I get a group of co-workers that I genuinely like, I’m surprised.  So far the current job has been great.  I can honestly say that I have little to no problems there.  BUT there is a specific group of girls there that are just awesome.  I work with social workers so I’m impressed by them in general.  These women are PASSIONATE about what they do.  I dig that!  BUT in addition to that, they’re just fun and great.  SO… they’ve been my top happiness creator for the past couple of days.

~Fabric

My friend Indy brought me back some beautiful fabric from Srilanka.  First off, let me tell you about Indy, he’s GREAT.  Beautiful man, funny as all hell, and happens to be dating someone that’s really just as beautiful and awesome as he is.  Anyway, I jokingly asked for some fabric from Sri Lanka thinking he’d either forget, or bring me back something so ugly I’d have to figure out how to pretend I loved it when I really wanted to burn it and throw it at him.  Imagine my surprise when he pulled out this BEAUTIFUL long piece of silky fabric!  Seriously?  What man could do that.  It’s perfect for me.  It SCREAMS Nikki.  I can’t wait to make something with it.  I’ve been carrying that fabric high with me since. I LOVE fabric.  I don’t know what it is. I love to feel it, and rub it on my face and just stare at it.  It’s kind of sick really, but it really makes me happy.

So yea, that’s it for today!

Okay.. so.. someone has SERIOUSLY slacked on their 60 days of happiness.  Really.  It’s bad.  I’m finding that I just don’t have the time.  It SUCKS cause I really wanted to do this… but dammit.  There’s too much shit to do!

So dear reader (yes all one of you), I’m going to try and make it up by committing to the last 30 days before the BOD.  I can do it!  Even if I come on here and just post the words ‘ice cream’.  Cause you know what?  That shit makes me HAPPY.  Anyway, I will commit to EVERYDAY from today on.

BUT just as a recap… the last few weeks happiness have been something like this:

~free trip to Seattle

~Bainbridge Island

~a great Seattle neighborhood bar called Noc Noc

~a fucking MECCA of a Goodwill in Seattle across from the Amazon.com headquarters.. I’m telling you, MECCA.  That shit looked like a cross between Macy’s & Ross.

~my niece (she’s the bomb.  in every way)

~my beautiful, crazy, costuming friends.

~my beautiful, crazy roommate

~booties

~my family. they’re bat shit crazy, but they’re mine

~Firefly Vodka (NO, I haven’t gotten over it yet)

Okay, I think that really kinda wraps it up.  Just generally busy and a lot of shit making me happy.

Stayed tuned, yo.

Alright, alright… so I’ve been a little spotty lately with the posting… This is HARD.  For serious!!  My attention span is non existent, so I’m sure there will be a few more times when I’m having to play catch up.

For the sake of time and sanity I’m going to cheat and get all 4 days out of the way with a nice little list.  That administrator in me LOVES lists.  (Of course the nut in me HATES the administrator in me) :)

List o Happy for the last 4 days

~The sound of my niece laughing.  That kid has got the BEST laugh, it’s kind of loud and gutteral, but still giggly enough to be REALLY cute.

~ Singing karaoke with strangers.

~ When other people think The Boy is as funny as I do.  Not nearly enough people know that he’s a fucking RIOT, so I get happy when other people see it.

~ Trudy’s north star.  Anyone that knows me, knows that’s my spot.  Some of my favorite memories have happened at that place.  I love just sitting there with my girls drinking and being loud.  Throw in a couple of random strangers and a car chase, and you’ve got yourself a hell of a night!

~ Skeeball @ Scoot Inn….. I love that place.  I love Coop and Sara… I love seeing Casey do the unicorn dance….I love watching how excited everyone gets… I dunno… it’s great.

So… today started off a bit rough.  I’ll spare you the details, but let’s just say by 10am I was ready to throw myself in front of traffic.  Thankfully, I’m as determined as I am crazy, so I was set on not letting my mood get the best of me.

Here it is 5:17, and um….. I’m still fighting that battle.  BUT I did get a nice slice of happiness today.

~Cat Nap!~

Now.. I’m a notoriously shitty napper.  I just can’t do it.  If I lay down with the lights off and manage to fall asleep, I’m out for a good 3 or 4 hours.  And for serious?  That’s not a nap, that’s going to bed for the evening.  So I don’t nap.  I’ve given up trying to figure it out.

Imagine my surprise today when I walked into our lounge type area at work, sat on the couch, stretched my legs out, leaned back, and actually drifted off!  Then woke up only 20 minutes later feeling REFRESHED!!!  I mean, I just opened my eyes all calm like 20 minutes later.  WTF??? This might not be a big deal for you guys, but let me tell you, this is like being kissed for the first time for me! I am a cat nap virgin, people…..my napping cherry has been popped.  Obviously, I’m really excited.

I don’t want want to get a head of myself, but I might try this again at some point to see if it was a fluke.  I’ll let you know how it goes!

No honorable mention today…. seriously… the catnap was it!

So, tis my first day o happy…. It’s actually been a good day today.  I didn’t want to jump the gun with the happy list, but I knew as soon as I woke up what would be making me happy today.

~Mixed cd’s.~

More importantly mixed cd’s that are completely random.  I have this habit of making a cd of songs I like to sing.  What’s on there depends completely on my mood when I’m making it.  There’s hardly ever any  rhyme or reason.  For instance…. the CD I listened to today had some Yolanda Adams(gospel), Fiona Apple, and Natasha Bedingfield, and it’s only got like 9 songs on it.  WHY?  Cause that’s all I wanted on it!

Yea.  See what I mean?  That shit is the BOMB.  Short. Random. AWESOME.

So yea, that’s today.  My gospel fiona medley mixed cd.

Also, honorable mention:

~Banana nut muffins

~Impromptu dance party in the break room at work

~Spit takes- (mine, not others’)

So… tomorrow begins my 60 days of happiness.  I’m going to try VERY hard to stick to it.  I’m committed to sharing SOME sort of freaking happiness everyday.  Some days will be GREAT, and other days, my writing will be reduced to bodily functions and how happy I get when they work correctly.  REGARDLESS, the next 60 days, this blog will be Happytown.  Population me.

Wait, that was cheesy.  UGH…. gonna be a looooooooong 2 months.