Bloom when you want to bloom

My Christmas cactus is blooming today. I have had it for years, ~5, and it hasn't bloomed once since I bought it. Today is 98℉ but it has decided to grace me with a bunch of brilliant flowers.

It is a lovely surprise!

Tryiing to brighten someones' day

I got together Wednesday with a friend I used to be very close to. Unfortunately her mother was just diagnosed with cancer. Yuck! Mom has always been very kind (has had me over for dinner, I leave with a packed lunch for the next day, loaned me their vehicle for a couple weeks when I had car troubles and they were going on vacation…). It’s a shame really. 

Fortunately, things are much better for me financially now so I was able to send her some flowers as a surprise to brighten her day. Hope she’s able to beat this.

Sent my friend some too since I know all the extra struggle she’s going through with concern and supporting her mother on top of other things going on in her life.

I used to dislike fresh flowers because they seem to die so quickly but, over the years, I have come to appreciate them more and enjoy spreading the love by sending them to people I care about. 

I've been known to buy myself a bouquet on a regular basis as well. Self love is just as important as any other kind. (More, actually.)

 

Gluttony

I may explode. 
If I never post again it’s because I died from over eating. 

OMG I am so uncomfortable. I made a fantastic pizza with pepperoni, red onion, green olives & banana peppers. It was delicious and I ate a reasonable amount that left me pleasantly full. 

However, as I was getting ready for bed my sweet neighbor lady tapped on my door and brought me a plate of food she made for me. Papusas & curtido. 

I was not hungry at all but could not resist the thoughtful kindness so I ate that too. It was heavenly! I shall have to prepare something equally tasty to share with her and her son next week so I can repay the favor.

And now I may be heading to heaven over night here because of pure gluttony…although, considering that’s one of the 7 deadly sins, maybe I’m headed to hell instead. Ugh! I am so uncomfortable. Pray for me.

Single life

Something  is happening although I have yet to figure out what it is. 

In the past week I met three different men who told me they wanted to ask me out. 

#1 was cute, smart and I did like, so he never actually followed through. *sigh*

#2 was already a no go before we finished our initial meeting. I might have overlooked the DWI and the fact that he apparently owns nothing, even at our ripe old ages, but then he made a couple racist ass comments and had to be chewed out in front of everyone at the coffee shop. Even so, he, of course, still managed to try to set some thing up with me later on since I had given him my number earlier in the conversation. 

#3 didn’t even approach me but left a note on my truck. I was rather turned off by that because it seemed rather high school-ish and cowardly but my friend talked me into texting him because, as she pointed out, I would have complained if he had interrupted me too. (she may know me too well!) We’ve been texting the past couple days; he was genuinely disappointed when I responded that I had no clue who he was. After all (according to him, we have smiled at each other several times…  ?!?  I smile at everyone I make eye contact with. EVERYONE. Even after he sent me a photo I would have sworn that I had never seen him before. The bummer was that he looked a lot like my ex husband so that was working against him. Why is it that primarily blond men with blue eyes are attracted to me when I prefer dark haired men with brown eyes??? The universe is messing with me, I swear!) We met for coffee this morning and while he was pleasant enough, and said several times how intimidated he is by my beauty, I can already tell we are not going to be compatible. I continue to be flabbergasted by the people who have seen me multiple times but some how manage to miss that my hair is half purple. He’s never traveled outside the US and did not seem at all interested in my travels. Expressed no interested when I mentioned my degrees. I mentioned the motorcycle and he didn’t ask anything about that. Mostly he just looked at me with little cartoon hearts bubbling out of his eyes and couldn’t carry on much of a conversation at all. I asked him numerous questions about himself but he only reciprocated with dull resume questions that had no depth (asking if I went to college but then nothing after I mentioned that yes, I have been going for many years and have a variety of degrees. Didn’t ask where, what I studied, anything to follow up.) He made a couple rude comments about mentally ill and poor people that, again, caused me to have to chew him out for not appreciating all the advantages he has compared to others and that may have been the clincher for me. The squished-face and judgemental looks at my tattoos may have done it as well. Why does he even want to see me again when I am clearly not his type??? That is the baffling part, to me. 

Anyway, I am grateful for the interest, but gonna have to keep waiting.

Heading to the airport in just a bit. Soon (relatively, while I’m messing with airports it’s gonna feel long and tedious) I will be in the Dominican Republic, lounging on the beach and sipping fruity beverages with little umbrellas in them. 

I couldn't find anyone who has tried one of the Groupon all-inclusive vacations so I figured I would be the guinea pig. Even if it is bad, it will be an adventure and keep me from obsessing about my plan to start looking for a house next month.  I should, perhaps, be saving my pennies instead but $820 for an 8-day vacation was too good to pass up.

I’ll be back on the 29th with a tan. Take care of yourselves until I return.

Stood up and I don't care

Not one but two of my co-workers stood me up for dinner tonight (one actually did text as I was on my way) but I don’t even care because this mac n cheese with bacon is sooooo good! 

Glad I tried this place!  Erik the Red's

I also enjoyed an elk brat but that didn't last long enough for me to snap a photo.


I'll definitely be back to try the salmon too. Mmmm...

Women’s problems

There is nothing that makes me want to stab someone in the eye more during “that time of the month” than bathrooms that only let you have ¼ sheet of toilet paper at a time because the roll is too big for the dispenser.

Should I be concerned

A man I haven’t seen or talked to since Thanksgiving over a year ago (although he did send me a couple pro-Cheeto emails that I ignored) just emailed me just to ask “Mikki: what type of skin do you have?” That was it. The entirety of his email. 

??? 

I’m a little concerned that he may have watched Silence of the Lambs recently. LOL

I won!

I survived my Death by Chocolate gift.

Mikki 6,489,547: Chocolate 0

Leaving soon for DC

Heading to D.C.on a birthday trip with my sister. 

I am touched and grateful for her generosity but also, just the tiniest bit concerned that we are gonna wear on each other’s nerves. 

I’m used to traveling alone. She’s used to traveling with someone who does whatever she wants. I’m fine with us splitting up for a while to do our own thing but she doesn’t feel comfortable doing stuff on her own. It’s my birthday but she’s paying so that alone might increase any diva attitudes on either side.

We are both excited to see the new National Museum of African American History & Culture that should bring us together. Reservations at Morton's won't hurt either. We are in much better moods when we are stuffed full of steak and chocolate lava cake.

I do love my sister and hope this is a great opportunity for us to grow closer but in case it isn’t, keep an eye out for us on the news. I’m the one with the purple & black hair. :-)