That's all I'm going to say about my relationship with E.
I'm actually writing this to you the night before I leave for Austin, and I'm doing so for a couple reasons. 1.) I don't want to write while I'm out of town, 2.) I can't guarantee I'd find the things I want to talk about, and 3.) leaving the trip out of this blog will give me something to write about in June. And then everybody wins! Ps... I'm also writing it on the trip now, because #3 was the last thing I wrote and then I went to bed and it's now June 1st and the last night before heading back to Appleton. It's also the first time I missed publishing one of these on the last day of the month.
So sue me!
Pretty true to form as I sit to write this puppy out (I say this every time (tough shit)) I really can't recall much about the month other than it went by incredibly fast and I was happy during nearly if not all of it. Not happy just because I was in a relationship (I learned a long time ago not to look for happiness through another person), but happy because the warmth was starting to wash over me and a few random things started happening that deal directly with my future.
For starters my wonderful boss Courtney announced she is pregnant and is, coincidentally, due on Black Friday this year. At first I thought "Ohhh nooo..." but then the excitement began to take hold of what this means for me. I essentially go into General Manager training so that I can be the acting GM while she is gone for three months. Not only will I be signed off on as a GM by the powers that be, but I will also be able to transfer to any Pottery Barn, PBKids, PBTeen, West Elm OR Williams Sonoma in the company as a GM. Anywhere. And thus the door of possibility to me moving opens wider (c:
Outside of work it was certainly a month of movies. The Amazing Spider-Man 2, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and Godzilla. I'd have to rate X-Men as the best of the three, but the others came with their merits as well. I always love a good summer blockbuster and they were all good in a certain aspect, so that's money well spent if you ask me. Who doesn't like seeing cities get destroyed or people with (cool) genetic mutations that let them do all sorts of crazy shit? I know I do! Take my money, take it!
Toward the end of the month @klreynol's parents had a 30th wedding anniversary celebration and a pig roast. I spent months looking forward to it because 1.) @klreynol is as organized as I am when it comes to celebrations so I knew it would be great and 2.) she had some family coming in from out of town that I was very excited to see (namely Aunt Kathy!) and spend some witty time with, and 3.) I'd never been to a pig roast less you count a graduation party I went to in 2004 and I don't because I didn't like the guy anyway.
Just saying.
It was an absolutely perfect day and at least weather wise, it could not have gone any better. Bright and sunny in the 70's with no humidity and really no bugs either. That's a #win in Wisconsin! The pig grossed me out though I still ate a small piece, and I did gorge myself on grape salad (yummmmmm) and a little bit of fluff. Fluff is a mysterious food made of pistachio pudding mix, marshmallows, and pineapple. There may be other things in it, like powdered Unicorn horn and pixie dust, I don't know. I do know that it rocks my face off. And that I'm reading too much Harry Potter.
It was also great to see a pair of people pay tribute to a marriage lasting so long. And seeing @klreynol's father smiling again after all he has been through was just icing on the proverbial cake. The real cake had vanilla icing, but I digress ::tosses hair::
So what else happened in May? Bernice got bitch-slapped in the Home Depot parking lot and her bumper crushed, I went to a baseball game for the first time in 12 years, and then Bernice was subsequently fixed. I ate a turkey burger for the first time ever (pass on THAT happening again), managed to NOT cut my hair all off, and realized maybe I'm better off just being single forever. Finished 2/3 of the FINAL edit of my first book, made another commissioned painting for a friend, had a wonderful chat with my drama teacher from high school and at some point dug up a few emotions I thought I had lay to rest long ago.
Y'know, it's interesting that last year when May ended and June began I was facing the end of my last relationship. I'm not as sad as I was back then, and I certainly won't allow it to ruin this summer the way that one did; I won't say it's funny, because it's not, but saying it's "interesting" covers all manners of sin.
Anyway, that's where I'm at. Or where I'm leaving it at, as it were. Stay tuned for my recap of "austin: scene 4." Ciao (c:
