On the Road Again

Not tonight but soon I will post about my recent trip to Cincinnati this weekend. I never thought I could have that much fun so close to home.

Liquor stores to be included in Post!

Shopping

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Insomnia

Not that anyone reads this but I have to put it out there; does anyone else suffer from insomnia? I know that mine is stress related because although I have had this issue off and on almost my entire life, and both my father and grandfather suffer from it, I have had the worst bout over the last five months.

I currently trade off every third night between Tylenol PM, Aleve and Benedryl, and a few cocktails. I don't wish to destroy my liver, attain a sleeping pill habit, nor develop an immunity to allergy and pain meds so this is my solution. Only problem is: I never achieve more then a five hour block and nights like tonight, I get very little at all.

My doctor prescribed a couple of prescriptions (antidepressants?!) and they did nothing but mess with me physically so I had to wean myself off of those.

So. Yes, I send this out to the cosmos in case someone else has had this issue, has a solution, and sees this. A solution that will work until my stressful work situation is relieved and I can go back to a couple times a month of sleeplessness.

Thinking at the moment...

I hope I never fully grow up.

Exactly when did I become a grown up anyway?

I have decided that finally, FINALLY, after more then 34 years on this planet that this coming October I am getting my first tattoo. Nobody ever believes I am not already inked up. I do not know why this is so. Anyway, it'll be my 35th birthday. I will at that point in my life have four children, one ex husband, one ex fiancé, and one current hubby. Of the children one has graduated high school, one will be a freshman in high school, on will be on the cusp of middle school and one will be entering kindergarten.

I have been through so many different things in my life, some good and some bad, some of it my fault and some of it not; and all of it relevant to the person I am today and who I will be in the future that I want to finally complete what I have wanted to do since I was sixteen- a tattoo. And I want this tattoo to represent all that is me and y experiences and my loves in this world.

It's not easy picking one, let me tell you with that criteria. But I have six months so I have confidence that I will find the right one that I will love not only today but 40 years from now when I am even more saggy and feeble minded then I already am today.

Wish me Luck!

Eat Pray Love

I watched the movie (and will be picking up the book as well) "Eat Pray Love". I would highly suggest that every woman watch or read this story by Elizabeth Gilbert. She nails it. Completely. The excert below is just one example:

"A friend took me to the most amazing place the other day. It's called the Augusteum. Octavian Augustus built it to house his remains. When the barbarians came they trashed it a long with everything else. The great Augustus, Rome's first true great emperor. How could he have imagined that Rome, the whole world as far as he was concerned, would be in ruins. It's one of the quietest, loneliest places in Rome. The city has grown up around it over the centuries. It feels like a precious wound, a heartbreak you won't let go of because it hurts too good. We all want things to stay the same. Settle for living in misery because we're afraid of change, of things crumbling to ruins. Then I looked at around to this place, at the chaos it has endured - the way it has been adapted, burned, pillaged and found a way to build itself back up again. And I was reassured, maybe my life hasn't been so chaotic, it's just the world that is, and the real trap is getting attached to any of it. Ruin is a gift. Ruin is the road to transformation."

I have recently discovered a love of beer over the last three years. Before July of 2007, I never touched beer, only mixed drinks. But one night out with my girlfriend, Deb, I had to drink beer. It was the only thing on hand so I tried it. And I liked it. Since then I have tried several different beers and my all time favorite is Sam Adams Cherry Wheat. But a Good Dead Guy on tap? Hand it over, cause that beer belongs to me. Now today, I can not drink a Bud Light without feeling I am drinking water. How about you?

How I love thee St Patrick's Day

When else is it okay to be a drunk? Come on now, everyone loves their local Irish drunkard...

BURP... excuse this Irish lady....

I love to travel. I don't get to do it often considering my lack of cash laying around and that whole children and husband thing. But when ever I get the cash, I take the long way. Anywhere. I will fly but I love to drive. There are so many more cool things to stumble upon when your on the road. But as long as I am going, any mode of transportation will do. With that in mind here are some places I want to see before I die:

1) New York City

2)California (all of it)

3) New Orleans

4) Boston, Maine, or anywhere they have good seafood, light houses, and or funky English accents.

5)Ireland

4) Paris

6)Germany (beer)

7) The Rocky Mountains

8) India

Starting from Scratch

Once upon a time I had a blog and evidently if you neglect it for too long it gets lost. So here is my start over. I am a married woman with four children and I am quite pleased with the gang as a whole. I blog, however, to talk about anything outside of that. Travel, shopping, food, booze- You get the picture. Because while I would not give up my life for the world, a little outlet for the crazy Irish girl is necessary. Some posts will be about things I've done, would like to do, and shit I just make up to get people going. I enjoy doing that. You will seldom hear about the family unless they creep into the story somehow. So let's go. If you stumble across this blog and are of a like mind, feel free to add suggestions on topics to discuss. I enjoy dares.