Goooood Monday morning! :)
Before I get this party started, allow me to catch everyone up on my life. I love it, obviously. Work is fantastic, I love everyone and every thing about it. This week, I recovered some stolen fragrances from a 30-year-old crackhead whom ALSO wrote me a fake check, was asked out by a 12-year-old, and spent roughly 10 minutes of my life trying to help out an Indian woman whose only spoken English word was "ladies." Additionally, this week was floorset week one and it went just wonderfully. Thank you to all of you for your hard work, let's do it again this week!
On Sunday, I drank the most delicious instant latte of my life. Shout out to Red for the freebee and how-to on the new Starbucks Kcup machine. Red is also a photographer, and does some great work. If you're interested, check out his photos here!
Also this week, Happy birthday Rachel! Can't wait for our dinner date!
Today, I am headed to court for Casey's hearing. For those of you that may not remember, Casey is the wonderful individual that stole 16 items from my store and then roughed me up on her escape to her shitty car and back to her section 8 housing residence. I can't wait to be reunited with her today. I can't help but wonder if she will bring her child to court, much like she brought her to her shoplifting endeavor. I'll keep you posted.
Last weekend, some family members from North Carolina came to visit! It was wonderful and we went to the winery, which I think we all know how I feel about that. Please, allow me to suggest the riesling at Narcisi; it is delicious and comes in a fabulous blue bottle. While at dinner, my aunt asked me if I had a boyfriend and when I told her that I did not, she asked, "what are you waiting for?"
What am I waiting for? Please, allow me to tell you.
I've spent the better part of my 24 years on earth working to surround myself with people that make me happy. People that love me for the person that I am. They accept my tall skinny body, my sass, my overly excited disposition, my love for over-priced coffee, and even my trash mouth.
To be honest, I've done a damn good job at plucking the shitty people of the world out from my happy life. I am so pleased with the people that are involved in my every day life. You see, to me, life is too short. Why exhaust your time and energy on people that only bring negativity into your life? So it's very simple; I don't bother with those people. If you are a bad friend, if you only receive and never give, if you are materialistic, a perpetual complainer, have outlandish priorities, or dishonest, you can plague someone else's life, because I have time for none of those things.
Maybe, just maybe, this is the secret of life.
A very good friend of mine just broke up with her boyfriend. He's ignored her for three days in a row and made it very clear that hunting deer is more important than acknowledging her. He's also 30 years old. I guess he's not in a hurry to get married either. My friend has come to the realization that I was right alllllll of these years when I insisted that I could control my own happiness. "All I need is my pug," she said. For me, it's popcorn, wine, and the gym. To each her own.
To the people that have found "the one" good for you! I can't imagine what it's like to meet someone whom is everything that I want. There is nothing wrong with being married. But, let's also address that there is nothing wrong with NOT being married, either. Perhaps, if I found someone who was an all around good person, I would consider sharing my happy life with them eternally.
I once dated a man that loved me for all that I was, truly. If soul mates did exist, hey may have been it. However, we cannot help what we feel. As the years progress, we cannot force ourselves to feel things that we don't.
For everyone that is 20 something and single, good for you, too! If you're going to stand for anything, stand for yourself. Take some time looking out for number one. Address the things that you need and the things that you want, and don't settle for anything less. Single doesn't mean there is something wrong with you, it means that you have standards. If you haven't found anyone that does it for you yet, don't give up. In the grand scheme of life, 20 something is juvenile.
What am I waiting for?
Every single morning I wake up happy. Every. Single. Morning. It's really a gift. I'm looking for the person that can only bring me up from there. Until then, I wouldn't say that being in full control of my own happiness is a bad thing. I'm looking for someone that values everyday life, realizes that making a lot of money is nothing in comparison to loving what you do, and someone that believes that making a difference in the world is possible. I also would like for them to enjoy working out and being tall is also a perk, since I'm a giraffe and all.
That's what I'm waiting for, and there is nothing wrong with that.
If you're focusing on finding someone else to complete your life, maybe you should actually be focusing on what you could be doing differently to complete yourself, first.
Until next week,
Here's to accepting the beauty of life with or without a significant other,
Xoxo
