Dear "Stranger"

Dear "Stranger",

I'm writing you to fill in some questionable gaps you may have or may be wondering about. For starters, I write a blog. Granted, I've been slacking more than writing it lately, it's still a thing of mine.  Feel free to go back to previous posts and get your fill of madness that is my time. As you know, I have three kids but we'll get to that in a few. Like I told you, I am not mad that we lived apart as it would've most definitely changed my present. The life I have now is a gift in itself aside from the things we do actually have common. Obviously I can't replay EVERY event or memory for you, but I can give a good little run down. Keep in mind, you do NOT need to read this whole thing in one sitting. First, here are some things I love...

The beach, margaritas, Pepsi, being tan, shopping, Game of Thrones, pumpkin spice anything, horror movies, video games, being the boss, photography, Walking Dead, Halloween, sleeping, hot tubs, KFC, Samsung, painting, dessert, Bob's Burgers, comfy clothes, boots, black purses, the color black in general, tree swings, spa days, silver jewelry, chocolate, Dallas Cowboys, slot machines, creepy stuff, Stephen King, wine, personalized gifts, roller coasters, Tim Burton and music. (Of course there are many many more things but this seems like a good jumping off point)

The beach... When I moved away from home, it was first to North Carolina. We were 10 minutes from a small little inlet to the ocean. It wasn't that wonderful and so we'd always make the trip (45 minutes) to the actual ocean beaches. Every time, we'd pass a huge shore store where the entrance was inside a giant shark. I loved body boarding. It was always somewhat nerve pinching while you were sitting on the board just bobbing further and further away from the land... Not knowing what was swimming near or under you while you waited for any kind of wave to take you back to the sand. I've only seen a shark once but that was at the crappy beach and thankfully, we were just walking on the docks... Back to the good beach. We have seen many crabs, washed up jelly fish, even a rotting sea turtle once. (Yeah, pretty gross... poor thing..) I've scooped up SOOOO many shells AND shark teeth. That's my favorite thing to hunt for at the beach.. shark teeth.. Amazing creatures to me. There was one time body boarding that scared me though... My husband and I were out in the water at the same time. Side by side until he drifted behind me. The wave was coming, I was ready. I thought that I had caught it and he had missed it BUT instead... he was ABOVE me. Yes, the wave he caught was taking him over my head... and then it crashed on top of me. My board got stuck in nose first in the sand and because I was attached to the board by my wrist, my body wriggled like a caught fish while the tidal waves rolled over me. I tried like hell to claw the strap off of my wrist but I was stuck and sucking in salt water the entire time. It burned and hurt. Eventually I was able to get free and shoot out of the water finally gasping for air... The scariest part... I was 5 months pregnant with our first daughter at the time... That was the last time I got on a board for a while. I love everything else about the beach (except the way my hair feels after I get out of the water.. gross...) but I will always remember that one day I could have drowned...

Margaritas... Can't say TOO many bad things about this. I mean... they're fucking delicious! Frozen peach is my all time, hands down favorite. Frozen strawberry is probably second and then good ole lime. God it sounds so good right now... There are all kinds of drinking stories but who doesn't have a ton of those...

Pepsi... Yeah. Regular.. None of that diet shit. Diet Pepsi is LIKE Pepsi... If that Pepsi has been shaken for 10 minutes and left out in a car for 3 days... YUCK!

Being tan... yeah yeah.. I've been to the tanner... cooked myself in the sun. I love it. It's not nearly a high priority to me these days but.. a good tan covers up a lot of flaws you know? Almost like a semi permanent foundation ALL over. Ahhh... yeah... Sadly, I'd probably outshine Casper these days.. yikes... This is making me sad, moving on... lol.

Shopping... What girl doesn't like shopping? Shopping in my twenties got me in a lot of trouble. Big. You'd be amazed (at least I was) at how many stores and companies were willing to just GIVE me credit cards. Like.. A lot of them! Want something? Don't have the cash? Just slide THIS! Cha-Ching! And then... interest... credit scores.. limits.. I know I'm not the only person to fall into the hideous gap of credit card misuse and debt... It still sucks. All that stuff.. If I had just waited, I could've had the stuff AND more vacations but instead... interest... I'm happy to report (not like a YAY! HAPPY but.. a responsible type "Happy") that I am now a reformed shopaholic who has quite a few cards GONE. I'm still working (HARD MOST DAYS) but I feel so much better. So much more like a (brace yourself..) "responsible adult". So yeah... shopping....

Game of Thrones... WHOA... Here we go... I don't know if you watch it but let me just say.. if you don't do it... DO IT! I was one of those people for the longest. I'd hear people ALL THE TIME gab about GOT and I was always like "and...?" Finally, after it had been out for five seasons, I decided to sit down and watch the very first episode... Meh. That was it. Nothing GRIPPED me to immediately turn on the second... I turned the TV off and went outside. However... Three weeks later on a cold, rainy, shitty, nothing to do kind of day there happened to be NOTHING on TV whatsoever and so I decided... why not. Done. I watched two episodes without my husband and I was HOOKED! I made myself stop so I didn't jolt too far ahead of him. He was iffy about it because, like me, there was no major HOLY SHIT factor for him. I begged him to watch and thankfully.. BOOM! HOOKED! We blasted through season after season... Addicted. Tyrian, FAVORITE! I finally got what all the fuss was about and was now able to jump right in to random surrounding GOT convo's going on around me. AMAZING. Seriously, watch it.

Pumpkin Spice... The list goes on... Candles, sprays, desserts, shakes. It's all good. GOOOOOOOOOOOD... I love me some pumpkin season!

Horror movies... So, to be honest, I love scary movies. The problem.. There aren't any... I don't know if it's because I'm THAT numb to it or what but they're all pretty predictable or very try hard and lame. Even still... There are several that still get my approval. Old school slashers of course and psychological thrillers.. good stuff.

I hope this gives you a tiny glimpse into someone you're sure you don't know. We'll wrap it up for now. If you would like to know more... you know how to ask.

-SuperMom  (Just another face on the street..)