Do you remember the time?

A little off topic tonight, but I just had to talk about it. I see everyone posting about Michael Jackson on their facebook pages and last night I thought it was a little much. I was thinking how it is not like we ever knew him and even though his death was shocking, he wasn't someone in our lives. I didn't really think much of it until this morning.

I went to Zumba this morning and the instructor was playing "Don't stop til you get enough" and I felt really sad. I started thinking about all the memories I have that involve MJ's music. The biggest one being my red leather (pleather) vest with the zippers ala MJ's "beat it" video. I couldn't believe I was getting sad but all of these memories of dance routines, skating parties, sitting around a record player and it really was sad. John Mayer twittered last night that "we mourned the loss not only of a great artist but of our childhood selves sitting around a record player listening to Thriller" and it really hit me. It does feel a little bit like losing your childhood. Maybe I am sounding crazy and maybe last night I would have read someone like me writing this and thought they were being overdramatic, but this is how I feel today. No one has thought much of MJ in recent years, but I do thank him for some music that played a big part in my childhood. (my apologies to naysayers like me who think that it is silly to be talking about the king of pop like he went to my elementary school).


Goodbye roller skates and zippered pleather vests...
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Where have you been???

So all has been quiet over the past six weeks since our last entries, a few minor highlights include: moving cross country, taking a new job, living part time with my parents. Just stuff your typical 30 something is doing on a weekly basis.

As you all know, we've been planning on moving back to Orlando once the opportunity came up. We figured this was as good a time as any so we pulled the trigger. Two days before the moving truck showed up we had a slight change of plans. I was now going to MA for work and D was going to stick to the plan and go to FL. A move that was 3 years in the making took a detour all with 1 phone call and a fluke trip home to drop off our cats. Now we are "that couple" that our friends talk about.

I'm working in Bos, residing part time at home and spending my weekends in FL. D has become a fixture at the gym with twice a days workouts. Then she goes home and gives the DVR a workout. It's safe to say she has settled into a routine. Have no fear, she is still hanging out with the Millionaire Housewives plus 8 of reality TV.

I drove a truck cross country with our friend Steve who I almost got deported after a run in with boarder patrol in TX. The drive was fun but next time I'll do it in a car not a Budget truck that I need a class A license for. The other big event was finally getting rid of the full size bed that I have been sleeping once since age 6 and has been in the family for 40 years. I finally broke down.

A really new chapter

Well I believe I have been the worst blogger and I guess I should have known that moving wasn't the best time for us to start one. It seemed like a good idea at the time. Anyway, a lot has changed since our last post. I graduated, we moved to Florida, T quit his job, T accepted new job in BOSTON and we began what I like to call a "commuting" situation. I am not really comfortable with the term "long distance" when referring to my marriage. The reality of the situation was that it didn't really seem logical for us to be in a situation where we were both not working and uninsured. So since it was an incredible opportunity and he could live at home in the meantime it just made the most sense. We are just taking it day by day and we will see how it goes.

We are just about at the one month mark of our new situation and so far it isn't so bad. I have been there a few weeks and now he will be here the next few. We have been having a great time on the weekends and life is good. Sunday nights are pretty hard but the weekdays have really been flying by.

My daily routine involves breakfast with my dad, taking a dance class and a yoga class at the gym every morning at the gym (not with my dad), looking for jobs in the afternoon and watching entirely too much reality tv. I may be losing brain cells every day. Unfortunately, the job search hasn't been all that fruitful but I am trying to remain optimistic.

So far I am really enjoying this stay at home mom without kids thing, but something tells me my days will be numbered once the school year arrives. My dad brought me a home an application from Bath and Body Works but I am hopeful that I won't have to return to retail, at least not yet.

I am not sure if "he said" is going to have much to say on this one, but he told me it was my turn and so that is why HE hasn't written in so long.

Back to the mindless tv...

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