Yay!!! I'm finally home!!

I got home around 1am this morning, and I couldn't be happier! Yesterday was the first time I got a little tipsy before boarding an aircraft. It was pretty fun! Thug Life, T-Pain, Broadway, and I had a few drinks and appetizers at a lovely Island themed restaurant in the airport. The first flight was fine, but my connecting flight was nerve wrecking!! I definitely am NOT a fan of turbulence!! All the passengers on that flight got a good laugh in because I almost jumped out of my seat when we passed through a cloud. Not cool!! At all! It made me wonder how I'm going to deal with things like snow storms, and rainy weather in the future! But of course, I can't worry about what I can't help! Our two weeks of training was kind of meant to be a refresher course, but it was really two weeks of food, shoping, and drinking!! Which I'm okay with. Our presentations and test went well, and we went out to Famous Dave's BBQ with our facilitator Darryl. It was a really good end to our training, and I really feel like our class was the best he's had in a long time! I definitely made life time friends in that bunch!! I'm gonna truly miss everyone, and I think two weeks gives you just enough time to get in the groove of things, and then of course we've got to go! I'm gonna miss those two "up there" the most!! They became my besties!!

I'm gonna spend two weeks off and split them between Miami and Orlando. I have soooo much to get done, and I really need to learn how to organize and pack my clothes so that I don't end up at the check in counter pulling crap out of my suitcase because it's too heavy!! Kristy was walking around for awhile with three shoes and a blow dryer! Lol! I look forward to hitting the road again... next up is Niagara Falls, NY and I can't wait! I want to make sure I spend a lot of time with everyone I can these next two weeks, because my next day off isn't until May 7th!! Nonetheless, I can't wait!!

Feeling Very Large and Not At All In Charge!!

So, I woke up this morning feeling EXTREMELY frickin' heavy!! The girls and I went to Outback last night for dinn, and let's just say, we had a very gluttonous time!! After two Apple Martini's, bread, salad, Awesome Blossom, 12 0z. Ribeye with loaded baked potato, Atomic Kool Aide, and a Chocolate Tower of Thunder later, Kisha felt very, very huge!!! Kristy just commented that the Chocolate Tower of Thunder definitely gives thunder thighs!!! I agreeeeee!! So, I definitely need to do something about this! That was ONE meal!! Let's not even talk about breakfast and lunch!! This new gig has it's perks, but seriously, I'm not trying to become as big as a house!! I feel like I have absolutely no self control over what the hell I stick in my mouth! I'm hungry; I eat, I'm not hungry; I eat, I think about how I need to stop eating so much; and yup, you guessed it!! I frickin' EAT!! The madness has to stop!! And I would almost feel better if I ate whatever I wanted, but then made sure I worked out on a regular basis; nope! That's not happening either!! Someone please help me before I lose my mind!! Maybe the girls should just tape my mouth shut for the next few days we're here! Lol It makes it hard not to eat, when a company gives you 40 bucks a day for food! What the hell were they thinking??? Are they trying to have fat, unattractive employees?? Is that what I have to look forward to by going on the road? Thunder thighs, and not fitting into any of my cute clothes??!! I know this is a HUGE contradiction to what I blogged about yesterday ( you know, actually liking this job and everything), but honestly!! I need to learn a little self control or something, because right now, I definitely DO NOT have any! Whew! I actually feel like I just lost a little weight writing this!! Heehee!

Realizing How Much I May Like This After All

I have successfully completed one week of training for my new gig with MICROS, and I must say that so far, I think I just may really enjoy this! It's a HUGE lifestyle change, and I do indeed miss my fam and friends, but honestly, I don't feel like I've lived my life to the fullest and I think this job may just help me do that. I spent a LONG time in school, and after I graduated, I had no idea what I was going to do with myself. I love the hospitality business, and I think that I'm pretty good at what I do. So now, with MICROS, I'll be traveling from hotel to hotel and installing an operating system for these different hotels. And all the while, I will be seeing new cities, and hopefully sometime soon; new countries!! I never really traveled much before now, mostly because of school, work, and partly because I was playing "house" in a relationship whose time had run out. I truly would like to embrace this opportunity and use this time to get to know myself... what I like, what I don't, and how I see the next few years of my life. I don't feel very cultured, and I would really like to broaden my horizons (so to speak), and get to know other people and their cities, attractions, and culture. My next stop will be Niagara Falls, NY, and I am ridiculously ecstatic! I also have to get over a fear of planes, but a wise woman once told me to not worry about things I cannot control! So I won't! Wish me luck guys!!

Boy, I tell ya...

You know, it seems no matter how much you may think you've got it all under control, God let's you know that you most certainly do not! This thing called life is a funny thing indeed! I have begun my new adventure working for MICROS, and I am truly excited! All seems to be going well, and out of nowhere, I get some frustrating news. Not to go into too much detail, but let's just say things have just gotten REAL! I was told that God would not give me or my family more than we could handle, and this for sure, I believe to be true. So I will trust and believe that as He shuts one door, He will open another. With this blog, I hope to open my heart, and trust that no matter how bad things may seem now, they won't always be this way forever. I have a fabulous family that always bends over backwards for me no matter what, and now, I feel I shall return the favor. I can only imagine how much worse others situations are and appreciate the fact that I am blessed to be so fortunate. I have very influential people in my life, namely my parents. They are survivors, and have taught me that no matter what, you do what you've got to do, when you've got to do it. Point blank period!!