Beer: The Great American Pastime

As we are about to embark on a national holiday, I start to see the police patrol the roads a little more intensly.
Does this seem sad to anyone else...that a holiday means that there will be more drunk people on the road. That you are really taking your life into your own hands when driving at nite this weekend??
Now don't get me wrong...I will be partaking of some beer this weekend. But I just want to encourage everyone out there that either you need to limit the amount you drink, or you need to stay put after the all day bbq aka beer fest has ended.
Friends let drunk friends stay at their house. Be it the floor, a couch, or in some circumstances an actual bed. Please make sure your friends are safe from harming themselves and others.

I really don't want to seem like a major downer...I just feel that more and more people are testing the limits when drunk.
Driving a car while intoxicated is not only dangerous but not easy.
This is a weekend for people to celebrate the independence of this nation, not seeing how drunk we can get.
SO please party hard and have fun but be safe.

On another note...I would like to comment on the Great American Beer Fest!!! I will be there (with bells on) I would love to partake in various different beers and have a great time. I will be taking a DD with me (I am the smart one...I know better than to think that I would be able to drive home after this major event)

These were just some of my wandering thoughts at work. I am sorry if you think my post is strange and somewhat oxymoronic. I like to have fun with my friends but will not take my life and someone elses in my hands and drive drunk. That is all that this post is implying.

Love to all my friends and have a safe weekend

Slow on the Weekends

I am sitting here at work watching the time slowly click by.
I wonder where all the people are and then I look outside and see the sunshine and the cloudless sky and wonder no longer.
Soon I will be able to join all the rest of town in celebrating the wonderful day.
I can't wait to go on my run after work. Hopefully the temperature stays moderate or it is going to be a fun run.
I shall see if I can get Gabe to join me this afternoon. I don't want to run on the treadmill I want to be out and about.
I thought about going to the brewfest that is downtown this weekend, but I think that a lot of people will be there.
As fun as it would be...there will be too many drunk people hanging around and making it hard for everyone else to have a good time.
Sound like a downer huh? Well I have just started to realize the older I get that being completely unaware of what you are doing or saying is not always the way to have fun.
Call my crazy!!!!
I hope that everyone is out there enjoying the day and doing some fun.
I will be soon...in only 3 hours I will be off work and dancing in the sun.

Pressure Cooker

I am starting to freak about this major trip that I am going to take next summer.
I am not like ohmigod I don't wanna do this, more like a WOW I am going to do this.
This will be my first long journey into the unknown. I have to say I am way excited about this. I know that this is going to be something that I continue to do, this is just a starting point.
Now that I have gotten a little bit of that out.
I have been starting to check out websites and looking into what kind of pack I would like to use. I am basically going to be carrying a week and a halfs worth of clothes around for about a month and a half. Seems a little daunting but the adernaline is starting to kick in.
I am starting an exercise program so that I can get into shape for this adventure.
So if I start calling people out of the blue, it is b/c I am getting nervous about all of this.
My mantra is: "This is my dream and I can do it!!"
I need to be saying that to myself for the next year and get geared up for it. I know that I am getting going early, but this is something I need to have a little planning done for. On another note...I would like to give a shout out to my friend Heat who got married this past weekend. Once I find the cord to my camera I will have pictures up here on my blog. I got some really great pics and it was a lovely ceremony and a super fab party. I hope that everyone has as much fun when I get married.
She was a lovely bride...I knew she would be.
So CONGRATS to you and Henrique...Love you both!!!!!

So as I close this out..I everyone to know that they are important to me and are a big part of my life.

For I
Prophesy
That the night
Will be bright
With the gold
Of old
In the inn
Within

-Jack Kerouac "Pomes all Sizes"

Why Do I Keep Goin MIA????

Well to my friends out there, I am sorry that I have been gone so long. About a month now. There just aren't enough hours in the day...seriously. I feel like I have been a busy little bee. I have been working two jobs and I haven't had a day off in over a week. Yes I like to abuse myself by pushing myself to the limits...it is a bad habit I know but hey...I like money ;)
I am hoping to actually enjoy some of my summer...maybe....well we shall see. I will enjoy this weekend..my good friend Heat is getting married. Yes that is right she is joining an exclusive club (I kid cause I love.) I am the last holdout among most of friends...with a coulple of exceptions (you people know who you are)
I am happy for her and am very excited to be able to share in her very special day.
LOVE YOU LOTS HEAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok now that I have said my kudos there is one more thing to say before I close...I miss you Steph and you should come see me this fall. We could take Mark to really tap the Rockies.
Much love to my Muncie Crew.


Namaste.

BTW It is really freakin hot here...what's that all about?????