I am busy & I am irritated

Forgive me bloggers, I have not abandoned you. I have been SOOOOO busy lately PLUS I'm in a funk. Never fear, I will bounce back to my perky, funny - ok, hilarious - self soon.

So here's the deal. I'm selling jewelry & booking shows like a mad woman! There's a special gift we can win in honor of Joan's birthday in May & I want it SO bad I can taste it! But alas there are strings attached & I have to have a certain amount of shows & have a certain number of dollars in retail in the month of May to obtain this goal. I'm a competitive little cuss so I'm working day & night to get that gift! Stay tuned, you know I will totally brag if I win it. PLUS we're earning points right now towards free jewelry from the fall line that comes out in July AND these points also get us tickets in the drawing every.single.day at Rally for a...a...new... CAAAAARRRRRR (channeling my inner Price is Right announcer guy...can't remember his name?! Rod Roddy maybe?! Is that right?!) Most my shows right now are in the Pleasureville/Eminence KY area which means 1 1/2 hours drive from my house. Basically I leave work, go to the show, drive home, go to bed. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Now on to the irritation... Don't we all go through times of our lives (or the month?!) that we just feel icky about everything? And we already feel icky & then something happens or someone says or does something that really just sends us over the edge? No, no one? Just me then? Mmmmm kay...

So I've been just feeling blah lately. And I have a tendency to just give knee jerk reactions to situations instead of giving my brain time to think all the scenarios through & not just let my mouth take charge & get us all in trouble. But I'm trying to do better. And special thanks goes out to some friends who were there for me to talk me down off that ledge. I won't mention names, you know who you are. And I thank God that if nothing else, this blog has allowed me to stay in touch with friends & family & meet & talk to people whom I may have never ever ever met in a million years. And these people are good for me because they are NOT hot heads & they can tell me, "yes, you feeling this way is justified... but - ok, psycho - let's just dial it back a couple notches & talk this through." Your thank you notes are in the mail...

I DO have BIG BIG blogging opportunites coming up very soon. This is another reason I'm so busy. My May was already busy PLUS trying to jump through all the jewelry hoops has made me extra crazy! Perhaps THE most important? My birthday is next week. Now - while some women get older & don't like to celebrate birthdays? Nope, nu uh, not me. That's the only special day I get. I don't have mothers day (which just so happens to coincide every.single.year with my birthday. Does God have a sense of humor or what?!) or any other Hallmark holiday I can mooch off of so my birthday is it. And boy, do I milk it for all it's worth.

This year the Broadway production of "Wicked" is coming to town. And I wanted to go the last time it was here but I didn't. So I've regretted it. Then when I heard it was coming back, I took a poll of my facebook friends (God Bless the internet) & they all say it's great. So I'm going...and B-rad's going with me. Now, you may be saying, "B-rad's gonna go?! Really?" Yes really. I am making him. Here's why. #1-I'm pulling out the 'it's my biiiiiirthday' excuse. #2-I feel bad asking anyone else to go with me when the tickets are like $100 a piece! #3-I am a big fat chicken & am scared to drive in downtown Louisville. Soooo - if any of you are free on May 12th & would like to go to see Wicked (sorry, you have to sit by me all night - the tickets are side by side...) in a b-o-x (oh yea, I went all out!) & are willing to pay for the ticket & drive me downtown - I am certain B-rad would be a giver & allow you to go with me.

In a couple of weeks, myself, my momma & my aunt are going to Memphis to see Graceland. Don't judge me. I have always wanted to go visit Elvis. And my Aunt Mary used to love love love him & none of her 6 kids nor her grandkids have ever taken her so it's all up to us. I'm hoping that her being there will keep mom & I from killing each other. 6 hours in a car. Can you imagine?!

Next weekend is the March for Babies walk at Louisville Slugger field. I have raised $640! That is phenomenal! I can't believe how generous people are! I never dreamed that my friends, family & people I don't even really know would donate to our walk! It's just AWESOME! Our team has raised a total of $790! There are 5 days left & ya never know, we may receive more donations! To view my page - go to www.marchforbabies.org/jmcafee

I think that's it for now. Sheesh - I'm tired just from typing all this. Coming up I will have pics of B-rad's new(est) toy. Yes, your eyes did not deceive you - he's at it again. But this time he's playing the angle of "it's for YOU too!" Hmph, I'm not buying that. Also - I will tell you about the new toy I want. Curses to B-rad because it's his fault I want it. He's always wanting to spend money on something!