Ridiculous Girl

A throwback to a few years ago.   It's an oldie, but a goodie :) I was at my BFF's house the other day for a playdate.  Mostly for the kids, but also for us. If I had to play one more game of hide-and-go-seek, or listen to Dora's high-pitched voice for any longer....God only knows what I would do to myself.  Or to Dora. My BFF and I had children almost at the same age. At the time, the toddlers were 4 years old, and the babies were a year and a half.     While we drank our coffees, the babies were napping so we only had the toddlers to deal with.  But as every mom knows, toddlers are a handful alone.  I'm always shocked at how loud they are.   Side note:  this is where my sister would yell...."YOU'RE LOUD!  SHE GOT IT FROM YOU!"  and I would answer in a whisper..."I'm not THAT loud". On a regular basis I wonder how a toddler can talk nonstop for an entire day.   Literally....

continued from last blog entry........ As soon as we got outside, he pulled out a pack of Marlboro's.   Oh you've gotta be kidding me, I thought.     I mean c'mon!  What girl doesn't have a weakness for sexy Spanish strippers who smoke?   Say  that 10 times fast! "Do you smoke?"  he asked while putting a cigarette to his sexy Spanish lips.  "No" I answered smiling.   But I'll gladly watch YOU smoke, I thought. He asked why I made the trek with my girls to this "joint" and wondered whether I was here for my own stagette.  I laughed pretty loud and told him that my visit here was to celebrate the complete opposite of a stagette.  His smirk and lingering eyes indicated that he must have been very happy to hear that I was very single. I initially thought that I would have nothing to talk about with this guy, or that he would even be remotely interesting.  Turns out I was wrong. I had soon learned that he was...

....continued from last entry... "Ok, EXIT HERE!"  I yelled halfway to our destination. "Why??  Where are we hun??  There are only shopping centres here!"  my girlfriend complained as she unhappily got forced off the highway. "Yes, but there's also a MOVIE THEATRE!" I announced. The girls all look confused. When we parked, I jumped out of the car and started running to the theatre. "Go get your snacks and I'll meet you inside!" I yelled as I ran away from them. Minutes later I saw the girls approaching me, holding ice cream and cold pop.   I stood at the doors to theatre #9, and greeted them all as they made their way towards me. "Good job on the cold snacks guys.  You'll need something to cool you down after THIS!"   And I handed them their tickets to MAGIC MIKE XXL. --------------------------------------------------------------- I'd love to give you a rundown of what happened to us duri...

It was June 2015. I was frustrated.   I was going on my third summer in family court, and there was no end in sight. On our last court date, my ex and I had FINALLY agreed on accomplishing one thing, and that was signing our divorce.  But sadly that didn't mean that our time fighting in the system was over.  It only meant that on paper we were officially done as a couple.  Sure, it was a relief, but was only one of the many issues that needed to be resolved.  And I'm sure it  would still be months before I even got the divorce finalized by the court. A couple weeks later, on a Saturday afternoon, I sat at my kitchen table going through bill after bill after bill.  By the 5th envelope I sighed out loud and rolled by eyes.   I stopped to take a sip of my coffee when I noticed an envelope, amongst the others, from the courthouse. I felt sick to my stomach as I wondered what my ex was taking me to court for now?  Somehow the ...