isn't it funny?

It figures......

when I finally start my blog, titled: "A Bartender's Word, From Behind the Bar"..... I quit my job. HA! Just like that. I'm a wee bit crazy, none the less, I've been contemplating for the last 6 months if the money/drama/hours/stress was worth missing out on time with the kids, and husband. And, obviously, on Friday I came to the conclusion that -- it wasn't. And I couldn't be more thrilled. I've put almost my entire adult working career into this industry, and I believe that it's time for a change. Or, maybe I'll just soak up some sun at the pool, at the playground, reading with the kids under a tree when we get too much sun, and most of all -- loving every single moment of there lives before they both gear up for full time school. And being the most important thing to me, in this whole crazy f*ed up world.... a mama, and a wife.

After I wrote my resignation letter, and put it behind me, in a whopping 5-6 minutes (yea, I took it pretty well. I was upset for a few, and then realized that there wasn't a whole lot to cry over.... EXCEPT for the hundreds of dollars that I wouldn't be making....). ANYHOW, after the whole ordeal was over and done with... we packed it up for camping with friends of ours (well, really -- a friend of Christopher's and his family) at a place in Southern VA called Wilderness. We hit the pool, we played arcade games, we played in the gym IE. pool, ping-pong, basketball, we had a blast.... and topped it all off with S'Mores. It was a pretty fabulous weekend. The weather was gorgeous. I even slept pretty good. The only thing that I could have asked for was our little monsters, I mean angels -- to act better. I know that they were exhausted, and just fussy from the surroundings... but, still -- the crabbiness was a bit trying by Sunday afternoon when we all piled into the car to come home. I myself am exhausted from the trip, which EVEN more excited me about not having to work tonight... and looking forward to the pool tomorrow evening as a family.... and, and, and... I could go on for hours about how damn ecstatic I am to be much more readily available to my favorite people. The Fam.

Anyhow, the kids are snoozing away after our failed attempt at renting some paddle boats at Burke Lake Park (over a two hour wait!), and a lunch that consisted of cereal, pickles, tuna salad sandwiches, and potato chips. They'll go days without wanting to sit down for a meal, and then all of a sudden, binge-o-Rama! So, maybe I'll try and catch the rest of Hamburger Hill, or some other such Memorial Dayesque movie....