"I'm a redneck woman, I ain't no high-class broad"

Before I begin the intended blog, I’d just like to say that it took over 20 attempts, a restart of the computer, an attempt through Firefox, and an attempt through Internet Explorer to try and gain access to my blog before I finally gave up. I am now typing this up as a Microsoft word document. After I will email it to myself, open it from my iphone, copy it, sign in to my blog from my phone (which DOES seem to work) and paste it. Or, you could have skipped that whole bit and jumped in to read here: Texas’ computer is JANKY. (FYI – a blog about the word “janky” will be follow in the near future).

And now to our regular scheduled (albeit boring) program:

This blog entry was supposed to take a different direction, but I’m going to save it for another entry. So for now you get what I did today.

It’s Sunday. Texas and I went out to Starbucks for some lunchtime (morning) coffee. We sat outside in the shade and I enjoyed my grande extra-hot, no foam, vanilla latte while he drank his… well, whatever it is he ordered. We walked around the outdoor shopping center and then headed to Chilis for an appetizer (to hold us over til dinner).Unfortunately I woke up with a sore throat today and it hasn’t subsided all day. The germs now feel like they are invading my lungs, and when I cough, it tastes like snot. (How’s that for description? When I start coughing it up I’ll be sure to fill you in on the color. Haha.) Add to that 4 doozy mosquito bites I acquired while sitting outside of Starbucks and now you have a much needed trip to the drugstore. Off to the store we go. Tylenol Sore Throat syrup. Check. Halls Soothing throat and cough drops, Tylenol, cortisone cream and check, check, check.

I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining, but I’m not feeling good. However I tried to keep my spirits up even though my energy is low. The rest of the evening I sat outside in the shade while Texas grilled meat for tonight’s dinner and our meals for the week, while I sucked down water and throat drops. (By the way, the food turned out delish!). So as I was saying, I sat outside… are you ready for this? In boxer shorts with pictures of Hershey kisses on them, a very stained men’s white t-shirt, and a Carhartt hat that was slightly too big for my head and was covered with sweat stains (though the picture doesn’t do it ANY justice). Surprisingly I felt kinda cute! I felt like I was camping and wearing I-don’t-give-a-crap clothes. I was extremely comfortable and that’s all that mattered. I should also note that I almost NEVER wear shorts. And after seeing a photo taken from earlier, I see that I need to start because my legs are WHITE!!! Anyhoo, all I needed was a can of beer in my hand and I’d have been redneck complete, me thinks. I mean, I even had the US magazine in hand. Ok, ok, maybe I needed a few more stains on my shirt or just a camo shirt instead. A little exaggeration never hurt a blog!

We were going to play washers but between the grilling of the meat and my not feeling 100%, it’s just going to have to wait for another day. But that’s fine. I settled into my chair and continued reading my Runners World magazine.

I’ll be going to bed soon so that hopefully the cough syrup can kick some germ ass and I can wake up feeling energized.

Til next time…