Again...

im sitting here at work...its been a pretty relaxed day...just editing my little heart out..in a few more hours it will be over...and i will be going to pick up 21 from the base...its been almost two weeks...and i miss him...

so while i have some down time i decided to chill on youtube and at the moment i am watching lenny kravitz in his video again...i forgot how much i love this song..i used to put it on repeat in college, i think i got my rommie andrea hooked too...i went and bought his greatest hits album just for this song..and found quite a few others that i fell in love with like "mama said" and "it aint over til its over"...

so right at this moment i am picturing myself waking up on sunday morning...putting on lenny and stepping out onto my balcony with a cup of coffee...earlier this week they cleared the trees from in front of my balcony so now i can peer right into the horse stable...the horses are gorgeous...yes this is my plan for tomorrow morning...and then i think ill come back inside, put on a sex and the city dvd and pretend to read some more of "eleven minutes"...maybe a little later ill go look in on 21 and watch him sleep for a couple sconds (you ever do that?) before gathering up my laundry and taking it across the hall...

yeah...that sounds like the start of a nice day...

my cell phone exploded!

so last night im playing with my phone....and then it started trippin....turning itself on and off then on then off then on then off....you get the picture...

i actually woke up before 11 to go to the sprint store....

thank God i got that insurance....

but i am phoneless until friday....sprint had to order me a new one...on top of that the good folks at sprint could not retrieve any of the data on my phone...and of course i never got around to backing up anything soooo....if you could please send me your cell numbers and emails and any other information you would like me to plug into my new phone when i get it it would be appreciated...also if you need to reach me....ummm...e-mail me, i would say call my home phone, or my work phone but i never got around to memorizing those numbers either...

thanks yall...love ya!

ooh, my email - swatkins7118@yahoo.com


what am i going to do without my cell phone...i feel lost...i mean if i cant send at least 20 text messages a day i go through withdrawal...*sigh*

i have a new motto...

"spend no money, add no calories"

this is my motto for when i meet up with the crew on tuesdays and thursdays....sometimes wednesdays, fridays and saturdays too...we like to mix it up every now and then...

im not a big drinker...i did my thing in college but have mellowed out a lot since then...once i arrived in cali i found out one of the local bars was the meeting spot for everybody...and i found myself drinking a lot more than i had in a long time...i had to take a step back and ask myself why am i trying to keep up with everyone else...why am i drinking at least 3 to 4 days out the week?...not enough to get drunk but just the fact that i had one drink or two drinks a night was more than i needed...

so now when i go out, sometimes ill have a cute little cosmo or nothing at all...i usually keep a bottle of wine or two at the house just in case when folks come over i have something to offer...

ok..my motto...ive been mulling over my DO BETTER list...and it hit me...i can knock out two birds with one stone...saving money and getting in better shape...

so basically now when i meet up with everyone at the bar...ill drink water....water is free and water has no calories...have yall checked out the calories in beer and liquor...yeah...i could use those calories for something else like real food...

and even though i do usually get the hook up on my tab...pennies add up...i could save that money and pay a bill...i swear sprint is getting rich off me...

since i already have cut back...breaking my ties completely shouldnt be that difficult...im sure ill have a glass of wine every now and then and im sure ill have a cosmo every now and then...if nothing, im realistic...but im motivated to just chill out, i dont need it...im trying to DO BETTER this year....

GIRL, DO BETTER!

ive been thinking about this whole new years resolution thing...i never make them...i mean i do think that january brings a feeling of starting anew...but im not starting anything new...my boyfriend....

(warning: i will probably reference him any chance i get for a little while, but he is just soo damn cute yall, and we are still in that whole "honeymoon" stage so bare with me, im sure it will get annoying but just bite ya tongue and roll ya eyes, ya girl is happy thats what matters right? right? right?)

...anyway he asked me what was my new years resolution...and well, since i dont really make resolutions i thought up somethin real quick that he would like and i cant really repeat what i said because its not really PG-13, but lets just say it put a big ole smile on his face and a big ole smirk on mine...

but i started thinking the other day....resolutions arent so bad if you plan to really use it as motivation to get ya life together or try something new...but i still cant get with it...sooo i decided that instead of resolving to do something new, ill resolve to do what i already do but better...so i came up with my DO BETTER list...

back in the day, if someone said or did something real random, or strange, or just REAL unnecessary...u would look at them roll ya eyes, cock ya head to the side and say "u need to do better" or when its just a tragic mess we would shorten it up and say just say "do better"(or was that just where i was from?)

so im giving myself the look...here is my DO BETTER list:

1. going to the gym...clearly, Gold's Gym is debiting 45 dollars out of my account every month, i need to go more than ummmmm, once a month - girl U NEED TO DO BETTER!!

2. saving...target is the devil...i cant go in there without buying some uneeded piece of merchandise, whether its a new candle, or candle holder, or shirt, or bag, or necklace, or face wash, or mascara...you get the hint..instead of wasting my money on little stuff i need to just keep it in my account - babygirl, DO BETTER!!

3. eating out...my everyday routine involves indulging in a cup of coffee when i wake up, then finally around 2 p.m. ill decided to get dress and by 3 im stopping off at some resturant grabbing some food to eat at my desk while i start work...i need to cook more, they know me at at least 4 different spots around town...i took my boyfriend to my fav pizza place the other day and he gave the the craziest look when the owner smiled and said "hi, shauna did you call in your order today?" yeah so i need to hit the grocery store and lay off the dining out - girl, U NEED TO DO BETTER!!

4. keeping in touch with friends, fam and old colleagues..im bad yall, so bad, and i have no real excuse...it takes me days to return an e-mail, weeks to return a phone call, and my myspace messages, yeah...real bad...and well...ive warned folks not to leave a voicemail, it wont get answered because i check my voicemail maybe twice a month...maybe...funny, the best way to get ahold of me is to text message me (i stay typing on my phone, its got the QWERTY keyboard, love it!) or catch me on my ride to work, meaning you have to actually know my hours....yeah so i pretty much only talk to my mama around that time...so i gotta stop putting things off, i could really break down some bridges if i dont start hollering back at my people...to those who know i have this issue ya girl plans to DO BETTER!!

ok..i know i have some others but i cant think of them at the moment...yall, im a work in progress, please be patient with me...God is not through with me yet (i used to love that song)

its going to be a good year

recap: went to MI for Christmas...it was great seeing my fam, i got to meet my new cousin, he is almost one years old...and a little heathen, lol... naw but forreal that what i told his daddy, my cousin...the little guy only has 4 teeth but decided to bite me..and it hurt...but he is the cutest little thing i have ever seen...he just started walking so he wore me out but it was fun holding a baby, he was so sweet when he got sleepy...Christmas was great, it was wonderful being around my family, i couldnt stop hugging them...

geting off the plane in detroit i saw a little girl with a Spelman bag that said class of '09 so i HAD to find out her info... turns out she is in high school and has dreams of being a Spelman woman...i love that! her mom and i talked all the way to the baggage claim and she was telling me about her daughter...i hope that girl makes it to Spelman, she sounded like Spelman material...i have her moms info so i may check up on her..

then i came back to California....and went out for new years eve...i remember the ball dropping and hugging all my people, taking pictures, the champagne toast...it was great...and i was looking REAL cute that night too...

i have been having a great year already...my weekend was wonderful..my boyfriend and his friends came down from the marine base and spent the weekend with me and my people...on sunday me and the boyfriend spent the whole day together laying up on the couch, watching movies, and falling asleep...it was nice just being around each other...cant wait until the weekend wheen he comes back down...

last night i worked a half day..i have vacation time from last year i need to use up so i decided to take half days on tuesdays, my slow days...my boy came up to me and asked if i wanted to come over for dinner...my girl and i house sat for him and his partner a few weeks ago and had a great time laying up in their nice house, playing with their dogs and chillin in their jacuzzi...so my girl and i met over his house last night and had a ball, its was a great night...im taking in he whwhole scene: its january and we are sitting outside in the backyard next to a fire pit sipping martinis and grilling steaks...talk about new experiences...after a nice dinner outside under the cabana we hit the jacuzzi and had a good time laughing and conversing...clearly after the drinks, the heavy food and the hot jacuzzi i went home and crashed...

my year is already starting out so nice, chill and fun and i plan to keep that vibe going...the family is healthy, the job is hectic but wonderful, the boyfriend is HOT AS HELL, the friends are genuine..life is good...this year is going to be soo right...i am claming it for myself....


GBMama - i have a verse coming for you!