My Jam!

I've never really been a huge Gavin Degraw fan. It's not that I have anything against him. I can even boast that I am proud owner of his first album, which I quite enjoyed. But man let me tell you, the first single for his new album, that's my jam! I love this song. In fact whenever I'm cruising in Bianca and I hear it I can't help but exclaim, "Oh there's my song!" So it would only be natural for me to share it with you. So turn it up, and get ready to tap your toes and sing along!

I'm In Love With A Girl

So many people gonna say that they want you,
To try to get you thinking they really care,
But there's nothing like the warmth of the one who has put in the time and you know he's gonna be there,
Back your border when she knows someone crossed it,
Don't let nobody put you down, who your with
Take the pain of protecting your name, from the crutch to the cane to the highwire.

I'm in love with a girl who knows me better,
Fell for the women just when I met her,
Took my sweet time when I was bitter,
Someone understands,
And she knows how to treat a fella right,
Give me that feeling every night,
Wants to make love when I wanna fight,
Now someone understand me,
I'm in love with a girl (I'm in love with) (x2)

Out the many broken backdoors and windows,
Through the valley of the love of the lost,
Is a hole that is cut through the souls falling down from the thrones without leaving any windows,
But you drown in a piece for the moment,
The moment was over in time,
Then its gone the hit and run the tactless one has a short life.

I'm in love with a girl who knows me better,
Fell for the women just when I met her,
Took my sweet time when I was bitter,
Someone understands,
And she knows how to treat a fella right,
Give me that feeling every night,
Wants to make love when I wanna fight,
Now someone understand me,
I'm in love with a girl (I'm in love with) (x2)

Gonna tell you what you do to think you practice what you preach,
Now I know there's nothing we cant reach, 'cause the heart can't erase once it finds a place to be warm and welcome,
To be held in shelter.

I'm in love with a girl who knows me better,
Fell for the women just when I met her,
Took my sweet time when I was bitter,
Someone understands,
And she knows how to treat a fella right,
Give me that feeling every night,
Wants to make love when I wanna fight,
Now someone understands me,
I'm in love with a girl (I'm in love with) (x3)
Who knows me better
Wants to make love when I wanna fight
Now someone understand me.

- Gavin Degraw

You Asked For It!

Well here it is, the first official picture of Thumper and I together. I've been harrassed nonstop for the last month about getting this thing out, but just like me he hates to have his picture taken, which really I have no idea why because I have yet to see a bad picture of this man. He's quite photogenic, which should be obvious when you take into consideration which one of us is actually looking at the camera! Here we were at the church for Boogie's 8th grade graduation ceremony. I aim to please so I hope that it was worth the wait!

Chattanooga or Bust!

So Santa Claus and I have been in The Windy City for about a week now, and let me tell you, this has been the longest week of my life, not because I'm not having fun and not because I didn't want to be here, because I did, or at least I thought I did.

Five days ago, just as I was preparing to leave for this excursion, I had a panic attack. I'd planned this trip about 2 and a half months ago and then out of nowhere Thumper and I started dating and from that moment onward I'd been hearing a million different things in regards to whether I should continue with my plans or not. Some people said that as long as it was okay with Thumper then it was okay to go. Then some people said that it was way too soon in our relationship to just bluntly ask him, "Is it okay with you if I go?" And then of course there were some people who just plain said, "No!" Well I talked to him about it and he said, "I trust you." In my opinion that was the end of the controversy. He was okay with me going so it was finalized. But then as I was packing I thought what-if this and what-if that? I cooked up this awful scenario in my head and then spent the rest of the night trying to call Thumper so that I could see him before leaving, but my attempts were in vain. Thus I spent the rest of the night crying and worrying.

So the beginning of the trip was clouded with a lot of regret. Then one of the first nights here, I sat in the hotel lobby and talked to Dr Love and told him that I don't see why everyone is making such a big deal out of nothing. I am not the kind of person to cheat, not to mention the fact that Thumper is really important to me and I'd never do anything to ruin the way things are now. So he suggested that I tell him these things and so I did. Of course the conversation was a lot of me talking and gushing and Thumper listening, but I got it all out and I feel so much better about it all.

Now all I have to do is get home to him! Yeah!

Spare Change

I hate change. I'm sure that I have already denounced it multiple times throughout this blog. But here lately there sure has been a lot of it in my life - and for once it's not half bad!

That job that I applied for in MICU - I got it! I drank about half a bottle of Pepto Bismol before my interview, but they loved me and I'll be moving upstairs sometime in July. The boss lady is taking it all rather well too, which really had me worried, since some of those who most recently transfered had a rough go of it.

Thumper and I are finally official! Yeah! It took him long enough to come to his senses, but it was well worth the wait. It's only been 2 weeks now that we're together, but of course I'm on cloud 9 or somewhere really heavenly, just wandering around acting like some goober. I guess this is what you would call being happy. Pure, unadulterated happiness, there's nothing quite like it.

I've been traveling a lot too. I just got back from sunny Florida where it is getting warm but not too warm. Right now it's just perfect. It stays in the low to mid 80's but without all that humidity. Then in about another week and a half Santa Claus and I are headed to The Windy City for about a week.

What more can I say? Things are going rather well for a change. I'd better not talk about it too much for fear I jinx myself. But if there seems to be a lack of blogging here lately it's because I'm busy with all this spare change!