thanks

I bought myself a ring a while back...it was a big deal for me, it is the first "real" piece of jewelery I have ever bought myself and while it wasn't that expensive it was still a splurge (I bought it before my accident and the subsequent deductible). Also it has meaning, I bought it to replace my wedding band and to remind myself to "love, honor, and cherish" myownself and not wait around for a man to do it. Well the other day I was able to catch up with Mclovin and since we hadn't seen each other since before my purchase I was like "Look! see my ring?" He goes "It looks like you've been tagged." Huh? Well I wear it on my thumb and apparently he thought it made me look like I had been shot with a tranquilizer gun, taken down, and tagged - great...not at all what I was going for...so I go "Yeah, but see it has all this meaning and its..." I noticed his eyes were glazing over and he was slipping into a coma and remembered, duh, he is a GUY...I changed the subject.

Later he asked if I had heard from B2 (actually I hadn't really thought about him, but now that you mention it NO, I haven't, but thanks for the reminder of the humiliation of standing in my closet, buck naked, getting blown off by text, thanks, thanks A LOT...)
me: "Nope."
him: "Oh well, his loss...but if you wanna mess with him you can send him a text...'I'm pregnant, I think you're the father'"
O.M.G. my drink nearly shot out of my nose...
me: (Laughing) "That is awesome!!! Slightly wicked and hilarious at the same time - I love it!"

Ok, so here's the thing...I had a similar exchange with Gigi, only she listened with rapt attention while I went on and on about the ring and then in regards to B2 said something to the effect of "Oh honey, I'm sure he is just busy, I know he really liked you." Which is why of course I like having both male and female friends...the ladies will listen to me yammer and be sweet and lovely and try to build me up...the guys will tell it to me straight, and try to make my drink come out my nose.

In getting ready to take this blog "public" I felt it important to tell all the people I had been writing about all this time that I had a blog, and that they were in it, and that I was gonna tell the world...overwhelmingly the guy response was (AFTER, "OMG you have a blog, you are such a dork! Are there naked pictures?") "Whatever, cool." The ladies were different...some were happy, some were not, but all had A LOT to say about it and all said it passionately, they all took a personal stake in it. Turns out I needed that...I needed to be built up, bolstered, supported and encouraged, and I also needed to be reminded that well in fact, it is just a blog, whatever, and to not take it too seriously.

So, to Smash, Gigi, Mom: thanks for all the love, support, and words of encouragement...to: Booya, Mclovin, & Dude: thanks for keepin' me real.

I luv u guys!