Going to the Chapel

Well friends.....once again, one of my BFF's is getting married to another dear friend. More to come, but currently I'm in Winston-Salem preparing for the big day on Saturday! Love and best wishes to them both....my dear friends.

Happy days to all! Will post more after the weekend. Until then......

The TinMan Get's a New Heart Volume II

Well part two of "Kindsay the TinMan" gets a new heart happened this week. A year and 56 days after the first attempt, my Cardiac Wizard of sorts, Dr. Z, performed my second ablation and so far, so good. No irregualr rhythms, just a very delfated version of myself. But i'm so thankful to God, my doctor and my family for where I'm at right now health wise. My parents took me hostage post surgery and decided after the doc's approval to pack my little heart bandaged self and head to the beach house for some rest and relaxation (ie....get Kbg away from anything that would allow her to work and not get better). I have to admit, it's been quite the medicine I needed. Sitting outside in the sunshine, taking 3 hour naps, eating carb heavy food that I shouldn't eat, watching movies, soaps and beautiful reruns of Sex and the City. On the hard side of this whole thing....my energy tank has been on "E" since Tuesday and I feel very opposite of my true self. Give me a few more days and I'll be back to my old self....actually hopefully a new improved TinMan Kindsay.

I continue to work hard on the job front and will continue that effort on Monday when I return from my Beach Medicine for Heart Surgery. That's a for real prescription. I would prescribe it for anyone interested (minus the heart surgery of course). I think I've had enough of that in one year for everyone. But alas, I sit here tonight very thankful that it looks like my precious God has given me a new heart. I am going to take it and embrace it in the very literal and also the emotional extent that I can. After almost 2 years of fighting heartbreak in the physical and emotional sense of the word, I truly believe my time has come.....to start anew......to learn from my scars that show how far I've come and embrace the life God has planned for me and my new heart. And do it in a way that allows me to remember where I've come from, yet be open for what's to come. To protect it, but allow it to breathe and live life with this new energy that I can feel is within me (once the drugs wear off). :)

So in closing tonight, as my heart beats in the most beautiful rhythm....steady.....strong......

I look forward to the day that the reason my heart skips is not because I have a physical problem, but because I have found true reason to let it live and skip a beat for the excitement of a new day and experience ahead.

Wedding Showers, Luaus and Moments to Myself

Don't you love how pictures can be deceiving ;)

I know it looks like in the picture that I'm on some dreamy tropical island, on a cruise perhaps, but alas I wish these were the truths of the picture. This was actually taken from Lake Norman at a Luau Engagement Party I was at this weekend. But doesn't it make you want to go somewhere tropical??? :)

This weekend was actually filled with all kinds of engagements, wedding showers and some quality time with friends. A fellow Brooke sister came to visit on Friday which brought many fun filled hours of debauchery! Which was followed by her very nice wedding shower on Saturday morning. Fun times had by all. The rest of the weekend consisted of engagement parties, boat time, church, soaking up more sun, cleaning my ole so dirty house and preparing for the weekend of weekends.....LBP's Bachelorette Weekend....coming to a beach near you, next weekend. Oh the fun we'll have.

Well...a boring post to say the least, but at least I'm writing. I have just been informed that I am being granted some moments to myself this afternoon compliments of my boss friend. So Memorial Day is not such a bust after all.....work half day is better than work whole day :)

That's all for now! :)

Rockstars on Tour

Well, in my last post I pledged to do better about writing and updating my sweet little blog and now almost 20 DAYS LATER......GEEEZ! So I'm blaming it on my job once again and the fact that I have decided that myself and my coworkers are RockStars and we were on a fantastic Tour of cities. It sounds more fun and glamorous that way. But in all seriousness, we have been on a huge Southeast tour of coaches and trophies and people...oh my! Although highly successful for the old jorb and those goals, we (myself included) are running on fumes.....with no end in site. But oh well....we are rockstars and it's a fantastic life we lead.....I guess :)

Well in the 20 days of my blog absense, I will give a short synopsis of what has happened. Begjnning with.... I've traveled 800,000 miles, put on 10 events, lost my clutch, cancelled all my cards, found my clutch, ran out of gas in my work car in Buckhead, Atlanta, made a fool out of myself at the "manager's reception" in the lobby of the Embassy Suites, went to a Braves game (yay!), Married one of my best friend's off to the sweetest gal around, fell off the curb on Kings Street and almost broke my ankle, kept my precious "God-Daughter" for a few wonderful hours, planned a bachelorette weekend for my younger twin, paid $800,000,000 back in taxes (thanks to ACS) and now sitting on the eve of my 28th birthday.....I survived! On another happy note....Congrats to Dexter, Corey and Kerry! Our boys are big time! NFL or bust! Check out the pic above of the gals with Dex at the Ring Ceremony!

This time....I promise I'll do better with not neglecting my blog :) Happy Tuesday All! Enjoy this beautiful weather!

Eeyore and Me

I have neglected my blog. Many apologies to my 3 readers. No time for the overworked and busy I guess. I will do better!

So I am drawing close to the end of another tremendous work week and the first weekend without a work or personal committment for months it seems. After a dissapointing message from a certain cadet not making an appearance in my life this weekend, I have decided to make these glorious days off a concentrated time to work on "me." Without a lot of time for myself these days, I have made the conscious decision to do the following:

1. Rest

2. Clean my house

3. Read and/or watch movies

4. Go to my church for the first time in 3 weeks (I miss it when I travel)

5. Not think about work after 5pm on Friday ( i think i can...i think i can..)

6. Enjoy an evening on the town with my girls!!!!!

Wish me luck...I'm trying hard to just "be" this weekend.

So I came across this picture of Eeyore and it seems like it fit my mood for the week. Work is beyond hard right now, but it's hard to knock it when you enjoy it. I find myself in the time of my life where I am questioning everything and it's hard. I thank God for my blessings, but it's just a weird time in my life I think.

So anyways....on to more cheerful things, for tomorrow is a new day.

But for now, it's just Eeyore and me and our cloud. The sun will come out tomorrow and I will once again be hanging out with Tigger, a more honest and true version of me :)

A Short Week for a Short Girl

So how is it that when you have a few days off and it calls for a short work week, that indeed that same work week seems to go on for days. I am hoping that is not the case for this girl tomorrow. I will again embark on another day of Appalachian greatness. I'm sick of points and sick of questions, but alas it looks as if I have 6 more days of it before this busy spell at work is over. Well at least until April 8th and it starts all over again and I will be traveling again.

At any rate....After a glorious few days at the beach, a disappointing Tuesday and a fun monumental weekend ahead, I think I can bare 3 long days of work.

On a fun, yet slightly emotional note....we are T-minus 11 days from one of my best friend's weddings. It just seems like yesterday that they were getting engaged. The upcoming days will be very full for all of us, but I can't even begin to describe how blessed I feel to stand up in this wedding for two of my very favorite people. Ok...mushy stuff over.

Ok, I'm off to bed for my nightly ritual of checking in with my girls in NYC (on TBS of course). Sex and the City...here I come! Night all!

A White Carb, Beach Bunny Easter

Happy Easter All! It's been a while since I posted, but oh what a week it has been. My ever so enchanted job has almost killed me this week and if it wasn't for the blessed holiday, I'd be dead right now. I have taken solace in my parents beach condo for 4 days of bliss.

With the beach has come an old friend.......The ones of you that know me, know that I haven't eaten a white carb in a good 3 months now.....until now! The beach has many a carbohydrate that has nothing to do with wheat or whole grain goodness. I have officially found every white carb in the state of SC and have celebrated each bite of crossiant, baked good, potato and chip I can stuff into my mouth. Oh well, I did get my tail off the beach chair and ran today. I guess I'll have to do that tomorrow too. It's worth it...I love you bread.

Well, I guess that's it for now. I have great expectations of a good week ahead...:) I hope it comes to fruition. In the meantime, here is a pic of me and the sis at the beach! On another note, I love sunshine.

If

Enough Said! I'm exhausted..... after a long work trip and a bachelorette party to boot, I'm a wee bit pooped! I will write more later :) On another note....I've been re-introduced to a great tune from the early 90's......I heart it! "If" by Janet, is my new/old jam.....please revisit it yourselves.....it made me laugh and dance around my house a bit! Thanks Cory! By the way....KB.... Your necklace is on order ;)

The viewpoint from where I drive

So it seems that this month I've embarked on a long tour of the eastern seaboard. After spending 3 1/2 days in glorious Charleston, (where my beloved Mountaineers sucked a big one)....I have left on our long trek to Florida via the way of Hilton Head with my boss. I have to say, I'm not hating it. :) I'm so glad our alums and donors live in fantastic places. This morning we ran on the beautiful Hilton Head shore for miles it seemed (my hamstring hates me btw). Besides the occasional phonecall about points/tickets and a few checks of the point matrix, Beasley has given me the day off!! I needed it, more than I even knew. So, the view from where I sit this Monday, is a much more refreshed one than yesterday. And I am very thankful! Remind me of this when I'm driving 8 hours tomorrow.

Bedknobs and Broomsticks and My Otherwise Enchanted Life

In an effort to find another stress reliver and to copy my much more creative friends in their masterpiece written adventures....I've given in and become a blogger :) After much debate I came up with the Bedknobs and Broomsticks title to my blog. One, because it's a disney movie and I'm a princess, but it has a complexity to the fairytale and that is me! So rather enchanted or not, here is my attempt to blog me, I hope you are entertained.

So....as I launch myself into blog land...wish me luck....I hope I have a parachute.