Sorry about the late post

Ok, so I realize I was a slacker last week but I'll be back on the weekly blogging bandwagon starting this week. Today's blog is a full recap of last week in my world.

Last Week

Monday
I got my hair cut Monday night after work. Normally, I go in and get the standard trim...nothing different, but since my birthday is coming up pretty soon, I've really been thinking about doing something a little different...you know, a little more grown up. I love the girl that does my hair. I have a policy that if you don't have good hair, you're not touching mine. Rikki has great hair so I put a lot of trust in her. She cuts it exactly how I ask her to and it always looks great. I got some bangs cut and a few inches cut off and it's a lot thinner. When it comes to my hair-thin is in.
After I had my hair done, I went over to Rebecca's so I had to play catch up on The Bachelorette premier when I got home. I would love to give you a recap, but truthfully, there were so many bachelors and not enough time to really get a good feel for all of them. I, for the most part, agreed with the guys she sent home and few stood out to me. Kyle, who stepped out of the limo with no socks, a Members Only jacket and later told her his grandfather was from Peru, but didn't look like any Peruvian I've ever seen. Who still has a Member's Only jacket? I guess he's the last member. Tanner P with the foot fetish. Greg Bilbo, the short guy who wanted to challenge Michael to a break dance off and kept saying "let's hug it out". I was glad to see him go. Stephen, who said "Maybe she just doesn't like awesome guys". No, Stephen, maybe she just didn't like you. And then there's Juan. I didn't think it was necessary for them to play the latino music each time he came into the room. Nothing about him except for his name seems latino, but I guess they want to remind us that he spent the first 2 years of his life in Argentina. Thanks, ABC. What would we do without you.

Tuesday/Wednesday
Tuesday night was bittersweet with the untimely demise of Danny Gokey on American Idol. I literrally shed a tear last week when they announced he was leaving, but, as I've said before, he'll make an awesome Christian cd one day that will be unbelieveable. Oh, and I'm following him on Twitter now, too, which helps me forget he didn't win. I got a lot of backlash last week when I said that Justin Guarini (sarcastically speaking of course) could give Adam some pointers on how to make it big as the 2nd place winners. I understand that some of the 2nd place winners have sold a lot of albums, but I still believe they were all 2nd place for a reason. Adam looked ridiculous in those iron angel wings he wore during his song with KISS, and I felt like the viewers made a great choice by choosing Kris as the winner. It made my week when I saw one of my favorites, Queen Latifa, singing with Lil Rounds. Great choice Lil. Little. Lil.

Friday
Friday was a really good day. I had taken the day off because Peaches and I were supposed to take a roadtrip to Virginia Beach to visit Don Juan but the trip fell through and I spent the day with my mom. I really didn't have any intentions of doing anything, but we ended up taking her car to the shop and doing a little shopping. It was really nice to not have a schedule to keep. Usually when we go somewhere we have to be back by a certain time, so it was a great change of pace.
That night I met my friend Mayfield for dinner at Wings and afterward we met up with Andi, Rebecca and Roxy and went to the McWane Center to see A Night At The Museum 2 at the IMAX theater. I had really been looking forward to seeing the movie, and I thought it would be really fun to see it there. Before the movie started they were playing some elevator rock music. I successfully got the entire theater to join me in singing along to Livin On A Prayer by Bon Jovi, which felt like one of the single greatest moments of my adult life. Sad, I know. The movie was really good and it was definitely worth the $11.

Saturday
Once I get my mind set that I want to go out of town, there's no stopping me, so I talked my friends Rebecca and Andi into driving to Nashville for the day. We spent all day at the Opry Mills Mall and at lunch at one of my favorite restaurants, The Rainforest Cafe. I got some awesome houndstooth dressy flip flops, a super expensive new flat iron, and spent plenty of time in Harry David. We saw a kiosk that offered eyebrow threading, which is kinda like waxing, but I was certain someone had told me it didn't hurt as bad. Andi went first and said that it didn't really hurt, then Rebecca had hers done, telling me it wasn't that bad. They lied. It was horrible. Basically what they do is take a piece of thread and somehow tweeze your eyebrows with that thread. I must not have a very high tolerance for pain. I almost told her to stop so we could take a little breather, but I suffered through it. My eyebrows look great but I definitely won't have that done again. After a quick trip to Apple Barn, we wrapped up our day of shopping.
After leaving the mall, we drove into downtown Nashville to get some dinner. There were a ton of people downtown, which was great because you see a lot of really different types of people. Rebecca and Andi had not been to Nashville in a while and had never really experience that part of it, so I drove around for a little while showing them some different places, like Legends, Tootsies, The Country Music Hall of Fame, Wildhorse Saloon, Hard Rock and The Ryman Auditorium. Andi was taking in the sites and saw a picture of Patsy Cline and said "Awe, I love Patsy Cline!". Rebecca was in concert mode, and without thinking said "Oh my gosh! Is she here tonight?". Without taking a breath I had to remind Bec that Patsy's been dead for 40 years. We did see a lot of street performers, which I guess I never really noticed before. Everybody's got a dream in Nashville. Maybe that's why I love it so much. Everything seems possible there.
We had a great trip, and it was great to get home and get some rest. I had a great weekend and I'm looking forward to an even better week. Stay tuned for a recap of this weeks episode of the Bachelorette.