the essence

I haven't blogged much lately. I just haven't really felt like it. I think sometimes its a matter of feeling like I have tons I want to write but not knowing how to word it so I give up all together & just let everything simmer in my mind.

So, I'm at work right now & I was going to be really good today about not eating sugar. I had so so SO much of it yesterday. I can now say that I'm glad my mom gave Ray & I a more sophisticated Easter basket this year because we got tons of candy from other places (& I can't wait to drink the desert wine!).

Anyway, Ray won some BIG brownie points yesterday. Saturday Ray was talking to me & all of a sudden had this panicked look & told me he forgot that the next day was Easter & hadn't bought me anything for my Easter basket yet. I couldn't lie to him so when he asked I told him I'd made him one. I told him it was okay that he didn't get me one but he was very insistent about it because it was our first Easter together. But, as the day unfolded we were too busy for him to go out. So, I went to bed around 1 & Ray of course stayed up. He also left the house around 2 in the morning & went out to buy candy for my Easter basket. I'm such a deep sleeper that I didn't hear a thing with him in & out. So, when I woke up in the morning there was this Easter basket waiting for me on the kitchen table. It was really sweet & he not only won points with me but also with my mom (always a good thing to keep the in-laws happy, right?).

Yesterday was a busy day & after church in the morning we spent time with both sides of Ray's family. I was so tired when I got home but I absolutely had to study. I read the rest of the chapter for my class today which ended up making me feel like a goody-two-shoes because of all the times I actually read the text (I usually wait until the last minute) she decides to ask the class today if anyone had read the chapter yet. Yeah, I was the only one. (that was one long sentence) (I'm using a lot of parenthesis today)

Now, back to the part about being good today by not eating sugar. I was reading Mic's blog right before I went on lunch (I was scanning, I wasn't ditching my work) & she had posted about Starbuck's (my kind of girl) & she wrote about how to get a drink like a caramel machiatto only less expensive & it was sounding soooo good that when my break rolled around I headed over to Barnes & Noble. Unfortunately I still couldn't afford the cheap version of a caramel machiatto (the smallest size still would've cost me over $2) but I went ahead with a regular coffee & lots & LOTS of sugar in it. I definitely shouldn't eat any Easter candy tonight. I now have a caffeine/sugar buzz.