Ooooooooooooooo Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Oohhhhhhhhhh!

Honey and I just got back from a long and blissful trip to Second Spin. It’s only like one of my favoritest stores in the world! Used CDs, DVDs and games as far as the eye can see. Unbeatable prices. Incredible selection! It’s all the way downtown in an area we rarely visit anymore (although there once was a *dangerous* time when I worked next door…literally!) so it’s a big treat when we do get over there to it.

We spent about two hours searching for a couple particular titles we’ve both been looking for and stumbling across many more titles we weren’t but suddenly could not live without! Honey likes his industrial and bluegrass music, I like relaxing meditation tunes, female artists and old school favorites. All of these types of music are way too expensive for us to buy them all new at stores like Best Buy. So when we do get around to Second Spin, it’s almost like we’re going to Disneyland or something. We totally splurge. Check out what I scored today:

Faeries: A Musical Companion to the Art of Brian Froud - Who knew there was music compiled to accompany his incredible artwork?! >:)

Delerium, Archives Vol 1.

Ray Lynch, Deep Breakfast - I used to read Tarot cards to this album 17 years ago.

The Black Eyed Peas, Monkey Business - these guys (and Fergie) are just plain FUN to listen to!

Dixie Chicks, Home - I don’t even like country but these girls are too cute! And I really want their new album, for which they won many Grammys. But I’ll settle for this one for now.

Jane’s Addiction, Jane’s Addiction - one of the best live albums ever. And their version of Sympathy is almost as good (if not better) than the Stones’.

Bombay Beats - I don’t know what this is but Honey listened to it and thought I would like it. Only $8 for 24 songs in a box set. We’ll see…

And then Honey got…

A-ha, Hunting High and Low - Don’t even ask…???

Fade to Bluegrass: The Bluegrass Tribute to Metallica

Intermix, Phaze Two - I have no idea what this is. But maybe you do?

Also came home with a used copy of Fargo and Peter Pan. All that for under $100! Clearly we hit the motherlode!

So if you would like me to *ahem* share some of this with you, please don’t hesitate to ask. *ahem*

Remember last August, when Honey completed the Motorcycle Safety Course and then got his own training wheels? Well, there has been much talk around our house lately of his desire to upgrade said training wheels. He got a very nice annual bonus from work and it’s already burning a hold in his pocket. For a few days last weekend, after pouring many beers into The Boss -aka yours truly- we were going to get him his own Harley. But after the hangover and serious flu ailments wore off, The Boss wised up and nixed the Harley idea. We compromised on another “Rice Burner” but with a bigger engine.

Today we went on a ride with my dad and got me some leather chaps and a vest. Then we went to look at a used Yamaha RoadStar in the area and Honey fell in love. On Tuesday, Honey is going to go buy that bike (for an extremely reasonable price!) and be happy.

The whole plan was to buy this new bike for about twice what we paid for his Honda, then sell his Honda to make some money back. But all the way home from looking at this Yamaha, I was bit by the motorcycle bug myself!!!

When I was like 9 years old my dad had me on a motorcycle. A little dirt bike. He’d put me on it and we’d tool around paths in the foothills. I loved it! Then as I got older, I spent many hours on the back of his Harley. Again…loved it.

I took the Motorcycle Safety Course almost 10 years ago with his then-fiancee but I got some bad test anxiety the day of the test and failed miserably.

So on the ride back today, I kept wanting to drive the motorcycle myself, instead of sitting in the backseat behind Honey. I couldn’t stand it. I was barely off the bike in our driveway back home when I brought this new idea up: I take the safety course again, pass the test no problem (because I’ve cured my test anxiety problem!) and keep Honey’s Honda as my very own motorcycle!!! OMG! WHY NOT!?!? I mean, we can’t make a baby until next year at least and once I start makin’ babies, we all know motorcycling will never be a priority hobby for me. So now is the perfect time to start! His Honda may be too small for him but he and dad both say it’s the perfect size for me (I think it’s a little big but mostly I’m just intimidated by it’s power!).

I signed up for the course and am taking it this weekend (the first weekend it’s offered this year!). It’s Friday night and then all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Whew.

Look out, Colorado! There’s gonna be a new Motorcycle Mama on the loose pretty soon!

…and, oooooweeee! My mother’s going to F-R-E-A-K O-U-T!!!! >:)

Thank you all for your well-wishes. I am feeling better, slowly but surely. Fortunately, when I’m down and out, I can spend some quality time playing my video game. >:) Got some stuff done around the house this morning until exhaustion and achiness kicked back in around noon. I’m moving in spurts.

Here is this week’s Feast:

Appetizer
Name two things that made you smile this week.
1) Watching the Colbert Report the last two nights.
2) Watching my Honey try lentil soup as part of his low-calorie diet plan.

Soup
Fill in the blank: Don’t you hate it when ________?
…you drink too much caffeine at dinner and can’t shut your brain off to go to sleep until 2am!?!?

Salad
When you can’t go to sleep, what is your personal remedy to help yourself drift into Lullabyland?
Heh. Speaking of which…
Either listen to meditation music on my iPod and/or cuddle up with Dobby and borrow some of his sleepy vibrations to get me to sleep.

Main Course
What is something about which you’ve always wondered but have not yet found a good answer?
How do birds “do it?” I think I saw two pigeons doin’ it on my fence last year but I really can’t be sure. My dad always told me they did it whilst flying in the sky but I find that hard to believe.

Dessert
What is your favorite pasta dish?
Any pasta with marinara and alfredo sauces mixed, with a dash of balsamic vinegar. Meat is optional.

It turns out I have the flu, not a sinus infection. The doctor gave me THREE prescriptions, including one inhaler and told me to go home and stay in bed. I’ve been sick since Thursday.

Happy frickin’ Spring Break!

I hereby declare Spring Break to begin…NOW!!!!!

Do a search on Spring Break (because I have nothing better to do!), and I find this:

Wikipedia

Daytona Beach

Spring Break World

Volunteering,

Since I’m not a drunken, twenty-something singleton anymore, and, since I am a rock-awesome procrastinator, I won’t be doing any of the a-forelisted things for my Spring Break.

Instead, I’ll be writing a paper on Tuberculosis for my Biology class. Woop-ity-freakin-doo!

That is, once I kick this sinus infection that the kiddos gave me as a parting gift.