20ish vs. 30ish Ladies Night

In college..when it was the weekend...you would find the tightest pair of black pants (hopefully not full of lint)...and a revealing top...go to the "downtown area"..and stay out til wee hours in the morning. I wasn't much of a drinker in college but I do have memories of my friend Felecia making awful mixed drinks with Tanqueray and coke? Yuck! I remember going to parties in college in apartment clubhouses which we called "the sweat box" and at the end of the night...everyone was dreched from sweating so much. But it was so much fun...we had to do it again the next weekend!!

After college...the 20s...were filled with lots of happy hours and lounges. Hanging out late during the week knowing my tail had to get up the next morning for work! But I didn't care b/c I was young and having fun!! Learned to love going to lounges and chatting it up meeting new people!

Now...30s. Maybe my view is a little different than others because I am a mom..I don't have grandma in the area for "on the call" babysitting so my ladies nights are carefully planned out! Last weekend I ventured out for ladies night in Georgetown! We went to this chic restaurant...though the concept was cool...I probably won't be frequenting that restaurant again. Then we ventured to a place close by since my Ladies Nights Out consists of having a curfew (babysitter can't stay too long...I'm paying her by the hour..lol). Not to mention..my ladies nights consists of a two drink maximum...it's all about being responsible now!

The bar next door was not the scene for an exciting night on the town. Although there was this one guy that was enjoying himself on the dance floor (with no rhythm I might add)...but hey he was having fun!

A friend asked me to ask the DJ to play "Back that thing up" for giggles and the DJ actually played it!! Me and her got on the dance floor for a little "backing up"  and then the no rhythm guy started dancing with us. Everyone that was at that bar was staring at us on the dance floor..EVERYONE!!! I was so scared that we were going to end up on YouTube or something!

Then soon after that...the clock striked midnight and my carriage was about to turn into a pumpkin so it was time for me to head back to my baby!!

Ladies night in the 30s...has to be more exciting than this?? Whatever happened to getting tipsy and flirting with cute boys...are those times just memories??

To be continued...

Not so good at blogging! LOL

I'd been thinking for a long time that I should start a blog...then when I do...I am so bad at blogging. Several times during the week I think about different topics to blog about but then I'm too beat by the end of the day to blog about it! LOL

I prayed last night that God show me the direction He wants me to go! Sometimes I put myself in too many different groups and feel so overwhelmed with all I have to do (work and non-work). I thought about the song "Jesus Take The Wheel" by Carrie Underwood last night and how I really need His direction on the things I need to let go of and paths He wants me to be on.

Today I received a disappointing email from a PTA board member and guess what...maybe that was God's sign that is one thing that needs to go! Though I was so hopeful in helping the PTA succeed this year it seems the members of the board have put up so many roadblocks...I feel like getting off that train. And I think that is what I will do! I will find other ways to be involved at the school....that doesn't involve stress..lol.

Next blog coming soon...:)

Choices and Paths

It's so funny...I often think about the choices that we make in life. When I was in high school, the only colleges I really knew about was "William and Mary, Hampton University, Old Dominion, and Norfolk State. And that was because those were the colleges that were near to were we lived. In 12th grade I had an English teacher who would always talk about James Madison University. A lot of the "cool smart girls" in my classes also talked about JMU. So I thought...JMU must be a great school!
Another classmate of mine...told me her brother went to school at Virginia Tech. I asked her, what is that school all about? Is that school for people that want tech jobs? I really did say that..lol! She laughed and told me no. I started looking into VT and the brochures were so nice and I started gaining an interest in going there. But in the back of my head...JMU was my 1st choice b/c "all the cool smart kids" were going there!

I submitted my college applications to only three schools (VT, JMU, and Florida State University). I heard back from Virginia Tech first maybe in January or February. I was super excited! And they gave me an awesome financial aid package that included a scholarship that I hadn't even applied for! Then I waited to hear from JMU. Do you know JMU didn't even send me my acceptance letter until around mid-April. By then...I had already gotten HOKIE FEVER!!

I often think how my life would have been different if I went to JMU rather than VT! And even at VT, I wonder how different my life would be if I had hung with a different crowd there. If I had a different major. I met one of my best friends at Tech b/c we were enrolled in like 4 of the same classes (same major).

My senior year at VT was a little nerve wracking. I had hope I would be one of those people that had a job offer at graduation. But I wasn't! There was a point senior year that I thought I would be off to grad school studying Higher Education. But due to many circumstances I chose to not go off to grad school. I chose to just find a job and start life! Which worked out well because the job I landed ended up leading me to my career path right now!!

Do you think the choices you made were what God intended for your life? Or do you think God is the one that lead you to make those choices? I'm not sure. I like when people say...God is like a GPS...b/c if we get off track...God will just redirect us.

Something to think about...