Days went by

Back in December of 2009 I told you all a little story about Choices. If I had a bit more computer knowledge I would link you to that post but, eh, go fish.  Here we are, a year and half later and I'm giving you an update from a cozy little corner in a Lawrence Dillons cafe whilst sipping on an empty but the ice Starbucks iced coffee. 
 We did it! We had some trips, cries, hairpulls and a lot of chewed off nails but we did it. Just as planned..and holy hell when does that ever happen?! We made it through the Great Divide as I've just named it.  Chesney graduated with flying colors and I moved to Lawrence. Just like that. HA! If it were really that simple. Here's how it went...plus or minus.

I cried. A lot. Ches slept in my bed sometimes because I asked her to and sometimes because we were in the middle of a movie marathon. David and Dallas came home on some weekends and sometimes I headed North.  Chesney rebelled a bit, and hey, she deserved to, to some degree.  David got jealous because I had friends to keep me company and he didn't.  Dallas rolled with the punches cause he's incredibly cool like that. I prayed.

  I laughed. A lot. My friends rescued me.  My friends had no clue and that really pissed me off/made me happy.  David and I grew stronger in friendship, honesty and humor. Chesney had too much on her plate. Dallas knew more than we did.  David got depressed and reached out to me and his Momma. I wondered if we were gonna make it.

  My Dad made me smile.  My Aunt Angie prayed for us.  David worked his butt off. I hated my job. Chesney and I grew even tighter.  I lost my mind.  Dallas had us all in stiches. I stopped praying.

  We got money poor.  Our family got stronger. We got mentally rich.  I got way to used to sleeping without David.  Dallas lost 3 teeth. Chesney grew up.  I threw a fit. David cried. I started praying.

  I fell apart and picked myself back up.  We laughed.  I realized we were gonna make it.  Chesney cried. Dallas helped her laugh. We all got real busy. A friend hurt the hell outta me. Helping David helped me. And then.....

We made it. We flip friggin' made it!  Ches graduated one weekend and helped me move the next.  There's a lot of gaps in this story but I think y'all get the gist of it, and this was not all in order. All is pretty dang well, although man, do I miss that baby girl of mine.

Oh...and I'm used to sleeping beside David every night. Again. Finally.

IVCTL comin' right up

This is what Chesney and I lovingly refer to as IVCTL (Iced vanilla chai tea latte).  It's downright delicious and perfect for a icy summer treat.  I'm sure the hot version is just as good buttttt, why mess with perfection?  We used to get these for $4 bucks a pop at Starbucks and that was just ridiculous, I know. Our lil coffehouse, College Hill Coffee makes them yummy, too. But, I found this at my grocery store and it's not as sweet, I can mix it to my taste and I can have it any ol time I want.

And yes, I know it's been a while since I've been here or written anything.  You may be wondering about Chesney's Graduation, the big move to Lawrence, my mental state and blah blah blah....I'll get to all that at a later date as I'm still trying to get over the fact that all these things have finally?? happened.  In the mean time, I'll just keep it simple with silly little things like IVCTL. Drink up. :)