Lucky in love.

Good Morning blog folk,
I hope that this day finds you feelin' fine...This day, is my only day off for the entire week, AND, for the upcoming FALL/WINTER season, Sundays will be my only day off every darn week....
And on the 7th day she rested? - yeah right, more like on the 7th day she cleaned her house and attempted to put away the piles of laundry that accumulate Monday through Saturday and oh wait, let's not forget about the piles of ignored bills I must learn to deal with....Ugh, sigh, grunt.
Mind you, I am not complaining - and I have Ms. Alli to thank for that, and my sister in-law Pam and a sweet little girl named Alyssa - all situations worthy of legit complaints - me, well I am grateful to live my life to the fullest, even if that means only one day off to deal with the piles of things that make up my existence....
I am feeling, all in all pretty darn grateful lately - I have a lot of blessings to be thankful for - I really am a LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY woman.
Yesterday I felt stupidly lucky, almost greedily lucky and a little guilty about how much I have, how much love I get....
First off - I would like to acknowledge the joy that a particular lady provides in my life, although she does it from a far, because she moved far far away and is now on the West Coast instead of down the road and teaching pilates at the gym...
When she did live, just down the road from me, we were, acquaintances at best - but now that she is gone, with my ability to stalk her on facebook- she has become a real distinct light in my life.
She makes me laugh and feel understood, and that, is priceless.
Her name is Jenny and she is quite possibly, one of the sweetest human beings alive. You can tell just by looking at her smile, it is one of the kind that just says, "I am genuine awesomeness" - if you look at pictures with her and her two stinkin' adorable daughters, her smile radiates "I am genuine awesomeness and I am giving all my magic to these girls who reciprocate, and in turn, life is too good to be true." At least that is what I see....
Jenny is my facebook friend - she gets me.
She always likes my status updates when she should - when I laugh after I change my post and she 'likes it' immediately - I feel a kindredness though the miles between us are great and both our lives are so full that they literally, barely have room for us.
She doesn't have to drink her morning coffee here in Virginia with me, we do it via facebook and my blog - she is always around and I love it.
This weekend, the lucky little duckling is at the Gorge partaking in the DMB caravan.....Sheesh, can I be any more jealous?
Thing is, I have had pictures sent to me on my cell along with concert updates and song to song, blow by blows - love her and her shared mental illness for the Dave.
If he was served up to me on a silver platter, I would call Jenny right off and say fly your ass to my table NOW before I gobble him all up myself.
I would share, cause she is super worthy.
At 12:42 AM I received a text - I had fallen asleep so I read it first eye opened this morning...
It was from Jenny and it read 'Come See...'
This is the opening line of my personal anthem #41....She heard the notes and thought of me....How freaking lucky am I????
Thanks Jenny for making me smile right off this morning - I think of you all the time too :)
And....I began my day already feeling lucky, residual luckiness from yesterday still a film of gratitude on my eyes, as I rubbed those suckers awake.
Yesterday at work was one of those days you wish was an every day work day....
I had the BEST customers in, and had the BEST time exchanging energy and subsequently laughed my ass off pretty much from punch in, to punch out.
I won't share all the details for they are far too many and I have too many piles of assorted crap staring at me and calling me names, ugh.
I will share just the high lights...
One was my pal Kate, who, if she does not get a damn facebook account is not allowed to come visit me next time - fudge with cayenne or no fudge with cayenne, or rum for that matter - I have will power Kate, just try me...
She lives in D.C. and has been coming in to the store for years, making me laugh by sharing stories of hilarity from her life. She is a gem - a really really great person with a beautifully warped sense of humor that hides coyly behind her lovely refined exterior and always brilliantly painted toes. She is a little spit fire that reveals her fire to you in small unexpected doses that catch you off guard and make you choke a little when the surprise of her punch line catches you off guard.
Her comic timing is impeccable - I just adore her.
I have been threatening her for months - get a facebook so I can stalk you, this once in a while friendship we share, is simply not enough...I want to have Kate, the same way I have Jenny.
I'm warning you Kate, ultimatum time :)
She bakes me things, Easter egg scones and yesterday, a tupperware of Cayenne fudge - Oh my, that by the way Kate, sat on my chest last night a top my comforter as I watched the Patriot on TBS whilst nibbling and nibbling at the spicy, addictively spicy, fudge chunks.
When my jeans don't button I am blaming you completely and thoroughly - ON YOUR FACEBOOK WALL....(insert attitudnal throat clearing here)
(Oh, disclaimer - I know I use words that are not in the dictionary yet - 'attitudnal' being one of them - following my novel winning the Pulitzer, it will be, all things in good time dears...
And so back to the day.... As if Kate and her fudgey ways were not enough already to equal fabtabulous - then came in Jennifer and Jeff.
Now Jennifer and Jeff I don't know a ton about - YET....
They are brother and sister, this I know, and they live away from cville, but close enough to get to town for a day trip.
I know little else at this point other than they crack me up and I really really enjoy talking to them - like a lot.
Even Kate got in on the Jennifer and Jeff convo - the four of us would have a too good time if you threw in dinner and some wine...
Jennifer is hilarious and Jeff is just plain sweet, smart, funny and gave me one of the best compliments I have ever received - this propelled him to the top of my list of favorite customers straight away...
I was a little nutty (go figure), maybe even a little high on caffeine without enough food (other than cayenne fudge) in my tummy - I may have been twitching a little I am not sure - at any rate, I know I was all over the place verbally, saying everything that popped into my head a aloud.
I apologized to Jeff for being a complete spaz lunatic and he said (loosely quoted)
"Don't ever apologize for your unique personality, it's wonderful and you should be proud of it"
Don't you just want to kiss him? I know I wanted to, and jump straight away into his arms the way Emma does me when I make her feel good, she wraps her legs all about me and squeezes my neck in a grateful death grip - I had the impulse to do this with Jeff, but I thought I would knock him down and kill him if I did, so I showed restraint and kept the love explosion inside.
Thing is, I needed that. Really really really really needed to hear that.
Needed to hear - be proud of who you are - you are unique.
In a world that is often unkind, where people like me are often mis-understood - a moment like that, a comment like that, can refill the reserve tank.
Erase something ugly off my childhood wall even...
Thanks Jeff for that - coming from a good guy like you, well that meant the world.

See why I am so stupid lucky??? I know right - how the hell did I end up with so much love???
Oh wait - the old me wouldn't have been able to answer that question, even if presented rhetorically - the revised version knows why and says it with the background noise of her own tooting horn "And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" -
Finally I know I get what I give and according to Jeff, I should be proud of myself.
Okay to the piles, UGHHHHHHHH.
Thanks Jenny, Kate, Jennifer and Jeff for making my weekend feel beyond blessed - and thanks to Alli, Pam and Alyssa for providing me with the perspective I need to see my blessings so clearly.
Have a great day ya'll - love loud xo