So, since my banana popsicle binge is over-- FOR NOW-- I've decided to give you 7 "Quick Takes"... a blurb about all my brilliant blogging ideas that I just don't do because I'm lazy.
1.
So, last week I took a solo vacation. I'm going to do more of that. I was a little unsure how it would go just taking off completely on my own, but I'm obsessed now. Maybe it's because for the past several years, most of my vacations have involved taking care of large groups of people. But there was something so liberating about not having to worry about keeping anyone else happy.
2.
If you're ever on the newlywed game with me and you're asked what my favorite place on earth is, go with this. Epcot. At night. Probably by myself.
3.
And Julia, I didn't ride the teacups. So I will go with you *twice* next time to make up for it.
4.
While I was gone to Disney World, my BFF Lindsay (Lohan for those of you who are unclear) had some issues. I knew I should have assigned someone to take care of her while I was gone.
She's been laying kinda low for a while, and then I leave town and BAM. I mean, no biggie: She just might have skipped out on a $46,000 bill and then trashed a trailer belonging to Elizabeth Taylor.
She says it's a misunderstanding. Of course it is, baby. We heart you, Lilo.
5.
I don't know why, but I found these excerpts from the 1979 Victoria's Secret catalog really interesting. I mean, they're all like "Hey, we're just hanging out on a chaise lounge in our grandma's house with the dog. You know, in our really sexy underwear that people don't wear when they're hanging out on a chaise lounge". Enjoy.
6.
I've tried to explain to people for a long time how every priest has "a girl". You know, they don't have wives, so they find someone to take care of them because--let's be honest--most of them ("them" being men) need it. You never know if his girl is going to be his secretary, his assistant, an old lady in the parish who helps him out or someone on the staff who just took pity on him somewhere along the way and helps out. But if your job is like mine and requires you to get in touch with priests a lot, you learn that they all have "a girl", and their girl is totally the person to talk to if you need to get stuff done.
So, Father Alex is telling me about how his blackberry is a POS and he's going get a new phone. He told me he's going get an iPhone (actually, he said he's going get one "where you do your finger across the bottom to turn it on", but we talk enough now that comments like that make sense to me. I actually knew he was going to say he was getting an iPhone when he started with "Bonnie, I've been thinking about my phone...").
He told me that the man at the store was unsure about him getting an iPhone, and said "Well, given your level of knowledge, I think you're going to require a lot of assistance with an iPhone...", to which Father Alex responded:
"Oh, it's OK. I've got a girl."
It's official. I'm his girl. PRAY FOR ME.
7.
(I originally wrote a different #7, but as I was re-reading the beginning I started craving another popsicle and this happened, so I had to change it)
We all know that I have an addictive personality. It's not always a bad thing... that's why I focus on things so well. If I'm going to do something, it's going to take over my life. But I realized I hit rock bottom when I just had the thought "If I found out the world was ending tomorrow, I'd eat banana popsicles until I made myself sick".
So just be aware, if the world ends tomorrow, I will not be hanging out with those I love. I'll be eating banana popsicles into oblivion.
So, there you go. 7 Quick Takes. I can't promise this will be every Sunday, but I'll try to do it more often.
