TGIF, An Award and Other Randomness!

First things first, I have to thank Annie over at Chapters of Our Life for awarding me the MEME award! :) She's so full of life and has become a daily read on my blogroll! :) Pop over and say hi! I have to admit...months ago, I wasn't sure what to think of these award things. I was kinda confused and also wanted one all at the same time...haha... Anyway, I've definitely concluded they're fun-especially to break up the monotony of my rantings. ;) So, thanks so much, Annie!!!!!

So, without further adieu, here are the rules!

List 7 personality traits...

Pass onto 7 other bloggers who deserve...

Recognition for the personality they share...

So here goes:

1. Passionate. I need (not want, need) to find my passion in almost whatever I'm doing-writing, working, relationships, etc. Understand I'm not passionate about everything I do-hello, that'd be overkill. ;) But, finding my passion in something definitely fuels my desire to achieve at it...and my happiness.

2. Ambitious. I like a challenge, peeps. Not all the time at every turn.. but I like to feel like I'm working toward something.

3. Empathetic. This can sometimes be to a fault, but I still love it about myself and never want to lose it.

4. Sincere. I like to think that although I CAN be fakey (hello, we're women. We know how to be fake), I definitely hate it and would rather not waste my time on such nonsense. That means my sometimes admittedly- cheesy-sorority-clapping-excitedness... is real, people. It is. Deal with it. ;)

5. Outgoing. Duh. (This is not to say I don't get all only-child-leave-me-alone sometimes... Just sayin.)

6. Sarcastic. I like wit. A lot. That said, sometimes I deal with uncomfortable situations with sarcasm (anyone else do this?).

7. Stubborn. I am. I realize it. I try to work on it. haha.. (I like how I put a negative one last.. haha.. I'm a sh*t.)

Soooo now I'd like to award some of you!!! :) I tried to pick an eclectic mix of people who blog lots and people who blog less than my daily ramblings..haha..Also wanted to pick some peeps I hang with and some peeps I've met over blog world! And I picked 8. Whatever. It's my blog. I can do what I want. XOXO!

Ashley over at Newly Wed and Nearly Perfect!

Mrs. EyeCanSee over at The Juice Is Worth the Squeeze!

Kelsey at The Seattle Smiths!

Angela over at Reconcilable Differences!

Meredith at A Work in Progress!

Stacia over at Stacia and Jacob!

Sarah at Joyfully Gray!

Melissa at Check It; It's Melissa!

Also if you think about it, pop over to Then I Got To Thinking and wish Tracy a fabulous wedding weekend! I've really enjoyed reading her blog and getting to know her lately and this weekend she ties the knot!!! :)

In other news, today was LONG people. LONG. I had a pounding allergy headache alllll day and wasn't really in a mood to be all "Wanna donate? Do-ya? Huh? Huh? Do-ya? Why? Please!!!!" haha.. Okay, it's not like that, but ya know. Anyway, get this.. I got an email from that acct from yesterday who said they weren't campaigning and...THEY CHANGED THEIR MINDS! It made my entire afternoon and totally rejuvenated me!! And I can't tell you enough how much my little subgroup of LEs (loaned ex#cs) ROCK. We have an absolute blast together and I'm really lucky that I find so much joy in the people sitting all around me. I wish I could share some of the funny moments we've had, but it would be like those moments you try to re-tell a story and no one else thinks it's as funny.. haha...We're all really pumped to see some of this hard work on the front end start rollin once things are in full swing.

Soooooo Eric's sick. Like off work, needing to rehydrate, planted on the sofa, running a fever.. sick. *sigh* He thinks it's food poisoning :(. I kept teasing him about the swine flu but I was seriously saying a prayer that he didn't have it. I don't think he does.. the onset was too fast.. and it seems to be subsiding. I took him some stuff tonight-j@mba juice and pedialyte. I dont care what you say-pedialyte is amazing when you're that sick...whether it's for kids or not.

Anyway, we had to cancel his bday dinner with his friends for tomorrow. :( Even if he's better, celebrating will likely not be what he feels like doing. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do a dance, say a prayer, do whatever you feel..in support of him being better tomorrow/Sat. I have some bday stuff planned (he reads this sometimes, so if you know what it is, please dont comment about it...xoxo) for Saturday and am going to make the call on whether to cancel it or not. I really don't want to, but if it can't be helped, it can't be helped. It's not like this is his fault. We'll still have fun...even if it's just renting a movie. :)

Here's hoping whatever you have planned for the long weekend brings you fun, relaxation, whatever you intend! Here's also hoping Friday fuuuhlies by, right?! (and uh... lets also hope the H1N1 stays clear of both Eric and me.... Yeah. That should have been the first hope. haha...).