Another Late Night

Homemade Scarf From Mom

Yes, exactly what the caption reads. Tonight is yet again, another late night for this girl. Lots of thoughts going on up in this head and no where else to get them out but here, and when better to do that than 1:00 in the morning, yo.

1. My ex-boyfriend is my best(est) friend these days. The little time that I get to spend with people other than my co-workers is spent catching up with him and I'd be lying if I said I didn't love it. I'll love that one forever and sometimes it hurts knowing we are no longer "us" but it feels good knowing he's always there to talk to.

2. Work. Pain in my ass, but I love my jobs. I've got 2 and a half and I'm hoping to reduce that number to an even two and then maybe just one soon.... Ohh choices, I hate choices. Glad to have them though!

3. I miss my family. Waaahh. I drove home tonight at 11:00 just to see my momma. She was asleep but she was kind enough to wake up and chat for a little bit. I have the best family in the whole wide world and even though I only live 20 minutes away from them, I still feel like I never to get to see them.

4. I miss my friends too. I have three best friends and I don't EVER get to see them. Boo.

5. Pandora is so awesome. I used to listen to it a lot in highschool but I stopped for awhile and have just recently began playing it in the background all day everyday. Music keeps me ticking, I swear to God.

6. I'm ready to crawl into my bed and dream some sweet ass dreams.

Goodnight!





Anna.

A Big Reason Why

I think I've made myself pretty clear on why I've started blogging again. Wouldn't you agree? Well, I haven't told you what the kicker was and I'm about to. I splurged and bought an iMac; I just couldn't resist and when I was approved for a payment plan not buying one was just totally out of the question. So short story even shorter, I got in my car Sunday morning, drove to the nearest Apple retail store and was in an out within ten minutes stumbling through the mall parking lot with a 27inch Apple iMac. Needless to say, after setting the beauty up the urge only became stronger. I mean what else can you do with a 27inch beautiful desktop. I'm in love. 

Also, I'm not sure if I've mentioned it before, but I'm slowly creeping my way back into photography, if you dare call what I take pictures of, photography. But working at a desktop alone makes that aspect 100 percent better and when it's a mac it really does put a cherry on top. People think desktops are lame and I was told to "just get a laptop" a million times, but I seem to be much more productive on a desktop, and who doesn't want to be productive? Not that I have much technically to be productive with, but when I do regain that responsibility, I am so ready. 

Plus, she just adds so much to this small apartment. Literally, even the box puts a smile on my face; that's why I keep it in the closet, yes. 

Anyone out there own an iMac? Do you love yours as much as I love mine? Ever regret it? (Don't tell me, I don't need to hear that crazy talk)

Anna.

Oh Sleep, Why Aren't We Friends?

Once upon a time I was a morning person and I think I still kind of am, but holy smokes it takes me a long time to get my bum out of bed in the morning. Waking up was once my favorite part of the day, it felt so fresh and exciting but now I'm lucky if I fall asleep before three and you would think someone asked me to kill my dog when my alarm goes off. The other morning I thought my world was crashing to the ground when my alarm rang for the fifth time, I probably would have paid to have the clock go back three hours. I just cannot get my sleeping straight. 

Even now. It's 2:55AM and all I want to do is crawl into that bed pictured above, which is literally two steps behind me, but I can't because writing a draft post really seems that much more important. Sick isn't it? Hopefully this blog excitement stops soon because I'm starting to see the lack of sleep in my eyes and no one likes looking into baggy eyes. But in all honesty, it's not just the blog, sleep just doesn't seem like a good use of time these days. There is always something better for me to be doing, such as writing a blog post, cooking late night 'snacks', creating templates for work, cleaning, or listening to music that I haven't had the chance to in years. For real, years. 

I'm almost positive this has to do with every second of daylight hours being spent at work and around people. I've always been an introvert so when the sun goes down and I have a few select hours to myself sleeping doesn't sound so appealing. Unfortunately, sleeping is necessary and without it I may just go nuts. No, I will go nuts, that's for 'effing sure. 

But the thing is I am in love with sleep. I crave it and I know this, I just take it for granted. The upside to writing an entire post about sleep is that I am actually yawning and I think I can take those two steps backwards and crawl into bed finally. Wish me luck in the morning because the thought of that nine hour shift I work tomorrow is making me nauseous. 

Night. 

Anna. 

Happy Birthday, Mom!

It's my mom's birthday today, technically tomorrow but I won't have a second to spare in the
morning, so I'm getting a head start. The few past times I've started blogs, it has always been around someone's birthday. I don't know if that's some sort of subconscious thing, but it always is. Anyways, back to mom. 

That's her up there. Isn't she beautiful? She really is. She's my super hero, that woman. I won't even try to put all she has done into words. The lady is all around amazing. She lives a life to look up to and I wouldn't trade anything in this world to have her any other way. I'm not a very spiritual person, but I do feel blessed beyond belief when it comes to the category of "moms" and who I was put on this earth with. 

Like before, I'm sure anyone reading this knows her; if you know me personally, then you know my mom. She's in my day to day life quite a bit. Sometimes not as much as I wish and other times more than asked for, but every minute with her is a minute I am thankful for. 

Long story short, I love my mom. I can honestly say that she makes my life a good one to live. She always has. She has been my best friend since I can remember and I don't go a day without realizing how truly lucky I am to be her daughter. 

So, here's to you mom;

Thank you for being who you are. Thank you for being my mom. You have showed me how to appreciate this life and you continue to teach me the lessons that I know will hold me together as I grow. I hope that one day I do for someone what you have already done for me a million times. You are truly my godsend and I couldn't imagine a life without you as my mom. 

I love you! 

Anna. 

Blogging Again?

Yes! It's true. I'm at it again. If you're reading this and you know me personally you know I've given blogging a shot not once, twice or even three times but more like five or six. But here I am, yet again giving lucky number seven a try.

I don't know why it hasn't stuck in the past, because honestly I really enjoy everything about it. I don't know much about blogging or the set rules, I just like writing and taking pictures, and according to the blogs I follow religiously that is about all there is to it. So friends, lets grab hands and give this time an honest shot. Fingers crossed!

But here's the deal. I have no idea how to adapt a following and that's the awkward part. And truth be told, I'm not here to become some famous blogger, I just want to write, take pictures and maybe have some cool conversations with some cool people. That all being said, I have a plan. Care to hear? I hope so because I'm just going to lay it out on the table.

I'm going to blog, for my enjoyment and my enjoyment only until I feel ready enough to "share" on Facebook or post links on Twitter. So, basically I'm talking to myself here and that's fine with me. I'm down with that. I'll treat it like a journal, I just won't write my darkest secrets or start off with "Dear Diary." That'd be pretty hilarious though, if you ask me.

Also, I'm not grammar freak, so when and if you ever do start reading, don't hate on me because I left out a comma or I used a word wrong, that'd be dumb. And sometimes I'm not consistant and I know that can be frustrating. But I'll try, swear to god. Annnnd, I'm going to blog about things like my days at work or maybe something exciting I don't do all that often. I don't have anything specific to talk about like recipes or fashion and personally I hate reading about that stuff, so hopefully if you do start reading, you aren't looking for anything like that. Cause I don't got it. I also won't ever do "Give Aways" or have ads on my blog. That shit really annoys me. (I swear to, don't let your littles read)

Anyhow. Tag along if you want, if you don't, just don't then. But if you do read, you should leave  some comments so I can convince myself that it isn't just me reading my own posts. I like input, I really do. Share your ideas and tell me what you want to hear about. Just not recipes or fashion.

Adios friends.



Anna.