HA!

The title of this post is the Universe pointing and laughing at me. Literally, one big fat pointer finger aimed at me, mixed with a belly laugh.

Remember the post below? All things perfect and cheery and lovely? Well, just in case I needed to be knocked off my high horse - the universe granted me with one very flat tire last night when I got out of work to remind me that life will always hand you lemons.

But what's that overused saying about life handing you lemons? Well, if this had been an ordinary night, I would have been stuck by myself waiting the hour and a half for AAA to come rescue me with a near dead phone battery, so I wouldn't even be able to waste time honing my fruit ninja skills...

But no, I actually was heading out with my friend to catch dinner so I at least had company while I waited! And we got a few good laughs out of it because, while we had the knowledge of how to change a tire, we couldn't get the lug nuts loosened at all. And because we had waited so long, rush hour traffic was long gone and we zipped down the highway. So there universe. Lemonade.

Jinxing myself

Note: A completely random picture to go along with this post. But this was at 7:30pm and it was still this bright out and I couldn't get over how green everything was. It was beautiful so I had to share.

I was driving with Zach on Sunday and all of a sudden I felt a knot in the pit of my stomach. I had been thinking about how nice our little life is. Things have been going so great and we have such good things to come in our future. Sure, work causes stress sometimes, but nothing catastrophic and nothing everyone else doesn't deal with too. I asked him, "Don't you worry that life is just too good right now, like everything is going so well that something bad is bound to happen?" Of course his response was to look at me like I had ten heads. (Which I might say, is a common response..) Isn't that how it always goes in the movies? Everything just starts to go perfectly and then the antagonist steps in and messes everything up. But I realized that I really do believe that - that when things are really good, something equally as bad is bound to happen. Which is really too bad because that diminishes the good times. Do I just pretend I'm being cautious? I'm not sure. But for now I'll try to take a cue from my other half and just enjoy things as they are. And I'll try cut down on how many movies I watch.

This whole “mom” thing

Over this past mother’s day weekend, I spent a lot of time thinking about how one day, in the relatively near future - I will be someone’s mom.

It seems so strange because I’ve always just been the daughter. And how can someone call me “mom” when I’m still just the daughter trying to learn everything from my own mom? That whole concept feels foreign to me since I've only ever known how to be a child myself.

I can honestly say my mom was put on this earth to raise children. In my eyes, she just is a natural at this whole mom thing. She's had a hand in raising 9 children at this point. And the ironic part of it all? She unfortunately lost her own mother when she was only sixteen. She talks about babies and children as if they are magical, because she truly sees them as that. And she has passed that on to me thankfully. I hope that when it is my turn, I have an ounce of her natural ability with children.

(Quick side note - after talking about wedding planning, and the hope to buy a house soon, someone asked me if I was planning on having children. It completely struck me as a funny question because I, personally, never even considered the alternative. To each their own of course, but for this girl - if I am at a restaurant with a baby at the next table, you might have a hard time holding a conversation with me since I will be playing peek-a-boo and making oogly eyes at that chubby baby. Yes, for me, I’d like a few of those for myself.)

My mom always said if you gave me cheerios, I was a happy camper.

Brimfield Antique Fair

We didn't even make a dent in the Brimfield Antique Show. With the 5000+ vendors that set up shop at this amazing market, I bet we only saw a small fraction of them - but not due to a lack of trying!

My mom and I headed out early on Saturday morning while Zach had to sadly head off to work. It was a gorgeous day - I'd say, perfect weather - when the sun feels hot but there is a slight breeze so it never gets too warm.

My tip to making Brimfield a successful trip? Definitely wear comfortable walking shoes. This antique fair is never ending. We headed to Brimfield with a few things in mind we were hoping to find for wedding decorations (and I'd say we were very successful!)

Luckily the place is so huge that it never feels super cramped. We even saw Lara Spencer (who is on Good Morning America, ABC News and lots of other shows) shooting a tv episode while we were there - of course we were the awkward people walking behind her trying to figure out why a crowd had formed. Via Instagram, I even saw that Kate Spade's Deborah Lloyd spent a day at Brimfield. 

We spent a good few hours roaming around and looking at all the amazing things. There was a gorgeous restored wooden dining room table that I almost couldn't walk away from. I enjoyed seeing what other people were buying too. But I definitely recommend going to Brimfield at least once (this was my second time) if not for anything more than just for an enjoyable day of looking through some really cool antiques.