What I learned at the batting cage

For the past 3 days after work I've been hitting the batting cage. I take my little aluminum bat (yes it's a youth size, shut up), my batting gloves (again, youth size, I got small hands), and a couple of bucks and I got cheap entertainment. For a dollar I can hit 20 balls, totally worth it in my mind. I get to hit some balls, get out a little frustration and aggression in the process. And when I get home I'm a ray of sunshine. LOL Okay, well I'm a little more relaxed anyway.

I was talking to DH today about how much fun I have at the batting cage and realized a few things...
1) I miss playing softball. I started playing t-ball when I was 5 years old, then moved on to rotational softball, then slow pitch, and a few years after I played on a coed church league. LOADS of fun. Wish I could find a league now.

B) I tried batting lefty (I'm right-handed) and I have absolutely no hand-eye coordination when it comes to that side! Kinda funny actually.

3) I tend to hit to left field a lot. Must be swinging a little early.

D) Sadly, I can't wear my wedding ring while I hit. :( The vibrations from the bat when it connects with the ball just bounce off my ring so much it hurts. Bummer.

E) Softball makes me think of summers as a kid and that makes me happy. Looking back, I had a great childhood. My parents didn't have a lot of money but my sister and I got to participate in team sports, had season passports to Worlds of Fun for many years, spent lots and lots of time just BEING KIDS. And I truly appreciate everything they've done for us. :)

On a side note, my parents celebrate their anniversary tomorrow. They have been married for 32 years! Such an accomplishment in this day and age where the divorce rate is something like 50% or better. So proud to be part of a healthy family unit!

Music association

A post from a message board inspired this post. For me, there are literally hundreds of songs or music in general that take me back to certain times in my life, or special moments, or just remind me of good movies.

I have many many many attachments to music and songs, but here are just a few....

Whenever I hear "My Best Friend" by Tim McGraw I am reminded of an old boyfriend who totally broke my heart. And it makes me mad that this song is ruined for me, because I think of my husband as My Best Friend. :(

Whenever I hear "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper I am reminded of the little house in Crestview and it takes me back to my very early childhood.

Whenever I hear "Lost in This Moment" by Big & Rich I am reminded of my first dance with my husband at our wedding. :)

Whenever I hear ANY song from one of my favorite movie's soundtracks I immediately know which movie it was and wanna go put it on my dvd player and watch it right then.

Whenever I hear "World's Greatest" by R Kelly I am reminded of my dear friend Troy who sings this song so beautifully I request it every time we go out to sing karaoke. :)

Whenever I hear Dvorak's New World Symphony or Bach's Brandenburg Concertos or Handel's Messiah I am reminded of Symphonic Orchestra in high school. Many good times were had there (in orchestra) and I made many good friendships, some that have lasted the test of the last decade.

And the really sad one is this....

Whenever I hear "Angel" by Sarah MacLachlan I am reminded of the most horrible week of my life when my paternal grandfather died of a heart attack and two days later my maternal grandmother died of cancer. I spent literally hours and hours and hours listening to this song over and over again and just sobbing and sobbing. It was like therapy for me when no one else in the world seemed to know how I was feeling at that time.

And so maybe now you can see why music is so important to me, to my life.

Things that get on my nerves

~~My husband's snoring

~~That damn Kia commercial where they forget which side of the car the gas tank is on...grrrr....

~~Professional athletes who don't think they make enough money....why can't they play for the love of the game???

~~City officials who think they deserve a raise while others deserve to be laid off....hm....assholes....

~~People who can't drive

~~People asking if I'm excited about my new job...shut up already....

~~People asking when I'll have a baby....when I'm damn good and ready, that's when so back off!!!

~~My own insecurities

*sigh* Just had to get a few things off my chest. Hope someone reads this.

I got a job

So yeah, I got a new job doing data entry for a big health insurance company. I start the 21st and I'm very anxious about the whole thing. It's something I've never done before, but they do provide training and I think I'll do fine. I guess another thing that has me curious is how fast they offered me a job from looking at my resume and talking in the interview. No request for references, no formal paper application, but I did have to take a pee test and get finger-printed. Hm. Okay then. Anyway, I'll have nearly the same hours as DH, lesser pay than my last job, but a much better drive, missing rush hour traffic. So the pros are outweighing the cons so far. Guess we'll see what happens when I start.

In other news, I will be going off the pill at the end of May. Not exactly trying to conceive, but not trying to avoid it either. DH said to me "guess it's up to God now", which really surprised me cause it means he and I are on the same page. :) This is very exciting for me, because I know he will be an awesome dad. Can't wait to see what happens!!