It's supremely late, and I really should close my eyes because if you follow my twitter tweets (see right sidebar if you don't know what I'm talking about), you already know that the tone of my Thursday was set first thing in the morning when I attempted to drive to work with my purse on the roof of my car. It was a day to forget, believe me.
I'm getting back in my car at the crack of dawn, hopefully with my purse INSIDE the vehicle and my head out of my... what was I saying? This Saturday is Nikki Night in Atlanta. The last time I was in that section of the country, I came home and wrote up this list of things you'd never hear in Chicago. I can't wait for #4. It's one of the best things about being around southern gentlemen. OH, and I'm definitely going to have a moonpie and lemonade while I'm down there. If you don't know what THAT is, you are definitely missing out.
A little pre-travel tip for you: If you finally find yourself done with everything on your TTD list at 3 a.m. and decide to jump in the shower before crawling in bed to sleep for 3 hours before driving 9 hours, and if you'd like to keep that, "exhausted in both mind AND body" feeling post-shower, so when you get in bed sleep comes easily... don't use this:
Burt's Bees Extra Energizing Citrus & Ginger Root Body Bar.
In case you didn't notice, it's EXTRA! ENERGIZING! I love it, and it smells amazing, but I wish I was thinking straight when I decided to use it this time of night. My body is exhausted. My mind, however, is EXTRA! ENERGIZED!
Friday, June 27, 2008
EXTRA! ENERGIZING!
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Three things:
1) I laughed aloud at the car roof purse thing. I think I love you even more now (not sure that's possible).
2) I'll be thinking of you and your friends for Nikki night.
3) Hey Darlin'!
love the purse on the car comment. i have actually don e that. also left the portable phone on the running board of an SUV. made two stops and during an extra sharp turn i saw it skid across a main road through my side view mirror when it finally broke loose.
the soap is hysterical. dr. martin's castile peppermint soap has that same effect. better than caffiene!
enjoy your trip
Does that soap really work like that? I obviously need to put it on my next drugstore run list.
Interesting...drive safely and try and get some rest!
I could really use some of that soap today. I'm dragging.
Have a nice roadtrip weekend! Watch out for Ryan R. maybe you'll meet up with him... I want details!
I'm not grasping the lather soaking into your body and making you energized. Perhaps if you stayed in there long enough to get wrinkly prune skin, it may do the trick. Looking at the ingredients, it appears it can also be served as a breakfast side dish. Have you tried it with a little syrup? I think the effects would hit much quicker.
>>My body is exhausted. My mind, however, is EXTRA! ENERGIZED!<<
Wow, it sounds amazingly like crack! (I mean, so I have HEARD. Yeah, that's the ticket! )
Jules, remember this song?
Love you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEo8poVlQrM
I use Burt's Bees chapstick, because it's the only kind that doesn't irritate my lip eczema.
As for body wash, I started using this Lemon Mentha stuff from B&BW... and it my makes my hoo-hoo tingle! That's right! EXTRA! ENERGIZED! HOO-HOO!
@CherryRide:
1) Awww!
2) Thank you!
3) I love you even more now (not sure that's possible)!
@ICouldCry: The last time I did anything like that, it was with my sister's garage door opener. We saw it fly into the intersection as we took a right turn; then on our return trip to her house we saw it in a million pieces. That was about 12 years ago, so I guess my record isn't SO bad.
@Hotfessional: I never would have thought it worked, but it really did. The scent is fantastic. I can't wait to use it tomorrow morning (I just got home from my trip & haven't been home since I wrote this post).
@Melissa: Thanks! Everything went great!
@Linds: It worked for me! As for Ryan R., believe me when I tell you that I had my eyes akimbo the entire time I was out in Atlanta. Eyes akimbo and fingers crossed. No dice, though. You'd be the first person I would tell all the dirty details to, though, so no worries!
@Spammon: It's the scent, not the lather. Or maybe it's the lather, too.. I don't know. Your soap for breakfast idea is interesting but then I'd be too full for Cherry Ride's pancake puffs.
@Rob: Well, I can't comment on the crack thing, but I'll take your word for it!
@Em: Of course I remember! It's one of our songs from The Shute jukebox {tears rolling down my face}... I swear, that may just be why I like being called "Darlin'" by men with southern accents. I can't hear that song OR Cheap Trick's "I Want You to Want ME!" without feeling like I'm right back there again. BTW, I laughed when I saw your chicken avatar!!! Love you back, babycakes!
@Benjette: I am so happy I wasn't drinking anything when I read your comment. "Hoo-Hoo" cracked me up! Note to self: Buy Lemon Mental body wash from Bath & Body Works. ;)
HA HA, I WROTE "MENTAL" INSTEAD OF "MENTHAL" in my response to Benjette. I'll blame it on the fact that I drove from Kentucky to Chicago today, and that I'm tired.
I hope you heard some great Southern sayings on this trip down to my part of the world (just read the post you linked to). I was at a funeral this weekend for my grandmother up in Athens, Ga which is slap full of Southern people. Hot Brazilian asked me if I could translate for him on more than one occasion. He could barely understand any of my relatives because they have some of the heaviest Southern drawls you can imagine.
But being a native of the South I have to say one thing....you're supposed to eat your moonpies with an RC Cola instead of a lemonade. And if you throw a few peanuts in your RC Cola then you're really experiencing the South.
Sorry I missed you while you were down here.
Extra energized? From R2D2 or Burt? Tell the truth.
RC Cola and moonpies is just 300 levels of wrong. I once walked into Lonestar and they were throwing peanuts on the floor. Confirmed I shouldn't have been there and I walked right back out.
And how jealous am I about you and Cherry Ride? It's 'cause he has the right parts isn't it? Isn't it! ;)
I meant RC Cola & peanuts. Moonpies inhabit their own planet of wrong.
@SaunteringSoul/Bev: I had a fabulous time in your city, and we'll definitely have to meet up the next time I'm down there. I heard PLENTY of great things while there, but mostly the south reaffirms my belief that chivalry is not completely dead. You're absolutely right about most people pairing their moonpie with an RC Cola, but you know me well enough by now to not be surprised when I tell you that I didn't go along with the crowd, even as a kid. It was moonpies and lemonade for me, and I loved converting my little southern friends. ;)
I'm so sorry about your grandmother!
@Taj: To be honest, I think it was the crack. JUST KIDDING! Rob said that crack makes you crazy energized so I thought I'd recycle his joke. Alright, have you even TRIED moonpies & lemonade? Have you?
As for my BFF Cherry Ride, don't be jealous! He & I have the same taste in men... Besides, you really should be reading his blog if you aren't already.
Crack just always made me sound like Dave Chappelle's Tyrone. But hey, Burt's could have a new slogan...It's just like crack without the scabs and back alley pandering.
I have tried them and no. Not ever will I think they are okay. Just wrong.
Oh..yay! My penis envy is sated now. ;) I shall commence to reading his blog immediately.
@Taj: We actually found something we don't agree on: Moonpies! Somehow, I don't think it's going to affect the girl-crush, though.
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