Dearest...Monday

Mondays in the summer are strange...actually every day in the summer is strange, because the days seem to all run together and there is not a regular routine to hold me in place. But according to calendars and blog posts, it is Monday. So here are some Dear Monday letters :)

Dear Monday of July 30th, I cannot believe this is the last Monday in July! eek! Where has this year gone? Well, here's hoping I can be productive and fruitful today. Perhaps I'll tackle that math placement test for school? (Yeah, yucko) We shall see.

Dear jaw, please stop being in pain. And please function normally soon. I'd love to eat like a human again, and not like a bird with a really tiny beak (that being said, my family nickname IS Allie Bird....hmm...)

Dear bronchitis, go away. You have overstayed your welcome, and I never really wanted you here in the first place. I am merely putting up with you because I have no choice. Well, shoo!

Dear Houston, I cannot wait to live in you (that sounds odd.........) in just a few weeks! I've been packing already, and am super duper excited :) :) :) I'm like a little kid with a birthday coming up! (Well..actually...September 12th isn't all that far away....... ;) just sayin.....)

Dear Michael, thank you for putting up with another week of emotional Allie. I know I keep going from "I'm having a great day!" to "I'm so sad" and I can hardly keep up with it myself. You must be a patient man, and I love you and appreciate you very very much. I also thank you for sending me sappy emails when I'm truly sad and in pain.

Dear Elise, your recordings make me smile, and your emails make my day :) You're pretty awesome!

Dear Arezzo, Italia....I miss you so so much....I look at my postcard of you every day, the one on my bulletin board. You changed my life, and I promise you, I will be back someday. 

Dear Bryanna, I cannot wait to be your roommate in a few weeks!

Dear Domino's, I thank you in advance for delivering wonderful pizza goodness to my house on Tuesday night. I've missed you so much, sometimes I tear up when I start to get the cravings...I really don't know if I can do long distance...thank goodness you deliver on campus, because I will be needing you every now and then.

Dear body, heal up already!

Dear Jessika, I replied to your email....as per your request ;) but now I miss you loads and really want to come visit you again. Can we make this happen please? I need farm time, karaoke time, puppy time, maybe rifle time, and some good best friend lovin time.

Dear Mom, thank you for not strangling me when I most certainly deserve it. You're a pretty cool mother, in my opinion ;) I can't wait for us to take our trip together. I also look forward to watching Dark Knight with you. You rock my socks, dearest.

Dear readers who have actually read this entire thing......I flippin love you! :) The blogging community has been so lovely and good to me, and I am truly appreciative. Thanks for coping with my ramblings! I love each and every one of you, truly :)


Have a good week!

xoxo, alexandra anne 

Dear Monday...Yikes

I'm stuck in bed, so, I feel a blog post is necessary ;)
First, let me give a disclaimer: in my idiocy, I did not write anything on my last post to tell ya'll that Emily (my July sponsor!) wrote it! Ohhh I feel terrible :( I just copied the html she gave me, and added nothing else. *facepalm* So, I will edit that right quick after this post (yes, I am southern, I get to say right quick, ya'll, yonder, reckon, fixin, etc ;) )

So, today is a Dear Monday and a Mingle Monday :) Let's go!

*Dear mouth; I'm sorry I had to get wisdom teeth taken out of you, AND a bad cavity tooth extracted. As I write this I am in immense pain (left side, and my tummy, yup) but am trying to keep the ice pack on you as much as possible. Anyway, thanks for letting me eat melted ice cream and cake.

*Dear music: oh my goodness we had such fun yesterday! My senior recital was like a cloudy dream full of love, happiness, and joy joy joy! I can't wait to see the pictures of my wonderful friends who came to support and celebrate with me. I couldn't be more grateful. Plus we had fun going out to Maggie Moo's for ice cream after. Anyway, music. You rock.

*Dear blogworld, thank you for making me feel welcome! This community is so loving and supportive. I'm still a tiny blogger, but I love to write and connect with new people. So so neat!

*Dear Elise; thank you for nominating me for the Liebster award! My first blog award!! :) I'll get on that in a bit, super fun! I've really enjoyed getting to know you via email and texting :) Again, the blogworld is just such a neat community!

*Dear Daddy, I'm so glad you are here for a few weeks on leave from Afghanistan. Thank you for taking me to my surgery this morning and getting me a milkquake from Krystal. And thanks for being pretty legit and cool. :)

Dad and myself right before my recital. I just love to take goofy pictures, and he is nice enough to let me ;) Ok, we're both goofs haha. 

*Dear Mom, thank you for your never-ending love, support, wisdom, hugs, and crazy sense of humor. You're a light, and I cannot ask for a better mom! You're MY mom. I had you first of course ;) Just me and you against the world. I'm gonna miss you when I leave, but we're gonna have super fun moving in and decorating together. And hey, I can still call you every night at 9:30 and chatter away about random nonsense ;) I'm so glad you're my Mom. You truly inspire me! (I wanna be like you and Dad someday. Ya'll are way too adorable for your own good ;) hehehe).

*Dear ice pack, keep it up. You're doing your job.

*Dear Houston, I can't wait to become your newest resident! Heck, with all this gun-rights garbage talk going on, I'd love to become a full resident, then Texas can secede and life will be great. ;)

*Dear Shabby Apple, and Etsy, please stop being so irresistible. I have no moneys, but your products look so lovely and beautiful and really soothe me when I'm stuck in bed and can't move. :) So, ya'll should have an Alexandra Anne sale ;)

*Dear Michael, thank you for loving this crazy goofy opera chick. I'm wearing my ThinkGeek.com shirt right now, and thinking of you. If it weren't for Firefly, we wouldn't be together ;) I'm super jealous that you're going to DragonCon, but I will get over it ;)

This picture is from when I lived in Naples; the shirt was my first online purchase ever! Says "Also, I can kill you with my brain." ;) (I'll give you a big fat hug, or a virtual one, if you can get the reference) 

*Dear friends and family who came to see me yesterday: ya'll rock!!!!! I will admit, when I first saw how filled up my house was, I did have a bit of a freak out ;) "All these people are here......for me????" (basic thoughts, honestly). But once I started singing, I was so grateful that you were all here. It was a pleasure sharing my joy with you.

*Dear Italia, I miss you...not gonna lie. I really really really miss you. You changed my life :)

*Dear God, Ok. I'm bedridden, so, I'll get the Bible out. Sorry.... I need to be a better witness than that. Thank you so so so so much for your never ending grace and true love. You're the reason we're all here :) You're the creator of This Journey.

Xoxoxo,
Alexandra Anne