I'm sure that the title of this post gave you a "WTF?!" moment if you don't follow me on Facebook or YouTube! I've been trying to play catch-up on YT lately...today I posted a video for the first time in weeks! Oy! Anyway, the above title pertains to what I have been doing with myself lately, and more specifically, the past week.
This past weekend was my birthday, which I celebrated by going to see Flogging Molly in Omaha with my boyfriend, my brother, and one of my best friends. A few other friends came out afterwards, but I must say that I wasn't really able to continue my drunk fest--oh, I'm getting old! (Either that or I had entirely too much to drink at the concert!) I came away from the night with a new beer-and-smoke-scented t-shirt, so it wasn't a total bust, eh?
The next day we (the BF and I) awoke, checked out of our hotel, and cruised Omaha and went to see one of my best friends from high school. I decided after driving around for an hour that I wanted to search for a metaphysical shop I'd seen online, so I undertook THAT task, not realizing that it would take me an hour to find it! Let me tell you, my search for Next Millennium was time well spent! I didn't spend very much time or money in the store, but I am sure I'll make up for it some day! I have been having a lot of financial difficulty lately, but I couldn't leave without making a purchase, so I bought some Nag Champa and three crystals: a citrine, an amethyst, and a clear quartz.
I believe the entire purchase cost me about $13, so...not bad! I was very impressed by the store's prices and employees. My boyfriend and I were headed to a wedding, yet we were still dressed like bums and needed to find a place to change, and a couple of wonderful employees offered us the use of their restroom. The BF was a bit hesitant, but I was like, "Oh my gosh, I love the Pagan community! Everybody is so welcoming!" and he softened up. He'd actually sat in the car during my shopping excursion (all the while texting me to hurry up), mostly because he didn't (and probably still doesn't) fully understand exactly what a metaphysical shop is. I was really trying to not use the word "occult" in explaining it to him, but he finally seemed to grasp the concept a bit better once that word came out of my mouth!
(Just to clear this up: I have not 100% explained to the man the depth of my interest in Paganism and Witchcraft. However, I do have all of my occult books sitting out in the open on a shelf in my bedroom, so he is more than welcome to browse and ask questions--nothing is being hidden from him, but I have been slow to talk about my religious beliefs.)
Okay. I'm actually getting tired of typing right now. So. We attempted to go to a wedding, but were slowed down by stupid highway traffic. (Traffic on Nebraska's [or other Midwestern state's] highways usually consists of ending up behind a tractor or trailer going ten or fifteen below the speed limit, FYI.) Since we missed the wedding, we hit up the reception, which was held at the Lied Lodge in Nebraska City, home of Arbor Day, biotches! I ventured out into the Arbor Day Farm's "forest" area and made a short video and took pictures for YouTube. (Go check it out!)
For those of you who care enough to still be reading at this point, we left the reception at 9 pm because I didn't feel well, spent three hours driving before we found a hotel with any vacancy, and I went to bed with a fever and chills. Happy Birthday to me--I was sick!
When we got home the next day, I had a package waiting from Fairy in the Forest Jewelry! I'm sure some of you know (or are lol) Alice the Red Rose Fairy from YouTube--she makes some absolutely beautiful jewelry! I ordered three pairs of earrings from her and could not be more pleased--they are so wonderful to behold! (I will have to upload a picture at a later date, though, because my blog is being a butt.)
Aaaand that about sums up my weekend, I guess. Congratulations if you survived all the way to this sentence--you're a trooper...bless ye!
