Monday, February 11, 2013

Mardi Gras - The Party That Ends It All...

Happy Monday Morning!

Let me start out this morning by saying I had a ton of fun at Mardi Gras this weekend!  So much fun, for the most part - a few events lead me to re-evaluate some things though...more on that later.

First, the FUN!

The drive was long Friday afternoon, like a little over 5 hours long!  I think over that 5 hours I went through pretty much every emotion - Happy and Excited...Fear of the Semi's...Extreme Exhaustion...and lastly Annoyance!  :-)  But I did indeed make it in one piece!
  After Holly's babysitter arrived we went out and had a so-so Mexican meal.  I was starving so I scarfed the chips, salsa and queso down like a bad habit and then still managed to eat a good two-thirds of my dinner.  We tried to do some blog-mom boot shopping, but that ended in defeat, which lead to the DQ late night trip on the way home! #fatfluential As well as the oddest conversation regarding baby teeth which led me to post the picture below of a little girl and her baby tooth - just for clarification...that is not my child - it's a random, googled image!
 We were up bright and early (too bright and early for me) and soon out the door to head to downtown STL!  We met up with Amanda at the hotel and then grabbed a cab that dropped us off right in the middle of the fun!
 Tons of people were dressed up in costumes...and no I don't know what was going on in the pictures below...
 It was overcast the majority of the day so none of us though to bring along our sunglasses - Big Mistake!  We were on a mad sunglass hunt for a good hour!  I ended up buying some off a guy for like $10, then Holly bought some at a gas station and we switched...I ended up with the sweet ass pair of shades in the above pictures, although they didn't end up making the trip home.
 I'm not sure what time it was, I'm going to guess around 4pm we decided we should head back to the hotel and take a nap before the evening's festivities.  Note to Self:  Naps when drunk are good for nothing other than an early hang over and bad attitudes all around!  It was close to 7pm when we emerged from our naps...I eventually made my way down to the hotel lobby in search of Tylenol, caffine and something to munch on - I hadn't eaten since breakfast!
 The lobby was full of people at the hotel bar so I decided to just sit down there, enjoy my snack and snap a picture of the huge painting over the TV - I still don't know who that dude is, anybody know?

The night ended in a rather unplanned, unanticipated cluster fuck.  I was up and on the road just before 7am the next morning for my 5 hour long drive back to KS, unfortunately Mother Nature wasn't going to let me off the hook.  It rained and it poured for the first good 2.5 - 3 hours of my drive.  It sucked!
And today, today brings more rain showers - I'm sicker than a dog!  Head pounding, ears popping, nose running, fire in my throat and a cough so loud I'm sure I woke the neighbors last night!  I hit up Quick Care this morning and got a steroid shot in the booty, an antibitoic, cough medicine and throat losanges!  Here's to feeling better quick!  I'm probably the absolute worst sick person ever, I can't handle it at all!  It's going to be a Pity Party up in here until my meds kick in!
 
 I'm sure no one noticed yet that I made my Instagram account "private" and also removed the majority of my followers (I did the same thing on FB).  Sometimes things happen and it's like a rude, hard slap back into reality, well that happened to me this weekend.  Not going into any detail, I just didn't want to leave you all totally in the dark as to my disappeance.  I'm going to take some time away from this little "blog mom-runner-weight loss circle of love/hate" - it's nothing personal against anyone, I just need to take a step back in light of some recent events.  Nothing tragic is happening to me or my family - everyone is fine!  I think in trying to "find" myself and take time to just be "me" lead me in some directions that might not be best in the end.
 
I hope that someday - maybe in a week or two, a few months, whenever - I'll find the desire to put myself out here again, but for now I'm not ok with doing that.  I will however continue to focus on myself, my family, my fitness and health and when I come back maybe, just maybe I'll be wearing the Red Bikini (I will have new boobies after all)!  Take care, Ladies - you will be missed!
 
xoxo


22 comments :

  1. aww, bummer! I'm going to miss you!

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  2. You will be missed! I hope that everything turns out for the best! I wanted to follow your surgery journey because I want to have the same surgery.

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  3. Take care and I hope you feel better soon!

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  4. I hate to hear that you are going to MIA from us all! You seem to be a great person and will be greatly missed. You take care and good for you to putting yourself 1st! Hope to see you soon!

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  5. I loved seeing all those pics on Instagram!! So jealous of yalls awesome Mardi Gras weekend! I have never even done anything for Mardi Gras. Hopefully next year! Are you doing the half in St. Louis in April?
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  6. Awww Darci! What am I going to do without seeing your mean mug every day?!

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  7. Say whaaaat? Say it isn't so Darci! Hope everything is good in your hood.

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  8. Good for you! Sometimes you just need to take a step back and see what's really important :) I will miss your selfies and mean muggin' face though!

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  9. Will miss you, lady!
    Take care and I hope you figure it all out!

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  10. Are you going away from blogging all together? I will miss reading your blog! Don't be gone long!

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  11. I was wondering!! I really hope everything is on. Email me so we can talk, I have been through some Internet bad-ness!

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  12. Oh no! I'm going to miss your blogging so much! You have totally inspired me to try running and to stick with it. So thank you for that! I hope you take the break you need and come back full force. You have a talent for blogging and you should use it. :)

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  13. Oh no I was wondering if I had offended you in some way. I'm sad that we won't get a dose of miss darci but with anything in life you have to what's right for you! Good luck mamacita! I hope to see your posts again soon but if not take care and good luck with your surgery! You are an amazing person and I'm glad I stumbled onto your blog!

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  14. Hope all is well!! Take care :) I can't wait to see your bewbiiiies!

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  15. Feel better! I liked keeping up with your blog and insta... It's always good to take time for yourself though... Good luck with your upcoming surgery!

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  16. I am sad but understand! Didn't know you were on Instagram. Yay for boobies though!

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  17. I was totally confused on IG....and you know now we are all dying of curiosity. this could bring you lots of new followers. well played. ahaha JK. hope everything works out okay. I'll miss you ya hooker! :)

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  18. Nooo I just can't quit you! Jk. I understand sometimes everyone needs a break. I noticed the IG thing but wasn't sure if it was just me, lol. Enjoy your break though! We will all be missing you for sure! And just in case this is appropriate...shake the haters off? lol

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  19. You will be missed. You have to do what's best for you.

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  20. Wish you luck on new the twins (aka boobs) going to miss your blog and instagram!! You have been an inspiration to me. Hope all you well and you will be back soon!!

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  21. OH no! I hope everything is ok. Do what is best for you and hopefully we'll see you back soon! Best Wishes!

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  22. Just wanted to say I am SO glad we are IG buddies and that I found your blog! I hope everything works out for you, with the stuff going on. I get it 100%. Some people just suck!!

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