It was a weird birthday. I took some time off after the 4th and went to Wv to visit family and hang out with my parents.On the morning of my birthday I went to the driving range to hit golf balls with my dad. It was a perfect day... bright and sunny, no clouds, 75 degrees and a slight breeze in the air.
My dad points to the 13th hole of the golf course and says, " you see that pond next to the green?"
"Yeah," I replied.
"I want you to spread half my ashed in that pond when I die," he said.
"Uhhhhhhhh... alright" was about all I could come up with.
After we got back to the cabin some of my mom's friends came up to visit. We spent the afternoon sitting on the mountain-side at the ski resort listening to the symphony. While we were killing time waiting for the symphony to start, my dad pulls me aside and points to one of the ski slopes.
"Do you know what slope that is up here?" he asks.
"Uh, I think so... is it the Meadows?" I answered.
"Yep... Do you see that little cluster of 3 trees at the top of it?" he said.
"Uh huh..."
"I want you to spread the other half of my ashes in between those 3 trees when I'm dead." he said.
What a weird thing to keep bringing up! At least that will be a memory that sticks with me for a while.
So, Britne... what did you do on your 26th b-day? Go out with friends? Get crazy?
Nope I sat on a mountain-side, listening to a symphony play the Indiana Jones theme song, while my dad showed me all the places he wants his ashes spread! Weird!
On an altogether different note: I've been a smitten kitten lately.
For about 2.5 months now I've been skipping around my office (and everywhere else) like a little schoolgirl... or like a damn fool, which ever you prefer.
It came to my attention the other day that in the past 2.5 months, I haven't really listened to my ipod at all during work. I use it to distract me while I'm working and I guess I've been distracted enough to not realize I wasn't listening to anything.
The other day, I decided to pull the ipod out of my purse and get some work done. I put it on the "Most frequently played" playlist. As it played all the songs I listened to the most this past winter I realized something... I was in a very dark place this winter.
That came as no surprise. I knew I was in a pretty bad funk/ depression this past year. What came as the surprise is that I'm not anymore! I didn't feel all those dreary feelings while listening to my ipod.
This spring and summer have been great so far... thanks in so small part to the new fella! So thanks, Fella... you've brightened up my year!
So, so far 26 started out weird... but I'm weird... I like weird... weird is good... I'm looking forward to more weirdness!!!
