I Had The Time Of My Life Fighting Dragons With You

So life is getting slightly back to normal. And by normal, I mean our constantly chaotic life. Gammy isn't talking as crazy as she was before. With that being said, I still don't trust a lot that she says because she's usually not sure what she's talking about. I'm trying to think of what has happened since the last time I blogged. With the exception of last night, but we'll save that until the end.

My Lulu turned TWO! And she's meaner than ever. Everything is either "Nope!" or "NO MINE!" Yeah, she's a mess. I got to go to Tulsa for part of the weekend and spend time with my Aunt T and her family, that was fun. I got to see my cousin, Justin's kids, Allyson, who is 22 months today and Baby J, who is 7 months today. They are soooo cute and the complete opposite of our crazy kids. They're all calm and will climb up in your lap and just hang out. At one point on Sunday, Allyson and I were curled up on the couch with football on TV, Dora on YouTube and me doing homework all at once. It was a lazy weekend to say the least. AND Aunt T and I are going to take a concealed carry class together, so I'm kinda excited for that. Gammy has always wanted to get me a tazer, but I honestly think I would be more apt to use a gun than a tazer. I don't want someone to get close enough to me to taze them, at least with a gun they can be further away from you. Now I don't know what I would do if I had to shoot someone. The actual shooting, I could do to defend myself, but it would be the after part. Let's just hope I don't have to use the gun.

Anyway, this week has been boring. I've had three people give me major apologies for different reasons, none that I really want to get into, but it was a little odd that they all came within a few days of each other. I was thinking the world was coming to an end.

On to last night...TAYLOR SWIFT. We bought our tickets in like February for Kaitlin, Lauren, Nikki and myself to go. Then Kaitlin decided to study abroad this semester. I know going to Spain is soooo much cooler than going to see Taylor Swift, but it was super weird going without Kait! We've been going to see Taylor together since the spring of 2007 and not having my bestie there beside me was definitely odd. However, having Lauren and Nikki there was amazing, we always have fun when we go see Taylor! Aunt T was supposed to go, but at the last minute she decided not to go, so Nikki's boyfriend ended up going. I think he had a good time and he bought a Taylor shirt, that's freaking awesome.

Let's rewind a moment. I had planned on leaving the house at 3, picking up Nikki and Chase, then going to get something to eat at like Panera or somewhere before going downtown. So I leave at three, get almost to Muskogee, Aunt T calls to see what the plan is, I tell her. Two minutes later, Lauren calls to see what the plan is, I tell her too. By this time, it's almost 4 (concert is at 7). I get off the phone with Lauren and not even a minute later, I realize I have left the tickets at home. I had no other choice, but to drive to Keota, get the tickets and drive back. What should have been a three hour drive was made in a little under two and a half hours. Granted, I took the interstate and turnpike on my second trip so I didn't have to speed that much.

So we get to the concert, have the time of our lives. There's something about 13,000 screaming fans that make concerts 10 times better. Every time I see Taylor live is better than the last. You never know what's gonna happen next at one of her concerts, but you're sure to have an amazing time. She walked right by our seats and Nikki got to touch her, I thought she was going to pass out (Nikki, not Taylor). And I warned Nikki that "Long Live" was going to make me cry. That song always makes me cry, but for some reason when I songs live they make me cry a lot more. There's a line in the song that says "Cause for a moment a band of thieves in ripped up jeans got to rule the world." And it makes me think of high school. My friends and I (for the most part), we weren't the popular kids coming into high school, we didn't play sports or anything like that. FCCLA was our thing, we were kinda geeks, we didn't party, we didn't hang out with the "cool crowd." We were us and we were completely happy with that. By the time we graduated high school, we were pretty well respected because of our achievements in FCCLA, we had won more titles than any of the sports teams. And I feel the line in that song fits us well. And sure enough, I bawled. Partially because the song means a lot to me, mostly because at this point, I was missing Kait like crazy. Then I cried during "Fifteen" because Nikki just turned fifteen last week. And that song is also so true, I wish she could see what I see now. I know I don't know everything, but I look back to when I was fifteen and thought I knew everything and I just laugh because I didn't know ANYTHING. She is wiser than a lot of fifteen-year-olds I know, which is a good thing, but I know she thinks she knows more than she really does and that everyone is out to ruin her life, just like most fifteen-year-olds.


And now I have a sore throat, aching body and blisters on my feet, but I'm not even upset about that because it's all worth it! Anyway, I'm outta here. Got some GH to watch :) I'll leave you with some more lyrics from "Long Live."


Will you take a moment, promise me this
That you'll stand by me forever
But if God forbid fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children some day
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine

Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you
Long, long live the walls we crashed through
How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you
I was screaming long live all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
I'm not afraid
Singing, long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
I was screaming long live the look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered