Sober Chick

Checking in . . .

Work is insane right now. I also was contacted by a previous client, FP, that wants me to continue to work on their Cat & Dog packaging. See my portfolio (bare with me, I am still contructing the gallery section): www.msruelas.com

I went to see Harry Connick Jr with his big band at the Greek theater last night. I was in Heaven! It was a birthday gift from Mitch. He is amazing, that voice, his personilty and all that jazz :) Royalties from Oh, My NOLA and portions raised from the sales of both albums will benefit the New Orleans Habitat Musicians’ Village.

My favorites with Harry always evolve as he does as an artist, right now my favorite are composed from his recent Broadway hit “The Pajama Game.” Below are parts performed. Fun and energetic, makes me sing out LOUD, release and feel so good within!

Gotta shAAke the grAAtitude:

• God’s Grace and the little moments of freedom I get here and there. Of course I want it all the time but it just doesn’t work out that way
• The euphoria and power of creativity, for the energy of music and how it tickles my soul.
• That Olive’s lump was nothing but a Lipoma, oh what a relief!
• UGLY BETTY TV episodes in my iTunes library. I LOVE Mark, he is my favorite character offering lots of laughter.
• Ice cold water and a fridge filled with healthy food
• To be able to help my mom out financially
• Be able to practice organization skills and realize how many valuable design skills I have
• Juggling, even though I am in crutches still with this boot/cast on my leg I was able to go to the park this morning and juggling with Mitch.
• All of your comments and emails and my chat with Scout girl last week.
• College Women’s Softball. I don’t watch sports. Funny cuz I played Softball and Volleyball in high school, played triple A softball and played volleyball briefly in college. I am getting hooked though. Every single woman are so beautiful, you can see her passion for the game. How I admire it and wish I could be back in those days. But oh well, so is life. My path was meant to take a different turn :)
• Prayer.

OK, I am making the rounds to all of you now to catch up on your lives. I am still here, but work is consuming my schedule right now. MUAH!

I can watch this Over and Over and Over and Over . . . it just lifts me up, makes me feel empowered. I know 99.9% of it is hyped up by Hollywood. I seek this illusion, honestly, it is a part of my illness. As you know I am a fan of Ms. Spears. I have no right to pass judgement on her. It just seems that lately many celebrities are getting known for being, um human . . . for doing what many of us do, slip up and create wreckage. It makes me upset that the media uses them as an example, making them out to be horrible people. They are people, no different than I . . .

Anyhow, I am grateful that my mishaps are not in every magazine (kind of funny considering I suffer from a disease that involves SELF, Self-Centerness and all that jazz).

Nevertheless I am grAAteful:

• God’s Grace, BIG TIME!
• That you still come and visit me here
• That I am not alone in my Disease, that others have experienced the insanity and have been lifted from suffocation with the loving help of GOD
• Hope
• Ego crushing
• My Sponsor, God Bless her for putting up with me and my Sha-Nan-Agans. Thank you “N” for loving me as you do and allowing me continue to build this relationship of one alcoholic to another . . .
• Our new cat???? Hmmmm, we had a visitor outside 2 nights ago, he is a boy, young and loving and very handsome. We are leaving food & water outside for him, he is a fighter with big Jowls. He is thin, and I hope he comes back to get nutrients. If he does this will be our first outdoor cat, obviously he is owned by someone. However I may be uptight and have him nutured, it is my belief system, esp after working as a Vet Teck for 8 yrs . . . We named him ALLEY.
• Mother Nature, animals, the gifts the Animal Kingdom, for it is a glorius kingdom I promise you this
• Boot Camp familia
• AA familia
• Mitch, and that he has taken the time out to visit a few Al-Anon groups and talk to Dr. Drew. Thank you my love, thank you . . .
• Estrogen, a blessing and a curse. Woman, gotta love us (yes even you men that don’t want us in that way, you still love us!)

***MUAH***

PS. I will make the rounds tonight and 2mollies. Don’t give up on me, I am working long hours all this month. Bare with me. xoxo

Trying to get around to visting you all, bare with me. I have been very busy at work, we are in production of our annual catalog and I am lead on the project. I need to take time out to express some gratitude and laugh a little. Mitch’s mom sends me emails all the time, and she sent me one called “If Women Ruled The World.” Above are some pix from it. It is good not to take everything so seriously right? And even better to step back and laugh at ourselves . . . this is one HUGE thing I love about hearing someone’s ESH in the rooms of AA. So just for today be kind to yourself and laugh :)

shAAking the grAAtitude:

• God’s Grace. A friend I recently met sends out THOUGHT FOR TODAY emails. This is something I liked I read this morning: If God seems far away, who moved? –Unknown
• The spiritual magic of healing generated from laughter
• All of your emails, cards and messages left here and there to wish me greetings on my Belly Button BD
• Trudjing sistas Mel, Alexis and Alice
• Family and 4 legged fuzballs
• iTunes TV shows: Ugly Betty, love this show!
• You comments left on my last post. :)
• Acceptance of large things, acceptance of little things
• To be sober today
• To be able to find a meeting any day and just about at any time

***MUAH***