Okay – I really didn’t mean to be quite so dramatic about the cliff-hanger ending on the last post.

Or did I…?

I’ve been battling certain issues lately and they all seem to have the same thing in common: the B-WORD.

B #1:
Busy. I am so freakin’ busy I don’t have time to do my favorite B… which is Blog about Becoming Badass! I mean, this is a PRIORITY… so you KNOW somethin’ ain’t right if TStorm ain’t posting shit on the Internet!

B#2:
Ba-ack! Guess who’s coming Back?! Yep! Can’t say when or where…. but he’s coming back home to meeee! There’s going to be a party Saturday night. You’re invited!

B#3:
Breakout. With all the stress of hubby coming Back from the deployment… I guess my face decided to Break Out again. Thanks face. I hate you.

B#4:
Broken? Of course, now that I’m prepping the house, getting ready for a big party… the one thing I use most in the kitchen decided to break! The dishwasher! My mom was in town (and yeah, I probably didn’t use it much this deployment since I ate out a LOT) and she and I ran the dishwasher. If this appliance were a person the sounds would translate to, “I want to dieeeeeuuuhhhh…”

B#5
Bubbles. I was trying to trouble shoot the problem with the dishwasher … yeah… and put the wrong soap in…. hence… BATTLE WITH THE BUBBLES!

I spent about an hour saving the floor from Bubbles.

Phizz helped by eating some of them for me.

At that moment… when I’m thinking I’m stressed and can’t handle this… my mom says:

B#6:
Babies. Mom says, “I remember you saying when you got married almost 5 years ago that you were going to give me a grand baby in 2010? You turn 30 in 2 months. 2010 begins in one month.”

My reply, “Mama, this bitch is trying to clean up Bubbles AND be a BadAss in 2010. Ain’t no room for babies, yo!” As always, she shook her head and walked away. I win!

B#7
Burpees. Did “Quarter Gone Bad”  WOD which included Burpees, thrusters and weighted pull-ups. Also did a turkey wod that included double-unders. Not my favorite workouts… but I’m getting better! And check out my little abs coming in! So glad I gave up the Woodchuck!

B#8
Balance. Right when the weekend was over (Mom really did help – home girl flew in super-hero style and helped me mulch the garden, get the Christmas tree out of the attic, help me set it up – AND figure out how to get all 3 sections to light – first Christmas in 3 years!) I settled in for another busy week — but this week I’d be able to focus on school… until Monday morning I woke up and the room was spinning. I wasn’t even drunk! Promise!

I was so dizzy I could only keep my head in one spot. I didn’t know what to do! I had no Balance. I would fall if I tried to walk. I called some friends and the doctor… friends said chill out until it passed. Doctor said they could fit me in in 3 days… so I took a Xanax and tried to relax. The vertigo lasted ALL day. There was nothing I could do. It was so scary. Woke up next day with migraine.

B#9
Bleeding. But alas… nothing beats adult acne or a broken dishwasher like starting my period for the HUNDREDTH time this month!

And that, my friends, is my Battle with the B’s.