a fortune cookie

It's always fun to pick a fortune from a table of more than one. The waiter gave us three fortune cookies and I was second to pick mine. Mine read "in the middle of a busy day, take some time to be a kid again."

This is the second fortune in less than three months that has come true. The first one is too personal to mention but it was a good fortune. We always read them wondering if they will come true. We try to somehow figure the hidden message it tells us. I got my fortune on Saturday and on Tuesday I was in a room with other adults coloring. There is a phrase for it, it is now called Adult Coloring because if we say we went coloring it wouldn't sound right, right. They had several coloring books and we got to pick what we wanted. I glanced over the books and when she said that it was okay to cut the page out I knew I had to cut wonder woman out from the comic book. The reasoning behind Adult Coloring is to release stress and a form of relaxation. I just like coloring. I've always like coloring but now it is normal to do it in public with other people. It is normal to do it when you are a kid but once you become an adult it seams all the things you liked doing you have to stop because it is no longer okay.

check out the red lips

I made a new friend in the process, we plan on meeting again next month to color.

As adults we get excited when we see things that reminds us of our past. Like when I see a package of Mamba or Now and Laters. It always reminds me of being a kid. When I would walk to the store down the street just to buy them. Then it starts a series of memories of being a kid and how it would be fun at times to be a kid again. We were so young not realizing we would have to grow up one day. Not realizing that it all would change. How when you are a kid you want to hurry and grow up just to realize how innocent that wish you would want to take back.

I think that is why grandparents have a better relationship with their grandkids because it allows them to be kids again.

As I'm writing this I'm eating Cracker Jacks. When I was a kid I would get excited just to get the prize inside.

My God Daughter always sends me artwork in the mail. When she saw this she asked if I colored it for her. I've sealed it and off it goes to her.

We tell our little ones to stay young as long as they can. No hurry in growing up. But no matter what we say society has already told them to stop being a kid and grow up.
  
It's okay to be a kid again. I was able to step back in time and come back to being an adult. No harm done.

A new years kiss at midnight

It had been a month when I realized I'd be off on new years from work. Hadn't been off in a very long time. Excited I wanted something to do. Whether it was with friends or alone. I decided to look for a lipstick, preferably a silver color. I came upon a black and a white one. I ended buying both.

I'd made a comment that wherever I was I'd kiss the person next to me. I'd have me a kiss at midnight after all.

The day came December 31, 2017. It was time to choose where I'd spend my night and with whom I'd get my kiss. I narrowed it down to two burlesque shows. One was at the Texas Theatre and the other was at Wits End in Deep Ellum. Guess which one I picked?  Yep, the one in Deep Ellum. Arrived all in black well more like the lady in red because of my coat. The show started late but then again nothing starts on time anymore. Scoped the place out since it was my first time there. I sat at the bar with a perfect view to everything. That seat was waiting for me. I'm not familiar with adult beverages so the way I choose a drink is by asking the bartender to make me a sweet drink. He said "anything?"  He made me a peach cobbler, it had five mixings and all I could remember were the vodka and lemon juice. I had two, that was my limit for driving solo. I people watched till the show started. Kind of fun having people surprisingly bump me just to touch my arm to tell me they were sorry. I know they really wanted to feel my muscle. Saw multiple selfies being taken to prove they spent the new years at the a club. How one guy wasn't into his date but he had to have one on new years, you know.

peach cobbler

When I'm alone I notice that people look after me. From the guy that is important wearing his silver hat to the bartender checking on me making sure I was okay. After my limit the bartender gave me a glass of water. I got up to go to the bathroom and he took my water back and said he'd watch it for me. That my friends is a good bartender. I hadn't realized how it could have went wrong had I left my water on the counter to go to the bathroom if not for him looking out. At the end of the show the whole place was getting ready for the countdown. The staff were passing out new years hats, beads, and streamers. I choose beads I'd already had my hat. They gave everyone a cup of champagne to toast. Had mine in my hand ready for my midnight kiss. You see I had a date but my date couldn't make it out this night. The countdown began and I couldn't believe just like that it was over. The year was gone. The last few seconds weren't filled with memories like it had all these years. I wanted to stay till the end. Something I think I will enjoy for new years to come.  All I could think about was getting my new years kiss by that special person. I drank my champagne at midnight and left.

Burlesque at the Wits End

My sisters worried that I had gone out alone. Gone to a place I'd never been before but I'm stubborn. I pretty much do what I want. I just don't let my parents in on that part of my life. No matter how old I am they'd worry.

black lipstick won

So the question you may still be asking me is if I ever got my new years kiss? That's all I could think of as I was driving to my destination. So when I arrived twenty minutes later, still being within the hour of a brand new day. That kiss meant more than just a kiss at midnight. My life is full of surprises that I make for myself and I love all of it.

Happy New Years my friends another year still writing from time to time, thank you. May this even numbered year be all that you need to be happy.