His Purpleness!!

With the release of Prince's new album...I have jumped back into my obsession...moved back into a purple world, and fallen RIGHT back in love with him. Some have told me he's gay, and quite frankly - I DON'T CARE...I am in love with the Purple One, and ALWAYS will be!! I had to have my Dad talk me out of spending $2100 on his Opus Book, complete with Prince iPod pre-loaded with all kinds of exclusive Prince stuff...and seeing as there were only 950 being made worldwide, and by purchasing one, you have the chance with win $21,000...I saw it as a good deal...however my Dad begged to differ!! :(

I instead picked up his 21 Nights book from Chapters, complete with a CD with some of the live sessions from his 21 Nights tour in London last year...it's AMAZING, I LOVE seeing him live, his shows are uncomparable...it's a live, 2 hour, jazzy, jam session, and for 2 hours, I am mesmorized!! I can't WAIT for him to tour to support this album (which it is rumored he will) - I cannot WAIT!! I will be in the front row EVERY single night he plays in Toronto...

Onto other things...

I found out this week my Grandfather has Melanoma...which made me ANGRY at first, because he has had this nasty growth on his cheek for a while, and only recently went to go get it checked out - and sure enough - it's skin cancer...so now he has to get it removed, and because he let it grow so big and because it's been there for a while, they have to dig out more than they would have if he would have went right when we all TOLD him to go. So now the surgery will also include some plastic surgery. Also, further testing needs to be done to make sure he doesn't have cancer anywhere else in his body. That will also mean that he will likely have to go through chemo and possibly radiation...I guess I am more mad about the whole situation because he was so negligent - and KNOWING that my Grandmother's first husband died of cancer...and to be so negligent...is inexcusable in my opinion (and that's what this is all about right...my opinion???) - Any the who - at least now he has checked it out and will be moving forward with trying to fix everything and getting better...I am going to go see him this weekend with most of the rest of the family - so we will see what happens.

On a whole, I have just been feeling down and out lately - I think I have starting running myself a bit ragged, and it's just been taking it's toll...that along with the fact that MAYBE I'm getting older, and it's just time to scale back how much and how often I am going out...and maybe how much I drink too...I HATE the hangover feeling I get, and I get it way too often I think...and being a child of an alcoholic, I guess I am scaring myself lately that I am going to turn into my Mom...which I do NOT want - so scaling back the alcohol is priority #1...priority #2, putting aside some more money so I can move out of my basement apartment and into something a little bit more comfortable and that feels a bit more like 'mine'...priority #3, now that the weather is FINALLY looking up - time for those evening walk/jogs I've been meaning to start for ages now...it's time I took care of me first...so to some friends, this will mean seeing me less often...my apologies...however...I have recently felt stress levels that I haven't felt since I was with my ex...and I won't live like that anymore...I am living a stress free - and HAPPY life...so if that means taking ALOT more 'Me' time - then THAT's the way the cookie crumbles peeps!! Fo Rizzle!!

Alright - that's my rant for the day - back to work for me now!!

XoXo - Love you all madly!!
Amanda