If you could switch lives with a famous person for a week, who would it be and why?
Ohhhh. Ohhhhh. I know the answer to this one. 😁
If I could switch lives with a famous person for a week, it would definitely be my girl, Cardi B.
Y’all know I Iove Cardi!
I’d love to see how it feels to live as her for a week.
Wearing her cute, fun and fashionable clothes / outfits.
Living in and walking around her big mansion, and the other homes she owns.
Changing my wigs daily, and all the cute colors and styles that come with it.
Blasting music and dancing on my kitchen island like she has done before.
Getting on the Internet and making people laugh with my playful, sarcastic, silly self like she does.
I’d love to live Cardi’s life for a week.
I’d love to switch lives with her.
Travel the world and see how it feels to not really have to worry about money, and let my security and assistants handle everything. 😄
I think it would be wild, fun, and interesting.
I’d love to hear my own songs played on the radio and I’d turn them up and sing them loudly every time.
I can definitely get down with being Cardi for a week or switching lives with her. 💜
I heard she’s going on tour next year, and let me tell you something……
I never got to celebrate my graduations.
Not in 2023 when I graduate with my associates degree, and not in 2025 when I graduated with my BA degree, so best believe if it’s true and Cardi goes on tour next year, I’m going to save up and treat myself to her concert in 2027 – as my late graduation celebration / gift to myself.
🤗👀
(Photo taken from Vogue)
So, this year ….she had her (Little Miss Drama) tour and I missed it because my daughter was graduating and wanted to go see Romeo Santos and Prince Royce, so I used the money to take her and celebrate her graduation.
I’m celebrating me if the rumors are true about next year. 🤍
And with that being said…….
Let’s chat my loves.
I’ve decided to try to get back into dating.
So, if you want to laugh with me….. Let me share how I’ve been talking to a guy I really like for about two weeks now, and for some reason – age never came up. He looks like he’s in his late 30s maybe. A good looking guy. Works out, and eats right.
I joked that I can’t remember the last time I went to the gym and ate right, and we laughed about it, but he swore I still looked good. (Damn liar!). 🤣
I’m old.
I don’t get much sleep, so it’s easy to see it under my eyes.
I haven’t dyed my hair in forever, so my hair is a pretty cool three-toned color of brown, black and grays.
I could afford to lose a few pounds.
So, him telling me I looked good – I think our first date should have been going to get his eyes checked. Maybe some new glasses. 😁 I’m just being funny, but I really – really do like this guy.
Neither of us knew what we wanted, so we decided to just talk, get to know each other and see what happens, or where it goes. We weren’t expecting anything, but if it went well – we’d figure it out.
I haven’t dated in so long, I’m not used to it anymore and I’m not expecting anything, but I’m going into it enjoying life, and having fun if I meet someone worth… because life is way too short and I’m over 40, so enjoy life to the fullest, right? 👀
So, we were talking last night and having a damn good conversation and for some wild reason, I thought about age – as I finally asked him, “How old are you by the way?”. He thought it was the funniest thing in the world that I was just now asking him after two weeks of talking, but when he replied, “Age is stupid!”. Of course, I wanted to know even more.
He asked how old I think he is, and I replied with his late 30s. When he said, “25“…. I dropped my phone. No. I tossed my phone onto the bed, laid down and looked up at the ceiling because what – the – hell?
If my oldest was still here, she’d be 26! He’s a year younger than my oldest would have been.
That means…….I’m old enough to be his mother!!!!!
I’m not okay with that, and listen – I have a friend who sent me this damn meme when I told her:
I sat up and went to reply to him, but I couldn’t even do it. I didn’t know what to say and I put my phone back down. I picked it up to reply again, and sat there looking at the screen, and put it right back down.
I still haven’t replied.
He sent me a message this morning asking if it bothers me that he’s 25, and said he doesn’t act like it. He promised he doesn’t act like it, but that doesn’t change the fact that he’s a year younger than my oldest would have been, or two years older than my younger son.
It’s weird. 🫤
Maybe I’m making a big deal out of it, but I almost feel like I’d be dating one of my older kids friends, and to me – that’s just not okay.
I haven’t been able to get over the age gap. I’m 44!!
You ever see the movie (How Stella got her groove back?). If not, it’s one of my favorite movies, but I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t date someone that young, and be okay with it. She went on vacation and met a much younger man and she was in her 40s.
When she found out his age, she was bothered by it at first.
The youngest I’d ever felt comfortable dating is 34-35. So, I don’t know how to tell this man, but eventually I know I have to let him down and tell him I just don’t feel right going that young, which really sucks – because I did mention I really like him!
Ah well.
So, that’s where I am in life right now.
Besides trying to date again, finally meeting someone I like and vibe with and finding out he’s too young for me (in my opinion), I don’t have tons going on right now.
Life is life. Work. Bills. Parenting. The usual.
I feel like I’m on repeat and I really should try something new soon, but until then – I like being able to crawl into bed by 8 or 9, read a little, catch the news and mind my business.
I’m laughing as I write this because during Cardi B’s tour …. She showed one of the tour buses where her dancers were partying after a show, and having the best time – music turned up and all.
She then went to her tour bus and I’m not sure if it was her best friend or assistant but there was a woman making popcorn I believe it was, and Cardi joked that she wanted to go back to the dancers bus because her tour bus was boring.
Her best friend / assistant joked with her and told her to take her ass back to the dancers bus because that was the 40+ bus and “it’s boring over here”. She had Cardi laughing so much. ☺️
I’d be on that 40+ boring bus.
My good friend Ashley and I always joke and say, “Remember when we used to be getting the house or backyard parties started at 8 PM and they’d be ending at 4 AM? Now, we are in bed at 8 PM and still sleeping at 4 AM”. 😂😂😂
It’s sad. I know.
I used to make fun of my aunt for going to bed so early and now – I’ve turned into my aunt.
I get it now. It’s relaxing. It’s peaceful. lol
We can’t party like it’s 1999 anymore. Ha.
In all seriousness, there’s nothing on the streets for us once it gets dark, except trouble, drama and nonsense.
That being said, I’m sorry I’m on the boring tour bus 🤪 or I’d have more to write.
Am I responding to the 25 year old? Yes. I’m going to let him down gently because it just doesn’t feel right. Am I going to keep trying to jump back into the dating pool? Also yes – because my life is boring and I need some excitement, and you know what?
Part of me was thinking about Minnesota today.
I kind of miss it. (Random subject change..I know!).
I remember when I used to be so sad being out there for the holidays and wishing that we were back here in Illinois.
I used to say that one day, we will be back here in Illinois, and now that we are – I was thinking about how excited I used to get when I’d be driving around this time of year – by the lake we lived near in Minnesota and I’d see the guys putting up the Christmas lights – and their metal or plastic Christmas tree – getting ready to light up the lake area right after Halloween.
I used to love this time of year in Minnesota, and today – I realized I’m missing it, and maybe after all this time of wishing we were back home in Illinois…….maybe Minnesota was our home now.
Maybe we should go back.
I thought I’d be happy to be back in Illinois and part of me is for certain reasons, but part of me misses the boring, quiet, cold state I left.
Anyway, that’s all the excitement I have for you today.
I’ll figure out what else to rant about tomorrow.
Love y’all!
😴 Shel😴