Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animal!

Christmas, December 25^th, X-Mas, or whatever you called it, was the highlight of my childhood (besides birthdays).  First off, I was out of school.  Secondly, I got to see family and eat good food. However, the most important thing was that I got GIFTS🎁 on top of GIFTS🎁.  No matter how bad I was, somehow I was never on Santa’s Naughty List.  To this day, I do not know how that happened because a few years I was terrible 🤣.  Major shout out to the parents for making sure my childhood was not ruined.  However, I thought that gifts would get better as you got older though.  You know a toy car at age 8, means a real car at age 18 lol.  Nope, that is not how it goes.  In fact, the older I got the more I dreaded Christmas👎.  I went from being oblivious to what is going on; to being responsible for making sure the generation behind me can enjoy the day.  Do you know how hard it is to shop for over 18 people? FYI, the 18 includes: Wifey, Big Red (mom) & Pops, 4 Siblings, and too many nieces & nephews to count. It sucks!! I am not going to completely bag on Christmas though. Because no matter how old I get, it will still have two things I am grateful for: Family & 24 Hours of “The Christmas Story”!!!  

Other than that, I HATE IT HERE!!!

Extra: What's your favorite Christmas movie? 

 

We Are a Family...

 FAMILY, there is nothing greater.  I come from a big family from both parents and as a child being around all of them was awesome.  Family reunions, graduations, birthday parties, etc. anytime the family linked up was epic.  I think the older we get the more we step away from the family being together.  If I could change one thing about adulthood, I would go back to celebrating the little things with my relatives.  As a kid, you really take those things for granted and it is the small things like that I reminisce the most about these days.  I think as adults we focus on the other issues that become priorities and just forget the little things.  That is why I try to enjoy any and every moment I have with my parents, siblings, cousins, FamBam, framily, etc.  One good thing about getting together now that I am an adult though, I can partake in the alcoholic drinks and I no longer must leave the room when the gossip begins🤣.  Even though young Trellie had his ears to the wall back then anyway lol.  I wanted all the information so I could spread the news to my cousins lol.  Man, I love my family lol.  I cannot wait for this Corona-virus to be over so that we can link up like old times!!!

P.S: Let me know if you can spot me lol..How many of you are wondering if I got a beat down for messing up the family reunion picture? I did not but I sure thought I was lol.  The family saved me that day!!!

Dear Naps, I Love You!

 "Dear Naps, 

I am sorry I was a jerk to you in kindergarten! 

Signed One Tired Adult"

In elementary, you could not pay me to take a nap 😴lol.  I remember getting into trouble for not sleeping.  Hell, they called me hyper and made an executive decision to remove chocolate milk from my possession.  REALLY, CHOCOLATE MILK REALLY!!! In my youth, I did not want to nap due to fear of missing out (FOMO) on anything.  Nowadays at a youthful 32, you can tell me to nap anytime, anyplace, anywhere (shout out to Janet Jackson, even though I know she did not mean napping 🤣).  Napping is basically a requirement I need before I can do any task. Going out, let me nap! Meeting up with friends/family, let me nap! Washing dishes or doing chores, let me nap!  Naps are extremely tricky the older we get though. As kids, someone was always there to wake us up.  As adults, we rely on our own instincts or alarms and both have failed me😒. There is no greater feeling then taking a nap and waking up not knowing the day, time, month or year 😕🤣. Where did all my energy go from my Lincoln Elementary (now called Roy Neal Shelling Elementary) days?  I HATE IT HERE!!!

I Need a Vacation!!

VACATIONS, fun times growing up right?  I mean you stayed in nice hotels, went to places you never seen, and got to eat lots of good foods.  Whether it was a water-park trip, family trip to the east coast, or just a quick getaway to Texas or Arkansas; I genuinely enjoyed traveling growing up.  Now do not get me wrong, I love traveling even more as an adult; however, I hate the planning process 🤪. As a kid, my responsibility was to pack my bag and make sure I did not get left anywhere lol.  Nowadays, I (wifey really lol) must research, plan, book, rent, etc. It is too much lol. I just want to wake up, pack, and make sure I don’t get left behind 🤷. As a child, vacations were limited to only summers & holidays.  I do enjoy the fact that I can potentially plan a nice getaway at anytime in adult land (prior to this whole Corona-virus 🙄).  Whether childhood or now, I still enjoy the day before leaving on vacation.  As a kid, I made sure all my friends knew not to come by lol.  At work, I make it known to not schedule any meetings because I will be OOO (out of office) lol. I still walk away the same as I did as a kid when I am leaving for vacation carefree and like this: 

I AM SICK OF THIS ADULTHOOD LOL!!  

Summer, Summer, SUMMERTIME!!

Summertime!  The greatest season of our childhood! Do you remember the last few weeks of school (elementary or middle school)? I do and boy it was great!! Schoolwork or "Lesson Plan", as the teachers called it, was done so it was mainly movie days, field days, & field trips. Did a lot of my summer plotting during this time period lol. With all my “wishing I was grown” talk, I never took the time to deeply appreciate the summers off. Even in college, you could not pay me to go to summer school. I needed my break. Summers where the best months of my life growing up. I could stay at any cousin's house who allowed me to come over and play all day and night. No rules tying us down, other than being home before the streetlights came on of course lol. It was the best days of my life. Now in adulthood, we get no summers off; no two weeks for Christmas/New Years; hell, we do not even get a Spring Break or week for Thanksgiving 😭. All we get is 80 hours
of paid vacation and about 8-10 Holidays. That is wack!! HOA fees in this hood are ridiculous lol.  I recommend bypassing Adulthood!

Meet Me at the Altar with Your Paycheck....

Weddings in my youth were a joyous time!!! They were typically out of state, so I got to travel, met up with cousins we rarely see, and more importantly PARTY lol.  Every now and then, I was lucky to be picked for the wedding party.  That meant looking good and walking down the aisle.  I have always been eager to shine in the spotlight.  Now let’s fast forward to Adulthood, WEDDINGS ARE CRIME ORGINIZATIONS LOL!!!  You have to pay something extra for everything just because the word "wedding". You have to limit people you invite (which was HARD) and you have to find a: venue, caterer, cake maker, wedding dress (wife), colors, etc.  You must look over your life and try to pick your wedding party.  Mine was fairly easy lol.  But lastly, and most importantly, you have to spend lots & lots of money lol.  Thankfully, wife and I (mainly wife 🙏) had a budget/limit and we stuck to it.  However, the money that left my pockets still hurt lol.  Would I do it again? I don’t know; eloping looking very good right now lol. What I do know is: Adulthood Sucks and Weddings are Scams!!

I just want to say good luck to all the beautiful couples whose weddings have been impacted from Corona-virus.  I know the weddings will be beautiful.  Hope everything works out!!

Love,

Mr. & Mrs. Trellie Trell Da PE

Babies R' Us

 As a kid, I really did not understand the whole “where babies come from” story-line.  All I knew is that I did not have anyone under me to boss around lol.  Being the baby, I was always given the short stick.  So, I just usually went along with whatever the older siblings did; however, deep down I always wanted a baby brother or sister.  I was never lonely though because I had many cousins my age that I grew up with and they eventually would become my siblings; however, I was still looking for that in-house person to boss around.  Grown up version of myself now understands two things: (1) Big Red (mom) having me at almost 40 was abnormal back then & (2) babies are EXPENSIVE lol.  “You think bills are bad, wait until you have a kid.” That’s what my friends tell me 🤣.  I am not a father yet but maybe one day.  Either way, I do not think I am mentally or financially ready.  Then again, who is🤷? All I know is that I am not rushing it.  I will let God direct that story for my future Montrell Jr. or Montrece lol (only jokes). Might be fun to have my own mini-me to mold😬!!