Dawg with a Blawg

We are officially a week into the new year, and I hope it has been wonderful for everyone so far! For me, it has been…interesting. Strange things have been happening, and even stranger conversations have occurred these past few days. Today’s Blopics™️ (blog topics, obviously) include a baby horse, my new favorite basketball coach, and the loss of my inner Chad.

If I’m being honest, I am not too sure that the title of today’s blog makes total sense. I don’t have a complete grasp of what “mind candy” is supposed to be. This phrase was written on a crumpled-up piece of paper on the gym floor, and I later found out that it was written by my former enemy, who recently has become my best friend and new favorite coach. When I started my job last year, I knew that I needed to choose an enemy to keep the plot interesting. Originally, I was planning for Devin to fill this role. He seemed like the obvious choice, and I think he would have made a fine enemy. Sadly, he left quickly after I started and I didn’t have the chance to put this dynamic in place. I think maybe he left because he was intimidated by how handsome I am. Anyways, when things didn’t go as planned with Devin, I decided that this coach would be the next best thing, because he made me mad once. For most of the year, I felt confident with this decision because he made me mad a couple more times. Things played out exactly as they should with a predetermined nemesis. Then one random day, he was nice to me, and every time that I have seen him since then, he has been nice to me. So naturally, we are best friends now. He wears suits and screams his head off and I just think, “Hmm, it’s funny the way that he is 😀”. I guess it’s time to find a new enemy now, so everybody better be careful.

There’s one person who never has to worry about being my enemy though, and that would be my colleague who has connections to the baby horse that I’ll be meeting soon. This has been in the works for a while, but there has recently been some urgency surrounding the matter and I am not completely sure why. This urgency has led to a hilarious conversation over the last two days, and I will share a small glimpse of that below. I really don’t know what exactly is happening, but I do know that there is a sweet baby horse waiting to meet me and I have now disappointed her twice. I must do better 💔 🐎

A few blogs ago, I talked about how my frat boy alter ego had built poorly decorated walls around my heart that grew taller every time I was around someone handsome. These walls made me say things like, “You should have dinner alone on Christmas 😀”. This Chad persona served as a defense mechanism and made me act like the type of person that doesn’t care about things. Unfortunately, I let one of these walls slip by accident, and I remembered that I am the type of person that cares about things. I care about things a lot. I am not a Chad, and I never will be. I do not enjoy pretending to be one. Although, it was definitely funny in the moment and led to some great bits. You guys know that I’ll do anything for the bit. Sadly though, my need for a good laugh led to me being forever haunted by the words, “You’re very pretty…just goofy.” 😧

Let each of these things serve as a lesson to you. You never know what can happen in a year; sometimes your pretend enemies can turn into your pretend best friends. If there is something beautiful and wonderful waiting for you, go to it as soon as you can. Otherwise, you will receive extremely confusing texts about Taco Bell while you are at work. Lastly, whether you are a true Chad or a Wanna-Be like me, stay true to yourself and don’t let the bit lead you astray.

Since this is another late post, I once again assume that most of you will be reading this when you wake up. If that’s the case, I encourage you all to welcome a little bit more joy, love and kindness into your heart as you go about your day. I also encourage you to listen to the song that I have linked below for both Spotify and Apple Music users. I’ve also included a YouTube link in case there are any oddballs out there that don’t use either.

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2ZoOmCSgj0ypVAmGd1ve4y?si=FgABzwmDTtmLT89G13eveQ

Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/song/stay-beautiful/1440914004

YouTube: Stay Beautiful

Stay beautiful Dawgs! ❤