1. Things have been kind of quiet lately. I've noticed that I've kind of pulled into myself, probably a little too much. I've been consciously trying to get out there and be social again. First up? Bowling last Saturday. Holy hell. I'm sore from head to toe, still today, almost a week later. But it was so fun!!! My friend Bonnie called me Friday night, kind of in a panic.
B: "What are you doing tomorrow? Are you busy?"
(Checks calendar......hmmmmm....waking up, playing World of Warcraft, maybe some homework for school and then, quite possibly, work on that baby blanket I'm doomed to never finish.)
D: "Not a damn thing. What's up?"
B: "Do you want to go bowling with me for charity tomorrow at 1pm?"
D: "Shit yeah I do!!!"
Her boss is a member of the local Lions Club and they were doing a bowling charity event for some local eye care charity. Her son (who also works at that company) was set to bowl with her, but then had a conflict, so she called me to fill in. I'm SO glad that I went. I'm sore as hell (still, seriously. I'm old) but it was great to get out of my house for a while.
2. I'm going to see Kevin Smith next Thursday night for a Q&A. KEVIN. SMITH. I was cruising around the interwebs a few months ago and this FB sponsored post showed up telling me that Kevin was going to do a Q&A here where I live. I went, on a whim, to see just how outrageously over priced the tickets were. You know how much they were? Any guesses? $30 each. THIRTY DOLLHAIRS EACH. I couldn't run to my wallet fast enough to get my card out to order a ticket for Scott and I. SO EXCITED!!!!
3. I cheated. I'm a cheating, cheater-cheater, cheaty-mccheaty pants. Two days I ago I ruined a whole 2 months of not having a Diet Coke. I cheated. :( I was in the store, after work picking up a few things for dinner. I was dying of thirst and needed something to drink and those little 8.5 oz aluminum bottles were right there. Cold. And right there. It was glorious, tasted like what I imagine unicorns smell like, and I felt 1000% guilty with every delicious swig of the carmel colored mana from heaven. Guil-TY. My problem is that my preferred drink other than Diet Coke is unsweetened ice tea. Do you know how hard it is to find that when you are out running about? Ugh. Everything in the bottle is sweetened to death, with a few exceptions. There is a Pure Leaf unsweet and there actually IS a Snapple unsweet, however, I guess because people prefer that overly sweet crap, I can rarely find it on the shelf. Boo.
4. I have a redneck pool in my backyard and I love it SO MUCH. Given that I rent a home, rather than own, and even if I did own, I don't happen to have $30,000 laying about to pay for a new pool, my little redneck pool will do. It's 3 feet deep and 15 feet wide. It's just wide enough and deep enough that I can drop a floaty mat in it and float. And really, that's all I really want in a pool anyway. We've had 2 solid days of rain here though, so it's now cloudy, overfull and needs to be shocked. I think it's going to stop raining over the weekend so we can get it cleaned up.
5. My nearly two year odyssey of wondering "is today they day I am going to get my lay off notice" is officially over, and not because I got my notice! I scored a different job that is not in danger of being outsourced to another physical location like my current job is. It's in the same field that I work in now (supplier management) but I will no longer be a buyer. Praise Jesus, HALLELUJAH. I have done this job, in support of multiple US government contracts, for over 18 years. I. AM. TIRED. So burnt out, so over it. This new position will use my skills obtained throughout my 18 years, but means I no longer have to buy anything. YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!
6. I am halfway through my first MBA class. I hate the crap out of it, but I'm doing okay grade wise. Do you know how hard it is to get a degree in a subject you just could care less about? Ugh. However, since what I want to do isn't possible and this degree will help me in the future, I'm suffering through it. And doing so with at least a decent grade, so far. :)
I think that is it. My brain dump since I haven't posted here in a few weeks. Things have been happening, life is moving along as it does. I still miss the ever loving crap out of Catherine and still want to talk to her every single day, but I am also able to make jokes, remember fun and funny things about her and not bawl like a baby. Progress. It's the little things. :)
And Catherine would totally crack jokes about that pool, given how you described it.
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