i love Average Joe.
I can't help it. it is my one guilty-reality pleasure this viewing season.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
Thursday, November 13, 2003
afternoon naps are good
so i have returned from my foray into the nations capital. seems these days i am always "returning" from somewhere. trip was really good. here is what we managed to get done:
1. found julie's dress
2. agreed on bridesmaid dresses
3. met with 2 cake people and picked one.
4. met with events planner at the ceremony/reception site to work out some logistics
5. began looking at flowers.
what you don't realize is that it is only 5 things, but they were some big steps. should leave julie in a pretty good place for moving into the holidays and not having to deal with holiday stress and wedding planning. she can claim a moritorium on planning until after new years.
i would like to caveat that dress shopping is exhausting and i got really used to a nap in the late afternoon to get me through the day.
also in true style, julie and kicked back a pitcher of margaritas, and 2 bottles of wine on our first night there.
we rock.
i also had a chance to go to a moroccan resturant while there. cool gig. great food. all family style and with your hands. it helps to not get too wigged out over germs, etc in an enviroment like that. and they had a bellydancer. she was amazing. i took some bellydancing classes last winter and it is hard. to watch this woman move was simply fantastic.
what else? saw my other sister that lives in virginia. she is good. she has some growing up to do. i mean she has come a long way since she moved out there, but she is a few real-world slaps upside the head from being all the way there. she needs time. and it is a slow transformation, but man. one day and night was about all i could handle. plus she is not a big, sit at the bar with some friends and hang out kinda girl. she would much rather be in a club...but a little change of scenery never did anyone any harm.
so now, back to work. i had a 8am meeting today, so i am going to bail out of here at 4:15..
1. found julie's dress
2. agreed on bridesmaid dresses
3. met with 2 cake people and picked one.
4. met with events planner at the ceremony/reception site to work out some logistics
5. began looking at flowers.
what you don't realize is that it is only 5 things, but they were some big steps. should leave julie in a pretty good place for moving into the holidays and not having to deal with holiday stress and wedding planning. she can claim a moritorium on planning until after new years.
i would like to caveat that dress shopping is exhausting and i got really used to a nap in the late afternoon to get me through the day.
also in true style, julie and kicked back a pitcher of margaritas, and 2 bottles of wine on our first night there.
we rock.
i also had a chance to go to a moroccan resturant while there. cool gig. great food. all family style and with your hands. it helps to not get too wigged out over germs, etc in an enviroment like that. and they had a bellydancer. she was amazing. i took some bellydancing classes last winter and it is hard. to watch this woman move was simply fantastic.
what else? saw my other sister that lives in virginia. she is good. she has some growing up to do. i mean she has come a long way since she moved out there, but she is a few real-world slaps upside the head from being all the way there. she needs time. and it is a slow transformation, but man. one day and night was about all i could handle. plus she is not a big, sit at the bar with some friends and hang out kinda girl. she would much rather be in a club...but a little change of scenery never did anyone any harm.
so now, back to work. i had a 8am meeting today, so i am going to bail out of here at 4:15..
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
i have the best friends...
amazing.
truly amazing.
julie calls me and won't take no for an answer. she and scott have a voucher to cover about 1/2 the fare and they want to buy the rest...
i am truly, truly lucky to have such generous people in my life.
so-- i am going to DC.
truly amazing.
julie calls me and won't take no for an answer. she and scott have a voucher to cover about 1/2 the fare and they want to buy the rest...
i am truly, truly lucky to have such generous people in my life.
so-- i am going to DC.
feel like crap
ok- i am a horrible, lousy friend.
i have been planning this trip to DC to do wedding stuff with julie for about a month.
with all the insanity the last few weeks, i have been waiting to buy the tickets, etc.
now, i got paid, paid bills and oh-- i have no $$ for the trip. somewhere along the lines, i spent $300 in omaha the weekend of my grandpa's funeral. not sure how that happened.
bottom line is i can't go to dc and i feel like the biggest loser on the planet.
i jmean she maid appt. to see people and try on dresses and what do i do"? back out.
after all the math last night, and feeling like total crap about it, i woke up with a big ole' cold sore on my lip today. which is awesome. it feels great and looks terrifc.
actually, it is probably what i deserve for not planning a little better...at least with the $$. If i could find a way to swing the airfare, i could do it..but i can't seem to work that out in my head. short of asking someone to pay for the ticket and i can pay them back ...which is not going to happen.
ironically, i just checked expedia. even today i could get a flight for $250...how is it that i don't have $250 to spare? because between 2 trips to omaha, a trip home and a trip to chicago in the last month i have dropped about $1200. that kinda killed the travel budget for a little while.
i suck.
i have been planning this trip to DC to do wedding stuff with julie for about a month.
with all the insanity the last few weeks, i have been waiting to buy the tickets, etc.
now, i got paid, paid bills and oh-- i have no $$ for the trip. somewhere along the lines, i spent $300 in omaha the weekend of my grandpa's funeral. not sure how that happened.
bottom line is i can't go to dc and i feel like the biggest loser on the planet.
i jmean she maid appt. to see people and try on dresses and what do i do"? back out.
after all the math last night, and feeling like total crap about it, i woke up with a big ole' cold sore on my lip today. which is awesome. it feels great and looks terrifc.
actually, it is probably what i deserve for not planning a little better...at least with the $$. If i could find a way to swing the airfare, i could do it..but i can't seem to work that out in my head. short of asking someone to pay for the ticket and i can pay them back ...which is not going to happen.
ironically, i just checked expedia. even today i could get a flight for $250...how is it that i don't have $250 to spare? because between 2 trips to omaha, a trip home and a trip to chicago in the last month i have dropped about $1200. that kinda killed the travel budget for a little while.
i suck.
Monday, November 03, 2003
i would have skipped class
picture this...
in a dim bedroom on a monday morning, a woman sleeps soundly in her large, pillow topped, down-comforted bed.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
the evil alarm goes off to remind the young woman of her obligation to get up and go to work for the man.
she groggily hits snooze, lays down and glances out her window.
rainy
dark
wind
cold
monday morning
she realizes had this been a monday about 6 years ago, she would have skipped class.
she then contemplates calling in sick and sleeping the day away.
of course the reality of the situation kicks in and after about the 3rd snooze attempt, she drags her butt out of the warm womb of her bed and faces the day.
and that is your monday morning fairy tale..
cinderella eat your heart out.
in a dim bedroom on a monday morning, a woman sleeps soundly in her large, pillow topped, down-comforted bed.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
the evil alarm goes off to remind the young woman of her obligation to get up and go to work for the man.
she groggily hits snooze, lays down and glances out her window.
rainy
dark
wind
cold
monday morning
she realizes had this been a monday about 6 years ago, she would have skipped class.
she then contemplates calling in sick and sleeping the day away.
of course the reality of the situation kicks in and after about the 3rd snooze attempt, she drags her butt out of the warm womb of her bed and faces the day.
and that is your monday morning fairy tale..
cinderella eat your heart out.
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