Okay, so maybe I'm not the femme-fatale I thought I could be. I did not end up coercing Mike into an intimate game of darts with me, afterall. Instead, we stuck to the original (almost) plan. We went in search of the new French restaurant that we had heard about and ended up at La Veranda Cafe. Sounded French to me, what with the "La" and " ( Read more... )

2 years ago today on Saturday, January 24, 2004, I convinced my best friend Danielle to go barhopping with me, which at the time, was actually a very difficult feat. Ok, barhopping is an understatement as we really only went to one bar and then later in the night hopped across the street, literally, to the only other bar in town (semantics). ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: What you are about to read contains many disjointed thoughts and oodles of run-on sentences. If you can’t handle it, move along (I like writing as if I had an audience). When I get angsty, I have no need for grammar or punctuation and tend to make up works for my own benefit ( Read more... )

As of November, I resigned my position in Fremont, as the manager and one-woman show and have since started in another office closer to home, as a regular old funeral counselor, right back where I started, approximately two and a half years ago. I don’t mind taking the step backwards, as it has worked to my advantage for many reasons ( Read more... )

Home: Moved 2 weeks ago, after the previously landlord informed us he was selling the rental property (and not to us, evidently). New place is good, bigger better, smellier, all the things new accommodations are supposed to be like. Most everything is unpacked, but still have the finer touches to go. I forgot how much I enjoy moving. Mike and I ( Read more... )

Come October, I will have been at this job for a year. I'm trying to stay positive, there are aspects that I find redeeming, but I seem to be easily bowled over by the negative aspects. Prior to opening this office, I was simply a Funeral Arranger with none of the managerial responisbilities. I was good at that. My focus was meeting with the ( Read more... )

Last night I woke up with an upset stomach. When I'm forced out of bed for whatever reason, mid-sleep-cycle, I always have a hard time getting back to sleep. It seems as if my mind is at full-throttle and won't settle down right away. I contemplated doing a shot, but doubted it would put me sleep, morelikely it would have just upset my stomach ( Read more... )

Boring exercise updates found below ( Read more... )

I paid $7.25 this morning to purchase a "bath towel" (using the term loosly, like the fabric used to make such a flimsy thing)at the gym this morning. Despite my morning mantra wherein I walk through the house, usually with a toothbrush in my mouth, mentally reciting all the things I need to bring with me, towel being one of the top four items, ( Read more... )

I have a birthday coming. One which will allow me to no longer be on the fringe of "thirtysomething", but rather a full-fledged member. Since I'll be 31, my range of friends are between the ages of 25 and 35 (give or take a year). What this particular age range has come to mean to me is nothing other than "Wedding Season". Last year (in my ( Read more... )