i had lunch with mauricio, michelle and ben yesterday. it was delicious and funny as always, filled with witty banter and significant conversation. we were doing fine. but when we walked to our cars, stopped, and finally looked at each other, i saw mauricio's face go from happy to sad in a moment. his face scrunched up and his eyes began to ( Read more... )

so let's recap the past three weeks, shall we ( Read more... )

i quit my job.
if you know of any work available, pass it on.

someone recently told me that their life seemed new to them.
i feel the same way, with all of these changes in the past two weeks.

it feels good.
i'm learning to breathe again.

i opened the car door and there was a flower on the passenger seat for me. we had dinner and then walked around the gardens at night. i made him get into the huge fountain with me and splash around. we were soaked. we were wild.

granny passed away in the earliest hours of saturday morning. people keep telling me that i need to write down all the memories i have of her, because i'll start to forget. but i can look back through the pages of this livejournal and find her ( Read more... )

i have completely lost it.

work is so horrible today. i started laughing uncontrollably. millie kept asking what was wrong with me, begging me to stand still for a second. i got up from my desk and ran around the office looking for hidden cameras. i keep waiting for ashton kutcher to show up, i just know i'm being punk'd.

i just don't know
what i'm going to do
without my mauricio.

friday night, audra and i were laying on the couch when ben called to see if he could borrow my undeclared dvds. i told him he could if he brought us presents - a white fluffy bunny and a bottle of whiskey. he came over with one of those billy big mouth bass things instead. i hate those things. we ended up throwing it off our balcony for a good ( Read more... )

him: you taking classes this semester?
me: yes
him: what classes?
me: manipulation, gambling and basket weaving

example #17
how millie at work mixes up "american" sayings
and i think it's cute:

"what am i, liver chops or something?"