Plans Foiled
Well, tonight I was actually going to get up the courage to go to an open mic jam at Bankok Blues in Falls Church, where my drum teacher was hosting, and jam with some strangers. This would be my first real foray into playing with a full band. I was scared and excited, and left the house to go, but the roads are just too awful so I decided to turn around and go home. I'm hoping that my teacher will host again soon, cause I would feel more comfortable going if he is there. Although Jeffro offered to come and jam there too.
And this rain is just unreal. It took me two hours to get to work this morning on the metro, which flooded. Interesting how the underground structure couldn't handle the rain. I wonder if it will be the same tomorrow? I was supposed to go to an off-site meeting tomorrow morning and would have gotten to miss the worst of the commute, but my psycho boss called me at home tonight to tell me to come into the office instead and we'd figure out plan B for the meeting. What a bitch. I think she just couldn't handle the fact that the off-site meeting started at 10:30 so I'd be getting two free hours of nonwork.
My neighbor's basement flooded, so I am praying that I am not next.
Monday, June 26, 2006
Sunday, June 25, 2006
Is It Over Already?
I sort of feel like I didn't really have a weekend this weekend. Jeffro and I used Friday night to go grocery shopping to avoid the crowds of the weekend. We hadn't been shopping in two weeks since we were out of town last weekend, so I had absolutely no food in the house. Saturday I spent, literally, the whole day at my niece's many ballet recitals. I have 5 nieces, who were in 3 different shows yesterday. I did not stay for the last show, but I was still there from 12 until after 7. Today I spent cleaning and doing laundry, which was desperately needed. So needless to say, I'd like to rewind and start all over again so I can do some fun things. Not that the weather cooperated.
Tomorrow and Tuesday the intern will be there, so I have to figure out what to do with her, particularly for Tuesday morning when I have an out of office meeting. At least that will take up half the day. I'm seriously thinking of calling in sick one day next week just cause I need a break. I think my boss is going to cause me to start looking for a job earlier than the one year that I promised her that I would stay . . . six months is close enough, right?
I sort of feel like I didn't really have a weekend this weekend. Jeffro and I used Friday night to go grocery shopping to avoid the crowds of the weekend. We hadn't been shopping in two weeks since we were out of town last weekend, so I had absolutely no food in the house. Saturday I spent, literally, the whole day at my niece's many ballet recitals. I have 5 nieces, who were in 3 different shows yesterday. I did not stay for the last show, but I was still there from 12 until after 7. Today I spent cleaning and doing laundry, which was desperately needed. So needless to say, I'd like to rewind and start all over again so I can do some fun things. Not that the weather cooperated.
Tomorrow and Tuesday the intern will be there, so I have to figure out what to do with her, particularly for Tuesday morning when I have an out of office meeting. At least that will take up half the day. I'm seriously thinking of calling in sick one day next week just cause I need a break. I think my boss is going to cause me to start looking for a job earlier than the one year that I promised her that I would stay . . . six months is close enough, right?
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Week from Hell
This has been a really long week already. I got back to work Tuesday after a nice 3-day weekend and my boss was back from her vacation and my new intern was starting. My boss has been on this kick of coming into my office every 5 minutes giving me something new to do RIGHT NOW, not caring what else I may be in the middle of--like training the intern. I almost blew a gasket today. Tomorrow I have to give a speech for Toastmasters and then give a little spiel on a conference call. I'm not looking forward to it. Maybe I'll call in sick Friday and make this a really short week.
This has been a really long week already. I got back to work Tuesday after a nice 3-day weekend and my boss was back from her vacation and my new intern was starting. My boss has been on this kick of coming into my office every 5 minutes giving me something new to do RIGHT NOW, not caring what else I may be in the middle of--like training the intern. I almost blew a gasket today. Tomorrow I have to give a speech for Toastmasters and then give a little spiel on a conference call. I'm not looking forward to it. Maybe I'll call in sick Friday and make this a really short week.
Monday, June 19, 2006
Exhausted!
Just got back from LAWNGISLAND--took just over 7 hours with traffic and a stop at my grandparents' for breakfast. Not bad. My brother in law took this alternate route, though, and made it in 5.5 hours. Now granted, he drives really fast, but I may have to look into that for next time. It was a fun, but exhausting weekend. Jeffro and I drove up on Saturday, left around 8:30 a.m. and hit horrible traffic right here on Kenilworth Ave. that made me want to turn around and go home. We stopped in NJ to visit and have lunch with his mom, then went up to the island, again hitting bad traffic the same place we always hit bad traffic in NY. We basically checked into the hotel and headed to my uncle's house for dinner. Sunday was a party for my grandmother, who is turning 90 later this month. It was a nice time, and my grandparents were so glad that we had made the trip up. That in and of itself made it all worthwhile. Well, plus the unexpected money that my grandfather gave me to put towards the hotel, that was nice too. After the party, we went to see some other cousins. So it was a busy weekend. I'm so not looking forward to working tomorrow. I have a meeting at 10 and an intern starting--although she emailed me that there are some problems so she might not be able to start until Weds. We'll see.
Just got back from LAWNGISLAND--took just over 7 hours with traffic and a stop at my grandparents' for breakfast. Not bad. My brother in law took this alternate route, though, and made it in 5.5 hours. Now granted, he drives really fast, but I may have to look into that for next time. It was a fun, but exhausting weekend. Jeffro and I drove up on Saturday, left around 8:30 a.m. and hit horrible traffic right here on Kenilworth Ave. that made me want to turn around and go home. We stopped in NJ to visit and have lunch with his mom, then went up to the island, again hitting bad traffic the same place we always hit bad traffic in NY. We basically checked into the hotel and headed to my uncle's house for dinner. Sunday was a party for my grandmother, who is turning 90 later this month. It was a nice time, and my grandparents were so glad that we had made the trip up. That in and of itself made it all worthwhile. Well, plus the unexpected money that my grandfather gave me to put towards the hotel, that was nice too. After the party, we went to see some other cousins. So it was a busy weekend. I'm so not looking forward to working tomorrow. I have a meeting at 10 and an intern starting--although she emailed me that there are some problems so she might not be able to start until Weds. We'll see.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Gone for the WeekendJeffro and I are headed to LAWNGISLAND for the weekend for a party for my grandmother, who is turning 90. I guess I'm looking forward to seeing all my family, but it's going to be exhausting. Not getting back until Monday, so peace out and pray for no traffic!
PS - This map of the Long Island Railroad is really cool. We're headed out near Port Jefferson, if you enlarge the map you can see it on the Northern shore. If you don't, it's the end of the blue line on here.
No Parking!I'm on a crusade to change the parking policy in the lot in front of my house to be only one spot per condo. Currently, you can get stickers for two spots if you have two people in the condo, and currently some new renters are taking advantage of this to the point where somehow one renter got an extra sticker for her boyfriend that doesn't even really live here. I'm just furious about the whole thing so I'm getting together a petition to take to the board to consider. So keep your fingers crossed that the petition passes. Yes, I am the Parking Nazi!
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Weekend
I had a pretty good weekend despite the drama-filled ending (see post below). Friday night Jeffro made me dinner, which was quite nice. Saturday I hung out at home most of the day having my back door painted and having a local contractor come over to give me pricing on some home repairs. Saturday night Jeffro and I went to see Marah in Baltimore at this cool place called 8x10. Needless to say, we didn't get in until very late, so this morning I was very tired and had brunch plans with MJ at 9:45 a.m. It was cool to see her, but I've been really tired all day. I can't believe the weekend is over already. I'm tempted to call in sick, but since the boss is still out on vacation, and I guess supposedly I'm in charge of the department, I'd best get to bed early and go to work.
I had a pretty good weekend despite the drama-filled ending (see post below). Friday night Jeffro made me dinner, which was quite nice. Saturday I hung out at home most of the day having my back door painted and having a local contractor come over to give me pricing on some home repairs. Saturday night Jeffro and I went to see Marah in Baltimore at this cool place called 8x10. Needless to say, we didn't get in until very late, so this morning I was very tired and had brunch plans with MJ at 9:45 a.m. It was cool to see her, but I've been really tired all day. I can't believe the weekend is over already. I'm tempted to call in sick, but since the boss is still out on vacation, and I guess supposedly I'm in charge of the department, I'd best get to bed early and go to work.
Spittin' MadI am quite angry about the parking situation in my neighborhood. We are supposed to have parking by decal only, and towing enforced 24 hours a day. Early this morning I observed a car with out of state plates and no parking decal that had obviously been there all night. Tonight the same car is back with no decal. I made 2 calls to the security service and left messages to no avail. Then I called our emergency service and they provided 3 phone numbers--none of which was correct. Then I called back to complain again and they told me they weren't even sure that our neighborhood had a security patrol anymore, which also isn't true. I just wrote a nice, long email to the citizen's association as a letter to the editor in our next newsletter. I also left some pretty nasty messages with our management office. I am just so angry because I pay a lot of money to live here and the management office does so very little to help the residents.
I'm going to go calm down now. I enlisted the help of my neighbor and finally got security to come out. Supposedly they're going to tow the car, but I'm not holding my breath.
Friday, June 09, 2006
Cat Reality TVTune in to Animal Planet tonight at 9 to watch a new TV reality show about the life of cats. It is a cross between a commercial--it will be shown in 3 little segments throughout the programming--and "Survivor"-like reality show. Ten felines, picked from animal shelters nationwide, will live in a New York house to compete for a grand prize, in this instance an executive-level job with Meow Mix cat food. What will they think of next? It's supposed to be tongue in cheek, so it will probably be pretty funny. Check it out!
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Drats, Foiled Again!It seems that every time I get an ingenious idea--something that I could market and make millions so that I never have to work again--it turns out that someone else has already thought of it. My latest idea was putting beds in airplanes like Quantas, which flies long distances to Australia. Check out this pic from the Quantas email newsletter. Bastards!
Evolution of Dance
For the one or two people who haven't seen this "phenomenon" Jud Laipply yet, here's the Evolution of Dance. It's been viewed more than 18 million times on YouTube, so I thought it would be funnier. The beginning is boring but if you can get through that and ignore the fact that it's like 5 minutes long, it's entertaining enough, I guess. I think it's one of those things that you need to be there to fully appreciate. But America seems to love it, according to this USA Today article.
For the one or two people who haven't seen this "phenomenon" Jud Laipply yet, here's the Evolution of Dance. It's been viewed more than 18 million times on YouTube, so I thought it would be funnier. The beginning is boring but if you can get through that and ignore the fact that it's like 5 minutes long, it's entertaining enough, I guess. I think it's one of those things that you need to be there to fully appreciate. But America seems to love it, according to this USA Today article.
Where Have I Been?
I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long. Things have been busy, and with the summer here, it's hard for me to buckle down and make myself stay inside for any length of time. I get home every night and all I want to do, after I walk the dogs, is sit on my balcony and eat, read, and basically enjoy the weather before it becomes the typical humid Washington summer. The thought of sitting in my basement at the computer has become unbearable. I haven't even worked out in forever for the same reason. But here I am at last to say hi to all of you, after it's dark outside and I've decided to come in for the evening.
So what's been going on? Obviously, I'm loving this weather. I used my charcoal grill again recently to make turkey burgers. They came out ok, but I've gotten some tips on how to improve things next time around. The past weekend was busy shopping for my nieces' (2) and sister's birthday gifts, then going to a family party on Sunday.
The job has been busy even though my boss is on vacation. That's been awesome. I have an intern starting in 2 weeks, so I have to get ready for that, which will be both a godsend and a curse.
And the most exciting news of all, Jeffro is moving in with me later this summer. Will wonders never cease?
I can't believe I haven't blogged in so long. Things have been busy, and with the summer here, it's hard for me to buckle down and make myself stay inside for any length of time. I get home every night and all I want to do, after I walk the dogs, is sit on my balcony and eat, read, and basically enjoy the weather before it becomes the typical humid Washington summer. The thought of sitting in my basement at the computer has become unbearable. I haven't even worked out in forever for the same reason. But here I am at last to say hi to all of you, after it's dark outside and I've decided to come in for the evening.
So what's been going on? Obviously, I'm loving this weather. I used my charcoal grill again recently to make turkey burgers. They came out ok, but I've gotten some tips on how to improve things next time around. The past weekend was busy shopping for my nieces' (2) and sister's birthday gifts, then going to a family party on Sunday.
The job has been busy even though my boss is on vacation. That's been awesome. I have an intern starting in 2 weeks, so I have to get ready for that, which will be both a godsend and a curse.
And the most exciting news of all, Jeffro is moving in with me later this summer. Will wonders never cease?
Monday, May 29, 2006
Do Point
This title is thanks to Jeffro. I finally reached my "do point" this weekend. I have so much crap to do, so much crap in my house that I want to clean up, fix up, etc. that I get sick of hearing myself say I don't have time to get things done. I am the biggest procrastinator, but somehow I finally reached a breaking point this weekend and did some major stuff to improve my house. Here is my list of things I accomplished this weekend.
1. Switched my summer/winter wardrobe, which led to the next item.
2. Packed up and delivered to Goodwill: 1/2 dozen bags of clothes, shoes, etc., and old TV, old printer. Goodwill wouldn't take my computer monitor, so I will have to go to plan B on that and hopefully I can find some organization to take it instead of throwing it away.
3. Made incredible headway on this terribly messy closet in my basement that is the bane of my existence. Actually, my entire basement might be the bane of my existence. So this is a huge step. My plan is to finish the closet by the end of the week, now that there is no more prime time TV for the summer.
4. Purchased and set up stereo in my living room: I got the gift certificate to purchase the stereo back in September. Yes, September.
5. Purchased, set up, and actually used a charcoal grill. I wanted this grill last year and never got around to buying it.
6. Purchased and planted flowers for my yard.
7. Went to the pool. I usually don't go until mid-summer, and I only go about twice a year. The pool opened this weekend and I was there!
8. Gave my smelly dogs baths.
Whew! That's a long list, I'm tired just thinking about it all. And this is in addition to some other regular stuff like grocery shopping, etc. But it felt good to actually make some progress on things that have been hanging over my head forever. Now to make sure I stick to my goal and get the basement in better shape by this weekend.
This title is thanks to Jeffro. I finally reached my "do point" this weekend. I have so much crap to do, so much crap in my house that I want to clean up, fix up, etc. that I get sick of hearing myself say I don't have time to get things done. I am the biggest procrastinator, but somehow I finally reached a breaking point this weekend and did some major stuff to improve my house. Here is my list of things I accomplished this weekend.
1. Switched my summer/winter wardrobe, which led to the next item.
2. Packed up and delivered to Goodwill: 1/2 dozen bags of clothes, shoes, etc., and old TV, old printer. Goodwill wouldn't take my computer monitor, so I will have to go to plan B on that and hopefully I can find some organization to take it instead of throwing it away.
3. Made incredible headway on this terribly messy closet in my basement that is the bane of my existence. Actually, my entire basement might be the bane of my existence. So this is a huge step. My plan is to finish the closet by the end of the week, now that there is no more prime time TV for the summer.
4. Purchased and set up stereo in my living room: I got the gift certificate to purchase the stereo back in September. Yes, September.
5. Purchased, set up, and actually used a charcoal grill. I wanted this grill last year and never got around to buying it.
6. Purchased and planted flowers for my yard.
7. Went to the pool. I usually don't go until mid-summer, and I only go about twice a year. The pool opened this weekend and I was there!
8. Gave my smelly dogs baths.
Whew! That's a long list, I'm tired just thinking about it all. And this is in addition to some other regular stuff like grocery shopping, etc. But it felt good to actually make some progress on things that have been hanging over my head forever. Now to make sure I stick to my goal and get the basement in better shape by this weekend.
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Taylor Wins IdolWell, just in case you have been hidden under a rock recently and didn't hear this, Taylor Hicks, the prematurely gray king of the soul patrol, won American Idol tonight, as if that is a big surprise. I am neither happy nor sad, cause the people I really wanted to win got voted off a while ago. I don't think Taylor's true "Idol" material, so it will be interesting to see what he does from here. And whether Katharine winds up getting a contract too.
Monday, May 22, 2006
I'm Back from Limin'
I didn't know that limin' is the expression for just chillin' an' doin' nothin,' mon. I had a great week in St. John and have a pretty good tan to show for it. I missed my dogs like heck though, as much as I complain about them. St. John is lush and gorgeous. Here are my top loves and hates about St. John. (PS--blogger isn't letting me post photos and I'm soooo pissed but I'm posting this anyway cause I've been trying all friggin' night!)
Top 7 Great Things About St. John/Vacation
1. 85 degrees and sunny every day
2. Fabulous water views from the minute I woke up
3. 39 beaches to snorkel
4. Splendore pool and jacuzzi
5. Cool wildlife like iguanas and geckos
6. Sea turtles!
7. Cool friends to share the house
Top 5 Worst Things About St. John/Vacation
1. Steep crazy roads
2. Price of food and drink ($18 for a watermelon!)
3. No country radio stations
4. Iguana pooping in above lovely pool
5. Having to come back to reality
I didn't know that limin' is the expression for just chillin' an' doin' nothin,' mon. I had a great week in St. John and have a pretty good tan to show for it. I missed my dogs like heck though, as much as I complain about them. St. John is lush and gorgeous. Here are my top loves and hates about St. John. (PS--blogger isn't letting me post photos and I'm soooo pissed but I'm posting this anyway cause I've been trying all friggin' night!)
Top 7 Great Things About St. John/Vacation
1. 85 degrees and sunny every day
2. Fabulous water views from the minute I woke up
3. 39 beaches to snorkel
4. Splendore pool and jacuzzi
5. Cool wildlife like iguanas and geckos
6. Sea turtles!
7. Cool friends to share the house
Top 5 Worst Things About St. John/Vacation
1. Steep crazy roads
2. Price of food and drink ($18 for a watermelon!)
3. No country radio stations
4. Iguana pooping in above lovely pool
5. Having to come back to reality
Thursday, May 11, 2006
Off to St. JohnWell, this will be my last blog entry for about 9 days, as we head to St. John, US Virgin Islands. I am so looking forward to it, except for the early wake up call tomorrow morning to catch a flight at 7. But it will be worth 9 days in tropical paradise. I haven't had a vacation this awesome in years. And as for the mad posting tonight? I haven't posted in forever so the stories have been building up. I wanted to leave you with some fun stuff to look over. Ya'll take care now!
Bye ChrisWell, Chris was sent home from American Idol last night. I was so pissed! It was really shocking, even his jaw hit the floor. I personally think he should have won the whole thing. I don't know if I'll even finish the season out at this point, cause I really don't want any of the other three to win. Maybe Katharine, cause she has real talent, but as much as I love Taylor, he's no Idol and Elliott is just a monkey face.
Sunday, May 07, 2006
The WeekendOk, all I did this weekend was shop. Shop, shop, shop and more shopping to get ready for my vacation, which starts this Friday for nine days. Nine days! I can't remember the last time I went away for so long. I bought 2 bathing suits, clothes, shoes, etc. for the trip. I spent way too much money. I really didn't do anything else this weekend at all. I have 3-1/2 days of work left--I get to leave early Tuessday for a doc appt. Then it's off to St. John!
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