So, the "cast" is off my foot. THANK GOODNESS. I can wear normal shoes, wear brown again since I don't have to color coordinate with the brace and can walk up and down stairs with ease! I can't tell you how happy I am to have that monstrosity off my leg!
I saw the opera "Pagliacci" last Friday night and absolutely loved it. B bought me a ticket because he knew I wouldn't spend the money on myself, and since I had a single ticket I got to sit in the front row! It was so tragic, but I was taken in by all of it. They project the words in English over the stage, but I was too entranced by the music and emotion to even worry that it was in Italian!
I have had a cold this past week, and I've been miserable. I got off work from BB&B last Saturday at 4pm and went home to take a nap prior to a party I was supposed to attend. Well, I went to sleep at 6pm and didn't awaken until after midnight! Then I fell back asleep until 9am Sunday and did absolutely nothing all day except watch the Steelers lose and watch The Breakup and start getting the sniffles. I hate when I get a cold - really slows me down. Of course, I'm sure I'd be LESS susceptible to colds if I rested more.
The article came out with Mikey's picture and yes, the first sentence says he leads from behind. So funny. :-)
My brother is getting two puppies this weekend and I'm going to meet them on Sunday. They are Sir Maximus Arameous (Max) and Lady Lola Marmalade (Lola) - a black lab and yellow lab, respectively. My brother and his wife are throwing a puppy shower for the two new additions!
I'm still working a lot and trying to pay things down. I truly wish I could get through to my bosses that things need to change at my little company, but I'm not sure I'm being heard. I need to come up with a better approach.
Oh, and I really need a date. Just a nice guy to take me out to dinner. That's not asking much, is it?
:-)
10.27.2006
10.13.2006
Happy Friday the 13th
Instead of worrying about bad luck, I'm gonna make some good luck wishes for fall to all of you . . .
May the weather be mild for every football game you attend.
May the days remain long instead of becoming shorter so you can enjoy a bit of sunlight when you leave work.
May all your Halloween candy be calorie and fat-free (yet still taste yummy).
May you not get sick and tired of Christmas carols before Thanksgiving even arrives.
May you find more humor in life.
May you realize that your friends ARE your family.
May you find the perfect jacket/boots/sweater/'insert favorite cold weather article of clothing' on sale and in your size.
May you enjoy all things pumpkin (my favorites are pie, lattes and martinis).
May you look around the table at Thanksgiving and truly be thankful.
May you take the time to feel wonderment at the vibrant colors of autumn's foliage.
May your favorite trick-or-treater have the best costume.
:-)
May the weather be mild for every football game you attend.
May the days remain long instead of becoming shorter so you can enjoy a bit of sunlight when you leave work.
May all your Halloween candy be calorie and fat-free (yet still taste yummy).
May you not get sick and tired of Christmas carols before Thanksgiving even arrives.
May you find more humor in life.
May you realize that your friends ARE your family.
May you find the perfect jacket/boots/sweater/'insert favorite cold weather article of clothing' on sale and in your size.
May you enjoy all things pumpkin (my favorites are pie, lattes and martinis).
May you look around the table at Thanksgiving and truly be thankful.
May you take the time to feel wonderment at the vibrant colors of autumn's foliage.
May your favorite trick-or-treater have the best costume.
:-)
10.10.2006
Stroke of Bad Luck
So, I'm not a big believer in luck of any kind, but it seems of late that, as my Granny used to say, "someone has a whammy on me!" It started Sunday night. . .
I went into work at BB&B at 10am, thinking I'd go home at 3pm, but since someone called off, I was asked to stay the whole day (10am until 8pm). I was already tired considering I had been out until 4am with my dear friend Mikey. Well, at 8pm, as we were getting ready to leave, it was discovered that one of my co-workers was missing her car from the parking lot. The cops were called, the officer that showed up told her to go get her purse, and as he suspected, both her wallet and car keys were missing. That's creepy. Her purse was upstairs in a locker in our breakroom, and hardly anyone worked that day so I'm not prone to accuse the people there on Sunday of doing anything illegal.
Well, Monday morning I go to get my car key out of my purse so I can go to work. It's not there. Now, I had it the night before to drive home, and would have heard the big ol' thing if I had dropped it in the garage. However, I went down to the garage to check around the car, even looked in the trash bin to see if I had dropped it when I threw away something the night before, and it was nowhere to be found. I checked the main office to see if anyone had turned it in but that search was unsuccessful as well. So, I called my mom because she had my spare, and I had to call my dear brother to drive all the way to mom's and then to my apartment to bring me the extra key (due to the fact MY MOTHER WON'T DRIVE IN PITTSBURGH). So, my Monday started out kinda crappy . . .
Now, today I go to the deli in my apartment building for a cup of coffee and a muffin before work and try to use my debit/check card to no avail. It's declined. There is money in that account, so I call my bank when I get to work and try to find out what's wrong. It seems someone has been trying to fraudently use the numbers off my card, even though I have it with me, and the bank just cancelled it without calling me. So, I had to be proactive to get a new card, which won't come for about a week. Do you know how much I rely on my checkcard???
Not to mention that the car accident I endured about 6 months ago is still haunting me because the other insurance company wants to settle instead of paying me 100 percent. Now, I WAS NOT AT FAULT. I have a police report to show that. But since insurance claims are subjective, I have to either fight it out (which will take time and money, probably) or just take what they are offering. I know my insurance rates won't go up (only because I've been accident-free for so many years) but if I have an accident in the next 3 years that is deemed my fault, then I get a rate increase for BOTH accidents.
Oh, and I still have on this cumbersome leg brace for my broken foot.
What's the ol' adage, "if not for bad luck I'd have no luck at all??"
I went into work at BB&B at 10am, thinking I'd go home at 3pm, but since someone called off, I was asked to stay the whole day (10am until 8pm). I was already tired considering I had been out until 4am with my dear friend Mikey. Well, at 8pm, as we were getting ready to leave, it was discovered that one of my co-workers was missing her car from the parking lot. The cops were called, the officer that showed up told her to go get her purse, and as he suspected, both her wallet and car keys were missing. That's creepy. Her purse was upstairs in a locker in our breakroom, and hardly anyone worked that day so I'm not prone to accuse the people there on Sunday of doing anything illegal.
Well, Monday morning I go to get my car key out of my purse so I can go to work. It's not there. Now, I had it the night before to drive home, and would have heard the big ol' thing if I had dropped it in the garage. However, I went down to the garage to check around the car, even looked in the trash bin to see if I had dropped it when I threw away something the night before, and it was nowhere to be found. I checked the main office to see if anyone had turned it in but that search was unsuccessful as well. So, I called my mom because she had my spare, and I had to call my dear brother to drive all the way to mom's and then to my apartment to bring me the extra key (due to the fact MY MOTHER WON'T DRIVE IN PITTSBURGH). So, my Monday started out kinda crappy . . .
Now, today I go to the deli in my apartment building for a cup of coffee and a muffin before work and try to use my debit/check card to no avail. It's declined. There is money in that account, so I call my bank when I get to work and try to find out what's wrong. It seems someone has been trying to fraudently use the numbers off my card, even though I have it with me, and the bank just cancelled it without calling me. So, I had to be proactive to get a new card, which won't come for about a week. Do you know how much I rely on my checkcard???
Not to mention that the car accident I endured about 6 months ago is still haunting me because the other insurance company wants to settle instead of paying me 100 percent. Now, I WAS NOT AT FAULT. I have a police report to show that. But since insurance claims are subjective, I have to either fight it out (which will take time and money, probably) or just take what they are offering. I know my insurance rates won't go up (only because I've been accident-free for so many years) but if I have an accident in the next 3 years that is deemed my fault, then I get a rate increase for BOTH accidents.
Oh, and I still have on this cumbersome leg brace for my broken foot.
What's the ol' adage, "if not for bad luck I'd have no luck at all??"
Just my thoughts . . .
but I wonder when loving someone started equating to hurting all the time. I see so many relationships that bring grief to people I care about and I don't get it. I mean, I know you can't always choose who you love, but you can choose how you deal with it. If you love someone that doesn't really work for you, you have to learn that you can't always fix the other person or make it work. It's not a failure on your part, and even though it makes you sad, it's not the end of the world. I have been in the situation where I thought I could save someone (hell, I still feel that way about Curtis) but I know deep down that IT ISN'T ME. It isn't my fault. I can't fix it. And though it makes me sad, I am not at fault. And yes, every situation is different, and not all things are easy, but c'mon - it shouldn't be THAT hard. It shouldn't be such a burden. A good relationship should be a partnership, a compromise, a commitment. A JOY. I'm so thankful that some of my friends and family are so blessed to have found it - not perfection, but complementary love and joy.
10.05.2006
Something Funny
So, I have to write this down because every time I think of it, I giggle to myself. . .
My dear friend Mikey and I were out Friday night and he had to tell me this story because it's pretty funny. Now, Mikey is a wonderful guy, and was just named one of Pittsburgh's "40 Under 40" and he was nominated for this honor by one of his mentors. Let me preface this by noting that people who know Mikey in only a professional setting don't normally realize he's gay. So, imagine his surprise when he finds out the quote from the woman who nominated him, which is to be printed in the magazine along with his picture, will say something to the effect that he "leads from behind." He can't get the quote changed (he tried). I really tried not to laugh, I did, but he now has to call all his friends and warn them of this so they don't all tease him. Bless his little heart . . .
My dear friend Mikey and I were out Friday night and he had to tell me this story because it's pretty funny. Now, Mikey is a wonderful guy, and was just named one of Pittsburgh's "40 Under 40" and he was nominated for this honor by one of his mentors. Let me preface this by noting that people who know Mikey in only a professional setting don't normally realize he's gay. So, imagine his surprise when he finds out the quote from the woman who nominated him, which is to be printed in the magazine along with his picture, will say something to the effect that he "leads from behind." He can't get the quote changed (he tried). I really tried not to laugh, I did, but he now has to call all his friends and warn them of this so they don't all tease him. Bless his little heart . . .
10.03.2006
Loving Life
So, I had a good weekend and I realized something . . . I am a fairly happy person. Sure, I'd like to make more money, have less debt, be involved with someone, have more free time and have a dog, but I have learned to accept my life and enjoy it to the fullest. That doesn't mean I'm settling, I'm just not dwelling on the negative things and am, instead, being more influenced by the positive aspects. I find so many people who constantly are disgusted with life and what it throws at them, and am more impressed by those who have the strength to muddle through things and are thankful for what and who they have in their lives. I am so blessed with friends and health and humor and opportunities, and mostly with the ability to wake up each morning and realize who I am and what I have. And it's not like I had an epiphany or anything, but I just really came to the conclusion that I'm a pretty lucky girl. :-)
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