I may have gone a little overboard with the retail therapy. I am afraid that I am not going to be signing any leases on any mini coopers this month, so I decided to drown my new car savings in to the employee appreciation sale. I got so many goodies, but none more beautiful than my new watch.
So many dials and buttons. and it goes with my bracelet so well. And lesson learned from the last time, I will treat this one with extra care. At least their amazing customer service worked, I ended up spending more on the replacement than I had on the original.
Let's not talk about how much more, but I will say that all I need is one more piece of bling on my wrist and I will have more on my left hand than the ranger is worth.
I can't believe I missed my rabbit rabbit rabbit post yesterday. Especially since I got Meghan and June early in the morning. I got home from work and went for a run, my intention being to do this post when I got back, but clearly I forgot. Between tropical storm Arthur and my complete exhaustion I gave up on participating in real life by about 9:00 last night.
But anyways, happy July.
I don't kill every plant, but I can definitely remember a few that resembled that guy. Poor planty. My goal for July is going to be this:
I just need the planets to align for a single day for me to justify signing the paperwork on this bad boy. Hopefully July will have a day that I'm off, my bank account is filled to the brim, and I have a have a sense of job security. So far I've only had two of those three things happen at a time, but I've got a good feeling about July.
We made it, we finally made it! I thought June was never going to end. I feel like June is a hard month because it determines the rest of your summer. If you go big in June you can coast the rest of the summer. Last year it was Lake Lure, this year it was San Francisco. I'm relieved to have gotten all that out of the way, now I can book my hotel for Meredith's wedding in the fall and then lock myself away for the next three months to save money.
I will only let myself out for pool parties.
Thanks for the invite Stina. I agree with Sam, it's exactly what you want to be doing in Miami in the summer. I can go to work today happy with a weekend well done.
Even the detective is happy to have me headed back to work and out of his hair for a few hours. He would literally rather stare at the wall than spend any amount of time or energy on me.
That's his scratching pad btw. For some reason he loves to sit on it even though he is clearly too large for it. Still, he awkwardly balances himself on it and then sits with his face jammed in to the wall for hours. WHY?!
Oh, and another important question to ask yourselves on this the first day of July;
when did Dan pose for my Barbie calendar?!
Meghan, you can pass that pic along to Andre Leon Talley, I assume he'll be ordering 6. Three for him and three for Whoopi.
Apparently I was wasted when I took that picture. I don't even understand how I got it so crooked. I took like four pictures and they are all equally as wonky.
Anyways, I had been anticipating my trip to Sarasota because I wanted to go to the Tervis store for myself. It wasn't until shortly before the trip actually happened that I realized I could get Heather an amazing internet gift. My plan was to peruse the various themes and try to find one that I felt was a perfect fit for her. I was leaning heavily towards the crab but had others in mind as well.
When I walked in the store, however, I saw the section that I never go in and knew it's where I would find Heather's gift; the licensed sports merchandise section. I embarrassingly had to call Heather and ask her what her favorite team was to be sure, which is a shame because my gut was telling me it was the Steelers. I was just too afraid of getting the wrong team and ruining the whole fun of it.
Once I established that she was in fact a die hard Steelers fan it was only a matter of picking out just the right one for her. With no help from Dan, the scene unfolded a little like this:
Especially the part where we all spoke in Spanish with English subtitles. The only difference is that I was obviously the blonde nazi woman.
Hopefully I didn't choose poorly, I think Heather liked her gift. I don't think she has fully grasped the amazingness that is a Tervis Tumbler but she has time. It only takes a few uses before you're hooked.
It was only supposed to be her May internet gift but thanks to the ridiculous cost of NFL licensing it ended up being her May/June internet gift. That gives me plenty of time to plan the next one. I can't believe it won't be until July, it seems so far away and yet right around the corner.
I thought July would never end. But it has, and I for one am happy to welcome August and its holiday free days. I'm thankful for friends like Jon and Meghan who facilitate me running away from my problems and hiding until things cool down though.
I certainly have enjoyed waking up and walking to 9th St. for coffee and then sitting at meghan's table to write. So much better than starbucks in every way possible.
It makes me anxious to find out if I get to call Ft. Lauderdale my home or not. I can certainly get used to living alone. Well not entirely alone, I have missed kitty while I've been here in NY. It's just not the same waking up of your own volition. I've come to enjoy the feeling of heavy little feet pressing in to my face as he stomps all over in the wee hours of the morning.
I'll just have to be happy with all the nice doggies in nyc while I'm away from my precious angel. Like this guy:
I feel like having a dog that large in ny is just your way of saying that you have an apt big enough to be home to a dog that large. I mean, that dog is HUGE! It seems like the east village is overrun with great danes too. It makes me wish I could walk Bella and make friends.
Instead I'll just enjoy people watching in the park and pretending that I live here for real for reals.
I think June seemed so much longer than any other month, both because I was all over these great united states during the course of it, but also because June contains the longest day of the year and my blogs anniversary. I'd been looking forward to/dreading June all year long, and now it's come and gone.
And here we find ourselves in July. What is on my horizon you ask? I have no clue. I am still clinging to the idea that I'm going to make it to Florence for Amelise's wedding but that is seeming less and less likely. As it stands now Jon can get me to Italy but cannot get me home from Italy. I am considering modeling myself after a young Hilary Duff and just going there and never coming back but I don't think I have that kind of gumption. I guess she was also playing a role. My life would be so much easier if I could just play a role.
Until I figure out what my next step is I'm going to continue avoiding the realities of my life. Laundry today, party tomorrow, Buffalo on sunday. I think I'm going to model my 4th of July outfit off of this month's Barbie. Dan, let me know if you think your neighbor will appreciate it:
