todays anthem

If you only knew what I've been dealing with the past two days.

Special thanks to Daniel and John for helping me out so much.

I can't wait to go back to work tomorrow, I'd rather be there taking my mind off my mess of a life.

waves for days

A girl at work asked me how I got my hair to do that and I told her the honest truth: on my way to work I roll down the windows and kind of lean my head in to the wind.  Once I get to work I take a moment to tame it down but then otherwise that's it.

Maybe she's born with it, maybe she drives to work with her head out the window.

Jonny, you in danger girl

On my break today I check my phone to find approximately 8 million text messages from Jon.  Apparently he is in Las Vegas and staying at the same hotel as Whoopi.  I guess he ran in to her at the pool, told her he loved her, she said she loved him, one thing led to another and now he's meeting up with her after her show tonight.

Jonathan is in danger of having me fly out there and tag along wether he likes it or not.

Can we also talk about how this is the third person I've known personally who has interacted with Ms. Goldberg and they all have had basically the same experience in that she was nothing but gracious and wonderful.

I'm super excited for Jonathan and I'm however many hundreds of miles away.  I can't imagine how much he's been freaking out all day waiting for tonight.  I think he still has a long time to go too with the time difference.  He must be dying.

When I told Gala and Noriko about all this today at work Nori reminded me that she has only lived in the U.S. for 4 years by saying, "Who's Whoopi Goldberg".  Gala threw out a few classic roles but they were met with no recognition from Nori.  Finally, determined to prove that everyone knows and loves Whoopi, I said, "she was one of the hyenas in the Lion King".

"ooooh the funny one!"

birthday beach lunch

Even though Daniel led me on with his alleged "dog handling classes" and threats of cancellation altogether, he came through and let me take him out to lunch for his birthday yesterday.  I asked him to come up when he arrived to help me put my bedskirt on, a job I've learned is far easier with two people.  My morning turned in to a whirlwind of cleaning and organizing, once I realized I still had piles of junk on every surface from my move that happened two weeks ago.  My apt isn't 100% yet so I don't want to take pictures but I will say it's almost there now, and my bedskirt looks great!

So thanks Daniel, for unknowingly shaming me in to getting my life together.  And thanks for letting me spend some time with you on your birthday!!

We had a very nice lunch, and I didn't even get a parking ticket despite only remembering that I hadn't paid an hour in to our meal.  I also got to give Daniel his gift, which I was pleased with.

The last time I spent the day at his work I commented that there weren't a lot of toys for the dogs to play with.  He said that the toys don't last very long but that there were a few ones left scattered around.  It seemed really sad that the only one I could find was really just 3/4 of a tennis ball with a rag tied to it.  But the dogs seemed to love it!  At some point after that day I realized that I had to get tennis balls for Daniel for his birthday.

He laughed and was happy when he opened his present but again said that they wouldn't last very long.  When I pressed him for a more specific idea of how long a tennis ball would last he said, "Gypsy can pop a tennis ball in the first bite".

Yikes.

I asked him if it hurt her when it exploded or if it was more satisfying like snapping a neck.  He said definitely more satisfying, so I guess maybe she can have one or two to destroy but I really don't think that's fair to the other dogs that she be allowed to pop all 12.  I asked Daniel to take a video of her popping one though.

Even though I couldn't get the waitress to sing happy birthday, it was still a nice day, and a great way to end my little back to back vacations before getting back to work for many days in a row coming up.  No more of this life of luxury:

home sweet home

I got home around 4 yesterday and immediately went on a bike ride.  It was windy (you know my feelings on the wind) but otherwise amazing.

And it felt good to be out exercising after two days of driving and eating.

Thankfully my drive back down yesterday was far less dramatic than my drive up.  No forest fires, no detours, definitely no fist pumping.  I did see this weird truck though:

The first time I saw it I didn't really notice until just as I was passing that the back was extremely dirty, but then somehow the area covering the mans face was clean.  The more I thought about it the more it struck me as extremely odd.  The advertisement isn't really about the guy, but somebody apparently felt the need to get on a ladder and clean just the area around his face.

I ended up having to pull over to go to the bathroom and apparently he passed me so I encountered him again.  This time I noticed how bright and sparkly his eyes and teeth are.  Maybe somebody had blacked them out and the PetSupermarket paid to have them repainted?  I'd need to see the before picture to decide which is really more disturbing.

I do like all the nice animals on the side though.  Just like I like this months fat cat!

I know I said I would post it as soon as I got home but I obviously got distracted by bike riding, followed by hanging out with Heather.  By the time 9 o'clock rolled around all I could think about was going to bed.  I'm glad I did too, it's a beautiful day outside and I'm excited to go enjoy it.

Happy Birthday Daniel!!!

This morning I called Daniel and sang pretty much exactly like this to him.  His reaction was similar to Ali, stunned silence.

Daniel is begrudgingly letting me take him out to lunch today but I was instructed not to tell any of the waitstaff.  If there is singing and clapping, so too will there be blood.  But I can't help it if somebody happens to overhear me loudly talking about how it's his birthday right?

I can't wait to give him his gift either.  I think he's going to really like it!

rabbit rabbit rabbit

Well it finally happened folks.  I failed you, March 2013, tough times indeed.  For the first time I failed to get a post a day for the month, I'm sorry.

But it's a new month, starting with my favorite holiday.  The holiday I was born to celebrate.  I just wish I were going to work so I'd have somebody to prank.  Maybe I'll have to wait until I get home and prank the detective.  He'll be angry!

I'm spending the morning in Sarasota with my sister before I head back down south.  Hopefully my drive back will be less dramatic than my drive up was.

And don't worry, I will post this months fat cat picture as soon as I get home.  I know you're anxiously waiting.