Tuesday, December 31, 2002

The last day of the year and I almost forgot to acknowledge it.  Thanks, Maximus, for the reminder. ;)

I'm not the type of person who makes New Year's resolutions.   I feel that if I want to improve myself, then I should just start whenever instead of waiting until January 1 and making a big deal of it.

It's weird to be at this stage of my life.   I never thought I'd be this age somehow and still feel like a kid.   I have no idea what I thought a grown up feels like but this isn't it.   2003 sounds so Jetsons-ish, and yet I still feel like me in a regular world.   Gah, I think I'm making no sense here, so I'll stop. :)

I did have a fantastically crazy dream last night.  Wanna hear it?  hehe, like you have a choice, just please promise not to lock me up without my Internet and a picture window. :)

I ended up in some urban gangsta' hideout (which they were getting ready to show with a real estate agent so they were tidying a bit) and the backyard was a nice wooded lot.   Anyway, upon leaving, I passed the obligatory crackho' who asked if I had an extra credit card.  I walked into some motel-esque type of place (with wet paint) where I was hoping I could call a cab.  Somehow I ended up having to cook!!!!  With this large elaborate apron-looking pancake batter distributor with grid-like holes in the bottom.  Wtf?  And the batter had sliced carrots in it.  Ewwww!   Then this really LARGE drunk woman takes her top off and presses her boobs up against the window from the outside.  This whole time, I was traveling on business and got separated from my party cuz I hopped on a Disneyworld tram and it wrecked.  Anyway, I tried calling my associates to see where they were and they were all mellow on merlot so I couldn’t get an intelligible response from them. 

There are so many places to say WTF in that I had to stop because I truly will start to think I am crazy. :)  On that note, I look forward to a zany new year.  I hope you have one as well. :)   Because to do otherwise is just plain boring. ;)

Monday, December 30, 2002

Finally, Pfizer releases this medication that I tested over 4 years ago.  The eletriptan works very similar to Imitrex.  It's nice to have choices.   :)

Sunday, December 29, 2002

I can't believe the Dolphins lost.  :(  On the bright side, what was up with all those gratuitous ass shots on TV?  The camera operator was either a woman or a gay man.  Very easy on the eyes (they found the good ones) but very odd.

Saturday, December 28, 2002

Gah!  I hate computers! 

Between my new Ethernet modem (fucking BellSouth) and our damn video card (fucking NVIDIA), I got all stressed out today.  And then, after getting hit on by a CompUSA employee (or two) and given a sourpuss from the lady at checkout cuz she didn't like my signature on my credit card (that Cranky Carol), I went in search of chicken soup at Wolfie's for my Galahad.  And it was gone!

/sob

Omfg, no more Wolfie's! 

/takes a moment of silence

Now where was I going to find good chicken soup for my health-challenged Galahad?  I was right near the largest retirement community, so I was sure there would be another deli nearby.  After listening to one woman give me the most randomly vague directions for 15 minutes to Chez Michael (wtf?), I drove off in search of the Holy Grail of Chicken Soup.  I found a deli/diner combo and thought maybe this would do.  The owner was an ass who obviously doesn't want my repeat business.  Apparently they don't like to do take-out that isn't specifically on the menu.  I could buy a cup of soup but not a quart.  Wtf?

Anyway, my new video card works magnificently.  The chicken soup was good according to Galahad.  And the crossover cable was a success to get my hub to see my new modem.  Well, sort of....  It sees it now, but I still can't connect.  Damn BellSouth!

Friday, December 27, 2002

SHAMELESS PLUG FOLLOWING:

My good friend has been asking (well, more like hinting) for mention on this page for weeks.  Somehow, I never know how to work him into this, so this will have to suffice as his honorable mention.  (He is extremely honorable, btw.  ;))   Hmmm, what else can I say about him?  He is one of the best people I know and so fucking funny.  [Gah, I feel like I'm writing a speech for school about a dead president.] 

My life is definitely the richer for having met him.  He is so sweet; he puts up with my moodiness and lets me know when it gets to be too much.  hehe   ;)    He cheers me up when I am down.  He listens to me rant when I feel the need.  All in all, he's just amazing.  :)  Merry Christmas, Maximus (we all know how much I love my codenames)!  I hope this makes you smile a smidgen as much as you make me smile.  =)

Thursday, December 26, 2002

Pain!

Omfg, my head hurts.  The weather has changed every day for the last 4 days.  Fronts blowing in left & right.  Hot one day, humid the next, dry, then cold.  Gah!  Mother Nature is having some serious mood swings.  Poor old gal.  I feel her pain.  :(

Wednesday, December 25, 2002

Every year I try to have low expectations because I think Christmas with my Galahad just can't get any better, and I don't wanna be disappointed.  And then, every year it just dazzles me with how great it is and I wonder that I ever could have doubted it.  Our first Christmas was truly magical in NYC with carriage rides through Central Park and tours of the tree at Rockefeller Center.  Hehe, of course I was freezing, so we had to stay indoors a lot.  ;)  Anyway, I digress....

This morning I tried not to wake him up too early since we stayed up very late last night, plus he's still sick.  By 11 am, I couldn't stand it any longer, so I woke him up and asked him if he still needed to sleep.  :)  He decided he could get up finally.

He brought in a ton of presents from the garage (who knew he hid them there?) and put them under the tree.  I know this is gonna sound corny, but it's the truth.  I really have everything I need or want, so there's not too much he could get me.  He managed to pick the best gifts though.  Here comes the corniness.  Brace yourselves.

I had given him his first present, the Scotch I had just happened to find on Monday.  It's one that came highly recommended although we had never heard of it -- Lagavulin.  Anyway, I convinced him to break open the bottle for medicinal purposes since his throat was sore.  Omg he fell in love with it.  Maybe it was the delirium talking or maybe it's that good.  Hahaha, he used all those words that they write on the back of the bottle --- peaty and such.

Anyway, he got all toasty happy and handed me a present.  It was the film that we took waaaaaay back in March that he finally got developed.  We sat there, snuggled on the couch, looking at photos and reminiscing.  :)  My next present from him was Vanilla body soufflé.  Omfg!  I am in heaven.  Sitting there with him, scented with my new vanilla soufflé and remembering our fun & silly times was ... hmmm, actually indescribable.  I can't even explain the feeling.  I just knew I didn't want it to stop.  I am so grateful for another precious year with my lovely Galahad.  He got me a bunch of other stuff, but nothing topped that, even the DVD player.

Tuesday, December 24, 2002

My Galahad is crazy with delirium.  That's the only logical reason I can understand to make someone go to the mall today.  He left one present to the last minute since he's been sick all weekend.  Actually, he may have left mine to the last minute, too.  We always tell each other not to go crazy with presents because we truly have everything we need.  And we both hate having too much stuff.

However, it's extremely difficult not to buy the love of my life absolutely everything under the sun.   :)   Just yesterday while meeting my brother for lunch, I happened to walk by a liquor store and ended up with another present for my honey.

Monday, December 23, 2002

Christmas in Norway - Jul i Norge

Dear Santa

Click on the reindeer and Santa

Sunday, December 22, 2002

Hahaha, omg!  I am such a bad care-taker (care-giver?).  My poor Galahad is feeling a trifle under the weather.  So, I decide I can take care of him for once.  Meanwhile, he bought all this food, so all I have to do is heat it up.  Shouldn't be that hard, right?

Yesterday afternoon he asks me to cook the pizza he bought.  It’s a HUGE fucking pizza, and it is supposed to go directly on the rack.  Anyway, I don’t have a tray big enough for it so it has to go directly on the rack.  I put it in just fine.  It was the taking it out that was a problem.  It spilled all down the back  --- cheese & toppings fell everywhere!  Yuck!   :(   So, I closed the oven, and said I’ll clean it later when it cools down.

And I promptly forgot all about it until we were ready for bed.  So, at 1 am, I take a look.  I get the brilliant idea of the self-cleaning feature and decide to try it.  I have no idea how it works, so of course I start it.  At 2AM, I’m starting to panic ‘cuz I wanna go to sleep but I’m scared I’m going to burn the house down with the fucking oven.  [Btw, I have a childhood trauma that involves setting our kitchen on fire at age 9 or so.  No I wasn't hurt physically only emotionally.  The kitchen wasn't as lucky.]   

I managed to stop (I think but I'm not sure 'cuz I have no idea how it actually works) the cleaning feature at 1:30 or so, but it’s still very hot.  Plus, the whole house smells toxic.  Galahad is like wtf?  I start opening windows (even though it’s so cold) because several people have died here lately from carbon monoxide poisoning.  No idea if I can get that from an oven, but at 2:30AM I’m delirious and not taking chances. 

So, we went to sleep with the windows open wide and the ceiling fan on, huddled under our down comforter. 

Come see me when you don't feel well.  At least I'll take your mind off of it.  :)

Saturday, December 21, 2002

Adults only please who are easily amused and aren't easily offended

Friday, December 20, 2002

I love rain-x!  I just now re-applied it to my car.   I was driving in the rain yesterday and got so annoyed at how bad my visibility was.  Now, I can't wait to drive in the rain again.  ;)

Thursday, December 19, 2002

Wow, two more friends emailed me today asking after me.  I feel so special.  :)  Thanks to all my friends for cheering me up and reminding me to be happy again.  It means a lot to me.  Okay, I think I'm all done feeling sorry for myself.  hehe, thank goodness, right?

Wednesday, December 18, 2002

I heard from an old friend this afternoon.   Laugh, I guess I'd better not call him old. ;-)   Anyway, it was a welcome surprise as I had a hard day today.   Actually, it wasn't that bad work-wise, it was just hard to be me today. :(  Dunno if that makes any sense whatsoever to some of you.  I even wore my bright red shirt today to cheer me up.  It helped a little as silly as that sounds.

Dunno wtf is wrong with me.  The holidays never bum me out like this, and I refuse to believe it could be hormonal 2 weeks in a row.  hehe.  Last year wasn't a fun Christmas 'cuz of the whole 9-11 fog hanging over my mood.   I was really looking forward to this season because I feel like I haven't had Christmas in 2 years.  I hate when I'm bummed for no apparent reason.   Hahaha, maybe it's the cold weather?  Maybe I have Seasonal Affective Disorder?  Can one get that in South Florida?

Tuesday, December 17, 2002

I can't believe how cold it is here. hehe, 60°F is cold for me. ;p  Last night, Galahad lit a fire for me.   I sat about 10 inches from it drinking my hot cocoa.  Today, I have my pumpkin candle lit in my office, and I'm wrapping my hands around it to keep warm.   I think I got a sunburn on my face from the fireplace last night.   Laugh, I have no idea what that's called, but my face was all pink this morning.

I know I could put the heat on, but doesn't that seem silly in south Florida?

Monday, December 16, 2002

Fun with FedEx

Sunday, December 15, 2002

Yay, we got our Christmas tree!  :)

Saturday, December 14, 2002

We had four parties to go to tonight, so we respectfully declined two of them and juggled the other two.  The first one was at Galahad's karate school, where Jeff Speakman was there to present his view of Kenpo.

Then we rushed off to my father's house to view the Boat Parade.  This is a parade of holiday-decorated (mainly with lights) boats & yachts that parade up & down the Intracoastal Waterway.  It was a nice party with a mixture of odd (but amusing) people.

I wanted to go to the other two parties, but we were stressed enough as it was coordinating just those two. 

Friday, December 13, 2002

My brother from the Bay area flew in a day early for his cruise so he could visit with my other brother and me.   I hadn't seen him in 2.5 years, so it was really nice to visit with him all day.  He took us to lunch at Creolina's, which is a New Orleans-style restaurant.  I had a delectable crayfish bisque.

Thursday, December 12, 2002

This morning I met with my manager, who flew down from NY to meet with me.  Of course, he stayed in a hotel at the beach.  I hadn't been to the beach in weeks.  It was so beautiful to see the ocean gently lapping against the sun-warmed beach.  And then we ate lunch in some local divey place where I had conch fritters.   Mmmmm.  :)

Then, I worked so late to get everything lined up for me to take tomorrow off.

Wednesday, December 11, 2002

GreatBoyfriends.com: Where every single man comes with a woman's stamp of approval

Tuesday, December 10, 2002

I had to drive to Miami today to see a client.  It wasn't horrible traffic-wise, but I am so glad I don't live there anymore.  The benefit of the long drive is that I was able to catch up on most of my phone calls that I haven't been returning.  

Hehe, aren't you glad you don't live in Miami?  I wasn't the only idiot driving like a maniac in the rain while talking on my cell-phone.  Laugh, I do wear the earpiece though, so both hands are upon the wheel as I cut people off and speed through narrow to non-existent holes in traffic whilst weaving to get the best possible position.  ;p

Monday, December 9, 2002

I bought more stuff to fuck up my hair with.  ;)  I just found some shampoo that supposedly adds or enhances the blonde highlights in one's hair.  Usually those seem like propaganda, but it was on sale for very little, so I splurged.  Anyway, it really worked!  Surprise, surprise!  I have lovely golden highlights in my hair now. 

And my darling Galahad noticed.  Gah, he is the best.

/swoon

Sunday, December 8, 2002

Galahad & I went to see Harry Potter today.  It was really good, and I didn't get a migraine!   Yay!!!  I did however take one Excedrin immediately before and one as we were driving home.  Maybe I can start going to the movies again!  Yay!  Hehe, I almost ripped Galahad's arm out of his socket at the scary parts.  Laugh, I know it's a kiddie movie and I did read the book so I knew what was coming, but it was still scary.  :)

Sunday, December 8, 2002

Galahad & I went to see Harry Potter today.  It was really good, and I didn't get a migraine!   Yay!!!  I did however take one Excedrin immediately before and one as we were driving home.  Maybe I can start going to the movies again!  Yay!  Hehe, I almost ripped Galahad's arm out of his socket at the scary parts.  Laugh, I know it's a kiddie movie and I did read the book so I knew what was coming, but it was still scary.  :)

Saturday, December 7, 2002

Hmmm.

holyshit.net

Friday, December 6, 2002

Yay, it's Friday!  Except somehow I'm not that happy.  Dunno why but I got hit by the blues last night.  I was laughing at how ridiculous it was while I was crying trying to explain to Galahad what was wrong.  Poor guy --- he lives with a crazy woman.  ;)  

Send me an email to cheer me up please.

Thursday, December 5, 2002

What a busy day, even with a majority of my territory being snowed in.  It's true that everyone works harder from home.  I can't believe how slammed I was all of a sudden.  I was on the phone so much that my ear hurt from the headset.  :(

Wednesday, December 4, 2002

I went to the ITEC show in Ft Lauderdale.  Omg, why do so many men have bad breath? 

I had to go through a police security check to get into the Convention Center Parking garage.  I'm thinking this is because it shares with Port Everglades, where all the cruise ships leave from.  Of course that got me all paranoid because of that cruise ship virus.  I was trying to hold my breath the whole time.   :p

I met one man there who told me he could smell when cockroaches had been near him.  Wonder what my special powers are.

Tuesday, December 3, 2002

I love when I first wash my hair and it's hanging down my back, still damp.  It feels like a long silky cape.

Monday, December 2, 2002

Ughhh, back to work again.  I am so not in the mood.

Sunday, December 1, 2002

Galahad has completely jumped into the holiday spirit and has decorated the house with lights upon lights.  He has lost his mind and thinks we need more.  Our front yard looks gorgeous with the trees all lit up.