Bullet Points to Catch Up

Bullet points are a cop out, yes, to a real post but I'm trying to add something in here. At least its not a meme. You should see my facebook notes. Its Meme-tastic over there.

• There is a "mean-girl" at work who is discovering that her outbursts directed at others is affecting how people want to work with her. More than a few people have mentioned that they don't understand why she can't be as nice and sunshine-y as me. WOW, I'm doing really well in hiding my evilness
• My request for Academic Renewal was approved. My sucky GPA from 1989 at ASU has been wiped out and I now have a non-loser GPA. yay for me!
• I LOVE http://www.picnik.com/ Because I made this. I found the picture, made it look polaroid-y and added the note. yummy
• I had a very interesting question from the boyfriend before the husband on my facebook. The one thing that I can't stand about typed messages is that I can't decipher the meaning behind the question because I can't hear his voice and I can't type a question to clear up whatever my misunderstanding is. And I don't have his phone number. And I now get the feeling that a phone call wouldn't be welcome from me. But really, its a small thing I'm over it, just this whole Facebook thing is a bit strange, just for reasons like this.
• I can't wait for Big Love this sunday. It's going to show part of the endowment ceremony in the Mormon temple. Yes, I used to be Mormon and this show gives me such joy when I see things in it that most wouldn't see. Things that are SOO Mormon. Also things that I thought were normal, meaning that I didn't see why the pieces of it were out of the ordinay. I mentioned a few of those things to the guy I mentioned above (in 1992, 1993, 1994; not about the show just about the religious teachings of that church) and not only did he tell me that they were strange but why, which started those baby steps to Atheism.
  
• I'm still forging ahead in watching all the seasons of House. I love this show, I love Hugh Laurie.
• The BFF got me to purchase a DVD player without region codes. Region codes only allow the DVD's to be played from certain regions of the globe. My US player won't play UK dvd's, for instance. This one has the region codes removed. I am now catching up on a BBC series that I could only purchase from Amazon.UK
• It looks like we really might be going to Ireland in August. I talked to my sister in law, yesterday about what needs to happen for us to go, news about the nieces boyfriends and what the nephews are up to. I might get to go to a UK wedding. I will need a fabulous hat! Yay!

Ok, I have to go to a birthday party so I'm out of here, but this is a good start.

idle chatter

what to say, what to say?

Well, luckily I just received an email from a cute, nice boy SECONDS ago. Hi! Ryan. Very cute boy, indeed...He's the prettiest 24 year old I know.

I think he's the only 24 year old I know...

Anyway, an American boy with dark brown hair will always catch my eye.

moving on

Well, my vacation, not sure what to say about that. It was amazing...wish you were here...I thought of many people I wished I could share the experience with but then really enjoyed the time alone with my sweetie. I can't believe I am with someone who is in his forties! Ok he is 1 week into his forties, but I am still in my thirties and that's what matters.

So a few highlights...

• I made Dave listen to Dr. Horrible in the car on our trip to the coast.
  
• We found a shop in Old Town San Diego run by a girl who dresses like Frida Kahlo. 80% of her store were items pertaining to the Day of the Dead. My BFF loves that stuff, so I was able to pick out quite a few good gifts for her and my sisters.
• We saw dolphins greeting surfers, one evening. No shark bites witnessed, as I had hoped. sigh.
• Dave got to rent a segway, which he had always wanted to do.
  
• and was sung to by a mariachi band!...oh wait he didn't like that. He didn't like that at all...
• My last night was spent on the rooftop of an ocean side bar with a Journey cover band playing.
  

I think my favorite feeling was biking back to our condo, in the evening. The wind rushing through my hair as I sailed along the boardwalk. On the right was the dark, beautiful, crashing ocean and on the left were the homes with every one of their tv's tuned in to the Olympics.

It was a lovely week and I am going back the next chance I get.

The fall semester starts on Monday. I am taking Interdisciplinary Approaches to Social and Behavioral Sciences and Death and Dying in Cross-Cultural Perspective.

This school thing is turning out to be easier than I thought. Well, there is one problem. That problem would be me and my procrastination. I will do any other task except for my homework and then try and complete that at the very last minute.

I also rely on my recall skills way too much. I passed my Cultural Diversity Exams with just attending the lectures and hardly reading the text. In fact I got an "A+" for the class. (Remember professor hottie?) This builds too much confidence in the fact that I can pass without really doing any real studying. I sense that I will crash and burn at some point.

Or will I?

This weekend is busy, again. Friday, I have dinner planned with friends, Saturday I have the family birthday lunch and then a party in the evening. My last of the festivities before I retreat back into my cave and not emerge until the winter break.

Mission Beach Photos

So, obviously not a lot of narrative from my trip here. I've just done a lot of checking out the web since being home. We tried not to connect to the internet during the trip but I did break down and visit an internet cafe (How 90's!) to find out what my grade was for my class. It was an "A" not an "A+", which is all my own fault. Whatever.

I need to see my BFF and her husband for dinner in about a half an hour and tell them that we are going back and they have to join us. I can't wait to see them.

Look, two photos from our trip!

The first late morning

The last evening

home

We arrived home today from our week on the beach. I had the most amazing time. I will surely type up what we did on the trip but right now I'm catching up on my reader, doing laundry and checking out the Olympics. I can't wait to climb into my own bed, oh how I have missed you! My bed is my sanctuary...

present for Dave

I think I have an idea for my present to Dave on our 10th anniversary in October. I think he needs to go on a bike tour. He gets to do what he loves, and I get the house to my self.

Las Vegas Pictures

So I was too busy trying to get another cocktail than get pictures, but here are the ones that I promised to post.

Here is the view from our 29th floor premier room (it just means we have a slightly bigger room and a view). The big pool of water is in front of the Bellagio across the street. No dancing waters on our trip as it was too windy.

An iPod dock on our bed side table. Dave doesn't like my music so the iPod docked was undocked and used on the flight home.


Isn't that the sexiest thing that you have ever laid eyes on...If Dave would just move out of the way. He's blocking my view!

It's just like we're walking along the Seine...except we are completely indoors...and there is a Keno screen on the building above the middle door.

We meandered around the Venetian before Blue Man Group started. Dave would only agree to go on the gondolas if they WOULDN'T sing. The consolation prize for me was that I made him come with me to visit the stores for Jimmy Choo and Christian Louboutin.


We decided to sit a moment before the show started and I had the best cocktail of my life, the cucumber martini. yum. Pictured is the Aqua Water and the Red Lotus, both scrumptious.


I may have mentioned that it was really windy for the few days we were in Vegas. Well, here is my fuzzy picture of the strip from atop of the little Eiffel Tower. I was shaking. I paid $10 to stand in the wind high above the strip.

Dinner @ Firebirds

You know when you have someone say, "You have to try this restaurant. It's our favorite, it's amazing, everything is delicious."? and then you have to eat the mediocre food? Yup, that was my Saturday night.

My best friend and her husband kept talking about Firebirds and how they had the best cocktails and the food was scrumptious. Yes, they used the word "scrumptious". The pear martini didn't taste like a pear, but it did have a pear slice in it. Yeah, that didn't matter much to me either. Dave had the prime rib and I of course had to have a taste and I can say that it was nothing special; average, mediocre, eh. I had the trout. I love trout, but not this one. It was absent of taste. I didn't think that was possible with trout. It's a little oilier, like salmon, so that was a little surprising as it's hard not to have some flavor. I ordered a side of green beans and they both jokes that they were going to fight me for them so I better eat them quick. Once again, nothing special.

It was about same price for a meal at the Keg but so not worth it. Yes, the Keg is a chain but I feel that I got a good meal for the money spent. We can't go to the keg as a foursome, because someone dated a waiter from there and it ended badly and it wasn't me. I think Dave and I need to go to the Keg when the newly married Curtis' come in to town again. Doug and Steph love the Keg and are lots o' fun.

*emails the Curtis' an invite for dinner*

We walked across the street to the movie theatre and saw Superbad. So damn funny. You must see it. "It is a moral imperative" (80's quote). The next movie masterpiece that I'm looking forward to is another Judd Apatow film, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. The trailer was nutty.

Negotiations have started for next years vacation. I was thinking of going to Ireland again but I was watching $40 a day (foodtv show) and Rachel "satan's minion" Ray was visiting Jackson, Wyoming and now I want to go there. Maybe both or maybe try and go somewhere I've never visited. Updates to come. What was bugging me about Rachel (this time) was that she had this cowboy accent while talking to citizens of Jackson and NO ONE ELSE HAD ONE, stop talking like that! Not the sharpest pencil in the case.