Patience.. a virtue I do not possess

I really don't know what is going on with J. and I. He needs some time to think about what he wants. I've already told him my perspective on EVERYTHING that is involved in our relationship, so all I can do is give him some time. Hopefully he'll call, but if he doesn't, well, there's nothing I can do about it but move on. I'm giving him a week to call me. I don't think that's out of the question. I mean... a week to think about whether or not you want to be with someone? That's not so bad. I'd prefer it to be quicker, but such is life. I mean.. I hope he didn't think I was giving him months to shit or get off the pot. That's not the case. I have shit to take care of and I might need to find someone to either take Mets tickets, or go to the game with me on July 28th.. Waiting in an emotional purgatory is really not an option for me.

Don't get me wrong.. I'm an emotional trainwreck and being in a wedding this weekend probably won't help things out. However, I plan on dancing my ass off and having a blast regardless of the situation. I don't want us to break up, but if someone doesn't care about you, why waste your time? I mean.. sad as it is to say, I'm not getting any younger! God, that's depressing.

I have tomorrow off for wedding related things so don't plan on hearing from me until at least Sunday.. depending on if I'm capable of typing... Have a great weekend!

Oh, what a night

That was my prom theme. These two events are so not related.

J. and I are "on a break" (whatever the fuck that means). Let's just say we're taking some time to think things through and put into perspective what we want from a relationship.

I have a headache.

PS - Thank you Scott Proctor... you made my night.

Just a little day brightener..

This was way too funny to pass up.

And this was just a little too.... interesting to let go.

The dress got altered.. $40.00. Good Christ.. thank God I am getting it steamed/pressed for free. This is getting rigoddamndiculous! She still didn't feel comfortable zipping it up all the way, but it's so hot and sticky out I don't think it would have mattered. It's slightly better than it was and it WILL zip.. Plus, it's supposed to be cool this weekend. Not as ungodly hot as it is now. Two days down, two left to go!

I'm sitting here waiting for J to call. I specifically asked him to keep tonight free since it's my only night available this week. I called just before 4, and I called again at 5:30 after I got done with the wake, dress fitting and other errands. Nothing. If he thought he was on my shit list before, you just wait! He probably fell asleep, considering he had to work early this morning, but set a god damn alarm!!! If there's more on that later, it won't be pretty.

Remember, tonight it's O's v. Yanks. I'm excited cause I can watch it on real TV, but if it gets ugly you know I'll turn it off in favor of something less.. well.. hurtful to my psyche. Ya know, like Jeopardy! You can't go wrong with Alex Trebek!

Anyway, this probably really will be my last post of the week so have a great one and hump like you mean it!

I don't have time for this

I know it's only Monday, but I'd really love to get to the end of this week. Tomorrow I need to pick up my dress from the seamstress (after I get out of work early to go to a wake), and then hopefully spend some quality time with J. I don't know how quality it'll be since it's my only night to get anything substantial done, but I guess we'll see what happens. Luckily, the bride is bringing my dress to David's Bridal to get it steamed for free, so that's one less expense I will have to shoulder, which makes me VERY happy! I'm just tired and can't wait to get it all over with. I just want to get drunk and dance my ass off, is that too much to ask!?

I had dinner with my friend Christie tonight. We worked together at Berkshire Farm and shortly after I left, she had an accident diving into a swimming pool and hasn't had use of her legs ever since. She recently got a van with hand controls and a new job in Menands so tonight we met for dinner. I was a little concerned, as we hadn't seen each other in quite a few years, but it was like no time had passed and we had a great time. We totally lost track of time and I'm looking forward to our next "date."

I know this is a really lame post, especially considering it'll more than likely be the only one this week, but I'm beat to shit and just want to get a good night's sleep. I hope everyone has a great week/weekend and I'll be sure to post with the pictures and entertaining details from the wedding!

Damnit

I forgot.. I watched Top Chef this afternoon and I REALLY can't wait until Howie and Joey go home, which means they're going to be in it till the end. So whiny and annoying, both of them! I felt bad for Sandee because while her dish wasn't really BBQ (and that's why she got booted), I have a feeling it tasted a million times better than Howie's dry pork. As much as he irks me, I give him lots of credit for not punching Joey. I mean, Joey threw him in and hadn't even tried his dish! Oh good god.. and his whines over the fact that Hung (who's a cocky SOB like Marcel [who he knows and also works in Vegas] but has the talent to back it up and is a sure frontrunner) made a drink similar to one he made for the quickfire challenge. Grow up! I thought Sandee was interesting and had a different perspective and I was sorry to see her go, especially when there were others that were way more deserving. Until next week!

I didn't think it was possible, but

She forgot about me. That is why my seamstress wasn’t there. She forgot about me. She then called me yesterday around 1:30 to see when I wanted to reschedule. Um, you just admitted you forgot about me and you want me to reschedule with you? I think not! I ended up getting an appointment with another seamstress today. That went well (note the sarcasm). I think her exact words were “you are too fat to fit into this dress and now I have to do more work on it.” Ok, that’s a lie. She didn’t say that, but it sure did feel like it! She decided she’s going to take it out the little bit that she can because she’s nervous about just zipping me into it. I’m wondering how much that’ll cost me. Also, my “simple” hem apparently isn’t so simple. My bad. I’m beginning to think I should learn how to sew cause not only could I make some extra money, but I wouldn’t have to worry about shit like this! I’m going to pick up the dress after work on Tuesday so I can drop it off at the dry cleaners on Wednesday morning so it can be ready for Friday. I REALLY can’t wait until this wedding is over. It’ll be an awesome time no doubt, but I could sure use my life, time and money back!

J is on my shit list, and he knows it. We were supposed to get together tonight as we haven’t spent any real quality time together in quite a while. Well, apparently he forgot he made plans to go to this Bouncing Souls concert MONTHS ago and only remembered when his buddies left him messages last night while he was asleep. When he told me, I had to hang up because I was going to say some not nice things and I needed some time to cool down. I had opportunities of things to do, but I sat down and watched The Departed instead. What can I say? I’m trying to save a bit of money and this seemed like a good way to do so. It’s early though. I could still go out if I want to. Speaking of The Departed, I had almost forgotten what a great movie it is. J. got it for me on DVD when it came out in February but this is the first time I’ve watched it since we saw it in the theaters. I do adore the Boston accented Matt Damon, more than any other Matt Damon, I admit it!

I’ve also spent some time researching Graduate School programs. I’ve always wanted to get my Master’s but in my field, I don’t really need one. However, I’ve realized through my job that I have other interests that are kind of in the same field. I requested information on programs that include Community Counseling and Psychology (has a concentration in Forensics), Educational Psychology and Social Work. We’ll see what, if anything happens. It’s really expensive and I need to do a ton more research, but I’m curious. And to quote my mother, “I get bored really easily.”

Today had its ups and downs. It was my first half day at work and it went really well. The phones were quiet but I had plenty to do which was nice. After I got out of work, I went tanning. I had taken my jewelry off and left it in the car so I didn’t have weird lines. Well, when I went into the compartment in my car to get my watch and necklace, I dropped the necklace into a hole underneath my emergency brake. Only me. I blame J because I NEVER use my e-brake and that hole would not have been there if he hadn’t lifted it. Also, my car has been running kind of weird lately and that’s because the e-brake has been up slightly for god knows how long. Not so much that it registered on my dashboard, but enough to make the car run weird. Now it’s his responsibility to get it out of the car when he shows up tomorrow. It’s my FAVORITE silver necklace and my boss actually just got a kink out of it the other day that’s been there forever! But anyway, my car still passed inspection today when I bought it to Jiffy Lube (all by myself) and it only cost me $10.00! I didn’t have the balls to get an oil change by myself. I always get screwed by the guys at Jiffy Lube (and not in the good way) because I have no car knowledge. I keep asking J if he’ll take my car in or at least go with me, but he insists I need to learn how to say “NO.” I’m usually really good at it, unless it has something to do with something I don’t understand.. like my car.

Last night me, Tre and Fish went to the Moosehead for the first time in forever! It was completely dead which is so not normal but worked out really well for us. We were in and out of there in 45 minutes, which must be a record! Anyway, after that we went to the St. Charles for “one and done.” Well, drafts were two for one so I had to have two instead of one. It was the right thing to do. We WERE going home after that, but we saw our neighbor’s car at Melino’s and that meant my Dad was there (they umpired together last night) so after dropping off Fish, we stopped in for a drink. We ended up having two beers and two shots. So unnecessary! I came home and passed out a little after 10. I really didn’t feel bad today, but I did wake up at 4:30 and it took me forever to get back to sleep! Today on the phone J asked me if I went out drinking and I said “yes, but how did you know?” He says I have a drunk voice. I’m usually pretty good at keeping it under wraps when I’m in the bag so I was surprised he said that, but he’s probably right. I mean, how am I to know? I don’t drunk dial myself!

Well, my motivation has waned so I might just put in Raging Bull and call it a night. I still have the Godfather 2 but I don’t have the energy or time for that! And one more thing… Joe Girardi said “no” to the Oriole managing job. Apparently he’s holding out for something better and does not have the problem I have with saying no. Damn you Joe Girardi.I get it, you want to be close to your family and all, but I was really looking forward to having you turn the team around…. And bring some eye candy back to the bench! On to Dusty Baker!!!!! To add insult to injury (literally) Miguel Tejada has been put on the DL with a fractured wrist, ending the longest active consecutive games played streak at 1,152 games. Tejada’s streak was the fifth longest in the history of the game. He was hit by a pitch in Wednesday night’s game vs. San Diego. He did start Thursday’s game but was removed after one at bat. What’s even funnier to me is that the Orioles are now guaranteed to have a representative on the All Star team as their assistant athletic trainer was named to the AL All Star Team. We’ve got to get an all star somewhere! I’ll take it!

Have a great weekend!

I got stood up

by my seamstress. I went to her house right after work (as she asked when she called me to set up an appointment last night) and there were no cars in the driveway. Dress and shoes in hand, I went up the stairs and knocked on her front door. No answer. After that, I knocked on the side door where her work space is but there was no answer. The door was partially open so I walked in. I started yelling to see if anyone was there, but I got no answer. I then went out to my car and waited for another 10-15 minutes, but nothing. Finally I called the house, but I got no answer. I left a message, but she has yet to call me back. Now I’m kind of stuck, as I had already cancelled my appointment that I had made for Thursday night. My friend Sue keeps insisting to me that the lady is dead and I walked into a dead lady’s house. I certainly hope that’s not the case but it is kind of making me worried that she hasn’t called at all. I don’t plan on bringing the dress to work with me again tomorrow so we’ll see what happens. I do have one other person I can call, but I don’t think she can press the dress, which is something I really need. If anyone has any options, I’d be more than happy to listen!

Tonight, Sue and I went to my old dance studio to visit. We were both pretty concerned about how it was going to go, but it was like we had never left. We stayed for about an hour, watching the dances and chatting with the teachers. We’re headed to the show next week and she seemed very happy to see us. It was kind of a nice night. It brought back a lot of good memories and it wasn’t a terrible way to spend the evening.

I’m watching Rescue Me and I’m a little confused. After last week I thought Sheila was dead. Now she’s in some great Manhattan apartment to be closer to her son at NYU? Perhaps I should pay more attention! Regardless of my confusion, it’s still a phenomenal show.

The O’s made it official by hiring Andy McPhail as President of Baseball Operations. Hopefully this is only a taste of good things to come, as the O’s made no secret of the fact that they interviewed Joe Girardi for the managerial position. McPhail has a good relationship with him and with Dusty Baker, both of whom would be assets to our struggling ball club. The O’s are ahead in the first inning of their game vs. San Diego, and it’d sure be nice to stop that nine game skid in it’s tracks, am I right?

I just read that Sensational Sherri died! I remember her from the WWF (it was the 80’s so it was still ok to call it the WWF) and she was the manager of The Million Dollar Man, Ted Dibiase. God, he was a dick. I think she was even affiliated with Hulk Hogan for a while. Anyway, I guess she was found dead at her mother’s house last week and no one is sure if foul play is involved yet.

I thought things were going to get back to normal once J’s family left, but his boss is still on vacation and he’s working at 2 am. That’s way too early to do anything of substance. Hopefully he won’t have to work that early on Friday so maybe I can have my boyfriend back. Maybe.. Have a great weekend!! I’m going to try to enjoy the rest of my week and my first half day Friday…

Oh what a week

and it's only Tuesday.

The Orioles began the week by firing Manager Sam Perlozzo. Don’t get me wrong, it’s been buzzed about for quite some time, but it doesn’t make me feel any less sorry for him. He’s not one of the guys playing on the field and he definitely got thrown into a shitty situation when he took the job, and he’s the scapegoat. Maybe it’s his fault, maybe it’s not. However, he’s going to be the scapegoat. The big rumor is that the O’s are meeting with Joe Girardi, someone else I feel got a raw deal at their last “place of business.” I’ve always liked Joe and I would LOVE to have him as the new manager of the O’s. Ya know, breathe a little life into the franchise and perhaps make some changes. Granted, as an O’s fan the only thing that WILL make me happy is selling the team to Cal Ripken, but Angelos is a douchebag and probably won’t do that before I have grandchildren, so I’ll take Joe Girardi.

We had a ball game last night and I hit the shit out of the ball. My sister let me borrow a bat that she had in the cellar and it seems to have done the trick. I used the bat while playing ball with J. and his buddies on Saturday (when he tried to steal it) and I had no intentions of bringing it with me last night, but it was in my car so I gave it a shot. Quite a few people used it and the guys were saying they’d never seen me hit the ball as hard and as well. Maybe it had something to do with the bat and maybe it didn’t. Regardless, it was a good game for me and isn’t that all that matters?

I finally got someone to alter my dress for next weekend’s wedding. My sister is under the impression that she’s expensive, but she's literally two doors down from where I work, she agreed to see me right after work tomorrow and I believe she’s even going to press my dress for me. The dress only needs hemming so how bad can it really be (famous last words, right?).

I asked J. what the verdict was on his family meeting me. His response was: Well, they didn’t really get the chance to get to know you. Um.. ya think? Well, at least they agreed and didn’t just hate me on sight. That’s a plus. Apparently the nephews might like me. I did give them food and play monkey in the middle with them, and we all know how I feel about children so that was a big deal for me. Argh… I must really like him for some god forsaken reason.

Tomorrow night my friend Sue and I are heading back to our old dance studio to visit. What’s really pathetic is we’re both nervous about it. We have no real reason to be, but we are. The thing is, we haven’t seen our dance teacher since we quit (it’s been longer for me than her), so we’re just concerned that it’ll be a tad awkward. However, we do have to get tickets for the show next week so we do have an excuse to be there. That, and my dance teacher has kind of had a rough couple of months and while I didn’t like the way she acted when I quit dance after 20 some years, I still look up to her and think of her as a bit of a role model. Everyone used to bitch about how much she charged and all sorts of things about how she was only in it for the money, but she was a great teacher. I wouldn’t say I know a lot about dance when it comes to the names of steps or technique, but she knew how to make people into performers and pull off some really great dances. This is her 35th anniversary show so it should be interesting. I’ll let you know how the visit goes. I just hope I don’t cry. I’m a big pansy when it comes to stuff like that.

Ok.. well, it’s turning into a monsoon of sorts outside (or so my mom said when she called 15 minutes or so ago) and Kathy Griffin is on, so it’s time for me to get a move on. Enjoy your hump day and the rest of your week!

The weekend's over already?

Kate’s bachelorette party was a rousing success! We had a great time, even though Fish and I bailed out slightly early, if you consider 1:30 early. I played ball with J. and his friends on Saturday afternoon and not only was it hot, but it was tiring! We went to Saratoga and it was a great time! I haven’t been there in a really long time and I don’t know why. The bars were really fun and the doughboys/pizza afterwards really hit the spot. I also had the best margarita I’ve ever had at this bar/restaurant called Cantina. Our bartender was phenomenal and she made a killer margarita. I guess they make their own mix but they also squeeze a half a lime into each of their drinks. I don’t even like tequila and I couldn’t get enough. Hmm.. maybe that’s why Fish and I went home early!

I finally met J’s parents and all I can say is that it was anticlimactic. I never got formally introduced to his father; we just shot the shit while he pitched during the softball game and then again at his brother’s BBQ. I ended up introducing myself to his sister after about four innings of playing ball to which she replied “it’s nice to finally meet you.” That was a plus! Anyway, we get to the BBQ and I had bought cookies with me. J. brings me in to meet his mom and he tells her that I bought cookies. I think her reply was “oh.” Then he introduced me to her and she said “Hi.” That was it. I don’t really know how to react to it. She didn’t try to make conversation with me and I didn’t really know what to do! I actually got more recognition from his friend’s mom than from his mother! Perhaps that’s just the way they are, I don’t know. I guess the jury’s still out on whether they like me or not (although I wasn’t really given a chance to be liked or hated).

I’m exhausted so I’m gonna head to bed but try to stay awake for Entourage and Flight of the Conchords. I highly doubt either is going to happen. Speaking of TV, I just watched Top Chef and I think it’s going to be a good season. I was sad to see Clay go for many reasons, but I felt bad because at least he put something on the plate, unlike Howard and Brian. It’ll be an interesting season and it looks like I’ll get sucked in once again. Damn you Bravo!!!! Hope you had a great weekend!

Fewer posts means longer posts

See, you still get your money's worth!!

Last night, J. and I wasted at least an hour and a half playing the Wii. I admit, I was getting extremely frustrated. Perhaps it’s my competitive nature, I don’t know. It was still fun though! They have all these training games and there’s one in the bowling where they just keep adding rows of pins. I kicked J.’s ass and after that, he only wanted to play games in which I sucked. Not fair, but he is the one that bought it so I guess I can’t really say much. I just get so irritated because the ball hooks a ridiculous amount even when you don’t make it do so. As a bowler, it’s just a tad untrue which forces me to get irritated and then J. kicks my ass. I guess I shouldn’t bitch. It’s the only time he’ll ever kick my ass in bowling. His friend Jimmy and I were talking about really going bowling and he doesn’t want to go for that reason alone. I think he’s screwed and that Jimmy and I will eventually convince him.

I miss my daily dose of TMZ. As I believe I mentioned, I got a slight reaming for being on the internet too much at work. Therefore, I’m relegated to simply checking my email and my checking account balance. I just spent 15 minutes going through the last week’s worth of gossip and I’m a little appalled by what I’ve missed. What I am not appalled about is the fact that every other post is about Paris Hilton. Good god, get over it already! She’s an anorexic bitch who’s famous for no reason and needs to be stopped. Jail is making her even more popular!!! Damn internet..

In a few weeks my sister and I are bridesmaids (Tre is the maid of honor) in our friend Kate’s wedding. It’s been a long time coming and I’m really looking forward to it, but I will also be happy when it’s over. Men have no idea how expensive and dramatic it is for women to be in a wedding! This morning we got an email regarding the itinerary for the wedding and one of the things on it was the times for us to get our makeup done. Underneath that, was the price: $50. I’m sorry, I can’t justify paying someone $50 to do my makeup! I mean.. she’s doing it at 11 am and the wedding isn’t until 2:30! It’ll practically be July so the makeup will probably have worn off already. Tre was in full agreement with me and I emailed Kate back that we would more than likely bail, do it ourselves, or find someone else to do it for cheaper. Luckily, Kate was not upset about it, and actually pretty agreeable that it was expensive but hell, she’s the bride so she can do what she wants! Add in the hair, mani/pedi and gift, and two weeks from now I’m going to have one hell of an expensive weekend! I think it’s getting to the point where I have very few friends left to get married cause I just can’t afford it anymore! I’d love to stick it to them all when I get married, but I could care less. I just want to wear a white dress and be a princess for the day, which includes a tiara. I don’t see the point in spending ridiculous amounts of money on a cake cause no one is going to eat it anyway. I’m thinking cupcakes… or cookies or something. And there’ll be French fries. Oh yes.. there will be french fries.

Tomorrow I’m playing softball with J. and his friends again. I couldn’t go last week because of Flag Day. Tre and our friend Brian (he’s marrying Kate) were supposed to go with me, but they bailed. Unfortuantely for Tre, she and J made a deal that if she doesn’t play, she doesn’t get to play the Wii. I bet in a week or so, he’ll cave. Anyway, I’ll be meeting J’s father and sister while playing ball. Just how I’ve always wanted to meet his family. Sweaty and unshowered! I’m pretty sure I played ball against his sister in high school, so that should be interesting. She insists she doesn’t remember my sister and I, but she remembers a distant cousin of ours who leveled her. Small world! Anyway, there’s a BBQ afterwards at his brother’s house and I wasn’t planning on going initially, but I feel like I have to. That is where I’ll meet his mother and that’s kind of important, as they leave on Tuesday. I’m looking forward to it, but I admit, I’m scared shitless. However, it will be interesting to see where J. comes from. Luckily, I get to shower before I go to the BBQ but I’m a little peeved about it because my hair always turns out like shit when I shower at his house. I think it’s the water pressure, I don’t know. I wouldn’t care so much but I have Kate’s bachelorette party in Saratoga that night and I don’t want to look like shit! However, it’s either that or drive all the way home to shower and then come back up to N. Greenbush to pick up Kate. It doesn’t really make sense. So, that’s my day tomorrow. We’ll come home on Sunday for Father’s Day. Tre and I got my Dad the MLB package so he can watch his O’s games. I guess I’ll be over at their house if there are some good games on! It doesn’t start until after the All Star Break but I still think he’ll enjoy it.

Speaking of the O’s, how much do they suck right now? Wow.. even Jeremy Guthrie can’t pull out a win and he’s been the bright spot in the rotation for a while now. I guess the offense just hasn’t been stellar as of late. My mom emailed me today, telling me that she and my Dad were considering going down to Camden Yards for Cal Ripken’s send off to the Hall of Fame on July 24th. My response: Why don’t you just give me a paper cut and pour lemon juice in it? She found that entertaining. I, on the other hand, did not. I don’t think they’ll be able to go though, as my Dad doesn’t have that week off like he had thought. Hey, if I can’t go, I don’t think anyone in my family should be able to!!!

I finally finished reading “In Cold Blood” by Truman Capote this morning and I’m finally watching the movie Capote that I got from Netflix. It’s actually quite good. I might try to tackle Blazing Saddles next. Take the edge off the night! I took my Netflix plan down from 3 movies at a time to 2. I just don’t have the time to watch 3 movies. I’ve had these for a month. I still haven’t watched the Godfather 2 and I might just send it back without watching it. I just don’t have over three hours to commit to a movie. I saw the first one, so haven’t I done enough?

Well, I’m planning on getting a good night’s sleep tonight so I should get a move on, as I have some last minute things to do. Hope you have a great weekend and I’ll post again when I can.

Wow...

my last post was my 350th and I totally ignored it. Shame on me.

In sad news, not only did Mr. Wizard die this past week, but so did Frankie from the Real World! She suffered from cystic fibrosis and recently died at the age of 25. That was one of the last seasons of the Real World I watched and I found her to be an interesting and entertaining person.

Today was a great mail day. Not only did I get my Mets tickets in the mail from Stubhub (no, I'm not defecting.. I'm taking J. to a game in July) but I also got a Cal Ripken 1983 series bobblehead from my blogging buddy Rob. Thank you so much! I totally forgot the giveaway happened over the weekend and I really never thought he'd manage to snag me one so I thank him profusely!!!!

I had expected to have a lot of time to blog tonight, but my cousin Chrissy called me to take a walk and I decided to do that insead of blog. If it's any consolation, I have blisters on my feet from my new sneakers and the band-aids I already have on my feet from this past weekend. Speaking of which, how about some pictures?! This first one is of me, my cousin Laura, my sister and my cousin Lindsey at Savoia. Our grandparents used to own the bar, so I like to think we kept the family legacy alive on Flag Day.

This picture is of Kate, Tre, me and Jen at Stray Bar. What can I say? They had $1 Coors Light drafts!! Flag Day was a blast. We did a mini bar crawl.. some of us had our dreams come true, and others just passed out. All in all, it was a good time!

Today is my sister's softball coach's 69th birthday. Tre had the brilliant idea to decorate her house before their game tonight so that when she got home, it was all birthday like. I said she should do it at night so that when Kay woke up in the morning, it would be her birthday and the house would look as such. Smart idea Kara. Tre agreed and we ended up heading to Albany last night to get signs and banners and other such stuff to decorate. Tre even got air chalk, which is basically sidewalk chalk in an aerosol can. Anyway, it was too early to decorate since Kay doesn't go to bed till midnight, so we went to see Oceans 13 to kill some time. It started off slow, but all in all I liked it. I think it was actually better than Oceans 12. It was a tad more fun. Anyway, we got to Kay's house around midnight and went to town. We put banners up on her garage and taped an inflatable six and nine to her outside lights. Tre wrote "Happy 69th Kay" on her driveway and we finished that up by writing 69 all the way across her driveway. I didn't get to bed till 1:30 but it was hysterically fun, even more so that we didn't get arrested. Anyway, my first phone call at work this morning was from my sister because Kay called her first thing. She was the hit of her neighborhood. I guess there are a lot of joggers going by that were giving her thumbs up and stuff, and everyone was entertained by it. Tre was going to pretend she didn't know what Kay was talking about, but she had to take responsibility since Kay thought it was funny. I wish we had some pictures, but I think that would have blown our cover.

Anyway, I really need to get a move on and get my shit together as I've wasted the majority of the evening. However, I'm happy to say that my sister managed to zip me into my bridesmaid dress so I'm not going to have to be bulimic for the next few weeks. That's great news. I hope to blog again soon and if I don't, there'll be bachelorette party pictures to post when I get back, so keep checking in! I'm just going to try to stay awake to watch Rescue Me, and hopefully Bravo will rerun Top Chef a million times this weekend so I can catch it

I know I'm out of the loop but I can say this: Go O's!!!!!!

PS - Congratulations to my friend Sarah and her man, Pete. They got engaged just a few weeks and I want to wish them the best of luck!!!

The most funnest thing ever

J. got a Wii.

I want one real bad.

We're never leaving the house again.

If someone knows a quick way to lose 10 or so pounds in three weeks, let me know. I'm seriously not going to fit into this bridesmaid dress. For real.

I got J. and I tickets to see the New York Mets play the Washington Nationals on July 28th at Shea. I haven't been to Shea since I went with my summer playground group when I was a kid. He didn't react quite as I'd hoped, but he insisted he was just surprised that I would want to go to a game that wasn't the O's. What can I say? I love baseball regardless of who's playing and it's way less stressful when you don't give a shit who wins, am I right? I got the tickets off Stubhub.com and they just called me to see if I wanted tickets that are even closer. That and the tickets were only $28.00 and they're decent seats, so I'm happy. It should be a good time.

Time to get ready for the Flag Day festivities! Enjoy your weekend!!!

I got in trouble

which explains my lack of blogging. Apparently I spent a tad too much time on the internet at the new job. Granted, I'm not networked to the office yet so I keep my email up all day so I can send myself stuff to print, but apparently that wasn't a good enough excuse. So, I've been relegated to simply checking my email and no other sites. I'm in TMZ withdrawal. What are the odds that the small office has spying software while the big office didn't? Just my luck. What I'm trying to say is, if you thought my blogging had gotten sporadic at best, it's only going to get worse.

Let's see if I can update you. Not much is going on, so it shouldn't be that hard! J. and I had a pretty good weekend. After my ball game Friday night (we beat the only undefeated team in the league which was quite a coup for Nassau) and when my drinking buddy wasn't as into it as she'd thought she would be, I took a shower and hightailed it to J.'s party. I actually had a good time, which was a nice change. I also had a good time at his brother's birthday dinner the night before so we've been doing well as of late. Anyway, like I said, the party was a good time and we were insanely lazy all day on Saturday. When I insisted we do something constructive he said we were: we spent all day holding the bed down while watching the Women's College World Series. Eventually we got motivated but as usual, it was too late. Around 5:30 we tried to find a place to have dinner and make it to a 7:30 movie. When all the good restaurants were packed we decided on Subway, since we would have popcorn at the movies anyway.... or so we thought. We got to the movies early and the line was way outside the door. We would have never gotten in on time and gotten popcorn so we bailed and rented The Night Listener instead. It was an interesting movie, even more so because it was based on true events. I'll recommend it.

The next day (after a pseudo baby shower I had to attend) I went back and met up with J. and his friends to play softball. It was fun, but would have been better had it not been raining the majority of the time. It's something they want to do every week and I am going to try to bring a few more people so we can play a real game, or something like that. It was actually kind of nice because I got to play the outfield again, which I haven't done in years. I've realized how much more comfortable I am in the outfield as opposed to the infield. I LOATHE ground balls! Yesterday there were only 8 of us so we just played a kind of home run derby thing. I had to go just as the skies opened up for the downpour. I'm not sure if they stayed much after that!

I finally made it to the gym today. I really didn't have a choice. I bought new sneakers and I had to start tanning for the wedding at the end of June. I really NEED to go to the gym because it's coming close to me having to Mary Kate Olsen my way into this f'n bridesmaid dress. I know it's bad for you, but damn, tanning feels soooo good! I even bought a pilates/yoga mat so I could do my pilates DVD without having to unravel my electric blanket. I really need to stop giving myself reasons NOT to avoid physical activity. It's so unlike me.

Arizona is facing Tennessee in the Women's College World Series finals, with the first in the best of 3 series tonight. As of now, Tennessee is leading 2-0 off yet another stellar performance from pitcher Monica Abbott. I'll never understand how colleges do all this recruiting, yet they have one workhorse pitcher. My sister insists it's a "natural motion" so it's not like pitching baseball every day, but I still think these girls have to be exhausted!!! I was really rooting for one of the midwest teams to get in there. I'm so sick of the same four or five teams every year. I'm not rooting for anyone in particular, but it looks like it'll be a good series.

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List starts a new season tomorrow night. I can't wait. I don't care what anyone says, I think she's f'n hysterical. She also has a brand new stand up special on just prior to the premiere of her show, so I guess I know what I'm doing tomorrow night. Ok, well, I kind of hope I'm not because J. and I have tried to go to the movies for the last two weeks and have yet to pull it off. I'm going to try and convince him we should go tomorrow night, mainly because it's doubtful I'll be seeing much of him the next few weeks. His mother, father, sister and her two kids come into town on Thursday. They live in Mississippi (i think) and don't make it up here that often so I'm pretty sure his free time is going to be limited for the next few weeks. I'm sure I'm going to have to meet his parents and I'm seriously petrified to do so. Plus, his sister is my age and when we first started dating the first words out of her mouth were "she's 30!?" Yeah... I can't wait. He's basically already told me that they're going to hate me (Ok, he didn't say that exactly but he wasn't real encouraging either) so I just hope he's preparing me for the worst case scenario and it doesn't come to that. I'll definitely keep you posted.

This weekend is the annual Flag Day celebration in Hudson. Yep.. Flag Day is a big deal in these parts and I admit, I haven't taken part in the festivities in a while. J. has taken to calling it "drunk day in Hudson" and he's pretty much right. I have to remember to charge my camera because I can only imagine what some of these pictures are going to look like. It'll be a good time for sure and I'll do my best to post pictures when I crawl out from under my massive hangover on Sunday.

Anyway, I'm not used to this much physical activity in one day, so it's getting close to my bedtime. Again, I'll try to post as soon as I can but I hope everyone has a great night and/or week regardless!