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Thursday, June 10, 2004 Me, Me, Me

... that make me so happy! Do you remember way back, when I was asked if I “knew” any of my blog friends�not in the bilblical sense of course�but had I seen them in person, and could I really say I was choosing my friends carefully? Well I do. And I remember how that stung, because some of my blog friends have been there for me when some of my other friends haven’t. (Disclaimer: There are a few close family and friends that have been AWESOME—this doesn’t apply to you—I love you!! MWAH!!)

Exhibit A: when my life started to implode, and people started to learn about it, my blog friends were all over it. They were IMing me at all hours, emailing words of support, even calling on the phone. And you can imagine what it takes a blogger to pick up the phone! I mean, sheesh, electronic communication is IT; who needs telephony?

My other friends were wonderful as well… if I happened to run into them.

Exhibit B: when things got a bit better, my blog friends were still there!! Only now they were back to insulting me mercilessly and sending bad jokes and prodding me into reciprocation.

My other friends were wonderful as well… if I happened to run into them.

Exhibit C: One of my dearest new blog friends just got in touch. She is engaged! And deliriously happy. Giddy. Estatic. And it just happened, not thirty minutes ago! And she told me.

I can’t tell you how that makes me feel. Sure, I was right there on the IM list on her screen, but she could have ignored me and jumped her hunky new fiancee instead, but she wanted to share her news, and I was touched beyond words that she wanted to share it with me.

Well, I had a few words, like WHEEEEEE! and YAYAYAYAYAY! and CONGRATULATIONS! but after she signed off, I was grinning like a fool. Thank you so much, babe, for letting me share in your happiness. I wish you all the love and happiness in the world.

And, NO, I am not going to tell you who it is!! I will let her announce it herself, and I’ll update once she says it’s OK…

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

Thursday, June 10, 2004 Family

I forgot to mention the one strange thing about the company picnic last weekend. You would NOT believe what they had in the pool. It was a sailfish! No wonder my arms were so sore the next day!

In related news, Lee’s dad reveals the source of his son’s strange fascination with tampons. I mean, really, what a trip! Two Colorado boys bonding on such a subject…

Anyway, it’s all here in his Dad’s weekly article. And this excerpt just has me scratching my head—I mean, really, what did they expect, chumming the waters like that??

But, it’s not tarpon that have me re-evaluating getting out of the boat to fish - it’s sharks, lots and lots of sharks of all sizes. I don’t recall seeing as many sharks as I have so far this year. The really scary part is they just seem to appear out of nowhere without warning.

Thursday, June 10, 2004 Me, Me, Me

A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice the Lord said, “Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, will grant you one desire.”

The man said, “Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can drive over anytime I want.”

The Lord said, “Your request is very materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports required to reach the bottom of the Pacific! The concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several of my beautiful natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of something that would honor and glorify me.”

The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, “Lord, I wish that I could understand my wife! I want to know how she feels inside, what she’s thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says ‘nothing’s wrong,’ and how I can make a woman truly happy.”

Wednesday, June 09, 2004 Me, Me, Me

OK, I’ll be totally honest with you (and answer Nicole’s question from her comment in the previous post):

I have no freaking idea where I find the time.

Really. I don’t know how I sleepwalk through my days. For instance? Today? I went to work nice and early—was there and making coffee by 8 a.m. I stopped at Posh for a bagel first, and just to give you an idea of how much of a hermit I’ve become, the staff just about fell over when I walked in, wanting to know where I’ve been for the last several months.

You see, I’ve gone there almost every single workday morning for ten and a half years (and yet, they still ask what kind of bagel I want—but that’s another story).  I just could not begin work without my Everything bagel with honey cream cheese. Until last December, that is, when I realized that I did not have the time, or the appetite, or the energy to make the stop on the way into work.

The staff at this particular store has seen me through my twenties and part of my thirties. They have seen me swell with four pregnancies, and oohed and ahhed over each of my three children. Really, you’d think they’d remember that I ask for the same freaking bagel every freaking morning.

Anyway, this post is not about Posh and their Groundhog Day staff… it’s about… about… oh, yes. Me losing my mind. *pauses to jot that down*

Ahem. I am losing my mind! Seriously. Oh! I remember where I was going with this. I got to work all nice and early, clear-headed (and ready to kick some ass in my important and fulfilling job, yes, I know, Lee) and prepared to make a dent in my file review. And then I rememebered why I almost drove myself to the ER last night.

Wednesday, June 09, 2004 Me, Me, Me

I am officially a Secret Agent!! [cue Mission Impossible theme] Doesn’t it look just like me??? Wheeee!!

Secret Agent Josephine has come through with my emblem, and now I am ready to take my first assignment… Look out Gen! Brock may just have met his match…