Long, long, boring day...........

Fridays at work can be the worst. Of course, being "Friday", you would think there would be some excitement since it is almost the weekend and all..... but there is absolutely NOTHING going on here.

The campus pretty much shuts down around noon on Friday, so there are not as many students around and most of the offices....except ours, close early too. I have basically spent my day answering calls from students cancelling their appointments, surfing the internet, reading magazines, surfing the internet, waiting for students who are apparently not going to show up, surfing the internet, looking for recipes on the internet, and staring at people walking by my office.

The highlight of my day was a little incident watching the Dean in the office across the hall try to get in his door. He stood there about 5 minutes ,while on the cell phone, looking frustrated and confused as to why he could not get in. They changed the locks on all the doors in the building about 3 months ago and I guess nobody bothered to tell him since his secretary is usually there to open up the office and even she is not there today. Did I help him? No..... cause I am mean like that..... just kidding people.... Jeesh!!! Security helped him out eventually. :)

My co-worker took a day of vacation today so there is nobody here to even chat with. I can't even leave for lunch since I have 7 appointments scheduled (2 which have already cancelled) and they are all staggered just so that I can't even get out of here for even 30 minutes. I brought my lunch which was nasty ham sandwich that tasted like a plastic baggie, some little chocolate rice cakes, and two mandarin oranges. I could only gag down a couple of bites of the "plastic" sandwich so I am still hungry!! I am definitely a "hot lunch" type of person. I need food!!!!!

Maybe the weather is the reason for all the emptiness and silence around here. People just want to stay home and be warm. Hell, that is where I would be if given the choice. Oh well, two hours and 36 minutes until I go home. There better not be any last minute students trying to wander in this office needing help because I am leaving on time today people!!!!

Love!!

There are very few "brand name" foods that I am addicted to. Generic foods like pizza, cupcakes, enchiladas... they are of course my favorites, but almost any brand will do. I also like chocolate, no..... love chocolate, but almost any kind of chocolate is fine with me. The only exception to this rule is Joseph Schmidt truffles. I first tried one at a Marshall Fields while I was in high school. Big mistake!!!!!My favorites are the mushrooms and the cherry bombs. The mushroom consists of white chocolate sprinkled with cocoa powder and a delicious amaretto filling. I never get tired of these things. Yum!!! Cherry bombs are basically an oversize cherry cordial. I don't actually eat the cherry part though, that is just gross. They are incrediably rich and a little of this goes a long way.
Thankfully, the nearest source is about 45 minutes away and they are about $2 a pop so I have to REALLY want one to go through the effort and expense. I think the last time I bought some was about three years ago and I bought 5 mushrooms and 1 cherry bomb. We won't even go into how long they lasted.......

Free Pass...

I was hanging out with a male friend last night, talking about nothing in particular, when the subject of a "free pass" came up. I asked him what a free pass was, thinking maybe I was gonna get a free concert ticket or something....yes, I am that naive!!!, and he told me that a free pass was a list of people (usually celebrities or people that you will probably never meet in real life) that you would be willing to "hook up" with. Ok...........

Theoretically, your current boyfriend/girlfriend is aware of your free pass list and if you were to happen to be in a situation where a person on your free pass list were to proposition you, you would have "permission" from your significant other to be with a person on your free pass list. The free pass list can't include people you are around in your everyday life..... that could really screw up a relationship, but it is a way of sharing your fantasies with your significant other in a harmless way.

I was willing to play along, so I told him to give me a few minutes to think about it. I asked him about his list, and what his girlfriend thought about the names on his list. His list (in no particular order) included: Jessica Alba, Vanessa Minillo, Scarlett Johannsen (no comment!!), Rachel Bilson, and Angelina Jolie. I kinda had to laugh beacuse his list was all over the place, but hey, to each his own. He said his girlfriend has given him complete permission to fullfill his fantasy if the opportunity ever occurred (like it ever would!!)

After giving it great thought, I have come up with the following people that I would put on my "free pass"list. The reasons these people are on my list are varied, I can't even say exactly what attracts me to them but they all have are kind of similiar physically. Here they are in no particular order........

1. Dane Cook- He is cute in a boy next door type of way. He is tall and has a little bit of meat on him. I like some muscles on a guy, especially arms and shoulders, but I am not into guys that are too"built." I get his style of humor and he looks like he would make a great father. There is not a girl out there who does not love him!!!


2. Dr. Drew Pinsky- Something about his extreme intelligence attracts me. He is smart but he looks like he has a sense of humor too. He also has great arms lurking underneath those button down shirts that he wears.


3. John Rzeznik- Love the dimple and the bad boy image. He seems intelligent and fun and "with it." Also has great arms!!


4. Adam Levine- He looks like he could be a total jerk, but he is still cute. Prefer him with the shaved head look.


5. Marcus Schenkenberg, Jeff Pickel, Brian Kehoe- Yes, they are all model "eye candy." I do think Jeff and Brian are funny and Brian looks like he would be pretty loyal and a romantic.

So, after revealing my list to my friend, all I got was a snort and a laugh and the words "it figures." He did not understand my list just as I did not understand his. I guess there is someone out there for everyone.

Excuse Me.... Wasn't There Supposed To Be An Instruction Manual Included With This Life? I Think I Lost Mine.

You wake up one day and you are like.... "Damn! How can it be that I am 38 years old and I am still single. How did I let this happen???" I really thought I would be married by now. If someone had told me in high school that I would still be single at this age, I would have laughed in their face. I am not un-attractive, everyone always tells me I am funny and that they like hanging around me, I am a fairly good flirt, and I like to think I am a nice person. I don't have problems getting dates and I definitely like men, so what seems to be the problem? I know that I am a little too picky and maybe I should just settle for something a little less than I am searching for but I just can't. I am not a "settler", I want to be happy and I only want to do this one time. I want my marriage to last.

People are always asking me .... Other person: "Do you have any children?" Me: "Umm, no." ....Somehow in my mind, marriage should come before children, but I don't bother getting into this argument because I don't want to offend them if they had kids out of wedlock... which seems to be the norm these days. "Are you married?" "No.." "Divorced?" " No!!!" ......They are usually starting to piss me off by this point . "Well then, why is a nice girl like you still single? "Just have not found the right guy I guess" .....Now back off and move onto another subject will you? "Oh, well my cousin Larry is a wonderful guy, I should introduce you .... Arggghhhhh!

When I was 10 or 11 years old, I announced to my grandparents (in a parking lot of a Tom Thumb Supermarket of all places!) that I was going to be married to my 6th grade boyfriend, Ronnie Moore, by the age of 23 and that we were going to have 4 kids and live happily ever after, blah blah blah. I can still see the expressions on their faces when I dropped this bomb. They both told me that they did not think this was a good idea, and started listing various reasons (see the world first! 23 is way too young! You need to experience life first! What, are you crazy kid?) which of course made me very angry (I was a very dramatic child) and I may have (ok ,I did) pitched a fit right there in the Tom Thumb parking lot. I think they may have put a silent curse on me that day because Ronnie and I broke up a short while later. I found out a few years ago that he had died of a drug overdose in college. He was probably cursed too. He should have stuck with me.
My list of "ideals" in a marriage partner is not too complicated and I have found several guys that have "almost" fit the bill, but something was just missing. I don't believe that there is just one person out there for you. I think that a lot of people out there can make you happy.... you just have to find one of them.

Lowes + Home Depot = LOVE

Ok, I wil admit it.......I love going to home improvement stores......like really, really love. Actually I prefer it to shopping for clothes (this is classified information and if you tell anybody I will have to cut you! Just kidding..... about the cutting part I mean.) I know the stores like the back of my hand and I can tell you where to find anything there. Men are always shocked by this. Apparently, women are not supposed to like going to these stores... but I do. Actually, I see women (stylish women even!) in these stores all the time...and not just in the frou frou areas like plants, lighting, paint, and appliances (although these are some of my favorites) but in lumber, electrical, and plumbing too. These stores are also great places to pick up men...not that I would know anything about that or anything...ahem. :)

Introducing my new best friend......

I Am in LOVE!!!!

I can't get enough of their crunchy, chocolately goodness! Where have you been all my life????

Yes Virginia, There is A Santa Claus.....

My cousin Tori was the one responsible for ruining my childhood belief in Santa. I was probably around 8 at the time and boy was I pissed when she burst my bubble about the man in the red suit. I don't know how the conversation got started (she was mean enough to have probably been plotting this out weeks before) but the end result was her telling me that Santa was not real and that the presents came from my parents. WTF!!!!!! I seriously did not believe her and demanded proof. She told me that if we stayed up until my parents went to bed, we would see my mom putting presents under the tree from "Santa." My cousin and I shared a bed on the fold out couch in my grandma's living room that was mere inches away from the Christmas tree. Sure enough, after pretending to be asleep, we saw my mom and my grandma bringing in presents and putting them under the tree. I was crushed. The funny part was that I was mad at my cousin for ruining this for me, it did not bother me that my parents had been tricking me all those years. I still have a lot of anger towards my cousin for doing this to me.