that rosebud girl

babies and weddings, oh my!

so as i said before, one of my cousins is having a baby. yay. i am very excited for her. unfortunately, it also meant i lost a bridesmaid for the wedding. no sweat. i had a replacement lined up and that’s all taken care of. so yay. i have plenty to be excited about now.

it’s been quite a year. lots of people getting married. and now babies. holy cow. i’m going to jaime and jeff’s wedding this sunday. it’s insane.

i’m having trees taken down in front of my house today. the tree people came good and early — around 8 a.m. i woke up when they first got here, then managed to sleep through all the sawing and assorted racket. i don’t know how i did it. but now my front yard is a mess. there are all these huge logs all over the lawn. luckily, i’d already moved my car out of the driveway….otherwise, i would have never gotten out of the house to go to work later.

i should get up and do something productive. there’s lots of wedding crap to be done. but i am lazy. i can’t even get up to go swimming. *sigh*

stumbling around tanked …

holy cow….i haven’t drank this much, well….since i went to montreal….

pete and i went to kate’s last night for half-price nachos. it was cool. we started out with a pitcher of beer, but somehow moved on to mixed drinks. it’s those bacardi and cokes again. yeesh. needless to say, i had quite a few. and i wasn’t able to drive home. oh well. that’s what friends’ couches are for. and friends who don’t let you out the door when they know you can’t go. so it was fine. i just felt tired today. and really thirsty. but at least it was all fun.

i also found out i am going to be an auntie…..one of my cousins is having a baby. unfortunately, she won’t make it for the wedding. but i wish her all the best.

connections …

reunited and it feels so good…..

(okay, not quite reunited. but how can you beat using a peaches and herb reference?)

i’ve been reconnecting with some people lately. and that’s always fun.

i found out james was moving back to spokane and going to gonzaga for grad school. i guess that means he won’t be teaching my brother at father duenas. bummer. i thought that might be kinda cool. but i’m glad i got a hold of him. he’s the hardest person in the universe to get a hold of. it was quite a saga. i hope he gives me his new number and address; otherwise, he’s not getting a wedding invite.

my little cousin jessica found me on IM a few days ago. that was cool. it is kinda weird talking to a 12-year-old though….i don’t know….it made me feel kinda old. but talking to family isn’t a bad thing. the only thing that bothers me is that whole trend where people don’t type in english….you know, using words like “dis” and “ish” and “lub” and “der” and “dat,” etc. it’s english, people. it exists for a reason. i don’t want to have to decipher an IM conversation. my brain is already fried enough (especially when i’m at work).

but the best part is that i finally got a hold of marky mark and the funky lunch. i haven’t talked to him in ages. it turns out the poor kid has tendinitis and had to quit all his piano jobs. how sad. he’s basically relearning how to play the piano again so that he doesn’t further strain his wrists. he’ll still play the wedding though. that’s a relief. but i did feel pretty bad for him since he’s laying off for a year. when your livelihood is curtailed like that, it’s quite a transition. so he says he’s going through his first temp job. ahhh, the life of a starving musician. we did make plans to hang out when i come to LA for elisa’s wedding. we might even take a hip-hop dance class at this famous studio near his house. that would kick ass.

now on to other random things…..

pete found a job. goldey-beacom offered him. i’m happy for him. at least he no longer has to worry about that anymore. he has another offer waiting from the ripken baseball organization, but if that falls through, then at least he had something to fall back on. and goldey is giving him a place to live. we’re probably going to celebrate next week. woohoo. he also wants to take a short road trip to watch some baseball. i’d love to do that — if i could find the time.

i’ve taken a look at some of my friends’ websites and they all kick ass. i need to revamp mine. big-time. but i have no time. or ideas. but i’m jealous. too bad i have 30 million other things to work on. like wedding stuff. it’s getting to be crunch time. i have lots of party favors to take care of. and i have to start thinking of program ideas. sheesh. weddings are so hard. but at least i got all the major stuff done. i even got proofs for my invitations. now it’s all just little details.

okay, i think i’ve wasted enough time at work. i better start doing something productive…

me? delinquent?

i’m such a terrible influence sometimes…..

i had to pick up ed at the airport this afternoon….he’d called me in the morning to tell me his flight wasn’t delayed or anything and that he’d come in around 12:15 or 12:30. but i was sitting at hom around noon when he called, saying he was already there. crap. so i got down to the airport to get him at the curb, and a bunch of other writers were also there commiserating — marcus, don, and randy. as soon as i pulled up, they started applauding. i, being the always-slightly-snide person i am, i flipped them all off. there happened to be this group of ladies sitting right next to where the guys were, and this one lady had a little kid with her and looked totally shocked when i flipped the bird. it was hilarious.

i got out of the car and everyone was giving me all this crap about being late. that was funny. but the look on that mom’s face was priceless.

oh well. decorum is so overrated. that kid will learn how to use his middle finger soon enough….

elisa’s moving adventure.

another really long saturday…sheesh….i’m pretty worn out….

ed left for new york today….so sad….but it also meant i was briefly awake around 6:30 in the morning…and i was kinda tired after that. i also had my usual dance classes today and that made me pretty darn sore. that wasn’t the end of my day though — i drove up to philly right after class to help elisa and matt move to their new place. that was quite an adventure. ben, jodie and michele were there, too, so there was plenty of help around. but matt totally screwed up some guy’s ford focus on his street while he drove the truck out….he practically broke the guy’s side mirror off and put a big scratch on the side of the guy’s car. eventually, the car owner came out and moved his car, but not without exchanging insurance info. poor matt. now he has to pay some guy for his car damage. i don’t know how they got the truck into the tiny street in the first place!

but i was there for a few hours…lots of heavy lifting….and fun trying to get a 10-foot couch upright into the freight elevator. i ended up christening elisa and matt’s shower so i could go straight to work without smelling like a hog. but their apartment is pretty sweet though. it’s on the 27th floor in center city and has a kick-ass view.

but now i am at work and really, really, really, really sore. and i’m throwing a BBQ tomorrow. and i have to go to the 24-hour grocery store to do some shopping after work. and it’s supposed to rain all day tomorrow, so i’ll probably have to move indoors. *sigh*

now off to find some advil….or stretch out or something….

simple things make me happy …

the last couple of days have been kinda chill….i threw a small dinner gathering on tuesday….only candice was able to make it, so we have tons of leftover seafood. but not that it’s a bad thing. it was all good food. but later in the night, neeley and candice left, and ed and i just hung out at home….and played wiffle ball in the house. it was awesome. it was fun. and we didn’t break anything — thank goodness for plastic! it’s awesome that we own our own house, have enough space and don’t have to worry about neighbors while playing wiffle ball. the conclusion? i’m a decent pitcher but i can’t hit to save my life. oh, well. it was a blast, though. and since i haven’t really spent a whole lot of time with ed, it was even more fun.

today, we went and just hung out and did kiddie things again. we went to the batting cages and hit for a bit….again, i suck as a hitter. i also almost got hit by a flying softball. we also played some air hockey and foosball-like hockey….and i lost all five times to ed. i can’t beat him at anything! but i am enjoying my time with him. it’s fun to just mess around. I’m easy to please. i’m so glad he has the week off. but it’s too short. wah.

okay, now back to work….stupid work….if i didn’t have to work overtime, i could be home and hanging out with ed and maybe playing more wiffle ball. oh, well.

dawn and philly.

i went out friday night….up to philly….with dawn….it’s so nice to have someone to hang out in philly with….just nice to go out since i don’t get to very often….i had a great time.

we hung out on south street for a while. i was on a shoe quest. more like a sandal quest. it was sadly, unsuccessful. but the main thing we did was go to the movies and watch fahrenheit 9/11. yikes. what can i say? it was…highly disturbing. and pretty darn brilliant. and so well-made. and as dawn put it, it’s a pretty important movie to see. even if you don’t necessarily believe everything michael moore puts out in the movie, it’s still well-done and riveting and pretty emotional. i feel it’s not really a documentary in the true documentary sense, but it is one hell of an op-ed piece. it’s difficult to watch at times, but i would see it again.

(okay, enough of me being siskel & ebert. oh, wait….one of those guys is dead. oh well.)

after the movie, dawn and i went to this place called tattooed mom….we had some burgers there and they were awesome. dennis and ed joined up with us later. we had a few beers and things and got going around 1:30 a.m. or so.

all in all, a fun night. and a thinking one, too.