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11.13 Weekend Over in These Foolish Things
What a restful weekend. I got home stuff done today and that was a good feeling. Walked-and-talked with Athena this morning, early. Then grocery shopped, made pumpkin/oatmeal/nut breakfast cook...
11.12 Lazing the Weekend in These Foolish Things
OMG. I went to bed super early last night and dreamt something amazing, but I just can’t remember what it was. You know when you have that feeling that you had incredible dreams because you jus...
11.11 Singles Day in These Foolish Things
Well, it’s not Singles Day here in the US, but in China, 11/11 is known as Singles Day, their nation’s Black Friday, or more accurately, Cyber Monday as Alibaba, the Chinese version of Amazon has...
11.10 Buried Alive in These Foolish Things
Again, I don’t really know what to say lately. Work is so GD busy that I’m overwhelmed and I feel like every step I take is one step forward but puts me two back. I can’t get it all done, but ...
11.9 Dumbfounded in These Foolish Things
I really don’t want to talk about it right now.
11.8 Yes, I Know You Want Details in These Foolish Things
…but I’m so tired at night that I’m not sure when I’ll get around to it. Here are a few updates: Vote: I got up extra early this morning because I wanted to drop the dog off at daycare and then ...
11.7 Back at It in These Foolish Things
Flight last night was slightly delayed, but the awesome French pilot made up for lost time and got us back on track and we landed on time! I figured he was French because his name was something ...
11.6 Week End. in These Foolish Things
Sunday afternoon. Almost time to head to the airport. Today’s been slow and I probably should have either gotten an earlier flight (but who knew?) or napped or slept later today. But my friend ...
11.5 So Tired in These Foolish Things
It’s after the football game and I’ve met crazy x-roomie and other girls from my former flag corps days. It’s been a long, long day that started at around 7 with getting ready and saying goodbye...
11.4 Windy Roads! in These Foolish Things
Oh! So Elaine says I need to fill you in on all of our day drinking yesterday! NO…in case you’re wondering, we DID NOT DRINK AND DRIVE!! We had tons of fun yesterday exploring the little downto...
11.3 Here in These Foolish Things
Elaine and I are here in Tennessee and we are having a great time…I arrived kind of late last night and she picked me up at the airport. We found this really cool speakeasy and had a couple of co...
11.2 Love the Egg You're In in These Foolish Things
I got one of those inspirational emails from one of those inspirational websites that you sign up for when you’re feeling blue and you want some inspiration in your inbox, you know? I do a lot of...
11.1 Where Are the Prompts? in These Foolish Things
Gonna try to write an entry a day again this year. I don’t know where the prompts are, but I’m just going to tap out an entry because I’m procrastinating packing for my trip that starts tomorrow...
Ten Things for Thursday in These Foolish Things
Birthday was yesterday and it was pretty uneventful by design. I knew I was going to have a super stressful day at work with all of the stuff going on (and now I only have half a staff). Much...
Fuck it All.* in These Foolish Things
The Tree’s been chopped, so there goes that. And after texting the new Tinder prospect for a good part of the weekend, I didn’t hear from him after late Sunday morning. So I thought I’d confirm ...
Weird Weekend Wrap-Up in These Foolish Things
Oh hi. I’m just sitting here on my computer doing WORK stuff. Yeah, I was supposed to work on a spreadsheet over the weekend that has all of my strategies for the next two quarters, and guess w...
Hyper-Analysis! in These Foolish Things
I wonder if anyone’s ever analyzed ME as much as I have analyzed certain guys in my journaling? It’s embarrassing that I spend so much energy on someone who seems to have such low interest in me...
What Wood You Think? in These Foolish Things
So, when I last wrote about the Tree, we’d talked on Saturday about the fact that he wouldn’t dare pursue others after kissing me and that he wasn’t much of a phone talker and that it’s much bett...
Updates on Various in These Foolish Things
Work: End of the workday on Wednesday. I’m just D.O.N.E. The last two days have been the longest two days I’ve had in a long time - back to back meetings, hours and hours of presentations to p...
The Tree Reaches Out in These Foolish Things
I’m not sure if The Tree has read this journal or if he has finally read my mind. After blowing me off for a sickness that I’m still not sure ever happened and not really getting back to me on ...
RAD: The Eccentric in These Foolish Things
Name: ‘Ric (short for Eccentric) Age: 50. That’s more like it. Status: Single. I believe he said he never married, but we’ll get to that. No kids, but his dog situation is a lot like mine in t...
A Tree, a Futhermucker, and Other Motherfuckers, Part 3 in These Foolish Things
More stories about my recent forays into dating… After my date on Saturday night with The Tree, I took Sunday off from dating, Tindering, all of that stuff. I was pretty saturated after two date...
A Tree, a Futhermucker, and Other Motherfuckers, Part 2 in These Foolish Things
Part 2 in the dating series… Last Saturday night was The Tree’s turn at a date! If you remember, I’d gotten a funny feeling about the guy perhaps stringing me along. Previously, we’d gone on ...
A Tree, a Futhermucker, and Other Motherfuckers, Part 1 in These Foolish Things
…Because dating can turn into a full-time gig if you’re not careful. Let’s start with Friday night, shall we? Earlier in the week I’d had an amazing date with someone I named Futhermucker (becau...
Champagne Campaign, Day 6 in These Foolish Things
Part 6 in a series of my trip to Paris and the Champagne region of France. You can find the earlier days in previous entries… Day 6, Paris: Once again, had to wake early enough to make sure I m...
