Ugh, you guys. I’m woefully behind on my entry writing and even farther behind on my entry reading…and even waaaaay farther behind on my noting. Sorry!
What have I been up to, you ask? Oh. Not much. How about I bullet this puppy?
Last we left off I was on my way to my biz trip. It was a good trip, for sure, and I had great meetings and got some excellent networking, but I also broke my front tooth (well, the veneer on one of my front teeth) and that put a HUGE damper on the whole experience. The strange thing is, I was eating NOODLES of all things (the softest food known to mankind) and a large corner of my veneer broke off, making me a snaggle tooth, but also permitting me to pop it back in like a puzzle piece. The unfortunate thing is, the puzzle piece didn’t stay in place for long - even with a couple of different kinds of dental glue! I white knuckled my way through my meetings and on the last evening I drank to excess to forget my woes.
First night (pre-tooth break) was the networking event. I met up with the old designer I’d met last year. It was fun. But not fun fun like last year. Honestly, after we met and started hanging out I got to thinking that it was not super fun fun last year either, but I’m still glad we went. There was a cocktail hour down in an outdoor courtyard with booze and food and live music and fire pits. Designer and I sat close to the fire and the wind kept shifting and blowing smoke all over us. We then went to one of the suites for an ‘afterparty’ of sorts. I suppose this is THE place to be for this particular show, and it was actually very, very fun. Catered by very creative folks, they had adult milkshakes, japanese beef brisket and polenta in a coupe among other things...and of course, champagne! Also had one of those silly photo booths. Designer and I had pictures made but they turned out weird. I also got to super sleuth all of their trend boards and snuck photos of product. Wasn’t really that sneaky as this was a party to showcase all of their product, but I still felt like a stalker as I’m not one of their customers. Called it a night when people started to act drunk and Designer walked me to my rental car. That’s where it got weird as he walked with his hand on the small of my back as if we were on a date. I was sooooo afraid he was going to try to kiss me when we got to my car. Thankfully, he did not. Drove back to my haunted hotel (see next bullet point!).
So, I stayed in an old haunted hotel during this trip, which was so exciting to me. You know I love old buildings with history and stories. When I checked in I asked the woman at the front desk if I was staying in a haunted room and she told me that I was staying next door to a haunted room...which, I suppose is better because I could maybe shut my door on the ghosts??? Who knows. What I DO know is that the hotel does a wine and cheese happy hour at 7pm and on the second night I was feeling so terrible about my tooth that I decided to drink about it so as not to think about it. And wouldn’t you know that a handsome stranger (just ONE, mind you, the only other guest that I could find) decided to sit and drink with me in the hotel’s small and intimate lobby. In the end, I was schnockered and barely remember going to the bathroom and don’t remember at all how we said our goodbyes, but I do remember laughing with him, my tooth falling out a couple of times (ack!!!), him searching for and finding the chicklet chip on the FLOOR (double aaaacckk!), him telling me about his separation (aaaaacccckkkk!), and then riding up the creaky old elevator with one of those sliding cage doors (solo? I *think* so)!! It was crazy! Did he slip me a mickey? I don’t know! All I know is I woke up alone and missing half a tooth!
Meetings during this trip were extremely stressful because I didn’t know when my damn chip was gonna fall out or if it would hold on until I’d get out! I had to take it out to eat and drink and I was SO happy that none of my vendors had invited me out to lunch and/or dinner because I really couldn’t do any of that. And I know you’re wondering why I’d drink with that guy in the hotel lobby? Well, I just figured I’d never see him again and didn’t give a shit about him. Snagglepuss and all!
Oh, and boss was an extreme cock during this trip. Are you surprised? At one point, he texted me around 11pm and asked, “Are you awake?” I was….but I didn’t answer until morning, saying, “I am now.” Luckily I didn’t answer until morning because he immediately wanted a conference call! Geez. It’s a fucking *test* I tell you. I mean, seriously. It would be one thing if I were a director at the VERY least - an important person. But I’m NOT! And he acts as if I’m his fucking on-call secretary while he’s over in China fucking up my projects. End rant. For now. I may just have to quit before he gets back to fire me. Heh.
Because I was having so many issues, I ended up having to stay close to the hotel on Wednesday morning before I checked out of the hotel. I got to FaceTime with The Scot for a little while and he made me laugh and laugh. Thankfully, the tooth-piece corner somehow stayed in place until we got off our phones. I don’t know how he does it, but we’ve even made a joke of his jokes. He actually makes me pre-laugh before I even hear his punchlines. I can’t wait to meet him. I have so many millions of thoughts about this man. I don’t know if I should do it before we meet, but I have this whole laundry list of things that I think about him...mostly very good things, but there are some things that worry me, of course. But I really should cross those bridges when I get to them, right? First things first, we meet in New York!
Thank GOD my dentist could get me in first thing in the morning on Thursday. I am actually so very thankful for the total stranger who shifted his/her time around so I could get in to see the dentist! That’s the good news. The BAD news is that instead of getting another porcelain veneer put on my sliver of what’s left of my tooth, I had to get a FUCKING CROWN!! Waaaaaahhhh! I now have a total fakey capped front tooth! That freaks me out as well, but I think I understand that this thing should last me a whole lot longer than the veneer….right? Please tell me I’m right! I think I was in such shock at the dentists that I forgot to ask! But the bottom line is, I can smile and talk again without wondering if I’m going to spit out a chunk of a tooth. AND it looks really good. Well, it’s a temporary crown right now and even though the dentist tells me that there are limitations on the colors you can make the temporary crowns and mine doesn’t quite match my other teeth, I DON’T CARE! I have a tooth where a tooth should be and that makes me happy!
So yeah, I spent a good three hours at the dentist’s office yesterday in order to get my smile back and then today I had my Botox appointment (which I called a 'doctors appointment' because it was at the doctor’s office, right?). So I’ve been super vain the past couple of days, but what I can I do??? I was falling apart! Next on my list is a fresh haircut and some cute new winter clothes so I can meet this hot Scottish man in New York Ci-tay!!
Never heard anything back from Wine-ish after the disastrous date last Saturday when Boss was blowing up my phone during the movies. But I’m totally fine with that. Raincheck man from last week came back, to my surprise, but I never followed up on that one. It’s pretty clear that nothing’s really gonna happen with my love life until New Year’s Eve. And even that’s a risk. Don’t get me wrong, I’m THRILLED about this ...and I’m VERY happy to be taking this risk. But I do need to get more out...and soon.
Right now I’m super tired and need to cali it a day.
Let the weekend begin by going to sleep!!
xox,
GS
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