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  • Aug. 27, 2012, midnight
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Hello and happy Monday. I can’t believe it’s almost quittin’ time already. Today kinda flew by even though I’m just not as busy lately as I have been previously this time of year. I am getting concerned that I need to be actively pursuing additional options…

Weekend was near perfect. Consisted of the following:

  • Cocktails and snacks with SexyPants (and a tiny tiff about something stupid) and then a movie, Searching for Sugar Man, which was a fascinating documentary about this folk singer, Rodriguez, who made some albums in the 70s in Detroit that never went anywhere here in the US — but were a HUGE sensation in South Africa. Turns out, this guy was about as famous as Elvis or the Beatles in SA!! It turned out to be really interesting and sparked a lot of conversation during our long walk on Saturday morning.
  • Our long walk (9 mi.) with SP and his BFF + wife. I love these walks. It always ends up being Wife of BFF and me walking together while the boys lag behind. I’m glad we have a lot to talk about. Otherwise, they would be torturous walks because it takes us almost 3 hours to walk the lake! BFF’s daughter is getting married next month, and their other two daughters are always doing amazing things, and this couple is SO cool that there are always a million and one things to discuss on these walks. Plus, we get to rib the guys a lot.
  • Some good off-time/alone time/shopping on Saturday afternoon.
  • Mani/Pedi is alllllways a treat and I have started doing them once a month.
  • Went to see Lovely Leah’s new house. Her husband is a homebuilder, and they built this very cool place somewhere around BFE. Was really nice to see them and hang out for a while. Then we went to this little bar and watched a sweet little musical duo (fiddle and guitar). I missed seeing LL. Hadn’t seen her and her hubs since “before”.
  • The long run Sunday morning (9 miler again)
  • Deeeelicious brunch and great convo with SP.
  • Even more delicious 2-hour nap mid-afternoon
  • Errand-running and dinner, not really in that order
  • Lots of sleeeeeep.

    And now we’re back to Monday. Hmmph. But it’s alright. Tonight I’m hanging out, lovin’ on the cat, eatin’ leftovers. I need some alone time. I’m happy with that.

    Tomorrow I’ll have dinner with someone I haven’t seen in years and years. She still works at my old company, and I’m dying to get the scoop. My former employer has been going through HUGE upheaval and I am so curious to hear the latest.

    Funny, while I was out shopping on Saturday afternoon, I spied another (different) woman I used to work and travel with in a home decorating store. She’d recently written to me (after years of silence) on LinkedIn, telling me that she’d been laid off from Old Company, and wanted to see if I could recommend anything to her. I wrote her back quickly and told her I’d be happy to talk with her, but when I saw her, I just wasn’t feeling it. I kinda hid…sorta. As if just turning around with my back to her would help. But she never came up to me (and I have VERY noticeable red hair), so I’m assuming she didn’t see me at all.

    Anway, I hope to find out the scoop tomorrow evening. And hopefully connect and network in other ways as well. This girl I’m meeting has started a blog that’s getting international noteriety and she wants me to contribute! I wish I’d kept up with my blogging. Funny, I haven’t blogged since I got THIS job. So I’m pretty excited to hear about all of her goings on.

    OK. Gotta get out of here for now. Hope to be back with juicier stuff soon!!!

    LOVE you, XO!


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