Indy 500

Danica - you rock!!!!!!!!!

ESP

I was just in such a funk yesterday (see yesterday's posting), just feeling all discontent and just blah... Well, I think what was actually going on was that I felt like something was wrong but didn't know what it was. Well... on my way home I figured it out.

I left work a bit early cause I wanted to go workout and if you get to the place later than say 5:30 you can just forget about getting a machine for a while! So I left around 4, went to the el stop and ended up having to wait like 25 minutes for my train to come! So finally got on the train and it was having all kinds of mechanical problems. Kept stopping and standing, the conductor had to get off several times and check things out. Took me forever to get home. I bet I could have gotten to his place in the burbs quicker than that.

So anyway, one stop before my stop it just sort of hit me ... "Oh my god, I forgot my keys, I am locked out of my apartment!" I don't know why it struck me so I started madly going thru my bag and no keys. So I'm like freaking out. He has my spare key and, of course, he's out of town on business this week!!! So then I thought, wait a minute, I do have a key with me cause I always keep one sort of hidden in the side of my purse so I have one with me just in case. Well, that didn't pan out either cause I had switched purses this past weekend for something more casual and summery and, of course, didn't put my key in it! Auugghh!! So like I said, freaking out. So I thought well, I'm going to just call my sister and see if I can come over and crash at her place cause I'm not going to call the landlord and pay the $125 lockout fee! ($125 when every other place I have ever lived is $30 at most!!) So this would have been easy enough except 1) for like the first time in months I forgot to take my cell phone to work; yep, I think it was just one of those days! and 2) I knew my sister was out with friends after work and no idea of where they were or when they would be back.The curse of the modern age is that everything is so convenient right down to saving people's phone numbers on your cell and not having to remember them anymore! Well, this is me. I think the only numbers I know by heart anymore are my parents, my grandparents, and a few friends' parents back home when I used to call my friends years and years ago. Kind of stupid, right? So... I had to call information to get my sister's number. Problem was, pay phones are few and far between these days. The first two I found didn't work and the third one didn't work to call information so I had to call the operator and charge my calls to information on a credit card!! Anyway, I thought maybe my sister's roommate would be there but no such luck so I left them a message saying I wasn't sure what I was going to do or where I was going to go but I would call them later. Then I tried calling my mom (although I didn't really want to) to get my sister's cell phone number. Mom didn't answer and I didn't leave her a message. Then I had to call information of where he was working cause I really just wanted to cry to him. Got thru to the hotel but he wasn't in his room so I left this long weepy message for him.So here I am just roaming around Chicago trying to decide what to do. I was getting kind of hungry so went to Burger King and had some dinner and just sort of hung for a while. I wanted to waste some more time to allow everyone to get home so I took a walk to Walgreen's to pick up some contact solution. I figured no matter where I ended up staying that was really the only thing I was lacking that I needed cause I actually had clean clothes with me because of my plan to go workout. So after that walked back to the payphone. Tried to call him again and still no answer. By this time I had calmed down a lot because I had decided if I couldn't locate my sis worst case was I could probably take the train out to his place and as long as his roommate was there I could walk over there and just stay in his room that night. It would have been kind of weird but I was running out of options. So when it was a no-go with talking to him I decided to walk home and just sit outside on my deck and try and waste more time. I got there, grabbed my mail when I heard someone behind me call my name. It was my sister and she had driven over cause she had gotten my message - thank god!! She had decided not to stay out as long with her friends as she had planned so good....

So just went back to her place, watched TV, crashed on her couch, quick shower this morning, clean shirt and to work a little bit early. So now my plans are to take off work a little early today, around 3ish, catch the train to his work, hang there for a while cause he has some stuff to do and then we will drive to my place so he can let me in and I can pack up all of the stuff I need for our weekend away. Then we'll just go down to his place for the night. Then maybe I can finally relax!!!!He's a sweetheart for going out of his way for me. He was really worried about me when I finally was able to reach him. He said that he was just going to come home last night when he technically wasn't done. Would have been nice of him to do but I'm glad he didn't have to end up doing that. Would have hated to get him in trouble but I know he would have thought it was worth it.I'm sure from now on I'm going to be super paranoid about keys and phone but at least I won't get in this jam again!!

PMS

Man it is just one of those days!

The latest

So last night I met up with my sister for an early birthday dinner with her. Her birthday is May 31 but I will be out of town (visiting our parents and going to the Indy 500) and then she has to go to San Francisco for business. So we did it a little early this year. Anyway, gave her her gift which was the DVD's of Season 6 "Sex In The City" and this perfume she wanted. She liked both things. Then we headed out for dinner at Joey's Brickhouse - great food!! They are also known for their flavored Long Island ice teas which were just awesome. 24 ounces so I could only drink one ; ) Then we went to this place called Anthony's for Italian ice which was also good. After that went back to her place for a while and then I called it a night. Went home and watched "Rob and Amber Get Married" and I am embarrassed to say that I teared up a couple of times - LOL!

Cool!

I wrote the author of this story I found on the net and he actually wrote back!! : ) (Yikes! It's even a Canadian website!)

Hi Melissa.
Thanks for the email and the kind words.

Like you, I would love to see the White Sox make it to the World Series.

Al Maki

From: Melissa [mailto:mxxxxxxx@xxxx.com]
Sent: Tue 5/24/2005 10:40 AM
To: Maki, Allan
Subject: White Sox could use a good curse

LOVE your column today! One of the most entertaining I have read in awhile!

Go SOX!!

- Melissa

To the mocking Cubs fans at yesterday's Cubs-Sox game...

Especially the two fools in our section at the end of the aisle... Yeah, it was super funny of you to mock our Paul-ee Paul-ee cheer when you guys did something well or we got an out. Ha ha! How very clever of you. Just remember one thing, we will still be doing that cheer come October while ya'll are home watching Survivor 23.

Thanks a bunch! Enjoy the season and your sink into the abyss.

Darth Vader ain't so scary anymore ...

... now that I know he did the whole thing for a chick!!

Shah... my dad told me this years ago... this is not news!!

Good guys wear .... Red??

Dad would say, case and point...

Indiana Hoosiers basketball

His hometown Carlisle Indians, back in the day

AJ Foyt used to always drive a red car (coyote orange!)

And, despite what he might say, my dad was a bit of a St. Louis Cardinals fan back in the 80s so...

Well .... it could be worse ....

This copied today to me from one of my friends to her ex-boyfriend (and yikes! she copied his mom on it too):

"I have tried to be your friend, and that was my mistake. I wish you and your family nothing but happiness. Good luck with your job search and trying to make something of your life.

I wish to no longer hear from you, either via telephone, e-mail, or even in person. I have notified building security and my employer of everything that has transpired, since the night you tried to pound in my door. Security has a picture of you, as well as your home address, phone numbers & e-mail address. If you continue to call me, I will go to the police here in Chicago, as well as in Brookfield, and even in Burr Ridge, to file a report for phone harassment. If you show up here, you'll be arrested for trespassing."

Have you ever noticed...

... that Starbucks no longer has the little bottles of flavored powders, etc. that you can put in your own drink on the counter? At least not the one I go to... I don't know, maybe the smaller stores discontinued them or something... We used to put cinnamon in our Frappuccinos in college.

Just a random thought but thats what this blog is for!!

Oh my GOD - they are serious!!

BushFish

Very cool...

You can now get Amber Alerts on your cell phone. I went ahead and signed up for this. Cool service which might allow us to help someone out. Can't hurt especially if you have a package on your cell phone for unlimited text messages!

Welcome to the dark side...

From my friend Steve tonight at the Sox game:

"They are good. This isn't like watching the Cubs at all."

LOL! Love it!

Zellweger-Chesney

I like this couple!

Sweating the small stuff ... or not...

When someone you love does something that is not necessarily bad but you feel is wrong and goes against your beliefs... and they know your beliefs ... what do you do about it? Do you take up the issue with them or just let it slide?What if you're really bothered by it? What if the person tells you that they will never do this thing again? Should you just believe them and let it go, knowing that they might not necessarily be telling you the *exact* truth?Is it worth duking it out over something that in the general scheme of things doesn't matter all that much? Won't that cause more harm than good?

Somehow I walked into McDonald's for lunch today. I don't know why I did that. Oh well ... I had the Chicken McNuggets so hopefully it wasn't as bad as a greasy cheeseburger but somehow I doubt that. And, they're advertising that they're now made with white meat. Yeah, OK, tasted the same to me. I wanted to walk around a little bit at lunch but it is just so cold out so I didn't make it far. Not sure how I'll get home tonight. I want to try and walk because its good exercise but its just so cold. Well, I do get to leave at 3:30 today because I worked the early shift so maybe it won't be as cold then as it is at 5 pm these days.

It was fairly nuts here at work this morning. We had a ton of calls coming in - not sure why. Anyway I think I got everything handled pretty well so that is good.

I'm thinking about working more on my family tree project but I don't know how or when. Its just so time consuming. I was all gungho on it last year because I was trying to get it completed for my dad but now I'm just sort of lagging. I also would like some new software - something fancier - but I'm not sure what. If anyone works with genealogy and has any ideas, let me know. I specifically want something that will make its own website. When I think of all the updates I need to do, I just don't want to think about it.

I think I finally have all of my Christmas cards done, now all I need to do is mail them. I'll have to do that tonight. I haven't stopped by my own mail box in a long time so I need to do that, plus I have some packages that have been sitting at the cleaner's for a long time that I need to pick up. Yeah, I really need to do that, hope they're still there. You would think it would be so easy just to stop by and get them but when I get home I'm just in the mood to run upstairs and chill so I don't think about it much. That is something I most definitely HAVE to do today.

I think that is about it for now. Think of me freezing my butt off on my walk home around 3:30 this afternoon - a whole 2 miles! I don't know, maybe I'll give in and just take the bus, although, at that time, there is not one with a decent schedule running for me.

Just stopping by in an attempt to place some kind of entry. Lets see... what do I have to tell you?

So last night I went home and worked out right away which was something I hadn't done in forever. I have been so lazy lately.

Yeah so then I probably negated the workout by partaking in some yummy Thanksgiving leftovers. Hey - its Thanksgiving, what else are you supposed to do? They were good though!

Work today was pretty good. Sort of slow, sort of not. Those days aren't so bad. I was on an email shift here this afternoon like I was yesterday. I like those - I get a lot accomplished!

I think that is all I can tell you right now. Its getting pretty cold out. I got an email from my friend Adrienne in Boston earlier today and I guess the weather is really crappy out there with snow and ice. We haven't had much of that yet but it has been cold. I had the heat on for several hours last night and thats not like me. I'm the sort of girl who keeps the window open when its 10 below.

I figured I better get my entry for today taken care of before I have to take off here. Rumor is they are letting us leave early today. I got here sort of early so I'm planning on leaving anyway.

So.... I got most of the things accomplished last night which I had planned on. I went to the store and bought my makings for the things I plan to make tonight and I did my laundry. I do still need to go back to the store and pick up a couple of things. I'm making a spinach dip appetizer so I need some dipping bread. And I'm also making muffins for breakfast on Friday so I need some of those paper liners to make them in. All they had was foil and I think they turn out differently in paper but maybe thats just me. The store didn't have paper so now I need to go to the other store. The only thing is is that I hope I make it back to the store in time tonight after I get my hair done and before they close. Don't stores usually stay open a little later the night before Thanksgiving? Down home they do. I'm not sure if they do here or not. Well, worst case I think I can make the muffins without the liners and I pick up a box of crackers or something from a convenience store for the spinach dip. I would prefer not doing either one of these but if thats how it turns out, oh well. I keep thinking that I should have my hair completed by then but those highlights take a long time especially when they do a whole head which I'm getting done tonight because I haven't had a whole in months.

So they're letting us go here in a half hour which is good. I think I will have time to walk home, take care of everything I need to do there and then head off to get my hair done. You know I've been thinking about getting my ears pierced. Really. I want diamond earrings. How stupid is that? I just want to get my ears pierced so I can wear diamond earrings.

So I think that is what it will be... walk home, run errands, walk to the hair place. What else am I forgetting, there has to be something??

After hair tonight I'll probably try to finish up the apartment... Went to the bank today so I think I have enough money for my hair and all of the stuff I'm doing this weekend. Actually, I can't really think of much of anything I'll need to pay for this weekend but we might go out with my cousins so we shall see. It will be interesting to see everyone. I need this little vacation. I still have a half vacation day I need to take before the year is out, I guess I'll do that sometime in December. I don't have anything in particular planned but its one of those "use it or lose it" types of vacation plans here.

I've realized I'm just rambling and as I cannot think of anything else of much substance to tell you about I guess I will now say goodbye.

Well, just got back from getting my nails done during my lunch hour. I thought I was just going to get a fill but I guess they were in pretty bad shape so he yanked them all and started new. My nails were long though so he only had to put a tip on one. Anyway, that is much better. I got like a deep red color on them. They look pretty good. Tomorrow I have highlights, a hair cut and an eyebrow wax at Mario Tricoci. I'm so busy these days! Tonight I finally need to pick up my ingrediants for what I am planning to make for Thanksgiving and also do some laundry. I hope I can get all of this done. I'm running a little low on funds right now, I'll definitely need to go to the bank tomorrow.

So the big event last night was watching the series finale of Joe Millionaire on TV. I guess this one just wasn't as popular as the last one but nevertheless I caught every episode.

I've totally blown off Average Joe. That show sucks more than Joe Millionaire. How predictable that they now bring in the "good looking" guys. Gag - what a twist. Who spent hours coming up with this concept? I heard they shot two series of this show at the same time so this thing isn't going to end up just going away after this time around.

So what else ... had Subway for dinner last night and it looks like that is what is in store for dinner for me tonight as I went off and left the other half of my sub at home again. Thats fine with me, I didn't really eat lunch today because I went out for the nails and I get off early today because I worked the 7 am shift. So I guess I'll just have an early dinner/late lunch. We'll see how all of this fits in with everything else I need to do.

Still getting my plans together with my sister for Thanksgiving. We're also trying to share our "Christmas lists". I have no idea what I'm going to get her.

I don't know, maybe I need to get a snack or something because I'm a little hungry. Maybe Starbucks...

Yes, I am back! No, I am not going to give you an update on the last week and a half of my life. I guess we can start at the weekend but the weekend was very very low key for some reason.

Anyway, back to Wednesday, went out for drinks with my co-workers. I hadn't planned on staying very long but 5 margaritas into the night ... you know what I mean. It was a fun time. I walked home after and called all of these people on my cell phone that I hadn't talked to in a long time. I talked to my friend Jennifer in Texas for 20 minutes. Thats what cell phones will get you - drunk dials on walks home. I also called my friend Adrienne and left here a message but I haven't heard back from her yet. I would like to. Just sent her an email!

OK, well Thursday after work I went over to my sister's place because we wanted to stop by Trader Joe's which is a neat grocery store place that we had never been to before. We picked up a few food items and stuff like wine for Thanksgiving. Its a pretty cool place. After that we stopped by Quiznos to pick up some sandwiches for dinner and then went back to her apartment and hung out and watched Friends. It was pretty fun.

Sunday had pizza for brunch - yum!! ; ) And then even more hanging out.