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wrapping up the evening

March 19th, 2006 | Comments Off | Posted in Friends, Me, Misc., Riley, The 3 Day '06, Work

I go back to work tomorrow after not being in the office for over a week. I can’t say I’m looking forward to it for the simple reason that I always feel behind as it is, but being somewhat MIA for the past 5 business days is going to make me feel like I should take the short bus into work.

Jenny and Stephanie came over for dinner tonight. I ordered pizza. I’m classy like that. I think we must have been slobs, though, because my dog has been eating for the past 10 minutes all around the table. Good for him, I say. Lamb and rice has to get old after a while.
I’ve turned into one of those pet owners. I take my dog everywhere with me. Out to lunch, grocery shopping, a quick run to get anything, and he’s in the car with me. I’m going to take advantage of it while I can, because when summer rolls around, I won’t be able to do it as much. BECAUSE HE’D DIE. I’m a consciounsus vigilant pet owner.

I have to make a salad for a fundraising lunch we’re having at work tomorrow. I’m making Caesar salad. From a bag. Don’t tell. The Cuz gave me a good recipe that I might have to try out at a later date, but when people are paying $10/plate, I feel like I should probably give them something safe. Again with the vigilance. I’m sensing a pattern.

And, finally, for those keeping tabs on my fundraising mission for The 3 Day, I’m up to $1260. Fantastic. That’s over halfway and the walk isn’t even until August. The amazing/scary thing? Our 9 person team has a team goal of $25,000. We were feeling ambitious and upped our original goal by $5000. I think that makes us overachievers. You can help Team Boobylicious overachieve, too.

The honest-to-goodness-last-thing: If you’re local and/or enjoy driving, please keep April 22nd clear on your calendar. It’s a bowling/bingo/boobie-related fundraiser we’re having from 4pm – 11pm. More details to come, but seriously – SAVE THE DATE.

post-birthday excitement

March 19th, 2006 | 4 Comments | Posted in Friends, Me

Two minutes after I dropped $228 at Wal-Mart this afternoon, my bank called to make sure my last five charges were authorized by me. Those charges include $7.52 at Chipotle, a preauthorization at a gas pump in Iowa, $9.48 at the Wal-Mart in Sedalia, MO, and a $50 cash withdrawl.  I don’t know how much more scandolous one can get.

I now have a printer, though. That was exciting. Now I just get to hook it up and take one more trip to find the right paper I need.

I also had a swell birthday brunch today. The people there just happened to be some of the people I’ve had the most fun with this past year, and there’s not much that can go wrong with that. I’ll forget to mention that four of us, known as Team Awesome, stayed for a bit longer with the intentions of getting 86′ed not only from the restaurant, but the suburb we were in. I think we came close, but I had shopping to do. We’ll try harder next time.