Surprise Me

Since I have been a little sick recently, BF decided to play it low key and surprise me with our plans tonight. I don't usually like surprises, but I kinda trust him, so It was totally cool. Also I was sick and on drugs so I was just happy to not have to think. I like not thinking. So if you are reading this, plan away my friend. Just tell me what to wear and when to be ready..
The original plan, pre-sick was City things. Tree lighting, pottery, windows etc.. But I was totally not up for it.
Instead, he picked me up, and we did something I have always wanted to do.. BUILD A BEAR!
He is this cute little soft thing. We named him Stud Bear and he has cute little grey boxer briefs. They didn't have a wife beater or we would have given him one too. He is 15 inches and 12 ounces. Did I mention cuddly and soft? I was soooooooooo excited, in fact I still am! Then we ate and came home. It was so chill and nice. Probably one of the best dates I have ever been on :-)

What was I thinking?

I started to apply to take the CT bar in February today. What was I thinking? This thing is worse than NJ. I have to do all the same stuff that I am doing now to get admitted to NY. It's insane! Then I have to study for the G-d forsaken thing!
So I took 4 hours this morning and got it all done and organized so I don't have to do two trips places.
I decide to do all the Long Island Employers today.
So I call the Referee and we make an apt at 4.
Then I call the ADA and it turns out she be on maternity leave. Already not a good situation.
So I go and they say I can drop off the forms. I know they will never get back to me, but what can I do?
Then I go meet with the Referee. Now I used to work in the Matrimonial Center, which is nice speak for divorce Court. It was bad enough when I was there to see my friends parents in a hearing, but today as I was waiting, I saw one of my old bosses. He was totally nice and fine, but I have to admit it was awkward.
So I gave the referee the forms, and he is filling them out. Its like 6 pages. And they have to be notarized. Eventually we get it all done.
It was exhausting, so I go to the Mall :-)
I bought some stuff for me, and I got a gift for my mom. Little did I know I would be visiting the Mall twice that day...

Special Tissues*

Morning
I started my day by once again trying my hand at teaching. Today was first grade. So much different than kindergarten. I had been warned before that they were a handful. WOW are they INSANE! I had 7 kids. Just seven little 5/6 year olds. Man can they make noise! I really didn't want to yell, but I had no choice. I used every trick I could think of. No snack, less recess, telling the real teacher, no stickers. Nothing worked long term. Short term sure... This was classic substitute behavior. I did manage to get through the whole lesson that the teacher left for me, even with some time to spare. But not with my sanity in tact.
Another teacher came in to borrow construction paper (which because I was the sub I had no idea where it was) and my kids chose that moment to begin jumping off the walls. Suffice it it to say, I think they scared her away and I was not bothered after that.
One kid stuck everything up his nose, and another stole another's new calculator pencil case and markers. Now it has probably been a while for most of you, but in first grade markers and calculator pencil cases are the big Sh!@. Let's just say I am happy to report we are all alive at the end of the day.
I am not totally against teaching, I just have a lot more respect for teachers, and I probably need more training. At the end, when I went to tell the director about the stealing, another teacher whose classroom was next door (the whole time I was telling the children, that its embarrassing that I have to yell at them and the nursery next door makes no noise) and I thought she thought I was torturing them, said to me that she was sorry for me. She heard the noise and thought that they were killing me, but she was afraid to come in. Kinda tells you something no?

Afternoon
I started feeling sick yesterday. I think I have a sinus thing. So I went to the drugstore after work. I got Advil Cold and Sinus my wonder drug, special tissues (bc my nose was about to fall off, have you ever used school tissues for two days straight? not pretty) and ginger ale. Tonight I plan on taking some Nyquill and waking up all better. But I am/ was sooooooooooooo bored. There is only so much I can sleep. And my eyes hurt too much to read or watch TV for long periods of time. So sad.

Tomorrow night BF and I are supposed to have our 2nd official date. He e-mailed me, but I was either on drugs or he was because it did not make sense. So when I know what's going on I will share with you.

Meanwhile, I am not the only one with interesting teaching stories. Nacho also teaches. She gets them at the other end of the spectrum. She teaches High School. Today I get a text message from her saying the following, "One of my students got a 69 on his test. He came up to me after and asked if that was a good, because it was a good number for something else" Now she teaches in private school. What kind of child says that to his teacher? As I told her, it is never a dull day with her.

*For those of you who read Aaron Karo, GET YOUR MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER. And for those of you with sick minds all by yourself, I can not help you anymore.

Morah Me

Today was my first day subbing. I was an assistant with Kindergarten. I had 15 lil people. And may I say they were way cute. I kinda liked teaching. It was hard, and a long day, but still really nice. The only thing I didn't like was how it ruined my manicure ;-) and I got glue all over me.
Tomorrow I do first grade, all by myself. I hope I survive them, supposedly they are terrors.

Weekend Re-cap:
Sat night I dragged the BF to see Rent with me, Shan, Marylou, Nacho, and assorted other peeps. He be a republican, so I didn't think he would like it, but since High school we've [the girls] been rent freaks. I offered him the option not to come, but since he is the bestest BF ever, of course he came. The music he said wasn't bad but, story not so much. It's ok, when I dragged the family to the B'way show, my dad and bro left so he is in good company.
Then we went out to pizza, there were like 13 of us, and I really thought they were going to re-enact scenes from Rent, (some of them did). It was interesting. I had a blast from the past walk in. And then BF drove me home. Because he's the best!
As a reward I watched the football with him Sunday, even though he lost and is out of the pool I think we had fun.
Then to top it off I had din with his family. For the first time. At his house. Now, I don't like eating on fist dates or with people I don't know, so can you imagine my nervousness at this??? I think it went pretty well. In fact I'd venture to say I had a good time. I am hanging out with them again next Sunday... (stay tuned for that story) And then his mom decided to feed my shopping habit with an invite to a sample sale! I am going to take my mom. I don't think I am on the level of shopping with his parents solo yet...
Supposedly his sis likes me, but I don't think I said a full sentence to her. (I wasn't rude we just had nothing to talk about) I didn't spill or do anything like that. In fact I ate very little, but enough so that it didn't look like I wasn't eating. All in all I think it was ok. Of course him being a guy, I got no feedback whatsoever! Oh well..

Tonight I hang and learn with the Nacho... Always fun times.

The Plan

The plan was for everyone to come somewhat on time and at the same time...

The plan was to wear a skirt that was not elastic and somewhat tight, with little room to avoid the over eating that usually occurs...

The plan was to night pre-fight this year...

The plan was to use paper so as to not be up ill midnight cleaning...

What actually happened...
-People came like and hour late, and some really late. So the turkey was room temperature but still great. You would think we would learn by now.
- I ate so much I had to put on a zip up hoodie to cover my new "belly" but this morning I didn't feel that bad, so it must have worked a little. Plus I drank like a camel in the dessert. The water helped. I also went back my usual diet (not the LB diet) and I should be fine in a few days.
-As usual my Mom and I freaked out that we wouldn't have enough food, so when my dad and bro's got antsy and hungry and wanted to "sample" we didn't let them and a fight occurred. Of course we have more than enough left over (see left over table pic below)
-Ok so we were done cleaning at like 11:15 but it seemed to drag on forever this year. Even though we got so good at it.. Its ok maybe next year we will hire someone :-) (hey a girl can dream)

Our leftover table....

Yeah, we will be eating for a while....

TURKEY DAY!

Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays at my house. My Mom's whole family comes over. And since most of them are married with kids its really fun.
This year its my "Aunt and Uncle" [my mom is an only child, but her cousins that grew up with her like brothers, I call uncle...] with their three kids. And each of them has kids. The oldest has 3 kids, 2 girls and a boy. The middle has two boys and the youngest one boy. So that's 4 boys and 2 girls all under the age of 7. Plus my other assorted cousins and relatives. Its about 20-30 people. We really never know who will show up. But some things are a given. My "Aunt" will always send flowers. My cousin Julia will come late. The food will plentiful, and no one will go hungry. Not even my vegetarian cousin.

This year's menu is: (In no particular order)
Sweet and spicy nuts (for the early birds)
Turkey with stuffing (my favorite)
Cranberry sauce (must be from a can or my "unlce" won't touch it)
Sweet potatos with fluff (we fight every year who gets to spread the fluff)
London Broil
Brisket
Beef and Cabbage (it's hungarian, and my favorite, tastes better than it sounds)
Chicken Scampi
Pesto Chicken
Caulifower bake
Roasted String beans
Apple Cranberry Torte
Zuchini with sundried tomatoes
Salsa Salad
Cabbage Salad
Chick pea salad
Carrot Soufle
Wild rice with cranberries
Tomato Rice
Corn bread
(I am sure I am missing something)

Dessert: (if you can still eat)
Fruit
Blondies
Brownies
White choc chip pie (this was my birthday pie, its yummy becuase we make it in oreo crust)
Hot apple cobbler
Pecan Pie
Pumpkin Pie
(And every year even though we tell her not to, my "Aunt" brings pumpkin bread)
Chocolate/candies
Nuts again

I write now, becuase at the end of this whole affair I am lucky I can make it into the correct bed. But I really have a blast.

Before I go, things I am thankful for, other than the obvious, health and family.
*Passing the NY bar
*Me coming to my senses re: BC
*Amazing friends!!!
*Grey's Anatomy
*Shoe sales :-)

What are you thankful for?

Real First Date

It took a month ( I know!) but BF and I finally had a real first date. That's not to say we haven't hung out, we have but nothing really date like.

This was fun. We went to see the Balloons for the parade being blown up. He came to me and we trained it on the LIRR since traffic would have killed us. We didn't kill each other and we had what to speak of. I think it was a pretty good first date. I think we are going to go out again :-) We took a camera,and it was nice.
Here is some of what we saw...

(Spongebob, Mr Potato Head, and I love spanish TV!)

After, we went out to eat. It was part of a little wager. BF thinks the best schwarma (turkey cooked on a flame in a pita) is in KD, I however, think it is in Alibaba. So we arranged a taste test. Last week, with Ray I had Alibaba, so last night we had KD. He thinks KD still and I still think Alibaba, hands down no question. My reasons being a) The meat is better at Alibaba, its spicier and better. b) it doesn't fall apart like at KD c) Better condiments (i.e. Humus and Charif INSIDE) In short its the real deal. But we agreed to disagree.

All this talk about food is reminding me about thanksgiving.

We do it up right- food, TV, Family, food :-)

GOBBLE GOBBLE, and Happy thanksgiving.

Umbrella Wars

The City, (Manhattan for you "out of twoners") in the rain. Nuff said.

Are there umbrella rules? If not I think there should be. Have you ever walked in the City in the rain?

First of all, I think NY'ers must be the most prepared people on earth. You can be strolling down the street, clear as day. Boom a drop and all of sudden Shoooom everyone whips out umbrellas. Its amazing.
So now the already crowded sidewalks with people, have umbrellas as well.
I can not count how many times I got poked, injured or shoved due to an umbrella.
I am 5"2 (ok ok 5"1) basically I am short. So there is only so far I can lift the umbrella. If you are 5"5 or higher, chances are my umbrella will poke you. When you see me, the short person with the umbrella coming, MOVE. I cant see you, I am short, and the umbrella obscures my view. Taller people have the obligation to lift the umbrella when you are in that weird umbrella limbo.
It makes the most sense.
Also, due to my size I have a small umbrella.
What's with the jumbo clown car size umbrellas? How many people do you anticipate providing shelter for in the rain? I think size should be proportional to body. Small people= small umbrella. Larger individuals= larger umbrella.
It makes sense.

Iin short, I got wet and poked a lot between last night and today [due to the rain and umbrella issues, get your minds out of the gutters people!], and am I sick of it! Obide by the unspoken Umbrella Rules!

Sunshine in my day
My friend Sig got tkts to see Ellen in NY. We made it in barely, and it was fun. It airs tomorrow, Wed Nov 23rd. The guests were Matt Lauer (sp?) and the SNL women. It was ok. And we got an audience gift! So look for me in the back row. I am wearing a light blue sweater.

Last night Me, Shan, Michael and Marylou tried to get into the screening of Rent. Damn line cutters, so we didn't get in, but I think were going Sat night and for many more times...

I have volleyball tonight, so lets hope last weeks clinic helped.

Bump Set Spiked Punch!

ADD and Me

I observed the class that I am going to sub for next week. I can not be a teacher! I have ADD (not really, because unlike tourette's ADD should not be joked about, but I have a problem sitting still for long periods of time, I need constant stimulation) after 10 minutes of reading with them I wanted to get out, so I can totally sympathies (or is it empathise) with the little people. But if I cant keep my concentration long enough to pay attention when someone else is doing the work, how the heck am I going to teach them for 3 hrs???
HELP!
Nacho is a teacher so I will enlist her assistance.

More proof I am not girly. The flowers from the BF's parents have been renting some prime real estate in my room. I like them. They are pretty and make my room smell nice and look feminine. Today my Mom walks into my room and is like, "Are you going to water them?" I had no idea what to say, I responded, "I'm supposed to water them?" She just looked at me and walked away. Is there a female manual I am missing that discusses flower procedure? Can someone share it with me? I think I may have gone to the shoe lecture a few extra times and missed the flower/bow days.
Its all good, they are still alive and growing, plus the balloon is still floating so it's all good.

I still need a job, its not any better since I passed, so if you hear of anything let me know. Same for the ski buddy.

Classified

I need your help.
So of course after the BC had "the" convo with Other D, she bailed on the ski trip. To be expected, although now it puts us all in a bind.
See I need a female roommate.
So if you or someone you know enjoys skiing and or snowboarding and wishes to bunk with me for 4 days I would greatly appreciate it. It's Dec 18-22. In Canada, great skiing and if I do say so myself great company. Its always a good time and a trip to remember.
Thanks for your help...
Looking forward to fresh powder!

Content

Ever have one of those moments where you just feel like life is good?
Thank g-d I have been having those moments often the past few years of my life. But these past few days have truly surpassed my usual.

First after failing the NJ bar, and quickly changing my career path and goals in life. I made a new resume and even got a stint Subing in a local private school, which I start tomorrow, so I should be sleeping and not doing this.
Then I got the AMAZING news about NY. Which totally blew my mind! So I had to change my resumes once again to reflect my newfound status.
Thursday night, was spent in the best way, volleyball then with the BF.
Friday I had PT which is always fun and my nails done.
Weekend nothing special.
Sat night the BF and I were to celebrate, and after minor setbacks we did in fact celebrate. We also attended the "coming out party" to which we got, what we like to call the standard response of, "Finally" or "Yeah, we thought so".
Then I got to sleep in Sunday (meaning no double step at 9 am bc sadly my teacher's mother died and I don't do subs, ironic I know)
Then I went shopping with the Mom, which did not leave me in a great mood (We bought baby things for almost 2 hrs!), but football with the BF [Yay the Giants won!] was nice and then off to camp Shpayher for the usual Sunday night festivities.
Where I was surprised with a cake! I have the bestest friends ever! Thanks, Ray, Sig, Sho and Sheyron!
So I realized, I may not have a job, but I do have great family and friends, my health, the BF, and a place to live with electricity and (sorry sho's family I wish I knew sooner!) heat etc... So I am really content.
It's good to be happy for a bit.

And to all a good night!

Coming out Party

Seeing as how yesterday I was totally out of it. I think there is much catching up to be done.

After the news registered, I went to meet with Sheila and my Drewy, isn't he the cutest???



He's so smart! He already uses IM!

Halloween... lil pumpkin Andrew.

Ooo Sponge BOB!

We had planned to go out to lunch on Thursday no matter what, in sadness and in happiness. Thank the good lord we were both happy.
Afterward, since we were a hop skip and a jump from our old stomping grounds, school, I figured we should go and visit. Besides I needed to update my resume and wanted to know what the correct way was.
So we went and visited with people. Not much has changed, yet it all feels so different, is that weird?
After we went our separate ways.
I got home and got ready for Volleyball, but I had a surprise in store for me!
The BF's parents sent me flowers with a balloon. It was so nice, and so unexpected. It kinda wierded me out a little, but I will get over it. I sent them a proper thank you card back in the mail. Since they remind me of the TV family, the Cleavers. Its uncanny!

Volleyball wasn't a game it was a clinic designed to make us better as a team. I don't know that it really helped, there were 5 of us. I learned a little, but nothing to help us as a team. We will find out Tuesday if it did any good, maybe we can win one game this season ;-)

I met with Ray for a celebratory schwarma (turkey meat roasted and put into bread with lots of fixings) I was totally craving it for so long.
Then it was back home bc My BC was coming over, we were going to watch Howie on Letterman [I know I am dude :-)] He brought me the sweetest gift, literally. This three bowl platter of chocolate. Now if I eat all that I will not be able to move or fit into clothing! But it was so nice of him. See this is why I keep him around...

Its been crazy for the both of us lately, mainly bc I have not been a pleasure to be around waiting for my scores. Last night he told me I actually look relaxed. So we decided we need to get out and do fun stuff. He was invited to a birthday party for someone, I happen to know her (I think we are not friends, but not enemies, any good word?) and he rsvp'ed +1, which I have to admit felt nice. He calls it our coming out party, bc some of our friends aren't really in the light about our situation. Shippy was supposed to be there( with Bad D), but he is away for the weekend. And I am actually grateful, I did not want to have to deal with that. Now I can really relax and have fun and maybe be normal... Wait who am I kidding?

Looking forward to real life

Bombshell Day

WOW It's only 9:13, and what a day!
First of all:

SHEILA AND I PASSED THE NY BAR!!!

Second:
Its official, I must change BC'S name to BF, but I may keep writing it as BC bc well that's what he is to me.. Among many other things. Can't wait to celebrate!

I will share the stories later right now I am catching my breath...

What a day

So by now you have all read Nacho's post. Let me know what you think and how you feel. I am thinking of making all her posts a different color, maybe green (its her favorite, she has a thing for frogs) so as to differentiate. What do you think?

Ok, so I guess I will do the band-aid method and just get it over with, NJ posted last night (bastards), which was early, but like the neurotic person I am, I check every 5 min. Yes, I failed the NJ bar. And although I would have liked to have passed, I am not that upset:
a) Its NJ (no offence Marc) and we know how I feel about that state
b) they have the most annoying CLE credits
c) I don't want to practice there anyway.

The bar is two parts, a Multistate day which is 200 multiple choice and each state has their own essay day. Now NJ rates MBE (Multistate) as 50% and their essays as 50%. If I failed NJ bc I fudged up the NJ essays (which I did) that's cool. However if I failed bc of the MS then I am screwed for NY.
See NY weighs MBE as 40% and NY essay day as 60%. So in theory I can still pass NY. Shan says she knows someone who failed NJ and passed NY. But whatever it is, it is. As the BC* tells me over and over, I must relax, and maybe eventually, before I die I will learn to relax.

*BC may be having a name change, stay tuned for more info. He is meeting Other D tonight for Din and depending on how it goes, we may have some news!

Other randomness that happened to me today:
Date Boy called me. At like 11:15 am on a Wednesday. How random? Anyway I let it go to voice mail. It has been a month, and I have so moved on to bigger and better. I was curious as to what the voice mail said. Of course it was unremarkable. Just a general hey, long time, just saying hi, call me. Um, Ya right!. I am so not calling him. Even if I wasn't seeing anyone now and I was single I wouldn't call him back. He should call again if he is serious, which is not. I think his actions are totally uncool. I will not stoop that low. But according to his aunt, my old neighbor, he is that kind of laid back chilled type. Its probably my not being able to relax that wont let me call him back. So many things I have to work on... When will find the time? Oh yeah all I have is time, I am unemployed! [PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FIND ME A JOB!]

More Superman Adventures?
Superman has been laying it low the past few days. Apparently he has secretly been seeing his "friend". Still amazing. They have yet to actually go out. They hang out by his place a lot. He manages to get her to come over all the time. She has to get dressed and go out and he stays in his comfy home clothes. Really I'm beginning to be envious, but not really bc he is a guy, and I am happy being me [better shoes :-)] He is trying to figure out other things for them to do, but its hard with his work schedule and how they live in different places. I have faith in him. If he wants it to succeed it will, and if not, hey its fun for me to write about...

As Sheila says, 21 hrs to go and counting.. Pray and wish me luck!

Nacho

If you like what you have been reading so far wait till you hear this.
Nacho needs a place to vent (mostly about PM, but that's for her to share) So I invited her to post as well.
There is no telling what will go on once she joins the Part-A.
Wait and see what she comes up with...

Testy

The NJ bar results come out This wed at 9 am and NY on Thursday at 9am so I not in the best of moods this week.
I definitely failed NJ (I had a HUGE hotel mishap the night before, and it was day 3 of testing so I just wanted to get out). I have a fighting chance with NY but Sheila, my study budy thinks she failed NY (she is already admitted in CT) and since she was so much smarter than me when we studied and did better on test throughout school, if she fails I am sunk.
So I am sorry if I snap at you this week, but realize I am dealing with disappointment.

Its ok, I am going to take CT no mater what in Feb, because Sheila wants us to start our own practice.. Let's hope 3rd times a charm...

Pray and wish me luck!

The day after

The auction was last night.
It's over, and my feet hurt. But do I have stories for you!

Last year, during my third year of law school, there was a Jewish American Idol contestant. Now Sheila is obsessed with American Idol and most reality shows. So she pulls up a pic of the person during class (hey we were 3L's!) and is like, "do you know her?" Of course I respond "No". She is speechless, she really thought we all knew each other. Like some big Jew frat.
Well she would have had a field day last night! Here is the deal:

Adam came to the auction with his new GF. He comes over and says, "You know her" I look over, and I have no idea who she is. He's like, "No you do" still not recalling, I ask for the story fearing I did meet her and now I am getting old like my mom. Are you sitting? Turns out GF is BESTIES with Bad D! And Adam spent the whole weekend hanging out with Shippy and Bad D! It took Adam a while to connect the dots, but man is it a small world or not? And the best part, is the only reason I ever met Adam is because the year before at the auction Shippy and I were of course in a fight for a reason I still do not know, and he didn't show. So I chatted him up... Nice!

I must give props to my friends who came to support me from near and far I really appreciate it, so thanks, Josh sh and Sig, Marc, AA, Ray, Sheyron, BC, Other D, Farzin and woman, Shan and Michael, and Marylou. It makes me so happy to have such great friends. [yes yes, Brooklyn I owe you!]

Also Nacho, was a life saver! She only got her walkie talkie at the end of the night but, she was indispensable to me! You are the bestest friend ever and we are totally spending every pre-auction together!

Now to the winnings. Turns out Nacho didn't win, but she must have transferred her Karma to me cause me and the BC won! I won a bunch of board games and he got some XM satellite radio thing he wanted. You too can be a winner, but remember you have to be in it to win it, so next year!

My parents came too, so I have to thank them, because they are totally not into this and it was in Brooklyn! Plus my mom made some interesting observations.

Other D (who is going to be my roommate skiing) came and she was following BC around as my mom said, " Like a little blonde puppy dog up his ass". She also noticed that women were apparently throwing themselves at guys, and I was too busy to notice.
I was busy, but I made an effort to chat my friends up and hag out. I am sorry I didn't get a chance to really hang, but trust me I got much better!

Today's Agenda:
Marlyou's sis got engaged! She's going to be an Aunt!!! So I have that party to attend. Nacho has a date, so we be doing pre-date and post date and in between I hang with the BC and watch football with a side of GA and maybe din? (hint hint)

I shall have more to report later on in the day, but until then..
Go Giants and Panthers!

And I cant get a job???

My friend recently switched jobs. In his new job he needs to hire a secretary.
Today he shared some inetresting stories with me, they made me chuckle, so I am passing on the good cheer...

Nuff: funny thing...
Me: yes
Nuff: i'm looking through resumes for a secretary, i have one from someone who used to practice holistic medicine...
Nuff: under skills she listed: "performed colonic irrigations"
Nuff: not sure why that would come in handy for this job
Me: lol
Me: why does she want it?
Nuff: no idea
Me: it was prob a skill of holisitc medicine
Me: what else has she done?
Nuff: im sure
Nuff: cleaning rectums was the most intriguing thing on her resume
Me: oh wow
Me: anything else remotely secretarial ?
Nuff: nothing special
Me: It may come in handy if she has to deal with Real Estate crap....

And another...
Nuff: whoa!, i got another for you
Me: well then hit me
Nuff: Martha Beary - 31 and beautiful. I am definitely in my prime, it feels good.
Nuff: first paragraph of a cover letter
Me: no way
Nuff: and the resume isnt bad at all
Me: for the sec job?
Nuff: yeah

And magically I still am unemployed???

Sunrise In Brooklyn

Sunrise in Brooklyn is no different in Brooklyn than anywhere else. Well I mean it's in Brooklyn, which in and of itself is a feat. But yeah, it looks the same. Plus I don't think anyone who is watching a sunrise, is not utterly exhausted so appreciation is minimal.

I left the BC at 9:45pm [even thought I didn't want to, I wanted to finish watching TV and wear the new T-shirt I got] to make it to the office by 10:00ish to load the van. Well of course the loading did not start right away nor go smoothly(but not bad at all, actually in the grand scheme it went pretty well). We left around 12 ish (the time we had wanted to be in the hall already)

THEY CLOSED THE VAN WYCK! Thank g-d I didn't stay on and got off before it was too late or I may still be there and not here to tell you about it. [that would have been the second time in one day I got stuck on that bleepin highway!]

By the time we got to the hall a little before 1:00am and we were ready and rearin to go. Well it turns out the wedding before was still busting away. [we did have an agreement to begin set up at midnight with the hall, it was a pre-negotiated term]

Long and short? Wedding didn't end till after 3:00am and we had to set up around them. [but it was funny to watch the bride almost fall asleep while standing and dancing] So Nacho and Adi and I took a break and when to shop right across the street, for the necessities; sushi, entemans and snapple :-)

Allow me to back up and tell you what I looked like at this point. Because I think it is quite hysterical. I had my hair up with pens because I couldn't find a clip, and I like to keep pens in my hair while doing things like this because its convenient and I usually don't have pockets. Then my white vest got dirty during the loading so I "borrowed" a sweatshirt from the office, which coincidentally is the same one PM was wearing that night. Oh yeah did I mention he was there? Joy! Along with Nacho's version of PM thank g-d it was a big room.

So this is how I walked through Brooklyn to buy food. Seriously not my best outfit, but I didn't care. On my way in, we were talking (Me,Nacho and Adi) and I think I said something like, "I cant believe I walked out in public like this" and this random Brooklyn guy (not un-cute) was like, " No you look good" Did I just get hit on at 1:00am, in Shop Right of Brooklyn, with an XL sweatshirt on, and pens in my hair? I don't think I even matched!

Nacho says its because guys like the "natural look" whereas the two other women I was with were dressed nicely. And I look like I let a homeless person pull a queer eye on me. Go figure. I think it's the whole, when it rains it pours especially when you are not looking for it thing.

Eventually we got around to the set up. Nacho's table looks Amazing! Mine looked like the "special kid" made it. But I think it'll be ok eventually.

Of course we were all testy and getting on each other's nerves. And since its a new person who handled everything, and we are inherently adverse to change there was that. But I must say on a positive note Leah and I are getting on FABULOUSLY! And I managed not to be the last person to leave. I left the hall around 5:00am. I was home by 5:30am and in bed by 6:00am.

I thought I had to drive the shuttle to the train this morning so I had my BC wake me up at 7:30 [DID I SAY THANK YOU YET? If not I will thank you properly Sat night when I see you!] but it turns out I didn't have to. So I went back to bed and at 9:15 my Brother was screaming at some tenant of his and I was awake. So I got some coffee, made some calls, and now I am here sharing with you.

I figure I got 3 hrs of sleep, and Nacho and I will sleep some more tonight. She had to go to work today, so I am not the worst off nor complaining.

Meanwhile, Things I still need to do today:

• Pack
• Get gifts
• Fix shoes
• White vest to cleaners
• Shower?
• Nap?
• Nails
• Car wash?

TGIF???

How I did

What I managed to NOT accomplish today:
Pack
Buy Gifts
Nap

Bonuses that I DID DO:
Ate a healthy dinner with the fam, while seated
Had "fight" with you know who, but made up (I think)
Food shopping with the Mom
Mailed Grandma the album from Spain I made her
Blog again

What I hope to do tomorrow:
Sleep
Pack
Shower
Buy gifts for my aunt, Nacho and dori
Stay sane

Can I accomplish my goals? TBD...

Long Day

In case you were in doubt that an unemployed could have a significantly long day here is a quick rundown:

5:30 am- wake up
6:50 Leave for cousins Bris
9:30 am (I hope) come home, change etc.....
10:30 am first trip to the office
12:00 pm First schelp to Brooklyn
12:45pm find parking in Brooklyn and pick up prizes
2:30pm Back to office, drop of prizes, work a little.
5:00 pm ish? Go home, to pack for the weekend and get gifts for Dori, my Aunt and Nacho.
8:00pm Meet random CraigsList people in Starbucks to sell my bon jovi tickets.
10:00pm Back to office to Load Van
NOV 11TH
12:00am Brooklyn to start decorating hall
5:00 am I hope home in bed sleeping a little
2:00 Manicure
3:00 On my way to woodmere for the weekend. Hopefully not dead.

I think I am starting the LB diet today of coffee and lollipops, so I should be extremely hyper and have a headache all day, Joy!

Am I wrong?

Relationship are not just about the physical intimacy, or who pays for what. They are something more. Something not quantifiable and hard to put into words. It’s a feeling, and on some levels an image.
Examples- lets say one is involved in a monogamous relationship with another person, I am not saying be joined at the hip. G-d knows every magazine out there spouts the idea that women need to be independent. Not to lose friends, habits or interests. So I am not saying that. But just like there are etiquette rules in life I think there are relationship rules as well. For instance, while on the phone with the significant other and call waiting occurs, unless it’s an emergency I think it’s generally inappropriate to switch, unless there is a discussion. [this is probably true with all humans as well]

Is it just me, or is part of a relationship sharing the little things of the day? Not necessarily a play by play throughout the day, I know some people have jobs, but maybe at the end of the day. It’s nice to know there is that to come back to, stress relief and winding down. Someone who cares.

It’s all about priorities and shifting. Maybe the significant other should be your first or second priority and not just something you get around to eventually?

Things not to say to women [from men]

It seems I have knack with the men... so I decided to share my wisdom with you.
Below is a list of things men have actually said to me in the past (yes I am special) and that which should probably never be repeated...

"Its ok I like big girls"
"Wow, you have hairy arms"
"You're my buddy"
"My mom doesn't do it that way"

Another Gym Story

It pays to go to the gym, for the blog fuel alone. Before I give you the goods I must give you a little bit of background-

I belong to a gym that has many "branches" so depending on where I am, the class, my mood etc I go to different gyms.
Tuesday nights I do a step class at Whitestone because I love the teacher. Trina who now goes by Trinity, which is just the beginning of the insanity. She is insane. She is always late, and cant get her head straight so we do like a million lunges (glutes!) till she figured stuff out and hear way too much about her life. But once she's on she's AMAZING! I followed her from one gym to another...
So in this class there are the regulars. There are two old blonde ladies who are so thin I think if they walk sideways you cant see them but they complain all the time about everything! Then there are the beautiful people who know one knows why they go to the gym, and us.

So tonight there was an accident in the parking lot. Trina hit one of the old ladies. Boy was it a scene. First she runs in clutching her arm saying she broke it. Now we all know Trina will be late, which is just fine and dandy, but I do not need to do 30 min of lunges while she re-tells the whole ordeal. Plus Cara isn't with me, because she's sore from the Marathon, which she finished in 20 minutes less than last year, GO CARA!!!
Well thank g-d the only thing we got was don't rush to class and take the first parking spot you find..

On another note~
RAY deserves huge somethings nice bc she deserves good things and they are happening in her job. I am so happy for her!

Re-reading this I realize the story is not as funny as I thought, but I didnt want to not post it

The Adventures of Superman

Last night while I was eating a quick din with my BC (I didn't even finish my salad!) and then shteiging with Nacho as per the Monday night ritual, and discussing world peace and watching football with My BC, Superman was playing his own version of football.

Indiana won, but I am not sure he can tell me anymore about that game ;-) It seems after a hard day of work, he managed to get the girl to come to his house, go out to din and come back to his place to "watch the game" . Why he went to sleep at 1:30 when the game was over at 12:00 seems to be left to my imagination which is great, because I do not need those details.

I keep telling him he has a way with the females and should write a book or do a seminar. It defies any laws of nature I have encountered, but then again my dating life/history could be made into a lifetime movie or a sitcom...

BC and I had an interesting convo re: gay marriage and children from broken homes. The last time I had such a debate with a male was with Chicago Boy.

CHICAGO BOY, THE STORY
My friend DD got married and there were 2 single guys. I went out with both of them. One of them was in med school, in Chicago. We spoke on the phone for 7 Chicago weeks at which point I decided we needed to meet. So I flew to Chicago for a long weekend. It was the longest weekend of my life! We did like 9 dates in 4 days. It was awkward. Needless to say we fought like cats and dogs. One major topic was Gay marriage. We were fighting on a street corner at night so loudly a man came up to me to make sure I was ok and not in need of assistance.

So I was in no mood to re-hash that last night with the BC, I mean I need to keep this alive, were going skiing in a month! Besides he's a republican (as is Adam, and I suspect Nancy, part of my theory) and I am bleeding heart as he likes to call me. So it would not end well.

On that note, I must go vote and I hope you do/did the same.

Clarification

I must clarify and say I won my $ playing Craps and a little roulette.
I have tothank Marc for teaching me craps and making me love it. He did try to get me into Texas hold em, but it just wasn't for me.
So thank you Marc!

Also, if you are planning on attending my auction this Saturday night, let me know because I can get you free admission if you make up your mind soon! So email or call me!

Mohegan Sun

The BC, Benj and I went to Mohegan Sun last night in celebration of the BC's raise. I made out great (almost paid for my ski trip!) BC did ok but poor benjy.. at least he's employed. It would have been sad if I lost $ I didn't even have.

I got like 3 hrs of sleep so I think I am going to nap and watch some football before I head to camp Shpayher. I am having a hard time with today's game bc its the Niners vs the Giants, I will smile and cry, but it'll be a good game for me. We are rooting for the Chargers and the Jaguars because of the BC'S pool. If he wins he pays for the ski trip and I am sure I will reap some other sort of benefit.

But I did want to mention CARA who is running the NYC marathon today..
GO CARA!!!
I cant believe her, I ran five miles last Sunday I was feeling it till Wed. My goal is to run the 2006 if I get the lottery if not I am totally doing Road Runners for 2007 and I think Adam wants to join....

Enjoy Sunday!

No time for a job....

It's amazing how full my day is even though I am unemployed. As the BC says, " If you had a job, I am not sure you would even have time for it, you do more than I do during the day, and I have a job."

I started my day with the gym of course. I didn't run to the gym but I did the elliptical while there and then met with Bobby D for some training.

Came home, showered dressed checked the email.

Ran some errands for the Mom. Butcher, Bakery, Supermarket and back to the butcher bc she cant remember to tell me everything at once...
Its not all her, we had a hard day the cleaning lady who took over for the one who got hit by a car went back to Romania, I think its a sign from g-d. But if you know of any cleaning ladies we could really use one. Twice a week, preferably Mon and Thursday, and we are pretty clean, we just need help.

Then I had to run to the other part of the Island and pick up a prize for the raffle. I also tried to get a car charger for my cell phone but the store was closed. It was weird.

My cousin had a baby. So we went o go visit her in the hospital. He's really cute. And her #2. They may give him the same name as Tree Boy! How can I have that name in my family on someone so nice, and cute and innocent? And of course I now have baby envy. I want a baby. I am already working on the getting fat part...

This visit prompted what is probably the best question I ever been asked ever from the BC, "So do you have more family members or more pairs of shoes?"
I still have no answer for him, its a very tricky question.

After the hospital it was off to Queens to pick up more auction prizes and then to the office to work on the auction stuff.

Then I ran to the city, to pick up more prizes and play volleyball.
We had one great set, even though we still lost all three we really gave them a run for their money. The final score was 15-13. They were in 1st place undefeated and we have yet to win a game, so I think we made them a little nervous.
I also play very special, because I managed to get a black and blue mark on my knee, even with knee pads. Which reminds me, my MRI results are not ready yet. The way I check is I call this phone tree system and put in my ID# and they tell me if its normal or if I need to make a follow up appointment. This is seriously the most high tech Dr. I have ever been too. But I still am not doing surgery!

I will keep you updated on the MRI situation....

First PT

I had my first session of Physical Therapy today. I learned that wearing a skirt and tights is not the best idea.
They put these little electrode like pads on my knee and it tickled sooooo much. I really had to hold in my laughter because the guy next to me who was having the same thing done to his shoulder was in pain. I felt bad.
Then they made me ride a bike and do some stretching. The last thing was this ultra sound which made my knee tingle. Totally weird. They want me to go twice a week, so I made appointments till after Thanksgiving. I am not doing surgery, but I don't get my MRI results till Thursday.

Me and the BC hung out tonight, we had Tast-D and played Bingo. It was an interesting evening as all my time with him is. But he's still under the weather, so I hope he gets better fast. Are you reading this at work Mr.? If so get yourself some fluids and get better! [And I believe you owe me some stuff...]

Today was also my first day working on the Auction. I have no idea why but just hearing Leah's voice makes me irritated. And I had to spend a few hours with her organizing stuff. It took a lot out of me. But as usual I had fun. And that will be my home away from home for a while.

I expect a great showing at my Auction.... so here is the info. It's Sat Night Nov 12th. 8 pm. Check out the web site. www.NYNCSY.com. In the land of brook. It'll be fun. I have e-mail confirmation that Adam, Nacho, PM, BC, and others will be in attendance. But not Marc's wife...

Oh I also went to get my car estimate from the insurance man. He was a wacko. Old, bald, fat and singing along to Donna Summer and Madonna. It was F.U.N. Now I have to figure out what to do with that. And find a job!

Please, please let me know if you hear of a job or know anyone who can get me a job, or know anyone who knows someone who can get me a job. I am going to go insane.

Last but not least...
SHEILA IS A LAWYER!!! The people who took the Connecticut Bar, and passed got sworn in Yesterday. So YAY! And Congratulations.