Off to catch a red-eye to NJ… cruisin’ to Bermuda, then a whirlwind weekend in Miami. Finishing with Orlando for a tradeshow with the techies (TechEd).
Will be back with stories…
Archive for May, 2008
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May
08
Vacation!
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May
08
The Big Scare
I am feeling much better, by the way… Phew! sickness aborted.
Anyhoo… thought I’d mention my big scare over the weekend. I almost lost my beloved Lucy.
I cannot bear to think about life without her… not to mention my husband would probably divorce me.
I typically let her walk with me off-leash, much to the chagrin of other dogwalkers who are obedient unlike me. She’s usually pretty good at following me or at least catching up to me if I get too far up the trail. She does have lots of distractions – the 1/2 eaten bagel near the HS, uncovering lost tennis balls, other doggie smells, and of course chasing her nemeses: squirrels! … And yes, I double-checked, nemeses IS the plural of nemesis.
On Sunday I wanted to experiment by doing a bit of run/walking. We were at one section of the trail and I started running. I looked back and saw her about 100 yards back darting out of some bushes. It looked like she was running out to catch up with me, so I kept running. A few paces later, I looked back and she was nowhere in sight. So, I backtracked, calling her, then angrily screaming her name (“that dog!” I muttered to myself). After a few minutes I started to get worried. I walked back and forth in that stretch of the trail several times and my mind started to race. Panicked I thought that perhaps she had shimmied under a fence and someone decided to take her inside. But, how could that happen so quickly? I started asking everyone who passed me if they had seen a black and white dog. Finally, two of the ladies I had asked called out to me and I saw that they were leading my little Lucy back. Thank GOODNESS I had reached out to them. Apparently Lucy ran out of the bushes, didn’t see me so she backtracked and was in a completely different section of the trail.
Tears of joy as Lucy raced toward me and into my arms. She ain’t a real baby but she’s my baby.
… If I get sick I am going to scream. It really would be just my luck that literally HOURS before we leave for vacation I become ill.
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May
08
Monday blues on a Tuesday
How hard is it to motivate on a Tuesday after a long Holiday weekend? I am struggling over here. Luckily my 5am call got cancelled.
The countdown is on. 3 days till our trip. Definitely getting excited. I can’t wait to get out of this cold town (what’s up with the heat wave one weekend and rain/cold the next?) and get myself to warmer climates.
Yesterday was fun… a little get together at A’s place. She is truly the model hostess (as well as a model friend, sister, daughter, employee, member of society — if we weren’t great friends, I’d probably hate her!) ; )
It was just so nice to chill with great people, enjoying great food/wine, and conversation. A perfect end to a relaxing weekend.
Maybe I’ll be inspired to write more later today…
“ Oh my gosh that is super cute about Lucy and her vacation plans. She’s going to have a ball with her ladies and her dog sitter and her (PetSitter) dvd and everything. When you come home, she’ll be like “Oh, it’s you. That’s nice. Now excuse me while I get back to my dvd”. That is freakin adorable that the neighborhood ladies have a soft spot for Miss Lucy, I guess she knows how to win friends and influence people. She’s going to be just fine!”
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May
08
T.G.I.F — more random than usual
TGIF holds so much more meaning when it is the Friday before a 3 day weekend. Yipee!!
In a nutshell, here’s what’s going on with me:
1. Dealing with conflicting emotions — leaving my baby is going to be SOOO hard. (she had tears in her eyes the last time I left for just one week). Meanwhile I just spoke with Anna who will be joining me in Miami and I’m really excited for our upcoming trip.
2. First things first though… I gotta survive 3 more days of work, yet another company dinner and a couple of big presentations next week.
3. Fun stuff in store for the weekend: lunch with a pal in Danville on Saturday, Fun times with great friends in Sausalito on Sunday (I heart wine & art festivals), BBQ Bash at A’s house on Sunday. A bit of baseball here and there, quality time with the pup, packing and relaxation should round things up and make it a GREAT weekend.
4. Yoga is getting easier and I’m starting to get addicted. I feel stronger and my body feels more alive too. May try a class on the cruise.
5. Barry Zito: 0 – 8 (first pitcher to start the season 0-8 since 1890!!) Do I laugh or cry? He’s pitching tonight…
6. Learned another technology product in 10 minutes thanks to a competent Partner — awesome!
22
May
08
Blah blah blog
I’m not in the mood to blog, but feel obligated to do so. Lame, I know. I’ll try to make this tolerable to you all, but I’m guessing it will be a lot of rambling blah blah blah. Guess inspiration comes and goes.
I have a not so fun call to make later this afternoon, and I’ll be meeting a potential dog walker for Lucy for when we are away. Hopefully I can sneak in a yoga session in between.
It’s funny, I started asking folks on the trail if they have recommendations for Dog Sitters/Walkers and it is amazing how many people offered to walk her themselves… she’s certainly a much-loved dog!
I think I’ll have her favorite walking ladies take her out in the a.m. as they walk about the same amount as Lucy is used to each day. Then, I’ll have the Dog Sitter come for play and maybe a shorter walk later in the day. That, and with visits from her favorite Auntie A, hopefully she’ll be so tired out, she won’t even miss us!
I also realized yesterday upon doing a bit of research, that cell phone / internet access on the boat is stupendously expensive….. as in the range of $4.50/minute! Yikes. Looks like I won’t be blogging for at least a week starting on the 31st. The week after, I’ll be in Orlando dealing with tradeshow madness, so chances aren’t so good then either. Guess I’ll have to make note of my blogworthy anecdotes and play catch up upon my return.
22
May
08
Words of 2008 in my life
Here is a follow up to the 2008 words post… the 2008 words as they pertain to ME!
(see my previous post for reference, or you will be ultra confused)
My husband and I (verifiable mouse potatoes) strive to become Sitcoms someday. We do not currently live in Generica. However if we do become Sitcoms, more than likely that is where we will be! My parents on the other hand are Woofs… go figure.
At work, I seem to have a lot of salmon days and deal with many 404s regularly. My boss is definitely a stresspuppy.
I do suffer from an addiction to irritainment, looking forward to my US magazine delivery each Thursday afternoon.
To give you an idea of the kind of luck I have, I have swipeouts often and the Ohnoseconds come often.
Luckily I do not live in a cubicle, so I don’t have to deal with cubefarms or prairiedogging, but cropdusting does occur ’round here!
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May
08
2008 Words
A friend sent me this list. I guess they are new words for 2008. There are some funny ones. I wanted to be sure to save the list, so I am posting it here!
1. BLAMESTORMING Sitting around in a group, discussing why a deadline was missed or a project failed, and who was responsible.
2.SEAGULL MANAGER: A manager, who flies in, makes a lot of noise, craps on everything, and then leaves.
3.ASSMOSIS: The process by which some people seem to absorb success and advancement by kissing up to the boss rather than working hard
4.SALMON DAY: The experience of spending an entire day swimming upstream only to get screwed and die in the end.
5. CUBE FARM : An office filled with cubicles.
6.PRAIRIE DOGGING : When someone yells or drops something loudly in a cube farm, and people’s heads pop up over the walls to see what’s going on.
7. MOUSE POTATO : The on-line, wired generation’s answer to the couch potato.
8.SITCOMs: Single Income, Two Children, Oppressive Mortgage. What Yuppies get into when they have children and one of them stops working to stay home with the kids.
9.STRESS PUPPY: A person who seems to thrive on being stressed out and whiny.
10.SWIPEOUT: An ATM or credit card that has been rendered useless because magnetic strip is worn away from extensive use.
11.XEROX SUBSIDY: Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one’s workplace.
12.IRRITAINMENT: Entertainment and media spectacles that are Annoying but you find yourself unable to stop watching them.
13. PERCUSSIVE MAINTENANCE: The fine art of whacking the crap out of an electronic device to get it to work again.
14. ADMINISPHERE : The rarefied organizational layers beginning just above the rank and file. Decisions that fall from the adminisphere are often profoundly inappropriate or irrelevant to the problems they were designed to solve.
15. 404 : Someone who’s clueless. From the World Wide Web error Message ’404 Not Found,’ meaning that the requested site could not be located.
16. GENERICA : Features of the American landscape that are exactly the same no matter where one is, such as fast food joints, strip malls, and subdivisions.
17.OHNOSECOND : That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize that you’ve just made a BIG mistake. (Like after hitting send on an email by mistake).
18.WOOFS: Well-Off Older Folks.
19. CROP DUSTING: Surreptitiously passing gas while passing through a Cube Farm.
