What the…?

The Girl and I went to the chiropractor on Friday. I haven’t been in a long time and although Auntie Teacher does a fine job adjusting me, I needed professional help. The new doc took x-rays, put them up, and walked out to get something. I was horrified at what I saw.

What the fuck is that? A safety pin?

This is my spine. When I saw this x-ray I could not figure out what the object in the middle was.  Did a piece of the camera fall off and get lodged in me when I had my upper endoscopy three years ago? Did I swallow something?

When the doc came back in, I inturupted her mid-sentance to ask what the hell that thing was.

“It’s your belly button ring.”

Duh! It never crossed my mind that it could be something on the outside of my body. I is a college kid!

While we are discussing unidentified objects, can someone please tell me what the white stuff is on this Daisy-ish plant?

Thanks, peeps!

See!

I’m back already! Here are some pictures I have taken in the last month or so;

Another Punkin plate

"If it's in stock, we have it"??? That's fucking dumb.

I'll take my dinner to go

MST has the best shirts;

Too Many Dicks On The Dance Floor

This last picture has a story. This story is called “Another Reason Why I Love My Girlfriend.”

We decided to buy a LCD TV. I have wanted one for a very long time, I asked her about it and she was all about it. So we go to Best Buy and talked with the dude (who worked for the cable company, not Best Buy) who helped us pick out the right TV for us. He did not try to sell us something we didn’t need or want. In fact, he saved us a couple of hundred bucks by talking me OUT of something. So, away he goes to get our TV. He came back empty handed and tells us it’s out of stock but goes on to say that they have one that has been returned, a “open box” as they call it.  I am skeptical, to say the least. I ask the guy if I can have a look at it, because you know, I am a TV expert and I will be able to tell if there is anything wrong with it by a simple visual inspection. He opens the box, pulls the TV out and tells me that it still has it’s full warranty.

We’ll take it!

The Girl pays for the TV with her card and roll the thing out the car. While walking through the parking lot, I said to The Girl;

“Did we just pay $209 for this TV?”

“I think so. Yes, we did.” While checking the receipt.

“We gotta go back in there.”

“Yes we do!”

Here is the breakdown; The original price was $699. It was on sale for $599. Because we got the “open box” the price was $490 for a total savings of $209. The kid at the register rang us in at the SAVINGS price.

We go back in, explain to the lady what happened who, because she can’t believe we came back, calls the manager to ask him or her if  ”there is anything we can do for them because they came back”. They took another $100 off! On top of that we got a rebate from the cable company! Total price for our 37 inch LCD TV: $350.

My girl not hesitating to do the right thing: Priceless.

Hence, the title of my story.

You thought I chose the title because she let me get the TV, didn’t ya?

I can read the score without my glasses on!

I would like to thank Auntie Teacher for lending me her TV for all these years. I would also like to add that this picture was taken today.

Mr. Chili was at this game!

The Sox won in a extra innings thriller! Unlike last nights game where they blew a 9 run lead and ended up losing 11-10.

The End.

Where Do I Begin?

I have been gone from this space for a long time. Sorry about that. The thing is, with all the school work, I don’t feel much like writing anything extra. My course work for my current class is light so I took some time off from both it and this space. Class resumes in two weeks and my plan is to bang out all the work by this weekend. I’m off from work until Monday, although not by choice. I’ll explain later. So, if you care to know, here is what I have been up to in the last month;

• P-town was awesome. No lie, it is the first time that there has been no drama among my peeps. Probably because I am no longer friends with the dramatic people.
• My current class, Applied Group Dynamics, is not what I expected but interesting.  We have a team project due for the next weekend. We have a theme which we have to research but we are NOT allowed to discuss until the day it is due. My team members freaked out a bit by this. I think it is brilliant! The teacher is forcing us to figure out how to work as a team in a very short amount of time. It’s going to be fun!
• The Girl and I are getting along exceeding well. Dispite the stress in our life with our jobs and our education and the (sometimes) not so great behavior that goes along with said stress, we manage to have great communication and a TON of fun.

I was telling SLM2 about how great it was going and informed her that I was planning on asking her (The Girl, not SLM2) to move in with me in August. SLM2 asked why August to which I stated that August would be 5 months for us and although I planned on waiting longer to ask her, I figured 5 would due. My friend then said; ” Do you think you are ready to live with her now?”

“Without a doubt!”

“Then why are you waiting until August?”

“It’s the principle of it. I always rush into things and it doesn’t work out.”

“You have already waiting longer than you have in the past! Principle! Your waiting on principle but you’re ready to live with her now! Jesus Christ, ask the woman to move in with you already!”

“You know what man? You’re right! I’m going to ask her!”

“It’s about fucking time!”

• To be sure, I decided to run it by someone I knew would ask me questions that maybe I hadn’t thought through. I called Chili, she was unable to take my call. Drastic times call for drastic measures so I called Mr. Chili. Mr. Chili is a researcher. God love him, but it takes him FOREVER to make  decisions. He needs to know every detail, compare, and sit with the facts before he makes a move. Usually this applies to major purchases like cars and TV’s but he ALWAYS ways the pro’s and cons of a thing before making a decision. As a result, I trust him with big decisions and although I don’t call him for help often, I know without a doubt he will always point me in the right direction. So, I call him up, tell him where I’m at with The Girl and what I’m thinking. He suggested that I spend 5 full days in a row with her first and see how that goes. I tell him we have already done that, went great. He takes that in then says; “You know Auntie, you haven’t lived with a partner for a long time. You are set in your ways and she’s going to do things that may bug you but you’re going to have to learn to bend.” I told him I understood that and I feel like we both were doing a great job of meeting in the middle. I then told him a story that  The Girl asked me not to share on this space (I don’t know why, it’s a wicked fucking funny story that involves veggies) to prove that I am much more easy going than I used to be. His response? “Do it! You love each other and are happy. There’s no reason to wait.” When it comes to love, Mr. Chili is all business.
• I asked The Girl to move in, she said yes.
• Work, school, and moving = more stress. All things considered, we did a great job and had a reasonably smooth move. (Smooth move. That just made me chuckle!) We make a great team, me and The Girl!
• I would like to take a moment to give  a HUGE shout out to her bro-in-law. He very happily loaded her couch into his big SUV, sat in traffic for about an hour, and lugged the thing up the stairs with me .  The whole thing took MUCH longer than it should have. I asked him if his wife was going to be upset. He said no and just as he did, she called. Not 3 seconds later, The Girl called me. After we hung up with our respected women he said; “Do you think they planned that?”  He stuck around for pizza (which he wouldn’t let me buy), beer, and conversation. I am profoundly grateful for his help and  I thoroughly enjoyed his company.
• As you may remember, the grant ran out for the program for which I worked. Although I had many job offers, none were panning out for one reason or another. I was, although I know that I will always be ok, getting very worried. Yesterday was my last day and I still had no job secured. My phone rings at 10, I am told to make some calls, I interview at 9:30 this morning and I get the job. I’ll spare you the details but I will say that between the hours of (I think) 5pm on Monday and 10am on Tuesday a series of events took place that resulted in a position being open. My new boss told me today that she asked “everyone I could” about me and all the feedback she got was good. Officially, I was unemployed for 2.5 hours. Although the company already paid out all my earned time off, I do not have to start from scratch. I can tell already I am going to enjoy working for my new boss. She appears to be very smart, no nonsense, extremely good to her employees, and willing to teach me anything and everything I want to learn about the job. So, I am now a Comprehensive Risk Counselor. Basically what I will be doing is HIV education and prevention to at risk women. The new Boss told me she doesn’t expect me to have clients for a bit and she would give me plenty of time to recruit the ten she wants me to have. I told her I could have ten by the end of the day. She lit up. My plan is to spend my first two days becoming an expert on HIV then get right to work with clients. Good stuff.
• I missed posting about a bunch of birthdays while I was away. Punkin, Mr. Chili, Boss, and Little Boss all turned one year wiser. Happy late birthday!
• There is more, but I am getting tired of typing and I need to got to the market. More to come soon, I promise!

One Last Fix

One Last Fix

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Good Morning

Good Morning

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Ptown 7:14 am. I have my Girl, my coffee, my peeps, and an amazing
sunrise. It’s all good in my world.

Cake and Baseball

 Kizz said in this post, that she hoped there was cake and baseball for my birthday. Oh boy, was there!

 Big time!

 As you know, I had to go to school on my birthday. One of my classmates gets a cake for who ever may be celebrating a birthday during the month. This month, there was two of us so we had cake for a snack after lunch.

 When I got to The Girls after class, I found a cake that she had made for me as well as my present;

 Two tickets to a Sox game in July!

 Not just any old tickets. No, my Girl, with some help from MST and Rock Star, got tickets on the Budweiser roof deck!!

 Apparently, these seats offer one of the best views of the pahk, have tables instead of plain old seats, and come with food vouchers! Also, the bathrooms are only for the people sitting in those seats! The icing on the cake (pardon the pun!) is that it is a day game! 

 My teacher let us out of class early (!!) so my evening  was spent cuddling with The Girl, eating cake before dinner, ordering some take out, and watching the game on tv.

 My 36th year couldn’t have started any better!

 Anyone want to take a guess as to what I had for breakfast on Sunday?

 

Photo credit

Even Year

 For some reason, which I cannot explain, I tend to like even year birthdays better than odd number birthdays.  I think at one point or another, I must of had a bad year which fell on a year that I was an odd number. While my 35th year was filled with lots of great things going on in my life including, but not limited to, work going well, school going well, both the family and friends are doing great, meeting The Girl, and getting a new apartment, I am really looking forward to my 36th trip around the sun.

 Last year I did a list of 35 things in honor of my 35th year. I would link to it but I don’t feel like it. Hey! It’s my birthday and I can do whatever the hell I want! I wanted to do the same this year but I have not found the time yet. Check back soon.

 Today I am marking the day by going to school. There are worse things to do on ones birthday but I’m not going to lie, I would rather be going with The Girl to see the Dalai Lama. She promised to listen carefully and tell me all about it.

 Kizz, being the Goddess that she is, has already posted a Hot People post for me! It was up at 4am! I hope she set it to post at that time. If my friend is up at 4 in the morning, I don’t think she would be very happy. No, my guess is she set it to go up at the wee hour because she wanted it there when I got up, which is one of the reasons that I never question her love for me! Thanks, honey! You rock!

Kizz, just so you know, I can’t leave comments as me from The Girls computer. Having said that, I have no idea who some of those people are. Please remember that I don’t do a lot of tv watching. I know I should know who the first woman is but I don’t. I got Ms. Berry but the woman under her is? And the woman under her? Hello Angie! Then it’s the chick from the West Wing, right? I should know the next one too. It’s early and I haven’t even finished my first cup of joe. Next? Fuck you Mr. Leary! I know the last couple plays doctors on TV but the name of the show is eluding me. 

 I am looking forward to seeing what else my friend has in store for me! Don’t think I won’t be checking from class (from my phone) throughout the day!

 Happy, happy!

Half Naked Legs!

 

80 and sunny

 I have been looking forward to today all week! Today will be the first day of the season that I wear shorts!

 Today will also be the first day of the season that I slather my entire body with sunblock. The plan for the day is to do laundry, go to the big box hardware store, go to The Girls to install a new shelf and clothes rod in her closet, and then be outside for as long as possible. Later tonight we are meeting up with MST and Rock Star to (maybe) get a bite to eat and (definitely) see a movie.

What are you doing? 

 Oh, fridge update;

 Hi! My name is Auntie and I am a moron!

 It seems I turned the dial the wrong way on the fridge. Thankfully I figured this out on my own before the repair man was called. The temp was correct on the freezer but for some reason, when I turned the fridge to the proper temp (so cold the milk almost freezes) the temp dropped in the freezer too. The temp controls are separate.. I can’t explain this.

 It’s not the dumbest thing I have ever done but pretty close. My ice cream is now properly frozen!

 For anyone who cares, the Sox beat the Yanks in 11 last night. Speaking of baseball, I would like to offer my heartfelt condolences to Morgan. She wrote, in a comment last week;

“I will very respectfully disagree with you about the Sox success. Especially because my Angels are having a rough year. Four starting pitchers on the DL!!!”

 I am really sorry, friend. Trust me, I know how it feels. I am sending some good baseball energy to your beloved Angels. I do hope they get it together but not so much that they end up beating us in the playoffs. If they do, I’m going to hunt you down and kick your ass!*

 

Photo credit: Sun, shorts

 

*Just kidding. I am not a violent person at all.

Ten Things

 More random things that are on my mind;

1. My boss says my program will run out of money in June. I need to start terminating with my clients. Some of them really use it as it was intended. It’s those people I’ll need to do a lot of work with. Some I very rarely see so they won’t care so much. 

2. As far as what position I will take next, so far I have been approached for three different jobs. I like that I have some choices.

3. I need to go to the hardware store but I keep putting it off. The landlord asked me to get a trash barrel, a new lock for the front door, and hinges for the shed door. In addition to that I need a blind for the front window. I may or may not leave with a new drill too.

4. I think the refrigerator is about to die. Cook Man sent me home with a thermometer and the temp is not within the safe range. I’m going to pull it out and give the back a good cleaning to see if that helps. 

5. Soft ice cream(see above) makes me feel sad.

6. Speaking of Cook Man, he has been making good coffee every afternoon. By good I mean Starbucks or something similar, not the swill he serves in the morning.  He either calls my office or sends me a text to let me know when it is ready. Can’t find me between 1:30 and 2? I’m in the lunch room enjoying some joe.

7. The Sox are starting to play really well! My guy Wake had a great game last week! He pitched a no-no through the 7th and he finished the game. Unheard of for him!

8. The Girl really seems to be enjoying watching baseball. Really. A couple of times when we have been together she has tried to plan our activities around game times. I tell her, and I mean it, that I would rather hang out with her than watch the game.  She thinks it’s fun to watch together. I agree, but I don’t need to come home from whatever we are doing to watch the game. I think she has caught the baseball bug!

9. In addition to number 8, The Girl has decided to start showing her new found love of the Sox by wearing a Sox tee-shirt. Specifically, MY Sox tee-shirt. In fact, she took it home with her. I am totally OK with the fact that I will never wear that shirt again. It looks much better on her than it does on me anyway! Besides, the SLM’s got me a new Sox shirt for my birthday.

10. Hmm. Now that I think of it, The Girl also went home with a long sleave tee and a hoodie that were in my closet. See how she is?

Surprises

 

 I had one of those weeks where nothing seemed to go my way. Clients canceled, Boss had to postpone helping me move my couch from my bedroom to the living room, and The Girl had to delay her visit by one day because she had to babysit her nephew.

 My world took a turn for the better on Friday when Boss, her new Beau, and Little Boss came to move the couch. Guess who else showed up?

 The Girl!!

 Her sister did not need her services after all so she drove up to surprise me! I was so happy to see her that I didn’t even care that Beau had to cut the front bottom section of my leather couch off in order to get it up the stairs! The good news is that the couch is in the living room and once I buy nuts and bolts, you won’t even be able to tell my couch got hacked. 

 Surprise number two came yesterday. Me and The Girl had plans to meet the SLM family, Lime Green, and another couple (who I have never written about and haven’t thought of pseudonyms for yet) to go bowling. When we got there, Boy1 said;

“Hey Auntie! Guess what?!”

 I walked over to him, got myself to his level and said; “What’s up buddy?”

 ”We’re having your birthday party here!”

 At that, SLM2 something like; “There goes the surprise!”

 I was surprised because my birthday is two weeks away! 

 The Girl went on to say that the reason she was acting funny before we left was because she was sitting on the napkins that were going to be used for the party and that she took some forks from my place too. 

 Right on!

 Here are some pictures from my birthday party number one. Number two will be sometime after my birthday and will be in the form of a BBQ. I love me a good BBQ!

 

The Girl

 

SLM1

 

SLM2

 

 

Boy1

 

Boy2

Lime Green

 

Unnamed friend1

 

 

Unnamed friend2

 In addition to bowling, there was food and yummy chocolate cake that the boys picked out for me!

 I had a great time! Thanks peeps!