True love is giving away the last piece of your favorite chocolate candy even though you’re going through PMS.
Category: family
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Where’s the beef?
I spent nearly \$250 at Costco today (some of that was gas) and only \$15 of that was for food. Isn’t that depressing?
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Thought of the day
I should have gotten some bing cherries at the store earlier.\
And a big HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY to my mommy. I knew you’d be offline over the weekend, so I didn’t post this earlier. Love you! Miss you! Ate an oatmeal cookie in fond remembrance of you! -
Random Truth
There are dark chocolate M&Ms in my snack cupboard.
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Mashup Camp: An Apology
I’m at Mashup Camp (well, I was earlier, now I’m trying to figure out just how early I can go to bed and not wake up at 3 AM), and I’m not all here. I feel really bad, but I’m just exhausted. I skipped the afternoon sessions because I didn’t think I could contribute, and there’s only so much that caffeine will do for you.\
I’ll try to be “present” tomorrow. I had a really good time this morning, but faded quickly. I think my body is just tired of traveling. It’s tired of adjusting to time zones weird beds, bad chairs and ridiculous rental cars.\
I’m going to try to go to bed early tonight and hopefully I won’t wake up at 5AM again (I’ve gotten about four hours of sleep the past two nights). If I met you today, I’m really sorry if I gave you the impression that I’m not passionate about what I do, or not interested in what you’re doing. I am, on both accounts. Mashup Camp is full of people doing extremely cool things. I’m just too worn out to see them right this minute. -
Guess what?
You have to actually open your e-mail program to see if your wonderful-but-traveling husband sent you something before he went to bed. It’s true. ::Nods sagely::
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Doctor Who?
I love my doctor! He called in an antibiotic prescription for me without making me come in for an exam! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.
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A thought:
I have never had a boyfriend.\
Hmmm.\
Kevin needs to come home and be my boyfriend.\
Yea, I guess since we’re married with children, that isn’t quite going to work.\
Speaking of Kevin, while I was at the store today, I bought Ben and Jerry’s Chunky Monkey, which I had never had before. It is awesome! Banana ice cream, with fudge pieces and walnuts. Yum! Kevin hates bananas though, which is probably why I have never tried it. But while the cat’s away, the mice’ll play. And eat lots of ‘nanas! -
My body went on strike
My body went on strike Friday morning, but we all managed to make it through the weekend. On the way back from taking Kevin to the airport today, I stopped and got some specialty medicine, so management is hoping that the body will be back on the job soon. It will have to work overtime, with no pay of course, to make up for the days it took off.
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Test Drive Monday
Since AOL was nice enough to give us the day off today (well, I hope they did, because I’m not at the office), I decided to go test drive cars! Here’s what I drove and my impressions of each (in chronological order):
- 2002 Volvo S60: I loved it, roomy, comfortable, gorgeous ride and a great looking car. It’s a little older than I wanted, and a few more miles, but it’s in the price range and absolutely a joy to drive. The interior is amazing.
- 2006 Honda Civic EX: Not bad. It’s roomier than I’d been told, and pretty comfortable to drive. The ride is pretty rough and it feels under-powered. Interior’s not bad.
- 2006 Toyota Yaris: It’s cheap and feels like it. Totally underpowered, cheap interior, but oddly enough, a better ride than the Civic.
- 2006 Toyota Matrix: Nice ride, much nicer interior than Civic or Yaris, the right amount of power and a lot of interior room. I kind of drove this on a lark, but it was worth it. Better than either the Civic or Yaris.
- 2006 Volkswagen Rabbit 4-door: Loved it. Better interior than anything but the S60, great ride, peppy and a lot of fun to drive. Right in the price range too.
- 2006 VW GTi: I shouldn’t have driven this one, but I’d seen a great review on Top Gear last year that I had to try it for myself. I love this car. It’s got amazing amounts of low-speed torque and the paddle gear-shifting is way too much fun. The VW sales guy was really cool as well, and loved showing off all the neat touches in both cars. I’m hoping I can talk Jen into this one (it’s a little out of the budget and it’s only a two-door), but I’ll probably go with the Rabbit.\
So, it’s down to the G6, which I’m renting next week, an S60, a Rabbit or, if Jen goes for it, a GTi. I had a lot of fun today, and was really impressed by the attitudes at Don Beyer Volvo and Lindsey Volkswagen. All the dealers were friendly, but the folks at those two dealerships were better than the rest by far.\
I’m hoping to make a decision after I get back from Mashup Camp.