i think i use too much toilet paper.
one of my only friends at work is leaving tomorrow. she's the controller. and we both said how we thought the sr. accountant that just started was cool. so apparently the controller told the sr. accountant to take care of me when she leaves and to eat lunch with me. apparently 29 y.o.'s can't handle that alone....(i thought that was cool though) =)
i'm so tired.
had my first gyros last night.
am packing - again. to catch my flight, again.
i'm kinda sad i won't be able to celebrate my first 4th of july here but this is my last free flight for awhile so i gotta just suck it up.
since i started at work, i've been walking to and from work. so i save: $1.50 bus ride x 2 times a day = $3.00 / day saved. but i spend like $4.30 on my venti starbucks so i guess i'm kinda still negative. i feel bad. we have a possible litigation at work and i didn't tell my boss all of my interactions with the unhappy ex-employee. i can say that since i haven't mentioned my workplace. it was two winks. there. i feel better. *sigh of relief* now i can rest peacefully. sounds little but this situation i think it's huge.

.gut.

so i said let's trust our gut instinct and seal it with one kiss. that will decipher whether we're meant to be friends or to 'casually date'. weird? maybe. but makes sense in my head. and then? and then, we decided to just go day by day. but. it's an odd scenario because instead of me being able to see how things go, i'm intentionally not looking for a relationship. and i know he mentioned, he's looking for a mutually supportive relationship. but me....well, i want to stumble along by myself, make a few mistakes, learn a few hard lessons, meet some odd/bad/weird/cool/random people. so that puts us in a situation where you want to ensure both sides are on the same page at any time. i'm too old for games. he's good company. i'm attracted to him. but i know, i'm not wanting this to go anywhere. so does that mean it's ok to still keep hanging out? what if he doesn't define "casually dating" in the same light i do? last time i went over, i told him i had "dinner plans" and would come over after. today, i told him i had plans to hang out and left when i wanted. i don't know, how much more open i can be? i think it's just a feeling of guilt, i don't want him to be where i was. ever.

end.date.

so i have this retarded guilt whenever i leave jobs. i try to make the transition work for the employer....

Examples:
KPMG-if memory serves me correctly i postponed my end date twice and the third time they asked i said no and they got mad. i was not able to put them as a reference when i left.
Octagon-gave my boss a two month notice and postponed my date twice. but since i'm still working for him it works out. i'm going to need a paycheck after my current job.
*insert current company name here*-told my boss i didn't want to leave her with the std 2-wks esp being in hr we both know it takes a lot longer to find the right person and train. she pushed off our 'meeting to discuss' for three days' and i had to call her on it. and then when i go in her office she's like "what would you like to talk about? you called this mtg?"............*($#@&(*$&@#(&*$@(*&#!!!!

but, finally secured an end timeframe (which i'm happy with) of 8/4-8/18, pending interviews both mine and hers.

so what sucks about this?

i haven't been applying for jobs, but hit up two recruiters who've already ditched me cuz i couldn't commit to an end date with my boss.

ok but then i found this really cool job ("HR Writer" to walk into a company, digest their policies and be able to write the corporate communications (handbook, announcements, manuals, training materials) for them *sweet!* i LOVE it!) online last night and applied and they emailed me back asking if i could be available earlier and i can't....now. two days ago i could've but since i met with my boss, i went back to my computer and emailed her back our mtg for my file and there's my written agreement. so now i can't leave. *dangit* it's like the beauty of being able to ensure things get put in my ee' file but i did it a day or two too early...

Open Mind - Open City

Seattle's community is comparable to SF in the community support. This weekend alone, we couldn't even make it to all of the events for Pride Weekend. SO - many. and I thought this sign hit the spot for me.

sign

i walked home from work just now. and stopped by QFC and had my iPod on. This chick was sitting in front of urban holding up a sign. i didn't even look. but then out of my peripheral vision i could see her moving her sign with me and i couldn't make out what she said but heard "smile" so i smiled and she goes "There you go!"

i came out of QFC and walked by her. this time i looked at her sign. it said

"Share $5 bucks for a SEX TOY"

type.

"what's your type?"
um...i don't know. i don't think i have one.
bullsh!t.

here's my type as of 6/26/06.

-confident
-geeky
-dorky
-intelligent
-open minded
-goal oriented
-chivalrious
-courteous
-patient
-male (i do live on capitol hill, gotta make the distinctions)
not in any particular order

(GF is your "Softie" in there like swimwear?)

jc is geeky, dorky, a boy and intelligent.

but it's not majority wins i'm learning i need 100%

it bothers me when he:

-doesn't walk me to my car at like 2am or asks where i parked or if i would like him to walk me to my car or asks me to call him when i get home to ensure i get there safe. sure i can walk on my own two feet, but i want to be with the guy who's gonna care and give a shit whether i get from Point A to Point B.
-doesn't wait until i get my food to start eating
-cracks his toes while we're watching a movie
-always lets me win with "the grab". like........always.
-touches/fiddles w/my water bottle w/his toes *ew*
-drops me off at my place on the side street at like midnight and doesn't even wait for me to walk in the door before driving off to ensure i get in the apt ok (i do live off broadway - crazies are there any time of the day) or offers to drop me off at my doorstep
-walks in front of me

am i being too picky? i don't think so anymore. i am just learning about what i want(you know, the whole thing about appreciating bad / weird dates) and i realize some people spend their whole lives trying to figure it out....we hung out all saturday - went to brunch, antique store shopping, pride celebration at seattle center, broadway pride parade, hung out at my place and sunday night watched a movie and tonight hung out. but we could go either way. friends or dating. we're both new. we have the same sense of humor but i know what i'm looking for and he's not it.

but essentially i'm attracted to the "confident-patient-geeky-considerate-chivalrious-goal oriented-open minded-dorks". courteous to strangers. talk my mom's ear off. ensures i get home ok. will go to a folsolm street fair w/o getting the heebie jeebies. will walk on the outside just because. can teach me the littlest thing every day. can make me laugh with the dumbest jokes. is patient when i road rage. and knows where he's going in life. figures out what he wants and just goes for it. is that so hard to ask?

but if i already know he's not what i'm looking for. yesterday he popped the "so what are we doing? just friends? casually dating"?....*ugh awkwardness!* do we still 'casually date'? draw the line at friends? not see each other at all? i don't know how this goes? he doesn't either. he doesn't make my heart go pitter patter. but....i don't know. =)

somber day

i didn't expect it.
we were sitting in my supervisor's office discussing issues. and 20 min later she asks how i'm doing and i apparently looked at her funny and she prompts me to tell her what's on my mind. she was expecting it. she was anticipating it. i just let it out. "i need to tell you something" "yes?" "I don't think this is the right fit for me."

she wasn't surprised. she was very professional and she saw it coming.

i went on to tell her it's not my intention to leave her between a rock and a hard place. i could do a standard two weeks from Friday or i can transition through and ensure she has the right replacement trained before my departure. i just can't afford to not be happy now and it's not a good fit. i have a lot of personal goals upon my arrival here and i feel like i'm not able to put forth my best effort - staying in this position. i need to put my best interests first.

she was crying, from what i believe to be the stress. the environment, it's not good. the job itself, is challenging and i strongly believe if i was at home, i would be able to see it through the transition however, i don't want to waste another day not being happy in seattle. i'm here for a lot of reasons. just the other day, jc was asking if i manage to do anything besides work? jokingly of course. but it's true. even when i do go out for drinks or to a movie, it's tiring. and to work a whole lotta hrs - is not one of them. yes it is my fault that i am still working my old job at the same time, making it a 7day/wk workweek but it compensates or balances me.

later, she goes on to tell me she was thinking about me this morning on her way to work. she was wondering what i was going to decide to do. my unhappiness was not a secret. i had informed her many times on several different issues. i let her know. and i feel better knowing that. but nothing was changing.

in the end she offered to be a reference. she requested for me to take time off whenever i need to interview and find something before leaving. tomorrow, i'm going to try to negotiate to change my title to "Interim" to justify the short stay on my resume moving forward.

it's just - hard. it's not what i had anticipated but i gotta just keep going.

who's the big winner?!?!

setting: jo's living/dining room. jo talking to G on headset.

people: jo

"holy crap! there's a spider!....and i have no one to call!" jo screams

G makes fun of jo while she hunts for a newspaper to kill it with.

"where did it go? it's so big? crap! why can't i have a bf just for 5 min to kill this thing?"

"just leave it alone."

"no, he's going to crawl in my mouth when i'm sleeping!"

"it's ok, he'll die in your throat and you will wake up to spit him out in the morning"

*jo creeping slowly up to the spider, walking along the window*

*jo slowly opening up the mini blinds*

*jo, rolling up "The Stranger"*

*jo trying to open the window that he's crawling on*

*jo opens window*

*jo starts hitting the top of where the spider is crawling so that he hopefully crawls down and jo can shove him out the 2-story window instead of crushing his guts on the window or floor which she would eventually have to revisit and clean up*

*spider crawls down. jo uses "The Stranger" to shove him out the window*

*jo not sure if she got him, puts the paper down and a cracker remnant falls on the floor*

*jo screams and looks down...to see it's a cracker and not a spider*

*i did it! i did it!!!!!!*

woohooo! *sigh*

"what a night!"

mommy yummy yummies!

Scene: drunk munchies - SF, SOMA, Crepe place on like 11th/folsolm.
People: Cinco and I sitting down on couches. Boys, standing in line for crepes.

A young guy, maybe like 20yo. walks by and stops.

"Heyyyyy....mommies..." (insert ridiculous pick-up lines here)
He was saying all of these random, blatant funny things, like the lines people usually make fun of. And usually that's when you pretend you don't hear him OR you turn the other way OR just not egg him on. But! When you're faded, you kinda giggle and laugh and while being cordial, apparently they view this as a green light. this guy was just not caring. or really confident. so he keeps on going "Oh, i can't even begin to choose", asking nationalities, going on for about 15 min or so. he keeps bringing on the funny lines and i'm faded so i'm a lil more open about my laughter and i'm just slapping the couch i'm sitting on at this point, kneeling over in laughter and my tummy is hurting and my eyes were practically closed and everything. but the guy, thinks this is all kosher and comes around to sit next to us. i'm even saying we're here with cinco's husband *pointing at him* and he's asking about my husband and i'm pointing to my friend and he's asking to get our numbers and cinco tells him we're on myspace.

"can i get something? a name? an email address? anything?"
"if you really want to find us you would."
"how do i get your number from there?"
"it's on my page."
"you mean like mike jones?"
lol.
this guy must've not eaten dinner, everything is pertaining to food. he's telling us we look delicious and yummy. he's calling us "mommy yummy yummies!" (seriously...mommy yummy yummies....)
he left shortly after the myspace bit and he walks away yelling and spelling out his myspace page. it was freakin' hilarious.

OAK <--> Sea-Tac

standard answer when asked about work: "well.....i get a lil tired..."

so how did a 2hr flight turn into a 6:30pm - 12:45am'ish commute on Friday night - i have no flippin' idea. but yeah.

so apparently here is my 2006 travel summary as of today:

2006
Jan: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- interview / scope out a home.
Feb: Oak --> Seattle via u-Haul ---- move date.
May: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- Tris / Nik's wedding celebration
May: SFO <--> Sea-Tac --- Laurie's Bachelorette / work
June: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- work
July: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- work /Cinco & Tretasco's housewarming & 1 yr anniversary

and then!

Sept: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- Laurie's wedding
Sept: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- Manny's wedding
Dec: Oak <--> Sea-Tac --- xmas

boy - no wonder Cinco (i lub her!) yells at me for not signing up for Rapid Rewards...

eternal sunshine of the spotless mind.

is one of my favorite movies.

tp

JO: "Remind me to get toilet paper before i go home! I don't have any and if you don't remind me i'm gonna forget"
GF: *quiet, looks oddly at jo*

*insert US premiere of "Monster House" @ Egyptian Theater*

*insert bomb a$$ food and strong drink @ Bleu (?)*

jo walks into apt and realizes the only thing she has is a travel sized Kleenex packet.

Dangit!!

Linner Break

yesterday i met DL for the first time. we went for dinner at cafe amore right next to a glassblowing place in belltown. it was cool, you could actually go into the classes and watch and we sat in the backroom that had windows so you can (purposely) watch the classes. i don't know squat about glassblowing but it was so cool to watch. even just for a bit. he even just came from picking up some prints so i got to check out a fair amount of his work and his photographs just rocked! i really admired his stuff.

right afterwards he had a gig to go and take pix at for a friend and i went to meet JC for drinks. it was kinda cool, dinner/drinks and work were all in the same neighborhood so i got to walk just a few blocks away for all! unfortunately that meant that JC had to drive me home and in his spotless new car. boys and their toys...i tell 'ya! but i had fun though, we went for two drinks and we sat in his car until like before midnight just chopping it up. can't do that with everyone! i appreciate connections.

this whole "filtering" thing that's going on...when you rebuild your immediate social network, it's enjoyable. right now it's enjoyable. it's fun. it's interesting. it's definitely an experience. you meet bad. you meet good. you meet comfortable. you meet uncomfortable. you meet weird. and as long as you're smart and safe - you don't meet the dangerous. right? i don't have the comfort of knowing that "john doe" is a cousin or a friend or a coworker or anyone "track-able". and for right now, it's ok.

i'm sitting in my kitchen, left early from work since i got there early w/o lunch. i'm eating two garlic portabella patties for "Linner" before the ONLY SIFF movie i get to watch this yr. i don't know where the time went! apparently i hear it's animated too (don't know why i let him pick!) =)

i talked to my old boss today, to confirm set up for saturday (at work). i told him i was thinking about quitting my current job and needed his 'advice' and he got excited cuz he thought that meant i was moving back...but no. still here! and i told him it's "not a good fit" like a relationship - just doesn't work. not good for either side. not you. not me. it's just the fit. and i told him that i was unsure cuz "i just don't want to be a quitter" and he said "it's not that you're a quitter, you're just finding yourself now". i'm going to talk to him more saturday but after talking w/our payroll lady too (hearing she's not happy for a lot of the same reasons) i think it is best i quit, my heart isn't there anymore. i can't afford to not be happy here.

yesterday i went to a planned parenthood volunteer orientation. it's taken me forever in a day to get in on one. i admire them. i hate history usually but that 2.5 hr orientation really made me want to be passionate - about something. i would love to work there...for right now, volunteering will need to suffice.

instant weight loss

yesterday i used 5 matches, got rid of a tummy-ache, wasted a lot of toilet paper and about 3 flushes later - lost like five pounds....you may think of it as gross but i think it was just multi-tasking at it's finest.

hoe hum

hoe hum.
i am in line to do laundry to pack up for another weekend of work.
.again.
?
it's almost over!
i haven't been to any of the SIFF films yet.
i was so excited.
i'm going to try to finish work early tomorrow and the planned parenthood volunteer orientation shouldn't take long. there's a SIFF film that i wanted to check out at Egyptian.
if not, GF is accompanying me to a thursday night flick. no clue what its about.
all this week i am trying to finish up all of the work for my oakland work i've procrastinated on. last night i was up to a bit before 1am, though i took a LONG phone break with Cinco.
it's so easy to put it aside when you work from home.
that's probably why i never finished my online class for "Benefits" a few years back.
so easy to just say "eh, i'll do it later"
i think i'm having a case of the "Mondays"
whenever i walk to work i put my sunglasses on to avoid dirt particles to irritate my contacts, causing my vision to diminish. but it's sometimes odd when i do that at like 6:30am but when i do it when it's raining i.e. today, i think it's even more funny but people just wouldn't understand...

And then!

Tarver & Hopkins.
Was actually worth watching....not by popular demand however.
Yesterday was spent at Christine's eating tons of junk food and watching the tiny pre-fights and the big fight and the older Delajoya(sp?) fight. And Then! They played a boxing video game! And then! we went drinking! and then! (this is my favorite "and then!") and then! we went for drunk munchies! so much fun. I don't know what my fascination is about drunk munchies - i really don't. but at least i'm consistent and this time i wasn't the one who initiated it either! today will be spent finding additional home fixins' and working...

Dream Couch

I was just thinking of TYPOs and thought it would be funny if i accidentally typed "Cooch" vs "Couch"....heehehe...

I bought a couch! I LOVE it! I LOVE it! It's my first couch I've ever purchased. It just got delivered yesterday.

On my walk to and from work there is a small antique store that i always pass but never go in. Lots of stuff like an ongoing garage sale. Thursday - to work, I saw it in the window and said - I NEED that couch, I'm going to buy it this weekend. Thursday from work, it was gone. *Dangit* Friday to work - still gone. *Dangit* Friday after work, I went straight in the store, to check it out and the lady asked if I needed help. And I said, oh, you recently had a red couch in your window, and she points out that it's outside on the sidewalk - i said "it is?" and she goes "I hope it's still there!" lol...(Fridays they lay out the bigger furniture on the sidewalk to catch people walking by.....so after deliberating for like 30 min - i bought it. it's not new, it has it's scratches but it's just character - like my other furniture.

I love it!

Dream Dress

This was the hardest return I ever made. I LOVE this dress. I LOVED this dress. i had to return it - yesterday. i had to buy some unexpected flights recently but i LOVE this dress. LOVE. if it was a man i'd marry it. (ignore the fact i say that about candy and drunk dancing and pretty much anything)

over the hedge

so if you asked a 29.y.o. chick what she did on an 'outing' with a 35 y.o. guy, what do you think she'd say?

do you think she'd say - they watched "Over The Hedge" by choice while the SIFF was going on?

Well...........I did! and i had fun too!

I clearly did not notice that "Cars" was coming out today, or else I would've saved my cartoon craving for that one! but "Over The Hedge" wasn't bad either. a strong 5.5-6 out of 10.

JC. He's nice. He's like that guy, that's your friend, where you're like - he's nice. i hope he doesn't hook up with some skank that's not going to be good for him...that kinda nice. at least so far. (and this is where people say "but everyone is nice in the beginning!" no, i disagree, everyone is more pleasant in the beginning but...yeah) avril lavigne was even one of the voices in the movie too! jc couldn't name one of her songs (and he calls himself canadian!?! =)) so i shared some of my iPod with him before getting dropped off in the non-smoking car.

Non Incriminating Bachelorette Pictures (AKA - Boring)

Here is the "Beach Security Guy" and tourist horseback riders on the beach. They don't have "poo-catchers" so you gotta be careful where you step! I thought it was ironic to see these in the trees of an outside restaurant 13-girls went to while on a bachelorette party?
This lady in white was just chillin' for hella long...
I think my toes are crooked. and yes they're long too. if i had a penny for every time....

A flag + a garbage can + nature.
A yummy energy drink and a pecker?! =)

"oh! what a waddle!"

He was just chillin'. It must have been around 10am on the deserted newly developed Hercules street. we had just gotten out of the garage as he was crossing "his" street. He was smelling the bushes and hopping along his routine walk (apparently). he stopped and looked at us, and kept going and lifting up a hind leg to let a phat one out =)

*Insert Puggy Poot'ing Sound here*

it's funny when ppl think of you...

GMAIL AIM:
A: "i went to the dentist today and it thought of you."

Myspace Email:
J: "Wassup Joanna! Hope all is well up there in the Pacific Northwest =) Things going the way you thought it was? Hope they are! I went to go see Mark Farina last sat & I was thinking how I missed dancing w/ ya w/ some tight house music =P Haha... just wanted to let ya know! Take cares Joanna"

GMAIL:
Sammy: "thought of you when i heard this" (sammy attaching a wierd al's version of avril lavigne's "Complicated")

So that means I'm a "dancing avril lavigne fan with compulsive teeth habits".

it's just funny sometimes...

bleeding computer

yesterday i walked in to the office and couldn't remember my computer password and locked myself out.

Problem: We only have one IT guy and he doesn't come in until like 10am.
Problem: I went to his office a gazillion times and could not get him until 1:30pm, he either wasn't there, sat on my note and didn't see it, with someone....

Problem: Around 4pm'ish, I logged onto our payroll system and my computer DIED!!!!

I went to him. Told him the situation. He stopped and said "Well, right now, I was going to say I only have time if someone's computer was on fire - and it sounds like it is!"

When IT says that - that's when I cringe.

And it died. it died it died. Hence, me being at home at 8:42am vs. in the office.

And then! I wake up this morning and my nose starts bleeding. Kind of convenient how it waited until I got away from my clean white sheets though! but it's still going...yes, that means i'm still here with tissue up my nose...great.

a "one time hypocrite"

"i'm not going to be married to my job! I came here to live!"

but i have (or will):

• cancel my volunteering commitment at the WA Brewer's Festival to go back to CA to work for the weekend.
• cancel my volunteering commitment to the Fremont Festival to go back to CA to work for the weekend.
• cancel(ed) my volunteering commitment to the Goodwill Auction to go back to CA to work for the weekend.

---> But! It's a one time deal and unfortunately my moving expenses are still unpaid AND! i'm enjoying it.

One time hypocrite (for today!) =)

in one ear and out the other...

#1: "I hope you find what you're looking for"
if i had a penny for every time i've heard this. from friends. coworkers. old boss. family. that's the consensus. that's how i am perceived because these are often the comments that follow...

"How do you like it up there?"

"How long do you plan to stay?"

"Are you seeing someone?"

"Are you meeting a lot of people?"

but today, after being away from work for over a week, this is what I was told: "Rumor is you're coming back and resigning". what sparked this? well, after sitting my new boss down last week (to get permission to go back) and explaining to her that I wasn't happy and that this training experience was something I wanted to engage; to be able to use it by taking a step back and reasessing my role at the company and whether it was a good "fit". you know, like reasessing the bf or gf relationship and seeing if it's a good match. i promised her, in writing- the reasons (and there's a lot!) why i wasn't happy - which i hadn't had a chance to do yet. but i'm going to give it through summer and see if i can make it work. and give her my written statement of "Concerns" by Friday.

what AM i doing? i don't know. i would be lying if i didn't say sometimes i just looked around and was like - huh? but overall, am i happy? absolutely! do i know what i am doing? at 6:33pm on 6/5 - yes i do know. this whole thing is my self-picked mountain. i am very happy. this is the experience i wanted - whatever it brings on. do i like it here? absolutely! it's beautiful. this my friend - is beautiful.

work

ok...what just happened?
i worked 10am - 8:30pm - straight.
and in between: ate half a muffin, half a cheetos snack bag, half a burrito my boss brought me at 7pm, large hazelnut soy peets latte, a tab energy drink, green tea and gum....and confirmed flights back for father's day weekend and july 4th. to work!?

yes, i concur that i have a dysfunctional loyalty to my old boss. very very blatant. but he brings me carne asada burritos, what can i do?

AIM

i really wish i could remember my password for AIM so i could use it again.
and i really wish i hadn't used a really old closed email account to set it up, so i could've had it sent to me. oh well.

sleep

a smart person would be sleeping right now.
but alas, just getting home from a movie, i am wide awake.
my goal is to get to work around 8:30am'ish tomorrow.
unfortunately will most likely work a full day and miss tris/nik's baby shower.

i just found this quote within some old emails ---> Hope hurts when it shatters but it's also what keeps us alive.

tonight i started laughing so much i was crying. it was great.

at my work, the night parking lot attendent is "grandpa". grandpa is so cute, he's this lil ol' asian (grandpa) man that tells me to have a good weekend, tells me to come by earlier and tells me to drive safe and watches and waves to me as i drive away. grandpa's so cute, he smiles when he sees me but then again so do I.

when i was at Sweet Tomatoes a random lady called out from her table as i passed by "what a darling outfit, really cute!" thanks ma'am!!!

i'm staying at home this week, didn't need to waste my company's money when my parents live 10 min away from work. my dad left me a voicemail around 10pm tonight to remind me that the bridge is going to be closed tomorrow night.

i've gained lots of happy pounds this week from actually eating three meals a day (and lots of caffeine - but that's not new) since there's a lovely thing called expense reports. a new one for me!

and i took over a gig of pix on our Mx trip that i still have no finished editing yet.

and found out that our favorite restaurant at work with the BEST french fries is actually a really good chill night spot in downtown oakland as well! even on a wednesday night - half asleep! ---> Luka's.

found another movie to put on my pending list that i would've never thought - but after watching the previews, found out it was a total JO movie ---> Over The Hedge....cute funny animals on screen, go figure.

daughter

i mainly have a guy co-worker and a girl co-worker at my old job. the one i'm currently contracting at until....crap, was supposed to be until today but now it's tomorrow and now it's till whenever. but anyhoo! oh, i forgot, so i took a couple of unpaid days off at my old job, prolonged my stay in CA and have been working ridiculous hrs again. oh the stress. that's what was stressing me out, how could i have forgotten. but anyways, so the guy coworker has two daughters, a teenager and a pre-teen. they would always come in closer to end of business days and ride home with dad. i would talk sometimes with them(mostly work through it, nothing phases me at work), not a lot. yesterday was the first time i saw the teenager again and she walked by my window and i walked outside and she came straight up to me and hugged me cheesing away "Hi Jo!!!". i then offered her some french fries and then candy before she quickly left (it was automatic, just picture me when i'm a mommy - "eat! eat more! eat more of anything!!!"). but my coworker pulled me aside today and he couldn't get over that. he said it was the first time ever since he's been in HR (and he's old! so that's a lot of yrs! =)).

i thought that was really really cool...

that is SUCK

sammy said my blog has been sucking lately and he's going to cancel his subscription and you know what i said - i said, i was too cheap to pay for internet from a bachelorette party in Mexico so you'll just have to wait =)

morning..........zzzzzzzzzzz.........

"morning glory!"
that's what my cup used to say when i was little.
it was a mickey d's cup when they were having the garfield mugs as that special something there! we collected them all. but over the yrs they must've broken, becuz they're no longer at my parents house (and my parents keep everything! everything!)
but i loved garfield when i was little. luuuuuved. i would watch the TV specials too. (he's just big boned!!!) one yr i remember, i would cut out the garfield comic strip, for over a yr, 365+ days. i would cut out the black and white strip, M-Sat and Sun was extra cool because those were in color and bigger. and i saved them all. for as long as i could before my mom found them and trashed them. i don't know what made me just think of the saying right now, as i'm drifting off to sleep from a tiring day of work and constant movement. but "morning glory" became the saying for "good morning!" but it wasn't for everyone. but it made me happy when i would hear or see or read it. that's why i liked to share it. and it still, makes me happy.