Archive for October 16th, 2008

October 16th, 2008  Posted at   Blogging, Women in Law

Ana’s bar is very cool. Mellow, peaceful, nice. It’s a hole in the wall that I probably wouldn’t have found had she not described it for us. I arrived 15 minutes late because work exploded into craziness today (barely escaped and, had I not had the lure of Girl Time, I may not have). Stopped at the bar, saw the Shiner Bock on tap and it was all over. Took my frosty glass and walked into the courtyard to find the ladies. Of course they were hiding behind a wall of bushes. LOL. Drinking wine. Doh! Totally forgot the wine part. But, hey, I always go against the grain so I stuck with the Shiner. Besides, after four hours of sleep last night, I was punchy enough without alcohol. Wine would have sent me over the edge.

Blonde Counsel is a pretty blonde with awesome glasses and great style. She was wearing a really fashionable outfit – very put together. Ana was just as you would expect. Smart, witty, down-to-earth and smokes like a chimney. ;) Short, tiny and cute.

We chatted, filled in the holes/expounded on the blog stories. I flashed my belly scars. (Yep, not a modest girl – who’d have thought?!?). Turns out my blog makes others feel like their life isn’t so bad in comparison. LMAO. Hey, nice to know I’m perfoming a great public service for crazed law students everywhere. Ana gave me a reassuring arm pat. BC shared a sad story of her own to commiserate. It was a real girl’s night. Hell, we even bonded over crazy parent tales. I had such a blast and was thrilled when Ana suggested biweekly Wine Time. I am soooo there.

October 16th, 2008  Posted at   Dating
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So I stopped by Blue Eyes’ place on the way home tonight to show off my new tattoo (I think even he was shocked – LOL). And he mentioned that, by the way, he was told today that he is getting a free trip to San Diego next weekend and would I like to go. Um, let me see, free expensive waterfront hotel and beautiful beaches to walk on? HELL YEAH!! So I checked with my parents to make sure Pumpkinhead will be cared for and I just booked my ticket. Too damned expensive but worth it to get out of dodge. The only thing that sucks is that Blue Eyes is leaving Thursday night and I can’t leave until after work on Friday because work is so crazy right now. Sigh… Oh well, I booked a 6 p.m. flight and will work through lunch so that I can leave a bit early that day. We’ll have all day Saturday and most of Sunday to see the sights. Fortunately I’ve been before. Should be fun!!!

October 16th, 2008  Posted at   Blogging
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I’m meeting Ana for wine tomorrow. Yee-haw. (I know you are super jealous.) And another local blogger but I don’t have permission (not that I asked) to mention his/her name so I won’t. What I think is absolutely hilarious is that it is almost 1 a.m., all three of us work full-time, and yet we are all up right now. Crazy bloggers. LOL. See you two tomorrow… uh, yeah, later today. Hopefully we can cheer Ana up or at least drown her in wine until she forgets about sad boys.

October 16th, 2008  Posted at   Health

I’m a fun girl. I have a big heart and I love to sing out loud at the top of my lungs and hug a good friend. I’ll dance in the rain with you or get up and do karaoke. I adore a good microbrew and a thick juicy steak with the guys. So why is it that people seem to think I am super-serious and uptight? I just do not get it.

Tuesday night I went to watch Blue Eyes bowl after a very, very long day at work (stayed until almost 9 and had to miss two classes – crap!) I was showing his coworker the tattoo I wanted to get. Her husband looked me up and down and said, “Yeah right. The day you get a tattoo will be the day I do.” So you can probably see where this is going. Don’t freaking dare me, man.

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Sorry the picture kind of sucks. The tattoo artist took it with my cell phone camera right after he finished the work and then he put ointment and a bandage on it. I can’t take another picture right now because it is goopy and the flash reflects off of it. For those of you asking what the hell it is, it is a tattoo of a Kiwi, the flightless national bird of New Zealand. The pattern inside is Maori and symbolizes rebirth/new beginnings.

It is on my left hip. No, it didn’t really hurt but it probably helped that I have very little nerve sensation in that area following my spleenectomy in 1997. Can’t feel tickling or anything brushing my skin there. I went after class, read a book the whole time, jumped up, grinned, paid the man $120 and left. It is forest green.

For comparison, here is what a kiwi really looks like:
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