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It Was The Best Of Nites...

..it was the worst of nites.

Last nite was.

Started out oh so promising...getting ready to go out, listening to Ween, Neko and LTJ, in a great mood, killer sunset in the sky and catching up with FL buddies on the drive over to Cherry Creek.

First stop at Cost Plus World Market which I LOVE and did without in FL. I'm telling you, their Indonesian Teak candles are TO DIE FOR and smell so yummy that ya wanna shove 'em up your nose. If they made a fragrance for men, I would buy it for every single guy I know who would then get lucky beyond his wildest dreams...it is THAT great of a smell where women want to...well, you get my drift. It's hot!

Found the shoe boxes I needed at BB&Beyond which was conveniently across the parking lot...not a 100% match to satisfy my anal-retentiveness, but close enough.

Next stop, a place to eat with several TV's for NBA viewing. And that's where it went downhill pretty quick.

Got a dreaded cluster headache (used to get them all the time in FL) and by the time I got home I could barely see to drive. Long story very short, slammed down my personal remedy of 4 Alleve (upped it to 6), chugged a can of Coke and had a piece of chocolate...the only reason I keep chocolate around. Made it upstairs and last thing I remember was falling on my bed around 9...woke up on my closet floor at 3 am.

Have no idea how I got there or what happened when I got there. Pretty freaky feeling, actually. Especially when I have to walk thru my bedroom then thru my bathroom to get to my closet.  Yeah, that part has had me weirded out all day.

Went downstairs when I woke up and all the lights were still on, the groceries from King Soopers still on the counter. Guess I had the presence of mind to put away the cold stuff cause that was in the fridge. Made it back to bed at 4 and slept until my alarm went off.

Talked to an RN buddy of mine...she said the changing of seasons can do it, so maybe that's what caused it? Who knows?  Seems I called Howard at some point. He called today to check up on me and I had no idea what he was talking about. I HOPE I didn't call any of you and not remember? Jillian? Scottie? Anyone else?  I mean, it's humorous (sorta) to DD someone. Not humorous to call someone and sound like I'm dying.

Gonna stay in tonite and do the closet stuff I never did last nite. Tomorrow is Girl's Day Out with Elise, and she's coming to my place first to check out all the home improvements. My house is pretty clean right now, but one more go-round won't hurt....plus it'll make me feel good.

Best of all buddies, Daylight Savings Time starts this WEEKEND. YES! My favorite day of the year. And Monday I'm off from work for the Rockies Home opener. A 3 day weekend for me...wahoo!

Let's hope no more worst nites on the horizon for a very long time.

It's The Little Things

Got a surprise care package today from 3 of my work buddies in Boca. My all-time FAVORITE line The Thymes , best smelling foofy bath products you've ever sniffed. Normally I hate the smell of Eucalyptus, but this stuff I massively love. And had just run out of it 2 days ago and was starting to go thru withdrawals.

No more shakes for me, cause look what they sent:

Totally made my day and really made me miss my buddies.

Just got off work - YAY- and sitting here wondering what to do.

Put my kite together and fly it? Finally break down and buy food at King Sooper's, which I have been meaning to do since last Friday but haven't quite gotten around to it? Take a shower and head out for a night on the town to watch basketball? Cruise by Bed, Bath and Beyond so I can get more shoe organizing bins for my ever increasing Merrell collection? Or trek down to DTC area and go the The Container Store  and size up their shoe containers? What to do?

Did a bit of organizing last night on the CD front...dusted off my bookshelf that holds the CD's, put all the stray ones back into their cases, thought about organizing them alphabetically...that's as far as that got, tho. They were organized alpha before I moved...one day will do it again, but that day is not today.

Actually, could get into a huge organizing frenzy tonite. My house is pretty much there for the most part but I can always find stuff to tweak.

Organizing and creating order out of chaos is akin to crack for me. LOVE LOVE LOVE doing it. That show 'Mission:Organization' on HGTV? That's my 'Lost', 'Project Runway' and 'American Idol' all rolled into one. Oooh yeah!

OK, now that you all know waaay more about my love for organizing than is probably healthy, am gonna get offline and go out and do something...the day is too gorgeous to waste by staying inside.

Bad News/Good News

Little? Jillian? Big?

I need for you guys to sit down. Take a deep breath. Don't skip ahead and start reading the links. Have some tragically bad news for you.

Ready?

Remember how we'd planned that we'd celebrate this when we celebrated this.

It's not happening. They're 10 days apart. Yeah.

So it doesn't look like we'll be dressed in Pirate Gear while weaving our way from booth to booth tasting Porters and IPA's. No drunken arrrgs. No saucy pirate wench t-shirts. Sorry babes, it's not gonna happen.

The Good News?

Well, not to rub salt in the wound, but I'll get to go to both cause I live here. HELLYA!

Don't hate me, k??

ps- One more juicy bit of good news...found out minutes ago Denver has  The Container Store ..could life get any better? I think not.

And I've Been Sleeping Nightly On My Best Friends Kitchen Floor

Over the last 24 hours I've downloaded 473 songs into my iTunes. Once I finished with Tom's stash, I started going thru stuff I already had but had never gotten around to transferring over.

That's being taken care of post haste.

When I got the OAR CD the other day, the song 'Wonderful Day' sorta kinda reminded me of Less Than Jake...who sorta remind me of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Have seen LTJ in concert twice. They kick. They rock. They blow...horns.

Flashback time when I listened to 'The Science of Selling Yourself Short'...one of my favorite LTJ songs to sing-along to when I got totally shitfaced...at the top of my lungs with my other equally shit-faced chickie buddies. That song used to remind us of A LOT of FL boys. OK. MOST FL boys. (Not you, Chris...you're one of the good ones!).

So yeah, sitting here thinking back to the FL days. Seems like ages ago when it was really less than 3 months ago.

Talked to Howard for the longest time tonite over 4 separate calls. He'll be 1/2 way thru Respiratory school by mid-May. Huge milestone. Trying to convince him that there WILL be a light at the end of the tunnel. And he WILL meet cute hot young chickies (the only type he's ever interested in) once he graduates and starts working in a hospital. Told him to hang in there and not settle for his 'chick from the past' ...never settle...ever.

He says it's easy for me to say, hard for him to live. I tell him to grow a backbone, then anything will be possible. He says I'm retarded. Then we both say goodnite and hang up. Just like the gazillion other calls we've had over the years.

Then he calls back to say thanks for the encouragement. And the last rent check that I sent him that he's finally gonna cash. And I tell him to hang in there, and he's his own worst enemy.

Just like the song says.

Spanish Eddie Would Be Proud

Have totally indoctrinated my buddy Tom into All Things Ween. Helped him download CD's into his new iBook this afternoon...'Quebec' and 'Chicago Live' were among the first CD's he copied...and he's gonna copy the accompanying DVD from 'Chicago Live' into his iPod which has video capacity. Nice, huh?

Another one falls into the Ween trap.

29 July can't come soon enough.

Another Wacky Idea?

Lots of things running thru my mind lately...they're keeping me up at night and waking me at the ungodly hour of 5:08 for the last 4 days in a row...WTF?

Found out I'm getting a tax refund. First time I haven't had to pay in 3 years. Part of me wants to take a week long cruise or trip to somewhere tropical. The other part wants to put the refund into a money market account.

My biggest wacky idea du-jour is to start having roommates again (one for each empty room and I'll move my office into my bedroom) so I can pay my house off in 5 years. Yeah, I know I'll have no tax write-offs (for a mortgage anyway) if I do that. But still, for some reason this idea has sunk into my grey matter and I can't get it out of my mind.

No worries all of you that plan on coming to stay for TLAP weekend. Won't start the roomie rush until after my multitude of summer guests have come and gone...Pirate guests included.

On a totally different note, I've had the windows open for the last 2 days...go figure cause the weather is beyond awesome here in 'almost heaven'...and I've noticed birds singing. I love the sound of birds singing. It makes me happy.

Having lunch when I'm starvin' Marvin also makes me happy, so I am outta here to Qdoba cause I am BEYOND starved right now.

Cya.

Out Of The Closet

Blog-ically speaking!

Told one of my former clients turned new friend about my blog tonite. You know how you get to the point where you trust someone and feel comfortable letting them know more about your personal life...quirks, foibles and massive love for CD’s aside? So I reached that point tonite and now Joyce knows what blogs are and that I have one.

Scott suggested the title of the post and I had to run with it.

My day after work was memorable and expensive! Helped my buddy Tom get his brand new iBookG4 and suggested he throw in the 60GBIPod as well. HE LISTENED TO ME! SWEET!! What a wise man!

Then he cracked that thanks to me, this is the most money he’s ever spent in one day. He joked on the way out of the Apple store that this was just a warm-up to the house he’s getting ready to buy over the next month. Told him I’d go with him to his closing and that way he could blame me for his iBook, IPod and house purchase, all wrapped into one. It’s so fun to go shopping with me...honest!

We got back to his truck (we drove separately since I was meeting Joyce for dinner) and then I proceeded to do what I’ve been wanting to do ever since the first weekend I met Tom over 5 years ago...got him to hand over ALL his CD’s to me so I could download them into my iPod. Finally, the wait paid off!

He drove me over to Crepes and Crepes on 3rd and I forget what street and we had beers while we waited for Joyce to show. Joyce showed, Tom split for his dinner date, then Joyce and I had one of the best meals I’ve had since moving to Denver.

The Margarita Crepe (Romaine, Tomatoes, Bacon and Buffalo Mozzarella) followed by a Blueberry and Banana Crepe for dessert. Great food, fantastic conversation and we sat outside on the patio. Towards the end it got a tad chilly but overall, what a beautiful night to be eating outside.

Joyce and I decided that we’re doing this once a month, which would be way way cool. Next time, we’re gonna try a quick after work hike since it will be daylight savings time. Yay, a chance to try out my new hiking boots!

Now, I’m kicking back in bed, listening to Ween 'Quebec' on my Ipod (absolutely KILLER CD),iBook on my lap, downloading ALL of Tom’s CD’s into my iTunes. We’ll finish setting up his new iBook tomorrow after I finish work.

Apples, CD’s, Blueberries and Banana’s.

What a tasty day!

Pretty Damn Funny

Sitting here talking on the phone to clients when I look out the window and see a porta-potty emptying truck drive by. Nothing new, since there is a lot of new development where I live.

The name on the side of the truck slays me...'Super Bowl'.

Just thought I'd share!

Today's The Day

My buddy Tom is buying an iBook and I GET TO HELP HIM!  Yay!

A PC user all his life, he's making the switch. Could it be the lure of the iPod? The ease of iBooks? The fact that I've been spouting all things Apple propaganda since he's known me? Whatever it is, it worked!

It's the little things, ya know?

Cutting Ties

Found out the ex-roomie has another roomie...actually, 2 other roomies...a friend and her 5 year old daughter.

Found this out twice...from another source last week and from the ex-roomie over the weekend. Had wanted to spend a couple of days there before summer (and hurricane season) get into full swing, but that won't happen now.

Probably a good thing, overall. Probably better to no longer rely on my dentist and dermatologist back in Boca, no matter how wonderful they were.

So, any of you have a dentist or dermatologist that you LOVE? Please let me know.

For the dermatologist, need someone board-certified in various laser techniques. Had several pulsed laser treatments to get rid of my rosacea (it's 90% gone now) and want to finish it off. Also had a skin cancer diagnosis last year so I need to keep on top of that. And those of you that have suspicious moles or bumps, get them checked out NOW. TRUST ME ON THIS!! They caught mine in time.

Good thing, now there's no reason to go back to FL for anything other than visiting friends. And why visit them there when they can come here?

See, I'm saving money already!

(until the next trip to T&S)