Argh

What a way to come into work. You get to work and everything is unplugged-everything. Computers, ACs, phones, everything. Now to go around and plug everything back in for people. Not what I wanted to do this morning.

Changes

Words are not being said
Actions are not always there
Plans need to be discussed
But to talk about them is pushing issues
Does this mean that feelings are changing?

Survival

I went out to Prospect Park this morning to get some exercise in before the heat and humidity got too harsh. I managed to walk for about 40 minutes which is about half the park. There were several people out running, biking, and walking. And, of course, out walking their dogs. Why is it that it seems like so many people have golden retrievers and I don't? I saw almost all of my favorites in the park. Sigh.....Just need to move into a house with a big backyard. But now I'm in for the rest of the day. I really don't want to face the heat and humidity. Really wish that I didn't have to go to work this week just because of the weather. But the plus side is that I don't have to run around like I did in my previous position. I can enjoy the AC.

New Groups

I decided to create a couple of new yahoo groups. Membership is free. One of them is focused on crafts and the other one is focused on reading and writing. If anyone wants to join in, the links are in the sidebar.

Something New

As per requested......here's a new entry for Cathy. Cathy, big wave hi and stop working on Sundays!!!!! Get out to your house and stop working so damn much. I know that you're just trying to avoid certain people at home but don't go to work to do it!!!!!!! :-) At least you're in the AC!

Date Night Lives on

I guess unofficially, Scott and I attempt to go out on a "date" every week or so. It lets us go out and do something different. Tonight we decided to take advantage of one of the restaurants that extended NYC's Restaurant Week. We went to Trio, a Mediterrean restaurant in Kips Bay. It was nice having no one else there eating dinner (yes, we go against typical New Yorkers and had an "early" dinner). Food was decent. Scott had pasta. I had salmon. Conversation was good. One of the better dinner dates in my opinion.
For those of you who do not live in the Big Apple or have never heard of restaurant week, it is where some of the upper scale restaurants set up a 3 course menu of some of their dishes. Patrons get to choose an appetizer, entree, and dessert all for $35. Not bad by NYC standards. I would like to take advantage of this again as Scott and I don't do it often. Just a nicer scale casual dining restaurant.

Interesting

Your Hidden Talent

Your natural talent is interpersonal relations and dealing with people. You communicate well and are able to bring disparate groups together. Your calming presence helps everything go more smoothly. People crave your praise and complements.

What's Your Hidden Talent?

Observant

Let this be a warning!

Your Observation Skills Get An A-

Hardly anything gets by you... You have a great memory and eagle eyes

How Observant Are You?

European City?

You Belong in Dublin

Friendly and down to earth, you want to enjoy Europe without snobbery or pretensions. You're the perfect person to go wild on a pub crawl... or enjoy a quiet bike ride through the old part of town.

What European City Do You Belong In?

Blue?

You are Ocean Blue

You're both warm and practical. You're very driven, but you're also very well rounded. You tend to see both sides to every issue, and people consider you a natural diplomat.

What Color Blue Are You?

The Plunge

I decided to take the plunge and attempt crocheting again. I had done this with my mom SEVERAL years ago. I don't remember making much more than a chain. So I'm starting again. I had some time to waste this morning before a meeting and stopped in at Michael's, a craft store and picked up a learn how to crochet kit. It comes with a book with some patterns along with some hooks and a few other items. So far, the only amusement that has been had is been by Denise who I keep messaging to let her know of my progress. I'm glad that she's being amused. Oh, and can't forget Boots who basically wants to stalk the yarn and play.

Notion for the morning

Another pretty sunrise. Only wish the cats got along better.

Man...

Can I cook or what?

Yoga Update

Well, I survived last night's yoga class. Amy does this on a regular basis and Natalie used to do it in the past. I did enjoy it and I surprised the instructor and think that I surprised Amy a little bit by how much I was able to do, considering that this was my first real yoga class. Some of the positions I was familiar with and enjoy doing. The heat did get to me a couple of times and I had gotten extremely dizzy at one point. But overall, I enjoyed myself and plan on taking advantage of the fact that this week will be free for me. Then I really need to look at my financial situation to see if I could reasonably afford to continue.

Dreams

where priorities are questioned is worrisome.

Interesting

It's always interesting reading the past of your current. Makes you wonder if they still feel that way sometimes and how come they don't say much about you.

Reunion

My high school reunion is coming up in a couple of weeks. I've been noticing the increase of alumni from my high school checking out my blog. I'm very curious to know who exactly has been looking at it-wondering if I liked the person in high school, wondering what they have been up to through the years, etc. I am not going to my reunion however. Scott and I will be attending the wedding of his friends Alice and Morgan-a great couple that I couldn't be happier for. So if any of you alumni (other than Tricia) want to drop a note-please do so.

Yoga

Today, my coworkers are dragging me to yoga. I guess I should say dragging me because a bigger part of me is willing to go. I just wish that it was being done before work. I'm just hoping that the 1.5 hours goes by quickly and that I don't die from the heat. It should be fun considering I like these coworkers that I'm going with.

Weekend Update

Well, my morning yesterday wasn't all that great but I survived. Then, Scott and I headed to the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium. We watched the show of Cosmic Collisions and we were both irked by some of what was said during the show. How can scientists put a time frame (i.e. an hour) for something that happened billions of years ago. I guess maybe if I was a dumb person who accepted everything as fact, it wouldn't have bothered me. But, obviously, it's still bothering me.
After that we headed to the game store where Scott didn't buy anything and then to Joy for Indian food. Despite how well it tastes, it didn't sit well with me-probably because I hadn't eaten anything yesterday since 8am. Then it was off to home where there was a block party.....an obnoxious, annoying, disrespectful block party. They had a DJ whose music...if you can call it music (songs broken up constantly by the DJ) basically vibrated things in our 4th floor apartment. Needless to say both Scott and I were bothered by this. And, of course, our NYPD did nothing about it. They basically stood at the end of the block watching people-gee, cops, why don't you arrest the people that are smoking pot (which was obvious) and tell the DJ to lower his fucking crap!
Hopefully, today will be better. I have to take Tiger to the vet and go grocery shopping. Scott's friend, Matt, is coming over to play games-it will be interesting to see how much playing time I see.

Moody

I don't know why this is. I can be happy one second and then pissed off the next. Unfortunately, Scott is the one that takes the blunt of it. And for that, I'm sorry. At least, I'm conscious of this happening so it's a start. In the past, I just didn't care who was receiving my rath, madness, or what you want to call it.