Sometimes I'm Too Honest

I was recently having a discussion with a friend where I was telling them my thoughts on their mental state. I have to admit at the time I was having this discussion, I had quite a few margaritas in me. I'm not sure why, but margaritas cause me to believe I am incredibly intelligent and knowledgable. Yeah, not so much.

Anyway, I decided I needed to evaluate him psychologically. I believe I told him that he is so unhappy with his life, he becomes self destructive. He does bad things to make him feel like he is living. That's not good.

I said I understood where he was coming from on this. I sometimes get like this. I am slightly self destructive.

He just looked at me incredulously and said "You? You're self destructive? What self destructive thing have you done."

I looked at him honestly over the rim of my tequila filled glass and said "I dated you!"

I'm horrible

The Bounce House

You know what everyone should do once? Rent a bounc house. It's really not that expensive, but it brings so much joy to everyone's lives. Seriously.

I ordered mine last Tuesday. I went online and picked out the one I wanted, the red castle. I really wanted the pink castle, but I realized I was going to have a decent number of boys over. So, I went for the red castle.

The guys came over at 5 on Friday and had it rolled out and set up in the backyard in under 10 minutes. Seriously, it was inflated and going lickity split. So, I took advantage. I probably jumped for about 5 minues before I became so completely winded and took a knee. Man, that's a cardiovascular workout. See, bounce houses have so many benefits.

The only thing I really had to sign off on was that no silly string would enter the bounce house. That was easy enough to sign off on. I don't think any silly string has been in my presence for about 12 years. Does anyone over the age of 15 really use that stuff anymore?

People came over and I had it going throughout the night. I was a bit afraid that chili and a bounce house would not mix, but it was all good. Honestly, I think that one day when I am frivolous and have a lot of money, I'm buying one for my backyard, that and a hot tub.

Jalapeno issues

Would you like to know how much I love my friends? Let me tell you. I made two pots of chili for them. That is actually no big deal, BUT in order to make both of these pots of chili I cut up 6 jalapenos. For the record, I can't stand jalapenos. All my cheese fries come loaded, but with jalapenos on the side. That used to be so that Kristine could eat them. Unfortunately, Kristine is gone and the jalapenos sit there so lonely.

Anyway, I cut up all these jalapenos and then discovered the taste and smell don't leave your hands, FOR DAYS. I'm not even going to go into the hell I realized in the shower. It took me about 20 minutes to be able to see properly again, and that was the least affected part.

Renu from work cooks with them a lot and suggested I put some olive oil on my hands to tamp out the burn. You know what I got? Very supple hands and fingers that still taste and smell like molton FIRE!

I love you guys, but no more jalapenos. I'm stickin to lasagna.

Aquarius

I had a quick discussion with the roommate last night about my sign. I'm not a huge astrology person. I used to check yahoo's horiscopes daily when I dated this hippy guy, but once he and his patchoulli left me life, so did the horiscopes.

Anyway, I looked up the definition of me. I agree with most of it:
Aquarians are always ahead of their time
Aquarians form their own opinions, disregarding and perhaps even disdaining the orthodox
They are open-minded but once they make a decision, their mind (at least on that subject) closes.
They avoid routine and anything else that may lead to boredom. Aquarians are outgoing and find friends to share their adventures easily.

The part I'm not quite buying:
Aquarians tend to avoid hard work and will fulfill their potential best working with ideas

I do think most definitions of star signs tell us what we want to hear. Notice above I only buy the good parts that I think apply to me. Being the aquarian I am, I will be open-minded, but I've pretty much decided its bumpkiss.

Republic of what??

Yesterday, I had a day. It was going fine until 4 o'clock. At 4 o'clock I had the pleasure of sitting across from a man and being treated like a 2 year old for an hour. He seriously reeked of condescention. It was like he knew all the answers to his questions I was giving were wrong, even before I gave them. After about fifteen minutes with him, all that was going through my head was "I really don't like you. And I like everybody. But you, no, you, I don't like."

God it was awful.

I knew I had a work dinner. So, I ran to the gym to get things off my chest. I maybe got in 20 minutes. I just kept doing intervals on the treadmill. Just something. I hate being talked down to and was just so upset. I kept running and wearing myself out, then not running. I must have looked really bipolar.

Then I ran out to Las Colinas for dinner at Republic. I'm not even going to go into it, but the restaurant was horrible, the food was horrible. Just really a waste of time. Add on that I was in a combative mood. This all led to a pretty horrendous meal.

At the end, my boss pulled me aside, gave me a hug, and said "honey, you need to grow a thicker backbone. Your not going to get ahead unless you can stand up for yourself."

This weekend, I start taking my testosterone shots I guess.

I'm stuck

As some may know, last January, my cell phone went caput when I was visiting a friend for vacation in Colorado. In my desperation, I went to a phone store and just bought the cheapest thing they had and signed a contract.

Its been a number of months and this poor little phone has slowly but surely disintegrated before my eyes. I don't think it helps that I drop it about once a week and generally treat it very unkindly.

I decided over the weekend it was time to invest in a new phone. I went over to TMobile to see what I could get. They had all these new shiney phones that did everything but cook you breakfast. They appearred to be reasonably priced, but then we started getting into the nitty gritty. They were only reasonably priced if you were a new customer. If you were an old customer, they were about the price of a mortgage payment.

I looked at the girl like she was crazy. I didn't get it. I've been a loyal customer for over 6 years, and I have to donate blood in order afford a phone, but I completely new person gets one half price. What is up with that?

I shook my head and started walking out. Do I really need a new phone that badly?

November 24th

After November 24th, I fear no one will ever see me again. Why you ask? Because on November 24th I will officially get cable.

I know. This is a big step. Its been 4 years. 4 long years.

I called up AT&T last Thursday and said I was interested in cable and (wait for it) internet. YES, I am getting internet at home too. Seriously, you will never see my face again.

But, it's time to be an adult. It's time to be able to grow up and manage my time. I really think that if there is an 8 hour marathon of "Rock of Love" on VH1 I will be able to leave the house and still socialize, instead of cuddling up on my couch under a fuzzy afghan eating cheese and making fun of people. Man that sure sounds nice though.

The woman who signed me up for the service slowly walked me through all my options. We first discussed cable. I only wanted the 100 channel option, but it was pointed out to me that I could get the 200 channel option with the DVR for a year at the same price as the 100 channel option. I kind of got a bit crazy and said yes.

I'm really going to be testing myself.

The internet should be interesting. I fear I will have a permanent laptop imprint from having it sit on my lap all the time now.

It was nice knowing all of you. I will be stocking up on canned goods and supplies over the next couple of weeks.