Wednesday March 12, 2008
my office has a flavia machine in its kitchette. i go there everyday to get coffee. this is where awkward conversations occur. today’s example:
i ran into a woman in on my floor who used to be a temporary office-mate of mine as she awaited for her own office to be set up. we barely spoke when we had shared an office. within five minutes of being in my office she had somehow (without even having a hole-punch machine or tool) spread hundreds of hole-punched circlets of paper all over our (read: my) floor. i still may not have forgiven her.
anyway, i clearly just digressed, so i ran into this woman, and the following occurred:
me: goodmorning.
woman: goodmorning, how are you doing?
me: doing fine.
[a few seconds pause while i grabbed my coffee and such]
me: how are you doing?
woman: doing well. how are y… well, um, work is keeping me busy.
me: yeah me, too. well, have a good day.
woman: thanks, you too.
et cetera.
Tuesday March 11, 2008
secretly, facebook depresses me. we’ve acquired a new mattress. i hope to have the first in a long line of good night-sleeps tonight. after three months of waking up with lower back pain, it’s about dang time. i asked cohen what he was doing while he was playing a few days ago, he said/grunted “i don’t know.” twas hilarious. flag football starts up at the end of the month. i am most def excited. i signed up to run in a 10k this july 26th. i am also very excited. i need to start training for it. i’ve never run more than 4 miles (10k = 6.2 miles). et cetera.
Friday March 7, 2008
so as i was walking towards the front door of my office building, a guy from my floor was walking perpendicular to me, towards the door as well. and he looked at me. and then kinda half smiled at me. i have never met this guy, only seen him in the kitchette and such. we end up getting on the same elevator, just he and i. and he says something like, “it’s funny to get on at the same time two days in a row.” and i kinda say “umm, yeah” while i was thinking: i wasn’t here yesterday. so awkward. et cetera.
Wednesday February 27, 2008
i am not a very elegant speaker.
Tuesday February 26, 2008
on the crowded elevator today a woman leaned towards the floor selection buttons and pressed (apparently) her floor. then a man, who was standing directly in front of the buttons looked right at her and awkwardly said, “i push the buttons.” some people on the elevator chuckled… awkwardly. i didn’t, i was just glad somebody else had already pushed 6.
new favorite baby rearing invention: odor resistant and sented trash bags. excellent for use in diaper trash cans. et cetera.
Friday February 22, 2008
cohen started climbing stairs this week. i was there for it. it was awesome. he is a quick one. had the fluid motion down pat. and just climbed climbed climbed. it’s even funnier to me, cause it was about his bedtime, and he climbed up wanting a bath and night-night. he is so awesome and cute and the best thing ever. i other news, i ran a 7:40 mile a few days ago. i am very proud of that considering that i am not running as much (or as hard) as i really want to be. go me! self-praise! um. i haven’t gotten a haircut since before thanksgiving. mandy is making me get a haircut tomorrow. that makes me feel like i am 12 and my mom is taking me to get me the haircut she wants me to have. i currently have helmet head. if i fell down, it wouldn’t hurt. et cetera.
Tuesday February 12, 2008
i voted in the va primaries this morning. and there was a guy there, also voting. he was very loud. and old. and fat. and bearded. and he cracked me up. since va is an open primary, you can vote in either the demo or rep primaries, but not both. you just tell the election peeps which party you want to vote for. he hadn’t decided yet. but on the way to the ballot box he did quip: “dangit, i should have voted in the republican primary for anyone but mccain.” zing! fair enough. but no one offered to let him switch. when it was his turn to go to the next open ballot box, he stated (loudly) that he would only place his vote in the far left ballot box, adding: “ma’am, i am so far left, that i am not just a democrat, i’m a socialist.” i was then fortunate enough to be taken to the ballot box next to him, where i could be showered with his next comment which was whispered in semi-under-his-breath-but-loud-enough-for-bar-conversation grunt: “maybe i should vote for kucinich {chuckle chuckle}.” (sidenote: kucinich dropped out on jan 25th). go america. go loud voters. here’s to the sanctity of the secret ballot. hip hip et cetera.
Friday February 8, 2008
so college football recruiting is pretty much “done” for the year. some college is getting praised by the writer of espn’s rundown of the top 25 recruiting classes because they picked up a “sleeper” recruit… well, if he’s so great, why didn’t you just adjust your ranking of him, espn?
i have hit the friday boredom. i just want the weekend. give me weekend.
cohen attempted to blow his own nose yesterday. he took a napkin held-it-over/shoved-it-in his mouth, and blew as hard as he could out of his nose. almost there buddy, almost. two weeks ago he shot a piece of snot out of his nose after 5 minutes of exhaling HARD through his nostrils. this kid is amazing. he has already started to kick and dribble balls and such around our house. i think we have a future soccer player in our midst. i’ve already started looking into soccer leagues for him, and mandy bought him an outdoor soccer ball. once it warms up a bit, i am gonna take him to the park and let him run around and see if he can bicycle kick yet.
i skipped running this morning, and i think i am slightly depressed because of it. sorry, body and mind. we shall go tomorrow, quit hating me. et cetera.
