Boring!

What a boring weekend I had!

Jerry had to work Friday and Saturday nights because of co-workers needing to switch shifts around. So, since my friends were either out of town, busy packing to move away, or live in Dayton, there was no one available to entertain me.

Friday night, I got caught up on laundry and reading a bit of the text that I will be teaching in B2B.

Saturday, I tried REALLY hard to sleep in, but I failed. It's way too bright in the bedroom and the only window faces the East. So as soon as the sun is up, so am I. I did a few things around the house, enjoyed some pancakes and then woke Jerry around 10:30. The weather was GORGEOUS and I just wanted to be out doing something, but he had to work at 1:00 so there really wasn't anything that we could do when you factor in him needing to be back home to get ready for work. So I called my parents. I met up with them to go shopping for new furniture for their recently finished basement. I'm hoping it's completely finished SOON so that we can have a basement-warming(?) party. But I have a feeling we will be breaking it in around Christmas time. We may have had an excellent late lunch full of endless shrimpy goodness, ran a few more errands, and collapsed in simultaneous food comas back in the basement.

I was going to take Jerry dinner, but he wasn't hungry. So I ran to the Cone for a cookie dough wizard which Jerry ultimately ate most of when I went to visit him at work. I am officially swearing off the Cone. They keep increasing prices while the product quality seems to be going down. I am no longer impressed.

When Jerry got home, we attempted to watch Get Smart...but I fell asleep...typical.

On Sunday, I went back to Ma & Pa Hoell's for our usual Sunday breakfast (this week: omelets!) and to steal the coupons from their Sunday paper. Let's go ahead and chalk that one up to cost savings! After continuing my relentless pursuit of a shade that will block out the morning light in the bedroom, I came up empty and decided on ordering a cheap (probably temporary) solution from Bed Bath and Beyond Online. After taking Jerry some not great boneless wing things from Wendy's I returned home to do a little school work and to make a fabulous Chicken Enchilada Pie that could have fed the entire neighborhood. I must learn how to cook for 2 - or we need to find friends to bring over to try my latest kitchen endeavor. By the way, I highly recommend www.dinnermadeeasy.com for quick dinner ideas. Haven't had a bad recipe on there yet, just lots of leftovers!

Our Sunday night ended with a small fire in the fire pit and I was tapped out from this exciting weekend!

I'm looking forward to this coming weekend because Jerry and I are "double-dating" with soon-to-be-mama Kelly and her hubby on Saturday. We will just have to show them our favorite Mexican restaurant: El Pueblo! And Monday is Labor Day. Jerry and I are going to try to make it to his hometown of Hillsboro to catch the Highland County Fair (He really wants an Elephant Ear) on Monday, but that's still up in the air. All that after accompanying Mindy and friends to the Bengals game at PBS against the Colts (super cheap tix!) on Thursday.

Coming in the next few busy weeks of September:
OSU v. USC
Parents going out of town and the resulting dog-sitting
Two 4-day work weeks
Rosh Hashanah
Christine's Wedding
My first day of teaching
The Perfect Turkey

Stay tuned for all the fun and maybe a few pictures.

Arguing = Love

I recently read an article (found on MSN maybe? Wish I couls find it again!) that listed some ways to maintain your marriage. I'm not married, but I sometimes enjoy reading these articles to a) assess my own relationship and the potential of that relationship in the future and b) view the relationships around me (parents/friends/family/co-workers) in terms of what "the experts" have decided are the ways to happily ever after.

Things that I found interesting...

1. They say that you should specifically schedule time to make love to ensure that you keep that part of your relationship from becoming a barrier

2. Then they say that "sex" is very important and you should schedule time to have sex and if you occassionally combine making love and having sex, it's ok, but it's important to know the difference between the 2

But the piece of advice that I found the most interesting - have small arguments! The point was to bring up the small issues that are bothering you before they becoming big deal breaker issues. Bring it up, put all the cards on the table, and work out a solution. It will help you to understand one another better and to grow together.

And I think it's good advice.

In my own relationship, I have noticed myself letting very little things bother me. When something happens once, I let it go. When it happens a second or third time, I find myself getting agitated and that's when I know that it can only get worse if I don't say soemthing. To that effect Jerry and I have been arguing (and I use that term very loosely...more like discussing) more often since we moved in together. And I truly think it is the best thing for us.

We have our little spats. We get out everything that we have to say. And it always ends on a good note. After we talk everything out, I always feel more convinced that we have a very strong, loving relationship.

Now if only I can find that article...

random thoughts for the day...

Every morning when I brush my teeth, I think back to an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent where Goren states that the lady found dead at the bottom of a staircase was right handed because the gums on the left side of her mouth are more irritated - noting the fact that we brush the opposite side of our mouth harder than our dominant side. With that in mind, I find that I spend a lot of time tying to even out the damage by brushing longer on my right side. This morning I decided that I should stop worrying about it, because it may be a key piece of information should I meet an untimely and questionable demise.

I used to get up early, shower, and check my Facebook page while I was getting ready for work. Since we got access to Facebook at work, I now shower, play Mafia Wars and wait to check others' statuses until I get to work. I have found that it helps me ease into my work day a little better.

Is this really work

We were just chatting around the office today when we got talking about the dedication ceremony for our new facility. Last Thursday, was the official dedication and blessing of the new facility.

The bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Covington came out to do the blessing. The office of the Diocese is in the building that will essentially be replaced by the new facility. The bishop went on and on and on about his relationship with the hospitals and how sad he was that he could no longer just walk downstairs to visit his doctor.

My boss was talking about how long the ceremony lasted and how much her feet hurt from standing so long in shoes that were a little too big for her. She said that all she could think of was how much her feet hurt... until she had the following revelation:

"I shouldn't complain about my feet so much knowing that that man has never had sex... at least not that he can talk about."

Awesome. There are no more words than that...just awesome.

It's Wednesday

You know what that means?

No, really do you know? I don't "know" but here are some thoughts...

This week is half-over yet just begun.
This week is moving quickly and dragging at the same time.
There is a party in the park/party at the point down town that I will probably miss again despite the fact that in years past, I was so good about attending these super fun events. Maybe next week...
I'm tired...but only about half as tired as I will be in 2 more days (long busy days at the office lately).
A Reds win tonight will take the St. Louis series.

Someone's pants are on fire!

This blog was supposed to be about my life outside of the 9-5 at St. E. Yet here I am writing about work...

I just did something that I swore I would never do. I have seen all my co-workers do it and have at least mentally berated them for their lack of tact. But I didn't sleep much last night and I am admittedly not in a good mood. So I did it...

I had the Administrative Assistant lie to a vendor for me.

A few months ago, a co-worker pushed a printer off on me because he doesn't have time to deal with him... and quite frankly Charlie, Emily, and I are typically responsible for getting the print jobs done, so it was only fair that I became the primary contact for this vendor. I met with him over a month ago and didn't feel that he was a good fit for many of our "everyday" printing items. He had some unique projects that he worked on in the past that I could see us seeking him ourt for in our future. But right now, we dont' need him.

But he decided to pop on by the office to check in with me. When the Admin Asst came back to my office, I didn't even want to speak! I just shook my head no! She told him that I was already meeting with someone and would probably be a while. Lies, all lies.

How do people get through their lives deceiving people like this all the time?!?!?!

Oh well. Back to the "to-do" list!