A Clean Well-lighted Place.

How different would I be if I were with someone else?

How long will I think of you before the memories of you release me?

Thanks, Dr. Tracy.

Birthdays are weird.

Today was quite a good one though! I woke up feeling weird, probably due to drinking an amount of red wine last night, combined with the rainy weather, combined with the fact that birthdays are--weird. 

But Hunter and I went to breakfast and I had chocolate chip pancakes and way too much coffee. And I got a new lanyard for my ID badge at work which I first I wasn't that into but wore and really liked.

Met Erin after work at the Chocolate bar, had a drink and chocolate fondue. Got a bottle of wine and some cheese and salami--fancy!

Went out with Martha )my birthday twin!) and Steve to Hiroba Sushi which was really good. Maybe the best sushi I have ever had. Plus we must go during the week some time when they have drink specials (free sake or buy one get one beer, sweet!).

 Work has been hectic and stressful lately. Not always bad, but higher-pressure.

At my library we really see the effects of this economy, shaken out in awful uncomfortable and sometimes grimy ways. We are way more packed and busy because so many people don't have jobs, are frantically trying to get jobs, etc. It makes me feel really lucky and blessed to be in the situation I am, but it's also frustrating, upsetting and taxing.

We're really short-staffed, too. And the county is probably going to take a huge budget cut....and police, fire and "mandated services" get more money than the libraries do...so things could be going badly quite soon.

But, this is quite negative. I am reading The Time Paradox and it's really making me think--no more bad thoughts for now.

Pineapple curry and Coffee crunch bars. I have made the curry before; next time I will make it spicier and have more pineapple. The coffee crunch bars were delish though some edges were a little burnt; I ate too many of them. I don't think my butter was creamed throughout properly; at least I hope that's what the problem was because I don't know what else it would be!

 So my cataloging class is totally plaguing me, BUT--

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 Isn't it weird to look at yourself? After drinking and talking to Steve on the phone I fucked around with my iPhoto. Hence my myspace photo.

Before I forget the reason for this entry: I randomly called Steve and he mentioned his ten year high school reunion was this fall. Oh yeah, I told him, you should totally go.

No no why would I want to go--but I'll go if you'll be my date.

Oh yeah because I bet Lou will be there--

Steve concocts fabulously entertaining story about how we are married and he is a professor and I am a librarian and pregnant and then we would make out in front of Lou and he would have a stroke.

Not funny but SO funny.

Life has some major stressors for me lately. I am taking a cataloging class that is probably going to kill me, I caught Hunter's gross hacking cold (though Zicam seemed to keep the worst at bay for me), I feel like I should be planning for the wedding/honeymoon/cleaning my house every single second before we are eaten alive by giant hairballs in our sleep--

The Bachelorette will be getting married before me. Huh.

Why are there so many bugs in my house?!

And I do not know how to use excel, or hardly anything on my new computer actually. Blargh.

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