We should be lovers! We can't do that. We should be lovers...and that's a fact.

It's about that time for another blogpost, though nothing interesting has gone on until now, I suppose. Or rather, just been incredibly busy that I haven't had a chance to post. Something like that.

First off, last weekend and this past couple of days we've had a friend over along with his little 3 1/2 year old daughter. Who is Adorable. She is now talking in full sentences and it's the cutest thing I have ever seen. Also adorable when she ran up to Hubby and went, "PPOOOKEEE!!!" and poked him with her finger, and he then lifted her up and started tickling her to which she started shrieking in laughter. A. Dorable. And for the record, Hubby will be an amazing father someday. I cannot wait.

My Birthday is on Tuesday. I will be 23. Odd thing, that. Aaron was Plotting....and then it got slipped to me what he's doing for me. Ah well. All I know is we're going down to San Diego so I can have an amazing coffee date with my girlfriends who just had babies (hello!!!!), and apparently he's still finalizing stuff. So the surprise is still there. Though I probably will be a silly girl and bring the presents I've been holding for the babies for the last couple of months, even if it's my birthday. But I enjoy giftgiving, so there!

Also, day of my birthday (well, evening), I am going thrifting with Kitty who is going to help me pick out outfits for under 25 bucks! So excited! Though priority is a pair of either red or black heels, and to look at the boots. I'm excited to go shopping and to be creative about it! Hoping to find some good outfits to wear on the cruise. Which is in two weeks and 2 days, by the way!

So yesterday, my boss and his wife took me and Hubby out to lunch for my birthday. Because they will be on vacation in Hawaii until the 18th or 19th, so they wanted to celebrate with me. I got this amazing fruit concoction as a birthday dessert. It was some of the best tasting watermelon I have ever had. Literally melted in your mouth. Soo good!

Those are palm trees and little birds carved into the fruit, by the way. My boss got me (well, his wife more) this amazing fun loose black scarf and a set of notepads along with a book. Very fun afternoon. Plus amazing food at this Chinese place. Chicken in garlic sauce with fried rice, yum!!

This week has bee an interesting one, that's for sure. I think I'll purposefully not bring up anything about Prop 8 except that I think there are probably other things that ought to be getting as much if not more focus. Such as child abuse, which is rampant in our fair state. Also, if one little bill getting overturned makes your marriage less meaningful, you probably have more pertinent issues to be worried about. Just saying.

Anyway.

I'm not a fan of getting in the middle of big debates, usually, mostly because I've found the "more reasonable in the middle people" are the ones who get ignored and the really extremes are the ones that always get the attention. So. I'll just go on my merry little way now.

Looking forward to the next two weeks. Lots of exciting things happening. Tomorrow I'm going to the beach with some girlfriends. Tuesday is my birthday and I'm off shopping (as I already said). Then Thursday is hanging out with friends, Friday evening is going out with a couple coworkers to celebrate our birthdays which are just a couple days apart, then Saturday is the "actual" celebration....and then one week until our Cruise!! Which will probably be the longest week of our lives. Besides maybe the week before our wedding, except that flew past too quickly and stressed me out. So perhaps not.

Oh. And also, I have decided to grow my hair out again. I know. Shocking. Well, not really shocking. I totally thought after cutting into a pixie cut I would Never Want to go back to long hair. At least, not for a long while. That obviously changed. Loved my short hair. Was very happy with it. Then my haircutter left for the summer to go back home (she's a student). Which meant it's been growing out for the last three months. Which means I actually really adore it. So. Long Hair it is, again. With Bangs! Also redying it but keeping that part a secret.

I also just finished up the Anniversary (2years!) present for my Hubby. Our Cruise is a bit of our present to each other, but I still love giving him things. So finished that up and hope he likes it. I'm sure he will. I also bought some fun new items for the cruise, just waiting for them to get delivered. The first being a vintage red and white polka dot bikini, with red trim. Gorgeous! Very vintage and 40s pin-up girl like! (Speaking of which, Why couldn't I have been born around that time? I'm the perfect body type for it! Seriously. Look. Btw, if anyone wanted to get me anything off of that site, I'd Love You Forever. ....hmm....maybe I should think about modeling Vintage Pin Up girl stuff.) The second being an awesome corset red/black dress. Smexy! Paired with fishnets and boots and all set.

That's what's been going on in my life currently. Been pretty good. Very content and happy and excited because it's finally in the two week countdown until vacation, and the next two weeks will be past before I know it. And then it will be vacation for a whole week! Sunday to Sunday. Yes!

I also just finished up reading Go Ask Alice, which was rather good. Very gut-wrenchingly real and heartbreaking, but very good. Journal of a 15yearold gal who got mixed up in drugs back in the 60s/70s, and her account of how it affected her. It was a good read, because you can only assume it's gotten worse since then, and that is very frightening, given how bad it was then. Go read it. Seriously.

By the way, mini receptionist rant: I just love when people call 3-6x a day and start asking me if I actually gave the message to the correct party. What am I supposed to say or think of that? "No, of course not. It's not like it's my job to make sure everyone gets their messages when they are received or something." I also just adore when people call a few times, asking the same question, and getting angry that the answer hasn't changed. You know, the whole, "Well, no, Sir, it hasn't changed since the last five minutes you called." Gah! Such is the life in some customer service job, but seriously. I sometimes wonder what is wrong with these people. On the bright side, it has made me incredibly clear, concise, and actually listen when I'm on the phone.

Well, enough from me rambling on and on. This blog post is really quite long enough now.

I am off for the night. Weekend begins in t-minus 60 minutes, and I am going to go enjoy a free dinner at Aculpulco with Hubby! And maybe a margarita too, we shall see.

Ta!

P.s. I'm also determined to one day have these shoes. I Will. They are just so sexy and womanly, how can you not want them?

I follow the night
Can't stand the light
When will I begin
To live again?

One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
What more could your Love do for me?
When will Love be through with me?

Why live life from dream to dream?
And dread the day when dreaming ends

One day I'll fly away
Leave all this to yesterday
Why live life from dream to dream?
And dread the day when dreaming ends

One day I'll fly away
Fly, fly away

Day in the Life of a Receptionist.

6:50 AM Alarm rings. Groans. Turns it on snooze until second alarm goes off at 7:05. Turn it off, lay there for a few moments, enjoying the warmth of the bed and hubby curled up around me. Breathe, crawl out of bed. Curse the cold, find nice warm purple fuzzy robe, stumble out of the room. Check the weather (walking to and from bus stops), get ready to go. Out the door and on the bus by 7:50. Stare out the window till my stop, walk to work. Unlock the doors, turn off the alarm, turn on the lights. Drop my purse at my desk, immediately go turn on the printer and start coffee (no coffee = people frantic), check messages, jot them all down. Deliver messages, finally sit down at my desk to check email and try to wake up.

Phone rings. It's one of the attorneys giving a task. "Ok", do it. Sit staring at email, waiting for something to happen. Begins work on some projects boss left. Work, chat with friends online, scan, chat.

Midmorning now, starting to feel a little hungry but lunch is still a couple hours off. Phone rings, client who is angry attorney hasn't called them back. "I'm sorry they haven't called you, Yes, I gave them your message. It is not my fault he hasn't called. He's been in court hte last few days. No, I can't give out his cell number." Hang up. Sigh. Keep working.

Phone rings again, new client who just wants to make an appointment. "Let me transfer you" Another line ringing. "Hold please" Client who is insistent on speaking with another attorney "Ma'am, he's in a meeting with a client. He's unavailable. No I can't go back and tell him you're on the line. He's with a client. He's with a client. He'll give you a call back, let me grab your number." Goes on for 5 minutes. facepalm

Quiet for an hour. Work work work.

Lunchtime....relax, read, sometimes sleep. Or go out with a friend or hubby. The hour goes by way too quickly, but get back happy that there's only 3 1/2 hours left.

Finishes project for boss, prints it out. Phone rings. New client who doesn't speak very good English, but thinks if they talk louder, it'll be easier to be understood. "No, the attorney is unavailable. He's in court....no I can't give you his cell number. No I can't call him right now. He's in court. You want to hold? He hasn't been in the office all day, he's in court till 5. He wont' be in today. No. I'm just the receptionist. I'll make sure he gets your message. No I can't guarantee he'll call you back today. He's in court. May I get your number? Thank you. I'll see he gets it. Good bye." facepalm frustrating.

4:00, praise and hallelujahs because it's only an hour till home. Finish up anthother project, sit around counting down the minutes.
4:30, begin getting antsy and restless.
4:45, begins to pack things up.
4:50, Cleans up the kitchen, turns off the A/C and locks the front door. Rinses out the coffee maker/pot, make sure the final messages/faxes are delivered.
5:00, Run out the door and head home, by bus or car.
5:30, Home. Relax. Dinner. Laugh at how ridiculous job is...
12:00, go to bed. Ready to get up in the morning and do it all over again.