good old friends and sunsets

whew! good to be off of work! its been a tough week!!!! (cat week...read below...YIKES!)
finally the clock hit 4:30 and the cats were out the door! had a great walk down to the beach. had to get my body some exercise, oxygen and sunshine... its beautiful out here! had a nice little dinner and the phone rang. its my good old friend DDA from detroit. love him forever! he called me for the sunset. it sounded windy and warm. warm regardless of the weather. this one's for him. sending lots of love! enjoy your hat! xoxoxo

friday clocks

what's the deal with time on friday? somehow the time seems to go by much slower on friday's. especially in the afternoon... UGH! I though it was 3 but its only2!!!! ready to get off of work and start your weekend.

crushes

ups and downs of getting to know someone while having the courage to communicate honestly and take care of yourself. hoping you'll get what you need and still get to look into those eyes. its always fun in the beginning. hopefully that continues for years and years and years. if you don't take a chance you don't get to know. the one thing that is true is that as you grow older you know what works and what doesn't quicker. love you, love others. honesty is always the best policy. it would be nice to turn that crush into real lasting love. it takes two people who actually care about that, along with the above mentioned... honesty and open communication as well as compromise, compassion, LISTENING and enough interest to participate equally. right?... what do I know... I'm eternally single it seems. sounds good anyway!

cat week

this is a subject for the girls... however, I'm sure the guys will agree! women in the office all "cycling" at the same time... its a challenge! As a woman its challenging enough on a couple of days each month to "manage" yourself emotionally. Throw in other women's tendencies and you've got one catty office. Seemingly unreasonable reactions, sometimes tears may appear, silence is golden, understanding is helpful, not always easy, but very helpful. On the days your co-workers seem more "to themselves" than usual, its a sign, could be any kind of sign, but check the calendar. Chances are you could use that kind of space as well. Its all for one, the way our great creator designed it. Yea!... got any chocolate?!

cold showers

update on the hasmat issue at my home. I woke up on Saturday... afternoon... to a couple of my neighbors discussing the fact that the gas has yet to be turned on and we still have no hot water. Men seem to not know how to handle things properly sometimes. My neighbor John called me to give me the update soon after I had overheard their conversation. He said he had called the gas company and "left a message"... I'm like... "left a message?!"... so, of course, I got the number and placed my call. The difference is that I hit the button that asks if you have an emergency... yes, we do... you guys did not finish the job you started yesterday when you turned off our gas.
Turns out, as a safety precaution, they cannot turn on the gas unless they have access to every unit at one time. They have to check for a leak once the gas is turned on.
That's near impossible no matter what the size of your building! We have 13 units here. 1/2 of us are friendly and someone has the other's spare key in case of whatever. The other half... not so available. That was causing a problem.
John and I set out to collect the keys or devise a plan to get into every unit that was causing a problem. Finally, after about 2 hours of phone calls, etc... we were able to place a call to the gas company and let them know that after 6pm we would have access to each unit one way or another. I was plotting to drop into one guys place off of the roof onto his balcony if he didn't answer the calls in time. I'm not joking... this was serious business!
John and I joked about taking something from each unit during the brief visit with the gas guy. I suggested their toilet paper or coffee filters... something really little, yet really meaningful! we laughed at the thought... didn't do it though.
Finally, at 8pm the gas guy had come and gone into each unit, checked the fireplace pilot lights and moved on. We had hot water again! Laura saves the day, with help from the neighbors.
This WAS NOT an interview for HOA President! Not interested! However, hot showers I am interested in!

wonderful blue eyed gentleman

I met one! its refreshing... and it makes me smile. Nice to be able to communicate with someone with whom you have so much in common. hard to believe we've been dancing around the same circles for years and have never met. yet, those blue eyes are connected to a smart, sexy, funny, thoughtful, kind person. happy to make his acquaintance. looking forward to finding out more about him and for him to find out more about me too!

green light!

quote from Candy... after 5 hours of raging gas they managed to turn it off. Alley all tore up, hope to be able to get into my drive/parking garage... but, hasmat crisis is over... for now!
All good news as my brain feels like a marshmallow and I am dying to go home and crash... vs crash and burn!
good times!