I almost forgot to write about my weekend in Duluth. I drove up with Val and Tara on Friday. We got into town a little late, checked into the hotel/motel holiday inn then went across the parking lot to the corner bar and met some of their team people. All three of us were a bit tired so we did not stay long, had a couple beers then back to the hotel/motel holiday inn.
Saturday we slept late, at least for me it was late. Anything past 4:30 AM is late for me. Their first game was at 10 AM, we headed to the ball fields around 8:30. We watched some games then Val and Tara needed to get ready for their game. It was fun, I ran into a number of old friends. After their game, I don't remember if they won or lost, I think they lost, we tried to locate a restaurant they had been to before. We were unable to locate it so we went to Pizza Luce, my favorite place. After lunch we went back to the hotel/motel/holiday inn and chilled out. We went back to the ballfields for their second game, I think they lost that one too. We watched more softball we had dinner at a Mexican place then went back to the hotel/motel/holiday inn to change and meet people out at JT's bar. The bar was pretty empty when we got there. We each had a shot for Kathy then chatted with a few people and called it a night.
Sunday was back to the ball fields. I made a point of looking for Pam Z so we could chat. She and Jo and some of their friends were out by the entrance when we arrived so I chatted with them for quite awhile. Sunday I met up with more people. I ran into Cathy C, boy did I have a crush on her "back in the day." It seems like it has been 100 years since I last saw her. We chatted for a bit and exchanged phone numbers. I called her earlier tonight and left a message on her voice mail. It would be great to see her again. Val and Tara had another game and actually won this one. Their team sure sustained a number of injuries, two people went to the hospital with head injuries, and another was hit on the left cheek bone. She will have a nasty shiner for awhile. Because the team won they had to play another game. They lost that game, afterwards we watched some of the championship game then had to head back to the cities.
All in all it was a very nice weekend. The weather was beautiful and I was able to see some old friends and make some new ones.
until tomorrow...
Thursday, August 30, 2007
It's my Friday
Whew, I am happy it's my Friday. I left work early today I had a funeral to attend. Actually I just went to the visitation, I was not up for a funeral. My long time friend Leslies father died over the weekend. We grew up together, her family lived down the street so I have known her dad since I was a little kid.
After the visitation I came home and worked in the yard. We finally got some rain and the grass just went crazy. I will still need to get out in the backyard and cut it again. It needs to dry out a bit before I can cut it shorter.
I met Karen S and her friend Connie out for dinner tonight. It was fun, we went to Jake's City Grill in Maplewood. The food was really good, I think I ate too much. I got back home around 6:30 and decided I did not want to do any more work around the house so I chatted on the phone with friends for about an hour.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, I have a tee time at 8:30 at Gem Lake with Mary Jane and Barb, then we will do brunch someplace and hopefully I will meet up with Rhory afterwards. I then have a tee time at Fort Snelling with Val and Tara. We plan to meet Ann Marie and Jody for beers afterwards.
It's the Labor Day holiday weekend and the price of gas has gone through the roof. Of course I am driving on less than a quarter tank of gas. I am hoping to make it through the weekend then the prices will go down. I will be riding my bike to work for the next week.
I am hoping to get to bed early tonight and actually sleep the night through. I have not been sleeping very good, last night I got to bed by 10 PM and woke up at 12:45 AM then again at 2:17 AM then tossed and turned for quite some time. The alarm went off at 4:30 and it felt like I had not slept at all. Maybe I should be drinking a glass of wine instead of a glass of water.
I see Marlayna is online, I think I will say Hi then call it a night.
Peace
After the visitation I came home and worked in the yard. We finally got some rain and the grass just went crazy. I will still need to get out in the backyard and cut it again. It needs to dry out a bit before I can cut it shorter.
I met Karen S and her friend Connie out for dinner tonight. It was fun, we went to Jake's City Grill in Maplewood. The food was really good, I think I ate too much. I got back home around 6:30 and decided I did not want to do any more work around the house so I chatted on the phone with friends for about an hour.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, I have a tee time at 8:30 at Gem Lake with Mary Jane and Barb, then we will do brunch someplace and hopefully I will meet up with Rhory afterwards. I then have a tee time at Fort Snelling with Val and Tara. We plan to meet Ann Marie and Jody for beers afterwards.
It's the Labor Day holiday weekend and the price of gas has gone through the roof. Of course I am driving on less than a quarter tank of gas. I am hoping to make it through the weekend then the prices will go down. I will be riding my bike to work for the next week.
I am hoping to get to bed early tonight and actually sleep the night through. I have not been sleeping very good, last night I got to bed by 10 PM and woke up at 12:45 AM then again at 2:17 AM then tossed and turned for quite some time. The alarm went off at 4:30 and it felt like I had not slept at all. Maybe I should be drinking a glass of wine instead of a glass of water.
I see Marlayna is online, I think I will say Hi then call it a night.
Peace
Monday, August 27, 2007
My Little Dog Ayla
Tasha is on the left and Ayla is on the right
I can't stop crying, I lost my little dog Ayla on Thursday evening. She has been with me for 15 years! It is just not the same walking into my house. Ayla was the sweetest little Boston Terrier, she loved to run and play fetch. So much energy and so independent, nothing stopped her. Now I have lost both my Boston Terriers, Tasha (13) in May and Ayla on August 23rd. My little dogs had been with me longer than any people, they were the best. Always happy to see me, their little tails waggin and happy looks on their faces. I know they are together once again running around crazy, no more pain, no suffering, just happiness and joy. Lots of snacks and puppy treats.
Peace to my little dogs, thank you for so much laughter, happiness and joy.
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
shopping
Searched everywhere today for new window coverings. I am giving my bedroom a beauty makeover. It is looking fabulous! I cannot wait to finish and move my bed in there. I have painted and purchased all new things (except the bed). My little brother went shopping with me, he loves to shop and I hate it. World Market, Tuesday Morning, Home Depot and of course Menards. I found plenty of other things to buy but could not find the right window coverings. I think we will head out to Ikea this week.
Work went well today, I received a compliment from my manager, that makes two this week. He said he appreciated my efficiency. Most of the people I work with don't really want to do anything extra. I also put some time in with my Union work. I have a light duty case I am working on, it is very convoluted. I more I investigate the worse it gets. I was also given a new case today, an overtime by-pass violation. That one should be pretty cut and dry.
I had an "AH HA" moment the other day. Rhory explained an "AH HA" moment to me just a few weeks ago. She got it from Oprah, Rhory is a big Oprah fan. Anyway, I was watching a movie Saturday night, I don't really know the name of the movie, it just came on and I started watching it. It was kind of a hokey movie but I watched anyway. Saturday was a rainy, stay at home and vegitate kind of day. Anyway, as I was saying, I was watching a hokey movie and one of the lines the female main charactor said to the male main charactor was "you are in love with the idea of me." I am telling you, it struck home with me. I realized that is exactly what was going on with Anne and I. I truely believe I was in love with the "idea" of her. She is a super cyclist, races competitively both road and mountain bikes. Her cycling is what defines who she is and I got a real kick out of it. I thought it was great to brag, my girlfriend is a pro cyclist, here is a picture of her on an advertisement, blah, blah, blah. Truth be told she is not a very good girlfriend, I could never make plans because she was not available. Her first and only priority is racing, everything else in life comes second. She is very selfish, self centered and unreliable. She will be 40 in November but I believe her maturity is at around 26. I have spent the last month evaluating our relationship and the pros and cons of it. The cons totally outweigh the pros, why I stayed in the relationship myself is a mystery to me. I am not going to deny I loved the woman or that she does not have some wonderful qualities, she just is not the one for me. I went through hell the first several weeks but since my "AH HA" moment life is looking so much better. I do believe I still need to talk with her and that she owes me an explanation. She ended the relationship and I don't really know why. I believe she was cheating on me. She has cheated in all her previous relationships so why I ever believed she would not cheat on me I'll never know. I believe she started a relationship with another woman before ours ended. That weighs heavily on me. if she had just gone out and had a fling with someone then was honest about it, I would not like it but I could handle it and get over it. But when someone is deceiving and lies, that to me it so disrespectful. I don't think I trusted her from the beginning, hell, I know I never trusted her and I am sure that cause me more stress than need be. OK, enough of this, it just irritates me. Until we sit down and I get my questions answered, it just does not matter.
Let's see what do I have for the rest of the week. Val and Tara are due back from the East Coast tomorrow, I need to contact them about the weekend. I still have not decided whether I will go to Duluth Friday evening or Saturday morning. I will be golfing Friday afternoon. Mary Jane is due back from her cruise on Thursday, boy I hope she is OK. The cruise was supposed to go to the Cayman Islands and with all the bad weather I don't know where they ended up going. Surely not into the hurricane area. Hopefully I will get out on my bike this week. I have to check the weather and if there is no rain forcasted for tomorrow I will ride to work. That's all for today...
ONLY WHEN HE NO LONGER KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING DOES THE PAINTER DO GOOD THINGS - Edgar Degas
Work went well today, I received a compliment from my manager, that makes two this week. He said he appreciated my efficiency. Most of the people I work with don't really want to do anything extra. I also put some time in with my Union work. I have a light duty case I am working on, it is very convoluted. I more I investigate the worse it gets. I was also given a new case today, an overtime by-pass violation. That one should be pretty cut and dry.
I had an "AH HA" moment the other day. Rhory explained an "AH HA" moment to me just a few weeks ago. She got it from Oprah, Rhory is a big Oprah fan. Anyway, I was watching a movie Saturday night, I don't really know the name of the movie, it just came on and I started watching it. It was kind of a hokey movie but I watched anyway. Saturday was a rainy, stay at home and vegitate kind of day. Anyway, as I was saying, I was watching a hokey movie and one of the lines the female main charactor said to the male main charactor was "you are in love with the idea of me." I am telling you, it struck home with me. I realized that is exactly what was going on with Anne and I. I truely believe I was in love with the "idea" of her. She is a super cyclist, races competitively both road and mountain bikes. Her cycling is what defines who she is and I got a real kick out of it. I thought it was great to brag, my girlfriend is a pro cyclist, here is a picture of her on an advertisement, blah, blah, blah. Truth be told she is not a very good girlfriend, I could never make plans because she was not available. Her first and only priority is racing, everything else in life comes second. She is very selfish, self centered and unreliable. She will be 40 in November but I believe her maturity is at around 26. I have spent the last month evaluating our relationship and the pros and cons of it. The cons totally outweigh the pros, why I stayed in the relationship myself is a mystery to me. I am not going to deny I loved the woman or that she does not have some wonderful qualities, she just is not the one for me. I went through hell the first several weeks but since my "AH HA" moment life is looking so much better. I do believe I still need to talk with her and that she owes me an explanation. She ended the relationship and I don't really know why. I believe she was cheating on me. She has cheated in all her previous relationships so why I ever believed she would not cheat on me I'll never know. I believe she started a relationship with another woman before ours ended. That weighs heavily on me. if she had just gone out and had a fling with someone then was honest about it, I would not like it but I could handle it and get over it. But when someone is deceiving and lies, that to me it so disrespectful. I don't think I trusted her from the beginning, hell, I know I never trusted her and I am sure that cause me more stress than need be. OK, enough of this, it just irritates me. Until we sit down and I get my questions answered, it just does not matter.
Let's see what do I have for the rest of the week. Val and Tara are due back from the East Coast tomorrow, I need to contact them about the weekend. I still have not decided whether I will go to Duluth Friday evening or Saturday morning. I will be golfing Friday afternoon. Mary Jane is due back from her cruise on Thursday, boy I hope she is OK. The cruise was supposed to go to the Cayman Islands and with all the bad weather I don't know where they ended up going. Surely not into the hurricane area. Hopefully I will get out on my bike this week. I have to check the weather and if there is no rain forcasted for tomorrow I will ride to work. That's all for today...
ONLY WHEN HE NO LONGER KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING DOES THE PAINTER DO GOOD THINGS - Edgar Degas
Monday, August 20, 2007
OH MY GOD!
Could you heap anything more onto my plate? OK, so here is a recap of the last few months. May: My little dog Tasha (13 yrs) gets sick and dies. June: my house is burlarized and then my dishwasher and clothes washer go to hell. July: my girlfriend ends our relationship without any explanation, I believe she was cheating on me. I sure hope the saying "things happen in threes" is true then I can look forward to happier times.
Those were the highlights there were also a few smaller things happening as well. For instance, my dog Ayla needed her teeth cleaned $600. My stepdog Lash got sick, nasty mess on the floor that I will not even begin to explain or we will all get sick. Lets just say it took over an hour to clean the kitchen floor. He was diagnosed with Pancreatitis! Good God! I had big ass tree limbs come down in my front yard after that last big storm. Oh yeah and I had been looking forward to a mountain bike race, Ore to Shore, all year only to have the rest of the crew back out at the last minute. Now that really sucked!!!!!!
And then what happens? August 1: The bridge on 35W callapses and brings it all home to me. Any of us could have been on that bridge, my friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, hell I could have been on that bridge. As my friend Miss Marly always said "Dont sweat the small stuff." My issues pale in comparison to what those people and their families are going through. I can only hope that time eases their pain and they can find peace.
On the brighter side of things, the sun comes up every day and sets every evening. I have my health, a good job and people who love me. Life is good.
This weeks brings a flurry of activity, work, a little shopping, biking, golf and then off to the great white north for the weekend. I am heading to Duluth for a women's softball tournament. It should be fun.
that's all for no,
carmen
YOU ARE EITHER LOSING YOUR MIND OR GAINING YOUR SOUL - julia cameron
Those were the highlights there were also a few smaller things happening as well. For instance, my dog Ayla needed her teeth cleaned $600. My stepdog Lash got sick, nasty mess on the floor that I will not even begin to explain or we will all get sick. Lets just say it took over an hour to clean the kitchen floor. He was diagnosed with Pancreatitis! Good God! I had big ass tree limbs come down in my front yard after that last big storm. Oh yeah and I had been looking forward to a mountain bike race, Ore to Shore, all year only to have the rest of the crew back out at the last minute. Now that really sucked!!!!!!
And then what happens? August 1: The bridge on 35W callapses and brings it all home to me. Any of us could have been on that bridge, my friends, family, neighbors, co-workers, hell I could have been on that bridge. As my friend Miss Marly always said "Dont sweat the small stuff." My issues pale in comparison to what those people and their families are going through. I can only hope that time eases their pain and they can find peace.
On the brighter side of things, the sun comes up every day and sets every evening. I have my health, a good job and people who love me. Life is good.
This weeks brings a flurry of activity, work, a little shopping, biking, golf and then off to the great white north for the weekend. I am heading to Duluth for a women's softball tournament. It should be fun.
that's all for no,
carmen
YOU ARE EITHER LOSING YOUR MIND OR GAINING YOUR SOUL - julia cameron
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