Well Mannered Older Men

Yesterday was a frustrating day at work. Let's just say miscommunication and math were the culprit and leave it at that (Yes I know you guys were math/engn/econ, SHUT UP!)

Today has already managed to put a smile on my face to make up for the spreadsheet from hell. First it's sunny. Second, plans are in place to meet up with Hummus, JGG, and Crouton tomorrow for sangria. And third, I have a full tank of gas (silly story to follow).

So I'm getting gas and this gimundo fly comes cruising at my face. So I start doing the jiggly-wiggly-oh-lord-I-hope-it's-not-on-me dance and flipping my hair and ruffling it up trying to make sure NO FLY lands on me! When the not entirely unattractive old-ish dude across from me waves and smiles. Was I flirting? I don't know.

I tell him, "I'm terrified of bugs and them landing on me"
He says, "They're attracted to you. I can see why."

Complimenting?? Creeping??? Commenting on the bright yellow of my hoodie????

I'm not sure how I should take it, but it put a smile on my face.

Also fourth happiness of the day: I'm wearing flip flops :D

Today was day 1 of my lactose free diet (I've been getting sick after eating for a while now, and the doctors think it's probably a food allergy but are trying to figure out what I'm allergic to, exactly...gluten has already been ruled out, whew). I only failed a little bit. My co worker brought in homemade chocolate peanut butter eggs, so then I ate half of one, before he told me there was cream cheese in the filling (I figured since the milk chocolate layer was really thin, it'd be okay...but the filling probably counts as ruining my diet). Then at Whole foods there was a sample station with Whole Food brand oreos, and I ate one without thinking, and looking back on it, that most likely has some sort of lactose in it as well.

Fuzzy thought of the day: Hopefully if things work out, in a few days I'll get to hang out (and drink) with Watermelon and Crouton, and Jolly Green Giant! AND it will be 70something degrees in Michigan (though 80 in Cincinnati...whoa).

I am watching True Life: I Have Digital Drama. I just feel the need to tell everyone. Mostly because the title is so ridiculous.

That is MY fuzzy thought of the day.

WTH Andrew Lloyd Webber!

I just found out that Webber wrote a new musical called Love Never Dies that is the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera.

(spoiler alert)

Raoul turns out to be a drunken jerk, it turns out Phantom and Christine had a one night stand the night before her wedding to Raoul and he turns out to be her son's real dad, and Meg Giry kills Christine cuz Meg turns out to be a prostitute.

Seriously, WTH Andrew Lloyd Webber?

Food Fuzzies

That is, fuzzy thoughts about food. Not to be confused with fuzzy food which is decidedly gross.

Sir Tubbington took me out to breakfast today at the Broken Egg.

I got "Honky Tonk French Toast" which was cinnamon bread french toast covered in bananas, peanut butter chips, and caramel sauce. And there was whipped cream on top. Tubby got "Veggie Breakfast Stew" which was eggs, potatoes, red onion, spinach, and zucchini all scrambled together.

We shared and it was dee-lee-shush :)

Even though it's 1:22 a.m. I'm still counting this as my Saturday happy thought for the day. I had kind of a blah evening though, so the only one I can come up with is I'm grateful that I have a job and a steady salary so that I can eat out at multiple high end restaurants this weekend without batting an eyelash.

A lot of my happy thoughts involve eating.

Fuzzy. Literally.

My friend just informed me that there is a lion or tiger on the loose in Cincinnati. I hope I don't get eaten on my walk.

My co workers are funny

Today, this arrived at the office for me.

My co worker, who isn't much older than I am, but is married with a kid, told me, "Don't ever get married. Once you get married, the next time he buys you flowers will be for your funeral."

:P Okay.

Translocation

Dear Food Friends,

I GOT INTO GRAD SCHOOL!!! Look forward to some exciting Seattle pics come fall.

-W

I'm in the middle of midterms right now, I've had two exams this past week and I'll have my last one on Tuesday. And then it's free and clear until the end of April!

Currently I'm on the crappy summer job hunt in A2 so I have a legit excuse to hang out with Sir Tubbington. So far I have a non-profit thing lined up, but I think I'll be a very sad panda at the end of the summer from having to ask people for money for days and days and days.

On the fuzzier side of things, I'm going to UMich commencement!! Yeaaaa Obama is speaking :)

And let's have a fuzzy thought about Detroit for today: It's not raining that hard. :D

Even fuzzier thought about Detroit for today: The guy in front of me has a gigantic head and it's hilarious :D!

I am taking over this blog!

My apartment smells like leeks. I made leek and potato soup, and a mushroom leek tart on puff pastry with parm.

Positive thought for the day:

It's already spring in Cincinnati. I can't remember the last time I lived somewhere where it wasn't snowing for at least some of March.

(I would follow that with "which means the bugs will come back to life soon" but that would be a negative thought.)

Fuzzy Thought of the Day

I promise not all of my positive thoughts will be about food.

Today was free pastry at Starbucks day! So even though my work day got off to a bad start, I went to Starbucks with my mentor and got a yummy berry cake with my coffee.

Then I took my deathtrap car to Toyota, and Costco was doing some kind of promotion there in the dealership waiting room , and had laid out an entire feast. I ate a bunch of wraps and probably half a dozen cream puffs, which were delicious.

I'm going to try to be a more positive person by coming up with one thing every day that is awesome about being in the place that I'm in right now (either work wise, place wise, time wise, whatever).

Today's awesome thing is:

Cincinnati is an awesome food city because it has food trucks (taco trucks, grilled cheese truck, etc.) which I really like, for some reason, even though I've never bought any food from one and because there is a PAELLA guy whom you can hire to come to your house and make a big pot of paella for your party.

I've never eaten paella but I find this concept awesome anyway. I kind of want to do it for my birthday but you need at least 10 people and I have no friends. Well, I can come up with 7 friends (8 but one doesn't eat grains of any kind). So...yeah.

My positive thought sort of ended on a downer thought.

Springtime

I'm excited to be outside without a coat on (and not completely freezing my butt off).



And yes, there is still snow on the ground, but only in select places. :D

Karma II

This past weekend I was in San Francisco, accompanying HummusBoyfriend on his business trip. I had just gone to San Francisco 5 weeks ago, and on my flight there, the guy sitting next to me asked me and the other person if either of us would be willing to switch seats with his girlfriend, who was sitting about 20 rows up ahead. Both of us said no, which I feel bad about now...but she had a middle seat, and I really didn't want a middle seat, and my luggage was already stowed above me and I would have to go back to the back of the plane to get my luggage if I moved up, and...yeah, basically I'm a bad person.

So on the flight back from SF, HummusBoyfriend and I weren't assigned seats next to each other, and I was pretty sure karma was going to come back to bite my butt, but he got the gentleman sitting next to him to switch seats with me (though I will point out that I had an aisle seat). So other people are much nicer than I am, I guess, is the conclusion.

It's 67 degrees out today.

Also this thing...!

Hello, I am [Crouton].
The last blogger that I saw was [Hummus] and we [chatted over booze].
I wish I had [more energy].
If someone had to arrange me a marriage, I would want [ my parents (is that lame??)] to do it.
The last tv show that I watched was [The Office].
The last thing that I ate was [homemade pizza].
I wish I could be eating [more pizza].
I usually need [8] hours of sleep.
I really want to travel to [Malaysia!! Also, Spain and South Africa].
Today at work I [took the morning off to sleep in - something I have been dreaming about for a while :)].
I really hate [when people don't flush the toilet].

Karma

Last weekend I went to Chicago and, as I have been known to do, I went to the bars. At one place, while waiting for a drink I decided to chat up the older gentleman next to me. I was thinking at the very least he would be entertaining while I was waiting and at the most he would pay for my drink. We blah blah blah'd about Chicago and as I ordered my drink (jager bomb!!), he said he would like one too. When the bartender came back with our drinks, she asked me who was paying. I looked at the guy and he lifted his shirt a little and showed me HIS GUN. Well I paid for his drink. Then I scurried away and hid in the corner of the room until I saw him leave.

Now that I am safe, I have to admit that I probably deserved that.