Older and stupider...

So yesterday, having consumed no alcoholic beverages whatsoever, I head over to Mrs. Tall's to have some pre-birthday drinks and pick up my present, which contained something that I was going to be wearing that evening. I find a parking space, park the car, and head across the street over to their loft.

Except, not only did I leave the keys in the ignition, but I literally got out of the car and walked halfway across the street before I realized that THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING.

At least I put the car in park.

Things that don't happen every day...

1. So, it is about 10:15 last night, just starting to go to sleep, when the sirens start. Now, I am aware of the fact that I live in a big city, and sirens are a part of city life. Well, these sirens aren't stopping, and are instead joined by many, many, many other sirens. Then at about 11:00, still sirens awailing, I start to smell smoke. I get up, go over to the sliding glass door and look out. The whole west loop is covered with all this grey smoke. A bunch of us are now standing outside on our balconies, in boxer shorts, t-shirts, and assorted sleepwear, commenting on the smoke filled west loop and the multitude of sirens. We wondered what was burning, as we couldn't see where the supposed fire was, nor where the sirens were coming from. All seemed to calm down about midnight, and was quiet until about 5:30 AM when the news/traffic helicopters were buzzing around presumably filming the charred remains of what happened to burn.

Turns out -- CANDLE FACTORY burned down. Hee! Luckily no one was hurt, but damn, it was a big ass fire. And I smelled it!

2. A co-worker brought in Halloween cookies this morning -- pumpkins and ghosts. Looks like one of the ghost molds got inverted, as printed in big black frosting across the ghost's chest? !OOB

Back-ish...

Well, I'm back. Sort of. I doubt anyone has noticed that I haven't posted in a long while, and somehow today I feel compelled to post. Lets see...what is new...

1. Decided to give up on match.com for a while. Wasn't seeing anyone of interest and just don't really have the time or energy to devote to it right now. Maybe next year I'll go back, but for now, it just isn't working for me.

2. Have new responsiblities at work. Much much much better than before. Like my new boss, have the chance to travel, and in general have a greatly reduced stress level. No more crazy managers following me into the bathroom!

3. Birthday coming up. Getting older but don't feel like I am growing towards something in life. Feel very stuck, but not sure what to do about it. Maybe I'll just cut my hair again.

That is all for now. Very boring entry, but I thought I'd try and get into the habit of posting again. We will see how long this lasts...