Best "Saturday" Ever!!

So today was my day off this week; my "Saturday".
It was the best "Saturday" I've had in quite a long time!!!
It started out with a weigh-in at Weight Watchers (lost 4 lbs- thank
you stomach flu!!) then I washed my car. Lesley picked me up and we
met Haley and Aaron at the Aquarium. It is so fun to see Ronan and
Aaron play- it's like they're brothers!! They run and hug when they
see each other and then get super excited to see all the animals. I
don't know which was more entertaining, watching Aaron and RoRo or
seeing all the fish :)
Then I went with Haley to Rumrz (aka Eat a Burger) for lunch. It was
so nice to just sit and talk with her- it feels like forever since
I've done that with one of my sisters. She lent me a book about
positive management styles (which I read in an hour. I will review it
here in a later post).
Then I went to return something at Target and as I was browsing around
the clothes I ran into my best childhood friend Irene and her son
Luke!! We ended up going to dinner together and catching up. Irene is
one of those friends that you don't see very often but it seems like
no time has passed when you finally get to see eachother. The last
time I saw her, Luke was just a couple months old and now he is a
flirting toddler!! So Adorable :)
The night ended with the Netflix arrival of "Bride and Prejudice"-
totally awesome blend of Bollywood and Western movies. Loved it!! Plus
Sayid from Lost plays the Bingley character.
This was a day that I really needed and I am so grateful to Lesley and
Haley for letting me tag along on the playdate and to Irene for
following the promoting to go browse around Target while her husband
was in class this afternoon!!
I feel rejuvunated and will ready for work tomorrow and this busy
weekend at the gallery (General Conference/ Ladies Night).

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OMGosh!! My Singles Ward is like a Jr. High Dance

You know how at a Jr. High Dance, the boys stand on one side of the gym and the girls on the other and they rarely meet in the middle?

 

Well imagine that scene.

 

Got it in your mind?

 

Good, now switch the location to an LDS Chapel and instead of sweaty prepubescent tweens, picture 25-35 year olds.

Instead of lining the walls, the sexes are separated by pews.

 

Yup, there you have my singles ward yesterday!! I was looking around and all the girls were sitting together on 1 pew and the boys (I could use the word “men” but that would be a gross misuse of the word) huddled together on another- rarely mixing it up between the 2.

 

It was the same in Sunday School. The teacher found it so ridiculous that she made everybody move so that it was boy-girl-boy-girl, and it took a lot of effort to get it that way! The boys were dragging their feet and not switching seats while the ladies were being compliant and getting up and making the boys move.

 

What is going on?!!

 

Do girls have koodies?!

 

Are they afraid if they even sit next to one of us, we are going to fall madly in love with them and stalk them like unto Fatal Attraction?!

 

 

 

Saturday Seething (part 5 of a 444 part series)

First off- BIG thank you(s) go out to Jenny and Haley for bringing me medicine when I was sick earlier this week. You SAVED me!!!! Thank you Jenny for bringing me a super bug killer pill that got me to stop throwing up- your kindness in offering it the minute you found out I was sick means so much to me.

Thank you Haley for bringing me blessed Zofran that took away the nausea, even super early in the morning with Aaron still in his jammies.

And a big Thank You to Lesley and my Mom for bringing me drinks, saltine crackers and making me cups of tea. I love you all!!!

 

So it is Saturday, and I am working (yet again). The word Saturday used to hold a happy meaning of relaxation and Eat-a-Burger lunches, but now it is just another word, much like unto Wednesday or Monday.  It is not that I really mind working Saturdays, it’s just that everyone I know isn’t working and I imagine they are going to lunch or getting pedis, or shopping.  Whenever I have days off, they usually are when everyone is working so I have no one to hang out with. I typically end up staying home all day on my days off and clean and/or play with Millie and Fiona. It’s funny b/c I don’t have TV or Internet access at my apartment (which made being sick SUPER boring!!)- so I don’t really know what I do all day.  I guess Millie and Fi are excellent time wasters and zap it away- ha ha!!

Back to Saturday- I am working next Saturday as well for General Conference and then I won’t be working another Saturday until November!! That is partly due to the fact that I will be spending 2 Saturdays in Europe!!! I cannot wait for my cruise and I already have my luggage tags for the boat and registered my trip with the State Department.  It is hard to believe October is nearly here. I guess that is a good thing about working so much, time passes quickly.

 

I know I complain a lot but I truly do love my job- I love talking with people interested in art. I love frame designing with clients. I love researching new art and finding out the latest releases from artist.  

My job is pretty awesome and glamorous!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trax

So this afternoon I find myself on public transportation on my way
downtown to take a look at an original Del Parson for a client who
lives out of state. Trax is actually quite enjoyable for a people
watcher but I feel I can't really people watch because i don't want
people to talk to me. I have forgotten why people usually have ear
buds in while on public transportation (like in the Tube)!! I do have
to admit I feel kind of metropolitan and a little grown up taking Trax
downtown. The only reason I'm taking Trax is because I don't know
where to park- ha ha. This way I can just jump off and back on once
I've seen the piece. It's a win-win :)
I should take Trax more- but then there are some weirdos but that
makes life interesting, right?

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Insight for the day

You never really notice how dirty your bathroom floor is until you are
laying on it for hours making "contributions" to the porceline gods.

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TMI Thursday:

I've begun working out again (shocker) and I've been doing light
weight lifting and muscle toning instead of my go-to cardio on the
eliptucal. I have done so many squats and lunges in the last two days
that I can hardly sit down!!!
People with amazing bodies must be sore ALL the time!!

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Saturday Seething (part 4 of a 444 part series)

1. The AC has been broken at the gallery (again) since Wednesday. It
has been hovering around 80 degrees so it's not that hot but just hot
enough to make you miserable and plus there is no air movement in this
corner of the building. Blah....
2. I know I scheduled myself for this but I'm really bummed to be
working ALL of Labor Day weekend even though I also worked ALL
Memorial Day weekend. And apparently there is a thing called holiday
pay but my company doesn't do that.
3. I no longer get paid overtime so the minute I hit 40 hours I'm
closing the gallery which mean I get to close at 6 pm today!! It's
okay because I'm pretty sure DB is closing early tonight too.
4. I sold my first original painting and yet I feel like I did
something wrong; I guess I thought I'd feel differently about my first
original sale. I love the artist and working with her and the client
has been wonderful and actually quite fun. I thought I'd want to do a
happy dance and make a Leatherby's run after the deal was made but I
simply took a deep breath and got back to work. I guess I'm just
maturing into a more pratical lady.

So now my dear friends, go have a fantastic Labor Day weekend for all
of us left laboring in our offices/jobs!!

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Inspired by this...

Remember my post back in the Spring about resurgence of British Anti-
War posters in popular culture? Well I found this a few weeks ago in
my "research" and wanted to share it with you.