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I missed posting Thursday and Friday because I was crazy busy at work doing the 2^nd and 3^rd big projects I’ve had this summer.  Thursday dinner was a torta at our local taqueria, half pork, half chorizo w/ egg – bf and I shared w/ each other.  I should have just eaten half because I ate a good amount of chips and salsa.

Friday evening was nothing much.  Dinner was leftover pizza.  Bf was cranky over a work tech issue he was experiencing.  One of these days I need to come home ranting and raving about some work problem and see how he likes hearing it.  He’s lucky I’m usually wound down by the time I get off the train. 

Saturday I felt pretty crummy most of the day – just tired, and that heavy lung feeling persists.  Later than we should have, we finally left the house to buy the gifts for the 50^th b-day party that night (massage GC) and the grad party the next day (massage GC and a restaurant GC).  We were planning to have a quick lunch after the shopping, and then bf switched up the plans and I ended up just dropping him off at the party location to help his friends with setup, and they’d get sandwiches to go.  I finished some shopping at Walmart and had a Stouffer’s pot pie for lunch.  Finally.  I was hungry and was getting a headache, so I also took some ibuprofen.  Afterwards I took doggy for a walk, got ready for the party, fed doggy and headed over there.  I’m glad I felt better by then. 

The party was nice and I think the b-day girl was surprised, even though her uncle just happened to walk out of the party room just as she and her dh came into the entry of the facility (they were meeting us in the bar area for a free drinks party bf had won – our ploy for getting her there).  So she was like “I think I just saw Uncle so and so.”  Anyway, even if she had suspicions then, she (claims she) was still sort of unsure, and if not, at least it was a surprise ’til that point.  The party was nice.  In addition to the usual food and drinks, there was good cake (for a change) and karaoke, which was fun. 

Sunday I was tired and I wasn’t in the mood to do anything, but I got myself dressed and out the door in the morning to buy the red onion I forgot to buy the day before.  I also bought not one, but two, doughnuts for myself.  When I walked into the shop (private mom & pop place), I told the woman behind the counter I wanted 3 (bf wanted an apple fritter, which he still hasn’t eaten and so I’m sure it’s good and stale by now).  A woman sitting at a table said in sort of an obnoxious way “Go ahead and get a dozen.”  That was sort of weird.  Maybe I should have bought a dozen and given her the 9 I didn’t want.

I went home and made my cucumber salad.  I showered and shaved and re-painted my toe nails.  Of course it poured just as we left the house and rained quite a bit.  It stopped eventually and people got in the pool at bf’s sister’s house, but by then it actually had cooled off quite a bit and the number and rowdiness of the people in the pool made me decide not to go in.  I had a good time, and was able to avoid the jerky brother and SIL.   A very pleasant surprise was that bf’s niece and her baby stayed in town to come to the party.  I also had a good time because someone asked for my cucumber salad recipe.  And a couple people remarked that they liked my hair and the way it had gone all wavy because of the humidity, lol. 

We stayed quite a while and when I got home I was very tired, but I stayed up to eat dinner and watch some tv.   

I enjoyed both events this weekend, but I don’t like when I have stuff going on both days of the weekend.  I didn’t do laundry (good thing I did a couple loads during the week) and I didn’t have enough “me time”.  Unfortunately, next weekend is almost the same, except it won’t really matter because I’ll be taking vacation days. Yippeee!

Tomorrow the boss is out of the office (yesssss!), and it’s my last day in the office until 8/31!!!   Tuesday night is movie night, Wed.  I might be going to lunch w/ some of the movie and book club gals, and then I have tentative plans for dinner with one of my HS friends.  Friday the in-town memorial service for my brother for friends and family who didn’t travel to the out of town service in April.  Saturday is a picnic in honor of my brother.  The following week bf and I will go out of town for 2-3 days just to get away, and I also have started a list of stuff I want/need to do.  Unfortunately there’s stuff like “touch up DR paint” on the list.  But I’ve also committed to not returning to work wearing the same sorry outfits, so some shopping is in order. 

Okay, need to post, visit the restroom and catch the train.