I like Splenda, and I like it in coffee. A little sweetens it up better than sugar. For iced coffee, it's a must. I am perturbed about the lack of independant testing though.

boot cut low rise pants are my friend as well.

Going to bed.

Thank you for all the yays! I'm very excited. I start on Monday. Yay!

Much ~ma for Susan, especially now that I'm not needing it anymore.

I had a very long, but good day. I'm exhuasted, but in a good way. I may share more tomorrow. For tonight, I'll just be content with the day.

Low rise jeans are it for me. I can never go back. But I also buy low rise undies for them, too.

There is a squirrel out on the roof next to my balcony. Because I have the glass door open, the cats are sitting there looking at the squirrel. The cats aren't saying anything, but the squirrel is being quite vociferous. I had no idea the things could be that noisy.

When we lived in our apartment here, we had a squirrel that hung out on our balcony. He's sit on our wood pile in the winter and Christopher would leave peanuts out there for him. He had a gimpy paw so he felt sorry for him. The thing would climb up the screen to the sliding door and drive the dog and cat insane. We have several pictures of a three-way stare down going on between all three of them between the glass. Too funny. I miss that little guy.

I went to Trader Joes to buy pumkin butter and to B&N to buy a pregnancy magazine. I also got the boy two books. I think a hot bath is next in order.

I'm sure many people here have already seen this, but I felt like sharing anyway. Apparently written by Andy Rooney, about women over 30: [link]

That one made me wonder if this was really an Andy Rooney piece, Sail, but I love it anyhow.

It isn't: [link]

My hours change tomorrow. Instead of 8:30- 5pm, it's 9am-5:30.

Andi works Afternoons through 10 or 11 pm.

I haven't told her yet.

At least we'll have another half hour at night or in the morning...

DH is in LA - he just had dinner with Kristin and Noise Desgin. He is driving back to his hotel. - and just drove by the spermint Rhino gentlemen's club

now he just drove by a sign los Vegas Style weddings 32$ rhinestones optional.

DH is in LA - he just had dinner with Kristin and Noise Desgin. He is driving back to his hotel. - and just drove by the spermint Rhino gentlemen's club

They have a Spearmint Rhino in Melbourne. Every time I drive by their billboard, I find myself wondering about the name.

I am a small, petty, horrible person.

A friend of mine just made her first sale to a major publishing house. I should be celebrating with her. Instead I'm this ball of petty anger and snippy envy. And I was planning to write tonight, what with being so close to the end of my story and missing my afternoon writing session with the interview, but I'm just not in a good state of mind for it right now.

The universe is conspiring against me getting over my Crush!Girl. Ever. I'm gonna have to ask her out again, and see if the rejection stands.

The situation is a lot more confusing than I can possibly explain right now. Or maybe ever. But persistence could work, and I'm gonna hafta try. Because... okay, I've said this before, and been wrong, so take this with a grain of salt, but: aside from the fact that her parents would FLIP OUT (and mine might too, to some extent) due to, um, diverging backgrounds, I could easily imagine myself spending the rest of my life with this girl. Children and teensy NYC apartment and/or suburban house that sucks out our souls and all.

Which, yes, considering I've known her, what, 3 months and haven't even officially dated her (yet) (though I think most outside authorities would say that yes, we are pretty damn close to dating, despite what we (she) say(s)), may be a little premature. But I'm young and stupid, I can do that. And there was a qualifying "could imagine" there.