HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATHY!!

At my work Christmas party this year, one of my co-workers didn't believe me when I told him I was 32. I "No way, girl!" was his response. I asked him how old he thought I was, hoping for the late twenties number.

"I thought you were 40, at least."

Effing ouch.

(Not that there is anything wrong with being 40 or that people don't look good at 40. 40 = great age. But having 8 years added on was a bit ouchies.)

I had that "let me sleep, damnit!" moment last night, when Amarna decided to jump on the bed not an hour after I fell asleep and walk all over my head, meowing full blast. When I pushed her off the bed, she proceeded to go to my bookshelf and pull paperbacks off the bottom shelf in protest (I woke up this morning to find seven books laying on the floor).

Oh, and not to make today all about me, but in last night's swim, I finally (after four weeks of swimming) found my rhythm for doing the front crawl!! I was fed up with my usual "flail, flail, pantpantpant" method of swimming as hard as I could and then running out of steam 3/4th of the way through the lap, forcing an extended break after every lap. So, I decided to slow it down and just go for an evenly paced, leisurely mile. It still took me 90 minutes to complete like it did before, but I wasn't so out of breath at the end of it (although my muscles were still wobbly).

"I thought you were 40, at least."

DUDE. Who *says* that? Have your co-workers been raised by wolves? That is seriously the dumbest ass thing ever to say to anyone.

DUDE. Who *says* that? Have your co-workers been raised by wolves? That is seriously the dumbest ass thing ever to say to anyone.

Must have been. Some people = idjits.

Hivemind request:

DH wants an iPod product for going to the gym. We do not have an extensive music library, nor will DH be using the iPod for major entertainment purposes beyond a 40 minute workout.

Will a shuffle suffice? Or should we shoot for an actual iPod or a Nano?

I'm considering shuffles for both of us (he doesn't want to share.)

"I thought you were 40, at least."

Yeah, I got this comment about 3 days after I turned 28. ("But you're so mature!")

Either the shuffle or the Nano would be better, because if you're going to use it while working out, the flash memory will stand up better to that than an actual hard drive. (The shuffle and the Nano both have flash memory, right?)

I think a shuffle should suffice -- the shuffle holds more music than it used to AND you can create a playlist or use shuffle. (I have a friend who got a shuffle just for the gym - she already has an ipod normal size.)

Personally, I would say Nano. Uploading and downloading music gets real addictive, real quick. It's kind of like buying between the just too small and just too big pair of pants: Better to have extra space than too little.

I had the damnedest dream last night. For some reason, face piercings seem like a good idea. I ended up with two in each eye brow and this big hoop sticking out of my cheekbone. And then I got a tiny hoop put in the top of my left little toe.

I can justify the face piercings by looking at pictures of a woman who was quite pretty except for the ring in the septum of her nose (sorry, I keep thinking livestock when I see those). But I don't know what the significance is of my left little toe.