weekend recap

soundtrack of the last few days: a mix of Frank Sinatra and Train's "Superman" (heeeey baaby/ IIII don't want to be your supermaaaan/ I just wanna be your maaan and I'lllll be suuper baby... ) hehehehe

life has been so weird lately. an okay weekend-- very low profile. Halloween plans from Friday turned into a night out at Tiki instead (more on that later). I also started my short Saturdays at work yesterday, which was fantastic. The only disappointment was the rainy day today that was supposed to be Busch Gardens day. Oh well. It is going to end up being a decent day anyway, though. Steph and I went to breakfast and out shopping this morning, I'm sure I'll end up at the gym, I'll hopefully get some stuff done around the house, and later will probably be Sex & the City and Desperate Housewives back at Steph & Matt's. A quality low key day.

So anyway, last weekend Andrea kind of surprised me when she said her boyfriend, an underwriter at work, was wary of working with my team and asked if I was a bitch. See, when I first got down to Virginia Beach, apparently I had some reputation I didn't know about, because a lot of people have gotten to know me since and repeated the common refrain of "you're pretty cool-- not at all like I heard." WTF?! When I asked a few of the old VB supes, though, they said one thing is that when I'm working I am usually frowning and it's kind of intimidating. I certainly don't mean to frown! I am usually just concentrating or thinking. And I get along ridiculously well with just about everyone at work I have gotten to know, so I was pretty confused. Well, now fast forward a year and a half to Friday. I am at the bar waiting outside the bathroom for Steph just hanging out, and a guy comes up to me and says, "It's not that bad! cheer up!" AGH! Well, we ended up having a cute little chat for a few minutes afterwards, but now I'm starting to think I really do look totally unapproachable! So, I think I'll try just walking around with a big cheesy smile on my face all the time and see if my life is any different. More on this experiment later :) I need to figure out how to meet more people out of work, anyway. There were some fun guys at the bar, but with 9 other fun & gorgeous girls with me AND having to work at 6am the next morning, there wasn't much room for going crazy. ;) Definitely a good time, though.

On another note, there are only 3 days before I leave for NEW ORLEANS!!!!! If you have souvenir requests, put them in now. I apparently already have to send mardi gras postcards and get timed drinking a Pat O'Brian's hurricane (and get pictures of whatever happens afterwards!) Should be an awesome time except for all that work stuff :Þ Gotta love travelling on company money.

The only bad thing about being away is worrying about my cat, who has been acting very weird lately. He has also peed on the carpet a few times (ICK!), which apparently can be a sign of serious health problems, so it's off to the vet tomorrow for him... Hope for good kitty health and a low vet bill! If anything were to happen to this cat, I would be pretty upset. Truman has been around since senior year of college, and since he's thinks he's human and I treat him like he is, I'm pretty attached! :) Funny how animals can be like family. I'll probably be one of those old cat ladies 50 years from now. hahahaha.

Last note: GOOOOO Sox!!!! I hope all you sports fans out there watched the Sox/Yanks series-- one for the record books and the reason I was up late on ALL my days off last week.

Anyway, hope everyone had a great weekend!