Olives or Olive Garden

Would you rather eat a dinner consisting entirely of olives or eat at Olive Garden?

Olives.

18 Days Without....

A Smart Cookie. I haven't had a cookie since September 19th. Not because I'm trying to cut back but because OHP ruined them for me. I literally don't even crave one. I'm wondering how long they can stay in business without my business.

The Mom Bag

Even though I'm not a mom I used to have a "Mom Bag". You know that magic bag that contains a little bit of everything. I think I had to have one in NYC because I never knew quite what I would need to get through the day. However, since I've lived here I've tried to use a smaller bag and have put my big bag away. Thankfully for Angi and her "Mom Bag" I've been saved twice in a week. Last Tuesday, I had a WEIRD food allergy to something in my lunch and within minutes was itching all over my legs and feet. I tried to keep it to myself but eventually I said something and without even responding verbally, Angi pulled out a handful of Benadryl and handed the pills to me. I told her I just needed one but she said, "take them--you'll need them later". I was ridiculously grateful later that night when I ended up taking two more and going to bed at 7 p.m. Today, I had another incident where I cut my finger with a piece of glass. Blood was pulsing and Angi once again pulled out THE BAG and had a box with a variety of Band-aids. Thank you very much for the mom bag--it rocks!

Filter-Ectomy

I think I've had a "filter ectomy". I know I've had "filter problems" lately but let's just be honest and admit that it is gone. Today, Angi spent a good part of her day keeping me away from as many people as possible. I wasn't in a bad mood but I think that since I've been sad for so long that today's mania came as a bit of a surprise. At one point today Ang even mentioned it might be wise for me to not answer the phone--for a little bit anyway--because "people just don't get you today". I will admit that I was a bit more manic than I've been in a long time but I'm so bored at work and need something to DO!

Bulldozer

Today the question was asked: would you rather be hit by a bulldozer or be forced to sit through a Boyz 2 Men Concert? My answer is emphatically BULLDOZER.

I think I may do a "Would You Rather..." question everyday.

Not so New

Okay, picture this. Last night I got home from Mike and Kacee’s at 11ish after a very exciting night of Eric, Timmy and Charlie. I got ready for bed and curled up with my “New” Myron Bolitar book--excited to read for a few minutes before falling into my nightly coma. Now, let’s back up to Saturday afternoon…I was desperately in need of a good new book and so I went to Borders to pick up the book that Kacee and Amie told me I must read (more on that later) and of course they didn’t have it but I still needed a book so I browsed for a minute and saw that on the “New Hardcover” shelf there was a Myron Bolitar. I love love love the Myron series so I grabbed it without even thinking about it but then ended up getting distracted the rest of the weekend and so didn’t start it until last night. Okay, back to Wednesday night at 11:30. I’m in bed…so excited for my new book, excited to see what Myron, Win and Esperanza are up to and really just needing a distraction. I opened the book, read the first few paragraphs and discovered much to my dismay that I FREAKING ALREADY HAVE THIS BOOK! I was so tired but I got out of bed, stumbled to the living room and sure enough…there it was, sitting on the "Harlan Coben shelf". So, I stumbled back to bed and looked at the “published” date. Yup, originally it was published in paperback in 199_whatever and in September of 2008 published in hardback. ANNOYING!

FNL

In honor of the premiere of Friday Night Lights I have a few words. Those of you who have DirectTV are lucky! I have a couple of options including a very good friend who I know will let me watch with her and also spending time at Bob and Shauna’s—so I’m covered. I was talking to Meredith one day last week and she told me that some of our good friends had gotten DTV just for FNL which makes me feel like a proud little mama. I know I can’t take all the credit for S&L being such huge fans but I was the one who convinced S to buy season one and was with her when she did it. Also, after S bought FNL, L stayed up ALL NIGHT to watch season one before going to work the next day. In the words of one of our other friends, “I don’t even know S’s roommate but I love her just for that…” Meredith also told me about all the other people who are fans indirectly because of me. I’m so happy that I can’t stop crying…or something else my boyfriend Gordon Sumner would sing. Yea for all of you who get to go to S&L’s apartment tonight to watch Coach Taylor and Principal Taylor portray the BEST marriage on television, to see Lyla and my real boyfriend Timmy Riggins get it on and to see Smash working at the Ice Cream parlor! I love Fall!!