Alexandra

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I'm distressed I only got 80% on the expert section though. :-( I always thought I was good with words.

I think the beach is out today... Things are looking gray.

[For that one person out there who chose "Stop posting about the damn dog," you'll just have to ignore the next paragraph.]

After pondering and thinking and worrying all day yesterday, I finally decided I'd take the dog for the week. So I call my mom tell her and she says she called the lady whose daughter found the dog and asked if they'd take the dog back, because as lovey and friendly as it is now, it also barks, very loudly, begs to out all the time, and is just too much for them to take care of. I was like "Oh." Lol. Why do I make these things bigger than they are? Oy. Anyway, crisis averted (I think - the lady has to check and see if there's some way they can make arrangements to get the dog back to the people that found it).

Yesterday was a very (very) long day, and I was immensely happy to go home and nap while Pat put frozen lasagna in the oven. Immensely happy. Today hasn't been too bad - I have a closing this afternoon that I think we are all prepared for, and no crises in the imminent future.

I don't know what to do about my mini-rosebush. It has one rose left, and is leafy and green (and I've been watering it), but no new buds to come. Pretty soon it's going to be just a bush. Conversely, the dahlia has one beautiful flower open, and four more on the way. It really is a lovely plant. :-)

I'm ready for lunch.

So my parents are going on vacation and leaving this Saturday, and they want me to watch the new dog, which apparently is now loving and happy with them. My mom called today and was like "Shouldn't you come spend time with the dog every day so you can get to know it?" I said I couldn't come today (I have a long work meeting tonight and want to go home at lunch), but I'd come tomorrow and Friday. Then she asked if I really wanted to take the dog, and I said I wasn't thrilled about it, but I would. She said she would look into kennels, but the dog bites, so I don't know if they'd take him.

On one hand, I don't know the dog, dogs are a lot of work, we're not home all the time, and I don't want the dog to feel even more confused when my parents come back. On the other hand, I know I will feel guilty if I don't watch it, I do love little dogs, and I have next Thursday and Friday off, so I would only be gone Monday through Wednesday and he would have to be home by himself.

Poll #1210820 Dogs
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

Should I watch the dog for the week?

Well, my parents came in to the office today to do their estate planning, and they say the dog is a new dog today. He jumps up and sits next to my mom, and isn't snappish at all. Maybe it will work out.

P.S. - Happy birthday Mike!

Comment and I'll give you a letter; then you have to list 10 things you love that begin with that letter. Afterwards, post this in your journal and give out some letters of your own.

irishjeeper gave me "P."

1. Patrick (duh, lol)
2. Pizza
3. Perfume
4. Polish culture (what little I've gleaned from my dad and his side of the family)
5. Pants
6. Potato chips
7. Plants
8. Photography
9. Piano (playing)
10. Purple

First off, congratulations to Kimmy (moonbaby1619) and Tom on your engagement!! You peeps on my friends list, all coming together. I'll marry y'all off yet. :-D

So my mother has made a snap decision and decided to get another dog. One she's never met, a Jack Russell terrier (they're so hyper to begin with!), and a week before they leave to go on a week's vacation. *facepalm* She told me on the phone and you could just hear my father in the background going "This is a half-assed plan," and "Never again!" (Lol. That part was kind of funny.) But what if they don't like the dog? What if it chews up everything? And especially, what if it chews up everything in our house while I'm dogsitting for them?! I'm going after work to meet the dog. Maybe it will be a nice dog.

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My mom.

Anyway, I'll post pictures when I get some. I hope everyone had a nice weekend!

ETA: So, it hasn't gone so well. The Jack Russell is very aggressive and bit my mom and the lady next door, which led to my mom being kind of afraid of the dog and angry, which isn't good. I worried all evening until my parents called and said they fed it and it seemed to be calmer than the afternoon. I still cried. I think I'm still upset over Xena, so I project those emotions onto any little dog I come across. I wanted to take the dog myself, but it would just sit at home being lonely. They might end up giving the dog back to who gave it to them, or taking it to a shelter that doesn't end up killing dogs that aren't adopted or claimed. We'll see. *sigh*

Now I'm freaking myself out by watching Youtubes of camel spiders fighting various other things (lizards, other spiders, ants, people). Someone needs to cut off my internet connection.

Ye Gods, this day is dragging. We had a half-hour discussion on pink slips vs. emails for peeps who call, but don't leave a messsage (I suggested we install phones and intercoms in the bathrooms - "Is Joe there?" "Well, he's indisposed, but let me put you through to bathroom 1."), but now? Nothing.

I'm reading up on French phrases and words, not because I am ever going to use my knowledge of French for anything, but just because I want to.

Ugh, I have a message. What could this be about... Oh, something I already took care of. Well that's good.

Back to the French.

It's true. I never met a chicken in tomato sauce over pasta dish that I liked. Something about the chicken-y taste with the tomato-y taste just doesn't do it for me. (Now ground beef, that's a different story.)

So why, when Pioneer Woman posts a recipe about chicken thighs in marinara sauce over linguine, do I suddenly have the urge to try making that?

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I am so suggestible. Next I'll be wanting to try lima beans in something. (And they should never ever be eaten. Ever. Along with liver. Blech.)

Since my earlier post, I have now managed to make the main attorney I work for pissed at me (I scheduled something via email, he apparently did not read the email, and was therefore unprepared when our clients showed up). C'est la vie.

So far today, I've woken up late, dropped an earring down the sink, and gotten a parking ticket. Stellar.

In other news, does anyone know how to get an earring out of a sink drain? It was a cheap earring, but I liked it. Maybe Pat can undo the S part of the piping when he gets home.

Also, anyone know anything about air conditioning condensers in cars? I believe the mechanic said it would be $300 when I got the car and realized it didn't work, and I'd like to fix it, but wish it didn't cost so much.

They made a firefly reference in bones!!! :-) *is a geek*

Edited to add: Someone at thequestionclub figured it out - it is "bee pee", aka BP gas. Not at all funny.

( Joke titled 'Gas prices rising' )

Oh. my. god. Is said attorney flirting with new attorney, thirty years his junior? *is appalled*

Today has been the day for all clients I don't like to show up to see me for crap, and all formerly decent attorneys have turned on me and asked me get stuff I can't (like info from a bank on someone else's account, and title information, when I can't get ahold of the searcher). And then the attorney I work most for was golfing today, so I was like "Yay! A day of peace!" and then he comes back in after golfing. *purses lips* He better not bug me. This is a no-bug zone. (EDIT: He's bugging me. I'm pissed.)

So, mad props to Molly for letting me borrow Firefly!! I love it sooooooo much. The show is ten times better than the movie, and I liked the movie. :-) I can't believe they didn't keep going with the series. *shakes head*

I rented two movies the other day - one looked like fluff, albeit slightly interesting fluff (The House of Usher), and one had won all kinds of awards and was supposed to be the movie to end all movies (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). The House of Usher was awesome fluff - totally creepy and fun. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly? I think there was a reason they didn't put the story on the back cover. Let's just say I'd like that two hours of my life back. I have no idea what I'm missing, because everyone and their brother seems to think it is the most awesomest movie based on a true story ever, but I didn't like the guy they portrayed when he wasn't paralyzed, let alone when he was, and the fact that he wrote a memoir by blinking his eye 200,000 times, while amazing, was not at all interesting to watch.

Yesterday Pat and me and his co-worker, wife, and little girl went bike riding! It was so nice to be out in the sun and fresh air. I am so happy it's summer. I am also happy I have air conditioning in our bedroom, because today it is approximately eight thousand degrees outside.

I made guacamole the other day and it's all gone now. :-( And has adhered to my butt. :-(

My dad has managed to download a trojan horse BHO. *facepalm* I don't know what to do with that man and his computers. It's like he stays awake at night just thinking of how to get into trouble and surf unsafe webpages.

Well, I'm off to finish up some stuff. :-)

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One of our clients came in with a rather dusty car, and someone had written "Riding Dirty" on the back in the dust.

I admit, I laughed.

I feel so old!

Man, do I have Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love" stuck in my head. A good song, but it is STUCK. Maybe if I put it on my myspace page, it will leave my head. Lol.

"Now all I need is something blue."
"That's easy - you have me."

I swear - Joxer is sometimes the awesomest character in Xena. I have two episodes left and then I'm done with the series. :-( I think I'm going to rent Firefly, because I loved the movie and have heard nothing but good things about the series.

I think I am coming down with another cold. :-(

Tomorrow's half-day off is canceled because we're so busy at work. That's both good and bad - I like to be busy (and I can use the half day another day), but my mom-in-law was all excited about the party and going to dinner and the Sex and the City movie.

Just a little update - I'm off for some sleepytime. :-)

So after I got the dahlia for my office (when I really wanted a mini-rosebush), I find mini-rosebushes for $3. Bah! Always when you're not looking! I decided to get one. :-) Apparently, like dahlias, they like a lot of sun, but contrasting to dahlias, they also like a lot of water, which dahlias don't. So I'll have to remember to water it a lot.

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I have had to remind myself at least twelve times today that it isn't Friday. It isn't Friday. I do not have to water the dahlia today. (I don't even have to water it tomorrow, since I will be stopping in to work on Saturday for five minutes to notarize something for someone. *shakes fist*) I think it is because the attorney I work for left for vacation, and that just seems like a Friday thing to do, lol.

I am so uncomfortable today. I open the window, it's too cold, I close the window, it's too warm.

We had another team meeting today (which involved takeout lunch that I ate too much of, and then they produced cupcakes! Arg! Diet = dead). Our secretary has been sick for like, a week and a half, and the firm administrator said she felt we did it to her by working her too hard. I was like "Yes! You do not realize she is an innocent goldfish swimming amongst sharks!" Lol. This is why, since I took this job five years ago, I have gained a great number of pounds (and a personal problem) I do not wish to disclose, and have developed depression, anxiety, and acid reflux. It sucks the very life from you. *is not at all pessimistic* /sarcasm

On the brighter side of things, we've all gotten shiny new computers, which are fun to play with. Except for the calendar in Outlook. That sucks. (In my opinion.)

Yesterday I went home and took a nap and then made dinner, blah, blah. Same old. Pat fought with Time Warner and they sent someone out today who said the outside line wasn't hooked up correctly. Well how 'bout that! /sarcasm (I have to stop with the sarcasm, I am not a sarcastic person. Oy.) Anyway, fingers crossed that the interwebs work for our FANTABULOUS THREE DAY WEEKEND COMING UP!!!!!! (I am so excited. Other than the work thing on Saturday. But that shouldn't take long.)

My dahlia has a new flower opening! It is so beautiful. I will take pictures when it opens.

Not much else goin' on. Grey's Anatomy is new tonight, and that is happy. :-)