My goodness - at this point I would not be at all upset if some dude had his hands all over me. Three weeks in Thailand and I'm starting to wonder if I'm invisible. My friends and I have started to refer to our lives here as "Just in the City" 'cuz we ain't gettin' any sex! Maybe if I say that enough it will start to be funny.
Okay - the other things make up for it though. Like the people, the food, the weather (although I'm still sweating everyday), and my job. The kids call me Ms. Melanie - how cute is that? AND they actually thank me when I give them homework - well it's only happened a few times, but STILL!
I also love the Thai massages, they rub for hours and it costs about $5 - it's madness I tell you!
So Carrie keep the dates up because I am completely living vicariously through you at this point. Don't get me wrong, I will continue to go out dancing at the clubs and rub up against random strangers for my affection. But for actual dates - you're it sista! Oh and come visit me!!! Seriously - you better plan to be here for the entire summer! I miss you!
Ms.Melanie
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
Sunday, August 21, 2005
Blind Date Sunday
Ok - so today was a day of mediocrity. Both Ann and I had dates set up for today. Both guys we met online. I was excited.. she not so much. . .but it was to be an interesting day.
I was to meet Big Red at Maria's on Franklin at 10:30am. I got there a little early- as I didn't want him to be watching me walk in - so it was around 10:20 or so when I arrived. I waited in the doorway for a little while - telling people, no, I'm not waiting to be seated, please, go ahead. At 10:26 Big Red text messaged me saying he was running late. I messaged back - saying i was going to sit down. There was texting - and a few phone calls - all assuring me he was thisclose and was passing thislandmark. . .blah blah blah. I started making deals with him in my head while watching the minutes pass by. One of my last texts to him was that he had 3 minutes. He claimed (for the 2nd time - that he was on Franklin - and was minutes away). Finally, at 11:30 (one HOUR after we'd planned to meet) - I left $5 on the table (for the 3 glasses of water I drank) and walked out the door. To be fair - I watched every vehicle that came into the lot - so we didn't just miss each other. At 11:45 he calls me and says he JUST PASSED Maria's and was turning around. I told him I wasn't there anymore. Very short/quiet conversation - he says bye - and hangs up. Seriously - at this point - I'm now wondering if he isn't some ass who's sitting at home seeing how long he can keep the innocent girl waiting for some imaginary date. It didn't end there (oh, lord, I wish I would have just left it alone - cuz no one would have faulted me for never speaking to him again). I decided to go to a movie - and he ended up coming over to my place (cuz no, I will not meet you - if you wanna come - then you be to my place by 1:45 - before I leave). So, he came over - gave me hugs (uninvited, I might add) and was all like "how ya doing?" (like 4 times) - dude - you just pissed me off - maybe let's skip the generic greetings. Anyway - we went to the movie (I paid for my own) - and he like grabbed my hand - and with his fingers - rubbed my fingers for practically the WHOLE movie. Yes, he did move to my leg a few times (once when i had pulled my hand back and crossed my arms - NOTE TO GUYS: this is a SOCIAL CUE. When a girl has her arms crossed - she DOESN'T want you to grab her hand - probably doesn't even want you touching her . . take the CUE. So - it was bad - i was rolling my eyes in the dark theater - and was truly waiting for the "date" to end. The whole way home - i was wondering what i would say to make sure the date actually DID end at this point. I must have come off as a true bitch- cuz he finally took the hint - and he didn't even come in to hug/kiss me at all. THANK GOODNESS! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he's a smoker - and he completely stunk like cigarettes the whole time - and for at least an hour after he left - I could still SMELL/TASTE that god-awful smell!
Ann's date - with The Half J - finished not long after mine - and she'll have to comment to give the full story - but short story is: no chemistry - and lots of awkward pauses. Neither of us had eaten - so we went to eat and gab about our equally entertaining guys. We went to some Mexican restaurant - which seemed to attract Spanish-speaking customers - may be because staff could barely speak English? - this is a fact - we were the only white people in the place. And to top off our wonderful days - the food was very dry, Ann's pop had no fizz, and the karaoke guy (singing in Spanish) turned the music up so loud that we were practically screaming at each other to talk.
So now I'm alone again in my apartment - and feeling VERY ok with that.
I was to meet Big Red at Maria's on Franklin at 10:30am. I got there a little early- as I didn't want him to be watching me walk in - so it was around 10:20 or so when I arrived. I waited in the doorway for a little while - telling people, no, I'm not waiting to be seated, please, go ahead. At 10:26 Big Red text messaged me saying he was running late. I messaged back - saying i was going to sit down. There was texting - and a few phone calls - all assuring me he was thisclose and was passing thislandmark. . .blah blah blah. I started making deals with him in my head while watching the minutes pass by. One of my last texts to him was that he had 3 minutes. He claimed (for the 2nd time - that he was on Franklin - and was minutes away). Finally, at 11:30 (one HOUR after we'd planned to meet) - I left $5 on the table (for the 3 glasses of water I drank) and walked out the door. To be fair - I watched every vehicle that came into the lot - so we didn't just miss each other. At 11:45 he calls me and says he JUST PASSED Maria's and was turning around. I told him I wasn't there anymore. Very short/quiet conversation - he says bye - and hangs up. Seriously - at this point - I'm now wondering if he isn't some ass who's sitting at home seeing how long he can keep the innocent girl waiting for some imaginary date. It didn't end there (oh, lord, I wish I would have just left it alone - cuz no one would have faulted me for never speaking to him again). I decided to go to a movie - and he ended up coming over to my place (cuz no, I will not meet you - if you wanna come - then you be to my place by 1:45 - before I leave). So, he came over - gave me hugs (uninvited, I might add) and was all like "how ya doing?" (like 4 times) - dude - you just pissed me off - maybe let's skip the generic greetings. Anyway - we went to the movie (I paid for my own) - and he like grabbed my hand - and with his fingers - rubbed my fingers for practically the WHOLE movie. Yes, he did move to my leg a few times (once when i had pulled my hand back and crossed my arms - NOTE TO GUYS: this is a SOCIAL CUE. When a girl has her arms crossed - she DOESN'T want you to grab her hand - probably doesn't even want you touching her . . take the CUE. So - it was bad - i was rolling my eyes in the dark theater - and was truly waiting for the "date" to end. The whole way home - i was wondering what i would say to make sure the date actually DID end at this point. I must have come off as a true bitch- cuz he finally took the hint - and he didn't even come in to hug/kiss me at all. THANK GOODNESS! Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that he's a smoker - and he completely stunk like cigarettes the whole time - and for at least an hour after he left - I could still SMELL/TASTE that god-awful smell!
Ann's date - with The Half J - finished not long after mine - and she'll have to comment to give the full story - but short story is: no chemistry - and lots of awkward pauses. Neither of us had eaten - so we went to eat and gab about our equally entertaining guys. We went to some Mexican restaurant - which seemed to attract Spanish-speaking customers - may be because staff could barely speak English? - this is a fact - we were the only white people in the place. And to top off our wonderful days - the food was very dry, Ann's pop had no fizz, and the karaoke guy (singing in Spanish) turned the music up so loud that we were practically screaming at each other to talk.
So now I'm alone again in my apartment - and feeling VERY ok with that.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
I was arrested last night
Ok - you will not believe the day I had yesterday. I will give you the best possible story - filling in background when needed - while trying not to bore you.
I went to brother/sis-in-law's house around 6:30pm - to bring them to airport. (they were flying out to Vegas to visit parents) Ha ha ha, isn't this fun, "Carrie, do you want gas money for this?" WHAT? Don't be absurd - I would never accept gas money for bringing someone to the airport! It's my good deed for the day, yes?
Drop them off at DOOR 1 (had to fly America West) - get out of car, get bags, hugs, kisses all around. Get back in car - begin to pull away from curb - and from Airport Police car which I had parked directly in front of. (Obviously the terror alert is quite minimal - as this guy had nothing better to do than run my plates.) I pull into traffic - going SOOOO slow - and being very careful about changing lanes - and he pulls out behind me . . . he follows me for about 15 seconds before he puts his lights on - and pulls me over (on the left side of the road, btw)
I'm stunned - cuz have no idea what i could have POSSIBLY done. . .
He comes up to window, asks me if I'm "Carrie" - i say "yes" - and he says something to the effect that there is a warrant out for my arrest. WHAT???? (totally thinking stupid ex husband did something stupid - and i'm involved now!) - "Yes, warrant out for your arrest - seems you did not provide proof of insurance to St. Cloud Police."
BACKGROUND STORY:
sometime in April? May? I went to St. Cloud to visit loving cousin who had stopped into MN for a few days (from AZ). A BLOCK from the restaurant where we were meeting - a lady cop (ahem) pulls me over - cuz my blinker light's not working. Ok - and she also wants insurance. Cool. No problem. Wait a minute. I can't find it. I try to explain that I JUST got divorced (explaining name change on ID) - and JUST moved (ditto - and hoping that explains why I'm so unorganized) - and I don't even know if I have new cards yet, blah blah blah. She gives me a fix-it-ticket for the blinker - and a ticket for the no insurance - I must take care of these two things. I DID. I fixed the blinker (only $17) and FAXED my proof of insurance to St. Cloud. I even CALLED before - to make sure I could fax, rather than go in person. (fix-it was able to be done here in cities). All good, right? No! - read on:
So here I am, pulled over at the airport - cop is calling St. Cloud to see if warrant is still "live" - I'm in my car calling cousins (who are airport cops) - get ahold of one - WHAT DO I DO??? He tells me to do whatever the cop says - and that he will come down and help me out. Cop comes back - warrant is good - he has to take me "in." (dear lord!) - and asks if i have someone who can come get me and pay the $500 CASH to bail me out. (by this time, I have also told him who my cousins are - so I think that helped with only having to go to the airport jail - NOT downtown) I ask about what happens to my car? Impounded. $250 to get out. WHAT??? (I wailed) I'm going to be out $750 cuz of St. Cloud's mistake??? Can't we handle this another way. He allows me (THANK GOD) to park my car in general parking ($10 - yay!) - and then i had to get in the back of the squad car to be taken "in." (thankfully - he never put cuffs on me. . yeah. .like I look like I can hurt somebody!)
The worst was now over - as I sat in this little room for about an hour and a half - crying - calling people - pissed, mad (at myself, at St. Cloud, at this guy). Cousin and his parents came down - filled out the paper work, paid the bail - and i got to leave. I have court in St. Cloud in Sept. and Cousin thinks I'll be able to get the bail money returned (as this wasn't my fault).
The very worst part of ALL of this - Remember that first time I got pulled over in St. Cloud, didn't have insurance cards - no - but I DID have the temporary card (and PROOF of payment) in my BACKPACK because I (at the time) had been carrying around all my important papers (divorce, house sale, apt. lease, INSURANCE) - in case I needed them. So I should have NEVER gotten the first proof of insurance ticket - OH WELL! LIVE AND LEARN!
Lesson for the day:
PUT YOUR INSURANCE CARD IN YOUR CAR THE VERY DAY YOU GET IT IN THE MAIL!
I went to brother/sis-in-law's house around 6:30pm - to bring them to airport. (they were flying out to Vegas to visit parents) Ha ha ha, isn't this fun, "Carrie, do you want gas money for this?" WHAT? Don't be absurd - I would never accept gas money for bringing someone to the airport! It's my good deed for the day, yes?
Drop them off at DOOR 1 (had to fly America West) - get out of car, get bags, hugs, kisses all around. Get back in car - begin to pull away from curb - and from Airport Police car which I had parked directly in front of. (Obviously the terror alert is quite minimal - as this guy had nothing better to do than run my plates.) I pull into traffic - going SOOOO slow - and being very careful about changing lanes - and he pulls out behind me . . . he follows me for about 15 seconds before he puts his lights on - and pulls me over (on the left side of the road, btw)
I'm stunned - cuz have no idea what i could have POSSIBLY done. . .
He comes up to window, asks me if I'm "Carrie" - i say "yes" - and he says something to the effect that there is a warrant out for my arrest. WHAT???? (totally thinking stupid ex husband did something stupid - and i'm involved now!) - "Yes, warrant out for your arrest - seems you did not provide proof of insurance to St. Cloud Police."
BACKGROUND STORY:
sometime in April? May? I went to St. Cloud to visit loving cousin who had stopped into MN for a few days (from AZ). A BLOCK from the restaurant where we were meeting - a lady cop (ahem) pulls me over - cuz my blinker light's not working. Ok - and she also wants insurance. Cool. No problem. Wait a minute. I can't find it. I try to explain that I JUST got divorced (explaining name change on ID) - and JUST moved (ditto - and hoping that explains why I'm so unorganized) - and I don't even know if I have new cards yet, blah blah blah. She gives me a fix-it-ticket for the blinker - and a ticket for the no insurance - I must take care of these two things. I DID. I fixed the blinker (only $17) and FAXED my proof of insurance to St. Cloud. I even CALLED before - to make sure I could fax, rather than go in person. (fix-it was able to be done here in cities). All good, right? No! - read on:
So here I am, pulled over at the airport - cop is calling St. Cloud to see if warrant is still "live" - I'm in my car calling cousins (who are airport cops) - get ahold of one - WHAT DO I DO??? He tells me to do whatever the cop says - and that he will come down and help me out. Cop comes back - warrant is good - he has to take me "in." (dear lord!) - and asks if i have someone who can come get me and pay the $500 CASH to bail me out. (by this time, I have also told him who my cousins are - so I think that helped with only having to go to the airport jail - NOT downtown) I ask about what happens to my car? Impounded. $250 to get out. WHAT??? (I wailed) I'm going to be out $750 cuz of St. Cloud's mistake??? Can't we handle this another way. He allows me (THANK GOD) to park my car in general parking ($10 - yay!) - and then i had to get in the back of the squad car to be taken "in." (thankfully - he never put cuffs on me. . yeah. .like I look like I can hurt somebody!)
The worst was now over - as I sat in this little room for about an hour and a half - crying - calling people - pissed, mad (at myself, at St. Cloud, at this guy). Cousin and his parents came down - filled out the paper work, paid the bail - and i got to leave. I have court in St. Cloud in Sept. and Cousin thinks I'll be able to get the bail money returned (as this wasn't my fault).
The very worst part of ALL of this - Remember that first time I got pulled over in St. Cloud, didn't have insurance cards - no - but I DID have the temporary card (and PROOF of payment) in my BACKPACK because I (at the time) had been carrying around all my important papers (divorce, house sale, apt. lease, INSURANCE) - in case I needed them. So I should have NEVER gotten the first proof of insurance ticket - OH WELL! LIVE AND LEARN!
Lesson for the day:
PUT YOUR INSURANCE CARD IN YOUR CAR THE VERY DAY YOU GET IT IN THE MAIL!
Friday, August 12, 2005
My name is Carrie, and I gossip
First of all - yesterday was a good day for friends! Boy did I make the rounds.
I started off with lunch in Coon Rapids with Michele. She works at our Intake Center - so we gossiped about work - and enjoyed lunch at a Chinese buffet.
Since I was in the neighborhood - I called up grad school/former coworker/bridesmaid Tracy - and stopped by to visit her and her girls. 18month old Lindsey didn't know what to think of me for a long time - but was sharing Play Dough with me by the time big sis Emme got home from a friend's house. It was great to catch up with Tracy - it's been a long time since we just hung out and talked! (Of COURSE we had to debrief from the previous night's gathering at my house!)
Around 4pm I met up with high school buddies Nancy F and Jaymie to scrapbook at Archiver's in Roseville for scrappin' and more gossiping. (geez - I gossip ALOT! - at least I admit it! ;) We took a break to have dinner at Quizno's - where we got to see cousin (and fellow scrapbooker) Sarah (and her DD) who just ran in to use the bathroom!
I ran home to let the dogs out - and by 9pm was out the door again to meet with friends at Psycho Suzie's. Ann brought a friend from her adult school, Vanhtha came out for his traditional "one drink," and O'Calla also made it out for greasy food and beer. Midway thru an evening of laughing and talking crap (and yes, gossiping) - I caught the eye of a guy at the next table - it was Lobster Boy's (remember him??) friend - that married guy who flirted with Melanie!! LB wasn't with the table of 10 or so guys - as far as I could tell - it wasn't like I could sit and stare - right?? :) - so that's a bummer - but it be nice if I could lose 10 pounds or so before I run into LB again anyway! :)
So - the moral of the story:
(Good Friends + Gossip) x (Food + Laughter) = A Great Day!
I started off with lunch in Coon Rapids with Michele. She works at our Intake Center - so we gossiped about work - and enjoyed lunch at a Chinese buffet.
Since I was in the neighborhood - I called up grad school/former coworker/bridesmaid Tracy - and stopped by to visit her and her girls. 18month old Lindsey didn't know what to think of me for a long time - but was sharing Play Dough with me by the time big sis Emme got home from a friend's house. It was great to catch up with Tracy - it's been a long time since we just hung out and talked! (Of COURSE we had to debrief from the previous night's gathering at my house!)
Around 4pm I met up with high school buddies Nancy F and Jaymie to scrapbook at Archiver's in Roseville for scrappin' and more gossiping. (geez - I gossip ALOT! - at least I admit it! ;) We took a break to have dinner at Quizno's - where we got to see cousin (and fellow scrapbooker) Sarah (and her DD) who just ran in to use the bathroom!
I ran home to let the dogs out - and by 9pm was out the door again to meet with friends at Psycho Suzie's. Ann brought a friend from her adult school, Vanhtha came out for his traditional "one drink," and O'Calla also made it out for greasy food and beer. Midway thru an evening of laughing and talking crap (and yes, gossiping) - I caught the eye of a guy at the next table - it was Lobster Boy's (remember him??) friend - that married guy who flirted with Melanie!! LB wasn't with the table of 10 or so guys - as far as I could tell - it wasn't like I could sit and stare - right?? :) - so that's a bummer - but it be nice if I could lose 10 pounds or so before I run into LB again anyway! :)
So - the moral of the story:
(Good Friends + Gossip) x (Food + Laughter) = A Great Day!
Thursday, August 11, 2005
This Week of Loss
On Monday - I packed up all of Luna's stuff, put her in the carry thingy, and drover her to Bill's house (her new home). She was fine for the most part - I was a wreck. I was crying - knowing what was happening - and she had no idea! When we got to Bill's and let her out of the carrier - she ran around the house exploring - tail wagging. Bill was so excited to see her - and kept saying "Welcome Home Luna!" - so I think it will be ok. She probably loves being Queen again - and doesn't miss those nasty dogs at all! (However, Baxter spent quite a bit of time roaming around the apt. looking for his Luna that night.)
On Tuesday K and I broke up. It was a weird breakup in that it was MOSTLY done on instant messaging. We both just were kind of being there - and it was kind of "ho hum." I think we're both looking for something else. But it was good - first relationship for either of us after our divorces - so now that's out of the way! :) We still have talked on the phone - and he's online right now even - so we've im'd a couple of times. He'll probably be a good friend for awhile anyway - at least until one of us is dating someone else - and it gets weird (IF it does).
Yesterday I had the DAG group over for casual conversation. Julayne was home from Korea (just for a visit) - so I called the whole gang together - and a good number showed up!
Today I'm going to lunch with a friend from the district - and then scrapbooking with Nancy F and Jaymie. Should be a fun day!
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Weekend in Bemidji
This weekend started off pretty rocky. I had an argument/disagreement with Paul on the phone Friday - which pretty much ruined my day - even tho I was off to visit Grandma and Aunt who were getting their nails done at Mask. Anyway - quit crying long enough to get Arby's with Grandma, Aunt, and Grandpa - followed by a trip to Cold Stone. (New and exciting experience for the grandparents from the town of 300.)
Went to K's house Friday night - got up in the am to leave for Bemidji. We had a good day - hanging out with his friends from CA (who make this yearly trip to Cass Lake with their family) - and also some old buds from his BSU days. We stayed at the lovely Palace Casino and Hotel - an experience in itself.
We came home early today - and I've been welcomed home by loving Luna who peed on the couch! The cushion covers have all been thru the wash - and are doing fine - no harm, no foul. Luna misses her mommy - and probably wasn't too happy with me being gone for the weekend. (Melanie - she had a clean litter box- a bowl full of dry food - and Auntie Ann to check in on her.)
Ann's here now - showering - she's just painted her bathroom - and we're headed out to get some food.
Went to K's house Friday night - got up in the am to leave for Bemidji. We had a good day - hanging out with his friends from CA (who make this yearly trip to Cass Lake with their family) - and also some old buds from his BSU days. We stayed at the lovely Palace Casino and Hotel - an experience in itself.
We came home early today - and I've been welcomed home by loving Luna who peed on the couch! The cushion covers have all been thru the wash - and are doing fine - no harm, no foul. Luna misses her mommy - and probably wasn't too happy with me being gone for the weekend. (Melanie - she had a clean litter box- a bowl full of dry food - and Auntie Ann to check in on her.)
Ann's here now - showering - she's just painted her bathroom - and we're headed out to get some food.
Wednesday, August 03, 2005
I'm a Bus Rider!
Ok, this week - my first week of vacation - I'm on jury duty! Some people are bummed about being there - me, I'm having FUN! I sat on a case Mon, Tues, and today - and after a 4 hour lunch/break - they excused us, saying the case was settled! The best part of all of this is "playing" downtown. I'm riding the BUS - ALL by mself! I'm eating lunch - for an hour or more! And I'm hurrying down the streets of MPLS like I have somewhere to be! :) I am having fun. So, I have to report back tomorrow at 9am - there were only about 30 people in the jury room at 4pm today - and there are 30 new cases for tomorrow - so chances of being on another jury are very GOOD.
Melanie is in Thailand - looking for a place to live. Sounds like she's having fun so far. Hopefully we'll hear from her soon - and get the big scoop!
I asked Jaymie how to post pics on this blog - so I'm going to attempt some soon! Be on the lookout for photos of BELLA LUNA!
Melanie is in Thailand - looking for a place to live. Sounds like she's having fun so far. Hopefully we'll hear from her soon - and get the big scoop!
I asked Jaymie how to post pics on this blog - so I'm going to attempt some soon! Be on the lookout for photos of BELLA LUNA!
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