Today was a pretty groovy day all around

 

October 12, 1999

Today was a pretty groovy day all around ... even though it started on a bad note ... early ... and I am talking too early for me when I stay up so late the night before ... my phone started ringing ... I assumed it was dean ... and when they didn't say anything the first time I just hung up and thought ... "ok if I don't sneeze (something that seems to happen first thing in the morning for me) I will be able to fall back asleep" ... and just as I felt myself drifting off again the phone rang ... and again they didn't say anything ... I kinda barked "thanks for waking me up for nothing so damn early" ... and then sneezed ... so now I was up ...  once I was up I checked my caller ID ... and it was a blocked call ... so not even *69 worked ... I was pretty perturbed ... but nothing I could do now but start working ...  and today I realized a very very important life lesson ... and maybe that is why it turned out to be such a great day ... the better my attitude and the nicer I am to other people the better my life is and the more people are willing to help me ... and I learned this with all the stolen car shit I have been going through ... a couple of people that I have dealt with have made comments jokingly about the fact that my attitude was so good about all this they wondered if I stole the car myself ... which Kris keeps saying as well ... cause she knows she would be pissed and miserable to be around ... but I think people have been so giving to me cause I am not like that at all ... and it something I plan on remembering and taking to heart always ... I mean in general I am a very happy-go-lucky person ... it takes a lot to break my spirit ... but I am going to work even harder at it now ...  so anyway I talked to bill ... my insurance adjuster ... a couple of times today ... he is so helpful ... and a joy to talk to ... it really is making all this a lot easier ... he set up my whole rental car stuff today ... and made it so easy for me ... and it turns out I have a great policy (thanks mom and dad ... hahahaaa) ... I don't have to pay for anything with the rental car ... thank goodness ... cause I am already strapped enough right now ... but even though having property ripped from your hands is a bitch ... I am so grateful everyone has been so kind to me and helped me so much ... especially bill cause I am totally lost with all this ... not like it is something that happens all the time (thank goodness) ... and I feel comfortable asking him any stupid question I think of ...  anyway ... so the guy from the rental car company came and picked me up this afternoon to go get my car ... and I have to say he was a total cutie ... we chatted up a storm on the way to the office ... and got along really well ... {although I can't think of anyone I don't get along with} ... and in our conversation he asked me when I moved here and why I liked it out here so much ... I told him it was cause my best friend was out here and I had a job I totally loved ... he said it was great being close to a good friend but that out here it is hard to meet people ... that is when the ding ding ding when off in my head ... was he mentioning that as a good in to ask him to do something ... although I didn't jump at the opportunity right then ... that phrase stuck in my head all day ... sooo I am feeling kind of ballsy ... and I think tomorrow I am going to call and ask him out ... I haven't totally decided yet ... but to me ... that phrase is really an indication that he may be somewhat interested ... and as Sheldon put it tonight at dinner ... even if he didn't want to go out with you he would definitely be flattered you asked ... and as I see it ... I am not worse off for asking him out and being rejected ...  as I would be for never even trying ...  so after I got my rented set of wheels ... I headed to the bookstore ... Eric informed me that the new issue of BUST was out and I just had to get my hands on it ... it is without a doubt the best women's magazine out there ... and it only comes out a couple of times a year ... so I savor it when I get it ... I don't allow myself to read it too fast ... cause the times that I have I was soooooo bummed out when I was finished cause I knew it would be months before there was a new one ... and while I was at the bookstore ... I checked for the book of articles from BUST that has recently come out ... even though I can't afford to buy the book right now ... I still wanted to check it out ... but they didn't have it ... and I don't have the money to order it so I guess I will just have to keep checking back ...  from the bookstore I headed to my chiropractors appointment ... man everyone in that place is sooooo nice ... I love going in there ... and boy does my back feel amazingly better (knock on wood) ... he wants to see me back within a week ... and I will gladly go ... there is only the slightest twinge of pain now ... and my spirits have been totally lifted ... not only that ... the cutie doctor was in there ... and he came out and chatted with me for a bit ... but in his conversation it sounded as if he had a woman in his life ... so I am just going to admire him from afar for a bit ... besides I think the rental car guy is more suitable for me ... at least right now in my life ... and having little crushes make life so much more fun ...  I didn't get to see Kris at all today or talk to her much for that matter ... but she has been so busy trying to catch up on her work after being gone for a week ... tomorrow she has an early day cause she has to take the cat to the vet ... so I am sure we will hang out tomorrow afternoon ... especially since I have to go to deans for most of the day tomorrow ... we have lots of stuff to go through so I agreed to leave my house for the day ... hahahaha and work there ...  tonight I went to Mandalay Bay ... to Border Grill for dinner ... I finally met deans friend tiffany ... who is a total sweetheart ... and this guy Sheldon that dean met at the convention in Florida ... he lives out here and does web design so we all met for dinner to talk about work stuff and see how we could help each other out ... Sheldon was totally cool ... and it is great talking about work stuff with someone other than dean ... not that I don't love dean ... but ya know it was fun ... and sitting at the table across from us was Robin Leach ... which was funny cause everyone at our table was trying to remember his catch phrase ... and kind of poking fun at him for various reasons ... one of which was wearing dark sunglasses at night ... I mean come on we were sitting outside ... it wasn't busy ... and no one was bothering him ... besides it gave us something to do while we were waiting for out food ...  on my way home I was thinking about how great my job is ... dean and I get along exceptionally well ... it is a pleasure working with ... even when he calls me 100 times a day ... super early and super late ... {thank god I got my new headset for the phone ... I think that is helping my back some too ... not holding the phone with my head and shoulder anymore} ... and dean called me on his way home and expressed the same feelings ... he loved how well we all got along ... and that we were so lucky ... {smile} ...  ohh also while I was at the bookstore I was looking at the 2000 calendars for an I Love Lucy one ... but couldn't find one ... I have seen them before ... my old boss gave me his at the end of last year ... but I haven't been able to find one since then ... I wanted one for 1999 ... so I guess I will just have to keep my eyes open for a 2000 one ... what a great calendar that would be for 2000 ... a great way to start everyday ... man what a geek ... hahahahahaaa man tonight I sure have babbled on and on and on ... but I am just brimming with joy ... I like days like that ... maybe it is cause I wore make-up today ... I don't often do it ... but I always feel good when I do ... maybe cause I don't always do it ... {smile} ...  ohhhh I had wanted to do some work tonight ... but I had soooo many emails to respond to ... ack ... and I really wanted to do this journal entry today while everything was fresh in my mind ... and now I am just fading fast ... so I think I will take a break from work tonight ... post this and head to bed ... ahhhh off to lala land ... {smile} ...