.comment-link {margin-left:.6em;}

Chicago Sheri

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

It's 2am-ish, I am wrapping up things off a bridge call.
Eating blue cheese spread and watching old movies on TCM.

I went to book club tonight, I didn't read the book Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. It sounded good, had some good gross descriptions of foot binding, thats enough to intrigue me, but the wait list at the library was just too long and I never got it.
So I went for the wine and snacks.

I was doing some work before the meeting and it was wrapping up a bit and I told the boys I was heading out for a bit. Brisk walk. Got there early and was paranoid about being rude so I walked around the block and then back around again to get there right at 7:30. Another totally beautiful house, another gorgeous sunroom. Yeah they hire designers to pull it together for them ...but still!!

So of course since I didn't read the book, and had a glass of wine I had PLENTY to say about the book. Nothing too terrible. The group was a little weirded out by the implication of a sexual relationship between the 2 main female characters. I told them I didn't think it was so weird, I mean the story is about women that really have no one. You can't talk to your family, you are just a commodity to everyone, and just there to make boy babies, so of course if you had someone you shared personal thoughts with that you couldnt share with anyone else, you would feel an intimacy with them, making yourself vulnerable like that bonds you with someone, especially when that person is the only one ever EVER. So if they had sex or not, the closeness and the intimate feelings would be there and unavoidable.

AND I even got to recommend next months read and they went for it!! Alison Clement's - Pretty Is As Pretty Does. I read it awhile back and really liked it and just a few months ago read her latest, Twenty Questions.

Oh yeah and they had a dog too! A older boxer. She smiles! Wags er stubby tail, and just stares in adoration of her person, the daughter of the house. So cute.

So then I come home and I work some more. Do a few bridge calls, and such. But thats just tonight, not every night. But sometimes I don't mind...just don't tell them that. I put laundry away and empty the dishwasher at 1 or 2am sometimes. Tonight it was the dishwasher.

But now since I worked late I can go have lunch with Starbucks Jill guilt free! And maybe go check out Kohl's and Marshalls, buy milk (on sale) from Meijer ($0.99), and put out the trash and recycle bin.

I had a good weekend with Brad.
Saturday we went to the Greyhound rescue place. We spent time with a girl named Pretty, she was very sweet and I could easily have taken her home, been happy and loved her but... we are gonna hold out for a male dog. She was pumped up with steroids like a monster, it didn't show in the pictures, but her ass and thighs were HUGE, like crazy. We heard they pump up females more than the males with steroids for racing, which can bring on cancer, and males are supposed to be more affectionate..but not like she wasn't. But we will hold out for a male. So we will keep in touch with them and visit every couple of weeks till they get one in and he is adoptable.

On the way home we ended up stopping at the casino for buffet. Mostly sad looking old people there, but still nice to just watch. Buffet was decent, great desserts, good coffee, so we got our fill. Then played some nickel slots and went home. Watched Stay Alive, not good but somewhat creepy, Lonesome Jim - liked it a lot and directed by Steve Buschemi, and The Death of Mr. Lazarescu - Good but slow..very slow.



Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Got a new necklace last night from a woman Brad works with, her mom picked it out. She is the one we went to see her husband play cricket with her and her mom a few weeks back.
They are so cool.



Went to my new cube today in a different office, not a MTSO.
Just to put some stuff on my desk for next week when our boss and new team mate are in town.

It's HUGE, pretty, has 2 atriums, with trees and fountains and all that.



Watched X-Men III last night and probably gonna watch Thank You For Smoking tonight before Lost comes on.
Watched Lady Vengeance Monday night, liked it a lot.

Saturday, October 07, 2006

I worked 69 hours last week.
Thank god I am hourly with overtime and not salaried.
I don't think this week should be the usual kind of week, and a lot of it was of my own insistence, volunteering for more on-call, to be the one to stay on the late night bridge calls. I am doing okay, learning, jumping right in there with stuff. Meet the boss from Seattle and a new team member based in Atlanta next week.

I have some time in the mornings (usually) before things get busy. Time to get my coffee, run a few errands. There were quite a few middle of the night calls, several time where I would get 2-3 hours of sleep, get back up for 2-3 hours, and then get another 1.5 hours of sleep in. I am hoping to get back on a somewhat normal sleep schedule this week.

Thursday I was killing myself, it was a busy work day, 3 scheduled conference calls. But I felt bad being so busy this week and not spending time with Brad. So I ran and emptied the dishwasher, mowed the lawn, dropped off his shirts at the cleaners, went grocery shopping and made spinach pies for our dinner.

Friday morning was somewhat quiet so I went out browsing a costume shop and bought myself a bat mask.



Then I had a chance to have lunch with Brad, and walk along the river with him.



When Brad came home from work, I was on another work call, but wrapping it up. He brought me roses and iced coffee.



Later Friday was another busy one, 3 hour evening bridge call and then a 2am (Saturday) maintenance until 4am.

So today I was a bit of a zombie. But we still went out for breakfast and a few errands to spend some time together. Brad wanted to sand and touch up paint on the trim in the front of the house.
I was too tired to be much help but he wanted me outside with him, so we worked something out. I curled up in the back of the van while he did the garage. Took a nap.



Oh yeah and he made another great batch of chili.

Monday, October 02, 2006

I was up a little past 2am working, so I worked from home today.
I like having this option.

Went out to Starbucks, met the crew, got stamps from the post office (DC Comics & Disney) then back home for a conference call and to work.

Had some cool storms pass through today, Brad and I just got back in from sitting out in the backyard looking up at the sky watching the light show, enjoying the wind.

Brad filled out the application for us to start the process to get a greyhound.
We are both really excited.

Watched The Station Agent tonight, liked it a lot.

Time to go to bed and read The Plot Against America by Phillip Roth.

Met another blogger today, Dee.
I think he has read me for about 5 years now.
Brad and I met him out in the local downtown area for lunch and shopping.



He was in town for an interview.


Glad I got out for a bit earlier today because I have been logged into work since 4:30 pm and it is now 1:30am.
Hooray for overtime!