emotional and loud

i'm pretty sure i have about 15 pictures of the two of these goofs making these exact faces.

it's amazing how 2 beers and 2 glasses of wine can make me feel like i've been run over by a car. sunday morning hurt real bad.
but that's ok, because i had plenty of time to relax and walk it off.
spent the entire day in a waffle shirt and robe. took a 3 and a half hour nap. perfectly timed for the duration of the entire browns game.
went to the elephant bones, mors ontologica show at the gay tropics bar on saturday.
that was a super good time. i was a little over served. i never enjoy being the loud emotional one knocking things over, but i guess it was just my turn.
ana and evie were there and that makes everything more fun.
hadn't seen my sister in a long time. it's amazing how she finds the strength to wear a dress and walk 10 blocks when it's 15 degrees outside. she's a real classy babe.
i'm kind of surprised how friendly all my old dudes were to me now that i've been out of the columbus picture for so long. it felt good to reassimilate for one night.

last night jimmy and i watched at least 5 back to back episodes of weeds. it gets pretty juicy in the second season. not my favorite show, but it sure is fun to curl up in the guest bedroom and watch free shows on the huge computer monitor.

this morning i came barreling out of the house with my bagged lunch, purse, hot tea and laptop. quite possibly the worst combination of things to be holding whilst you fall wildly onto the brick walkway. i underestimated how frozen things were today. ouch.

the holidays are upon us and i am feeling much better about everything. it may be because i just took some narcotics.

almost finished with my christmas shopping, which is a good feeling.
although, it may be a bummer of a christmas this year with all the family tragedy.
we just found out that uncle denny will not be out of the rehabilitation hospital until January. (he's the one who fell of the ladder and broke his back, now he answers the phone by blowing into a straw) Which means, of course, he will not be able to join us for christmas. super bummer.

my mom will be without two of her siblings, as well. they have passed on.
man, i've got to get on with the serious holiday cheer if i want to make it through this one.

i think i will have a party. it always made my mom feel better.

fairness

admittedly, i have really let this blog fall by the wayside.
and i'm sorry. it's just that work has really got me feeling like i'm walking through 3 feet of cold molasses on a sunday. makes me tired, yes it does.

we have recently set up a video relay station in our office. (3 of them actually)
for those of you who don't know, video relay interpreting is a service in which a deaf person can use a small camera and tv to contact a call center where there is an interpreter waiting. the deaf person shows up on the interpreter's computer screen and the hearing interpreter places the call to the hearing consumer by using their voice on behalf of the deaf person.
sounds like fun right? totally wonderful right? providing equal accessibility to deaf people so they can make annoying fucking marketing calls from their homes just like hearing people.
god damned fairness.
i have never desired to work in any kind of call center. but somehow, my job has recently required me to act as if.
"hi, this is video relay interpreter 802. please hold while i connect you with your deaf caller...
(deaf person starts signing)
hi, my name is bob and i work for blablabla company. would you be interested in blablabla"
So i get the benefit of listening to the hearing person yell at me and hang up.
the deaf person on my computer?
he gets the benefit of seeing my sweet sweet face smiling back at him because i can't bring myself to match the mean spirited bitch on the phone.
apparently, this means i'm bad at my job.
garbageface, grumblesticks. ick.

the good news? as soon as this miserable day is over i'm going to OU to see evie.
superrockandrollhappytown.

sorry about all the hypotheticals in there. i have a problem.

writer's block.

more animals

i'll think of something.

i was really hoping we could post pictures of one another simultaneously, alas i am late.
evie and i ran the famous "cat caper 5k" last weekend. it was a glorious day and a hilly course.
did i mention i got hit on by a guy named brew? i hope i heard him wrong.

breakfast took a long time to make, but was unbelievably satisfying.
i can always count on evie to make a face this tremendous.

photo blog of chicago

i'm super behind here.
went to chicago less than two weeks ago to hang with jimmy's sister, patti.
turns out, chicago is a gorgeous wonderland. filled with trees, parks, brownstones and physically fit individuals.
we enjoyed the ideal fall weather. had a delicious breakfast complete with apple cinnamon, almond walnut oatmeal crunch, AND apricot pancakes.
went to a farmers market, walked to the immaculately clean beach, trotted through the cute little farm themed zoo, saw depaul, had cocktails at her apartment, and went out for sushi. a beautiful weekend trip. (minus the part where jimmy got mad when patti and i shushed him at dinner)

view from the pedestrian bridge right before the water

another beautifully decorated brownstone

jimmy and patti at the beach

theys gots farms in chicago? who knew?

jimmy and i both agree we'd love to move to chicago. but the truth is, we've kind of fallen in love with marysville. the country has lots of benefits. plus a quiet porch with a swing.

benefit to living in the sticks #343

not having to worry if some indie kid is going to catch me powerwalking in dumpy mom clothes.
ooo. life is sweet.