Ten on Thursday

1. I liked looking at the calendar on 11/11/11 it was interesting, I had an interview that day that I was very excited for. It felt as if all the stars were aligned that day. I woke up to Ms Thing in the bed with me asking for a big hug as she awoke. As I got dressed she tried on mommys heels and pranced around in them. I watched Big C hobbling around in pain and before I pulled off in my car for the interview rather than praying for myself I prayed for him that he might have a blessed and painless day. Needless to say I'm glad I didn't waste my prayer on myself as I totally flunked the interview correctly answering only 2 out of 4 technical questions. I'm still convincing myself it obviously wasn't meant to be.
   
   
2. I had planned on meeting up with two college friends March of next year in Atlanta but now with my layoff I think it wise to attempt discretionary spending. And yet I'm dying to buy this Girl Scout Daisy doll for Baby C.
   
   
   
3. The other morning I saw this woman pacing back and forth itching to just RUN across the street. I looked to my left and saw that the train had pulled into the platform and reckoned that she wanted to catch the train. Mind you she had 6 lanes of highway and about 3 flights of stairs in between her and the train that was ALREADY on the platform. The minute the walk sign appears she started running, suit, pocket book and all. I watched her run across the six lanes, then I saw her start the 3 or maybe 4 flights of stairs....I saw her head bob up and down and she climbed the stairs. She finally arrived at the top of the stairs JUST as the doors closed. I let out a big sigh and thought "It was a big goal she'd set herself". Then all of a sudden the door of the train opened back up. I actually cheered and clapped for her all the while I was stopped at a red light in my car 6 lanes and 4 flights away from her as if she could hear me cheering for her. I was happy she made the train.
   
   
4. I went to visit my friend in NJ who just bought a new condo, we've decided that once we BOTH land new employment (she got laid off about a year ago now) that we'd take one long extended weekend each year and go some place hot and sunny together and try and make it a tradition. I've never attempted to have a traditional girls annual vacation as someone always craps out at last minute. But we're both librans so some how I think between the two of us we'll end up committed.
   
   
5. I realized of late I have some major pet peeves that i just can't seem to get over nor deal with calmly.
   1. I hate waiting for people, I mean seriously...I have no patients when it comes to waiting for people. If they're 5 minutes late I can pace and huff under my breath, anything after that I just get bat crazy and I start ranting and raving via text to anyone in my phone that will listen to me. I just can't do it, especially if it's NOT just me waiting on the SAME person. Oh no, drives me crazy.
   2. I hate when I'm talking and mid sentence you try to hush me to quiet down, especially if I KNOW I'm not talking that loudly to begin with. It's not my fault you think the FBI is on your tail and you constantly talk in a whisper!!! Really, honestly no one's listening to you in the first place, just talk at your regular decibel, we're not in the movie theater! Geez!
      
      
6. 
   I cooked Healthy Sweet Potato Skins for dinner Tuesday night and it was beyond good. It took a little while to get to the table but it was truly worth the wait. I don't think we sat down to eat until at least 7:30pm which is really late in our house. But by the time i could clean the kitchen and sit down to eat my plate Big C was done and getting up from the table. I'm adding this one to the "Cook Again per Big C" board on pinterest.
   
   
7. I am very excited about the prospect of visiting my friend in Kinshasa, I've never traveled this side of the globe and it sure would be nice to at least have someone there I knew before going.
   
   
8. I'm attempting to do Dr. Oz, Transformation Nation. Before my mother left I tried to get her to sit down and help me fill in the sheet on family medical history but she wasn't interested. Now I'm trying to hound my aunt into helping me. I never knew getting the information would be so hard and yet it's so important. You never think when someone dies to quickly right down WHY they died....you're usually grieving to the point it's the last thing on your mind.
   
   
9. This weekend is the first weekend in months, and I'm talking possibly 4 or more months that there is NOTHING written on the calendar. While I do enjoy spending time with others, or taking Baby C on a playdate or some other adventure, I am BEYOND excited about doing NOTHING on Saturday AND Sunday. If someone calls asking to do something I swear I'll probably laugh and tell them "We're busy doing NOTHING, can I pencil you in for next weekend?"
   
   
10. I keep formulating "To Do" lists in my head and then I tell myself "I might as well save them for if I don't get a new job by the time my termination date comes..." Of course I'm praying I get a job but then I also wouldn't mind a week off....Baby C's school pictures and soccer pictures came in the mail, I need to scan them and send them out to family, but I figure I could do it one day POST termination date....SIGH!