stuff

it has been awhile and i have thought of a few things i needed to say...

i am not under contract w/ verizon anymore...i love their network but i am obsessed with the iphone so we will see...

i hate roswell toyota with a passion - they are complete assholes. 10,000 mile service happened in sandy springs - i love those guys.

scion sent me a $200 off coupon on any service or accessory...i am going to use it on the spoiler. bitches. did i mention i HATE toyota of roswell...now nalley?

i need some sun on my legs...in a bad sort of way. i am thinking of the tanning bed...i said THINKING.

jake turned 1. he is a big boy.

yard sale at mom’s in three weeks. we are getting ready. time to clean out!

i need to get some new shirts and stuff for the spring/summer...not dress clothes, although i do need some of them as well.

i wonder how you “buy” a house and not pay for it. i know of two of these instances..oh how it bothers the fuck out of me.

my underarm itches, goodnight.

best

cait and i saw the best show ever at eddie’s friday night - in the round with g , michelle malone, and caroline aiken. generally there is at least one person in the line up i could live without, however all three of them are amazing.

i am beginning to wonder how i have listened to atlanta based acoustic music for years and have yet to even hear the name caroline aiken - the woman was phenomenal. she is in in her fifties and one hell of a songwriter with the clearest vocals and honed guitar skills, i was oh so impressed and slightly pissed off i hadn’t heard her before.

we have seen malone play a good number of times and last night i was almost drooling over her guitar skills - bad ass at forty-five.

and just in case this is a news flash to anyone - i have been seeing garrison live many many times a year for 7 years now based upon a recommendation from t.c. - back in the day.

today i discovered another new favorite store - banana republic.

cait and i met nana and lauren at the outlet and we all scored some good shit. i left with dress pants, sweater, oxford, polo, 2 pairs of boxers, jeans, 2 t-shirts, and 2 shorts.

cpg took me to the cheesecake factory for dinner - and THAT is my new favorite place to eat.

recap - best show ever, best talent ever, best company, best store, best dinner...

simply

the best.

express is perhaps my new favorite store - changing positions at work has forced me to start working on the wardrobe i worked so hard to build in college.

i love the producer pants and the 1x shirts....yes i will be a stud in the buckhead office. say what?

lump 2

holy career move - asset mgr. i so like the sound of that. shortly, in fact, very shortly i will make the move to c.a.m. what will i do with out j.c. on a daily basis...i haven’t figured that out. i will however, remain the bpo rockstar. this could be a fantastic thing in about a year. the first year could be a little rough but i will have insurance for the first time since may 5th.

speaking of may 5th. i remembered just saturday night the joy of riding with justin in jared’s jeep with no top...and no doors. we were bad asses of the graduating e.h.s. class. say what?

this grown up stuff is stressful...but i like being “big.”

maddox learned the duh word on saturday night. it was priceless - he quickly figured out the timing and laid it on callie pronto. i loved it!

new goal - to do well enough to buy a wrangler - my god i have to get one of those...on and a mortgage.

this morning i woke up unexpectedly at 5:18 so i just got up an went to the office - i was overly productive and it feels fantastic.

something rather insightful soon.

change

yesterday i took a leap with a little shove and became a big kid in the office full of moms. i joined the commission only team! i couldn’t be more excited and scared. i know i will be fine - i work way too many hours not to be.

i also am getting ready to file my own taxes for the first time in my life! i have my 1099’s from the office and getting old receipts of write offs together is already brutal and i just started. i have a feeling i will have more write offs than what i owe based on my “income.” we will see. between the garmin, cell phone, cell service, mileage, memory, and a few other items i should be good to go. so far i have over $5000.00 in mileage alone. sucks for my car/jeep but i am going to be so thankful in a few weeks.

looks like i finally put on my big girl underwear. watch out!

ick

nasty. have been sick then not so sick then sicker than before. at any rate, about this time a few years ago, cait and i were in park city. that was a whole new cold.

cait got a new car...and the new gladiator show isn’t as great as i remembered it once being.

thank goodness a.i. starts back tomorrow night!!!

music

it is about damn time that new music tuesdays return - well, “good” new music tuesdays anyway. off with the crap new releases already.

that is all.

fresh

i just threw away over 50 pens. i haven’t cleaned out my pen drawer since 11th grade - while tossing and digging i discovered a few of my favorite drug rep pens from cvs. oh the days of the white lab coat.

tonight cpg and i went to el porton and they seriously need to stop fucking with the cheese - every so often it tastes weird, tonight was every so often, clearly.

this morning i semi-met a lady who has yelled and cussed at me for the last 3 weeks - oh the change authority makes. she didn’t have the balls to get out of the car and i secretly was hoping she wouldn’t. her roommate handled the situation very well, kudos to her.

a long december

december in atlanta is not looking like the beach - however that is where my focus is.

christmas, yet again, amazed me - now equipped with the flip, mother-load of clothes, flip flops, iLife ’08, dot mac, and towel warmer. cait made out like a bandit again, she now owns more tools than home depot, flip flops, hats, clothes, surround sound system, bag, and did i mention tools?

somehow i woke up with some nasty funk yesterday morning. the usual - sinus headache, stuffy nose, clogged-ish ears.

get ready for ’08.

red.line.

she called. it was nice to hear her voice for the first two minutes. and then "there is something i need to tell you re, i leave for iraq in april." how long? "fifteen months." silence.

my heart stopped instantly. part of me is glad she isnt here to see me cry and the other part of me is pissed she called. knowing if she was here i would have grabbed her and never let her leave. what if she never makes it back. i have only seen her twice maybe three times a year since we graduated but knowing she was safe in the U.S was enough. my best friend since 10th grade - the only person i talked to the last half of high school.

i remember the day she told me she was going to west point. a part of me died. what was wrong with princeton?

i am proud of her, and i always will be -

Hey baby, is that you?
Wow, your hair got so long.
Yeah, yeah, I love it, I really do.
Norma Jean, ain't that the song we'd sing in the car
Drivin' downtown, top down, makin' the rounds
Checking out the bands on Doheny Avenue.
Yeah, life throws you curves,
But you learn to swerve,
Me, I swung and I missed,
And the next thing ya know, I'm reminiscing...
Dreaming old dreams, wishing old wishes,
Like you would be back again.

I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain,
I put on that old song we danced to and then,
I head off to my job, guess not much has changed,
Punch the clock, head for home,
Check the phone, just in case,
Go to bed, dream of you,
That's what I'm doin' these days.
Yeah that's what I'm doin'

Someone told me, after college, you ran off to Vegas,
You married a rodeo cowboy,
WOW, that ain't the girl I knew,
Me, I've been a few places,
Mostly here and there once or twice,
Still sortin' out life, but I'm doin' all right,
Yeah, it's good to see you, too.

Well, hey girl you're late, and those planes, they don't wait,

But if you ever come back around this sleepy old town,
Promise me you'll stop in, to see an old friend, and until then

I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain,
I put on that old song we danced to and then,
I head off to my job, guess not much has changed,
Punch the clock, head for home,
Check the phone, just in case,
Go to bed, dream of you,
That's what I'm doin' these...


I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain,
I put on that old song we danced to and then,


I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain,
I put on that old song we danced to and then,
I wake up and tear drops, they fall down like rain,
I put on that old song we danced to and then

lt. gerheim i miss you already.