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.

yoink

like woah. i am the busiest i've ever been. the women in the office love talking about how they have been there before and quite frankly i think they are all full of shit. the children in and out of the office are on my last damn nerve. how professional is it to be on the phone with clients while babies are crying or screaming or banging on the glass? as much as i love all of them i am SO annoyed by them when i have to stop what i am doing to make sure they arent tearing something up. fuck that.

this weekend i am most likely working on saturday - most of the day. i want to be caught up at the office by tuesday afternoon....or monday night!!! so i can be "off" like the rest of them. cait thankfully has been beyond patient with me working all the time. i love her more everyday. 4 years, comin' up.

i love working with julie more and more everyday. she really makes me happy at work, and i laugh alot with her. it is almost a relief every morning to hear her hollar "bobeana, i need you babe" because she has done something to the computer that she cant fix.

my first closing is in the morning! and my second house should go under contract tomorrow. things are lookin up!

mini update, perhaps

insignificant issues abound. it feels nice to not have any issues weighing me down beneath the sun.

i am happy i am finished with my bachelor's degree.

the weekends are MUCH more enjoyable not having to spend half of said weekend studying. however, i have too much time to drink with cait and my dad and for the first time in 8 years i have reached a new all time high (weight-wise). i wish i was still forced to move in the hps department.

work is picking up - i have several offers on the table in negotiating stages. i have met plenty of investors who are waiting on me to hear back from the various banks to put more listings up.

life with cait is more beautiful everyday - how i found a woman with the patience of jobe is still surreal. she has stood beside me and supported me in every thing i have done in the last four years. to this day, she is my biggest cheerleader.

jake is a big ol' boy. we love him though. he keeps us busy and alert AND he is super cute with his tennessee collar.

time for dinner with the family.

final

at 11:30 this morning the light came on. the jury came in. the foreperson rose and delivered the verdict.

it read : "we the jury find in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $450,000."

opposing counsel asked that they be polled. they were - unanimous decision.

after the jury was dismissed each and everyone came to me in the hall way. i hugged them all and thanked them from the bottom of my heart for their time, energy, and effort.

for the first time in over four years - i have been validated. it is a good day.

5

we embark on day 5 on monday morning. i am mentally and emotionally exhausted. so far, so good. i will take the stand for the second time monday.

close

day 2 complete. i was on the stand for nearly 5 hours total - that is excluding lunch and three other breaks. tomorrow is more of the same. so incredibly happy that this is taking place now and that this IS the end of the road - regardless of the outcome, i am ready.