My Semi-Annual Post

Wow. Another six months have gone by since I last blogged. Ain’t that some shit?

So what, you may ask, has happened in those last six months? Quite alot, actually, but here are some of thee highlights…

• CawfeeMate finally finished his doctorate in Physical Therapy, making him Dr. CawfeeMate DPT and me a ridiculously proud doctor’s wife. His graduation was marked by a trip to Phoenix, Arizona where I promptly fell in love with another city that is anywhere but New York.
• I finally finished my goddamn Wallaby, after about nine months and love how it came out! Somewhere around the six month mark I hit a proverbial snag and was left incredibly discouraged and frustrated. I put it down for about two months and then went back with fresh eyes and fingers (working on quite a few other projects in the interim). Its completion was a catalyst to broaden my repertoire and challenge my abilities within those categories. I now crank out socks, gloves, hats, coffee cup cozies and (my current piece) a laptop cover, in all sorts of stitch and cable patterns. I’ve learned a tremendous amount from The Yarn Girl, Magenta Sequins and YouTube. I’ve also begun to take requests from friends and family and have started making gifts for people other than CawfeeMate.
• My other great obsession, which rivals knitting, is Words With Friends on the iPhone. I’ve got eleven games going, at the moment, and usually spend half my commute (and part of the day), trying my best not to have my ass handed to me by the likes of Breen Lantern and Magenta Sequins.  Luckily, Bri-the-Pie-Guy doesn't play.
• Very recently, I left the department which caused me nothing but heartache and misery for more than two years; choosing staying within the same company. this follows a huge bout of layoffs which pared down my old department to bare bones and had me working 60+ hours a week. So far, it’s been a better move for me, at least inasmuch as I finally get to spend time with CawfeeMate and Rufus. Plus, it’s great knowing that the job which I did now takes three people. I’m really looking forward to all the challenges that have come with the move.

I think I have a couple of more posts in me, which I’ll probably be able to get down in the next few days, so stay tuned…

Conversation of the Day

Bland But Sweet Straight Guy Co-Worker: y'know who i always had a crush on?

CawfeeGuy: no, who?

BBSSGCW: Marisa Tomei

CG: Aw! i love her! she needs to do more movies!

BBSSGCW: actually, i just saw her in the Wrestler, this weekend.

CG: Really? Wow, that's great! was she good in it?

BBSSGCW: Oh yeah! She shows full frontal!

Conversation of the Day

we join a business phone call, somewhere in the middle, after the usual exchange of pleasantries.

San Francisco Sales Assistant: ...please excuse the (classical) music in the background. that's my son...i'm working from home today.
CawfeeGuy: oh ok...lucky you.
SFSA: yeah, but this Baby Einstein tape is killing me.
CG: yeah, i'd imagine.
work discussion continues till SFSA unexpectedly shouts
SFSA (to son): no! put that down....DOWN!
CG laughs
SFSA (to CG): i'm very sorry about that.
CG (chuckles): it's fine...really.
SFSA: how old are you? are you married? do you have kids?
CG: 32...yes...no kids.
SFSA: oh...don't worry you've still got time, they'll come.
CG: um...i doubt it. my husband and i discussed it and decided on a Yorkie instead.
SFSA (laughs heartily): that was a great decision....very sound.
CG: that's what we thought.
SFSA: i gotta tellya though...you've got the best form of birth control!

Conversation of the Day

K---y: these lemon drops are really really good! can you give me the recipe?

CawfeeGuy: sure...it's pretty big though, you may wanna cut it in half.

K: what do you mean?

CG: i mean it makes alot of cookies.

K: Oh...but what's in them?

CG: 8 cups of flour and a cup of Crisco...

K: Crisco? what's that?

CG: huh?

K: what's Crisco?

CG: vegetable shortening.

K: like oil?

CG: no...shortening...it's (kinda) solid.

K: never heard of it.

Work Me Goddammit III: Conversation of the Day

K___y: did you have balloons at your party?
CawfeeGuy: no...i wanted them but stephen said they were too childish. *shrug* whatever.
K: Oh...well i had them at my party....but i think i bought the wrong ones.
CG: what do you mean?
K: well, no matter how much i blew them up...and i blew them till they almost popped, they wouldn't float; they just stayed on the floor.
CG: uh...
K: i thought i tied them with the wrong string...but my friend and i figured out i just bought the wrong kind of balloons.

"... you should have tried to convivnce them they were blowing the wrong kind of air"~ Bri the Pie Guy (via Twitter)