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Go and take pictures!

Probably won't be able to recognize them with clothes on. Can't imagine they'll be walkin' around in their altogethers up there at the North Pole ;)

So I did "something wrong"...

Went to PF Changs with m'Lady on the night of Sat the 6th... had to rush home Sunday morning to go to church, and even though she came over my house later Sunday we forgot the whole "leftovers" thing.

So today she offered to bring me my leftovers so that I could have them for lunch...
And on the way stopped for her own breakfast at Dunkin Donuts (and I asked her for a coffee but she didn't get the text til after she left, and ended up stopping at a second store for me) and when she got to my office she parks in the main parking lot kind of in the middle of the path of traffic...

Come to find out she'd also stopped at the Chinese food place around the corner from her house and gotten me an egg roll (she's been teasing me with them for months) and some Po Fo Ro (pork fried rice) and some sodas.

I gave her a couple kisses thanking her profusely... She asked how my day has been so far and i described a phone problem we've ahd thi smorning (8 of our phones died, including 3 in my department, leaving me the only one with a functional phone to take calls) then went around the car and goofily signaled her to open her window so I could give her a few more kissies... then went back inside.

Open the bag she provided. Inside is a glass plate and silverware (from her house) and a very adorable semi-picnic motif. I text-thank her for it. I get back a simple "Thanks." and then after further messages "I'm miffed right now."

Apparently at me - she seemed to have hoped for a more-than-2-minute interlude.

Could it be that I took her for granted? Maybe a little, but wouldn't my issue of "only working phone" and "at work" and hers of "on her way to work" and "parked in the middle of traffic" supercede that?

*sigh*

She went out of her way and that can be disappointing.

So what's the proper response?

When I do this for her, I get "you shouldn't have, you shouldn't have, you shouldn't have" out the wazoo, and I'm just happy I got to see her and make her smile. :\

Just apologize. You're wrong even if you really aren't. Might as well run to the store and buy her some flowers. =x

I did apologize...

But why is it like this? Why are we wrong when we are not? :rant

I can't tell you. When they pulled us aside in high school and gave us the 'girl book', it specifically said we could not tell you. Ever. Lest risk banishment from the golden sun temple with loin clothed men throwing little cherries at us. You understand, of course.

hahaha


shes right *nods sagely*

I remember that... so very long ago. *nods* Was a little afraid of the cherries, but she's right. Even if you weren't wrong, you should apologize. It's easier that way :)

It's just another one of those female laws, you know, like the one that expects you to understand that we have something bothering us, even when we don't tell you, but expect you to know and ask us about it.

Oops...I may have said too much... *looks around slyly to see if anyone saw what I was typing, then slinks away quickly*

/reports Den to the SOCIETY OF GIRL!

Hey Mil, there actually is a technique to turning things around and winning most of the conflicts. The downside is you have to be comfortable with putting your foot down and fight off the nice guy urges. As well as it works, it DOES NOT mesh well with nice guy personalities. Not because of whether you'll like like an asshole (because the downside to being an ass tends to pale next to the attractiveness of being firm and sticking up for yourself), but because nice guys just don't like doing it. Cognitive dissonance is not fun.

In a situation like you described, I wouldn't really say anyone was "wrong." She didn't say she was pissed at you, just that she was miffed. At the situation, definitely. At you personally, probably not so much, but it's easy to project when you're upset.

In other news, FINALS ARE OVER! Apparently I'd forgotten that I'm a fucking genius. I was sure I was going to tank some of my classes because I haven't really been paying attention or even feeling like a student. My teacher in one of those classes sent me an e-mail asking for advice to pass along to his next students because of how consistently well I'd been doing in his class. Total surprise, but then again I never saw my grades. Another class I just found out I finished with an above 100 average. Of course, in another class, my teacher forgot to record 3 of my 8 assignments in his files. He said that's a full letter drop, but he'll fix it for me next semester if I bring the assignments back to him. Hell, I had 797/800 assignment points for the semester. I'd better be getting those missing 297 back.

Started going to the gym again tod.... yesterday. It was embarrassing. Not because of other people seeing me, but I'm just really pissed at myself for how out of shape I've gotten. No energy, no stamina, and I don't really know if I've lost a lot of strength because I was afraid to touch anything heavier than 35 pounds. I left after half an hour, which just kills me since I used to play at the gym for 3-4 hours 3x a week.

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FUCK SAN FRANCISCO PARKING FUCKING METER MAIDS

i got my car booted and now its gonna be towed!
yes i had three tickets and they tell me WTF I HAVE 8 EXCUSE ME WRU TICKETS ON MY CAR!?

so i call them and am like hey be real my car is 14 years old.. been in accidents, has BOTH airbags removed and the things are open where they were, the clutch is broken and being held on my tape and a sock IT IS A FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT. but its MY piece of shit!

fuck them if they expect me to pay fucking 1000$ to get my car back they wont even work with me i called them and said I'll do a payment plan. they can try to sell my car but it wont it will sit there and rot and I'll be carless and most likely jobless having no means of transportation.

FUCK THEM!!!!!

i am seriously about to fucking sell the tires off my car and gut it fuck them!

We had to take David to the ER this morning =( He slashed his thumb open on the edge of one of our desk chair floor protectors and it looked horrible. Long story short (and 2 hours later) he's fine with some dermabond and tons of bandages that he seems to think tastes like chicken. They didn't need to do stitches and it looks more like a lateral slice than a deep cut.

Whew.

Its so scary when your baby gets hurt, specially when they bled alot. :(
Glad hes ok hun. :)

That just made me cringe. My neighbor growing up sliced his thumb open while cutting an orange and reflexively swung his hand away from the knife. He sprayed blood all over his refrigerator. I don't think he got stitches, but that was the day I learned about that artery that feeds the thumb. Blood makes me skittish.

What is it with the babies ended up in the ER this week. Alison had her first visit due to trying to walk. First black eye too. We wouldn't have taken her in, but we heard a crunch and it swole pretty bad in under 5 minutes.

Glad David is okay =)

The dermabond and bandages they put on it were suppose to last 'up to a week' and he's already managed to soak thru the bandages in like 4 hours. David has super powered spit. Whoohoo!

Reminds me of Sky High when they were evaluating kids' powers and one kid hocked a loogie on a support column.

What? Kids love me. I get stuck watching their movies.