Lunchtime ramble

Looking back, I see that I have failed to mention that Rupert is now the tallest person living in our house.  He is also the youngest person.  Somehow, that doesn't seem fair.  OTOH, I have no problem calling him into the kitchen to reach stuff for me whenever I need it.

Rupert and Mavis are going off to do teen stuff after school today, so after DH & I do the weekly Dr checkup at 5:00 (what Dr schedules appts at 5 pm on a Friday?), we can go off and do something like a normal adult couple.  But we'll probably just end up at the Dane again, LOL.  

I know a lot of people are wondering where the heck winter is, but this is totally the type of winter I can deal with.  I like not having to wear 3 layers of clothes.  It's too bad we didn't get this winter last year.  It would have totally saved my library project schedule.

The PM I'm helping down in Arlington Heights called me this morning at 6:50!  He needed a schedule update for a 9:00 meeting.  However, I do get to duck out of work at 3 for the aforementioned appt.

Took Ruby to the shop on Wed afternoon for her 105k miles maintenance.  It turns out that the high-pitched squealing noise was the rear brakes after all.  So, all the normal maintenance (except the recommended timing belt replacement) plus the rear brake pads & newly machined rotors for $251.  In another couple of months, I might go ahead and let them do the timing belt, but first I'll check the records I have to see if it has ever been replaced before.

Next week, I'll spend 2.5 days down in Arlington Heights trying to help out on 3 different projects.  Hopefully shortly after that, I'll get to start up one of my own - as Owner Rep for the Houston County Courthouse in MN (right across the river from LaCrosse).  I am so ready to be fully involved in a project again.  The post mortem I'm doing isn't as complete as I thought - I found out yesterday that the PM is still holding onto a good portion of the files, so any conclusions I've drawn so far are likely to be worthless once I get to look at the rest of the stuff. ::sigh::

I feel really out of the poly loop.  I've quit reading the posts in the yahoo lists I belong to, because the people whose posts I enjoyed most seem to have drifted away.  I realize a big part of my disassociation has to do with the issues of the past year.  I didn't need to add any drama to the year, but it's the beginning of a new year and I'm looking around, going, "huh.  what's next?"

I think I'm ready to verbalize a resolution for 2007 also:  I'm going to strengthen my friendships with my women friends.  Actually talk to them on the phone and go do stuff with them that doesn't involve all of our partners and children.  I realized that the only time I seem to see most of my friends anymore is at parties.  I think that's kind of weird.

Well, less than 3 hours left in the workweek :)  Maybe this weekend, I'll update my journal theme too.  If I'm not too busy undecorating the house.

GIP, sorta

See those shoes?  With the lacy socks?  Do you remember when wearing that combo was the height of fashion? (It was the cheesy part of the '80s)

Recently, I mentioned something about wearing that combo, and most of the people around me acted like they had NO CLUE what I was talking about.  Like they'd never seen anyone do it before - at least not in real life.  And I said "don't you remember the girls from the ZZ Top videos?"  

This icon is just to prove that I'm not crazy.  Women dressed like that on purpose.  Usually they did it when going out to party or hook up.  And for what it's worth - even though I'm short, I had great legs back then.  I was teh HAWT in those 'knock-me-down-and-fuck-me' shoes with the lacy socks and the appropriately short skirts.  I have a couple of pictures still hanging around - I'll see if I can dig them up and post them here for proof.

Isn't it interesting, that for the most part I think of myself as a klutz, but I've got no problem bopping around in those heels?!