We have working things!

We have heat, hot water and a refrigerator. The water and ice come out of the door and everything (water and ice are supposed to come out of the door ) it is so exciting.

This weekend should be interesting. First of all it is supposed to be a monsoon like 60 mph winds. My co-worker Kelly has had her birthday party/halloween party planned for sometime and Austin new about it. On Monday, he and his brother decide that they are going to have a party at out house. How rude! I have had plans to go to Kelly’s and I am going to go! However now that people won’t be able to stand outside that means they are going to be tracking mud into my house..I don’t think so…I don’t want these fucking people who don’t even like me in my house – oh! but wait – it’s not my house. So I really don’t have a say. So, now apparently these people are going to go in our garage -where all of the finishing materials for my cabinets are…I have SUCH a BAD feeling about this. I know something is going to get broken or damaged. I don’t care what austin says. It’s going to happen and I’m not going to be there to yell about it – because I am going to be at Kelly’s. Get excited for monday’s post – it’s going to be quite the rant.

I had no hot water this morning

So,yesterday afternoon Austin called and said he had gotten the gas stove all hooked up. I was so excited! I came home and all of the doors and windows were open. I walked in and there was a fowl smelling odor. I asked Aus what was going on and he said there was a gas leak. He had shut everything off and it was still smelling thought. Eventually the smell went away. But something was just not right and the heat wouldn’t kick on. When I woke up this morning Austin said the burner had tried to kick on and smoke went everywhere. Oh, and we have no hot water. Great! So let’s see…we have no hot water, no kitchen counter, no kitchen sink, the bathtub leaks, EVERYTHING needs to be touched up with paint and we have a pet raccoon. I love this house! Maybe by this time next year everything will be complete. I doubt it. I wish I could just hire some to finish everything. I AM hiring someone to finish the trim in the bathroom. I don’t care what Austin says. I am just so tired of living in disarray. And Austin wants to flip all kinds of houses? I don’t think so. You don’t see those people on TV flipping houses making their girlfriends do the work. They HIRE people. But all the people to hire in Boston are nuts! Those idiots wanted $4,000 to do our bathroom which is the size of a box and that was just for the plumbing! Someone please just wave a magic wand and let everything be done!

I want to go to a spa….in another country

So I receive this magazine called Spa Finder because I once bought a gift certificate for my friend Dawn’s mom and her friend because she showed us such an amazing freaking time in Las Vegas – ANYWAY (way off topic) I got this month’s issue 50 Spas We Love – I want to go to one! Let’s see there is:

• Rayavadee, Thailand (www.rayavadee.com – rooms start at $500/night)
•  Parrot Cay, Turks and Caicos (www.parrotcay.como.bz – $1,800 for 3 nights)
•  Soneva Fushi, Maldives Islands (www.sixsenses.com – rooms start at $530/night)

Okay, now the two people who read this blog Decker and Dawn are probably thinking I am nuts – which I am. But go to these websites. You will both want to go with me. And $500 divided by three is only $166 each! However, this does not include the spa treatments! Boo! It doesn’t matter, I could just go and sit by the freakin invisible edge pool all day. What am I talking about all day – I can only afford to be there 1/2 a day!

So how about girls – in for a weekend trip to Thailand??

Why Me?

It never fails…I have one client that EVERYTHING gets screwed up for. I can never get ahead with these people. So I have been doing all this pitching – because their big time of year is now and one of the stories came out today in a local paper. It said that I was the freakin company spokesperson. Are you kidding me? She took the information that I sent her in a pitch and said that I “said” it. This is SO not good. This client already hates me…now they will just hate me more. GREAT! My other clients LOVE me! Karma with these people is not on my side…

Why aren’t people smart…

So, I have decided that I am the smartest person alive. I have also decided that I am going to create an intern handbook. These people need direction! Why also do people have to make things so difficult! I think people go through life trying to make other people’s lives miserable. Why can’t you just go with the flow? I am just so tired I don’t have the energy to deal with these idiots. I even to my energy medicine today. It’s not working.

The Head of the Charles

So this weekend is the big Head of the Charles regatta. Where all of these crew (or rowing teams) come from all of the world to compete. It is a big deal here in Boston. Well, our office is located right next to where all of the teams are kind of pow-wowing. There is a grocery store so most of them are mulling around. First of all, while at the store I saw a crew team from Texas! That is weird. So when I got back, we were discussing how good looking most of these crew boys are. Erin, our lovely intern, says “oh, when I was just at Shaw’s I cam around the corner and one of them was bending over tying his shoe and you could see everything.” I said, :he had camel toe for boys”. Everyone at the table was dying including Michael the only poor boy at the table. If you don’t know – rowers wear very tight like spandex pants. It was so funny…I am hilarious.

I am so sleeeepppyyy…

It’s only 2:22pm. I still have like three hours left of work…boo! We just finished lunch and I ate way to much hence, why I am so sleepy probably. I wish there was a cot right here in my office that I could just take a quick nap. Just a couple of minutes. And then I have the dileman of whether or not to participate in an educational teleseminar tonight. The thing is 75 minutes! and I wanted to go the gym. There is a stong possibility if I sit on the phone for 75 minutes without talking that I will fall asleep. I think i am getting to much sleep – is that possible? I think I went to bed at 10:45pm and I got up at 7:45a. I did try to get up at 5:50 and go to the gym…but you can image how well that went. I didn’t go…..

no subject really

So I was greeted by the raccoon. I came out of the house to throw away some garbage and there it was! The thing was as big a three basketballs put together..I think I scared it and it started to mosey down the stairs but it stopped and stared at me for awhile through the rungs of the steps. This thing was freakin HUGE!. Then I came out the next morning and the whole trash bag was gone. I was like, “shit, the raccoon took the whole bag!” I called Austin later and he said his brother had moved it. Maybe he was greeted by the raccoon.

No house progress…..BOO! I wish I was just filthy rich…I wouldn’t have half of the problems I do.

Breathe..

I can breathe finally. My life is beginning to slow down. I can honestly say I don’t have anything to do for the next three weekends. WOW! I had my big event this weekend with authors..see photo of me with Susan Orlean who wrote The Orchid Thief. Such a nice lady! What a great event it was. My client is happy, my boss is happy, what more could you ask for?

Things with the house are progressing slowly. We have the appliances but they cannot be plugged in yet because the electric has not been hooked up…

Funny story..Austin came home on Saturday night and was greeted at the top of the porch by a hugee racoon going through our garbage…he said it scared the shit out of him…I just think that is hilarious.

What a freakin life

So – Decker came – what a great freaking time! I’ll post pics soon. We went apple picking with the gamma phi alums and we went to Gypsy Bar one of my fav night spots.

Then I had to go to a two day conference with my bosses – what a freaking debackle (sp?). It was just one thing after another and then one of my other brillant clients totally f’ed – up the easiest possible thing in the world – a donation!

My appliances are coming tomorrow! Yeah! I will have a stove and fridge.

Dawn – I will call you soon! Miss you !