23 posts tagged “friends”
A very close friend of mine just told me that they are pregnant! I couldn't be happier for them, and I'd like to get them a nice congratulatory gift. Its far too early to buy them anything for the baby - that would be torturous to spend the next 7 months staring at cute baby clothes and accessories. She loves lotions, scents, bubble baths - anything specific for pregnancy that you recommend friends? Any particular clothing item, robe, cozy something, movie, snack that you loved/know someone who loved it?
Help me out, internet - I want to give her something she'll really love and use for hre pregnancy!
What a weekend! My bridesmaids threw me a FABULOUS bridal shower this weekend. What a wonderful time! Family and friends were so generous, I have so many great things to fix up our home and start our new life together. Part of the decorations for the shower were baby pictures of me and Dave. Dave is the cutest little baby, and I really hope that someday when we have babies they look just like him. One of my bridesmaids asked him what he thought our babies would be like and he responded, very simply with "Tall and inattentive." The frightening part is just how true that is! For a glimpse of one of my baby photo favors made by my very talented best friend see here.
With all the fuss over the shower I totally forgot that yesterday was my birthday. I'm 27 now, and boy does that seem old. The odd numbers always seem older, I don't know why. My Daddy is taking me to see Batman on Thursday and I can't wait. Oh Christian Bale, how I swoon over you. Happy Birthday to me, indeed.
Finally, with all this talk of baby photos, in other non-related baby news congrats to Brian and Paige who are pregnant with their second child! What wonderful news!
On a conference call last night with classmates *Names changed to protect the guilty*:
Joe: "...and I'll work with Lenni on that."
Me: "Thats because Joe is totally in love with me"
Bob: "But really, Lenni - who isn't?"
Alex: "I was just about to say the same thing!"
Joe: "Yeah, I know I'm in the triple-digits for my membership in that club."
Me: "I just let you THINK you're only in the triple digits. I'm clearly into the quads by now."
Via Text Message:
"Dude, traffic in Phoenix is sucking life right now!"
"Are you texting and driving? Or is traffic that bad on strippers row that you're stopped?"
"No, I stopped in for a lap dance to wait out the traffic, of course."
"No time for the champagne room?"
"There's no sex in the champagne room."
"Only people who have never been in the champagne room say that."
"Damn! Thats why I like you, you tell it like it is."
I was talking to Mike again today because he's awesome and everyone should talk to Mike everyday. But you can't because he doesn't have that much time. Also, I've called dibs. I was telling him about how he can convince people of anything because he's sexy like that, and then launched into some solid reasoning for why my wedding should include a dramatic dance to "Always" by Bon Jovi because when I say his name? I understand. He's made mistakes. He's just a man. And Mike said to me:
"PS, nice touch on flirting with me and talking about your wedding in almost the same sentence"
And while I'm telling you about funny conversations I've had with Mike, I should share with you another story. I'm going to Geneva in August for more Thunderbird deliciousness, and I was talking to Mike about how I really wanted to be roomates with Cameron in Geneva. But what if she doesn't like me? Or thinks I smell funny? Maybe I should just pass her a note in study hall saying "Will you be my roomate? Check a box: Yes, No, Maybe?"
When we found out we do indeed get to pick our roomates in Geneva I got a message from Cameron that said "You + Me = Roomates in Geneva? Yes? No? Maybe?"
Awww. Its like we have ESPN or something. We're totally soul mates. Or Mike told on me. Either way, our room is totally going to be the "Room of Hotness" while we're there.
My new bff, Mike from my class at Thunderbird mentioned that I should put a funny picture of me and Boo on my blog. And I went, "Oh yeah. My blog. Bwahahaha, I still have that, don't I?" And explained that I'd been slacking on my blogging because of all the traveling to the West Coast (4 of the last 6 weeks) and you know, that MBA thing I started. And Mike responded with this gem:
"I have a lot of sentences that start that way. I used to _____, _____times per ____ but then I started Thunderbird. That applies to pretty much everything. Except coffee."
And then he told me I could blog that for free but this time only. And then compared his witty banter to dealing coke - the first one's on the house to get me addicted. See why I *heart* him? Now if you'll excuse me I must return the vortex of accounting that is trying to drown our entire class.
I will post that picture of Boo soon. Along with wedding planning adventures. And congrats to Jon & Ericka on their engagement - we love you guys!
There are a lot of changes taking place in the "Miss Understood" household, and needless to say there's a lot of stress. I leave on Sunday for a week of work in San Francisco, followed immediately by my first week of graduate school at Thunderbird Graduate School of Management. After the smackdown I laid on the GMAT, Thunderbird offered me a scholarship to start in January instead of September. They told me that three weeks ago, and by the way you have to be in Arizona for a week for Orientation and 3 credits worth of classes.
Now, lets add the holidays, wedding planning, and some serious ramp up of projects at work and I am offically stressed. Not helping was some disappointing show of friendship in the last few weeks from some people we really expected to step up to the plate and do the right thing. Its not fair to talk about what happened, or to name names on the internet but I do want to talk about what friendship means to me. I have a very strong sense of what 'being a friend' means and its a devastating blow to me when someone I know and love and consider to be a friend doesn't treat me the same way that I would treat them.
I've been trying to find a way to talk about my feelings appropriately because this is a public forum and not a personal journal where I'm free to write whatever I feel like. I came across this website today of the author's "50 things I've learned in 50 years" and a few of his points really hit home to me. I encourage you to check out the entire list, but a few things really stood out to me:
2. Promptness shows respect
6. The most valuable thing to have is a good reputation, and it’s neither hard nor expensive to acquire one: Be fair. Be honest. Be trustworthy. Be generous. Respect others.
15. It may not feel like it, but it’s good luck when you have people at home and at work who aren’t afraid to tell you when you’re wrong.
20. Wounds heal faster under bandages than they do in the open air.
38. In crisis or conflict, always think and act strategically. Take time to figure out what the “winning” outcome is for you, then work toward it.
"Thats because every time you say 'boobies' he giggles."
*giggling*
"Hm. I wonder if it works with 'doodie' too."
*giggling*
"Apparently. It must be the double 'oo' sound."
<leans in> "BOOKKEEPER."
I finally finally finally downloaded all the pictures from my camera. Sheesh! Took me long enough! But the point is I have some great pictures to finally share with you. Like this picture of the pretty new bracelet that Dave bought me to celebrate our 8 years together. I've been trying to describe this bracelet to people but it usually just comes out something like "A silver criss-crossy intertwined...thing. It's cool! I promise!"
I also went back and added pictures of the kitties to this blog entry about cat-sitting. They're cute, go check them out!
In other news, two weeks ago one of my best friends from high school got married. It was a gorgeous day with perfect weather, and possibly the best cake I've ever had in my entire life.
