Or later maybe...

If we DO go to the usual place, it will be late. I just got done watching the end of Elf, and then Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. The music was awful, but it was a cute enough movie. The girl from News Room was in it.

Saturday

Breakfast out: done. It had to be done after I had a dream about eating toast. Now I should get at least a modicum of cleaning done. Then probably Whole Foods. Hopefully tonight we'll go out too. Maybe to that place where we go to play pool...maybe I can see_______! We shall see.

Mom and Zoe

Please Do This!

Distributed Computing Project You can join my team, or your own, or just be anonymous. But to be cool and be on my team: just install and choose team number 225661. This helps work toward cures for diseases like Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, and cancer.

Hurray!

I'm going to have spaghetti and meatballs for dinner: one of my favorites. Ordering in; new place, so not as good as homemade, but hey, that's a-ok! And I may open up the red wine to have with it!

Hmm

I sent a text message to someone saying hello and didn't get a response. Perhaps his phone is off or something. I hope he's okay; I miss him.

Uh oh

The bigger concern is the fact that I have not yet gotten Noah and Zoe Hannukkah gifts. This is the only Thanksgivukkah in hundreds of years, and I don't have gifts. Ugh. What do I do??

My style according to some dumb test

Home Goods Stylescope

Thursday

I better decide pretty quickly what I'm going to bring to my brother's on Thanksgiving. I'll either buy wine and bring that, or I'll make banana bread, or I'll make pumpkin pie. But I don't think I'll make pie because I think my mom's going to buy one. If there's one thing that's going to get brought by more than one person, it's a pumpkin pie, right? So, either wine or bread. Banana bread doesn't seem to 'go' with Thanksgiving stuff, but there's a bunch of stale bananas just sitting around. Hmm...

Maybe I should be playing shoot-em-up games instead of Scrabble and Words With Friends..

Interesting Article

I'm SO COLD

The snow is pretty, but I can't warm up!

Birthday Lunch!

I'm having lunch with Dad and Pat tomorrow; I hope I can find the place okay...in Arlington Heights. It will be nice to see them.

Oh my gosh, really?!

So, I just got home from seeing Jenny, and she called me! She apologized for having nothing to say; she knows I don't like talking on the phone much. It was nice that she apologized for selling our play tickets.

Not the expected plans, but still plans

Jenny and I were supposed to go see Hello, Dolly as her gift to me for my belated birthday. BUT she panicked when she hadn't heard from me, and thought I had forgotten, so she sold the tickets to her co-worker. She was none too happy with me, and vice-versa, but we went to Bakers Square and ironed it out. I'm just supposed to try to call her at least once a week. I really don't like feeling like it's an obligation, but whatever, I'll give it a try...again. When she saw my hair cut, she said, "What did you do to your head?" Nice. She prefers long hair. I hope people like it though; I like it. I just hope it doesn't make me look old.

My Haircut--another picture 11-21-13

My haircut 11-21-13

Hair cut

I went to a new place, courtesy of my sister in law Jill. Almost half the price that's charged where I usually go, but you don't get coffee or a scalp massage. Still, I like it. The bangs are going to drive me nuts though; she went way shorter than I expected; they're still a long bang, but I can't really tuck behind my ear. It's weird that such a cheap place is in Wilmette. I think she had some sort of hair washing fetish; I swear she washed my hair for a good ten minutes. That's what it felt like. She was really nice though and did a great job. I liked the experience.

Nicole: Use This!

Calorie Counter

Sorry...

I DON'T LIKE FAMILY GUY. There, I said it. Not like it's never funny; sometimes it's really funny, but it's SO insufferable a lot of the time. My favorite is when Brian acts like a dog.

Pumpkin Lattes

The best pumpkin latte so far is from Ipsento on Western. They're open until 9 p.m. (8 on Sun)

grumble!

It's been too long since I've seen someone!

and the birthday goes on!

Today I finally saw my mom for my belated birthday celebration. I still have to see my Dad and Pat, and my brother and family.. It was fun: we did some writing, ate egg mcmuffins, went shopping, and shared a salad, and she served me pumpkin pie with candles and the fireplace lit. She got me a shirt and a sweater too. It was fun visiting with each other for a few hours.

Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind (11-2013)

Another Picture from Hostel (with Boris from Zurich)

It's such a cozy day!

It was nice to be outside for a few minutes, but it's really nice to be in; it's so windy! It's relaxing.

IT'S RAINING, AND IT'S POURING!

No ones snoring, but that's okay. YAY!

Home Brews

We're going to a party tonight of someone who brews his own beer; they're always really good, so it should be fun! Then afterward, who knows, maybe pool somewhere??

Well, look at the time!

I am surprised that I am still awake given that I only had three drinks all night! That's good company for you. It was so fun having Louis in town; too bad this was his last night. It was a great time!

Louis and Me at his Hostel 11-13

Fun!

I forgot how fun it is to hang out with people from hostels. Louis and I went out for coffee, visited Bruce at work, and then went to his hostel. We hung out with this guy from Manchester, England, I think, but who lives in Spain. Then we went on an outing with several people for a flight of beer for $5, then bowling for I think another $5, and then saw live jazz at another bar. Bowling was fun. I was the highest scorer on our team for one of the games with an earth-shattering 95 points! Pretty horrible team! But it was still fun. One from Spain, one from Newfoundland, one from Germany, I think, one from Zurich, Switzerland. I liked the live jazz. It was all really fun. Tomorrow we're going to Too Much Light Makes the Baby go Blind. I haven't been there in probably ten years. Here's a picture (Louis and I are in the back on the right):

Plans!

It's so nice to know that I have another friend. Louis is on his way; I'm not sure what we're going to do...we each already ate, and it's only 4:30. Hrm. Anyway, I always feel like I'm so low on friends, but some of them just live out of state, and it's so great to get to see them sometimes. YAY!

First step

For this possible job, I get to take a personality test; not the Myers-Briggs, but similar. That should be fun except that they might decide I'm not a match for their company, depending on the results. I guess you can't be nervous about something like that...there's no right or wrong. I'm not going to second-guess the actual answers. I'm a little nervous about the math test that I apparently have to take too. It'll have to wait until tonight or tomorrow though because I need to work uninterrupted, and right now, I will be interrupted.

Chugging Along

I got a couple call backs about jobs today. That's great! We shall see what happens.

No to everything today

I cancelled all plans for today and have done nothing but sleep, watch tv, and eat chicken noodle soup. Tomorrow I don't have any plans, so by Wednesday, I should be good to go. As it turns out, I have pool league Thursday; I thought I didn't. But I may not be playing, so I may not go; I may see Louis instead. My dad and I need to find another day to get together for my birthday. I threw away the neon cake after eating some of it; the frosting was getting all melty; plus, it was freaky that it dyed my teeth and tongue whenever I ate it. Those neon colors were not natural. It was very sweet, which was nice, and I loved the fun colors.

I'm not feeling well today.

Louis is in town! But I don't feel well! At least he's here all week, so if I don't feel up to it today, it's probably okay. I also have to decide whether or not to postpone tomorrow's birthday outing with my Dad. Hmm... Also, my brother wants me to babysit tomorrow. No to everything? I just don't know.

Neon birthday cake!

I had a nice dinner out with Jenny (too expensive though!), and she got me an awesome birthday cake with neon rainbow colors as the frosting. It makes the plate look like a tye-dyed shirt! Yum! So sweet!

Birthday Dinner

I better hurry up and decide where I want to go! I can't decide, but I need to call and make reservations somewhere.

Stuck in my Head

So ridiculous

Mental health jobs pay pathetically low. The jobs seem really hard, and make a huge difference, but the pay does not reflect that. Sad.

ha!

"This weekend Friday-Sunday we will be having a Prefix menu"

I like this silly song

Stupid Day Light Savings Time

It feels like it's 11:30 at night! ugh!

Pumpkin Lattes

First: Endgrain; second: Caribou; third: Starbucks.

Honor Societies

What's the point of graduating in two honor societies if you forget to use their job boards?! Luckily, I just remembered; we'll see if anything comes of it.

Time Flies!

Friday is my birthday! I'm not sure what I'll be doing yet.

TV

You know what drives me nuts? When watching talk shows or shows with interviews like Letterman, Conan, or Charlie Rose, watching the guest repeatedly grab the cup of coffee to drink but never take a sip. It happens a lot.

Who will play with me?!

Scrabble FAQs 30-35 points per turn is a goal now. That's hard though.

I applied for a job at my bank

They should hire me because I bank there. It was a book of an application; ugh, I hate that! Just look at my resume!

weird

even though I don't have a job, I still don't like Mondays, and I dread them on Sunday nights just as though I was working.

Blagh!

I've been feeling so ugly lately. I'm not sure what would help; maybe getting my hair done. Maybe I need to work on my self-esteem or something. Or lose some weight; that needs to be done. Yuck.

Oh my, look how early it is!

It was 1:30, and then it was 1:30 again! Tomorrow I'm making apple cobbler with the apples from the orchard. Well, with help, most likely.

Fun at the Apple Orchard today!

Slow Day

I don't really have anything to say. I'm just going to have a quiet night at home tonight. How about you, dear imaginary readers?? If someone reads this, I wonder if I seem really, really lame. I hope not, but I probably do.

Uneventful night

I won just barely. There were about three people dressed up for Halloween. The kids' costumes I saw in the neighborhood were LAME.