More Easter Eggs

And the accompanying text

My Easter Tradition

I will fill in the details later, for now I will let all your minds wonder about how I got these Easter Eggs.

Message for the week (and your life)

DON'T BREED OR BUY WHILE SHELTER ANIMALS DIE

Uncertainity killed the Cat

I have been working in the Northern Maryland for the past week, and it is in the middle of nowhere. Actually it is not quite in the middle of nowhere; in fact it is less than 10 miles from where my high school sweetheart grew up. When I first arrived here, the night before work I googled him and he currently lives 12 minutes from my hotel. I briefly entertained the idea of contacting him. He is listed as a Mr. and Mrs. in the directory and perhaps if there wasn’t a dual listing I would have contacted him.

I am mildly curious to how his life turned out and I wish him well. I treated him terribly and married his roommate. I know. I had and still have some issues with relationships. After I divorced his roommate he flew out to see me and I rejected him again. I don’t think he would be happy to see me unless I was a complete failure; which I am not. I also have learned a little bit and can imagine me contacting him causing turmoil in his life thus I let it go. Curiosity killed the cat; or at least the uncertainty principle did.

I love Waffle House

I had my first meal at a Waffle House tonight. I know you are shocked; how can it be possible to never have eaten at a Waffle House? Well there are many reasons, one there are not Waffle Houses where I currently live, two my family is a bit pretentious and three my co-workers are way pretentious. Thus we are working and staying in the middle of nowhere Maryland right next to a Waffle House and no one will eat there. A few of my coworkers have been here months, in this very hotel and no Waffle House. We have driven miles and miles to find dinner with no thought to the Waffle House. Tonight I begged off dinner with my colleagues and decided to give the Waffle House a try. I have to say it was great!!

I sat at the counter and was almost the only customer. The waitress stood over me anxiously awaiting my order, assuming I knew what they served because everyone has been to a Waffle House. I had no idea what they served but she was freaking me out so I ordered the All Star Breakfast. The food was served hot, fresh and exactly like I ordered it; and did I mention it was great! The grits were perfect; hey I am in the south and when in Rome…. The bacon exactly like I ordered it slightly burned. You be amazed at how many places will not intentionally over cook your food but it is the way I like my bacon. Oh and my whole enormous meal was under $7, seriously I can’t say enough good things about the Waffle House.

And he makes a pot

The coffee thing turned out to be even funnier than if it had happened on Friday. My BAW came into work and started a pot of coffee first thing. Of course I sent out an email to everyone that the coffee was brewing, many random people arrived to “visit”. My friends were visiting to see if he had tried the coffee. Unfortunately I put way too much pepper in the coffee and he noticed the smell right away. However he wasn’t sure if it smelled wrong or if it was him. He asked me if it smelled okay and I innocently replied that it smelled fine. I even gave him a look like he was crazy to not think that it smelled fine.

My BAW then started soliciting opinions on his coffee to our fellow co-workers. He asked the Kid and the Kid replied it smelled like coffee. I almost lost it when he said “Maybe I am pregnant and my sense of smell is off, I haven't tasted it yet" and then he started speculating someone had messed with his coffee. During this whole scene I continued to keep all my friends up to date on the progress. Every minute I would receive an inquiry to the current status and I had to send mass emails.

Finally he asked the most annoying guy on the planet (Mag) and Mag said that it smelled like pepper and the gig was up. About the same time my giggles overcame me and I was found out too. It made for a very entertaining morning. The whole scene took at least three hours.

Must Have Patience

By BAW arrived late today, he did not show up until 9:30 am and has not started his coffee yet. I am trying to not be obvious but I am keeping a sharp eye on his coffee pot. I hope no one tipped him off.

9:50 am still no coffee, maybe he had it at home today, must not ask him about said coffee

10:11 am still no coffee; it looks like I am going to have to wait until Monday

11:00 am still no coffee, I will have to wait until Monday, must have patience

On a side note I bought Meadow a new collar yesterday it is pink plaid and super cute. I will attempt to take and post a picture but I can’t promise anything. As I was walking around Petco killing time a few random thoughts occurred to me. The Petco is right next to DSW and instead of going to DSW I went to Petco. I would rather buy my baby stuff than shoe shop, how crazy is that? As I was browsing in Petco I started looking a shoes and coats for my baby and then it hit me; I am turning into one of those people who would be willing to put their dogs in ridiculous outfits. I immediately left the store.

Meadow is finally learning. I can no longer call her cute but stupid. She is still super cute and not as stupid as she used to be. Wednesday night I gave her a new toy that requires some thought to figure out and she was able to get it immediately. My sister’s dogs were never able to figure it out.

This morning when I got out my suitcase she flipped out. She knew it meant Mommy was going away and she wanted to be in my lap every time I sat down after that. At 60 lbs she is not really a lap dog, but I still hold her in my lap.

Pepper Paybacks

As many of you know my co-workers love to play practical jokes on me; the latest 2 involved putting fake insects in key places around my office and caution tape surrounding my office. The last 2 happened within days of each other. Well the insect guy I paid back by locking his keys in his desk. I am still working on the caution tape guy but I have figured out how to get the heart guy back (my current BAW).

My BAW is out on company travel and today I thought of and executed the perfect pay back. My BAW is a coffee drinker and has his own 4 cup coffee maker on his desk. Every morning without fail he makes himself a pot of coffee. However when he returns to work tomorrow he will find that his coffee tastes a little different; Why you might ask? It is because I have saturated his coffee with pepper. I mixed it in and you really can’t tell visually and I am hoping you won’t be able to smell it either. I will keep you posted about the results.

Apathy

I am experiencing a weird emotion for me, apathy towards my love life. Complete apathy on whether anyone calls, comes over or even pays attention to me. Romantic apathy is a totally foreign emotion for me; it has left me wanting some heart ache. The mere fact that I am craving a heart ache puzzles me. I can only imagine that my complete lack of caring has brought on a desire to feel something extreme like pain. Perhaps it is because I have hurt for so long and spent so much time distancing myself emotionally from the Love of my Life that I can no longer care.

Tonight is my night to stay home, one of only two nights a week that I stay home. I have had requests for going out and they don’t appeal to me at all. It is mainly because this is my night home. I could invite company over but that doesn’t appeal to me either. I really lack any interest in seeing anyone right now.

Apathy:
1. lack of feeling or emotion
2. lack of interest or concern

Sport's Injuries

It was bound to happen; really only a matter of time before my complete inability to skate coupled with my unique talent to hurt myself caught up with me. Finally on the night that I started to see some improvement in my skating, I can do right side cross over and I am handling the puck inside of just trying to hit it; it happened. I was battling for the puck in front of the net and I really don’t know if I was hit, if I lost what little balance I have on the ice or what but the end result was me falling right on my head.

Not a little fall, an enormous smack, a cut tree landing with a thud right on the back of my head. I saw stars. I stood up and thought wow my head really hurts and I was a little dazed. I skated for a 15 minutes more and decided it was time to leave the ice. In the locker room my head continued to get worse and my neck decided it did not want to be left out and started to hurt too. By the time I reached home my back decided it wanted to join the party. Finally my consciousness went south too and I can now claim 2 concussions to winter sports injuries.