April 2010
60 posts
Attention! Calling all doctors! (Or significant...
I woke up yesterday morning with excruciating pain in the back of my neck. I couldn’t look to either side or really move my head at all without pain. It slightly lessened as the day wore on but at night it got worse again and kept me up all night.
I woke up at 3am to get a drink of water and couldn’t even sit up in bed without holding my head up with my hands.
It may or may not be a...
Things I Love: Tracking a package online and...
Dear Powers That Be:
Please hold the heavy rain off tomorrow until I complete my 13.1 miles and cross that finish line. Please! I promise to pay it forward somehow if you would just grant me this one request! Love, Steph
Isn't Friday supposed to be the BEST day of the...
Not for me, apparently.
I spent last night at Mark’s sister’s apartment so I could avoid a super late night/super early morning commute and had crazy dreams all night long, waking at 5am thinking I had overslept. Needless to say, I am EXHAUSTED this morning.
Then, on my 12 mile walk from her apartment to the subway (what?! It felt like it!), my small bottle of CUCUMBER MELON (GAG!)...
Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
On my walk to work this morning, I saw two young boys dressed in khakis and polo shirts, holding their dad’s hands on one side and tiny Starbucks cups, presumably filled with hot chocolate, on the other.
They were clearly headed to dad’s office for the day and it immediately brought a smile to my face.
I remember so clearly going to work with my dad, back when it was called Take Our...
My night:
Mark’s dad is here and they are watching the Bruins/Sabres game together, sharing a gigantic bowl of buttery popcorn, yelling at the TV, drinking a couple Blue Moons and talking hockey strategy mixed in with some NFL draft strategy during commercial breaks.
I am sitting in the corner at our kitchen table, munching my dinner of a delicious egg and cheese bagel sandwich and smiling because I...
Job update
I’ve made my decision. I’m taking the new job. Suffice to say, it’s not been a good afternoon here at my current job and tears were shed (in the privacy of my own office, thank goodness).
New job = more money, more travel opportunities, shorter commute, new challenges.
Next stage of my career? Here we go!
I was offered a new job last week.
One that pays a bit more, entails more high-level responsibilities, and travel around the world to see new places and meet new people. I was about to sign the offer letter, solidifying my decision, until I told the chairman of the board at my current job, who asked me what it would take to keep me. I outlined my requests and sent it over the weekend and I have a series of meetings today,...
I admittedly know nothing about Brooklyn, and...
…my NYU graduation ceremony is being held at the Brooklyn Academy of Music next month and I want to find a restaurant nearby where my family entourage and I can get lunch following the ceremony.
I’ve Google’d, I’ve Open Table’d and I’ve Yelp’d but I’m still unsure of where would be a good place to go. Italian places or steakhouses are generally good...
Having divorced parents is the pits.
I just got off the phone with my mom and burst into tears. The long and short of the conversation was that she and my step-dad are trying to cut their upcoming visit for my NYU Master’s degree graduation ceremony as short as possible (and staying in a hotel as far away as possible) because my dad and step-mom will also be here and she thinks it’s awkward to “party down with...
“Whooaaa…how many wars have YOU started, darling?”
– Best pick-up/cat call line I’ve ever heard. Well done, construction worker on 41st Street.
Side note:
How do I blur out elements of a photo so none of you crazies stalk my family and friends? Help?
(I realize it’s a bit late but I was so damn excited to show you the envelopes I didn’t want to wait to figure out how to blur it!)
