EJ 10/4/02

 

 

 

919 horoscopes, dreams, etc.

 

• Oct. 4, 2002

   

  Taurus
  Horoscope (by Astrocenter.com)
  A crisis could occur at the workplace today that needs to be
  straightened out right away, dear Taurus. It could involve money, or
  possibly a computer crash. If you're in a position to do so, try to
  keep colleagues from giving up and spending more time in the coffee
  room than at their stations. If everyone lets the situation give them
  an excuse to stop working, no one will get anywhere. And don't you
  panic either. Your world isn't coming to an end.
  
  Gemini
  Horoscope (by Astrocenter.com)
  Stress and frustration could be the result of having to try to reach
  people in distant states or foreign lands, dear Gemini. The time
  difference could well be a factor. If you think things through
  carefully, you should be able to coordinate it so that you can get
  through to them in a timely fashion, and whatever you're trying to
  accomplish with them should work out. Stay calm and focused, and
  you'll get through this with a minimum of upset.
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  b.bards at mother eagan's last night. 3.50 for a shiner bock--happy
  hour price! god damn. But they did good, despite the fact that the
  patio folk were less than paying attention.
  
  dreamt about trying to call in late to work & kept pressing the wrong
  buttons on the phone. I was late because Tom had put brooms,mops, and
  wet towels that had cat pee on 'em into the shower.
  
  I was actually late today,or later than usual, anyway. the flyer
  didn't come at 6:45, instead the regular 37 came at 6:53. Poked along
  the frontage, absolutely chock full of people, I got clocked in at
  7:25. I usually get in around 10-15 after 7. fuuuuck that.
  
  another dream about being in new orleans with mom & alex, stopping
  somewhere in the quarter for breakfast. me getting cinnamon bread,
  alex getting shrimp & crab.
  
  Xs husband left another msg on my machine at home last nite. like he
  doesn't have my work # or my cell #. manipulating me into calling
  him. this has x written all over it, she is probably 'siccing' him
  on me for bailing on her thanksgiving b-day. ah well. I feel bad
  about it, but I am not going to spend the little time I have to spend
  with mom, holly, and daddy on cooking & cleaning for someone who could
  see me any time she wanted. Friendships are (should be) 2-way. I
  should not always be the one giving, calling, inviting, going to her
  house, bla bla.

   

920 ball in my court

 

• Oct. 4, 2002

   

  Ok, I have a home phone # with a machine, I have a work phone #
  (which, admittedly, is usually busy), I have a cell phone. I have
  work email and home email and yahoo email I can check from work or
  home.
  
  So I am not buying this bullshit of me being so hard to get ahold of.
  
  But if you want to play stupid and call me at home when you know I
  won't be there and leave pathetic little messages, that's fine. Just
  know that when you put the ball in my court, I may not get it back to
  you any time soon.

  921 Re: ball in my court

   

  • Oct. 4, 2002

     

    my email to Jen about this. We'll see what she thinks:
    ---------------
    
    I am so tired today! For some ungodly reason I woke up around 4 this
    a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. feh.
    
    no big plans for the weekend--I'm going to clean house & put up my
    Halloween decorations, maybe start going thru the closet looking for
    what I want to take on the cruise. Maybe hit REI to see about getting
    a mask, snorkel & fins. If they're like Academy, they'll have all
    the 'summer' stuff off the shelves & I'll be SOL. We'll see.
    
    The X family are playing some weird game with me--I was a chicken &
    emailed the news to X that since Tom's going to be out of town
    during Thanksgiving & I'm going to have my mother, father, and sister
    in town, I wasn't up to cooking her b-day dinner. I'd rather spend
    time with my family.
    
    So...instead of emailing me back or calling me, she's got Mike
    calling me at home during the day & leaving messages about how hard I
    am to get ahold of.
    
    Hello?!? I have 3 email addresses which I check daily, I have a cell
    phone and a work phone # (which, yes, is usually busy), and of course
    there's the machine at home, on which a detailed message could be
    left re: X thanksgiving/bday, "you are the worst friend ever",
    or whatever. Instead of this "Oh, we've been TRYING so HARD to get
    ahold of you!" nonsense.
    
    I dont' know what kind of game X is playing, but I don't like it
    one damn bit.

    922 Re: ball in my court

     

    • Oct. 4, 2002

       

      Jen's reply:
      
      I love this place, I love my job! lalalala!!!!!!
      
      As for the X family, I have one word for you, which is: JEEZUS.
      
      How perfectly ridiculous to leave a message on the answering machine
      to say ONLY that "I've had a hard time getting in touch with you,"
      and say absolutely nothing about the reason/substance of the call.
      *sigh*
      
      I don't think you took the chicken way out - just the convenient one,
      and there's nothing wrong with that. What is disturbing/chicken is
      that X is getting M to call you, rather than call herself. It
      is her b-day after all.... if anyone was gonna have a huge issue over
      it, it would be her.
      
      Oh, boo-hoo, E can't cook dinner and slave over X while she
      plays Birthday Princess. Well, shit, M. Be a man and take the
      woman out to a restaurant. Or cook dinner yourself, if you feel like
      it. I don't understand why they are so dependent on you for their
      entertainment, not to mention the entertainment bankroll.
      
      FWIW, I am totally on your side (duh) - you have family coming over,
      and feel that your first obligation/desire is to spend time with
      them, especially since you don't see them that often. If X thinks
      you should choose her over them, she is more selfish than I thought.
      
      AND -- it's not like you didn't invite her to L's lasagna thing.
      Whatever.
      
      Happier topics. I am planning for the cruise, too, although I
      haven't gotten very far. I know more or less what I need, but I have
      to find it all and do a crapload of laundry. Not very fun. But it
      will be all worth it in the end.
      
      I need to get some sunblock.
      
      XOXOXO!!!! and Happy Friday!!!
      
      Jen

       

923Re: ball in my court

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  Oct. 4, 2002

   

  Hee. That is so cool. I'm glad your first week at the new job was
  cool.
  
  I am putting the Alonzo mess aside for now. I returned M's call,
  called him on his Cell phone, cuz I figured he'd be at work & that
  way we'd keep it short & pleasant, but it rang about 15 times, no
  voice mail, and then a kid picked it up. I think it was Jess, but I
  really don't know. Wierd. Anyway...ball's back in their court.
  Whatever.
  
  I am starting to get all ...fluttery..about New Orleans. Did I tell
  you there's Tulane Alum stuff going on that week? I didn't sign up
  for any of it, but I have a wierd feeling that I'm going to run into
  people I knew. And it makes me nervous. Is that pathological or
  what? I mean, it goes without saying that I'll go to campus and
  wander around & reminisce...but why the nervousness? wierd...
  
  It occurs to me that I'll be ALONE in New Orleans for the first time
  since I first went to Tulane and hadn't made any friends yet & just
  went to the Quarter by myself, sat in the Place d'Armes & wrote my
  hometown honey a long letter about how wonderful New Orleans is. Wow.
  
  God/ess protects children & fools ;)
  
  XO!