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Things I’m Okay With

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Joey being in charge of dinner.

I’ve come to a very serious conclusion that I don’t like cooking as much as I like eating something home-cooked.  Unfortunately, it’s difficult for me to give up control of the kitchen.  Maybe that has something to do with the fact that I find onion pieces on the floor and dirty spoons sitting next to to spoon holder on top of the stove when Joey cooks.

Free grape samples at Whole Foods.

Actual fall weather.

It was cold, gray and rainy all day on Wednesday.  We wore sweaters and ordered Chinese for lunch at work.  It was awesome.

The return of Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

Catching up with my best friend while drinking said lattes.

 Finally being able to bottle our beer!

Riding in Joey’s dad’s new Mercedes.

It has a voice command feature but no matter how many times I said, “Buckle me” or “Drive us back to the office” it wouldn’t listen.

Emails from Joey inviting me to lunch at Chipotle.

Serious conversations had during lunch:

“Do you think my dad will buy me a Mercedes??”  Answer: No.

“Do you think you’re dad will trade cars with me for the day??”  Answer: Also no.

Eating this for breakfast all week.

Except I made them into giant muffins.  And except that all the muffin tops broke off when I tried to get them out of the pan.  And except that I glued the tops back on with frosting.  Joey still referred to them as the “Best muffins ever!”  I concur.  

Pulling the newest edition of Cooking Light out of the mailbox.

Especially when I saw the section on quick breads.  Chocolate Hazelnut Banana Bread?  I need that.  Because those muffins are going to run out at some point.  Maybe I can make the quick breads into giant muffins that are glued together with frosting, too!  Or maybe I’ve just had too much caffeine today!

Having my last day of work be earlier than expected.

They needed to shift some people around anyways, so they had someone to fill my spot right away and staying till next week seemed kind of pointless.  I’m totally okay with it because it means I get a few extra days off before starting at Joey’s office on Monday.  

Hello, 4-day weekend!

This Week I…

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Gave two weeks notice at work.

I could devote an entire post to this topic but I imagine it would be extremely boring, so I’ll give you the bullet point version.  Minus any actual bullet points.  I hate my current  job and there’s an opening at Joey’s office.  Honestly, I know I should be happy to move on, but for some reason, I don’t feel that happy about it.  I just feel like I’m moving from job to job without actually going anywhere.

Had to come to terms with the fact that football season has begun.

I sat next to this on Wednesday night.  And in case you can’t tell what “this” is.  It’s a Dallas Cowboys zombie.  There shall be no intelligent conversations, or really any conversations at all during this time.  Anything I say will be in one ear and out the other.  Majorly boring.

Annoyed Joey by having a phone conversation with my mom during the Cowboys game.

She told me a story about how my dad was at Whole Foods trying to choose between two rotisserie chickens, when a man walked up, took one of the chickens and it ended up being one chicken in a mirror.  

Commenced operation “Eat a bag of peaches before summer ends, or mold starts.”

Was reminded that the work week should always be four days long.

Took a walk and realized how perfect dusk is.

Treated myself to a weeknight mani/pedi.  

Because I could.  You know what takes all the fun out of a mani/pedi?  Knowing that the mani/pedicurist is tired and just wants to go home.

Realized I’ve been spending too much time on my phone.

Gave in and cracked open a can of pumpkin.

And made an amazing pumpkin pizza dough.  You can’t actually taste a difference but pumpkin has the tendency to make things fluff up.  I’m all for fluffy pizza dough.

 Daydreamed about it being the weekend.
It’s finally here!  Go enjoy yourselves.