Bunny’s TMI

My sweetie just left for the airport to head to his Microsoft internship interview up in Redmond. Fingers crossed!

Also, this is my first blog post using imified (imified.com) to post via IM. So consider it a test!

We went to Bistro 33 last night with a bunch of friends for dinner.

Just so I don’t forget this, I tried their Turkey Club Sandwich (or whatever it’s called) without mayo and that was good. The fries seemed really bland to me, so that made it easy not to eat them. Plus they were the skinny ones but right in that zone of not soft enough but also not crunchy enough to be good. I tried a bite of BW’s spinach lasagna and that was sooo yummy. So next time hopefully I remember to order it. Also, JG mentioned that their french onion soup was a tad bland. I don’t recall liking it, but I don’t recall hating it either, so that sounds about right. We didn’t have the chocolate pate this time, but that was really good. I hope to try making my own sometime.

Also, I managed to cram in my workout before we left, which was good because we were tired when we got home. I did forget to run by the pharmacy though, so that will have to happen today. But for now I need to get ready and go for my blood donor appointment.

I finally got set up on LinkedIn, though there is still quite a bit more I could fill out and plan to do so at some point. I was surprised how many of my contacts already are set up there, I think more than I have on MySpace and Facebook put together. I have not checked Friendster in ages, I think that is the only other one I am on.

ARGH! The apostrophe bug is back. I can not type the apostrophe without the quick search coming up. I have used the about:config option I found on Lifehacker, but it seems to need to be reset regularly to keep working. I HATE this feature of Firefox, it is the only thing I dislike about it. And I can not believe how many times I tried to type the apostrophe in this paragraph. Time to redo the hack and restart Firefox.

I finally have some time to clear out my mailbox and get somewhat up to date here. I think some of this I may have made time to blog about, but not all of it.

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We finished off the last of the most recent batch of bars from CostPlus World Market yesterday. I don’t really like their truffles, so I wasn’t expecting to like this bar, but I think it’s been one of the best so far. Part of the problem with their truffles might be that the only ones people seem to buy are the milk and white chocolate, I don’t even know if they have dark truffles.

We got the Lindt Excellence Chili Dark. It had a good dark flavor without being bitter, and the chili hit just the right balance of being firey, but not overwhelming the chocolate. It was also nice and smooth and soft. They don’t list the percentage, so it’s probably on the lower end of dark to get that texture. This is definitely one I’d be happy getting again.

We had dinner with a bunch of friends at Ricksha (I can never recall how they spell it, Rickshaw? Meh) for their $1 sushi night. Their list is really short though so I ended up having koroke and edamame to round out my dinner. They close at 9pm so we actually got home and to bed at a decent time. I even managed to still do my five minutes of exercise in spite of my headache/migraine. I have just under an hour till I have to leave, but I want to bake cookies for a friend coming into town tonight from Reno, and the ones I want to make need at least an hour to chill in the fridge, so I’m off!

I had to get up early for my neurology appointment, which I still ended up being late to due to getting lost driving… and then getting lost in the building too. I found out my headaches are actually migraines (usually- it depends on the type of pain). The Dr. wants me to keep a headache log, so I’ve decided to try using Twitter via IM as a log since it captures the date/time and I almost always have easy access to IM. More so than a piece of paper I’d have to remember to carry and pull out (and I type faster than I write) or an Excel doc I’d have to email or edit online. I guess I could use google docs, but I think I’m preferring Twitter already.

Going out for $1 sushi tonight with friends, and I need to get back to some lunch time phone calls I need to make.

Or in this case, pdf winner.

In other news, I think I’m finally done with the project I’m working on with annoying guy at work. WHEW!

I’m getting back into being more productive at lunch too. Laundry is going and I’m posting!

One of my three credit cards is paid off. The second will be in 2-3 months, and then the final one by the end of the year.

I’m looking forward to getting to reduce my hours and find a good balance between work, relationships, me time, responsibilities, etc.

I’m actually thinking maybe a 2 hour lunch would be enough. Time to be productive and also get a nap. And leaves the evenings free to socialize or relax.

I’m sure I have more to catch up on, but right now I can only think of my to do lists. Like, finish taxes, google map directions & drive time for my nuerologist appointment, stuff like that.

So back to enjoying my lunch with my fiance and my kitties.

I’m actually staying at my current job, they were able to match (and actually beat!) the other offer, so the only real worry I had about switching jobs is gone. I don’t have to feel guilty about leaving so soon, I don’t have to deal with the stress from switching jobs and starting new again. And I’m really happy and able to really settle in at work even more now that I know I’ll be here until my fiance graduates and finds work somewhere.

It was a really hard decision to make, the new job sounded really fun, and the people seemed really nice and were so excited, so turning them down was really hard. But leaving would have been even harder. I had to do what was best for me health wise.

Anyway, time to get ready for work!

So the job situation is up in the air somewhat at the moment. Either way I have one, and either way it will be transitioning to an alternate schedule December 2008. Hopefully it gets settled soon so I can put the stress from making these decisions behind me.