Day 35 - Week Two, Thursday

The worst thing possible happened to me last night. After work, Marsha and I went to Timpano for dinner. I got a steak and a salad. I was enjoying my meal, then I tasted it. I had just taken a nice large bit out of my Caesar salad when it hit me. The worst thing I have ever tasted. I don;t know ho to describe it, but I was clueless as to what it was. I immediately stopped chewing and just looked at Marsha, my mouth full of food, and my eyes wide with panic. She said, "Oh did you get an anchovy?" Oh my god. It took more willpower than I knew I had to not spit it out into my napkin and vomit at the same time. For a good minute I just sat there with it in my mouth, panicking. I couldn't go spit it out in the bathroom since I did not know where that was, and it's not like I could just ask. So I sucked it up and ate it. It was terrible. I wish I could say that I mam exaggerating, but I am not. I cried.

Today at work was nothing special. At all. After work I went north to the Downtown mall in Palm Beach Gardens to go to Urban to buy some Keds. But they didn't have the color I wanted and I ended up buying the shirt I was wearing at that moment, just in another color. After I felt Gardens I went farther south to the Boca town center. I didn't get there until about 7:30 and the mall closes at 9:00, so I was running around and scrambling to find something to wear to TSI's Wet Hot American Summer Party on Saturday. I ended up getting some awesome socks from American Apparel, and a red sweater vest. And to top it off, white Keds. The salesman at Nordstroms was about my age, and when I said I wanted the Keds, he was just like, "Keds.... You want Keds?" Me: "Yes. White Keds." Him: "White.... Keds...." Me: "Yes. White Keds." Him: "Why?" Me: "Can I just get my shoes?"

By the time I left the mall it was well past my bedtime and I was exhausted driving back. Tomorrow I am going home. Super excited!

Day 34 - Week Two, Wednesday.

I am sitting in my office drinking tea that smells like a horse. I am half way working on a physicians newsletter, and half way watching Running With Scissors. Although I am doing both of these things, this is the only thing on my mind right now:



I am so excited. Originally I wasn't going to install the new OS on my old iPhone and just wait until Friday when I get the new one so that it feels like a whole new phone, but I can't wait. The update was posted about 10 minutes ago and I have already gotten it. I have been sitting with my phone plugged in and obsessively clicking the "Check for Updates" button all day long.

I just loaded Tweet Deck for the first time in a few days. 74 Replies. wtf.

Back to my iPhone update and physician's newsletter.


I just got called into a meeting for the last 2 hours and I was not with my phone as it updating. The whole time I wanted to slip out and come grab it so that I could play with the new OS. I am trying to finish the update right now, but I keep plugging in my phone and an error message pops up. If I can't finish the update I will have no phone since right now it is only "slide for emergency."

10 minutes later: "iPhone is activated" then a flood of texts from Twitter, Lauren, Colton, Evan, Twitter, Liam, and more Twitter.

This was the most random and nerdiest post imaginable. w00t

Day 33 - Week Two, Tuesday

I think I am going to stop labeling my blogs with what I have done and just leave it with the day. Because, honestly, I don't do anything exciting anymore.

Today is Tuesday. I wore my new pants to work and the purple top I wore last week and it was a good outfit. I like wearing pants because I get a break from the panty hose. Ugh. I got a key to my office today, so I no longer am going to get locked out with my phone and computer staring at me from my desk. And I don't have to get up every time someone wants to come in to open the door from the inside. Some IT guys came in earlier and dropped a line for my phone, but I still have no phone. I don't want to give out my cell number anymore. When the guys came in to drop the line I just took my tea and left and got lunch. I have had the same thing for the past week for lunch. Grilled cheese, mandarin oranges, banana and spinach. I honestly don;t think I can get sick of it. All of my favorite things in one meal. It is easy to eat semi healthy here since it is a hospital.

I went to Publix last night right after work. honestly, I need to do this every day. Because it was downtown, right when everyone is getting off work, and there were some of the hottest guys I think I have ever seen, all buying their groceries. All mid 20's, business attire. I may start buying my groceries on a daily basis instead of once a week. For some reason I was craving a turkey sandwhich. I HATE turkey, and i hate whole grain bread. But for some reason, all of could think about all day was a cracked pepper turkey sandwhich on whole grain. So I got a bunch of turkey and a loaf of bread and it was delicious. No clue why I was craving that.

Tonight as I was driving home from work it started to pour. Normally, when it begins to rain like that, people think, "Oh geez I better get inside." Not me. Of course not. So I sped home, changed my clothes, grabbed my phone and credit card and went right back outside. I walked down Las Olas in the downpour, and found Mind's Eye Gallery, a place I want to work. I just stood in the rain and looked at all of the Warhols, Dalis, Matisses, Rothkos, and other amazing artists. I talked to Jenny the whole time I was outside and it was nice. And of course, while I was talking to her I found a Lilly Pulitzer store. It made me just walk past faster but also attempt to use that as a bribe to get Jenny to come down to visit. I sweat, no one wears more Lilly than her. I proudly own absolutely zero items of Lilly Pulitzer clothing, which is shocking for a Sweet Briar girl.

I stopped at Cheesecake Factory ad got myself two meals. One for dinner and one for lunch tomorrow. As I was walking back I sat across from my building and down the street from YOLO. I sat on a bench and talked to Jenny ad watched the valet guys at YOLO park cars. then I realized that those valet guys were MY valet guys from every morning. Then I was confused. they were running back and forth parking cars from YOLO and the 350 building. The two are not connected at all.

This afternoon I sat Denise down and gave her an art lesson. I showed her what I do, and showed her some artists and other forms of art. So thinking about that and YOLO makes me want to post this. When I first messing around with the bleeding technique around February/March I did this. It was one of the first bleeding pieces I did, along with one based on a Jack Bush piece. I saw a painting at YOLO when I was there in January and used the color scheme for this monoprint. I love it. Yet again, I have weird tastes in everything so it is most likely hideous but I just don't see it.



I just watched House and Hawthorne with Marsha, and now I am passing out. It is 10:15. I live a sad, sad life.

Day 32 - Monday

It is Monday. Again. I am sitting at work, and all I have accomplished today is to finish a good amount of the bulletin boards and post pictures on past entries. Si if you feel like creeping, there are pictures buried in random posts. This morning I had the worst time waking up. I was up far to late last night, and I still feel like I am asleep. Today just doesn't feel like a good day. It is a mixture of it being Monday, being sleepy, and this dress I am wearing. I love this dress, but it is more like a frock, and it makes me feel huge. Throw in the required panty hose and cardigan combination, not only only do I feel ginormous, I look like an old lady.

Jessica is here for a bit today, and that is nice to have someone to talk to when I get bored, otherwise it is just a slow Monday. Nothing exciting to share.

Blog Fail. Again. (Sorry John, creep.)

Day 31 - Mom, Liam, Loop, MOSH, I Love Jacksonville

Today was a very good day I slept in, then Mommy, Liam and I went to the Loop for lunch and MOSH. I haven’t been to MOSH in years, I think one of the last time I was there was my first date with James Poindexter in 9th grade. There were the same exhibits, like the whales and the Living Room, JEA, and the Dino skeleton, this time the main exhibit was one I remember seeing a few years back when I was babysitting Carlton and Colter. Okay well maybe that was one of the last times I went, not in 9th grade. Whatever. It was all animatronic dinosaurs, and the planetarium show was the history of the dinosaurs. After we left MOSH we walked around Friendship Fountain, and it was breathtaking. It was such a pretty day. Then I went to the Treaty Oak, which somehow I have never seen before.









I don't know why those are sort of blurry.

Now I am in the airport in Jacksonville, getting ready to fly back to Fort Lauderdale for another wonderful week of work. Whoo.

Day 30 - Colton, Rob, Dad, Ponte Vedra

Today was nice. I slept in until about 10, and woke up planning on doing A Day in My Life since I got my new camera the other day. But that fizzled pretty quickly. Mommy made me my favorite breakfast of Sister Schubert’s rolls, and then I took a shower. I rode my bike over to my dad’s and Colton met me there to mow his lawn. My dad ended up giving Colton more work to do later in the week. Colton and I were supposed to go to the beach today but it rained, of course, s we just hung out in Riverside and at his house. My dad still calls him “Carlton.” I corrected him when Colton was outside, and my dad just said “His parents named him wrong,” then kept calling him Carlton, although he knew it was wrong. It was funny. Colton is hoping to get a job at TCT so today was good all around for him. Afterwards we went back to his house so he could change since it started raining while he was mowing, then we went to see Emma at Smoothie King to grab some free smoothies. We went to Riverside Park and saw some guy on a bike get pegged in the face with a soccer ball. It was hilarious. He flew off his bike and just layed there. Then he stayed at the park, and kept riding around. I would have been so embarrassed and left if that had happened to me.

Colton and I went back to his house and watched TV ad talked to his roommate Reeder then he drove me out to Sawgrass. It was nice hanging out with him again like it was old days again. It was nice. I had dinner at Marsha’s then went out with Rob and his friend James. We went to Biscotti’s and had some cake. I am falling asleep right now really bad so I think I am going to leave this as another really lame entry. No Internet, even though I am at home. I can’t figure out what is wrong with it. And Evan just told me the new Augury CD has leaked and I can’t download it. Not thrilled. Psych time.





I want a wall like this.

Day 29 - Home again, jiggity-jig

Friday! Hoorah! My first week of work passed with no real flaws. Apparently someone already lost their job because of me, which is great. I feel bad about that. Today I started the morning at Palm Beach Gardens. I got there about an hour early and got some breakfast and drove around and explored. When Denise got there we met with a woman and talked about some different events coming up. I saw in this chair for about 3 hours and already my butt hurts. I got a tour of this hospital as well, and thank god no NICU. All afternoon I worked on my bulletin boards and talked to Jessica for a bit. I got back to the apartment and turned right around and went to the airport. We were on a non-stop flight to Jacksonville, but we had to make an emergency stop in Fort Meyers for some reason. Otherwise the flight was uneventful. I just got home and I am excited to be in my own bed.