Bumpit Up!

Thunderstorms! Yay! It's cozy goodness.

Does anyone else start laughing uncontrollably when they see those "Bumpit" commercials on TV? I guess my thing it that while I would love to have a little extra volume in my hair, the ladies on the commercial end up with seriously big poofs at the crown of their heads. I'm always like, whoa, whoa, whoa. It's comical. Flat hair is sooooooooo last year, you say? Well, Bumpit hair circa the 80s is not this year. Bump it up? No thanks.

I keep seeing all these weird, random commercials. Perhaps I'm watching too much TV lately.

Life is pretty good, peeps. My special headache that lasted several days is gone. I'm feeling much better now. I want to say more like my true self, but I don't think that's quite right. I think I'm more in tune with my natural, healthiest self, and that is incredibly freeing and exhilarating in a big way. Plus, I feel on track with the things I need to do for my well-being at the moment. Although, I need to be better at getting more sleep and going to the gym on a consistent basis. I've made my return to the gym, but so far it's sporadic. It's time for a routine.

I picked out the cutest pair of brown and turquoise glasses at the eye doctor the other day! The only problem is that they are pricey, so now I must wait to buy them. I do not like waiting. It annoys me. I thought I may wait until January to get them, but January is sounding really far away. And I need these glasses now. I need them.

Another movie recommendation: Away We Go.

Movie I can't wait to see: 500 Days of Summer. Another one I'm curious about and was bummed to have missed at SIFF is Adam. But, I see on the movie site that there are advanced screenings happening around here in the next few weeks. I'm happy! If any of my Seattle friends would like to check it out with me, let me know. The reviews are good, and I hope it will give a positive and realistic perspective of an AS/NT relationship without being cheesy.

My walk home from work the other night was very strange. It's hard to describe the weirdness with words. I don't actually walk all the way home. I park in a neighborhood that's about 20-25 minutes away from work, and most days I walk to and from the office (this continues from my time in Israel. I still love taking long walks while listening to music to clear my head). When I was about halfway to my car, I realized that I was going along without my keys. Aaaah! The worrisome of this is that although I can access the main office with a keycard, if my keys are locked in my office-office, I'm out of luck unless anyone else is around with a key. This means no house key and no car key. Luckily I have others elsewhere, but getting that all sorted out would be a huge hassle involving other people in my world. It was pretty late, so I bolted back to work, frantically thinking about who might still be there or who I could ask for help if I needed it. Fortunately, I hadn't left my keys in my office, just the bathroom. Whew! My mind was out to lunch as I left, apparently. Anyway, on my way back to the office, I had a strange interaction with a man who asked me, "Excuse me, ma'am. Do you know where a person could get help if they're just stuck?" Stuck? Stuck how? Stuck in life? Does this man need counseling? Is he on the edge? After some questioning, it turned out that his car had run out of gas, and he didn't have any money to fill it up. I felt bad turning him down (politely, of course), but I had no cash, and I was distracted by my own problem.

Then, after finding my keys with great relief, I started my walk back to the car, calling my friend Chris to catch up. While chatting with her, a man on a bicycle wearing sunglasses and an adventure hat on the opposite side of the street called out, "Hey bitch, what's up?" Uhhhhh. The guy seemed a bit kooky, but I certainly didn't expect THAT to come out of his mouth. I didn't want to interrupt my conversation, so I just gave him a Look. But, I was thinking, bitch? I'll show you bitch! I'm a loose cannon, man!

Onward. Finally, I get to my car, and I'm sitting inside finishing up my conversation with C (I have a Just Say No policy to driving and talking on the phone). Suddenly, I see this man on a motorcycle approaching. I watch as he does all these funny kicks with his legs while whizzing by. What is going on in the world? So weird.

I had a fabulous evening with Monice the other night. We went for belated birthday dinner at Tilth, and then off to Molly Moon's for birthday cake ice cream sundaes. I'm addicted to Molly Moon's. So delicious! The food at Tilth is very good, but it's pretty expensive for what it is, so I'm not sure how often I'll go back. They also seem to be fixated on corn, as it makes an appearance in many of their dishes.

Monice and I spent hours talking, talking, talking, and laughing, of course. I love wonderful girl nights like that. A funny at the restaurant happened when we were talking about how men respond to situations in relationships. I said something to Monice along the lines of how I think often men want to be helpful, but they're just not sure what to do. So they do nothing, because they don't want to do the wrong thing. I wasn't really aware of the waiter hovering over the table refilling our water glasses, but he chimed in with, "I just have to tell you that's exactly right. I've been there and that's how it is."

Oh. Him. Hahaha! Thank you for validating my point, sir.