fuzzygruf | I've got Mojo (Reply)

Not only did John send me a glowing email yesterday, he nominated me for a "Mojo" award. Once nominated, you get it, so it's nothing too special. Basically, it's just some recognition on a website and some lame certificate for exhibiting one of Schwab's Five Imperatives. The imperative for this was "Create seamless client services." I saw my VP later in the elevator, and he mentioned John's email again. My boss has yet to acknowledge it. Bitch. I checked out internal job listings and didn't see anything for me.

I got home then walked to Cliff's to get some shelving stuff. I picked up the brackets, etc., and 4 more shelves, which are heavy. I took my army duffle bag to transport them. It was awkward, but manageable. I got back around 4:30pm. Still no sign of Steve. Steve arrived a bit after 5pm. He was exhausted and needed a nap. So much for going back to Cliff's for a cordless drill so that I could install the shelves. If I went by myself, I still wouldn't be able to use it since Steve was napping and we'd be going out afterwards.

We went to All Season Sushi for dinner. Ran into Tom Kelly outside of Firewood and chatted with him for a few minutes before his dinner date arrived. My chicken teriyaki was ok. Steve's beef teriyaki looked extremely rare. I think he preferred the sushi he ordered with it. With a coupon for $7.50 off, at least the price was right.

Got to square dancing. Mario acknowledged that he received my E-vite. (Rick had given me his email address.) Hope he can make it. I'd like a big birthday kiss from that man. I mentioned the party to Richard Gale, and I guess that Dave hadn't even told him about it. Well, I let him know he was coming, LOL. Dancing was ok. It was my first day to dance in 6 days! I initially did some minor screwups, but did fine after the first tip. Nothing too special. He did "Relay The Deucey" with boys starting in the middle, but that didn't phase me. No problem there. Angels even screwed it up. Andy had done that a few times down at ECR, and I think I did it at one of the fly-ins. No big woo. We did practice "& Roll" for a bit. A few times in a row, I ended up butt-to-butt with Richard. I managed to grab his ass for awhile. Wow. His feels great.

Steve and I got home around 9:45pm. We were both tired. Watched the end of a Smallville repeat, then watch syndicated Friends for 30 minutes. We played Fluxx until 11pm, then watched Seinfeld. Then I crashed. I had some interesting dreams, but I can't recall them now. Sleep was good.

I woke up at 5:45am. I've been doing that just fine without an alarm. Checked my emails. The 19-year old wants to meet on Thursday evening for coffee. I had to write back to ask if he just wanted to meet with me or with both Steve and me.

My boss had written asking for a status. I gave her one, and let her know that I was still looking for another project, which I had requested in my status last week. She did assign one, and it looks like I can do it. I have no idea which programs are impacted, but I'll be asking around. I've got some leads already. My boss is "WFH" today, so I don't have to worry about seeing her sorry face.

I was supposed to take some PowerPoint class today to show us some tips & tricks. It's been cancelled. Grrrrr. I make great PowerPoint slides already, but tips & tricks are always welcomed. Tricks, especially. ;-)

Lots of blather about monogamy on the BML this week. I told Steve about the "dreaded monogamy thread." He thought I said, "dread monogamy threat. LOL! Most guys on the list are pretty good about agreeing that it's up to what works best in each relationship. Monogamy works best for some and open relationships work best for others. I'm good at both, but this open relationship that Steve and I have has been the best so far. Knowing that other guys appreciate Steve is an ego-boost for me. Nothing worse than petty jealousy. Someone I know recently found "evidence" that his bf was "cheating." He was ready to break up. Turns out that the "evidence" was quite innocent, so they didn't break up. Looking at it objectively, it seems odd that a relationship can change based on perceptions. One minute you're breaking up, one minute you're not. When I was in the monogamous relationship with Junior, it wasn't his "cheating" that broke up the relationship. It's just sex, after all. I'm not going to throw away a relationship just because of that. I don't "own" anyone. However, I think Junior's Barbies are reason enough to leave. The fact that he also provided lots of other reasons sure made it quite a bit easier in the long run. What was I thinking?

I went ahead and ordered some Atkins diet books yesterday. I'll give that a try. I know that I'm quite the carboholic, so I'm sure the diet will work. I'm just not sure if I'll be able to handle giving up the carbs. Worse yet is that I don't think Steve will do very well at helping me stick with it. I'll try it for the initial two weeks. Jack's Steve said it makes Jack cranky. I wonder if my Steve will notice any difference in me. Aren't I always cranky?

I'm taking the train down to Steve's tonight. There's an ECR membership meeting at 7:30pm. Hopefully there'll still be lots of square dancing before & after. It doesn't look like too much is on the agenda. It conflicts with a BOSF dinner night. If it were just dancing and not the meeting, I'd probably opt for the BOSF dinner since I've been unable to attend any recent BOSF functions. The dinner night especially looks good with the Freudian slip in Mark's email. Instead of "join us on the Muni," it said "loin us on the Muni." Sounds like fun!

I'm increasingly annoyed with Steve's realtor. He told me last night that his house is listed on a website. The only pic is one of his view. He has a great view, but I've never seen a realty listing online in the past year or so that doesn't also include pics of several of the rooms in the house. She sure doesn't seem very professional. At the end of his 60-day contract with her, I think I've convinced him to look for another realtor. He used this one as a favor to a friend. The friend didn't even bother to return the favor. Heck, maybe he's just saving "it" for the birthday party? Steve would like that gift...