Happy Hour…

Tonight I went off to the Buddha Lounge, for my first Happy Hour event. It was an Asian filled crowd, and I didn’t really know anyone there. Some observations – It really hard to tell what people look like in a dimmly lit bar. Even if you can get a good look at them, honestly, everyone looks the same to some extent. While I don’t discount the possibility of meeting someone at a bar, it’s hard to see anything that sorta pops out at you. It’s all physical stuff to go by, when you decide you want to talk to a girl.

I mingled a bit. Sorta proud of myself. I knew this one guy there and we chatted for a bit. He just got engaged and his fiance was there. Nice guy. I gave him my card and we’ll probbaly do lunch on Friday sometime. I thought I saw Choon’s old dance partner at the bar. I went up to say hello, but it wasn’t her. I forget what her name was. I totally pulled the “I know you from somewhere” pick up line. Laff. Anyways, I didn’t press the conversation since it was very apparent that she was with another guy at the bar.

I actually don’t mind mingling – as much as I thought I would. It’s fairly easy once you have an in with some folks. I wanted to mingle some more. There was another in with some folks, if Ray didn’t chicken out. He could’ve talked to this girl that was talking the host of the party. I wanted him to introduce me to the host, so he could talk to the girl, but no dice. You gotta go with people who are willing to put themselves out there a little bit.

Anyways, We’ll see how the next one goes. I probably know even fewer people for that one.. laff.

oh also I should say that I drank more tonight than I usually do. 1/4 bottle of (crappy) red wine that was on sale. A scotch and soda, which is a man’s drink according to Mike, and an amaretto sour – a good girlie drink with a macchiano(sp?) cherry. 🙂

Switching beds.

Look who is always in our bed in the morning.

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Last night, it wasn’t until Edda woke me up at 5:00 am that I realized I was sandwiched between my two guys – usually I notice when Vince slips in next to me.

About a week ago, Edda started not sleeping or eating as well as she had been previously. I remember when Vince’s rhythms were off – it usually preceded a developmental milestone. He can walk! He can talk! He knows how to swipe a credit card! Now with Edda, I think the same thing – her brain is changing somehow and I’m looking for changes in her. Is she mouthing differently? More tippy, losing her balance more easily? Is she paying more attention to me when I call her name? Maybe it is something as simple as her growth is slowing down. Anyways, her eating of 2 full plates of spaghetti and an orange and a tub of cottage cheese at dinner is something that isn’t sustainable in the long run anyways.

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My Pomatomus socks are coming along. This morning for an hour, I sat at McDonald’s knitting. It kind of a pain for a travel project, I have to have the pattern unfurled at all times and I have to pay attention to the changing patterns.

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I didn’t order any hash browns, I usually feel like I need to rent my seat time with a small order, but there were many empty tables and the morning was just so beautiful.

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I haven’t found any new flowers recently, I think I have to start photographing trees, but I’m a bit unsure about how to do this. Do I take a picture of the whole tree? Or just the leaves of the tree?

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Scientific name: Pelargonium zonale
Common name: Geranium
Location: Austin, TX