Author: Doris

Man I don’t know what’s going on with my gums lately. They are really tender and I’m starting to get come cold sores on my tongue. I bet it’s cause I’ve been stressed the past like 3 weeks! ha.

The list reads like this:

– 3 dates
– 3 relationship issues with friends and their SO
– pressure at work
– ted blowing up at anh
– dealing with anh and her debt and her guy problems.

I haven’t been sleeping well, or eating a lot. I’ve lost all the weight I’ve gained from my Singapore trip and i’m back down to about 171…

One of my friends joked to me that that what parenthood was like – losing sleep, being stressed, and eating poorly. Man you parents are a tough bunch!

I’ve been staying home this week, no playdates, no big ambitious outings, I’m a bit bored. Of course, now that I have my computer back, I spend entirely too much time online and it messes with my moods.

Vince was clearly being worn out from all the extra activites and the first thing he did was to stop eating because he’s so excited about having friends around. Then he gets a bit weepy and tantum-y. So this is a quiet week. He’s eating more and happy watching a bit more TV.

OK! I got my computer back! New keyboard – no missing “.” key, no spilled lime juice stickyness. (they even fixed something I didn’t know was broken – the battery case clip). It’s practically brand new.

OK, week in review..

Went to a party with a trampoline

At party, there was a BBQ including these beautiful mussles:

Went to a therapy session:

Went downtown during the weekend where the parking lot was:

Saw line dancing complete with country music and a cowboy hat at our local shopping mall:

Climbed to the top of a high jungle gym:

Yet another therapy session:

Went to the UN day at Edda’s school

Vince enjoys ice cream and made a Froot Loop necklace:

Well, suppose the date was okay. I can’t say I was very witty or engaging or insightful. It’s been a rough weekend, but suppose that’s no excuse. I couldn’t tell if she was bored and just making small talk. She probably was. Oh well. That’s how the cookie crumbles. A bit bummed out.

MIT Dean speaks about admissions.

Hey does anyone out there have any suggestions about paying down 30k in credit card debt? This is not me btw.

Mom had some good suggestions

– pay cash
– cut up the credit cards
– auto deduct from your paycheck.

I was wondering if you can take out personal loans or something else to at least not get the 18% interest rate hit. I’m open to ideas.

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Today we went kayaking on MacRitchie Resevoir. It was our lucky day – today just happened to be the only day of the year where the rowing was free, free, free! We spent only 15 minutes rowing before we decided that we’d had enough and pulled back into dock.

I’m fine, but my computer is still busted.

Yesterday was my 34th birthday! Woo hoo! There was cake! There were candles! There were pictures!

But you’ll have to wait until my computer comes home again to see them.

Well, it seems i’ve got a date next week that I’m fairly excited about. This is the friend of Larry’s that I met. Her name’s Karen, which is funny in a way, since one of my ex’s is named Karen. But she’s pretty active. She’s training up for a half marathon, also plays a lot of volleyball, and used to play ultimate and tennis. So that’s awesome. She works at Google, went to Stanford and Wharton.

Man. I do like the power women. 🙂

hrm. I’m probably a day late, but hope it is a good one!