Got a new job end of May and really busy these days

I've been meaning to update my blog. I saw Davey three weeks ago. He came down to NYC. That went well. I should be seeing him in August in DC.

I got a new job! It's at Chapman Consulting, sister company of GMC Parking. I started on May 31. And it's going well. It's a real estate company that owns a lot of parking garages in Manhattan. Not as big as MPG. But about 60 garages. Not so bad. I am slated for a raise in 1 week so that will be interesting to see how much more they give me given I've worked there for only 4-5 weeks.

I have been super-busy. Jacqi and Jackie have been replaced by Augusto and Josh. I am still friends with Chiemi. I am going to see a foreign Asian film from the Asian Film Festival with Josh on Thursday. That's following a 7PM yoga class. The Sleeping Beauty ballet on Wednesday. I got dress circle seats, so that should be good. Tuesday I am scheduled to take a pilates class unless I have to work late. And on Friday I have a dentist appointment. Saturday I have a Pilates class in the morning followed by a Yankees game then Deadbeat Darling concert at night. Sunday I have to go to church around 12pm followed by a 2pm 3 hr knitting in the round class. Then I will be headed to a dinner at Nick and Toni's followed by a movie Transformers hopefully in IMAX with Augusto.

Busy week!

And then I am getting new bookcases next week after I get paid.

BOGGLES THE MIND!

Some people's updates on Facebook boggle my mind. For instance this police officer in upstate NY and his wife who doesn't work and stays at home with their newborn son, how much can he make? They bought a house and she got a treadmill. I'm thinking he makes like 50k.... anyways, it boggles my mind!

Then this dance instructor said he got 2700 Lasik surgery last year. He's a dance instructor at Bally's, how can he afford that?

BOGGLES THE MIND!

#1 Mets fan

As of the May 7 Mets game against the Dodgers, I switched allegiances to being a Mets fan. I just live closer to Mets' Citi Fields.

Trying to learn the Mets lineup and pitching more!

More to come!

One of my former friends is blogging every week so I think I should do the same.

My weekend was nice. I had brunch with my new brunch group at Goat Town in East Village. I saw DJ again and I hung out with Emmy and Linda and two others for a total of 6 brunchers. Not so bad, even though 12 people signed up.

Osama was killed, which I'm happy about but life goes on.

I'm leaving at 1:45PM for Mr Dennehy's to watch the Real Madrid-Barcelona match. It's at Barcelona so I expect a blowout!

Tomorrow night is a sushi meetup group at Ko Restaurant. Time for celebrating the month of May is it's my birthday month!

Away with the BAD!

So today was a difficult day. I cut out one of my good friends. She just wasn't supportive of my life decisions and she made me say negative things to her out of spite so it was just not healthy.

Anyways, moving on!

Davey's coming to NYC soon. That should be fun. I think I'll take him to the Thai place since that is going to expire soon. I hope he makes it for my birthday.

Everything's going well though, I'm getting a $250 check in the mail. And I have $150 in upcoming project.

I signed up for elance and bid on 4-5 more projects so I hope I get those.

Nothing else is new with me.

I'm meeting my friend Josh for dinner tonight at Bann. It's on me because he got dinner last time.

Tax Season Going on Strong!

The Knicks beat the Orlando Magic in overtime. Thrilling game!

Well Davey says he's coming to NYC to visit. We shall see. He's turned MIA lately.

I have one bookkeeping client tomorrow at 11AM, getting paid by one tax client tomorrow at around 5PM and then getting some receipts from a third client to type up into a spreadsheet for him. Wednesday I have an 8:30AM appt and an 11AM appt. Both tax clients. Thursday I have a 12PM tax client. No appts so far on Friday. One bookkeeping client at 10AM on Sat. A double client (boyfriend, girlfriend) at 4PM on Sunday. And it hasn't reached the midway of the week and I'm booked this week solidly.

I have 4722 in the bank account, but I have a 130 ticket, 1100 rent, 250 rent check outstanding. I wanna have 5-6K after tax season.

Have to get up at 9AM tomorrow. I should make my office hours 12PM to 7PM.

Paddy's being finicky lately. I feed him so much food he should be happy he has a mummy like me.

Update in March, BUSY tax season

Has it been almost two months since I posted an update? Bad me!

So tax season is getting busy. Have at least 5-7 returns left to prepare. Meeting 2 clients per day from tmrw (Thursday) to Saturday then one client on Sunday and one client on Tuesday.

But I am still going out. I am going to dinner and an opera featuring Natalie Dessay! Yup Lucia di Lammermoor. I thought it would be different actors but Dessay will be there! That's my favorite opera of all time, when she goes mad. That's the truth.. Then my grade school friends will be at the R Bar, not sure if I'll go down there after the opera ends at 11:40pm. We shall see!

I emailed Davey abt a 4-day trip to MD on March 17 to March 20. But maybe I'll get clients then and not be able to take the time off. We shall see!

Now been following the Knicks since last Wednesday when they got Carmelo Anthony and Billups. They won tonight, going 3-2 since the trade. I will try to get Knicks tickets in the coming weeks.

On the bus

So I'm on the Greyhound bus, using their Wifi. They don't have outlets though. If I went to DC, they would have outlets and Wifi.

I'm on the way to visit Davey in MD. I kinda bugged out on him again because I didn't hear back from him after he invited me down at 5PM. He responded back at 7:45PM. But all is well now.

I'm not going to ask when he'll move to NYC or why he doesn't come and visit me. I will just ask if he is free Good Friday weekend. That's reasonable, right?

It's sleeting snow and rain in NJ. I think it's still snowing in MD. I wonder what he'll be making for dinner tonight.

Got a new job!!!

So I finally got a job as an accountant/bookkeeper at Morgane Le Fay. I started on December 22. I am still claiming unemployment until last week since I don't get paid through Paychex until this week. I need all the money I can get... Anyways, I think I am born lucky. I have never been without any money in my life. I was employed at Morgan Stanley from 2000 to 2006, Wyeth from Jan 06 to May 06. Cantor Fitzgerald from May 06 to September 06. AIG from October 06 to July 08, Equinox from Jul 08 to Sept 08, then RBC from Sept 08 to Feb 09. Then I was unemployed from Feb 09 to Dec 10. 22 months I was on unemployment. Then when I earned 10K working for AccountEdge my own company.

Now I'm set. I have Adam's income, Commondesk on weekends and evenings and this Morgane Le Fay job plus my tax return and audit work income from AccountEdge. I can renew my lease when it comes due at the end of May. Even with roaches and the lack of the buzzer working, I don't think I can move to another building without leaving a substantial deposit. My credit history is poor and my income from the job at Morgane Le Fay is not high enough to warrant me to moving to a place that costs $1400 or more.

Last weekend in MD

So I was invited by Davey up this weekend, took the bus to Baltimore then transferred to Frederick so I got there around 3pm. He picked me up at 3:10pm and we hung out til 6pm whereupon he had to leave to go to a work dinner. He was gone til midnight! I was pissed so he slept on the sofa for part of the night. But we did end up having sex the morning after so we didn't break up over it.

He said he'll come to NYC in January. So we shall see! I have Carmen the opera on January 8, he prolly won't come on New Year's Eve. So he'll most likely come on January 15 which is 8 weeks (2 months) away. December is not a good month with Christmas and all. Anyways I wanna go up there Valentine's Day weekend on a Friday night and he said he'll show me around on Saturday and I can go home on Sunday. That will be in February.

Davey wants some more nude photos but my camera went missing. this is the fourth or fifth camera I've bought. Luckily the price went down to 99 so the total is 118, plus the carrying case that I lost (20) and an SD card (16), it'll be like the cost of it before at $150.

I was thinking about breaking up with Davey and going out with Howard. But he's 5'8 and has two teenage kids. Also he runs and wants to run with me and I haven't run in 4-5 months! I am not about to go running again for a guy. Davey doesn't make me run and he's 5'10 so my kids might be taller, LOL. So I think I will continue dating Davey and hope he moves to NYC sometime next year.

next weekend!

So Davey might be coming up to NYC for work this week so next weekend looks good to finally meet up. It's been over 3 months since I last saw him. He's also gonna think up some new poses for me to send.

I got drunk last night at Cheryl's birthday party. I had 5.5 martinis. Anyways, not gonna drink again anytime soon. The drinks were half-off so I only spent $36 on 6 drinks. $5 for the martini and $1 tip. At least I just used up all my cash in my wallet, and didn't charge anything to my card.

update...

so I called Davey a lot on Friday and he got pissed. So much he said if I sent another text or call he would consider us done. haha, so I stopped. anyways I sent him an email tonight apologizing and he wrote back saying he doesn't believe me when I say I won't freak out again. oh well. I haven't freaked out the same though. all different ways.

Maybe he'll come this weekend when I have my period and have my Sat night concert to go to at Alice Tully Hall.

Anyways, it's scoreless in Game 5 of the World Series. Giants up 3-1 against the Rangers. Even though I love the Bushes, I am rooting for the Giants. Go Lincecum!

Update on Davey weekend

So Davey got sick this weekend and couldn't come. He did email me both on Sat and Sun showing a great desire to come. Oh well. I think he has his daughter this Halloween weekend. And I bought a classical music concert ticket for the night of Nov 6 so not sure if he wants to go to that. So instead of Rayuela we can go to a restaurant in the Lincoln Center area.

So maybe he'll come on Sat Nov 6 and we'll go to the concert then grab dinner in the Lincoln Center area. Dan Sushi? PJ Clarke's? I have to figure a good place to go to then. :)

Looks like Game 1 of World Series will be won by Texas Rangers and Cliff Lee. leading 2-0 with Cliff Lee on the mound for Texas against Lincecum.

Oct 23-24 weekend

So Davey promised next weekend. The weekend of Oct 23-24. That worked best because I went to a cello/piano concert at Alice Tully Hall on Saturday with my mom. That was good. My mom liked it more than the paid concert that I took her to the philharmonic last year. This concert was free. Definitely a plus to be part of the Classical Music Meetup group where I heard abt the free concert.

Anyways, I am planning to go ice skating this weekend and go to Rayuela and Verlaine for dinner and drinks, respectively. Fun weekend! He'll meet Paddy!

this may be it

so Davey will let me know tmrw most likely if he's coming to NYC this weekend. Not sure if he has his daughter this weekend. And I want to go to a concert at 2pm on Saturday. Maybe next weekend. Who knows? Will keep you updated.

Breaking News

Breaking news: Davey has a daughter. Not sure how old she is. But apparently he was married years ago. Which is news to me. Anyways he had his daughter this weekend. I'm giving him until next weekend to show his face in NYC. He better bring flowers too!

Maybe next

Davey sent me a text this past Friday saying maybe next. So I hope he does come this coming weekend. This weekend makes eight weekends of not connecting. Asked him to call me today. We'll see if he does that.

But he said to take the time we have and enjoy it, so I know I'm in a monogamous relationship with him.

I like the ramen at Ippudo NY. Went there yesterday by myself and sat at the bar. Asked my bro if he wanted to go today, my treat.

Now this coming weekend for sure this time

So Davey didn't make it up last weekend. See his email below explaining:

"OK, I got flown out to San Fran today for work. Just got back to my hotel room after a long day. Hope I can fly out tomorrow, but it pretty much ruined my chance to come see you tomorrow. The hotel is really cool though. If you want me to send you some photos from my room, I can."

He sent me a text saying he'll try hard to be here this coming weekend but he can't make promises out of his control.

He's been MIA since last Friday so I sent him a video email hoping to jog up his senses. LOL He has to respond to that email. Anyways, here's looking to this weekend.

What shd I eat today? That is the question, I might go to Thai Pavilion and grabbing some Seafood Spicy Noodle.

Rafa

Rafael Nadal won the US Open, making him the seventh man to complete a career Grand Slam. Go Nadal! Here's to hoping you capture all the Grand Slams until you turn 29! Go Nadal! Over Federer, yeah you Roger!

This coming weekend instead....

Long time since my last post. Davey didn't make it up over Labor Day weekend but he thinks he can make it this weekend. Hope he can! It might rain on Sunday but nice day on Saturday.

Sent him a lot of texts and two voicemails over Friday and Saturday so he got annoyed. But he did text me twice over the weekend and emailed me asking for a new pose. I sent him a whole bunch of pics this week and he thought they were hot. The video he requested was too large to send thru email. Maybe in person.

Anyways, I made a reservation for two at Rayuela if I don't feel like cooking him lasagna Saturday night.

Crossing my fingers for this coming weekend.

US Open Labor Day Monday

I am post-dating this entry to 9/6/10 but writing it on 9/9/10.

I went to the US Open with my mom on Labor Day Monday September 6. We watched Monfils down Gasquet, Kinepri defeat Wickmayer and Soderling beat Montagne. All of them have since been eliminated from the US Open. I'm rooting for Nadal vs Federer with Nadal giving him a straight sets spanking! I can dream, can't I?

And around 5:43pm on Sunday Davey texted me a message "Email ya in a bit". It sounded light so it sounded like it would be a good email. And it was. He sent it around 6:30pm (the first time he sent an email in the 6 o'clock hour). It was saying I hope you had "a good weekend even though we didn't get together. Next weekend is a definite possibility."

Davey's coming to NYC Labor Day weekend

So Davey wrote me yesterday and said he thinks the "Labor day plan will work." So I'm going to make plans for the weekend.

How does this sound?

Saturday
3-7pm hang out in Central Park
8-10pm Rayuela reservation in the LES
10-11pm Verlaine for lychee martinis

Sunday
11-1pm in Bridgehampton at Pierre's 2468 Main Street
1-4pm Cupsogue Beach (Westhampton, NY, $10 parking)
6-8pm dinner at the Palm, 94 Main Street in East Hampton

Monday
bid him adieu (farewell)

How's that itinerary? I might trade in the Rayuela reservation to cooking him Spicy Chipotle Lasagna, depending on whether he wants to eat in or not....I would cook for him, the first guy I've ever cooked for. I think I'm in love with him. :)

Real Madrid tied with Mallorca. They suck already. FC Barcelona won their game.

Watching the Yankees game and it's 2-1 over Chicago in the eighth inning.

Ted Lilly is placed on waivers despite pitching 5-0 with a 1.83 ERA. Maybe the Yankees can get Lilly and I can finally drool over him at home! A girl can dream, right?

Team Chapstick!

I got up at 4am this morning to cheer Team Chapstick on to become Team Lipstick. That's the triathlon team I was on briefly before I quit to focus on the Marathon. But now that I'm not running the marathon, I am focused on losing weight through managing my food intake.

Anyways, there I am standing, two from the left. Sara was also not racing but I didn't get to talk to her much. I am trying to see where to go in the Hamptons on Sunday for a romantic dinner with Davey. And she spent some summers in Amagansett so I was thinking she could let me know what's the in place to eat in the Hamptons.

Silver Lining

So Davey's not able to get out of work to come to NYC this weekend. He said there might be a slim chance and he'll know late Friday afternoon but don't plan on him being here this weekend. The silver lining is that maybe he'll be able to come up the next weekend, which is Labor Day weekend. We'll see. To be continued....

I ate Black Garlic pizza (garlic, mushrooms and prosciutto) from El Greco Trattoria. Very yummy. Having the leftovers.

Italian Baked Lamb Chops

I'm making this, Italian Baked Lamb Chops, for lunch and dinner tonight. Yeah, I'm back to cooking baby! I'll take a pic of my final product and append this posting in an hr or so................ Bon appetit!

Thank God I tried that recipe out before trying to cook it for Davey. It didn't turn out that well, I had to nuke it in the microwave to cook it because it was still visibly red on the outside. Didn't snap a picture because it didn't look so good. Now I have enough leftovers to feed me til the end of tomorrow. So I'm not going to my parents until Wednesday to stock up on some food. I'm poor this week. August has been a sloooooooow month.

Anyways, I was going through my recipes and I'll make the Spicy Chipotle Lasagna for Davey if he comes up to NYC this weekend. He mentioned in an email last Friday morn abt coming the weekend after which would make it this coming weekend, but he hasn't followed that up with a more substantive email so not sure. Anyways I asked him if he wanted brownies with almonds or vanilla cupcakes with chocolate frosting. I'm hoping he says brownies so I don't have to buy an electric mixer.

Coming this weekend

Davey wrote me an email Friday morning saying the weekend after is good and that he'll write me more by Sunday but it's Monday and he hasn't said anything more abt visiting so not sure if he's definitely coming this weekend. But I hope he does.

I'm going to bake him Magnolia Bakery vanilla cupcakes with chocolate buttercream frosting. Yummy. Either that or Duncan Hines fudge brownies with almonds. He has to tell me which he wants more.... the brownies will be easier and then I won't have to get a hand mixer or a stand mixer.

My Favorite Flowers

Dean & Deluca named these flowers Nicola roses and they are my favorite. No, Davey didn't get me these, I bought them myself -- a dozen for $10. Not bad. At Dean & Deluca they were $20. But at a flower shop on East 62nd and Lexington Avenue, they were $10.81 with tax.

Anyways, I decided to get them to brighten up the room. I hope Davey remembers to buy me some flowers when he visits me. He still hasn't indicated which weekend he can come up. He mentioned some good weekends, so not sure if he's coming up for more than one weekend. We shall see.

Falling in love...

I think I'm falling in love with Davey :)

Every time he sends me an email I get happy. So it must be love. Anyways, just thought I would update with the good news.

Finally feeling something for Davey!

He really liked the bikini shot I took of myself in the dressing room. that bikini is by far the skimpiest, and it's from Benetton, so it's a good buy at $34, 50% off. I'll include some shots when my replacement digital camera comes in the mail.

Have to go into work today, and miss my dig camera delivery. I'll have to pick it up via car tomorrow after the beach. Oh well it's just for 1-2 hrs.

Back Together with Davey

OMG, I broke up with Brian on Monday July 26 and three days later on Thursday July 29, Davey emailed me and asked if I wanted to visit him in MD. No apology, just saying if I wanted to come down, he'll pick me up in Baltimore. That he was willing to "forgive past transgressions." I emailed him back saying was he really going to forgive the mean horrible email I sent him. He responded later that night and said if it was said out of spite, he could forgive it.

Anyways, after dating Brian for two weeks, I realized I still like Davey. the only minuses are his age and he is living in MD. But I decided to go down to MD on Saturday and I had a blast. He bought me a bikini from Hollister and didn't make me pay for it :) since he threw away the bikini I left at his apt after that mean email. We went to Balducci's and he got me this expensive wagyu ribeye steak. We got home and took a nap then he cooked me dinner. It was the best steak I've ever had. Anyways, we watched Hot Tub Time Machine but 30 minutes into the movie I fell asleep. Boy was I tired. then we went to sleep, got up around 9am and had some coffee. It was a relaxing weekend. He said when I come down in the fall, he'll take me to DC. So I'm taking that as in when I go to see him in September. :)

Anyways, he said it's his turn to come and visit me. So he hasn't given me a specific weekend yet but maybe in 3-4 weeks. Not sure if I'm going to cook for him, since he's such a great cook. Maybe we can go to Rayuela, that's a perfect date place. I'll treat him since he is driving up to see me.

So I'm debating whether or not to tell my therapist that I broke up with him for those three weeks. I'm leaning to just saying he came up to see me. I don't want her to judge the relationship like my other two friends, Ka Ming and Jacqui not approving. Only Jackie is not judging my relationship, which I'm grateful for.

I got up at 3AM today after going to sleep around 8:30PM, so I sent Davey an email ard 4AM and he's yet to respond. I think he checks his email before he goes to work and after he goes to work since he doesn't have yahoo mail at work. I hope he responds by tonight.

Heading to my parents and Jones Beach today. Then Yankees-BoSox game at 7PM with Jackie. She got these $75 seats for her bday on August 18, so looking forward to that game between the Yankees and Detroit Tigers :)

Just wanted to say I'm back in a relationship and I'm happy. I could see myself falling for him. He is debating on whether to buy or rent in NYC so once he makes his mind up, he'll be moving to NYC. Can't wait to hang out with him more!

End of Brian

OK, Brian just ended it with me because he didn't think we had enough chemistry and logistically we lived too far apart. I was going to try and argue with him but I am not going to. I think he's too fat and he has a 4 year old son. So no Great Adventures this Fri. I might see if my bro wants to go to Great Adventures on Fri.

No one else has contacted me on the dating sites so that's a bummer. I joined match, eharmony and okcupid. I might rejoin plentyoffish.

I seem to max out at two dates with a guy and then they end it. Hope I break out from that. Maybe I'll just post on craigslist on the long-term dating section. That's how I met Rich and I dated him for like 2 months.

Oh I'm going to Atlantic City Wed to Fri morning, that'll be my vacation this year. Short trip. Plus going to Boston weekend of August 7-8. I need to focus growing my business. Maybe I'll take a break from dating.

Great Adventures and Atlantic City

So Brian's taking me to Great Adventures next Friday. I have to go to Newark at noon and he'll drive there. He also said he'll pay for admission. It'll be $25 each since there's a special deal on Coke Cans. Mon-Fri buy one get one free.

Then my bro wanted to go to Atlantic City on Wednesday so I might go there for the second time in my life. The first time I went there I was 19 and I couldn't gamble since they carded me. I've only since gambled in one poker game (lost when I went all-in). That'll be my mini-vacation. I'm also headed to Boston August 7-8 to visit Helen, she might be moving from Boston to somewhere else because Nick, her husband, has to find a place to do his post-doc.

I bought these two pairs of shoes, one Franco Sarti sandals and this other Taryn Rose open-toed peep shoes. Both used and a bargain! Spent 20 on the sandals and 60 on the shoes. I also bought a dress for $15 so I got three items for less than 100! I love eBay!

New relationship

I started dating this new guy named Brian last Friday. He's a divorced dad of a 4 year old son named AJ.

Anyways, he ended up really liking me and calling me and texting me to the point where I called him the night before we were supposed to meet on our second date and told him he was acting a bit psycho. So he broke up with me and I sent him a nasty email calling him fat. Then he called me back later that night and still wanted to meet the next day.

So I met him for the second date and we had some fun. He is a public aid defense lawyer so he got out of court early and picked me up at 2:30pm where we went to the Met and checked out the Picasso exhibit. Picasso is his favorite artist. Then we went to KumSangGan restaurant (Korean) in Flushing. He came over and watched part of the Mets game before he left for NJ.

I really want to go to Great Adventures and he said he'll check his schedule to see if he can take off early one day next week. He said he might take Friday off, but then there's a chance he'll bring AJ and I don't want to meet his son quite yet. Maybe if I'm still dating him after three months, I'll be ready to meet his kid.

He also said I can pick an expensive restaurant for our next date. My friends have been weighing in. So far Union Sq Cafe is on the top of that list. I think Blue Fin is too expensive. I shd make him take me to Candle 79 and I can run into that cute bartender. Hahaha.

Anyways, I'll post again after the Great Adventures date or the next date. I think he really likes me so this is the first time a guy is chasing me. We'll see how long this lasts.

End of Davey

After I tried breaking up with him last week he broke up with me passively this week. Oh well I wasn't in love with him.

He was unresponsive at the end. I can't deal with that and it drove me nuts.

I am looking on match and okcupid. I left plentyoffish because I met Davey on that and that was a strange site.

No new prospects. Off the birth control pills. I lost a 6 month supply of birth controls on the subway so will abstain from having sex without condoms for the next 5 months.

Anyways, I'll update this as soon as I start cooking more. I'm making linguini with real clams next Monday. Have to get the clam meat cans next Monday from Whole Foods.

I'm operating on one hour of sleep because I need to be somewhere at 7:30AM.

trouble in paradise...

I'm not so sure when David's moving to NYC so I kinda wanna break up with him. I never wanted a long-distance relationship. I mentioned it to him last week but he assured me he'll make it easier for me by visiting me more often. So instead of four weeks, he's coming in three weeks to see me. I am not sure if I can do this.

He's also 12 years older than me. That's old.

And he has no hair.

So all those three factors plus the fact that I'm not falling for him and it's been two months already lead me to believe he's not the one. What to do?

Weekend in MD

I got back on Sunday from a weekend spent with Davey in Frederick, MD. I had a fun and relaxing weekend. I arrived around 10:40am at Baltimore's Penn Station. However, David didn't leave his house until after I arrived. He arrived around 11:35am and we drove back to his apt. He lives in a nice three level complex, Sunset Apartments. He told me his rent is $960. Rent is cheap in MD! We quickly changed for the pool and I paid 5 dollars for the pool access. He bought some Sam Adams' summer ale and some chips (no salsa or guacamole). He said he would make guacamole later.

Anyways we spent a couple of hours in the pool and sunbathing. It was relaxing and hot.

Then we took a nap together on the couch, abt 90 minutes long, I was only asleep for the last half hour and he woke me up because his arm had fallen asleep. Then we took a shower separately and got ready to go out. We went to the Tasting Room in Frederick, MD and had crab dip and I had the Beachy Lychee and he had a glass of red wine, merlot... Then we went to Safeway to buy the ingredients for a French hamburger and roasted squash.

He made me guacamole and we talked for a while because we weren't hungry. then around 10:15pm he cooked me a French hamburger and roasted squash plus some store-bought potato salad. It was by two candlelights so it was nice and romantic. Then we went to sleep. Nice day and evening.

Then the next morning, we woke up too late to make French toast but he did make me some coffee. It was good. Then he drove me to Penn Station in Baltimore and I got on the 12:15pm bolt bus to Manhattan. Got into 33rd and 8th Ave at 4:43pm.

He told me to pick a weekend for him to come up to NYC and he'll see if he can make it. So I have to figure out which weekend is good. I don't really wanna spend 2-3 days with him over July 4th weekend and then his birthday is Jul 9 so not sure if he'll want to come to NYC on his birthday weekend so it might be another 4 weeks til I see him again.

But I did write him an email on Monday telling him I had a fun time and he said he enjoyed having me there so all is well. I am happy.

He said best case scenario he'll move to NYC in three months but it could take up to 6 months, so we'll see how this dating goes til then.

in a relationship

I'm in a relationship! Just wanted to update it here. I confirmed it today with the guy David or Davey *haha* when I typically freaked out abt it. Haha. We may go away in September to Mexico!

Pasta with Tomato-Blue Cheese Sauce

this is not my photo but I cooked this today. It came out creamier than the picture but yummy. Might make this again in the future.

Sloppy Joe's

I made sloppy joes from PW's site. Too lazy to take a pic. Have to go to the gym tomorrow and run a mile or two. Might not be able to do the Brooklyn Half-Marathon, that's in 4 weeks!

How hard is it to maintain a blog where you write in it on a daily basis but keep it remote from your personal life. I follow this one blog that will go nameless that is written on a daily basis but not really personal at all.

I don't think I can maintain a daily blog. The last time I wrote abt Cristiano Ronaldo. That was over a month ago.

And I stopped cooking regularly a few months ago.

wah!

I have to rant about this.

Cristiano Ronaldo has transferred to Real Madrid last summer and his new team sucks. He scores like a goal a game, but that's not enough for them to win games. Meanwhile Manchester United is on top of the English Premier League and still in the Champions League. Why did he have to transfer? It's so hard to root for a sucky team.

Hot Wings

Hot Wings.

Repeat

I cooked the Quesadilla de Camarones (Shrimp) for the second time, marking the first recipe I've cooked twice. Tmrw I make Buffalo Hot Wings for the Superbowl. Yummy

Cajun Chicken Pasta.

Spicy Chipotle Lasagne

Spicy Chipotle Lasagne.

Quesadillas de Camarones (Shrimp)

Quesadillas de Camarones

Scallops Verde

Scallops Verde.

French Onion Soup

French Onion Soup.

Spring Green Risotto

Spring Green Risotto

Thai Spicy Basil Chicken Fried Rice

Shrimp Tikka Masala

2010 Resolutions

What are my 2010 New Year's Resolutions?

• Mostly to get financially stable and to save money
• Build a master chef's kitchen stocked with appliances, dishes and cookware
• Maintain 95 lbs (hard considering I started cooking Fri, Sat, Sun)
• Do a sub-4 hour 2010 NYC marathon
• Move to a one-bedroom on the UES in Jan 2011 (does that count since it's 2011)
• Make more friends, be more social (NY Flyers)

Spiced Roasted Chicken with Peruvian Aji Sauce

Peruvian Aji Sauce

Spiced Roasted Chicken.

Wishlist

Bedford Corner Desk with Hutch from Pottery Barn

Le Creuset 20 pc cookware set in Cherry, this is 699.99 and will be my birthday gift to myself in May

Still waiting for my iPhone to be delivered. Hopefully someone on Monday from the company will let me know the tracking number. Still won't use it until I get the Mobile Me.

Cristiano Ronaldo shirt

I bought this, the L (30-32") Kid's Home Cristiano Ronaldo (9). It shd arrive by Friday Jan 8, 2010. In time for the next Real Madrid meetup match I'm going to.

Stuffed Peppers

Stuffed peppers.

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Stuffed-Peppers-101633

Spice-Rubbed Quail.

Florentine Bag, Sofabed

Happy New Year's Everyone, under a blue moon!

So this has been an uneventful week. I bought 1000 unaddressed business cards with my AccountEdge logo for $95.00. I shd be set for the next 5 years.

I finally bought the Pink Florentine Laptop bag, it came out to $120 instead of $82 since I waited too long after the holidays. I think that'll sate my need for the Burberry Pink Perspex Tonal Bag. I'll keep checking to see if it goes on sale. I would spend $300 on that bag, but no more.

My next purchase will be a Jennifer Convertible sofabed for $329, need to know how much delivery will cost.

Kinda torn over buying a Real Madrid Ronaldo jersey. I bought a Manchester United Ronaldo jersey and he was only there for two season's worth.

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie.

Magazine Collection

I have most Runner's World, Cosmopolitan's, Fitness and Shape since 2004; I have Women's Health since 2008. I have any eating guide from TimeOut. I have a lot of magazines as these pictures show.

Cooking Part II

So I cooked crab bisque yesterday for Christmas. I added too much salt so it came out too salty. Also had to constantly skim off foam off the top of the seafood bisque, prolly won't make that again anytime soon. Check out my FB page for pics.

I made Pasta Bolognese today and that came out so much better. My parents thought it tasted really good and it was easier to make than the crab bisque so I'll be sure to cook it again.

I also cooked Sauteed Crab with Egg, Scallion and Ginger, a family recipe. I haven't tasted it yet so I'm not sure how it turned out but my mom said it came out well.

Tomorrow I will cook Chicken Pot Pie. I forgot to buy the frozen puff pastry so I will go to the Stop and Shop on Northern Blvd on my way back from Equinox in Great Neck to run 2 miles, my first run in two weeks. My right ankle is completely recovered.

I am going to give myself a budget of up to $30 to buy some cooking utensil or apparatus. This week I bought a $33 10.5 x 7 red baking dish.

I'm also not going to get the $550 Burberry Pink Perspex Tote but will save up to buy a $265 Kitchenaid electric mixer from Amazon.com. I'm also going to get the Pink Florentine Laptop Bag next Wednesday.

I have to get 1099-MISC forms for my two clients, Adam and Julieta. Hopefully they won't exceed 10 recipients.

Sauted crab with Egg, ginger and scallion

Pasta Bolognese

Pasta Bolognese.

Dog Christmas

I want to buy something for my dog since it's Christmas but I think he has it all. A bed, leashes, collars, harnesses, bowls, toys, you name it I have it.

Crab Bisque

Crab bisque.

Christmas Mass at St Robert's in Bayside

Cooking

My new hobby is cooking. I'm going to knit sporadically and hope to finish Paddy's sweater by Mar 2010, but full steam ahead on cooking. I'm also not going to go out to dinner anymore at restaurants, instead I'll check out menus for cool dishes to cook myself. I'll still go to brunch tho, maybe once every three months. I'm hell-bent on saving money next year. I'm even going to take a Sushi and Sake 101 class at Sushi Samba to learn how to make my own sushi.

Paddy as a Yankee doggie, in his Yankee collar and Yankee dog tag

Update

OK, I was photo-blogging for three days straight and on a roll until I fell off the world for 13 days... minor blip, I'm back! Got some extra accounting and setup of LLC work so making quite a bit of money in December, which is good considering I lost my fourth iPhone. But the fifth iPhone will be my last iPhone cuz this AT&T sales rep told me about Mobile Me which is this software that can gps lost phones. It's 99 and I'm going to buy it as soon as my client pays me this week.

I've also decided to learn how to swim on my own. I have had enough lessons and know what I need to do, I just need to practice on my own. That'll save me a lot of money and I can pay off my Citibank cc, which I have been letting slide since November. I shd be back on track by Feb 2010. I'm also foregoing mani-pedis (bought my own nail polish and will do it myself) and stretch sessions. I might also only go to one Yankee game next year since I just calculated that I spent 500 on Yankees tickets, food, gear and the movie. I'm going to cut it down to half of that for the 2010 season, especially since they don't have Hideki Matsui and Chien-Ming Wang (sp?) They also traded for Nick Johnson whom I was not fond of and Javier Vasquez who gave up a grand slam in game 7 of the ALCS to Boston's Johnny Damon.

So yeah with all these new clients and saving money tactics, I shd save enough for a trip to Shanghai and HK and to be able to bring my mom with me. I'm thinking by Jul 2o11 I'll have enough saved and I'll visit my homeland for the first time.

OK, I will try photo-blogging tomorrow when I go into the city tmrw for my weekly therapy session.

Oh I haven't been running since I injured my right ankle in cardio class. It feels abt healed but I want to rest a few more days to be on the safe side. I think I'll return to the gym to run 2 miles on a treadmill on Sat, the day after Christmas.

Going to cook crab bisque on Christmas day. Invested at least 70 bucks on it so far, so it better turn out well.

Pink Florentine Laptop bag

This is the pink bag that I currently want to hold my laptop. It costs abt $82, and I hope my bro gets it for me for Christmas. I am still going to save for my pink Burberry tonal check perspex tote bag. Maybe it can fit my running shoes and running clothes. If I save $50 a week, I will have enough in 12 weeks, 2/24/10.

Wishlist finished

Now that I got a digital camera, an iPhone, and a Garmin 405, I ran out of things on my wishlist. I've also decided against getting a MacBook Pro because I have a brand new SONY VAIO that I use for my business. It'll just cost too much money to buy all the programs like Quickbooks Pro, Adobe Writer, MS Office, Turbotax, you get the idea for the Mac. So I'll make do with my pink SONY VAIO. I was contemplating a pink Burberry tote bag for my gym bag but I like my brown MonSac bag. Also not sure if I want my pink 0bsession to show that much.

I was also contemplating doing Team for Kids again but then I found out tonight that they will most likely raise the contribution to 2500 and I don't think I can raise that amount.

What else do I want? Oh a sofa when I move out. I hope I can get enough clients this tax season to move out by August or September of this year.

My new pink Casio Exilim digital camera

My new pink Casio Exilim 12.1 digital camera. Matches my pink SONY VAIO, my pink Burberry novacheck wallet, and my pink Puma gym bag. Just need a pink handbag and I'm set

Desk Lamp

Bought a desk lamp from the Office Depot for my office. With my new chair my home office is complete.

Peruvian rotisserie chicken with rice and beans at Pio Pio on 34th St and 2nd Ave

Daily blogging

Tried to blog from the subway but forgot the email address to send blog updates. Will take a note of it for tomorrow. I'm going to try to blog as much as Danica and take more pics of my life. More TK.

So I tried asking Megan Jones to give me another swim lesson on Dec 6, but she was not free. She offered to set up a time with the other two swim instructors but that might be too much, they won't be able to track my progress. So I went back to Nadia Fischer, the swim instructor I originally hired and whom I still have three lessons. We met last Friday at 4:30pm. The water at the pool at 54th Street and 1st Avenue was warm, I loved it! I hope it's always that warm. We practiced the breaststroke. I have to go tomorrow and practice.

I ran 3 miles on a treadmill in Greenwich on Saturday. It was raining/snowing, so I took my workout indoors. Then I went to the Real Madrid Almeria match at Mr Dennehy's with the Real Madristas meetup. They won an exciting 4-2 game where Ronaldo scored and took off his shirt. He got a red card (well two yellow cards, one yellow card for taking off his shirt) but I think it may be worth it. He won't be in next week's game so I don't have to go the meetup next week.

I got some business. George Pan of ISecure Tax and Henry Tran of 1040Now are asking me for certification letter. They'll pay a total of $200 for abt 1 hr of work so I make $200/hr. If only I can keep getting that kind of business, I wouldn't need to look for a full-time job.

Tomorrow or later today (Monday late morning) I will run outside with my Garmin 405 for the first time. I will do the 4 mile reservoir run. It'll be my longest distance yet since I got the ankle injury. I think my ankle is 100% recovered.

Then picking up a $200 monthly check from good ol' reliable Adam.

Wednesday I have my therapist appt at 1:15pm then going to run 4 miles on a treadmill at the gym then a 3:30pm stretch with Katie. I'll hope to be blogging daily, maybe even multiple times with photos!! I can dream, right?

swim lessons and triathlon training

So I'm trying to learn how to swim again. I hired a new swim instructor and will pay her from $115-125 per lesson. Megan Jones is her name and she is the head swim coach for Terrier Tri. I will do once a week lessons for 5-6 months and if I can't be prepared for a sprint triathlon by May of next year, then I'll give up my dreams of completing a triathlon.

Not even sure if I want to do a triathlon. Even if I have mastered the freestyle stroke for the swim I have to practice my cycling. I can barely ride a bike straight. Might need lessons. I'll do that starting next April when the weather gets better.

I was also debating on whether to do a 12 week running program from Terrier Tri. It meets at 6am on Tuesdays and Fridays and at 8:30am on Sundays. I am not sure if I want to wake up at 4am in the morning to make the workouts. The bonus of doing this program is that they're going to Tampa, Florida Feb 27-28, 2010. I need a vacation and it'll be the first time I would travel for a race. It's definitely intriguing. I could also make some new friends.

I can use the program fee money to buy winter gear instead. I think I need to get Spandex running tights, a windbreaker and long-sleeved shirt. Maybe also a thermal shirt for when it gets real cold. North Face gloves and a hat too for the colder weather.

Ankle report: my left ankle finally feels better and it doesn't hurt to turn my ankle so I'm going to rest it this weekend and go back to running next Tuesday. I'll go to the gym and run 2 miles on a treadmill. Then I'll rest on Wednesday and then run 4 mile reservoir loop on Thursday in CP in the afternoon.

I'll do Adam's accounting work on Tuesday.

I'm going to the Yankees World Series 2009 movie on Monday November 23 at 7pm with Jackie.

hopelessly in love

So I am still hopelessly in love with Marty. I am realizing this after ending it with Adam after a week and a half of dating him. I wasn't even sure if I liked him. But I do know that I still think about Marty and how I miss him. I think I'll send him a Christmas card professing my love for him and just letting him know. I am pathetic.

Sore ankle

I twisted my left ankle during the marathon and then walked on it. So now my ankle is still sore. I went to see a sports medicine doctor who told me to wrap it and wait another two weeks. If it still feels the same, I have to go back to him. I'll keep off my ankle. I want to run every half-marathon NYRR offers next year which means I have to be half-marathon ready by the last weekend in January. If I take the rest of this month off, hopefully I can train 7 weeks for the half-marathon and still be in good shape. I think the Bronx half-marathon is two weeks after the Manhattan half-marathon. I don't think it's that bad a sprain. Keeping my fingers crossed.

NYC Marathon

I finished the NYC Marathon, I am in major pain. Can't walk properly and can't even sleep hence I am up at this hour updating my blog. Never going to run a marathon ever again, that's for sure!

Last post about Marty, I swear!!!

I wonder if Marty read my blog and that's why he unfriended me. That seems so passive aggressive. If he read my blog, he should confront me about it. Maybe he's non-confrontational.

No clue how he could have traced this blog back to him. But Marty, if you're reading this, leave me a comment so at least I know why you don't want to be my friend.

I guess friends don't talk behind people's backs. But this blog is kinda like my diary. I don't think anyone reads this, maybe one or two of my friends... I did open a livejournal account where I keep a diary only readable by me. There I vent about all my friends.. Since they won't be able to read it.

Respectable time

So nervous abt the marathon, hope I am able to finish it in a respectable time. Next year I'm going to prepare better for the marathon.

Dating

So I have a dinner date with Adam Murphy on Wednesday. He likes surprises so he's not telling me where we're having dinner. He's kinda short, 5'8, I like a guy that's taller like around 6'. Mike is 6'2, which is kinda too tall. But he has hair and is kinda cute so that makes up for the height. Hoping it goes well. Kinda wanted to just meet for a drink, dinner might be too long, but we'll see.

While texting Adam, I started trying to flirt with him and now I have to surprise him when I meet him. Not sure what I'm going to do.. I don't know how to surprise a guy.

Hope I'm able to walk ok on Wednesday. Might have to cancel if I am wrecked from the marathon.

Meetups

So the guy from NJ is named Mike. He's going to call me this week to make arrangements to have coffee on Sunday... I wonder if he drinks alcohol. It didn't mention that in his profile. Or maybe I shd check again. I haven't drank alcohol in over a month. I just don't like the taste of alcohol and I've been trying to save money. I just order a Coke or Pepsi at bars.

I have become a Jets fan... I go to the Jets meetup group. A guy named Howard who I guessed is 45 from his fb page (subtracted the year he graduated high school with this year and added that to 18 to get to his age). I don't think I like him as a boyfriend but he has become a guy friend. I need more of those. He's too old for me and he's balding. Also kinda short and his face is kinda ugly. He sends me text messages even when I'm sitting at the table with him. He's funny.

I'm more of a Giants fan. But the organizers who arrange the meetups for the Giants are assholes. I hate calling people that but these organizers have thrown me out for not attending the meetups. Sometimes I don't attend the Jets meetup but Howard doesn't throw me out.

I used to be organizer of a Yankees meetup group but then no one would show up at my meetups so I stepped down as organizer. Now I go to this other Yankees meetup group. It has more members and people show up to their meetups. Howard goes but he's a Mets fan. He likes the Yankees tho so he's not a diehard Mets fan that hates the Yankees.

Speaking of meetups, I stepped down as organizer of the ballet meetup and the triathlon meetup. I met one couple at the ballet meetup but usually my meetups are attended by very few people. One guy by the name of James I met through the triathlon meetup. He asked me out on a date. But I wasn't sure if it was a date until he paid for the movie and my drink afterwards. I unfriended him the minute I got home from this date. He made me take the subway at 2am when he had a car. Who does that? Yeah he was running the 9 races + one to volunteer to be guaranteed entry to the NYC Marathon next year. So far he's the only guy I know doing the 2010 Marathon in my time range. Wait that's not true. Nori might be running the 2010 Marathon and he runs similar to me, maybe a bit faster.

Marty unfriended me on Facebook. I'm never going to see him again. Which is a good thing since I need to get over him. I still don't know what I did wrong.

On other guy fronts, a guy on match.com emailed me. He's from NJ. He seems interested in me and he's kinda cute. Tall and has hair, thin... Not bald or close to being overweight like Marty. I am not sure if I would call Marty fat, but he's not thin like I like guys... Anyways, this'll be my last post abt Marty unless he emails me or text messages me, but I think it's really over this time. I just wonder why he wouldn't let me cut the relationship off back when I thought he didn't like me. It would have saved me the hurt and the confusion... I will run the marathon and hopefully beat his time. My goal is 4:30, anything below that will be icing on the cake. I hope Marty finishes in 5 hours. Haha.

Good Riddance

Yay, I lost my stalker. Maybe he wasn't a stalker but he was kinda like one... He emailed me over the period of 5 years asking me to hang out with him. Finally gave him the message that I would never ever meet him...

I think I'm going to avoid Marty this week. I don't want to see him anymore. After the marathon I will probably never see him again. He's not running the marathon next year. I am. I need to find a reliable training partner. I think Guarav, the organizer of the Urban Feet meetup will be a good training partner. He might be too fast though. I still think I'm in love with Marty but I have to get over him. He's ugly. I would never have married him even if he wanted to marry me. So end of story. I don't want my kids to be bald. HAHA.

Leave me alone!

I think I have a stalker. I told this guy I wasn't interested in him as a friend even. Hope he doesn't still have access to my blog. Now that'll be creepy. I told Mark off and he got the message. Wonder why Lonny doesn't get the message and leave me alone.

NYC Marathon in 5 days and counting!!!

I think I'm slowly getting over Marty. He was kinda ugly and I wasn't attracted to him at all. I just liked his personality.

Anyways, I'm not running with Nori or Marty for the marathon. I've decided to run it on my own. That way I can slow down or speed up when I want to and not have to worry about someone else... My aim is to finish this marathon in 4:10... so 9:30 minute miles. I did 9:30 min miles for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon and that tactic was to slow down at the water stops and walk while drinking Gatorade and then speeding up after the water stops to run at a 9-9:15 pace. Worse case scenario is I do 10 minute miles and do it in 4:22 like the LI Marathon. It's my first NYC Marathon so so excited. I was going to ask my mom and dad to wait for me at the finish line, but I don't think I'm going to make them do that. I was also going to ask my friends to come and cheer for me along the route, but I don't think I'm going to make them come out.

On an interesting note, I have to say Marty's treating me like shit. One reason I'm getting over him. He's not the nice guy I thought he was. I know I'm not dating him anymore but the least he can do is respond to me. For instance I sent him a fb message last Sunday asking him if he was doing the Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff 5 mile race yesterday. No response so I sent him an email on Tuesday asking him again abt that and the marathon. Then Wed or Thurs night I see him online and he apologizes to me for not getting back to me via chat, and I tell him thats okay, to let me know. Then on Saturday morning I see him online and he tells me he's not sure if he's running the 5 miler. And then saying judging from our half-marathon (we ran the first 7 miles of the half marathon before I lost him) we prolly can't run the marathon together. I am pretty pissed off since I thought he was my training partner. I even gave him a gift of a running book. If only I can take it back. So I tell him we'll run the races at our own pace and just meet up at the start and he agreed to that. But lately, I've checked his race finish times and they are much faster than what he used to run. I want to caution him not to go out too fast, that's what happened to Rich. He ran the first 20 miles in 8:30-9 minute miles and then he was butchered for the rest of the run and ended up walking and finishing in 4:43... which means he averaged 11 minute miles. To go from 9 minute miles for the first 20 miles, to average 11 minute miles for 26.2 miles means you're walking the last three or four miles. I'd rather keep a 9:30-10 minute mile pace then to go out fast and then burn out before the race is over. If I learned one thing from Team for Kids while training for them is that you should run your last 10k faster than your first 20 miles...

Hmm that was a long paragraph but too lazy to divide it... :)

Facebook updates

The Giants got clobbered and annihilated today by the New Orleans Saints, 48-27 last time I checked.

So I finally emailed Marty to see if we're running the marathon, want to do 10 minute miles, he might run faster. So I also emailed Nori to see if he wanted to run the marathon together.

Saw Marty at the Grete's Gallop but didn't wake up in time for the Staten Island Marathon. He sent me three text messages that day.

On an even more stalkerish way, I am steadily checking Marty's facebook and he deleted his sister's comments. The comment was innocuous until the last sentence, asking him how Tomoko was doing. Who is Tomoko? Ina, his sister, mentioned Tomoko back in March of this year. So I knew about her. And was waiting to hear what Marty would respond with, but then I just checked his facebook today and he deleted his sister's comments, which makes me wonder who is Tomoko and why would he delete mention of her? Too bad I am not going out with Marty, I can't ask him. If I was, I would have asked him a way long time ago. Heehee.

I hope I see him at the Poland Spring 5M'er on the Sunday October 25, one week from now. Took a week off from running since I injured my left calf... Hope to run 6 miles tomorrow and then 16 miles on Wednesday.

No playoff tickets

Still confused if Marty's joining me on the run on Sunday.

So no playoff tickets for the Yankees for the postseason. Jackie, the season ticket holder, found out the bad news today. :(

Enchanted

Nothing much is happening today. Saw the rest of Enchanted, pretty good movie with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.

I ran 6 miles yesterday, but I need to run more tomorrow before my tax appointment with Corey at 2pm.

I am confused if Marty is going to join me for the training run on Sunday. I emailed him via facebook and told him I was going to do it, then he responded with a "Sounds good. Good practice" Not sure if that means he'll be joining me. I guess I have to run into him online to see if he's indeed running it.

Missing Guga... it's been exactly 4 months since he's passed away. RIP Guga.

Jets win

Marty im'ed me on gmail. I installed gchat on my phone so I was logged on and he sent a message at 4:10am asking why I was still up. I was in bed, didn't sign out of the gchat on my phone. He was in Ireland at the time.

So on his facebook I wished him a Happy Birthday. He wrote me a message on fb thanking me for the birthday wishes. He wrote on someone's wall but he sent me a message. What does that mean?

The Jets win over the NE Patriots 16-9. Woohoo! Now the Giants have to beat the Cowboys tonight and both teams will be 2-0.

Interview

Vera Lynn is number one again, at the age of 92. Wow

I got an interview with Caithness, an alternative energy company in midtown Manhattan, for a senior accountant position next Monday. I hope I get it.

But what I wanted to blog abt was the fact that Marty was at the airport and he initiated im'ing with me. I'm sad, what can I say?

Movie mix-up

In an effort to delay coming home, I watched a movie on my own for like the third time in my life. I wanted to watch The Time Traveler's Wife, but instead got a ticket to see Julie and Julia. My movie wasn't on the floor I got off at, so I had to watch J&J unless I went down to the ticket stand and go back to the agent who gave me the wrong movie to watch. I didn't want to bother. J&J wasn't so bad but I wanted to see Eric Bana. Maybe later this week.

I have a job fair to go to tomorrow. Need to print out my resume. Hate going to job fairs. Never seem to be interesting jobs and nothing ever comes through there.

Rafael Nadal won his quarterfinal match against Fernando Gonzalez 7-6, 7-6, 6-0. He's on to the semifinals to face Juan Martin del Potro. If he wins, I promised to get my doggie a dog bed. My mom will buy a dog bed for Paddy if Roger Federer wins. I don't like Roger that much. Ever since he cried at the Australian Open earlier this year.

Now it's another rain delay.

I need to run 12 miles, but I am thinking of running 6 miles first then resting a day and then running 12 miles. Don't want to jump into running 12 miles and reinjuring my knee. I wonder if Marty will run on Wednesday.

Bets

I bet with Rich way back when I was still talking to him that the DOW Jones would reach 10K by 9/30/09. Lo and behold on 9/11, the DOW is at 9600. Go me. I don't think he'll contact me because I unfriended him on Facebook. But I was so tempted to send him a postcard from Aruba, but then I decided against it.

Evan friended me on Facebook. I could have looked him up on Facebook, I briefly thought about doing that, but then the feeling passed. Then lo and behold, he friended me about a week ago. Who would have thought he's thought about me. I haven't communicated with him via fb, I never did like him that much. Never was I ever in love with him, not like it's with Marty.

Battle of the Juans

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets in the fourth round on Tuesday.

I am watching past tennis matches since there's rain in the forecast.

I don't think Marty can do the marathon. He prolly won't run for the next two weeks. He just can't keep missing his long runs. I'm going to run 12 miles on Sunday. Hopefully run 6 miles tomorrow. I will do this marathon even if it kills me.

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Came back from Aruba 10 days ago. I got really dark. And not burnt, so yay for me.

I am now cheering for Juan Carlos Ferrero. I went to two of his matches and now he's in the fourth round tomorrow, which I'm also going to. I tried going to his second round but the tickets were sold out. He is meeting 6th seed Juan Martin del Potro, a formidable foe. He's going to need all the luck he can get. I hope my good luck extends to tennis.

I ran 6 miles yesterday but wanted to run 12 miles but my right knee started hurting, I might have to take off a few days to heal that.

I haven't seen Marty in weeks. He's doubtful for the marathon, he hasn't been running enough. I don't know what his problem is. He can't possibly run the marathon with what little training he's doing. Not my problem though. I am going to run this marathon if it kills me.

Aruba

I just booked my flight and hotel to Aruba. Going with a few friends. First vacation since I went to San Francisco in 2008. Fun in the sun. Might go snorkeling and scuba diving, if I can afford it since I know how to swim now.

Hopefully I'll come back dark and tanned and well-rested. Five days, Sun to Fri. I'll be back to my long run on Sat or Sun with Marty. :)

Last Entry

Set up my livejournal account and made my first entry tonight. That prolly means I won't be writing in this blog anymore. Sorry having my brother read these entries makes me not want to write anything more. Haha.

I am so addicted to Facebook. I have to wean myself off of it. Danica unfriended me on Facebook last week or the week before that. I wasn't supportive of her book title stealing episode. Paula something swiped her book title and Danica was pissed. It was so silly, I thought. And some Post readers thought it was silly too. Of course, they weren't considered Danica's friends. It had a happy ending, she changed the book title. But even the change was stupid, she reworded it and used two different words to replace the same words in her title. I can't believe people waste their times on this. I don't think Danica is going to get another book deal. She's not that good a writer. I bought that book and didn't find that many good ideas. The new book is prolly going to be a bestseller. That must hurt. Anyways, the good thing is I unfollowed Danica on her twitter page, and won't check her blog anymore. She called me an 80 pound wench in high school so she was never my friend. I've successfully weaned myself off of her so I just have to wean myself off of FB.

Anyways, prolly my last entry to this site for a while.

Busy weekend

I had a busy weekend. Let me start it by going through what happened Friday.

I went to my first Yankees-Bosox game. I want to go to Boston and attend a Yankees-Bosox game there, but I digress. It was a great pitchers' duel between Josh Beckett and AJ Burnett. Somewhere in the 7th inning, I wondered how many innings this event will go through. I stayed until the 14th inning, and then I had to leave because I had to catch the 1:19am train home, if I missed it I would have to wait for the 3:20am train home. The game ended 10 minutes after I left with A-Rod hitting a 2 run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 15th inning.

So after spending 5:30 hrs, I spent a relaxing Saturday at home. I helped kill, clean and then I cooked crab with egg, scallion and ginger. It came out quite nicely making me reconsider myself as a bad cook.

Saturday night was busy, I went to my cousin's daughter's banquet party. She was barely 3 months old. Her name is Sandrine. Not a fan of her name. It rhymes with gangrine, but whatever. Not my child. I stayed for an hour and then jetted off to visit my friends Chiemi and Jacqui at Chez Jacqueline, got the lobster risotto and chardonnay. I enjoyed the wine, which surprised me I don't normally like wine.

I luckily caught the 11:19pm train back home by 10 seconds. Got home 20 after midnight as they ran out of taxicabs at the train station.

I then got about 4 hours of sleep because I had to wake up to catch the 5:57am train to Penn Station to meet the bus going to DC at 7:15am. You see I had bought a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo play soccer with the Real Madrid team against DC United at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. 4.5 hr bus trip culminated in a parking lot barbecue of hamburgers and hot dogs. Went with the Real Madrid meetup group. Ronaldo only played the first half but I was in heaven watching him play for 45 minutes. He left after the first half, but Real Madrid scored three times to win it 3-0 over DC United. It was a great match if you were a Real Madrid supporter.

Then it took abt 5 hours to get back home at 10:45pm. I got home again at midnight, just to see my dad pull in from work.

This week is a chill week. Just have lunch plans with a former co-worker on Thursday.

Also it's day 9 of my running sabbatical. One more day of inertia and then I get to return to running on Wednesday Aug 12. I am debating on whether or not to ask Marty to go running with me this weekend. I am thinking I should go alone to test my fitness, don't want to drag him out and then stop in the middle of the run. But I haven't seen him in 2 weeks and I miss him. I think I'm going to fall hard for him. For however much I liked Rich, I was never in love with him. He was way too conservative. But with Marty, I can feel myself slowly falling for him. He walks with me when I need to walk during our runs, he doesn't abandon me. How nice is that? I even wrapped his gift ahead of his Sept 18 bday. I gave him the extra copy of Running Within I accidentally purchased before I even met him. It's not at all personal so I most likely will give it to him for his birthday. And it's not like I bought it for him. That and a $3 map to Central Park. So my whole gift to him was $3. I found my Central Park map, on another brighter note. I love that map.

Okay this is a long enough entry, I'll write more when I start running and keep you posted on whether or not I am doing the long run on my own this weekend or not.

Calf Injuries

So I reinjured my calf yesterday, running 5 miles. I don't think I should have kept running on it. This time instead of resting it for 4 days, I'll rest it for 10 days. I really want to run this marathon. I'll miss Marty for a week and a half. I've decided that I really want to run this marathon above all else so I'll use Marty as a training partner. So what if I fall in love with him. I've fallen in love before. After the marathon is over, it'll be over. He would have met my parents, my brother, and even Paddy. I might get to meet his younger brother Seamus.