Dinner with Mr. Miele

Day 334

This has gradually become our new thing. We used to meet each other places, but now Jon just comes here. It allows me to be lazy. I fully endorse that. It started out as just coffee, but somewhere along the line we progressed to dinner. I fully endorse that as well.

We ordered Domino's. You can't really go wrong with that. We incorporated the box into today's picture, so it's not "the same damn picture."

I think this was take number 6. I couldn't find my camera, so I tried to use the timer on my phone's camera. This was the best of the lot.

The box says, "Frozen pizza is the root of all evil." Amusing, but I find this to be untrue.

Telepathy

Day 333

I swear, she really does know when I need her. The rest of the time, I can pretty much go F myself, but the moment I don't feel well or I'm sad, she's all about the cuddling. It's nice to be loved.

Enjoy the silence

Day 332

All that I need today is right here. One breath, then another, and her scent relaxes me, and she loves me. Everything is okay.

Linus

Day 331

This is the scarf that my cousins bought for me for Christmas last year. They figured that since I had just moved back from Florida, I could use some warm clothing items. They were right. 

I bonded to this scarf right away. I was going through a very tough time in my life last Christmas that lasted straight through to May. This scarf rarely left my neck. I would take my coat off, but not the scarf. It was my security blanket of sorts. The only time I didn't have it on was at bed time when I had Luna, my neck heating pad, and a plethora of pillows to make me feel better. 

When Kathy first gave me the GIR pin she had, it went on the scarf. (It now resides on my makeup case.) 

I don't have the same attachment to the scarf this year because I'm not in that emotionally awful place. But when I found it mixed in with my winter things, it made me happy. A feeling of calm came over me when I put it on, and maybe it was just the love of my family keeping me warm and safe last winter. 

Or maybe I just form unhealthy bonds to inanimate objects.

Lucy: You think you're so smart with that blanket. What are you going to do with it when you grow up?

Linus: Maybe I'll make it into a sport coat.

Braids

Day 330

I'm not sure why I decided to put my hair in braids when I got out of the shower. Maybe Buffy or Willow had braids in a random episode I was watching, so the idea was in my head. The plan is that maybe once my hair dries and I take the braids out, it'll do a cool wavy thing. It probably won't though because my hair seldom cooperates with my experiments.

'Tis the season

Day 329

It's the day after Thanksgiving, so it is acceptable to put up the Christmas decorations now. This is our family Christmas photo. I bought a sad little Charlie Brown Christmas tree because it was cheap. I put up my stocking as well as Luna's. I need to start making out Christmas cards and wrapping presents. I wish Luna would stop trying to eat the tree, but I think that might be asking too much.

Turkey Day

Day 328

We had dinner at Debbie & Sue's house for Thanksgiving. Everything was delicious! I was so excited when I saw the place settings that I nearly fell over. It's me! As a turkey! Like this:

Happily ever after

Day 327

This evening was spent at the Smithtown Landing Country club to celebrate Jackie and Harun's wedding. The ceremony was lovely, even though it was oustide and sooo cold! They played the music that Doug wrote when Jackie walked down the aisle, and it takes my breath away every time I hear it. He is so talented. I had trouble with containing the crying during the vows, but I muddled through without any makeup disasters. 

The cocktail hour was nice, and I had a lot of fun with the guys of Finespun, and of course Krystal and Lee. Are we the ladies of Finespun now? Is that how it works? 

Jackie and Harun's wedding was hands down the best wedding I have ever been to. I don't think I know anyone at this point who is planning a wedding, but they would be hard pressed to beat out this one. I had an absolute blast and a half. I know Doug did too. They even had an old fashioned photo booth in the back! Too much fun! Then, for the last hour of the night, Matt took over the DJ booth and played all of "our" music. It was awesome! I never thought I would get to dance to our kind of music at a wedding.

I initiated Matt's boss into the goth scene. It was just the 282 pound from back in the day freshman year of college. But I remember feeling kind of special when I learned it. So I showed it to him and said, "That's it, you're in!" I love initiating people who have no idea what's going on.

Jackie showed up for that portion of the evening in a red version of her wedding dress, pulled up in the front so you could see her infamous stomp-stomp boots. The girl's got style.

We all had such an amazing time at the wedding. It was truly the most fun I have ever had at a wedding. I wish nothing but the best for Jackie & Harun. I hope they have many, many years together of love, laughter, and busting into Doug's apartment with ice cream at all hours of the night. Especially that last part.

Meep

Day 326

I got home from a work-related function at 10:30. Yeah, that'd be PM. The dinner was at 6 in Brooklyn. Big mistake. You do not head into Brooklyn from Long Island at 5 PM. In the rain. So we didn't even get there until almost 7, and the demo hadn't even started yet, so my rumbling stomach could go ahead and shut up because it wasn't getting any food. About an hour or so later, they brought out the food. I think it was like some kind of Mediterranean cuisine. I don't even have the first clue what I ate, but I was so hungry that I didn't care. Anything would have tasted good at that point. We left the dinner a little after 9, got back to the office around 10, so I was home at 10:30. It was a very long day. I changed right into my pajamas, and I'm calling it a night.