Mr. Fix-It

A friend of mine was told that her job would most likely be going away and she could be laid off in the next month or so. Sad huh? Well, she has been very upset and her husband took matters into his own hands. It's a very male-trait to try and FIX the things in their loved one's lives. Instead of just listening to your challenges and fears....they want to FIX them...make them better. Most men are incapable of just saying, "Ah honey, that sucks you had a bad day." MUST FIX PROBLEM MAKE WIFE HAPPY. (I think it's sweet) Anyway. Her husband took matters in his own hands. He started an email campaign asking people to send emails and letters to her boss saying that she deserves to keep her job. Now, she is a public figure, and he wanted people to be discrete in their letters...and keep them non-personal...just a fan wanting management to know that she is loved by the public. Well. That back-fired. His email plea got back to the hands of management...and that was the last nail in her coffin. She was let go - permanently. My poor friend... Mr. Fix-It has some fixing to do at home now. Sad. My advice to her was...jobs come and go...his heart was in the right place...don't let this hurt your marriage. She is pretty pissed...but life will go on.

Life is Good

Life feels back to normal. I feel good. I feel together...finally. I just paid bills, balanced my checkbook, filed paperwork...and my house and home feels clean and together. Whew.

I had a great weekend so far.

Friday - the gang went to the Paramount to celebrate with Selena and Jason who are in town from England. Man...it was great to see them...and they got to meet Todd.

Saturday - I went to my dad's team's softball game (he's coaching my old High School's team). They won...exciting finish. I did have to laugh though...he was tougher this summer on the 8 year old girls than he was on the 18 year olds. Interesting. After the game, I went over to Denver Mattress to just "look" at a new mattress. Todd showed me how badly worn my mattress was....that the springs were shot. I admitted to him that my arms and hands often fall asleep when I sleep...and he told me it's because my body is not getting the support that it needs for a good night sleep. I honestly can't remember ever getting a new mattress...and I have had my bedroom set since I was a kid. Sad? Yes. So I went to just look....and walked out with a new mattress set for $350...pretty good deal for a gorgeous pillow top mattress, box spring and mattress pad. I brought it home....unloaded it into my place...by myself. Then took my old mattress and box spring down to the dumpster. I was a girl on a mission. I still can't believe that I carried that stuff 100 yards down the hall....then up and down 3 flights of stairs....by myself. I took a nap today on my bed.... ahhhh...this is what people have been talking about. I love my new bed. Saturday night, Todd and I went to dinner then to see Little Miss Sunshine. It did not disappoint. I am sure (and actually Todd commented) that I was laughing harder and louder than everyone in the theatre. I loved this flick. I loved every character. And Olive reminded me of Hannah from the team I coached this summer....heart...100% heart. Love it.

Anyway...today...Sunday...I went to brunch with the girls...then home to take the afore mentioned nap...and just finished paying bills. I am getting ready to head to Todd's to watch the Broncos game...he is making dinner.

Bliss. Life is good. I am a smitten-kitten. Did I mention how great life is?

It's been a week....

It's been a week since I got back from vacation...and it's been a whirl-wind. Work is nuts. Life is nuts. I am just so busy trying to get everything done...from grocery shopping, seeing friends, work...just life in general. I can always tell when my life is out of control busy...when I don't post on my blog. Deep breath. I need to find more time.

Gemmiest gem

OH....how did I forget to mention the gemmiest gem of my mom's Freudian slips on our family vacation?

We were all playing poker having some cocktails after a fun day in the outdoors...and my mom is telling Todd about me...as a baby. She tells him that she was a young mom and didn't know that she wasn't supposed to start feeding me baby food at 2 months old. But that I...and I quote..."had a great gag reflex, she could use her tongue and knew how to swallow." Todd's eyes got as big as saucers. My mouth fell open. I looked at my dad who was laughing SO hard that he was slapping his knee...and laughing so hard he had lost sound...just cracking up so hard. OH my. The room erupted in a roar of laughter. My mom (bless her heart) was just sitting there with a confused look on her face. Ahhh. LOL!

One more gem

I remembered another gem that my mom blurted out that cracked us up this weekend. We kept laughing that the 2 boy dogs kept humping each other. It was a dominance game between them. Anyway. So my mom said "you know when Zachary humps Jack, he slobbers in his ear." We all DIED laughing. My dad, brother, Todd and I were laughing our asses off. Oh man...I am cracking up.

Doggie-Style

The fishing trip was great. Got back last night....then basically got in the shower to get ready for the Dave Matthews concert. The weather was a wee bit rainy...but that actually really helps with fishing...catch more fish! The last night (Monday night) it actually froze overnight and we had to scrape ice off the windshield to drive home....but when we left it was about 65 degrees out. We all caught a ton of fish! In fact, Todd was calling me "Trout Master" by the end of the trip. We only kept one fish and had 'em for dinner that night. YUM! My family really got along with Todd. AND...my parents let Todd and I share a bedroom....it had 2 single beds in it...but that was a huge step for them. LOL!

Here's a funny story from the trip. My mom often says funny things that she has NO idea are dirty or a sexual innuendo....and we laugh. Anyway. My parent's dogs and Bob's dog LOVED Todd...and would break into our room and lick his face in the morning... since he was the last one up in the morning. Anyway. I was in the shower and my bro and Dad were out fishing - when Todd got up. He walked in the living room and my mom says to him, "So I hear you got a bunch of wet kisses this morning." And Todd just looked at her like "Wha?" And she said, "you know, Doggie-Style." I guess he was just DYING inside laughing...but just said, "Uh yea, Jack did come in and give my face some licks this morning." OH damn!

Karma

Early in my career I worked with the biggest douche bag. He was the radio station's Program Director. He used to walk past the fax machine to hand ME a fax to send out for him. He would sit in his office and shout for me, "Emster? Gotta sec?" In this totally annoying whinny voice. He used to shop out of this magazine called International Male...that Becca and I would crack up everytime he mentioned it...because it was a catalog for gay men....at least we thought so. I think it was the silver glittery button-up vests that gave that away. Anyway. He was a dick. Treated everyone like crap and annoyed me to my core. He got fired for some shady things and hasn't landed another job in radio. Karma. What goes around comes around.

About a year ago, I got a call from him. He was selling ads in Qwest Dex. Karma. I was polite and declined. Then he had the gall to say to me, "Well, Emily, you must not want your station to WIN if you don't want to advertise it the way it should be." I chuckled at him and thanked him for the call. Buh-bye.

Cut to last Friday. He called me again....left 2 messages that day. He dropped my old boss' name and told me he started a new business and wanted to talk to me. Tuesday, 2 more phone calls & messages. Gotta love caller ID at work. Yesterday, 3 more phone calls, 2 messages. I was in the office at 7 am today so I figured I would call then, leave a message, give him my email address for him to send information on his new company. He CALLS AGAIN. Call - Screened. I had to completely crack up when a few minutes ago the Promotions Director for my sister station stopped by my office and asked if I had been getting hounded by ST (initials only... to protect the innocent...ha!) Apparently he had been calling Zak too. Zak told me he was enjoying treating ST like he used to treat him. You see...back in the day... Zak was a Record Rep...and ST would treat him like crap and was totally unprofessional. Karma. Revenge is best served cold.

Ahhh...Labor Day Weekend

My labor day weekend was glorious. Went to Taste of Colorado, Six Flags, played in a celebrity softball game (I was on the average joe team...not celebrity...oh and we won...beat the professional athletes...sweeeeeet), went to a family bbq, napped, relaxed and watched movies.... wonderful. Going to Taste of Colorado and Six Flags was interesting...spending time with Denver's finest (not). Todd and I spent the entire weekend together. I am not used to having so much stuff to do on a weekend...with SOMEONE. It's been an adjustment only because I have been neglecting some things. Grocery shopping. Secret Single Behavior. Spending time with my brother. Laundry. Making candles. Stuff I either LOVE or NEED to do. I will get more balance soon....but for now...soaking up the time with Todd. He told me that he will be donating a kidney to his mom sometime in the next year. That scared the bee-geez-ys out of me. Everything will be just fine.....I know it will. I told him that I respect and love him for his decision...and the gift that he is gonna give....and I will take care of him while he is recovering. But still...you only get 2...and if you give one...anyway. Deep breaths. Todd is going on my annual family fishing vacation to Steamboat. My parents made it very clear that we can't share a room/bed...but I understand. Should be interesting.