Gazelles On Crack

it’s hard to be graceful after six martinis

Archive for June, 2006


Things That Suck

I usually look forward to Fridays. Not only are they the last day of the workweek, but my boss leaves between 11 & 12 Friday mornings, leaving me alone in the office the rest of the day.
I can’t tell you how much I get done when she’s not here. So much work [...]

Let the wedding gifting begin…

I really, really need one of these. I wonder if there is anyway to register solely for “As Seen On TV” products?

Holy Shit!

Although I can’t actually talk about my work (because I value my professional future), I can’t tell anyone details, but this week is insane.
And now I have to a write a letter to a government official who is commonly mistaken for a monkey and whose last name is a synonym for chaparral. A letter [...]

Exciting Weekend Activities

On Saturday, I started packing. I packed one entire box. It was very exciting. Then, I went through my closet and decided that I didn’t really want to get rid of anything, because I’ve done three purges in the last year and have apparently gotten rid of everything that is not essential.
So, that wasn’t [...]

My New Favorite Thing

For lo! I am behind the times. But today, I went to Whole Foods to buy a few essentials, including lunch, a vanilla chai odwalla beverage (mmmm…), and sun-dried tomato-stuffed olives for martinis (trust me - very good) as I was standing in the checkout line, I saw some lip balm. My Chapstick [...]

Five More Weeks & Other Ramblings…Thursday Brain Dump

In five weeks, we will be doing the final packing. Today I ordered boxes. This weekend, we are going through the closet to get rid of everything we can — making a trip to Goodwill this weekend, I guess.Next weekend, we are going on our last SoCal camping trip. We are headed up to Horseshoe [...]

The continuing saga of South Dakota……

Here is my beautiful, beautiful hair…it only took about a half hour to get all of this done. It was my first time since Senior Prom. I think that if I hadn’t suddenly needed to take out every single bobby pin right now it would have stayed this way for days.The highlight of the afternoon [...]