The truth is all there is

Events from last weekend through this weekend:
Barbecue chicken pizza
Lehv
East Lansing
Seeing Zach
Zingerman's
Whole Foods dinner
Curry lunch in Canton
Mrs. Belo
Steve and Rocky's celebration
Car shopping
Buca di Beppo
SNL
Pad Thai noodles

Drama drama drama

This past week has been the height of the latest dramas going on in my life. I feel like my latest frustration is not being able to hold each part of my life together.

And yet, in the midst of all the emotional turmoil, I have found a new stability in feeling incredibly/unusually happy with new friends and relationships. And strangely, I am incredibly/unusually excited to keep riding this roller coaster to find out what the conclusions are to these episodes and to find out what life dares to challenge me with next. We'll find out.

A few major things I'm looking forward to in these upcoming months: my birthday (which I told friends to keep low key... no surprises this year - I don't even want to think about it being my birthday... just a nice dinner and a few good hugs), a prospective but seemingly promising business trip to San Antonio, planned trips to visit friends, meeting my new boy's family, possibly Christmas with him and his family, and "Los Travelmates" (as DB named the group) who are planning a trip for New Year's!

Nothing's every promised tomorrow today
But we'll find a way

I thought I'd seen it all, now I have

They let go of my boss today. I was so sad, I started crying when I talked to him on the phone.

More later. I think this is too depressing to write about.

I've changed my mind on a few things

1. iPods, specifically the iPod Nano.

I went to the Apple store with BGS recently after stuffing ourselves with sushi at lunch and walking around the mall a little bit. We were playing around with iPod Nanos, and I guess I'm starting to see what they hype is about iPods. I mean, no offense, but it's just another fancy tool that I think I'm familiar with enough to still say with validity that it's never really impressed me. On a separate level, I've never been a fan of people who close themselves off from the world by always having their headphones on everywhere we go. How do you approach someone with headphones? I heard a friend of a friend ranting at a Pistons party awhile back about how he sort of met this cool girl at the gym but avoided talking to her as much as he wanted because she always seemed focused listening to her music and didn't want to ask her to remove her headphones just so he could say hi.

2. Raw red onions in sandwiches.

Asians don't eat uncooked vegetables. Maybe with new-age/Westernized foods they'll try to, but for the most part, I haven't been a fan of raw veggies until I recently discovered raw carrots, raw broccoli, and raw cauliflower dunked in Marzetti's ranch veggie dip. Anyway, I was feeling adventurous last week at Subway and decided to order a sandwich with raw red onions on it (which I've always thought the taste was terrible). Turns out, I really like it now except for the fact that no matter what you eat, your breath will smell like onions for the rest of the day. I guess it's a risk I'm willing to take now that I really enjoy having onions in my burgers, sandwiches, and salads.

3. How a relationship is defined.

This isn't something I've turned 180 about, but... since I'm seeing someone new, this is a revisited, much redefined, and re-evaluated idea for me. All I can say is, I can't believe I was okay with not feeling like this before in past relationships!

I'm kind of mean sometimes

So, if there's something about me you should know, it is that I am a pick-up-and-go person who sees what she wants and is a go-getter! And if you don't like that, you can pick yourself up and go.

Don't tell me I didn't warn you!

Day 2 of Pit and Paddock Passes

Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix!