My defense is paper thin

I had dinner with Natalie tonight, and of course, I got my dose of girl talk in. It's cute how wrapped up in her new boyfriend she is... I mean in my relationship with BGS, I am still feeling the "fresh relationship" stage where I get butterflies in my stomach when we flirt, and I can't stop myself from breaking out into a huge smile when I see him.

But him and I got into a spiff (I thought I was the only one who uses this work this way but apparently so does Natalie), and I was moping to her about it. When were on our way out of the restaurant, she mentioned how much she misses him even though they just saw each other a few days ago, and I said I miss BGS a lot too (even if we're in a "fight").

She said to me, "If you're in an argument and you're missing him as much as you are, everything is probably going to be okay". I think she's right.

It is really hard to remember why I love him when I'm angry, and it's really hard to remember why I'm angry when I miss him.

You get older and blame turns to shame

I feel like lately, I've found myself apologizing more and more because I'm not confident that I'm right. It's really stupid. Sometimes, I just don't know how to react to someone else's reaction.

On a nicer note, last Friday, I got to take an Adobe InDesign CS3 class which I absolutely loved! I've been using the program for almost a year now (self taught with books, tutorials, and random advice from the UK guys). It was really funny to find out there are some things I'm doing absolutely wrong (or the worst way possible) and super cool to see all the new features CS3 has. Almost all of the most annoying/difficult things about CS2 (in my opinion) have been fixed with CS3, and I'm waiting on Dean's approval to purchase/upgrade the Creative Suite, which will also upgrade my Acrobat, Photoshop, and Bridge and will give me Illustrator as well as Macromedia products (I didn't know that Acrobat merged with Macromedia) such as Flash and Dreamweaver! I am too excited about this to deny that I'm completely geeked!

I also had lunch with Claude for a few minutes during my break on Friday. It was so nice to see him again (he said "so are you ready to come work for me yet?" when I saw him). Always makes me laugh, and in a weird way, makes me feel grown up when I tell him about my decisions and recent happenings.

Spent some time with BGS, Dave, and Eden over the weekend. Had a blast eating/drinking/dancing with them all over the place.

Lots of exciting and big changes happening! More to come...

We added a few and renamed Clyde to Claude

More additions to B's saltwater tank!

Here's Scooter the Scooter Blennie claiming one of the rocks. He hoovers around the tank and likes to climb all the rocks, and he looks like he is smiling! But it is hard to get a good picture of him because he blends in with his surroundings.
The two Ocellaris Clown fish also known as Percula Clown fish. We named them Bonnie and Clyde (Clyde is the one on the left).
Schenectady (yes, like the city in New York), our Bangaii Cardinal fish, swimming near a frag of tan Button Polyp Coral.

Pumping Xenia Coral, also known as Waving Hand Coral, moving with the current of the water.

Our Bubble Tip Anemone, which was meant to be a friend for the clown fishies. We added him and the clown fishes to the tank yesterday and this morning, we found that Clyde had discovered the Anemone and was laying on it like a pillow. I think we need to get another Anemone for Bonnie, especially because her partner in crime has a new lover!

Green and purple button polyp coral that Bryan picked out. The algae on the rock isn't that bright, neon green either, it just looks that way in the picture.

Swedish Meatballs Night