Good night!

So three beers and a caipirhinia later, I was waiting for the metro with my good friend Gill, talking nostalgically about how we would be laying in the sand and staring at the stars in three weeks. Can I once again say how much I love this group of friends? Not only that but the night was awesome on the sheer merit that it tempted me to stay out past 3 on a work night yet again, I danced to latin music with some truly beautiful people, and got a cute blonde chick's number. Rock!

Off to pass out now. Needless to say that little known underground salsa club that we discovered courtesy of the cute blonde chicks' invitation to me will be on my list of regular haunts now.

Awesome snorage awaits.
Huggles!

Bed Bugs!

First of all, let me declare: eww.

For the past month or so, I have been waking up each morning with hives. Nothing major, just one or two new itchy red bumps each day. I figured maybe I was allergic to my room mate's detergent that she uses on her sheets (I sleep in her bed while she is out of the country) or maybe the cats had fleas. Search as I might, I could find no sign of fleas on the cats. My next thought was spiders and I searched the bedroom, under the mattress and behind the bed. No trace of web or eight legged beasty. So for the past week or two I gave up and mostly accepted the odd occurence of itchy bumps.

That is, until tonight. I was sitting in bed reading a few hours ago when I look down and what do I see crawling across the white sheets? A small, round, reddish-brown bug! I jumped out of bed and immediately went to my friend the internets. Lo and behold, I have bed bugs. Ewwww! Zombie bugs sleeping in my bed and sucking my blood...

I can't find any bed bug specific pesticides so I sprayed the mattress with insect repellent. Tomorrow I will strip the bed, wash everything, and vaccuum the mattress. For the time being, looks like I will be sleeping on the couch.

Ew.

Strange thing is, I almost feel bad for killing the little buggers. Goes along with my everything has a right to live and etc. But damn it if that right doesn't feel diminished when they are trying to feast on me... I guess the least I can do is try to kill them humanely.

Did I mention ewww?

Speaking of eww, want to know how these creepy crawlies breed? The males have a harpoon like penis that spears through the females abdomen and injects their semen straight into her body cavity. Talk about barbaric! Maybe I don't feel so bad about exterminating them after all... ((actually when you think about it evolutionarily, it's just damn cool.))

But still... ew.

Eeeeee!

Well the interview went very well. Couldn't have been much better actually. She used the words "you seem like a perfect fit". She had one more interview to complete before making the final decision. Keep your fingers crossed.

Also big on the list of things to be excited about today: I just bought my tickets for the Cayman Island Trip. I will be leaving on Sunday, February 24th and spending 5 amazing nights in a condo on the beach with 4 of the coolest people I know. I am so psyched! Next step is to buy a bathing suit and do a bazillion crunches.

^.^

Sugary white sand, here I come!

*twitch*

I have a twitch. In the lower right side of my lip. *twitch, twitch* It is such an odd feeling to have uncontrollable muscle spasms. For a little while, it migrated to my forehead, but has once again settled in my lip.

Perhaps it is because I am stressed over the job interview tomorrow.
Perhaps it is because I deprived myself of sleep because I couldn't stop reading the Kite Runner last night.
Perhaps it is because I am so excited about the prospects of going to the Cayman Islands.
Perhaps it is just itching to be kissed. Or twitching rather...

I watched Juno tonight with a bunch of friends. We all cooked pasta and bruschetta and brownies. The food was delicious and the movie was deliciously witty. And heart rending. And with a kick ass sound track to boot! Moldy Peaches is now on my list of bands to download.

And now a question for you... What is it about me that renders me invisible to men here in DC? I am pretty damn hot! I have an amazing personality! In the past week I have had two separate guys tell me I am one of the most amazing people they have ever known. Two nights ago I got lectured that I deserve a guy who pampers me and treats me like the catch that I am, by a guy that I adore but keeps me at a friendly arm's length. What sort of signal am I emitting here?! Grrrarg. Anyhow, I guess such things don't really matter. They just miff me a little.

And at the end of the day I am still lucky to have the best group of friends ever.

*twitch*

Painarg!

Pain pain pain painity pain pain pain!

It's been an interesting weekend to say the least... So let's say more. Friday was spent keeper aiding in Small Mammal House, potentially for the last time, depending on how badly I have shot relations with the volunteer coordinator. *shrug* Anyhow, I will never get over the novelty of having a lemur lick banana off my fingers. Or of tickling a porcupine on their marshmallow nose. Or of having a tamarin smack me for not paying attention to them. Good times! However for the time being, I have pretty much turned my sights away from keeping as a career. It just isn't what I need for the moment. The more I talk to keepers lately, the more I realize that they are very bitter about changing the world. I don't want to be bitter. I need to make a difference. So, off to make a different path for myself.

Friday night, I went out with my friend Gill. We went to a bar and played ping pong and then went to another bar and played shuffle board. Good times, indeed! Gill is always a blast to hang out with. Sidenote, we both showed up in the same awesome w00t t-shirt. Hilarious to say the least. Also, have you ever tried to catch a ping pong ball while partially inebriated? Slippery little bastards! I stumbled home around 3 am and fell into bed. Despite setting 2 alarms, I would have overslept were it not for the cat meowing loudly for breakfast at 8:15.

I rolled out of bed, fed the cat, and went to the birthday party I was hosting at the zoo. They are always fun, though slightly harder when working through a hang over. The kids were adorable! Cutest group of 4 year olds I have ever met. And one of the little girls was exactly like I picture my daughter will be one day. =)

When I got home from the party, I fell asleep around 2pm, intending only to nap. I woke up at 6am the next day. Hooray for 16 hours of sleep! Lovely no? I had the weirdest dreams though... I always do these days. Anyhow, I was up at 6 and spent a few hours reading and trying to ignore the cramps that were starting. At 9 I went to work another birthday party. Which, have I mentioned, are always fun, though slightly harder when working through menstrual cramps. Got home from that, and chilled the rest of today and here I am.

And in closing.... Pain pain pain painity pain pain pain! Sometimes I curse x chromosomes... That time is now! Arggg!