Oh my what a busy month may was. And unfortunately a lot of it involved employee issues that made life, erm, interesting? but that can't be discussed here. Oh how I wish I could, though. The sheer laziness and cluelessness of some people just amaze me.
But on to other things.
I'll only be out of town one weekend this month - a change from my 3 weekends in May and two in April. Yes, you will find me at Disneyworld at the end of June. I've been to Epcot, but not Disneyworld. (And Disneyland, I hear, doesn't count.)
Gary's parents will be out the first week of July, so all the parents get to meet each other. And the Fair! It starts soon! Like, in a couple of weeks! (And yes, the San Diego County Fair, aka the Del Mar Fair, deserves every one of those exclamation marks.)
Camping was highly entertaining. The cicadas were molting and leaving little shells behind - mostly bodies with legs attached and a wide split at the back of the head. A little freaky if you ask me. They looked like little aliens. And of course, one grew quite attached to the back of my leg. I had to swat it off not just once, not twice, but five times. That was on Sunday afternoon and right around the time that I decided maybe it was time to go home. Did I mention that it tried to follow me home? Somehow it got stuck in the cup holder in the back seat and make this strange noise that sounded like my dog Kalvin shaking when in his car seat. But neither Kalvin nor his car seat were in the car. So it was a little weird until I figured out what it was. It got a free ride after the car wash courtesy the gust of wind just as I flipped it out of the cup holder.
So that was my weekend. And it ended with a nagging sinus headache. But it was worth it.
Random thoughts from a weekend in Vegas:
-Vegas is awesome when you get to stay off the strip at someone's house
-The swing dancing crowd there is very friendly...and not exposed enough to balboa
-Red Rock Canyon has a pair of very possessive...and persistant! bees
-The rockabilly crowd is very colorful - in more ways than one
-Deke Dickerson + guitar geek festival = awesome
-Big sunglasses + fish eye lens = not so awesome picture (bug eyes anyone?)
The weight of my suitcase and bags wrecked havoc with me. Or is it my allergies that has caused a sinus headache? Either way, I hurt from the shoulders up, including my head.
The next few months are booked (through the end of May, even!), but it's really nice to have a weekend or two at home to put things back into place. Even if I do have to help mom get her house ready for sis' engagement party.
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Now playing: Michael Bublé - Home
via FoxyTunes
Each year Bal Rendezvous seems to get better and better. Perhaps it's my attitude toward the event - this year I didn't kill myself to stay late or be there first thing in the morning for the first workshop. I enjoyed the music, and as a result, the dances more. Or perhaps it's because one of the instructors asked me to dance. Or maybe because people from my level were asking me to dance. (Does that make me sound like a dance snob? I hope not...)
After not enough time to recover from last weekend, I'm heading to Vegas this afternoon for Viva Las Vegas. (A rockabilly music event for the uninitiated.) I do have to get through payroll entry first, however - something I am currently taking a break from.
Speaking of work, there are some things in this world that I just don't understand. One - employees who walk off the job without a word to anyone. In the afternoon. And never return. And don't return phone calls for like a week. C'mon. We're big girls. We can handle that you don't want to work for us anymore. Chances are, we don't really want you working for us anymore either!
Two - punk kids who while walking home from school decide that it is a brilliant idea to destroy other people's property. Really. Do you think we didn't hear you kicking in the board of our fence? I know you did because I was looking at you when you suddenly decided it was a good idea to continue sauntering up the street. Actually, I feel really old saying this, but I really don't know what is going on with kids these days. I hear them every single day on their way home from school, screaming at each other, screaming profanity at each other, taking pot shots at our fence...I mean really. Don't you have better things to do with your time than this? You'd think they would notice that the key shop on the corner has nearly the entire block covered by his surveillance cameras. Not much happens that he doesn't know about. Sheesh.
Maybe I just spent most of my childhood playing pretend outside or with my nose in a book (or doing homework and yearbook stuff as I got older). And people wonder about the state of the world.
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Now playing: Astrud Gilberto - Trains And Boats And Planes
via FoxyTunes
