Of course, on the one day that I completely oversleep it’s actually busy here at Nice Hedge Fund. I’m scheduling car services, setting up meetings, refilling staplers…riveting, I know. My job is about 30% phone coverage, 10% meeting coordination, 8% random bullshit for Easy and 52% sitting around looking pretty – but without showering this morning, that last part might be a bit out of reach. Also, I’m wearing a white argyle sweater that I ALWAYS spill something on. Not that that really distinguishes it from my other clothes, but you know how there are just some items that seem to attract stains? Like my light blue sweater whose sleeves contain several unforgivable stains including red wine and Sharpie. I ordered tomato cheddar soup for lunch – we’ll see how many bites I can get through before I’m wearing it.
Last night R and I went to an informal wine tasting at a bar near my apartment. The theme was Wine & Chocolate so I imagined each station would have accompanying chocolate pairings, but that wasn’t really the case. It was more like, here is a lot of wine, and, oh right, over there in the corner is some chocolate. One of the “desserts” that R bit into turned out to be a jalapeño popper topped with chocolate sauce that surely must have been a mistake but after that culinary horror we focused mainly on getting drunk. There was quite a showing of dessert wines (most of which I hated), some delicious champagnes, and a memorable pinot noir. When it comes to my palette, R jokes that I have the taste buds of a 12-year-old because I’m disinclined to such “adult” tastes as coffee and asparagus. I do love any food item that could be found on a kid’s menu (grilled cheese, burgers, ice cream…) but of course I’ll never concede to his point. He likes to play the game Guess If Jackie Will Like It Based on Its Adultness, and it kills me that he’s usually right.
“Oh, you won’t like this wine. Adult taste.”
“Yahuh, I like it!”
“You’re a terrible liar.”
“Fine, I know, I hate it. Can I dump it out now?”
“I’ll drink yours.”
Anyway, we had a fun night. Check that off the Fall To-Do List!
Ok. Enough is enough - this is killing me. I’ve been holding in BIG NEWS for the past week or so, mostly because I didn’t want to get my hopes up only to have everything fall through. And sure, it’s possible that something could still come up, but at this point the outlook is good. Seriously, readers, this is HUGE. Are you ready?
THE OH FAMILY IS BUYING A SHORE HOUSE!
Phew! Oh, it feels so good to put that in print, to see it as a reality instead of a lifelong dream. MomOh and DadOh put a bid on a house this past weekend and it was accepted, paperwork signed. The best part is the location – we’re on 66th Street and the Bay, E’s house is on 66th Street and the Beach, and the S Family’s house is in the middle. And, I mean, it’s a house. At the shore. My favorite place on earth. It could be a trailer instead of a brand-new five-bedroom construction and I'd still be celebrating.
[Cue happy dance.]
[Surnouncement
n. A magical, made-up word combining the sounds and meanings of "surprise" and "announcement." Origin: Drunk/Awesome La ca. The Sink at Lucky Cheng's]
Last night R and I went to an informal wine tasting at a bar near my apartment. The theme was Wine & Chocolate so I imagined each station would have accompanying chocolate pairings, but that wasn’t really the case. It was more like, here is a lot of wine, and, oh right, over there in the corner is some chocolate. One of the “desserts” that R bit into turned out to be a jalapeño popper topped with chocolate sauce that surely must have been a mistake but after that culinary horror we focused mainly on getting drunk. There was quite a showing of dessert wines (most of which I hated), some delicious champagnes, and a memorable pinot noir. When it comes to my palette, R jokes that I have the taste buds of a 12-year-old because I’m disinclined to such “adult” tastes as coffee and asparagus. I do love any food item that could be found on a kid’s menu (grilled cheese, burgers, ice cream…) but of course I’ll never concede to his point. He likes to play the game Guess If Jackie Will Like It Based on Its Adultness, and it kills me that he’s usually right.
“Oh, you won’t like this wine. Adult taste.”
“Yahuh, I like it!”
“You’re a terrible liar.”
“Fine, I know, I hate it. Can I dump it out now?”
“I’ll drink yours.”
Anyway, we had a fun night. Check that off the Fall To-Do List!
Ok. Enough is enough - this is killing me. I’ve been holding in BIG NEWS for the past week or so, mostly because I didn’t want to get my hopes up only to have everything fall through. And sure, it’s possible that something could still come up, but at this point the outlook is good. Seriously, readers, this is HUGE. Are you ready?
THE OH FAMILY IS BUYING A SHORE HOUSE!
Phew! Oh, it feels so good to put that in print, to see it as a reality instead of a lifelong dream. MomOh and DadOh put a bid on a house this past weekend and it was accepted, paperwork signed. The best part is the location – we’re on 66th Street and the Bay, E’s house is on 66th Street and the Beach, and the S Family’s house is in the middle. And, I mean, it’s a house. At the shore. My favorite place on earth. It could be a trailer instead of a brand-new five-bedroom construction and I'd still be celebrating.
[Cue happy dance.]
[Surnouncement
n. A magical, made-up word combining the sounds and meanings of "surprise" and "announcement." Origin: Drunk/Awesome La ca. The Sink at Lucky Cheng's]
3 comments:
oh...i thought the announcement was going to be our engagement party....
Oh! We better start planning that! We're registered at Wawa, Burke's and Marple AMC 10.
To everyone attending, I definitely DO NOT want a SHUFFLEBOARD table from Burke's (wink wink nudge nudge)
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