Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Worst Anniversary Gift EVER.

Hello, and welcome to today's episode of Did You See That? Your usual blogger has decided to take a sick day (because she is), so management has arranged for a guest blogger today. This guy's a hack. He doesn't even have a wizard hat. We apologize in advance.

Today's Amy's anniversary, and to celebrate three years of wedded bliss, she went to the office, and came down with the flu (no correlation or causality intended). Normally, "skipped the gym" would not also have been in that category, but she actually likes the gym. Yes, crazy, but that's OK, 'cause if she wasn't crazy, she probably wouldn't've married me. And so I consider it a virtue.

To add to the mediocrity that is this day, today's the day my mom headed back to Florida. We were enjoying her company. The dog was very disappointed to find Mom had left this morning during the post-breakfast nap, because usually Beauty only gets to spend  all day outside on weekends, but Mom spent almost the entire two weeks on the porch, which means Beauty did as well. (Can't say as I blame her. It's a nice porch. The designer did good.)

Mind, that's not to say that getting back to normal's not a good thing. Well, it should be a good thing, but maybe it isn't. Neither of us were paying as much attention to our diets as we should have while Mom was here (Well, we just had to go out for sushi, and have a crab feast, and convince mom to make her yummy chicken salad, and smoke up some ribs, and go out for thai...), so that's also a negative for the ol' return to normalcy.

On the other hand, that's a good reason why Mom has to go home sometime. We're both a few pounds north of where we want to be, and we stand zero chance of getting there if we're always having fun (which usually involves eating) with family around. (On the other hand, it's usually a fun trip, even if it does lead to Rotundopolis.)

It'll probably be an early to bed evening for both of us (and no, not like that)-- for Amy to try to beat down whatever virus she's decided to harbor, and for me because the alarm went off at 0430. If she's feeling better, we'll implement our extra super-special anniversary plans tomorrow. These involve a healthy dinner of chicken with squash and onions followed by an evening in front of the TV with the new episodes of Eureka and Warehouse 13.

Because we so know how to live it up. But I digress.

Getting back to the matter at hand, this is Amy's blog, and so, if you're reading this, you want to know about what's going on in Amy's world. Problem is, I was at the office today. And she was at the office today. And they're not the same office. So I can't really tell you.

On the other hand, I do have insider information. I know things you're not supposed to know yet. I've got all the dirt on what you'll read here before the end of the year. I have spoilers.

- There will be hiking. Indeed, there will be a big hike. My sources say Maine, but there's an outside chance there will be some New Hampshire involved. Very outside.
- There will be shorter hikes as well, most likely with DeLee. One of these may be planned by DeLee. It'll turn out DeLee knows more about planning a hike than she realizes.
- There will even be even shorter hikes around Greenbelt Park. My inside sources are sketchy about a return to the Billy Goat trail, though.
- There will be a trip to visit Amy's folks. It will be much too short. So will Amy's blog posts while she's in Arizona.
- There will be a visit to the Goddard homebrew society's annual crab feast.
- There will be a drunk blog post. 
- Beauty will get a mostly clean bill of health from the doc. She'll still have to stick with the reduced ingredient diet, but the doc will be pleased with her progress. And then she'll have to go in for her dental cleaning and the shots we've had to put off while her system had other stuff in it.
- Facebook will get its panties in a wad and not let Amy link in her blog post. Possibly repeatedly.
- Pluto's going to wig out over something innocuous. You heard it here first.

That's right, folks. Since you're the loyal followers, you've got the inside scoop on what to expect before January. Stick around, 'cause you just can't get drama like this on TV.

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