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Today is Setting Orange, day 72 in the season of Discord, 3268.

Haven't been doing too much updating lately, although I couldn't resist sharing the Andy Warhol doll. =) Trying to remain vaguely focused at work and not give in to the addiction that is TextTwist. Oh yeah, and the allergies are kicking in for sure, my eyes have been itchy and watery most of the week.

I met brian1789 on Monday; we went for drinks and dinner as he was in town for business. Drinks at the Ritz Carlton? Sure, twist my arm. ;) Oddly, I wasn't at all nervous about meeting right up until I stepped into the hotel lobby and made a pass through the bar to see if he was there yet. That's when nervousness kicked in, which was somewhat assuaged by the addition of a nice glass of wine and the fact that he didn't start looking at his watch within 20 minutes. ;) We had a really, really good dinner at Da Domenico; I was amused to see that my bothering to make reservations on a Monday night earned us one of the semi-private banquettes along the far wall. We got to enjoy the traditional wandering serenade by the owner, and our tux-clad waiter was really adorable (if I can say that about a man at least 20 years my senior); very animated and happy and concerned that we have an enjoyable evening. Because the restaurant was closing by the time we finally finished dinner, we walked back to the hotel for coffee and to continue our conversation. It was a lovely evening. I offered the use of my washer and dryer on Wednesday, and the three of us went to the Insane Quantities of Meat restaurant (aka Malibu Grill, the churrascaria across the street from the apartment) where I listened to the guys geek while I tried to look like I had any clue at all what they were talking about. ;) (I think I mostly failed.)

Now I think I'm pretty much socialized out for the week, I'm feeling somewhat hermit-like as far as this weekend is concerned since so much of the rest of the week was just draining. I just want to curl up on the sofa with the stack of books that I have waiting for me.

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Today was pretty slack. We went to Frank's and I came back with a small pothos and a philodendron; I repotted them on the balcony this evening while the cat rolled around in the spilled potting soil. Hopefully I can keep these alive. I'm not so good with plants. E. was having a barbeque which I wanted to make an appearance at but was just too lethargic to go into Vienna (allergies seem to be draining my energy pretty effectively). I should take her to dinner sometime to make up for that.

I wish the proposed visit hadn't fallen through, I think it would make a lot of things easier.

I still have not gotten my "go away, be by myself and sort out my life" time to happen. I think perhaps I'll go take a nice long drive tomorrow and try to do some of that. For reasons which won't be pondered in depth in public, I think it's high time I did that. I really should check into my insurance plan to see if a therapist is covered and then the KAP list to see if anyone there is on my plan; it would be nice to have someone to talk to who can step back and be truly objective about my life. I can't do it, my friends can't do it, my sweeties can't do it (although all of us have our moments of objectivity). It's interesting that someone posted something on a.p. not too long ago that made me scratch my head and wonder if I'd been posting in my sleep or something; I'm following what remains of that thread with great interest in hopes that I can glean some wisdom from it too.