6 posts tagged “addison”

-Pike is away with Luca this weekend.  I miss Pike when he’s gone, and I’m jealous that he gets to spend time with Luca.  Also, as I previously mentioned, Pike knows I think Luca is attractive and Luca is ignoring me.  Problems likely to ensue.
-Installing operating systems virtually is not fun.
-I wanted it to be sunny this weekend, not wet and drab.
-Even though I said I’d go, I don’t really feel like going to this party tonight.  I don’t know anyone except the host unless Addison and/or Lacey decide to accompany me.  I frequently do this when it comes to parties.  I’m a flake.
-I’m sleepy.
-No reliable intelligence has yet been gathered regarding Cute Intern’s current relationship status and living arrangement.
-Yesterday I had a lot of fun bickering with Keith*, and today he’s out of the office at least until later this afternoon.

*Before anyone starts getting any ideas, he’s not my type at all, and I’m about 15 years too young to be his type.  You can’t be a cougar and date someone two years older than you.

Last Updated: 11/22/2009

I have come to the conclusion that all the people I write about can be confusing.  They confuse myself sometimes, so I've written up this informative list.  It's in alphabetical order, which I decided would make more sense than "attractiveness" or "length of hair."

Addison - Best friend of Pike. He and I still friends, according to Addison, unless Pike and I force him to take sides.  I, personally, would never do that.

Anna - My ex-boss.  Sometimes she's great. Most of the time I felt like I needed to get away quickly.

Carolyn - My housemate, who used to annoy me sometimes by not being as laid-back as Lacey, Aimee, and myself, but I like her now. The house needs a bit of structure.

Cloudy - Me. Professional woman in her mid-twenties. A bit odd.

Corey - The owner of my company. Not to be confused with "The Company"  that my company does tech support for.

Dan - A client of mine that I like to flirt with. I don't see him anymore after my promotion, which is sad.

Everett - A friend of mine that I was into before meeting Pike. Would probably agree to marry him if he asked. He lives on the opposite side of the country.

HR Lady - A coworker that I generally get along with.

Jack - Friend of Lacey's that I tried to flirt with and ended up without my favorite pair of earrings. He is in love with Sylvia. It is definitely un-reciprocated.

Jamal - My new supervisor, who is this awesome hilarious older dude.

Joan the Cougar - Pike's most recent ex. She is ten years his senior.

Karen - One of my best friends from high school. We don't really talk anymore.

Keith - The coworker formally known as Cougar-Meat. Completely hilarious young man who tends to date women about twenty years his senior, but currently has a girlfriend his age.

Kelly - Pike's current girlfriend. Lives in the same city that Joan the Cougar lives in, but Kelly is actually closer to Pike's age. I met her before they started dating, and I actually liked her.

Lacey - My roommate and probably my best friend if I had to pick one.

Luca - Friend of Pike's and mine who lives somewhere other than The City.  Cute in the "sexy" kind of way.  Beautiful hair. We basically stopped talking since Pike and I broke up.

Mark - Corey's brother who was a big shot at some huge company and now works for our tiny organization.

Molly - My coworker and best work-friend, although we no longer share and office, which is sad. Anna loves her. Her fiance used to be roommates with Dan.

Oscar The Loud Breather - Guy I was sleeping with a while back.

Parker - Coworker that very much unfortunately has a girlfriend.

Pike - Ex.  We are still friends. He is a serial monogamist.

The Quebecois - Amazing, sexy man who is crazy about me, however he lives in Canada so we are reduced to video chat and much sexual frustration.

Redhead Boy - Boy I went on a few dates with. The romance kind of petered out before anything could actually happen.

The SR - Awesome client that I used to flirt with until I found out from Molly that he's actually gay. He's still awesome, but I don't see him anymore after my promotion.

Syliva - Lacey's friend, one of those people that everyone bends over backwards to please.

Travis - Used to be a client of mine, cute in the "I want half of your genetic markup in the DNA of my children" kind of way. Overly friendly. In a relationship. Lives in another country far far away.

Web Girl - Coworker who does most of the web work. She currently shares and office with me and she talks nonstop.

Web Guy - He's my coworker that is supposedly in charge of the "web team" but doesn't do much for it. He's cool though.

I might be missing some people. If I don't write about them in here, it's probably because they made such a non-impact in my life I hardly found it worthwhile. 

As my previous entries may reveal, I enjoy making lists, so I decided to start this "things on Tuesday" meme.

Loathe:

1. My inbox at work is a complete and utter disaster.  I haven't sorted it in weeks.
2. It's boring enough at work today for me to actually have time to write an entry.
3. Cute Intern displayed signs of Anna Syndrome* today.
4. I discovered something involving Addison that has the potential to be very, very bad for me.  I may write more about this later.
5. Last night I went out for dinner with Pike and I ended up paying because he wouldn't stop whining about it.  It was so annoying!  Then, once he finally stopped being so irksome, he started being cute and lovable!

Love:

1. I was given a free latte by a client.  Mmm, coffee.
2. Fall is coming, and for the first time I can look forward to it without having to realize that it also means I'll have to start school.
3. Working with Cougar-Meat (I really need to think of a better name for this guy) is turning out to be quite fun because he's hilarious.  It's a good thing I'm not a cougar (Cute Intern isn't young enough to count) and way, way too young for him.
4. Saris's most recent post made me smile.
5. Dimples!

*This is when someone has a helpdesk question and asks Anna, ignoring me.  I'm not jealous, and it's not like Anna's cuter than I am--it just gets annoying.  At least I knew the answer before she did this time.

One would think that in an office as large as mine, the chances would be good that plenty of eye candy would be available for viewing by a young woman straddling the fence between Singledom and Couple Land.  In my office there were two: Travis, seconded by Noel.  Today, poor Noel dropped to third with the arrival of Cute Intern.

Cute Intern, like Travis, is very friendly.  However, unlike Travis, his friendliness does not need to be over-analyzed.  Nothing about Cute Intern needs to be over-analyzed.  He's younger than I am, is at the bottom of the corporate food chain, and will only be in the office for a semester.  So I can indulge in Cute Intern's masculine attractiveness without worrying about, well, anything, because he's an intern, so I'm just not going to do anything.  Plus his desk is near my office so I don't have to think of excuses to walk by.

The excuse to walk by Travis's desk failed due to outside circumstances that were beyond my control.  It made me come to a conclusion, though, and that is this: I'm making this human seem way more than he probably actually is.  I'm putting way more mental energy than necessary into obsessing that I could be putting into being better at the job that I love.  If Travis wants to make some sort of effort with me, then that will be one thing.  If not, then I'm done.

If necessary, I'll just get my fix by walking by Cute Intern's desk.

(Note: expect another over-analyzing entry the next time Travis stops by and says, "Hi, Cloudy.")

Now to discuss the real men in my life: I went to dinner with Pike and Addison.  Pike and I managed to not fight about anything the entire evening, which has not happened in a very long time.  I think Addison being here will really be a positive influence on Pike.  Perhaps Addison could even convince Pike that refusing to enjoy my family is stubborn, stupid, and hypocritical. 

Even though I've been composing this entry in my head since I began my drive home, I need to stop being stubborn myself and go to sleep, since I actually have to start unpacking and arranging my apartment tomorrow.  The boxes everywhere are becoming depressing, and the thought of having to unpack is not exactly pleasant, either.

I'm sitting in my apartment in front of the air conditioning drinking a glass of ice water excited by the fact that I don't have to share the ice cubes with anyone!  Moving was crazy, but it turned out okay in the end, meaning that I and all my belongings are now here.

Only one snafu occurred with the move, but it was a major one: I couldn't rent the van, being that I'm just a few months too young!  I don't even want to go into the insanity.  Poor rental woman had to see me nearly bust out in tears.  Luckily Lacey and her roomy trunk were there to save the day.  We managed to stuff every since item of mine into her car.  Addison was quite helpful with the car-stuffing process.  There was hardly room to breathe and I'm surprised the thing actually went up hills!  I had my knees up from stuff being under my feet and I had a box on my lap.

Lacey: "I'm going to drive slowly because if the air bags deflate, we'll be killed."

We made it alive.

Now my stuff is still all in boxes, but for now I'm just happy that the internet works and that there are ice cubes in the freezer.  I don't feel that this is "home" yet.  I think a few things need to happen first:

1. I need to unpack all my stuff so it actually looks homey.

2. Besides the morning I came to look at the place a few weeks ago, I haven't actually been here during daylight hours.  And morning doesn't count since I'm too tired and frantic to notice what anything looks like.

3. I haven't spent a weekend here by myself relaxing and recuperating.  Sometimes I enjoy spending weekends home, by myself, just relaxing and enjoying being away from people.  What was that word again?  Home.

It's moving day!  It's movink day, dahling.  I still have a couple things to pack and I want to clean up Pike's place a little bit more.  He'd complain if he thought I "trashed" it.  I don't mean like a drunken drugged-out celebrity in a hotel room--lampshade ripped, window smashed, beer bottle through the television set.  Pike's more of the "You trashed my apartment!  How could you do the dishes and not put them away?  And I can't believe you changed the channel on my TV!" person.

The fact that I'm going to be living in my own place is still hard for me to believe.  I wonder when it will sink in.  When I get my key?  When my friends leave me stuck with my boxes of stuff?  After coming home to work to a place that's just the way I left it?

My two friends who are helping me are:

Lacey - Initially a friend of a friend who happened to move to The City with me.  We used to see each other a lot more, but my social life slowed down quite a bit when I was dealing with being in-between jobs.  Since she's being so nice to help, I should probably make an effort to socialize with her more often.

Addison - Actually Pike's best friend who just moved to The City.  He knows that Pike and I are in a downward spiral.  It's nice that he's not willing to scrap the friendship with me just because Pike and I might not stay together.  I think he's always thought of me as the more rational one.

I do not have much that needs moving, so the three of us should be able to do everything very quickly.

Here's hoping that everything goes smoothly!