I have absolutely no excuse for not blogging last night, except for the fact that when I got home at 9:00pm I was exhausted!
I had a great day at work. Elsa’s back from sabbatical, which is great. I had a lot of projects to keep me busy.
It was the other temp’s last day, since the other woman on sabbatical is coming back on Monday. Boy, time flies. It really didn’t seem like a month went by since both girls left, but it has. I'm a little nervous about my future, because the temp replacing Elsa is gone, and the temp replacing the other girl is gone, and I don't know how much longer they're going to need me. Rosemary invited me to be her date at the Holiday Party, which leads me to believe I'll be around until the end of the year, but who knows? They may tell me they don't need me in HR anymore and put me someplace else in the firm, which would be okay, but I LOVE it in HR and I want to stay!
I spoke to Eric a few times today. He is really doing great. The package I sent him arrived safely and he really liked the present from the RV guy. He bought Eric a type of fanny pack that buckles in the front and has two hydration bottles in the back, along with a pouch his phone, wallet, tire kit, etc. It was really nice, but I wasn’t sure Eric would like it. He loved it and really appreciated the kindness of a total stranger to think of finding something he would use and enjoy. It was great!
Anyway, I was so excited all day, because Rosemary and I were going for sushi and she was taking me to a new place a little north of Del Mar. We were going to try to see W, but it wasn’t playing anywhere at night. Isn’t that weird? They only had two daytime showings of that movie! I guess only seniors are interested!
We looked at the list of movies and saw MADAGASCAR 2 was playing. I saw the first one and it was really cute. Rosemary was saying how much she loved the first and that it was one of her favorite animated films. I said, “If you want to see M2, I’m up for it!” She was really surprised, but I told her I was always up for a laugh and I knew we’d have fun.
We left at 5:00pm and took her car to Bernardo Center Drive to a place called AKAI HANA. It’s huge and there are three sushi bars! We sat at a little table in a big dining room and had miso soup, gyoza, shrimp shumai, a spicy tuna roll and a spicy shrimp roll. Everything was very yummy and we thoroughly enjoyed it.
Rosemary and I have so much to talk about, because we’re still getting to know each other, so we can tell stories of our past for years before we’re all caught up. She’s really smart and funny and I thoroughly enjoy her company.
After sushi we drove south a few exits to go back to the movie theatre where we saw MAMA MIA with Elsa. I think we were the only people over 10 who didn’t have kids with them! It was really funny, but at one point I was having a hard time keeping my eyes open, which hardly ever happens to me. I had to really concentrate on staying awake until the feeling passed. By the time we left I felt more awake, but I was yawning a lot and knew it wouldn’t be long before I was asleep.
The movie was really cute and all the regular voices were back – Jada Pinkett Smith, Ben Stiller, David Schwimmer and Chris Rock. Alec Baldwin played the voice of a “bad lion.” They even mirrored his facial expressions, so it really resembled Alec!
After the movie Rosemary drove me back to my car and I drove home. When I got home I didn’t have the energy to start blogging. I just got undressed, washed up, got in my PJs and got into bed. I was probably asleep before 10:30pm. I have absolutely no plans for the weekend, except to relax and craft (and do laundry and food shopping, of course) and I’m really looking forward to it!