Week in Review '08.19

It's a little scarce in here isn't it? I've felt the need for me time, that's all. No pressure. No sense of obligation. Unfortunately, the same can't really be said of the real world.

5/3 - I actually had to get up earlier than I normally would on a regular work day. And what for? Well, work of course. This past Saturday was our annual company-wide Kumbaya snooze-a-thon where we talk about how great we are and how we can be even better. I have an idea: respect the free time of the physicians in the company's employ by not having give up a four hours on a Saturday for a bunch of pointless bullshit.

The good thing about it was that I was forced to take a day away from Job #2, leaving me free to train with my trainer that afternoon and do a bit of shopping before getting ready for an evening with the straights. Actually, it was an interesting night with the straights for a number of reasons. First, Fishering's best friend and that friend's wife had called earlier in the week to see what was up for the weekend. I figured why not throw another straight couple into the mix. So it ended up being Razor Burn and Unicorn, Sunshine and his wife, the couple I first mentioned, and me and, oh wait, just me. We met for sushi at Fat Fish which has the most awesome blueberry pomegranate mojitos, and the firecracker roll is to die for.

We then headed up the street for the real purpose of the evening...the Abbey where we met up with Guido and the Spaniard. Yes the girls wanted me to take them to the Abbey, and in this case by "girls", I don't mean girlzzz, but girls, with vaginas and everything. I had a great time with all of them, particularly watching the guys stare at disbelief at the footage they played from the White Party. But here's the thing, that will likely be the last time (at least for a long time) that I'll go back. The Abbey is played out. Bo-ring.

5/4 - I had to peel myself out of bed early again. This time for a brunch with Fishering since his parents were in town. It was nice to see the old group together again (Mercury, Dutch, M@ as well as Fishering's straights from the night before) even though we didn't all get to talk because of the logistics of the seating arrangement. I tried my damnedest to stick with water. After all between Friday and Saturday night, enough was enough, right? Well it was until the carafe of mimosas came by. What's a Sunday brunch at Boulevard without a mimosa?

Right after, I met with a friend who introduced me to the most charming Puerto Rican/Portuguese/French/Chinese built like a brick shithouse and smart as all hell man I've met in a while. I think he's going to be the next man to break my heart.

I had to scurry off to go to the site of Job #2. I was doing a favor for a friend, and after grabbing dinner with him, just went home. The weekend really was far too busy.

5/5 - I got to work feeling like shit. Just so tired from the weekend that I'd completely forgotten it was Cinco de Mayo until Razor Burn and Unicorn swung by my office to take me out to lunch and we settled on a Mexican restaurant that was all decked out for the festivities. And when I got home, I celebrated more by just going to bed.

5/6 - Because I got volunteered to be a part of the company's Continuing Medical Education committee whose meetings fall on my half day, I was actually given Tuesday as my official half day off this week. I was ecstatic about being able to run a bunch of errands until the douchebag vendor who I'd met last Thursday needed me to go up to Job #2 to sign some forms for the product he was providing. It was sort of an emergency, he said. We could meet at 3:00, he said. So I went up to Job #2, got in a workout at Smooth's gym where I briefly saw him, then went to the jobsite to meet with the vendor. Asshole didn't show up until 4:00, and the paperwork was anything but an emergency. So that bastard wasted my half day! So not using his product if possible.

5/7 - Nothing...glorious nothing.

5/8 - So I saw patients from 8:30 to 10:30, then left for the committee meeting which started at noon and went on until 2:00. And then I got ANOTHER half day this week. Whoo hoo! Except that my trainer had to bail at the last minute, so instead, I got a massage. Mmmm I love massages. Then I went to meet the crew at O-Bar and proceeded to have the worst night there that I'd had in a long time. Nothing in particular except that the bartenders' service was exceptionally shitty that night.

5/9 - I was a wuss with my trainer. My leg cramped up so I couldn't finish my cardio. Then I just had a nice quiet Friday night alone. I think I'm beginning to rediscover the need for nights like this.
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