Sometimes… you just need to laugh at yourself

So… I leave work by 4.45pm… I walk to Market East. I will catch the R3 “Limited Express” to Media/Elwyn. I get on a train that I THINK says “R3 Express to Elywn” (at least in my sleep deprived stupor… this is what it said). In reality, the sign said “R7/Trenton”…. OK. Trenton and Media..NOT close together. Not even a little. I only realize my mistake when we left 30th Street Station and the buildings are looking more and more not familiar.

20 minutes later… I have gotten off at Torresdale. The ONLY thing I know about Torresdale is that it’s in North Philly & Jefferson Health System has a hospital there. Woudln’t you know it? I wasn’t the only sorry soul to do this. There were 3 other people in various stages of “What the heck did I just do?” The next train back to Philly isn’t until 6.16pm… We had about 40 minutes to wait. I befriended a MBA student from Drexel who also got on the wrong train. We talked about how stupid this made us feel… She was sweet enough to go get us some iced tea as we waited.

6.16pm.. the train is back… this time going in the right direction… towards Philadelphia. We get on this train and then it stops.. and goes. and stops. and goes… We don’t pull into 30th Street until a hour later. My new friend has missed her connecting train. I, on the other hand, have about 1/2 hour wait. Thank goodness I brought my book. My own 7.59 train turned out to be late. It didn’t come until 8.20. I get home right before 9pm.

About 3 hours later than I should have gotten home tonight. UGH. I can’t believe that I took the wrong train home. Seriously, that has NEVER happened before.

Guess there’s a first time for everything.

Now. I. Will. Eat. Ice. Cream.

(and forget about this crazy day).

ps.. the White Sox are winning…for now.

OK…so we’re in a bit of a slump…

Yes… the White Sox are in a slump.  It’s really, really tough to watch.  I cringe a little bit every time I go to look at the ChiSox website to see how the team is playing…  To be a true fan is to support your team 100%… truth be told, it’s a little hard right now.

Other random thoughts..

1.  Saw the commercial for “World Trade Center”…  almost started crying as I was leaving my house this morning.  Still gets me every time.  Even 5 years later.. the memories of that day are too fresh.

2.  Driving to beautiful Danville, PA this afternoon.  Get to leave the office early and get a fat reimbursement check for mileage.  All is good.

Gotta scoot.  Enjoy your day.

And pray, pray, pray for a ChiSox victory this afternoon… We sooo very badly need it.   

Two More Losses and a Few Random thoughts…

The Sox lost two more to Detroit (oh.. that’s the White variety… the Red kind are doing amazing).  I have stopped paying attention.  They are not playing ball that is worth watching or caring about right now.  UGH.  That being said… I’m still going to the game in Baltimore next week. 

Now to the random thoughts…

1.  New couch arrived safely.  Can’t wait to see it.

2.  Will see “Lady in the Water”.. I know the critics have been damning in their reviews of the movie.  I wonder how much is a self-fulfilling prophecy… most of the industry and the critics want to see M. Night fail… so, they look for every little thing…  maybe the movie will totally suck, but then again… maybe it won’t.  I’m sure it won’t be “The Sixth Sense” and I do agree that maybe crowning Shyamalan as the next great thing was a little bit premature… but who knows??? 

3.  Cupcakes make me smile.

Enjoy your weekend. 

Finally… a win.

Ok…  after 3 straight losses to the Yankees, the White Sox finally ran away with game one last night in Detroit.  The nice thing about this… the Central Division will come down to who wins the most games between the ChiSox & Detroit.  Detroit’s remaining schedule does look easier than the White Sox.  But then again, Chicago can’t seem to win against the likes of Kansas City & Pittsburgh (the two worst teams in baseball)….

Ahh.. I wish life was as easy as talking about baseball… 

Other interesting factoids:

1. I bought a new sofa the other day.  Can’t wait to sleep on it.

2. Baltimore Orioles/White Sox baseball in 10 days at Camden Yards.  Can this be more exciting than a wedding of a friend?  Yes. Yes it can.

3. My mom is coming into town tomorrow night.  I’m thinking a trip to NYC is in order. 

4. I was denied a soft serve ice cream cone last night for dessert due to the power outage.  And I really, really, really had a taste for one.  A vanilla cone with sprinkles.  There were other goodies in the store (a Carvel store) but none sounded as good as that soft serve cone. 

OK.. that’s it.  Enjoy your day.

This is bad..

The marketing gods have decided that it would be a good thing to open a Cold Stone Creamery 4 blocks from my house. 

Very bad indeed.

At work…

Was actually productive this morning… and then I wasn’t.

Oh well… it’s Saturday.  And the White Sox are playing the Yankees on national TV. 

Go Sox.

Down with the Yankees.

Welcome…

I have moved. As you can see, my new “home” looks a little bit different. I’m sure this site will be changing every so often as I try to decorate the space.

That’s all tonight… v. tired… just finished a mean game of Scrabble.

I lost.

Birthday Wishes

To me! Sunday is my birthday… I love my birthday… always have… always will. Anyway, I received quite a surprise when I came home last night from work. A box of flowers. Two dozen roses. Not the “deep-red-i-love-you” type of roses… The roses were the very tiny small buds in different colors: red, yellow, white, pale pink, multi, etc… Anyway, I was afraid that they would be quite dead by the time I opened the box (I didn’t get home until 9pm last night)… surprisely, they were not. This morning they looked even better.

Today at work my coworkers celebrated my birthday with muffins and juice (plus a Borders gift card and a great picture frame).

Tomorrow I’m going to see “The Lion King.” It was my birthday gift to myself.

Tomorrow evening I’m having dinner cooked by the fabulous J Doran. His lovely wife Suzy will be baking my cake of choice.

Sunday evening I’m hopefully eating Indian with another friend.

All in all … it will be a great birthday weekend.

In other news: I finally figured out what the water bottles filled with the yellow liquid littering around the train station finally are.

Almost Normal…

So, it’s been almost a week since my last post. I’m happy to say that I’ve almost bounced out of my mini-depression. In the past 5 months I have learned a lot about myself and about being in a relationship. So… I move on.. and I push forward.

Thanks to all who were supportive during my “time of need”… Yes, it wasn’t a death of a loved one… but it was a death of a relationship. And it hurt. And it’s great to have amazing friends to lend support when it is needed.

In other news… tonight is the All Star game in Pittsburgh… Can’t wait to watch it… Will love to see what Ozzie Guillen has up his sleeve.. and especially interested in hearing what comes out of his mouth.

Have to run to Elizabethtown, PA tomorrow… very excited about that… it’s a day not in the office.

Go have a water ice… it’s hot out there.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

It’s All Relative…

Today is the day after my worst 4th of July holiday on record. My friend John told me that he didn’t want to see me anymore. The reasons I will not go into here… Needless to say, I felt like I was broadsided by a car. We were supposed to walk in Valley Forge park yesterday and then get some dinner. Well, it didn’t work out that way.

20 minutes after I got to his place, I was back in my car driving home. I tried seeing if a few of my friends were at home. Well, they weren’t. It’s a national holiday… I can’t blame them that they weren’t home to comfort me. It’s been a long, long time since I felt so lonely. I didn’t come back to my house right away… I drove for another 60 miles with no place in particular to go. I thought about going to the movies… but knew that wouldn’t really cheer me up. I finally came home and sat and cried for the rest of the evening.

I did call him last night and we talked for about an hour. He said he would call me again on Friday. We weren’t even dating. He never said “Les, you’re my girlfriend.” I never assumed that he was my boyfriend. How much more this would have hurt were we an “official” couple! I just never want to hurt like this again.

I titled this post “it’s all relative”… I did this because as I type this I think of my friend Katy. Her dad died on Saturday. Her holiday has been anything but fun and light and cheerful. In the scheme of things what happened to me was not a big deal compared to what is happening in Katy’s world.

God is still God… I don’t understand why some things happen. He knows. He knows the outcome of all of this in my life. There is a line in one of my favorite Matt Redman songs… “He gives and takes away. He gives and takes away.” I don’t know why this had to be this way… but I will continue to trust in the Lord… because he truly does know what is best for me.