eenie meenie minie moe.

eenie meenie minie moe. man dies while trying to catch a tiger by his toe.

caleb and i were talking about the concept of trying to catch a tiger by his toe today. he asked if i thought anyone has ever tried. i told him, "no". he didn't believe me, so he googled it. sure enough, he said he cannot find evidence that anyone has ever tried to catch a tiger by his toe.

caleb said he would be the first, and we both agreed that he'd probably die in the act.

my co-workers and my love life.

today mr. t and sprout decided to humor themselves by giving me an 8.5" x 11" color photo of a doctor we have recruited. they told me to just look at his picture whenever i was stressed out, and it'd be like drinking two martinis. mr. t told me to look at the photo, "and it will be like 'abracadabra!' and everything will be better". seriously? we're having this conversation?

a few minutes later, i emailed them a document to review prior to a meeting. sprout responded, "damn, you're getting to be high maintenance."

sprout wrote back, "don't worry. i sent him your picture, too. he's probably drooling all over it."

i replied, "oh good. i was worried he had already forgotten about me."

i told them this reminds me of the time i went into mr. t's office while he was talking to a guy on speakerphone. mr. t told this guy that i was single. the guy laughed awkwardly. i'm sure he was thinking, "okay? what does that have to do with the annual budget?!"

they got off the phone, and mr. t told me i needed to take a document up to the guy. seriously? after you just told him i'm single? mr. t assured me the guy is cute. i delivered the document to him, and boy, was it awkward.

caffeine free diet mountain dew.

not only does this drink probably have the longest name of any sodas, it also probably has the best flavor. it almost seems like an oxymoron - caffeine free diet mountain dew. mountain dew is most notable for its high caffeine content. so, i've had several people ask me how i can drink caffeine free diet mountain dew. why? because it tastes good. i'm trying to cut back on caffeine, but i still love my dew :)

the right people.

i have acknowledged that fate and karma are not real things. but it doesn't change that i love when the right people seem to come into your life at the right moment. several months ago, a person came into my life who i couldn't write about. i was having a very rough day, and he happened to overhear a conversation. i was so impressed that he later spoke to me when we were alone and told me he had been through a similar situation to what he overheard me talking about.

well, today as i was leaving my cousin's pilates studio, he overheard me telling my cousin that i still don't sleep - i wake up about every two hours. my cousin got summoned by another client and walked away as this gentleman started talking to me. he asked if i was leaving and said he'd walk out with me. normally i am afraid of any male over the age of 35 who is not related to me. but he seemed harmless.

and boy am i glad i walked with him. it meant so much to me that he took the time to offer some advice on breathing and relaxing. he said everyone goes through bad times and life is too short to waste time on them.