Browse Month: November 2008

I treated myself.

I’ve had a crazy November and it’s not even over yet. So, last night when Susie invited me to a little event at the W hotel, I was intrigued. So I rushed home today, met up with Susie at the hotel. It turned out to be a designer handbag sale and was so much fun! There was free wine and lots of ladies practically clawing each other for their favorites.

After years of carrying a $20 handbag from Target or a ballistic nylon messenger bag, I went out on a limb and got myself a Goldenbleu bag for 75% off retail. It’s a well-made leather bag that makes me happy but it’s very practical at the same time. I know it’s sort of plain-looking and doesn’t have gold chains or tassles hanging from it but it’s comfy on my shoulder, has lots of pockets inside, and even fits my laptop!!  I’ll just have to keep it away from Koa cuz he’s been sniffing the leather all night. Apparently I’ve never owned anything made of real leather b/c he’s sniffing it like it’s crack for dogs.

This may be my very first designer handbad but I can see how this can get addicting.  Afterall, I am my mother’s daughter.  I can’t wait for Bazaar Bizarre next weekend.  It’ll be so much fun to see all of Eleen’s new designs and I may come home with some new hand-made goodies!

Dud Sailing

This weekend, we had our 2-day Basic Keelboat Sailing 2 course.  It’s a continuation from the first weekend but our instructor was an older gentleman who was big on safety and was BO-RING.  He went by the book on classroom instruction and we spent a lot of time going through checklists and sailed very conservatively.

On Saturday, the weather was warm and the skies were blue without a cloud in the sky.  Although it was a great day to be on the water with a cold beer, it wasn’t a great day for sailing.  There’s no fun in sailing without wind.  We made it out to the bay but the wind died by the first half hour. By the afternoon, the ebb  was very strong (pretty much sucking us out of the bay) so we turned on the motor and headed in early.  The last hour was spent our docking maneuvers.

This morning, the weather looked more promising but we were tricked.  The no-wind conditions were similar to yesterday and we ended up floating on the water and practiced reefing the sail.  We decided to call it a day by 1:00 pm and revved up the motor.  Unfortunately the motor died half-way back and I thought we were going to have to call the AAA of sailing for a tow.  Fortunately for us, we got the motor running intermittently and sailed VERY SLOWLY back to the harbor.

So, we are rescheduled to go back and finish the class another day.  We still have to learn the Man Overboard maneuver and practice jibing and tacking few more times.  Once we’ve gotten all that down, there’s a written test to get our first certification.  It would have been nice to get it all done today but I guess it’s just extra time for me to study the ASA book.   Pray for wind next time!!

Ladies Night

On Saturday night I went to a bachelorette party for a co-worker and I realized that I hadn’t been out dancing in a very long time.  It started out with a rather tame dinner since we had a few “grown ups” with us.  I made a veil (hand sewn!!) for the bride-to-be and R. brought a pink boa to complete the look.  After dinner, we went to a bar and then a club that was just next door.  Once the grown ups left, there were 7 of us left and we had a good time dancing and booty-bumping with everyone.  The club was CROW-DED but made for a very festive celebration for the bride-to-be.  With a full day of sailing and sun and a dose of Dramamine, I was ready to go home by 11:30 pm.  It certainly wasn’t a crazy late night out but just enough activity for me.  I was asleep by midnight and not too drunk for another day of sailing ahead.

Ner’zhul is full

Muhahahahahahahahahaha. Someone got the new expansion pack, installed it as soon as he got home from work, and found this on the screen. Oh noes!

*happy dance*

Teaching Day Off

I got the day off work today so that I could give my lecture this afternoon. It was the first of a series that finishes next week and my first official lecture of my teaching career. I had a powerpoint presentation, handouts, and had to wear a microphone. Overall, I think it went well and there weren’t any major audio-visual glitches. I even finished by 3:00 pm and had the rest of the day off. I finally got to tidy up the house and finish the laundry too.