The Streetcar Chronicles

A colleague of S’s enjoyed the last video I posted of the gal pal and requested that I share more videos of her. Who am I not to comply?

This was taken in February 0f ‘08, the day after we had a huge snowstorm. You can see the pup loved bouncing around in it until she realized she was cold.

I’ve written about work more than I’ve meant to lately. How’s about some tales of fun nights spent with friends?

After two cancellations on our part, S and I were finally able to get together for dinner with our friends Christine and T. Both S and I had felt pretty bad that our stomach issues had resulted in our plans being postponed, especially since we wanted to celebrate Christine’s 29th birthday. This past Friday, we went out to a happening Sushi restaurant in our ‘hood.

S and I arrived at 7:30 and only two tables in the restaurant were occupied. Given a choice of seating, S and I elected to sit in the booth in the window. “Does this place ever get busy?” S asked me as we settled in to our seats. Not long after, we were joined by Christine and T.

Christine was as bubbly as ever as we chatted about what we’ve been up to the last few weeks. Christine is a regular reader of the blog so she came to dinner with a few questions for me regarding the breakfast with executives I had participated in earlier in the week. She and S exchanged stories of frustrating HR personnel at their respective companies and then I answered her questions about the breakfast initiative at the office.

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A few weeks ago, S picked up some booties for the gal pal to wear on her walks. She wasn’t happy wearing them in the store and she really wasn’t happy wearing them in the days that followed. It really is something to be seen though, so I took some pictures of her in her booties and a video too. You can tell she is pissed at me; she wouldn’t even turn to look at me. Here she is plotting my demise:

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S has had a rough couple of days. She felt pretty crappy for most of the weekend but Sunday through to yesterday was pretty bad. S rarely takes time off of work, but she was in no shape to go in yesterday so she stayed home. She didn’t know what the cause was, if it was a stomach bug or if she’d eaten something off. Regardless of the cause, she was not faring too well.

Hoping to help her feel better, I made chicken soup for dinner on Monday night. (It was a long weekend here due to the Family Day holiday.) S didn’t have very much of her soup since her stomach was too unsettled.

While I was at work yesterday, I wrote her on her Blackberry to ask her what she felt like having for dinner. I was up for making soup again; if not chicken, I could look up a different recipe to try. S said that soup was fine and she was okay with having chicken again.

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It’s been a pretty relaxing weekend here. All was quiet on the home front except for a little blip yesterday afternoon.

We went for breakfast at our local greasy spoon with our friend K yesterday afternoon. K has told us about her recent home improvement projects that she’s done on her own. She’s insulated her water heater, put up a fence and re-organized her living space all on her own. S thought that perhaps K would be able to help us figure out how to lubricate the treadmill and get it set up properly. K said that she’d be happy to help.

Breakfast was good as we were served by a cheerful, older French-Canadian waitress. She reminds me of my best friend; the way she speaks, how she writes and carries plates. It reminds me that I should get in touch with my best friend. We live a few blocks apart, but I rarely see her.

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