Social Butterfly

Well, I finally got out of the house for something besides work... a record *two* times this weekend. Yesterday I had lunch at Las Fuentes (good food!) with my mom's old partners from her store and one of the partners' two daughters, one of whom is pregnant to burstin'. It was a nice lunch, although I found that I do not have very much in common with any of those fine folk.Today dustinashe and I went to his employee party at the UofR pool. It was pretty cool - good food (as it should be - it was by the food company after all), and an interesting mix of people. I love his company - socially responsible and sustainable foodservice, who'd a thunkit?~ Bon Appetit Management Company ~I actually went into the pool (in my first new bathing suit since, what? 2001?) with only minor provocation from the hubby. I am very excited to report that I fit into a small bathing suit again... yay stress! See what it can do for you!It's been a good week - meeting new people and re-meeting some blasts from the past. Defnitely the most contact I've had with others in a non-professional capacity in recent memory. And as far as I can tell, I have not yet made an utter ass of myself! Good that.On the professional front, PC has offered me a per diem job doing TBS assessments throughout Riverside County in my spare time (ha!). I will need a different car for that.... my poor coach is not a young car, and it eats gas like it was at the Last Supper. So, I guess I'll cut back a day at CCS, which is just fine by me - I have never felt very comfortable there anyway, and the more I do the Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, the less I feel like doing it. How the hell did I end up working with kids anyway?! I was supposed to be doing Depth! At least I'll get some more hours toward my license. I need a countdown clock. 3000.... 2999.... fuck it.I'm terrified and horrified at the idea of going back to school next week to take Intermediate Algebra. I bought the book already and was looking at the beginning algebra review chapter the other night and I did not know shit. Med school?! WTF was I thinking? I hope I can transfer to UCR soon. The thought of sitting in one of those lame little student desks with a bunch of 18-year olds makes my ass itch. Especially since they will all probably know a hell of a lot more about Algebra than me. When was it last? 1992? At the latest.... I've forgotten most of the decade since then, I certainly have done my best to repress the Math. Oh well, this will, if nothing else, test my resolve. I downloaded this old-timey picture book I think I remember seeing when I was little. Anyway, this picture kind of sums it up right now:I sat for a bit last night - it was wonderful, wonder why I avoid it like the plague? Took the dogs for a walk yesterday, also wonderful, except for the part where they each take off in opposite directions when a person is nearby which stretches my arms out worse than a rack would. That is probably why I avoid that like the plague.Not much else to report. Life is good, and I'm beginning to feel twinges of high energies again. Last week was great for that, I was starting to get that old back-tingling, hair-on-the-back-of-the-neck-raising feeling again in sessions. Kick ass."Though one conquers thousands and thousands of men in the battlefield, yet he is the noblest victor who conquers himself." - The Buddha