A Fat Tuesday was had by all…

Gosh, I was so concerned about being busy today, I almost forgot: Happy Mardi Gras, everyone!

If I had remembered I would have given you my recipe for gumbo. Oh well, maybe another time.

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So, how was your day?

In my line of work, the last day of any given month is always extremely busy. By the time I get home sometime after six tonight, it will have all just been a blur. On the last day of the month in January, I closed so many loans that I was hoarse from talking by the end of the day. It seems we’ve got twelve closings today, which means twelve different sets of clients and customers.

I did come prepared, though. I made beef and vegetable soup and bacon cornbread last night, and brought some today so I don’t have to leave the office.

Oh yeah, bacon cornbread, baby.

I’m going to get started on a pot of coffee, it will be time to greet the first client in less than an hour.

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Days without sunshine

Justin left yesterday to visit his family in the hills of Arkansas. He’ll be back Wednesday evening. Of course this has left me to tend to our animals. We have quite a little zoo. A dog, two cats, a rat and a bird.

Justin usually takes Duncan, the dog, with him, but this time he left the poor, retarded thing with me. You can tell the dog to sit, he’ll scratch. Tell him to stay, he’ll come to you. Yell for him to come, he’ll run away. You get the picture.

That’s a picture of Justin, on the left. He’s the cute one in the green shirt. This was taken on the set of a low budget movie he was in. He only had one line that I can remember: “Y’all wanna go down to Midtown and have a beer?” I think he had another line, maybe two, but that was by far the biggest one. I won’t name the movie, I doubt if you could get a copy, anyway. It is certainly not one of Justin’s proudest moments. But, he is a good actor and an even better singer. He does well in local stage production musicals.

Oh, and Elton John cannot hold a candle to Justin’s rendition of “Dont let the sun go down on me.” You get goosebumps when he sings it.

So, I guess it’ll be a few quiet days at my house. You know what they say: “absence makes the heart grow fonder.” Maybe I’ll get fondled when he gets home.

That was just so tacky. But, I’m leaving it.

Photo credit: P.Krenbrink

Do you know what it feels like for a girl?

I was just randomly reading blogs today and I came across an 18 year old girl’s blog. This post caught my eye:

Ew
I am so disgusted with myself today. Like, I looked in the mirror and I just saw FAT and ugly. Like, it was so gross. And I really don’t know how I let myself get to this point. Usually I am okay. Usually I don’t really think I am fat. But today, it’s just like… I’m fucking huge. Huge and disgusting. And my thighs are too big and my arms are gross and my stomach is terrible. I pretty much want to die.

Like, at that point, dear friend, I had my very first laugh of the day.

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