Good Morning!

Good Morning!

Hooray for long holiday weekends!  Don't ask me why I'm up so early.  Ruben and I both woke up about 5am and were going to take Abby for a walk.  The idea was soon forgotten about and we slept for another hour.

I thought I'd really be disappointed that we didn't go camping but its kind of nice being at home.  Ruben is outside reading the paper before the heat of the day really kicks in.  I'm inside drinking coffee and blogging while enjoying the sheer pleasure of central air.

The office closed early yesterday which was nice.  After three days it had already been a long week.  A girlfriend of mine asked me if I felt like I was drinking water through a fire hose while learning the ins and outs of a new job.  That is exactly how I would describe it!  I'm trying to get a feel for the personalities and work styles of those around me so that I may act accordingly.  Sometimes I think that is the toughest part of a new job.  But soon this will all be old hat to me.  I just have to keep plugging away.

Lately I've just felt the need for some 'girl time.'  I put an email out earlier in the week to a few girlfriends in and outside of work for a get together for when the office closed early.  As it turns out, everyone was either already away (judging from their 'out-of-office' response), or were leaving to go away right when the office closed.  I was just hoping for a leisurely afternoon hanging out on one of the the many sofas at our favorite place, Cheuvront, while drinking endless glasses of red wine and eating cheeses from all over the world.  It's such a great place.  The waiters may as well be your girlfriends too.  They'll sit with you and chat.  I once exchanged makeup tips with one waiter.  Gotta love it!  Anyways, it was not to be.  I ended up working even after the office closed for the day.  At least next Saturday my girlfriends will be over for a home jewelry party.  I'm sure Ruben will be chomping at the bit to get the heck out of here.  He's already the only male in the house so the extra estrogen will work like Raid to a bug at a cook out. 

I read yesterday online about a couple who saw Jesus in an ultrasound picture they had done.  While I can see the outline of what appears to be a male face next to the baby, how do they know it is really resembles Jesus?  I mean, not to put down anyone's faith but the human eye is trained to make out shapes that are familiar to them.  It's called matrixing.  We do it when we see faces in the clouds or in the leaves on a tree.  But still, I suppose if I were pregnant and saw something like that in my ultrasound then I'd get some comfort in that.  I remember reading about a man who had cut a limb off a tree.  There was a shape of a man left when the limb was cut down.  Everyone thought it was Jesus so they all brought their lawn chairs over to this man's house (who they didn't know) and stayed in his yard praying.  Apparently the man got so tired of the crowd in his yard that he finally went out and chopped the tree down.  The people were, of course, upset.  Maybe we are a desperate society.  Faith is very intangible but as humans we strive for the tangible because it is easier to believe.

Last night Ruben and I went to our favorite Mexican watering hole.  It's pretty much our Spanish version of 'Cheers.'  Ruben and I met there 4 years ago this week.  I don't remember the date but I know it was around July 4th.  We pretty much know all the regulars and half of them showed for our wedding.  Last night I realized how we all speak to each other.  We speak in total Spanglish.  A sentence is started in Spanish and ends in English.  Or someone might say something in Spanish and repeat the same thing in English.  We are a small microcosm that is stuck between the Old World and the New World.  Regardless, I'm a very happy American. --Especially today as we celebrate the 4th.

We don't have many plans for today.  I think I might actually go back to bed for awhile.  Ruben has migrated from the back patio to the Man Cave.  I can hear the tv.  I think it's going to be a lazy day, and that's perfectly fine with me!