So, it's been almost a month since I last wrote and now it's super hard to write because I'm in the Christmas card scenario - you get so far behind, you know that you will never make the deadline and then it's the big decision as to whether or not to still continue.

Big sigh.  Anyway, I just finished this book called "Prep" - it's fiction by a first-time writer who writes for the NYT & Fast Company.  She's very talented.  Ever since I was a kid, I've been a pretty voracious reader, and when I get on a roll, well, I can't seem to stop.  This is the 3rd book I've finished in three weeks.  So I might not be sleeping or keeping in touch with my friends, but I read.   Anyway, Prep was a lot of fun - it's all about a girl from the midwest going to some hoity-toity northeastern boarding school and it's pretty much told from all of her observations of what's going on around her.  It had two quotes that struck me as very telling.  The Kafka one above and then one about marriage "cutting sorrow in half and doubling joy".  I really liked that reflection.

Well, since my trek to Boston with poor Dave, I've been to Ann Arbor, MI, witnessed my NE Patriots win another super bowl (woo-hoo), traveled to LA for much sunnier happy weather than my last visit, and spent a few nights at home with my poor deserted husband ;-).

I spent Valentine's Day with a work colleague who is now a friend, Rachel, in Boston.  We had dinner at the bar at Legal Seafoods chatting it up with some thirty year-old bartender.  We were definitely a sexy couple, I tell you. 

I dragged Rachel to Filene's Basement as well - no trip complete without it and she learned the magic.  We each bought a few things - more stuff to carry around on a two week trip.  On Wednesday night I had dinner with my dad & Alesa at The Border Cafe, home to the best margaritas.  They had warned the waitstaff of my birthday and of course, they sang and my face turned as red as my hair.

On Thursday, I flew Song to Orlando.  It was my first time on that airline, Delta's little spin-off.  Now, I was kind of psyched about this because it's supposed to be like Jet Blue with Direct TV at every seat and flight attendants who wear Kate Spade designed uniforms.  What I found was something only slightly nicer than Southwest, very small seats and space underneath them for your crap, and Direct TV that looked real cool except none of the movies or music worked, and we could only get four stations.  Huge disappointment.

Thursday night I had sushi in Titusville with my parents.  Now, most of you would know nothing to be wrong with that statement having never visited Tight-ass-ville.  However, sushi in a small southern town, despite it's proximity to the ocean, is a strange concept.  It wasn't bad but it wasn't great.  Oh well, next time I order the noodles.

Friday I visited Florida Tech with some of the Orlando people with whom I work and visited the studio again.  Then my buddy Dave and our friend Jackie who we work with took me out for my birthday - we went to Pleasure Island in Orlando.  I'd never been to the clubs before in all my time in FL so it was an interesting cultural experience.  We were going to have to wait almost two hours for dinner (between 9 pm and 11 pm) so we had some appetizers at McDonalds before heading to the bar and then eating.  Then we went dancing at a cheezy 70/80s place and laughed our butts off.  Jackie, evidently, is a huge fan of Rick Springfield.  Oh the things you learn.  Pictures to be posted soon!

Next post:  more birthday celebrations ... and five flights in six days :-).