Fat Tuesday, you're evil!

Jul&Nic
Originally uploaded by LadyJ117.

So, this is what happens when you go out on Fat Tuesday with a bunch of other bartenders. You end up trying to make your best Angelina Jolie face and take a picture of yourself doing it!!!

Those of you who I forwarded my Fat Tuesday album to were lucky enough to have seen the progression my friends and I went through that night. We went from trying to look pretty to trying to look just plain ugly!! I swear, I looked at the pics the next morning...yes, because I, unlike the rest of them, had to get up and go to work...and I didn't even remember taking half of them!!

It was the first time in a long time I had a blackout moment and I suddenly realized: God, I'm too old for this. The text messages they all sent me at 1 and 2 p.m. didn't help either.

"Man, I just got out of bed. I don't know how you went to work."

That was what the jist of them said. Needless to say, I was less than thrilled to hear they had just got up while I was putting together my third sports section of the day!!!

Bitter? No, I'm not bitter. I had a great time and it was worth feeling like I'd been runover by a mack truck the next day. But next time, I think I'm going to give them all a friendly wake-up call when I have to get up the next morning!! Yeah, that's fair!!

To the two nice men who helped me this afternoon: Thank you so much!!

In case you are unaware, Boston is laying on a big, ridiculous sheet of ice. Everything is frozen. The water, the snow. Everything. It's been sunny, but it's so incredibly cold that nothing is melting. Essentially, to get into any parking spot on the street you have to back up over a mound of ice to get into it. I tried to do that today and failed...miserably.

So, I back into the spot but as I try to complete the second phase of my parallel parking attempt I realize I'm stuck!! I can't move forward or backward because my wheels are spinning and spinning and spinning on a sheet of ice. There's nothing I can do.

Fortunately, these two nice guys walking past me offered their assistance. One placed a couple stones under my front tire, then they both pushed. Seconds later, I was free!!

So again, thank you so much for your help. I could have been stuck there for hours had it not been for you both.

Is is March yet?

LJ&Red
Originally uploaded by LadyJ117.

...I ask because that's when I'm going to New Orleans for a much-needed vacation. No? Not March yet? Damn!!

Anyway, things have been okay. Here's a brief rundown of my life over the last week:
- Saw Justin Timberlake perform at the Garden.
- Split with John because we weren't seeing enough of each other.
- Worked, worked, worked.
- Drank, drank, drank.
- Rocked the karaoke stage at The Chuck with roommie Jill (aka Red, see photo).
- Had a guy over just to "hang out" and now he's obsessed with me.
- Watched the Celtics finally win a game.
- Am slap-stick happy now that the Red Sox are in Spring Training.

Oh the life of a single, working stiff never gets dull does it!! So what's on tap this week? Well, more of the same. Working all three nights this weekend because of the "holiday". (Honestly, President's Day is for buying cars, not going out drinking!!). That's about it. Hope your weekend is better than mine!!

Happy belated Heart Day!! Thanks to my valentine, Jackie, my BFF, for going out with me last night. Good times!!