ugh

zumba again tonight. i'm convinced the instructor is cracking up inside -- 'aw, look at the old lady trying to have rhythm' (i just realized that 'rhythm' has no vowels).

when did ryan gosling become so hot? maybe a little on the thin side and he's certainly not as handsome as mr. sanders, but he's making a play for 'my list'.

i had m&m's and a vodka tonic for dinner. i think i'll write a junk food diet book. do you think that cancelled out the zumba? i wish i could buy abs of steel at carrefour.

so, give me an opinion on something (i'm sure you people need something to do) -- here's the scenario: i go to a birthday lunch for a person that i've only met one time. i don't like to show up empty handed, but i don't know the person well, so i buy a lucky bamboo and a card and put it in a gift bag. i know a lucky bamboo is not a sephora gift card or a pair of fabulous shoes, but its at least something. during birthday lunch, birthday person opens each and every gift and exclaims happily how lovely everything is -- except for my present. birthday person peeks inside the sparkly, ribbon-be-decked gift bag, smiles and sets bag on the floor, says nothing, then moves onto the next present. was that rude? i personally hate opening presents in front of other people, but when i have to, i make sure the gift-givers think their trinket is the BEST GIFT EVER.

still happy to be working. getting to know the kids' names and faces and all of them (well, most of them) are actually very sweet. they still don't really know i exist yet cause my co-worker susan is pretty groovy, but i'll be infamous soon enough.

i'm stealing this line: "i'm a hugger cause i'm from the south".

missing all my friends state-side though,

tricia

p.s. i'm literally counting down the days until i can hit the 'state fair of texas'. next year i'm going to try to win the best fried food contest with this: new chili-cheese bacon-topped, onion ring-encrusted, battered, tater tot barbecue hot dog.