Oh dear.  I managed to blog well for basically a whole week.  Unfortunately, that was about the point that “real life” decided to rear its ugly little head and bite me on the arse.  Too many cliches in that one sentence?  Too bad.  It’s still before 9am here and that ought to be too early to be legal. 

Anyway, here’s a quick recap:

1) My date went well.  Hopefully we’re going to do it again soon.  He even brought me a bottle of wine!  Geez.  I’m trying to keep things moving slowly though as I’d like to (hopefully) meet new people as well and not just throw myself head-first into a relationship.

2) I got my class schedule sorted out.  I’m taking this next quarter at Metro so I can take most of my credits online to give me more scheduling flexibility for appointments and work.  My boss, apparently, really needs me to be available to fill in for B. (who has stomach cancer and is getting much weaker very quickly) and I’d like to oblige, particularly as having a good deal of copy-editing experience will help my chances of moving away at some point.

3) The Royals lost!  Damn it!  Yes, I’m a Royals fan — it’s taught me many things about life, like how to lose with quiet dignity and grace (well, except for the minor disappointed outburst).  But… but… they’d been on a hot streak all summer!  Every time I went to a home game to watch them, they’d won!  Then they lost to the Albuquerque Isotopes.  It probably didn’t help that I spent some of the game thinking about that Simpsons episode.  On the other hand, Justin Huber (I’ve totally had a crush on him for about two years now — it helps that he’s Australian and dreamy) looked cute even if he had a bad night.

4) I’m pretty sure I’m driving out to Colorado next week — specifically, out to Estes Park so I can hike up on Trail Ridge Road.  It’s one of those places that managed to get under my skin ages ago, possibly one of my favourite places in the entire world.  I really need to get out there soon or wait until next year, as half the trailheads close in mid-October.  I just want to take more pictures like this and I promise to update everytime I can find a wireless connection. 

More later.  I really ought to figure out how this Monday-at-the-office should be structured.