Can You Hear Me Now?

I got up early this morning, showered, dressed and prepared myself for a client that was supposed to be here to discuss the resume he wants done. He called me from Saskatchewan the other day and said he would be in Calgary, and could he make an appointment… well, I was ready to say “hell, NO!” because I am so busy with bookkeeping this time of year I can’t be bothered with anything else, but I figured, why not… resumes don’t take much time and they’re quick money.

While waiting for him, I finished up work for a client I started digging into last night. So now I am done her stuff, and this guy is a couple hours late… I’m thinking I was stood up. No phone call or anything. MEN. Whether it’s business or personal, what makes them think they can treat me that way, huh?? Ohhhh sure, I’ll probably get the apology and excuses later and the “give me another chance” spiel. “I’m just sooooo busy…” Pffffft.

On the positive side, I was up early and dressed, working away, and am ahead of where I thought I would be by now. So that means another coffee and a blog entry.

I received a call from my doctor’s office and I do indeed have gall stones. His nurse Sandy just said to eat a low fat diet and be careful with what I eat, and if I have any more problems to call them. Well… I have been eating “whatever” in the past few weeks, I just cut out the milk in my lattes, and have had no problems. I think most people have stones anyway so I’m not going to worry about it unless I start getting intense pain again. I’m 100% sure it was the milk though, and my naturopath agrees, so I’ll just leave it at that. Not that a low fat diet isn’t a good idea for me anyway. It’s just… you know… chicken wings.

So Kim (Joi) didn’t make it into my blog word cloud in the previous entry. Well honey, you know WHY?? Because you don’t have a BLOG for me to link to any time I mention your name, and you don’t come to Calgary ENOUGH for me to talk about you incessantly. However, Kim was in Calgary this past weekend, and it was sooooooooo great to see her and hang out. She joined the gang at Schanks for Michelle and Lisa’s (see?) birthday party. I had a cold so I wasn’t feeling very alive… I just came for dinner, to give my presents, and grab my goodie bag (they put together goodie bags for us, filled with cookies and candies and it’s the nicest thing ever) and bailed out by 9:00. Kim was staying with me so I gave her my spare keys so she could come over whenever. She stayed out with the girls pretty late, so I was fast asleep when she came in and didn’t hear a peep.

In the morning, I was going to pull out my coffee maker to make a full pot (in my attempts to cut back on coffee myself, I have been using this little one-cup drip thingy and the big coffee maker has been put away). Kim said “I could run to Tim Horton’s and get some”. YEAH! Oh, the things you’re able to do when you have a car and can drive around… for me, if it’s not in the mall next door with the Wal-Mart, I won’t be getting there any time soon. I’m sure y’all take it for granted if you drive, but I tell ya, I really appreciated that Sunday. We went all over the place and it was fabulous.

It started with Kim picking up Timmie’s coffees for us to drink as we got ready for the day. I decided I’d like to take my walker as well as my cane, which was a good call because I definitely needed it. Our first stop was The Bay in Chinook Centre, where Kim just had to run to the MAC counter real quick to grab some powder. I was just going to stay in the car, but I didn’t. I should have. The MAC counter is dangerous. Two lip glosses and an eye shadow later I spent almost $60. Sigh. Damn cute gay salesman who looks good in lip gloss. I blame him.

Then it was off to Hooters for lunch. I’m going to be an official Hooters’ Girl soon if I keep this up… Mel and I already made plans to go back for lunch next week. I just wanted to go somewhere that I could get an order of wings to go, because we were going to visit our friend Damien in the hospital and I knew he’d appreciate being brought wings! It was Kim that suggested Hooters. Blame Kim.

It was a great suggestion though, because they DO have great wings, and I could get 911 hot sauce on the side (I didn’t want to kill the guy by getting the wings tossed in that… he is, after all, in the hospital with colitis… so as much as I know he loves the hottest wings possible, I figured I’d get it on the side for him to use at his discretion). N.B.: I did call the hospital ahead of time to see if he was on any dietary restrictions and they said “no” so we’re cleared of blame for any sickness that may result from our thoughtfulness.

I also bought him a bottle of Hooters Hot Sauce, so he can pour it on his mashed potatoes or whatever other pathetic hospital food he wants to dress up. I will say, Damien was quite pleased!! I’m pretty sure we made his day. We had a nice visit with him and he’s looking really good. He’d already been there a week and wasn’t sure when he’d be released. I just hope he doesn’t need surgery, so let’s all send Damien good vibes, shall we?

Next stop, IKEA. Kim needed to look at kitchen cupboards as she’s doing some work in her house (she’s an interior designer, so she did all that pretty quick!) I walked out without buying anything, even after we stopped in the Swedish grocery part of the store, with all sorts of cookies and chocolates and I was drooling. Empty. Handed. Go me!

Then it was coffee time. In that entire huge shopping extravaganza part of the city where IKEA is, we did not see a coffee shop. So, we headed back my way and went to the Starbuck’s in Chapters. We ordered our fancy beverages and sat in the big comfy chairs. It was getting late and starting to snow, and Kim wanted to be back (she lives near Red Deer) for supper. So we made our last stop, Krispy Kreme. The hot light was on! You know what that means… free glazed doughnuts for everyone!

So, yeah, it was a very full day with a lot of running around and my Handicapped parking pass came in very handy. When I win the lottery, I am buying a car and driver (hell, we all know I’ll hire AH to be my personal driver so I can look at him every day) so I can do that all the time. Go places!!

p.s. Still no call from Resume guy.