I don't get St. Patty's Day

There are a few holidays I have no appreciation for whatsoever.

First: Halloween. Hate it as an adult. LOVED it as a kid. My sister and I would leave the house as early as we were allowed to with costumes on and a pillow case to hold all the candy. I have loved candy forever so the competition factor w/ my sister coupled with the sugar buzz I was assured of enjoying through Christmas motivated me well into my late teens. But for some reason I hate dressing up and have since I can remember so I will turn down any Halloween party I'm invited to. I'm usually a lot of fun, I swear.

Second most hated holiday: Valentines Day. It's a day shoved at you whether you are in love, with no one, or worst of all: in love but separated for whatever reason. Annoying as hell.

Third: New Years Eve. Amateur night. Rarely ends up like anyone wants it to. This past one spent in Milan with my old boyfriend was probably the best and I can count on one hand the number of others in my 48 years on this planet.

Fourth: today, St. Patty's Day. I just don't get it. I love the Irish - they know how to party, that's for sure. But why is everything green? And if you don't go out that night you're considered no fun.

That's all the holidays I'll take down for now. I'm sure I'll have more later... I always do!

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Stag Nation is wearing me out

I've been off work for nearly a month and it's killing me. I'm trying to be productive during this final week of recouping from surgery but Oh My God it's painful.

I've pulled out my scrapbook stuff (never thought I'd do that again) and even got my taxes ready to send off tomorrow.

During this past month I've:

1. Had my knee operated on
2. Attended a funeral for a friend who committed suicide
3. Crashed my car
4. Found my old friend Kerry from 20 years ago
5. Bought tickets for Lenny Kravitz in Paris this May
   
6. Shopped too much
7. Transferred from New York to LA to Domestic
8. ...And broke up with my boyfriend of several years

Long distance relationships suck.

I feel like I lost my best friend

Just slammed my car into the side railing on my way home from my sister's. When is this crap going to get better?

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hanging up the politics for now

It has been way too long since I updated this thing. Four months actually since the presidential election ended and it seems like a lifetime ago.

I've been spending ridiculous amounts of time on Facebook while my knee lags behind trying to recover from arthroscopy earlier this month. I'm hoping to get back on the plane in ten or so days even though I'm now flying domestic out of LA instead of international out of NYC. Being grounded doesn't work for me. I don't know how the union work kept me from leaving much sooner than following a nine-year stint. In any event, domestic is going to take some adjusting to. We'll see how it all goes.

With nothing keeping me tied down anymore - it's just Elwood and me - I'm up for just about anything. I feel change brewing.

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