Brazilian coffee + nighttime + low caffeine tolerance = yikes!

[judecorp]

I knew that I shouldn't have had that cup of coffee around 9:30 or 10pm, but I really wanted something warm to drink and that pot of Brazilian coffee smelled soooo goooooood. Now my body is tired but my brain just will not stop, which is a problem for me at night even without coffee. Usually I don't ingest any caffeine after lunchtime so this is a Big Deal. And I'd had a Diet Coke at around 6:30 besides. Yow.

We went to Olex and Jen's place for a little hors d'oeuvres get together tonight which ended up being a little private affair of the four of us plus their friend Mike (mathwhiz78) who was visiting from the midwest. He was quite lovely and more than a little nerdy, which of course I can dig. We watched football playoffs and played board games, an odd but enjoyable combination.

Even though I don't hear from Crystal anymore, I'm really glad we met and used to be close because she introduced me to Olex. O&J are really fabulous people that we love a lot, both individually and as a couple, and sometimes you just need a couple of those. Though I don't get a chance to go out or make plans nearly as often as I'd like, I have to admit that I've met some great people out here... and surprisingly enough, almost all of them are from work, which is a first for me and especially surprising because when I met them, I thought they were all the Stepford Social Workers. (Some of them are, I suppose, but there are a bunch of cool ones in there.)

Whenever we blow out of this dump, we will certainly miss Olex and Jen, and Gina and Ben, as well as the Usual Suspects. Coworker Sarah (Part II, not to be confused with Coworker Sarah from Ohio whom I also miss terribly) and Coworker Funk also make the list.

I really wish I could get some sleep, because we have a big day tomorrow. We need to get up early enough to get supplies and make squash soup for a HelpLine potluck at 1pm, and then we're supposed to meet up with LU3KE for dinner somewhere in town. And then the usual Sunday laundry. So: must. sleep.

But I'm way excited to see Luke! I missed me some Veggie xhardxcorex.

Comments

[fatfeistyfemme.livejournal.com]

you mean, you'll miss them when you move to Portland? ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

You know it, babe.

p.s. Smooch and I want to plan a little visit out your way sometime in the spring to check out what all of this hype is about. :)

[fatfeistyfemme.livejournal.com]

yaaaaaaaaay!

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

"Even though I don't hear from Crystal anymore"

Do you know anything more than I?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I don't know anything, really. When girlmom (I think that was her name) died, Crystal told me that she was cutting all LJ friends that weren't somehow connected to girlmom. I have had no contact with her since then except for one time when I went out for pizza with a couple of her friends, who ended up calling her on the phone and I talked to her for a few minutes. That was a long time ago. I've since tried e-mailing her a bunch of times, but no-go.

Last I heard, she was mobility-impaired due to some sort of procedure or complication, and that's about it. She's had my sleeping bag since she toured with the Greens (Sept. 2004) which is why I've been dying to get a hold of her.

Do you have any more input than that?

[vorpalbla.livejournal.com]

Nope.
I hope she is, well, alive.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, she is. At least, she was recently.

The people we got the kitten from are friends of hers (her friends Jamie and Michael that she used to mention in her LJ, the ones who had the baby) and when we got the kitten in November, they had been in contact with C.

I know she's changed her cell phone number, so I don't know how to reach her. Argh.

[poopsmoothie.livejournal.com]

xveganxhardcorex 1 2 3 GO!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be a very good vegan, what with all of my ice cream consumption. :)

[poopsmoothie.livejournal.com]

There are substitutes for that. None of them exactly taste like ice cream, but they're pretty good for what they are.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I can deal with some of the tofutti stuff okay, but i am a serious ice cream addict and nothing else will do. :)