10 Things I Learned This Weekend

1. I can be suckered into just about anything under the right conditions.
2. I am a lot more patient than I think I am, but I do have a limit. I hit it about 5 hours in.
3. Gordo loves me. He loves me so much that he doesn't want to share me with anyone else, and he is not shy about expressing his displeasure at the sight of me doing things like, say, showing affection to anyone else...like my poor, unsuspecting, understanding, and incredibly patient boyfriend.
4. Gordo's displeasure at being put in a kennel is best expressed by pathetically barking like mad and ripping his dog bed to shreds.
5. I'm the sheep whisperer...or maybe just incredibly lucky. Sometimes.
6. If one is going to accidentally set sheep loose in the parking lot of a hotel, one should prepare to encounter several people around who will try (and mostly fail) to help, point, laugh, and take pictures/video. One should also plan on having a sheep whisperer (me) and an untrained Australian Shepherd on hand.
7. Memphis-style BBQ is highly overrated (but maybe that's just been my experience). What I mean to say is, the BBQ in Memphis sucks just as much as the roads in Memphis.
8. Trish (the GPS)'s map update I paid $80 for isn't so much an update as it is a total fusterclucking.
9. Cracker Barrel breakfasts actually expand in your stomach after you eat them. One breakfast can be enough for a person's belly for at least 12 hours.
10. My job is over me just as much as I'm over it (HR sent out the job posting for my soon-to-be vacant position this morning).

upcoming birthday goings on

Just a little list I'm compiling to keep track of stuff (because the whiteboard calendar can't possibly handle it all).

Friday (Jan 23rd):
Martinis & IMAX (woohoo! Martinis for dinner!)

Saturday (Jan 24th):
I don't know...brunch, maybe?
birthday party! (for which I need to find an oversized flannel shirt...or a prom dress)

Sunday (Jan 25th):
Birthday phone call from mom (which I have to figure out how to record so it can be shared with the world)
Belgian waffles?
Hawks v. Suns game with Chris

Other possible things to do while Chris is in town, depending upon how long he'll let me keep him here:

The Vortex for burgers

Agnes & Muriel's for other nummies

Indian food (Vatica, maybe? or Desi Spice? any other good ones I'm forgetting or don't know about? I'm keeping my eye on this post...)

Snow Mountain!! @ Stone Mountain

feed the ducks @ Piedmont

Martin Luther King, Jr. Center

trivia (as we didn't quite make it there last time)

King Tut? Jury is still out...

Animal encounter @ Chattahoochee Nature Center

Dialogue in the Dark

Norman Rockwell's Home for the Holidays @ Atlanta History Center

Outbreak: Plagues that Changed History/ The Work of Bryn Barnard @ CDC

Shakespeare Tavern (Romeo and Juliet)

I'm sure I'll find more stuff to add to the list, but for now...that'll do, pig. That'll do.