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[Lise]

Nanci, you were doing traffic school on line? How cool! Glad you got through. Sorry you had to do it at all. I also was impressed that you "knew" that the rattler would curl up. You are finely tuned in to our animal friends.

Snap--your baby pup is so cute. Glad the meds are helping.

KN--hang in there. If you act like a professional, it will shine through. I'd say keep looking for something you'll like better, though. It sucks to be driven crazy by the personalities at work.

I miss MP. Looking forward to stories from the Death Ride, Death March, Death Star, what ever it was!

fish--everybody in your house well, aside from annoyed as heck with the tires? No more odd fevers?

I have had such a strange evening. I rode to the fundraiser--and went to the wrong bar. There are two of them, it turns out. Got back on the bike, rode to the right one. Big upstairs room, about 10-15 of the nurses, one doc, some friends of the nurses. Hanging out, talking, and all of a sudden, there's a huge influx of young men. Turns out they're a bachelor party who decided to join us. Which means they each contributed $35 to the fundraiser, so come on in! But they are all over us. One young guy was flirting his head off with me. It was an interesting cultural experience. He had to be 20 years younger than me. Half drunk. Giving me his best pitch. (no, I was not at all interested) I was polite, amused, and eventually drifted away. Another one of his pals slid his hand across my butt and said, "How's it going?" Are you kidding me? What a hoot. I have not been in a bar, flirting with guys in their 20s for...oh, 23 years! They had the raffle at 9:30, and then I zipped out of there. As I was unlocking my bike, a bouncer came over to flirt with me! Suggested I come back in for a drink. Said he'd seen me riding up and just knew I was following him. I said, "You're right!", hopped on my bike, and rode off into the night. OK, this crocheted black top must go on some dates. It works. And why are we single women riding in bike shorts? A skirt is where it's at! (Actually, I had my tri shorts on under the skirt. And I think the top may have had more to do with it... )

Came home and opened an email from one of the online dating things I was doing for about 6 months. They have a new service. "Chemistry" something. For the heck of it, I filled out the multiple page questionaire, and submitted it. Who comes up as my BEST match based on this extensive analysis?!? The architect who dumped me back in April! The guy I really dug who just stopped returning my calls after 3 fairly passionate weeks. It was creepy to see his face and read why the computer thinks we're soooo compatible. Yikes. I shut my profile back down and turned the thing off! Between horn-dog twenty somethings and a guy who already rejected me...this dating thing is a trip and a half. I'd rather do one of Nanci's rides!

I believe this is more than enough excitement for one day. Tomorrow, a meeting in the morning, brunch with friends, a few hours of lovin' on my little niece, Maya, a NAP, and then I start a 24 hour call shift.

Nanci's BF gets home tomorrow... ...thread drift should slow down considerably!

PS: I thought that bit about demon rum was hilarious. Show me one person that would in any way touch. If you drink, you drink. If you drink a lot, you couldn't care less that it's killing you! Who did the fine state of Florida pay to come up with that one?