Exhibit A.
Ice
They are making an ice skating rink (click here to see) right outside of my building. It’s weird.
IM conversation with a colleague:
2:58 PM Colleague
Hello. I did crunches for the first time in weeks on Friday.
Now it hurts when I breathe.
2:58 PM Veronica
good. :: grumpy cat ::
The Temp said that they are making the ice skating rink outside as
a tribute to my ice cold heart.
3:00 PM Colleague
He’s right on target with that.
3:00 PM Veronica
I know he is.
Hiking
Because of some stuff, I
have recently not been able to be as active as I usually am. But,
now I am better, and am able to get back to regular activities, however, I have
fallen out of the swing of things.
So, when I had to run 7 blocks the
other day (in heels) to get back to the office in time, by the time I got to
the building, I was exhausted. This is very unlike me. So I decided
that I needed to walk over the weekend, and Karen said she and her dog could
join me.
We went to Patapsco park, and got all 10,000 steps in for our
Fitbits in a very short time. I’m going to be honest with you – it was a hard hike.
There was actual climbing with my hands. My legs were very sore the next
day. But it was a nice walk, and if you want to go on a hike with me,
you’ve got my number.
Don't fall...
Hell stairs. They were half the size of me, they came up to my hip.
Then, just as we were
leaving the park and going to our car, a stray dog was walking down the street,
so Karen flipped her freaking flip, and then we spent like another hour chasing
this dog and lassoing and waiting for its owner to show up. The dog was
an older dog, and was very disoriented, and didn’t even register our existence
for a while; it was just walking and walking, and then it went down into the
river, and the whole chasing experience was basically horrible.
But Karen chased her around, and finally
lassoed the dog with a spare leash, and then we decided to just sit down right there
on the trail to give the dog a change to chill out. She didn’t let us
near her head because she was too worked up and shaking and freezing, but after about 20 minutes, we were
able to read the tag from a distance.
On a related note, please make sure
that your pet’s name tag is very clearly legible, not just engraved silver.
Make sure it is something like white on green, or white on black, or black on
pink, or something.
We were sitting there for a very long time because it
was so hard to make out the phone number. But finally we did, and I
called the owner, who was all, “oh, that silly dog,” and "oh, when she usually runs away," and acting like it was no
big deal. He also warned us to just stay put, as she is a chow mix, and might get a little aggressive, so we did the right thing by just sitting down for a long time and not pressuring her. I have other things to say about the owner, but I shan’t.
Meanwhile, while we were
sitting there on the frozen ground with our legs and butts totally numb, and
Chance (Karen’s dog) totally behaving, the poor dog was howling. She was
howling when I was on the phone with her owner, and the owner said, “Is that
her howling in the background? I have never heard her make any
noise.” Again, I am going to avoid commentary. So, after a while,
we realized that we would not be able to silence her, so, if you can’t beat
them, join them!
We were all singing,
except Chance The Dog, who did not find this activity fun nor amusing.
The Taylor Swift
In other news, are you going to the Taylor Swift
concert? BECAUSE I AM!!!!
Do you ever have moments when you are doing
something, and in that moment, you have a small self-assessment moment – “What
am I doing? Is this my life??” Even Taylor has moments like this. Like when she was on Good Morning America
(which I watch e’ery day, btw) and she said, “I’m performing in Times Square…
What is my life right now???” (Around
6:30 of this clip from GMA.)
Well anyway, Kate and I were having one of those “What is my
life right now??” moments whilst we were on the phone with each other
purchasing Taylor Swift concert tickets.
There was squealing and other assorted noises as we clicked “Confirm
Purchase.” We love her.
She’s like our invisible friend – she’s been on all of our road trips
together, right there in the car singing along with us, and on all of our
adventures, she’s been there.
Did you know that all
the proceeds made from her single “Welcome to New York” from her new album “1989”
are going to NYC public schools? (NYC
made her an official Ambassador.) She is
good.
I can’t wait to meet her and
instantly become BFF. It’s only a matter of time now.
Oh hey, Melissa - I found your husband in Tinder.
You're welcome.
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