Y2 D49

I got into it a little bit late last night with X2's brother. He pinged me on FB and was asking how things were, yadda yadda, and I gave him a pretty straight forward and truthful answer. He then came back with "gosh, well life is what you make it and if you want it to be good..." or some similar bullshit. I am tired of hearing that from people. Life is NOT always want you make it. Sometimes there are things beyond your control that weigh you down and cause you to not be in the best of places. I am sorry, but that's reality. Sure, I can choose to be smiley and pretend like nothing is going on, yet that would be bullshit. I didn't get this tattoo across my fucking stomach to pretend that life is happy go lucky. Life sucks and we get a small amount of time here to "enjoy" it. Sometimes things are just not good. Instead of running from them, people need to understand that and realize sometimes you have to embrace the bad with the good.  He backed down pretty quick when I started hitting him with some of that. I didn't mean to lash out, but I get tired of it.

Took the girls yesterday for a high tea service in the afternoon. The kid's friend had never been to a high tea. I enjoy it. For $19 each where else can you go and feel like someone special enjoying tiny little sandwiches, petit fours, etc. I love a good tea service. Most people think it's a decadent thing, but truth is, it's one of those small inexpensive little pleasures.

From there we went back to Ikea. I finally decided what to put on the blank wall I have had since I moved in here. I picked up six of the squiggly mirrors they sell. They are a little over 5 feet tall and will fill that wall well. I just now need to figure out how to hang them, hang them straight, and not kill myself in the process. I may need to get some help. I might ask my buddy who is REALLY suffering through some financial issues right now if he wants to help. I can buy him some groceries in exchange for helping me out. I decided on the mirrors because it will make the room look bigger this way. I also decided on a place for my records which I have yet to remount since moving in here.

I don't know if I will do any of it this weekend, but that would be the goal. Use Sunday as a Joe Fix-it day around the house.

We watched Pulp Fiction last night for the hell of it. I was reminded of how much both LO and X2 remind me of Uma Thurman. It's pretty clear in my head the type of woman I go for these days. Too bad they don't like guys like me? For dinner, I did a traditional Swiss raclette. I pulled everything out, meat, potatoes, bellpeppers, etc. We sat on the floor eating raclette and watching movies. That was fun.

Today I start new client. It's a pretty big client with a short timeline. I need to knuckle down today and try to exceed expectations. This is the first big project since my fuckup last month. I need to redeem myself.

HA. I need redemption in so many ways it's not even funny...