Chix Chat

From: Anne
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:26 PM
Subject: I wasn’t exactly sitting …

Hi, Michele!

Re: "sitting" on the sofa; I was more … um… laying down. (insert red face here.) I had stood by the arm and fell backward onto the sofa so I was laying on the sofa with my legs hanging over the arm … are you getting a mental picture of the embarrassment here? No, my boss hasn’t said anything about it. I’m glad, I know myface woul turn as red as a beet.

I am also a huge Garfield fan! He is *so* funny, with his laid-back self. I used to have Garfield underwear, which brings me to an amusing (?) Trent story. (Curious much?) I may have mentioned that Trent used to live near us. One day he said that I could ride home with him. (I think I asked - you KNOW I was in heaven!) As we were heading home, he suddenly felt compelled to go to McDonald’s for a burger; I believe he bought me one too. I’m digressing there - it’s such a good memory for me! Anyway, as I was getting my stuff out of the car, he said jokingly, "be sure to get everything: we don’t want to start any rumors." This was when I was in high school - I would have loved to start some rumors. Anyway, I told Chell what he said, and mentioned my Garfield undies, and I said saucily, "Well, Trent already knows about my Garfield undies." To this day, she will call me "Garfield" whenever she thinks of it.

I’ll see the Cute Pony-tailed guy this evening. Will I speak to him about almost hitting his car? Doubtful. I agree with your thoughts on shyness in relationships. You mentioned waiting for the guy to make a move: if I’d been just a little more talkative, surely Trent would’ve been powerless to resist me! (LOL) I am like you: my future husband will definitely be the pursuer. I would love to be gutsy enough to actually make a play for a guy I liked. But there’s that whole "what if I tried and he rejected me?" question burning in my mind. I usually decide that the fantasy is better than the reality. My sister, God bless her, is the type that will ask guys out. She has maybe four or five times in her life that I know of. I admire her for that, but she gets so upset when they turn her down (and they usually have). Years ago, one guy went out with her (after she asked him out first) for two weeks, borrowed $80 from her to fix his car and disappeared. Oh, and she paid when they went out. Yeah, I’d love to meet that guy - with the business end of my bat!

I can believe that the customer would lift the sheet to get to the merchandise then act like "well it was out." It’s like, "Well we put it under a sheet so the less stupid customers would understand that it wasn’t available yet." What else can you do? Put signs all around the sheet-covered display that say, "Do not open until (date)" or "NO! These aren’t ready! This means you!" Heck even then, someone would get one and try to buy it!

**recommendations**
cd - Whitney/Whitney Houston
movie - Romancing the Stone (loved Groundhog Day!)
TV show - That 70’s Show (really liked Charles In Charge)

funny moment- From Wings - I love the whole episode where they’ve dug up the time capsule and are reading letters of what they thought their lives would be like. In all of their letters, Helen is still a tad overweight. After hearing the guys’ letters she says, "Well, that’s just great. In your future (to Tim Daly’s character) I wasn’t even on the planet, and in yours (to the other guy’s character) I *was* the planet."

new questions- ANSWERED!

do you have any credit cards?  If so, how many?- one credit card.

are you the type of person who does something right away or do you wait until the last minute?-  I am such a procrastinator. I tell people: "I work best under pressure." I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s what I tell people.

if you could choose, what color would you want your eyes to be?- I think I’d choose blue - which they are.

have you ever been a bridesmaid or a maid of honor?- no.  I’m gonna start using your expression: "Never a bridesmaid … never a bride!"

do you or have you ever belonged to a health club? no

do you have a tv and/or vcr in your bedroom?- I have a tv.

Nuevos Questionos (I’d like to apologize to Spanish people everywhere for that…)

Have you ever found money? When I was little, I happened upon $20 laying in the middle of a department store. As I recall, my dad tried to turn it in, but no one claimed it so we got to keep it! Several times at Cracker Barrel I found fives laying around on the kitchen floor.

Have you ever lost money? I lost a wallet that had about $8 in it once.

When was the last wedding you went to? I believe that it was my high school chum’s wedding in about 1995. It was nice - she was a little choked up while saying her vows. (Later I was devastated to learn she’s gotten divorced - she was the *last* person I would’ve thought would get divorced!)

How many times have you flown in an airplane? One trip - both ways. In 10th grade a group from high school went to Washington, DC.

That’s it for today. Talk to you later! God bless!
Anne