the amazing adventures of jen14221

friday kid photo

Coming home from Philly yesterday was pretty non-eventful, except that I tried to jump on the 2:38pm instead of the 3:40pm.  Getting home an hour early would ensure that I had enough time to arrive in BUF, scrape the inevitable inch of ice-crust off my windshield, and get to Will's daycare to pick him up, all before dark  Of course, the flight was full, and I was first on the standby list.  At 2:28, the gate agent determined that there was one seat left because some dude did not show, and called me up to the desk.  He was printing off my boarding pass when the dude showed up.  Which bumped me off the flight. 

Oh well.

Here's the FKP.  Note the movie that Will loves and I loathe, only because it's on every fricking day.  Also, please note our new TV and awesome TV stand, which I first wrote about in January.

star sightings @ the airport

I live in Buffalo, so you have to imagine that most people travelling through the airport are the poor shlubs like me who live out of their roly cases, the Buffalo residents who cashed in their 401k to take the family to DisneyWorld, Canadians trying to save a buck by flying through BUF, people who are coming or going to a wedding or a funeral, or a local celebrity.

I have had two star sighting recently, and one asshole sighting.

On Monday, Jim Kelly  was at the US Air club chatting up the ladies. I've seen him before in the club but this time he was right there when I came in and asked to see my Club Membership ID because they only allow people over 21 in the club.  Oh, ha ha ha hee hee, blush, shutup.  I know - so cheesey - but I was momentarily in love.  Who needs Tom Brady anyway?

A few weeks ago I saw Robbie (Goo) Takac just passing through.  Man, that guy is tiny.

And, Jiffy Lube guy.  Still in his Jiffy Lube shirt.  No boots or hat.  There must be some serious Jiffy Lube business going on between the Buffalo and Philadelphia corridor that I am unaware of.

walgreens too?

So on Sunday, I was informed that I had a raging UTI, and given a prescription for antibiotics.  I grabbed it and sped towards Lockport as fast as I could go.  Instead of taking it to my local Rite Aid for filling, I decided to stop at a Walgreens that was on the way home.  While waiting the loooong 10 minutes for it to be filled and dispensed, I browsed the aisles and saw the following crap for sale:

 

My Lil' Reminder.  An okay product in concept, but the shortening of "Little" into "Lil'" fucks it all up.  What is wrong with people?

The Ear Lift, $4.99.  I'm thinking that if your earlobes are that saggy and you have an issue with them, stay away from the ginormous silver-plate earrings that weigh half a pound each.  A nice diamond stud (or a cubic zirconia if you're on a budget) is always classy and won't weigh you down.  In the earlobe.

And of course, the rack of bras and underwear.  Because when I go to the drugstore for Noxema, Bactrim and Crest toothpaste, I am always looking for a new brassiere in a very large size.  In the same aisle as tampons, maxipads, yeast treatments and ovulation prediction kits.  Why not just re-name Aisle 7 to ALL THINGS VAGINA AND BREASTS.

This just can't be normal and makes me long for the days of CVS in the late 1980's, where we sold only NORMAL THINGS at the drugstore.

bactrim saves

I spent a good chunk of the day at the WNY Immediate Care Center in Williamsville.  Turns out I had a raging UTI (my second one this year, and my third in 9 months) and needed a stat dose of Bactrim.  Now, I can usually self-diagnose my UTIs but this one was something very special and needed an extra pair of eyes or two to nail down the real diagnosis.  So, after three days of pain and discomfort and sitting in a tepid bathtub at 1am, I am all better!  Peter is very hilarious and thinks I need to change the kind of underwear I wear.  I think I need to drink more cranberry juice, and cranberry juice without vodka mixed in at that.  So that's the end of my weekend, which depresses me because I really did nothing except do laundry and pee blood, and now it's time to go back to Philadelphia.

buffalo spree, march 08

I have two articles on-line for this edition of the Spree.

Here

and Here.

I don't know what happened to my review of the Melting Pot.  Boo.

view from my hotel room, wednesday 5:00pm

fun with photobooth

We had dinner at my parent's house last night and I checked out my dad's iMac; I HATE Macs but I like the Photobooth feature.

nothing new

Nothing new here again, folks.  I'm still tired and I am still travelling.  I slept 11 hours last night, which felt fabulous.  Made chicken for lunch and tacos for dinner.  Went out on Friday with the neighbors for a fish fry.  Did laundry, and now I am going to go pack and get ready for my trip in the morning. 

Here's Will at the Y yesterday; he loves swimming lessons.  Too bad he comes out of the pool all dry and crusty and his excema seems to be really acting up.  We are using a lot of Aquaphor to keep him soft and moisturized, like a little greaseball.

friday kid photo

Boyfriend really needs a haircut.

congratulations

Congratulations to my sissy and her new fiancee!  They just got engaged today.  I can't wait to start to help her plan the wedding.  And register for good stuff at Williams-Sonoma!