10:48p

stanky breath
'must be from all that garlic in my friend's yummy dip.
boy did we have a nice spread for dinner tonight with all of my ex-co-workers.
only I think it's probably more appropriate to call them my friends.

it was great...four of us got together. spent nothing on food, cause
my friend (the hostess for the evening) had all kinds of things in her fridge
that she put together to make a nice meal.
we had: spam musubi, steamed artichokes w/ her yummy dip, vietnamese
spring rolls w/ chicken...
one of my other friends bought some really good Australian wine: Yellow Tail (a merlot)
and then we also tried our hostess' pineapple wine, which she got from HAwaii...wow, that one was good!
too bad you can only get it in Hawaii.

it was fun making the spam musubi together.
our hostess had this cool spam musubi maker that we used.
I also bought my sushi mat to make a spam musubi roll.

I really loved the steamed artichokes and spring rolls, though.
my friend taught us how to make them and it's so easy (and cheap too)!
wow, our hostess is quite the whiz in the kitchen!

although I had this urge to gossip about our old workplace (conditioned response, I guess),
it was just really good to catch up and see where everyone was at in their lives.
i'm telling you, it was just like old times.
as if time had stood still.
I feel so blessed to have made this lasting connection with them.
they're definitely a big part of my life.

and in listening to their stories,
i felt even more alive...'reminded of the possibilities that could be in my grasp.
I guess I've been missing that inspiration lately, what with me not interacting
with many other people lately.
and since our life's work goals are pretty much on the same social welfare/community path,
i'm inspired even more by what they've been doing and their plans for the future.
it affirms (once again) that I do belong in that field.

and the other cool thing that came out of our get together is we've decided to continue doing it on a monthly basis.
it's ok if we're not consistent....just as long as we can see eachother more than twice a year.

change of plans
So my temp agency was not able to get me that assignment for tomorrow.
It looks like I will be attending the mandatory meeting at my spa job after all.
'Still gotta wake up early, though. 'Will probably head over there on BART
since parking will be expensive and traffic will be hell.

I guess I should get ready for bed now.
this is wierd. 'haven't gone to bed this early in a long time.

til tomorrow....