Time for an Upgrade

Friday night, I headed a few blocks away for dinner. My cute purse sat nestled under my chair carefully placed between my feet. One minute it was there. The next: gone.
I checked, double-checked, checked, checked, checked. No bag.

Frustrating. But not the end of the world.
Thankfully I was graced with the presence of a man who didn't freak out about it. We waited for the cops to come, filed a police report, and played tic-tac-toe while I called to cancel my credit cards. You know... the usual date stuff.

Items listed as victims of "grand larceny":
purse: new, black, cute
driver's license: priceless, picture I actually liked
Visas (2): cancelled
health insurance card
wallet: red, nice, leather
ear bags: off-white
gum: Eclipse, winterfrost, 8 pieces
ticket stub from play I saw Tuesday night
pen: black, bic, ball point
gloves: tan, warm, fleece
cash: nearly nothing
metrocard: $6 remaining
phone: cute pics of pets, phone numbers, text messages
batteries: AA, three new, 1 old
minidisc: new, unused
lip gloss: MAC, light pink, little left but oh-so-missed
lipstick: it lasted me years, perfect color
fancy new lip balm: gifted to me from my brother for Valentine's Day

Apparently I'm into lip products. Or at least I was until yesterday.

I had luckily taken my radio equipment out of my purse before we left my place. The new iPod remained safely on my desk. I almost even left my wallet at home. But yeah.

So what now?
It's time for an upgrade.

I picked up a cheap phone as a replacement today but plan to exchange it for something better when I head to Portland in a couple weeks.
I mean really. If I get stuff taken from me that I like, am I really going to replace it with things that are less worthy? Yes, I realize it's just "stuff" but whatever.

I've been due for upgrades on many levels for quite some time.
And now I'm cashing in.

There are times in our lives when we deal with things in certain ways because we're just used to dealing with them. But as we change, grow, improve... those old things are no longer needed.

And that's where I am now.
I'm done.
It's now time for newer and better.

Fills My Heart!

Cutest picture ever of Watson and his Auntie Maren!

Old Friends. Good Times.

This past weekend I had a few visitors in town!
Saturday night I met up with my sweet and beautiful friend, Molly Lynn. I haven't seen her in six years!
I know Molly through my sorority, Chi Omega.

[She's my "Grand Lil' One" if you speak Greek.]
We watched Marlowe's Edward II at Julliard, where her brother's finishing up school. It was such fun!

Then I headed down to SoHo to hang out with Edmond and his wife, Amy.
They were up from DC to visit Amy's brother, Michael.

I've known Edmond since fifth grade. Every time we're together we re-tell the story about the time I told Ms. Williams that Edmond was cheating on his spelling test. Ed ran down to the boys' room and tried to hide by crouching on a toilet.
Personally, my favorite story from grade school involves my catching him groovin' to New Kids on the Block on our school trip to New York. For some reason, Edmond forgives me for all the annoyance I caused him then. We were the best of friends in middle school and high school. I love that guy. And when I met Amy a few years ago we hit it off immediately. She's perfect! The two of them together: amazing.
I haven't seen them since their wedding last summer, so it was SO GREAT hanging with them last weekend.

And more good stuff to report.
Guess who got her new fancy little iPod?