irony

so about 2 or 3 weeks ago, talked to my travel agent, they were able to rebook our honeymoon about $100 less than when we originally booked...

had to apply to get a passport and since they are so backed up had to expedite the service... racking up to $120 EXTRA for the both of us.

it's just ironic. save a little here... spend more there!

celebrate life

a little bit of background before i "celebrate:"

1st, daylight savings happened this past sunday and has been a joy with the days getting longer and the sun shining brighter and warmer. spring is here!

2nd, my great aunt and uncle both just recently suffered major and minor strokes (on the same day!) respectively... my great aunt did pass, with the funeral to be held tomorrow.

3rd, today is the ides of march... always a reminder that today is my friend alicia's birthday... i then realized that i had many more friends and family with march birthdays.

so onto the celebration...

spring is a time of growth and renewal. i have lost someone i do care about, but i want to celebrate the memories i did have... unfortunately most from when i was little and not many as i grew older. i want to celebrate the many lives of those dear to me that are still alive. life is fragile and can be taken away from us at any moment... young or old. in my great aunt's case, she had led a full and fruitful life. i can only hope that i last that long and am that blessed when my time to go comes along. i want to cherish the people in my life that i am blessed to know and have a part of my life.

so... happy birthday (belated, ontime, and early) to:

kate michele... happy belated 25th, you're now a quarter century like me! hehe
alicia... also happy 25th today! miss you lots and hope you have a great day!
andy... happy early 26th. hope all is well with you.
my cousins elizabeth, ann, glenn, and brian... happy early birthdays!
my aunts mary k and jen happy belated birthdays
my cousin's wife heather happy early birthday
my friend angie... happy belated
a few friends from work, happy belated desmond and jason

if i missed anyone, i apologize, those were all i had written down... you are always welcome to update me!

and the final reason to celebrate this month... st patrick's day. i am part irish so i shall not disappoint my fore fathers... guinness and jameson all day long!

so celebrate life, live it to it's fullest. you never know when it will be taken away. let those around you know you love them and try not to take them for granted. happy march everyone!

blessings in disguise...

ok, so i'm a very firm believer in "everything happens for a reason." i believe it more and more everyday. here is an example of it from last night at work...

so i go to take out someone's food and try to take it to the wrong table, i go back to the kitchen to get a check for my own table and to double check where the food is really supposed to go. one of the bussers was on his way out of the kitchen with a couple extra chairs and i had my tray. he let me go ahead of him. i carried my tray out, set it down so that i could drop off the check to my table while on the way to the table that the food belonged to. i set the check down and i hear a big crash. the busser couldn't see the tray i had set down and had run right into it. a little frazzled he asked what he could do, i told him to just clean up the mess while i got the food refired in the kitchen.

i let our manager know and he goes to the table to apologize and schmooze the table for the mishap. it actually ended up working out in our favor... see the guest had asked for no mushrooms in his dish and from what i understand the dish had the mushrooms in it and the kitchen had just picked them out b/c of the set up for that particular dish (NOT something we normally do, i promise!). while at the table, ralph found out the guest was rather allergic to mushrooms and it could have been very bad if we had sent out that first dish.

crazy and so cool! blessings in disguise... i love them! if you have any good ones, feel free to share!