Business Casual in the Front, Party in the Back

I wonder how many times a day I say, "What are ya chewin'?" Really, having a dog is a whole 'nother life.

I am home from work, typing you in my work clothes. My business casual attire. I am wearing gray pants and a black ribbed turtleneck because it was like 17 degrees today. Okay, it was 50, but still.

It seemed like every woman at work similarly had on gray pants and a black shirt today. It was that kind of day.

At 10:00 and 3:00, I have been walking with these two other people from my department. I work on a large piece of land, and there are several buildings that belong to us. So as we walk, the other people taking breaks all wave to us as we go by. Those people are generally out smoking. It is like they get to watch a little health parade twice a day. "Here come the healthy people. Puuuuuuhhhhhh."

The "puuuuhhhh" was supposed to be smoke blowing. Did you like that? Did you like my onomatopoeia?

This reminds me of when my friend Sleeping Beauty and I were in college. There was a ridiculous workout video called The Firm, and could it have been any harder to do? And do I still know the whole tape by heart to this day? "Welcome to The Firm. Beginners? Don't. Use. Weights. Are you ready to break a good sweat? Inhale deeply, relevé..."

Anyway, needless to say I used to be obsessed with it, so much so that I BROUGHT the stupid tape over to SLEEPING BEAUTY's so we could do it together. So there we were, breaking a good sweat and relevé-ing, while her roommate smoked on the couch and told us how stupid we were.

Who's stupid NOW, Aqua Lung?

Actually, me, because that tape ruined my knees FOR LIFE.

In other pressing news, Tallulah had her first day with a dog walker. She just was not liking dog day care, although I am still dragging her blond arse there once a week, just to try to get her over her repulsion to other dogs. I guess she is more of a cat person.

At any rate, the dog walker left me a nice note letting me know what came out of Lula today, and also an itinerary of where they walked. In case I had spies out looking. Lula seemed pretty happy when I came home, although I have to tell you, Exhausted Tallulah Who Comes Home From Day Care is kind of a relief. It's less like I have a dog to deal with and more like I have a tomato. Or maybe a sock. She is just so TIRED after day care. But I am not certain it is a good kind of tired.

I guess that's all my news. I am going back to Tiny Town this weekend, as I miss my cats so much I could spit. I was gardening this past weekend, and I was thinking how if I had my cats, one of them would have sauntered up to me all sleepily, the sun in his eyes, and roll roll rolled in the dirt I was digging.

I'm with Lula. Cats rock.

Comments

[Darla]

So will Mr Gardensalad be joining you ever or will you live apart 4ever and ever? I missed that part of the story somewhere.

[Aqua Lung]

Love the new uniform! Does "party in the back" mean that you had a hole in your pants?

[Valarie in AL]

I tried The Firm for awhile. It just confused the snot out of me on the step thing. So now I am trying a 5:00 in the morning workout. I think I need to have my head examined.

[kellie]

The Firm.

Good Times.

I can still see the workout clothes they wore in my head.

Yuck.

I forgot that your whole family wasn't all in one spot yet! That's always tough! Hang in there!

[Bronwyn]

So, how is the job going? Do you like it? Are the people nice?

Secondly, it's almost May. Do you have a health initiative in mind for May? Or is your health plan to survive until Marvin gets there to help you out? That would be my plan.

Actually, I'm reading a very interesting book about the 150 healthiest foods. You might be interested....

[Mary Ellen from Napa]

Dear Linda from Aussie,

Well, I think June is back, but she must have been warned to "act normal" so as not to arouse suspicion. I'm just not sure we should pack up the tin foil and relax. What do you think?

[Tee]

So glad you are back. You were missed. Understand completely how you miss you cats!!!! I don't travel because I'm so miserable worrying about my fur baby while I'm gone. I think it's a sickness. What do you think?

[Christie]

I, too, would like to see what "party in the back" looks like in business casual. Maybe that could be a new trend for the starlets that have been all party down below for several years.

And aqualung? Excellent mental picture created. Bet she looks 64 with all the smoke damage to her face. Aren't you glad you were Firming your way to good health with SB?

[Ree]

was it The Firm with the naked statues? I have a selection of about 25 DVDs - from that era all the way up to the latest ones released 7 or 8 months ago.

Sad....because now I never get downstairs to do them. ;-)

and yes, Cats Rock!

[Sleeping Beauty]

I think you forgot the most important part of that story, which was the fact that my roommate resembled Jabba the Hutt as she faced us head-on, cross-legged on the sofa watching us do our releves, and she was actually smoking weed (as she most often did) while she said, with smoke still inhaled inside her lungs, "You guys make me fucking sick!", followed by her pot-smoke exhale. Mmmmm..........

[Angie]

If you truly miss your cats, I have 7 of them over at my place you could love on.
http://johndeeremom.blogspot.com/2008/04/menagerie.html

[jbird]

Wasn't Jane Fonda wearing a "black and gray" leotard for that video? Complete with padded headband and thick legwarmers. She still rocks - anyone that can say the "C" on national television gets my vote.