This is the exchange I had with the cashier at Target today:

Her-"Wow! So you have a yeast infection or something....Vagisil is great for that!"

Me-Staring with raised eyebrows

Her-"I just love those razors...I think 5 blades shave so much closer."

Me-Tapping foot

Her-"So, you have a cat. That is nice."

Me-Pseudo smile on face

Her-"I wish I had a dishwasher. When I moved into my new place it didn't have one and so I bought one of those scrubby things where you put the liquid detergent in the handle and then my boyfriend said I was being lazy.....blah blah blah"

Me-Loading up the bagged items into my cart

I could go on and on as she had running commentary on every single thing I purchased. I haven't been shopping for supplies in quite a while so I bought quite a bit of stuff...

At least she got me out of there without my blood pressure going up and despite the commentary she checked me out pretty quickly. Had I gone to Wally World I would probably still be there getting checked out by the incompetent help they seem to hire at the one near my house.

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This message was awaiting me in my email:

Congratulations, Sassy! You have successfully completed your GMAT condition. As soon as the official score is in our system, you will be considered fully admitted into the program. Now you can relax and concentrate on other things!



I celebrated by tossing a few margs down with a girlfriend. Woo hoo! Hmmm...what to concentrate on......

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Yes, I almost forgot it was DCF...what with a little illness & test stress...can't imagine why I would.

I sent my score to the university...now awaiting their response. I am within 10pts of the range...keep your fingers crossed for me blogger friends.

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My mom and I were never close. We butted heads from the day I was born because we were polar opposites. It must have amazed my mother that such an alien creature had sprung from her. She said I knew what I wanted from day one and let it be known. Mom, on the other hand, frequently kept quiet about what she wanted. Or maybe that is my perspective as her daughter.

I don't have that luxury to ask mom certain things any longer. I must confess that I have a long laundry list of questions I would ask her if I could, but lately those questions have less to do with me and my father and more to do with her. I have given a lot of thought to the fact that she more than a mother--she was a woman first. She had sexual desires, dreams, hopes, and lovers. I wonder if she loved sex as much as I do? Did I get that from her or is it just "one of those things"? I know she was madly passionately in love with my father...asking/begging/needing him on her deathbed, but did she ever lust after anyone else? Did she want to remarry in her final years? Did she yearn for a lover's gentle touch on her face once more or was she done with all that? She was 58 when she died...so young really. She would have been 66 last week.

I know she loved to dance and so I can't help but think my love of dance might have provided a bridge between us. I didn't dance when mom was alive and didn't think I could so it never came up in conversation. We both shared a love of clothes and fashion, but we never appreciated that as a similarity. As I look objectively at my mother's life I see more similarities or imagined similarities than I imagined could have existed between us. I just wish that I had gotten to know my mother as a woman. The women mom knew the best are gone, so I guess I will just use my imagination and intuition to fill in the gaps. She was an incredibly interesting woman who was ahead of her time.

I like to think that what she wanted was this: an incredible man in her life who loved her beyond reason, an unending supply of wonderful sex, her passel of children leading happy, fulfilled lives, granddaughters who grow up strong, healthy, and well-adjusted, and a genuine friendship with her eldest daughter.

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Twas the night before GMAT
and Sassy was in so much pain
no, not with swirling equations
but an eardrum that was the size of Spain

This week has not been conducive to study
what with sinus infection x10
and GMAT officials want mo money
so Sassy must persevere

Yeah, not my best rhyme...sorry about that--blame it on the wonderful pain drugs I am on for the ear infection. Amazingly enough, the studying is coming easier with the drugs...I should be floating through the damn test tomorrow with nary a care in the world...hey it worked for the biology CLEP....

Anyway, my week of cramming for the GMAT has been spent sleeping...I have been so sick with a sinus infection and last night my eardrum swelled pretty rapidly...no sleep for me so I called GMAT testing center this morning to see if I could postpone the test until next week...."sure, pony up another $250". Hell, no! I resent paying the initial $250 for a pointless test. Then off to the doctor...for some wonderful drugs.

Anyway, things started making sense this afternoon for me....gotta love the floaty feeling. I figure I stand an even better chance now on the GMAT...plan on popping one of these puppies after I get to the test center tomorrow.

So far I have straight A's in my master's program...woohoo! Frankly, it shocks me as I have had so little time to devote to the classes...thankfully, this summer I just have one class (if I pass the GMAT that is). Which is lovely, cause I intend to do some travel, dance, and build my business--not in that order.

Networking events are a lot of fun and my group of biz pals...we are the life of the events....everyone loves to hang with us. I am "switched on" and my friends, associates and even clients say I have an incredible charisma that makes people want to hire me....thank god! Once this week is behind me, I will be meeting with several associates about doing quite a bit of consulting.

Ta-ta---off to float in the algebraic world for a bit.

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Yes! Tax season is over & still I have no life! I have to cram for the GMAT this week. This lovely test will let my university know that I can "reason and think". I don't know, I think the fact that I graduated Magna Cum Laude with my BBA is a HUGE indicator of that. Anyway, I get to be tortured with my least favorite subject: math. Yuck!

I went from 0 to 60 on the dating front and I believe I actually have met some nice candidates.

Tex is my refined older gent and boy is he wonderful! He treats me like a goddess! He is quite handsome and tall. He has promised me an unlimited amount of food or Starbucks runs while I am holed up studying this week. He gives marvelous foot rubs! He thinks I am total package, sexy, passionate, witty, fun.....anyway, if we haven't been struck by the Sassy-curse, we are planning a long weekend getaway to a beach somewhere: Myrtle or possibly the tropics. Then he wants to whisk me off to Vegas for another trip and has mentioned Hawaii. I think I am in serious like! He says he wants to keep me in sexy high heels and lingerie....yum!

Marine-boy. Yes, another handsome ex-marine (and what a coincidence--has the same first name as Biker-Dude). This one devours books like I do. In fact, he is into the more intellectual books than me: Homer, Iliad, etc. We had our first date on Saturday and we closed the restaurant down. We spent 4 hours with interesting conversation and the waitress could not believe it was our first date. We feed off each other's sense of humor. He is an artistic engineer...what a contradiction! He has a hawt sporty BMW and I am hoping not only for a spin but to be able to drive that thang!

Hottie is the 22-year old from Raleigh, NC. My cougar pals and I went out clubbing on Friday night. At the last club we went to, we refused to dance with any of the idiots that came up to grind on us...then we meet this group of hottie college guys and pulled them out on the dance floor with us. We shut down the club with them. I gave my hottie my number....haven't acted on it yet, but we have texted quite a bit.

So, I have met the perfect three men for me all at the same time!

What a difference a week makes! Last week looked like this:

Biker-Dude came over to visit and I ended up kicking him out after reminding him that he has a girlfriend and it wasn't me.

The one guy I met when I was out clubbing that weekend: yup, Prison Dude!

The guy I was suppose to go out with a month ago who disappeared (not to be confused with Adorable) resurfaced pretty as you please with no explanation. I told him to kiss my ass.

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I also ran into my nieces' preggers stepmom and she told me she would love my help this summer and that I am welcome to see my nieces frequently when they are here for summer vacay! Yeah!!!!! I am sooo looking forward to summer now.

Now that tax season is over, I am back on the networking/marketing circuit to build my business. I have some terrific people helping me. They love my business model and want to see me succeed. Bring it on! I am on the cusp of having so many clients I will be turning down work....my bones just feel it!

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Jadey read a portion of my April horoscope to me tonight and it stated:

"Rid your life of people who can't see your infinite beauty. Love the ones who love you back."

We both laughed over that because I have kicked all the guys in my life to the curb. I am done with the wannabees. And frankly, the prospectives just aren't too appealing:

-The guy who sent me an email to get to know me with this as his profile description:
I am a simple guy, with sence of humer,love the life, truthful , dont like a person who lies,spically women, that just turns me off........

Can you say woman hater???

-The almost perfect gent...except for the fact he is in an "open marriage". Yeah, whatever, you are still married. I will save my commentary on this particular situation for a later blog.

-The French photographer. I was feeling a connection until he dropped this little bombshell on me: separated from the ex-wife eleven DAYS and they have restraining orders against each other.

Can you say whack-job???

So what is a single girl with plenty to offer going to do? Being the internet savvy girl that I am...I signed up at meetups.com for several activity groups: who knows maybe mr. almost perfect is awaiting me at a winery tour...guess I need to verify he is not an alcoholic should we ever meet. I thought I would get out and meet people in person and from a business aspect...this should be a good avenue for me.

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I have several friends who are trying to get preggers right now. I have to confess that I feel a twinge that I tamp down down down. It was really tough when I miscarried my only pregnancy and ending up having a complete hysterectomy months later. Simply put--it was devastating. I don't think you ever really recover the loss of a child no matter how small they may be in the losing. I like my life without kids. I like being able to just get up and go. I like not having to deal with carpools, poopy diapers, snotty noses, and silly school activities; every once in a while, however, that baby hormone thingy pops up and twists a knife in me.

I spoil and adore my nieces, but due to a family rift, I don't get to see or talk to them as much as I would like. This week I have been having DTs for them and I called them. The oldest is 12 and she is in a bra for god's sake (poor thing takes after Aunt Sassy...quite the busty gal). She sounds just like her mother and so very grown up! The youngest is my sweetie pie, but she takes after Aunt Sassy in that she hates to talk on the phone too. I love these girls so much it hurts. I am chomping at the bit to have a girls weekend with them and go do the mani/pedi-Ceci's pizza-Dollar Store-chick flick routine that we have when we do spend time together.

I have some really awesome friends and I cherish each one. My friend Jadey takes good care of me & my massage needs. This week, she paid for an acupuncture session for me because I was suffering a migraine and had not received my new insurance card yet and couldn't get my prescription refilled. Smug makes sure I have plenty of chicken soup & orange juice when I am laid up with the nasty sinus stuff. Smug's mom is treating me to a mini-spa because I am helping her with her taxes. My friend Metro takes me to lunch one day a week to catch me up on the gossip from my ex-client. My friend Sher cleans my apartment and makes it look new & neat every other week. My friends Kat & Lauren keep my creative writing fired up and push me to greater heights. My friend Brent is my listening ear with the man-crap I deal with. My friend Dave is a great sounding board for business and sometimes even personal issues. My other friend David makes me laugh until I cry (where the hell have you been btw????). My new friend Jassi is going to take me to her native Puerto Rico when tax season is over and the dust settles a bit. I have so many others in my life that bring a richness and make me feel honored that they have touched my life in some way shape or form.

Labels: Friends and musings

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