almost done!

with my xmas shopping, that is. my manager, who RAWKS, left us a voicemail yesterday... her holiday gift to us is a personal day to use in the next few weeks! so of course, i immediately took it (today). it was a really productive morning -- did all my shopping, except for my dad and brother and a couple i'm best friends with. (if anyone has ideas of what to get a wealthy couple with kids who have "everything", let me know!)

last night was the nutcracker... it was a gorgeous production, i felt like a little kid watching it! I kept "ooh-ing" and "aah-ing" in awe. i'm so glad we got tickets! it was great to sit with my friends as well, although it was a wierd sitauation with one of my girlfriends. she's been dating a guy for about 3 months now, and every time i see him, he just acts totally uncomfortable around me. he doesn't talk to me directly, won't make eye contact with me... he'll talk to my boyfriend, but not to me. i'm not sure exactly what i've done, i've never been anything but nice to him. i have a feeling that it's the difference in our personalities -- i'm a bit flamboyant sometimes, and he's quite dry. but there's no harm in being polite, for god's sake! when they were first dating, a bunch of us went out for dinner and drinks... at one point, i was having a conversation with someone down the table... and he just looked at me and said, "do you ever shut off?" i was horrified. i made a joke about it, because i didn't want to make a scene... but his comment was pretty hurtful, and ever since then i've been very sensitive to how he is around me. i'm happy my friend has found a guy she's in love with, but it's very hard to be around him when there's so much tension... all because, seemingly, i'm not his type. and obviously i can't bring it up with her, because all it would do is upset her and cause more problems. ick.

going dancing tonight. i can't wait, it's been too long! i really need to sign up for classes after the holidays... i've been dying to study with this one street funk teacher in the city... and perhaps a ballet class too (the nutcracker renewed my interest... haven't taken a ballet class since i was 16!).

off to take the baby kitty to the cardiologist. cross your fingers.

*whew*!

baby kitty is fine. the cardiologist was awesome, she remembered him from over the weekend... and i could swear, in his cat way, that he had a crush on her. looks like his heart stuff is really mild, no concern for his surgery. so i'm $300 poorer, but much happier.

in other good news, my Sim is finally advancing on the "celebrity" track. *grin* the only problem is, she now has an obsessed fan who peers in the windows and leaves roses at the doorstep and goes through the trash. he's a pain in the ass. yesterday while she was sleeping, the maid let him in and they went for a swim in the indoor pool. LOL i think i built the house too big... they don't have enough money to even wallpaper some of the rooms! it's going to take months of play to have the house they way i want it... then they are going to throw a huge kick-ass party!

i'm debating going dancing tonight... i'm so worn out... was up half of last night cleaning up cat barf (i swear, that's one of the worst sounds to wake you up at 3am)... got up at 7 this morning to do my xmas shopping. let's see if i can nap and then shower and go out...

changed the look of my journal a bit... the different green scheme gives it more of a 1970's retro kitchen appliance vibe. *grin* much better. and i'm glad i figured out how to get rid of those dumb diamonds in the background. the squares are more "moi".