* Lunch went well.  My husband has a great team that he works with and the gals are all super sweet.  I was right too – one gal is an immigrant from China (she did our ordering) and the other two are first generation, as is one of the guys.  It was good fun though and all perfectly normal food.  They ordered jellyfish and I tried it, but I didn’t much like the consistency.  Otherwise it was a fun lunch.

* My good friend wrote me to tell me that he and his new wife just put a bid in on the house next door to where I used to live.  How odd is that?  Those houses are HUGE too, so I’m kinda surprised their going for something so large with no kids just yet.  But they are beautiful homes and it’s a great neighborhood (as long as it doesn’t snow – very steep hill at the entrance to the sub-division).

* My husband is a bit of a work-a-holic…surprise!  He had permission from his boss to work the rest of the from home, but chose not to.  He’s got a big project set to launch on Monday and we’re gone Tuesday and Wednesday so he wants to make sure it’s completely ready to go.

* I’ve scheduled an appointment with an acupuncturist.  Hopefully I can get this sinus thing under control.  I’d settle for the stupid post-nasal to just go away.  I still need to schedule with an allergy specialist so I can rule out whatever might be making me so crazy here in the house.

* My desk is a mess and covered in piles o’crap.  I haven’t filed our receipts or worked on our books in months!  Insanity.  Guess what I’ll be doing this weekend?

The weekend is full of shows and visits with friends so it should be a good one.  Can’t wait to head up to Sonoma on Monday.  It’ll be the first time I’ve seen my friend in about 5 years.  We met up in Vegas leading up to the wedding for a quick weekend the last time she was in the states.  So even though this trip will also be quick, it will involve a lot of wine (woohoo!) and a lot of catching up.  So excited.

Okay, off to get needles poked in me…

My migraine twinges finally turned into a full on migraine last night.  Of course, I was too focused on watching Vantage Point to let it get the best of me.  I thought Vantage Point was a great movie, too bad it ended so quickly.  I mean just a couple more minutes on everyone’s story would have made it about 15-20 minutes longer.  I was a little bummed with how easily it all tied up in the end and well, how short the whole thing was (less than 90 minutes).

Interestingly enough, once the movie ended, the head started to throb.  I headed into the bedroom to rest with my eye mask on (must get a new one, that one was a cheapie and it hurts after it’s been on for a bit).  After about 30 minutes or so, I realized that I needed to hit up the Vicodin or the throbbing pain would go on for hours.  The first time my doc prescribed the Vicodin for my migraines, I was really surprised.  But honestly, it cuts way, way down on how long they last.  And with the actual throbbing gone, the regular meds can just focus on kicking the actual migraine out of my head.

Today the hubs and I are heading out to a friend’s place for a BBQ. I’m quite happy since it will be in Santa Monica and that fact alone drops the temperature about 5-10 degrees.  Now I just need to figure out what to bring along since my request to provide something was shot down.  The old standard is wine, but I’m acatually thinking maybe cut up watermelon instead.

Just out of curiousity, what’s your BBQ take-along standby?

But don’t get me wrong, I had a blast.  I have some video clips, a couple of photos (not many come to think of it), and tons of business cards, but with such a wonky connection here in the room, it’s not worth even trying to get any of it up.  So instead, I thought I’d just post a little something while I wait for my shuttle back to  Oakland.

I really can’t wait to dig into my pile of biz cards and start checking out those new sites.  I met some awesome people that I know I’ll be keeping in touch with: Clair, Erica, Jennifer & Heather to start with (no blog links right now, but I believe I mentioned them in the previous post…dunno right now).  And it was great to finally get a moment to chat with Sizzle over champagne in Macy’s!

I’ll go into the pros and cons of the event itself in another post.  The things that were right, were so spot on.  The things that need some rethinking and improvement would make the event even better still.  But since I don’t won’t anyone to get offended or bothered (so much work goes into planning these sort of events), I don’t want to write it up on the fly.  Make sense.

Speaking of Macy’s, that was one helluva party.  We had private areas on four floors: purses, shoes, lingerie and a “club” in furniture.  We had wine, champagne, new Starbucks protein drinks, plenty of yummy appetizers and tasty macaroons.  We had contests to enter (which was how I won a new Lacoste bag – and of course, they have some flashy, flash site and I can’t find the damn bag!) and samples to pick up.  Then we ended up lounging around the living room sets just munching on food and drinking good wine from Oops.  Of course, eventually, the crowds and the music got to be too much and well, now I don’t have much of a voice.  Oh well, it happens right?

Okay, time to get downstairs and wait for my shuttle.  I should be fine with my bags.  All my clothes are in a carryon size bag that I’m checking and all my swag is in my actual suitcase.  Here’s hoping I’m not exceeding the 50 pound limit this way.

Catch you on the flip side!