till i hear it from you

at times, it's easy to forget about what's going on in the world, until you wake up one morning and check cnn.com only to find a headline the size of your thigh. "terror in london." that's fantastic.

in other news, i don't think i'm getting this promotion at work. it's not official, but the word on the street is that they're going with this lady who's been with the bank for, like, ten years or some bullshit. i guess ten months experience is simply not comparable to ten years. either way, i'd be next in line for the next opening, which would be in, get this, tinley park. i've already talked to chris and he's all about moving to the southside as long as it's a decent pay raise for me. anyhow, i won't rule bloomingdale out yet, since i still have a chance, but won't it make my daddy's day to know i'd be moving back down?

also, my friend at work, greg (c'ville water guy) talked to a lawyer about getting us out of our apartment lease. the lawyer is a client of the bank who thinks highly of me for one reason and one reason only: i'm italian. well, i'm sure there are other reasons, as i am very adorable. anyways, things are looking up.

yesterday, chris and i walked to the bowling alley. to think we've had a bowling alley within walking distance for over a year now and just yesterday decided to go bowling. it was 99 cent night, and let me tell you, the place was packed. how i miss bowling; it makes me think of when chris and i were first dating, how the act of bowling seemed a natural part of the courtship process, since we were both such huge "lebowski" fans. we bowled last night and then had a drink in the bowling alley bar and just chatted for a while. then, we walked home and chris decided to make martinis from the van gogh vodkas pictured below. i snapped that picture while chris was busy looking up recipes and then mixing our delicious drinks. at this point, we knew the evening would not be complete without a little rowdy singing. we care not about waking the neighbors; in fact, i would LOVE to wake the neighbors. so, we plugged in our microphone, cranked the stereo, and i must say, if i ever find myself in the position of fronting a band, i will definitely be covering some "gin blossoms."

it was a great evening. as marcia would say, it was definitely "qt."