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on Friday at work we played a few games of conkers. my colleague is from England and his parents sent him some. it was so fun!

here is the Englishman that made it all happen, and his conker.



and here is a game in progress:



the woman on the right is my closest friend at work. I like a lot of the people I work with, but she is my main squeeze.

here is my sad, broken conker! I lost my first game.



I did, however, score some nice welts while playing! when you throw your conker at someone else's, it comes back up and hits you either in the arm or leg. mine mostly hit in the arm!



on Saturday night I had a little dog party and invited over some friends with dogs the same size as mine. Katie had met Dijon once before, but neither dog had met Leia. it was fun, but loud! Katie is such a social idiot. she barked her head off while the other two played.

here are Leia and Dijon playing:



this picture is cute:



all three dogs wanting a toy from Dawn (look at Dijon's crazy eyes!)



Katie being bossy towards Leia:



and here's a video of the ridiculousness that is my dog:



(direct link to video)

and backtracking a bit, on Friday I went on a date through that dating site I'm on. the guy was young, only 24, but it seemed like we had lots in common. plus, as it turns out I know his older sister. sadly, though, the boy was extremely awkward. sure ya we had lots in common, but within a few minutes I knew it was going to be a painful evening. we met up at 8 and had a beer. after his first beer he went to the bathroom, and when he came back he sat beside me! oh whoa, sweetie that's way too fast! he then also started putting his arm around me, which was incredibly sweet but I had to tell him I wasn't interested.

he took it hard. he was so cute and sweet! poor guy.

I don't mind that it turned out the way it did. at some point I was gonna have to say I wasn't interested, and he kinda forced it out a bit sooner than if he'd been a bit more relaxed.

ah well. he was very embarrassed, but he really didn't do anything wrong. sure he moved fast (we were already on a date! no need to show me you like me), but if I'd been into him it would have been awesome. the date began at 8, around 9 I was in the bathroom texting friends who were supposed to maybe meet up with us to come sooner and save me, at 9:45 I was telling him I wasn't interested, and by 10:30 I was at a friend's place who was having some people over. (and she had a cute CouchSurfer that totally flirted with me during the goodnight hug, which was awesome and fun. I love harmless flirting! it happens so little.)

yesterday I got a message back from my profile twin, and it was a pretty good message. I replied last night after drinking some wine at the dog party, so my reply was a bit silly. he's read it but not replied yet, which is fine. it usually takes me a few days to formulate a response too. at any rate, he's recommended some books to me so that is good.

today I experienced what felt like literally a wave of loneliness wash over me. then I hauled my butt outside and did the yardwork that needed to get done. and near the end I started crying a little, but not much. it wasn't even a lonely cry, though. I just miss my ex-mother-in-law. I haven't talked to her in exactly three years. we went for lunch once after the breakup, and we emailed each other maybe twice (once was me telling her my dad had cancer) and that was about it. once she sent me an email saying I should call her immediately. but instead I emailed her. such a wimp. but, she never replied. as I was raking I was thinking that I should get in touch. and I realized that since my ex moved to Montreal, maybe I could have a bit of a friendship with her and it wouldn't be as upsetting as when he was here. both of her kids live out east, too, so maybe she's lonely. an extremely painful part of the breakup was dealing with losing the relationship with my dog and my in-laws.

anyway, so that was my weekend. it was mostly pretty good.