Monday: Amanda

There's another Amanda in the place where I'm working right now. This is one of the first times that I've had to deal with someone else having my same first name and I do not like it. There was another Amanda in high school, but I don't recall having any classes together.

What is interesting is how much of a conversation you suddenly recall over-hearing once your name gets said, even if you weren't intentionally listening and wouldn't have remembered the conversation at all if your name wasn't part of it.

Sunday: family gatherings

Today I went to a family gathering on Ben's side to meet distant relatives. I went by myself because Ben wasn't able to go, so I feel as though I should get extra bonus points for that. However, I only talked to one of the relatives for about one minute, so that probably removes most of the bonus points I just gave myself.

the food was good though!

Friday: Ben and job

Ben's home! Yay!

I also accepted a job today at Shape Corp as a quality engineer. I'll be starting July 11 after I finish my current contract and go on vacation.

Thursday: a story

This is an old story...it happened the week we moved back to Michigan. Ben and I were getting groceries and were in the produce section of Meijer. there was an older man that looked exactly like...guess
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...a garden gnome. Obviously he wasn't wearing the traditional garden gnome hat, but the beard and the body type were perfect.

Wednesday: bran muffins

Today after work I made some bran muffins. yum. And then I decided to have some for dinner. and they were as good as I remember them being. I was also smart and for once didn't bake all the muffins at once, but froze some batter so that I can have fresh muffins within the coming weeks.

Tuesday: maybe a record

I haven't thrown up at all today. I know there's still 1.5 hours left to go of today and I'm only feeling ok, but I'm hopeful. It would be the first time in about three weeks..Ok, I now need to stop thinking about throwing up.

Tuesday: happy birthday again

Dad came over tonight to celebrate his birthday (again!!). We went out for Mexican and then I beat him at Dominion. I guess that wasn't very nice of me on his birthday. Well, I gave him some ice cream to make up for it. Hmm, he was the one that brought the ice cream over here a few weeks ago. Well, I had a lot of fun on his birthday!!