Current location: Guanajuato, MX\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mulege to San Diego<\/a>:\u00c2\u00a0 San Diego to Denver: Denver to Chicago: This dude<\/a> (Thomas) was cute at first but then got too aggressive. Plus he gave a terrible shoulder rub, you know what they say, if the shoulder rub is bad then\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6er, nevermind.<\/p>\n Plus, another guy was arrested for carrying like a pound of weed in his carry-on bag! The Marshalls (is that what they are called? Po-Po?) were not playing around and carried him out of there crying like a baby in handcuffs. This dude had a block of marijuana wrapped in plastic, tucked into a backpack and then tucked into a rolling carry-on and you could STILL SMELL IT! I was questioned briefly, because I was coming from Mexico\/CA (and possibly because I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m brown) but they quickly ascertained that I am a dork with no knowledge of the drug trade except for what I saw in those classic hood-in-training flicks: Traffic<\/a> and New Jack City<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Chicago to Michigan: Michigan to Virginia: Let me tell you what I got for my birthday: two airline sized bottles of liquor, a candle in gift wrap I had given my mom a gift in, and a slightly used box of valentine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s candy! I get the feeling they weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t expecting to see me don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?<\/p>\n **UPDATE:<\/strong> I totally forgot to mention my birthday dinner at Outback with my ex-mother-in-law (yeah, i’m confused too). First of all we had a crazy waitress who spilled beer on a guy at the table next to us. Second, that was the best steak I’ve had in MONTHS. Ms. D is also a traveler so I loved seeing her pics from her most recent trip and the stories about her group of girlfriends and their antics. The conversation was uplifting as always. I feel like I have two phenomenal women (Mom and Momma D) who continue to shape my journey into womanhood.<\/p>\n Another funny story, while waiting for my car at the mechanics, this guy (who was with another male friend) actually thought I was going to a) buy him lunch b) go off with him and his friend to his house while waiting for my car (theirs was ready) and c) give him my phone number. Riiiiigggghhhtttt. The crazy thing is he was really cute, but dang, can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a sistah get some flowers? A lunch invite where YOU pay? A first date? Plus he had spent 2 years in JAIL. QOTD (Quote of the day) \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Not everyone in jail has tattoos\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.uh, check please!<\/p>\n Best.Compliment.Ever: Young, Caucasian, spring-breaker kid to me while waiting in line at ATM in DC with his brother and a friend: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your smile is gonna save this city.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Virginia to NY: NY to Atlanta: Atlanta to Houston: Houston to Nuevo Laredo, MX: Current location: Guanajuato, MX\u00c2\u00a0 Recap: Mulege to San Diego:\u00c2\u00a0 Luxury coach: $80 Snacks for the 15 hour ride: $8 Random little girl passed out on my shoulder: priceless. San Diego to Denver: Pat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Irish Bar for drinks with Scott and Erica. Freak snow storm and Shrimp Pad Thai. In the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a small world\u00e2\u20ac\u009d category: … Continue reading Morelia Mexico: A Recap of Sorts<\/span>
\nLuxury coach: $80
\nSnacks for the 15 hour ride: $8
\nRandom little girl passed out on my shoulder: priceless.<\/p>\n
\nPat\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Irish Bar for drinks with Scott and Erica<\/a>. Freak snow storm and Shrimp Pad Thai. In the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a small world\u00e2\u20ac\u009d category: Scott and Erica were coming back from a week skiing in Vail. A friend they were with tore her ACL and was headed back to Virginia. The friend: one of my first year MBA <\/a>students at UVA<\/a>!<\/p>\n
\nGiordano\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pizza with Hazel and Rick<\/a>. They had just come from getting hitched in Vegas! I wanted to treat them as a wedding gift, but they wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t hear of it. They gave me the best \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I just met you but this was so much fun please look us up when you are in town\u00e2\u20ac\u009d hugs ever.<\/p>\n
\nConference<\/a>\/Training<\/a> with client. Debauchery with new co-workers<\/a>. Very long days. Jessica and Jocylen blew my hair out of its braided tangles and tamed it with some Pantene and a curling iron. My mom Fed Ex\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d my business casuals to me and WA-LA! Instant Professional \u00e2\u201e\u00a2! Slight cold due to rapid change in temperature from Mexico to Michigan and shaking 250 hands in 3 days. But that didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stop me from putting a dent in the open bar at the Credit Suisse reception or from having drinks with M. Blake.<\/p>\n
\nMy dirty-third birthday! Mom\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Potato Salad and Fried Chicken, Dad\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Apple Martinis with lil bro<\/a> and Jamila<\/a>, Sunday spent replacing a blown water heater in rental unit B<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0($350), Monday spent dropping $300 for repairs to Shorty Rock (my car) to pass inspection. Dinner with Stella (free, she paid).<\/p>\n
\nMore training with client. More debauchery with new co-workers<\/a>.
\nWhy I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m going to love this client: They have Blue Moon AND Corona in the office fridge! PLUS, I got to wear jeans and tennis shoes to work! PLUS they have cable and TIVO in the office. To all my NY friends that are reading this: I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t call because I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have the money to hang out with yall like that! If I can’t go to Blue Fin or Plataforma or Virgil’s I’d rather stay home!<\/p>\n
\nStacey, Siddiq and their twins. Laundry. Atlanta Zoo<\/a> and the very worth it: Chuck Close<\/a> exhibit at the High Museum. Dinner at The Flying Biscuit<\/a>. Ice Age 2 and being woken up\u00c2\u00a0by two three (and a \u00c2\u00bd)-year olds.<\/p>\n
\nUneventful<\/p>\n
\nUneventful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"