where have I been?

Ok, so I've gotten the "where have you been?" comment from more than one friend lately, and I thought I would explain myself.  The last week in July/first in August, I was in Washington, DC for the ASCLS Annual Meeting.  ASCLS is the American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science, which is a professional society for medical technologists.  As of August 1, I am Tennessee state President, and Bex has transitioned into the local (MSCLS) society President's position.  These meetings are always SO much fun, because you see people that you haven't seen in a year that have the same interests as you.  And it seems that it's always open bar, so you can get pretty drunk for free.  We were there for a week, and needless to say I was ready to come home.  As soon as I got home, I worked for 3 days and was off again to Kansas City to write test questions for one of our certification exams.  This was basically 3 days of wordsmithing test questions, but I did learn a lot and met some great people.  I'll be on this committee for 3 more years, so I better like it I guess!  I got home last Saturday and was supposed to have a visitor, but he got back with his ex, so I spent the last 4 days home alone on the couch in my pjs.  I did attend a Redbirds game (Monday), go out for sushi with a favorite ex (Tuesday), and play pool and eat pizza (Wednesday).  So all in all, it was a great time off work and helped me get through my little funk.  

I've realized that when I find a boy I like, I tend to stop talking to my friends and such.  I need to stop that and stop acting like my friends are always gonna be there, because there may come a time when they'll just get fed up with my shit and tell me to fuck off.  So as of today, I'm making a promise to myself that I'm not gonna take anyone for granted, and when I get an invite to go somewhere, I'm gonna get up off my lazy, feeling-sorry-for-myself ass and go do something.  Cause you never know what might happen!  And I'm never gonna find Mr. Right OR have fun sitting home alone.  I'm not fabulous enough to do this on my own!