The Catherinette Chronicles

A very fine morning to you on this, the first morning of 2009.  Here’s what I want to know:
Who went out there last night and made some bad decisions that ended up turning into the cocktail flu this morning?
Nothing like waking up in the New Year with a blinding headache that makes you wish someone [...]

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Should I tell you about the time that I got so hammered in London that I ran around the city, by myself, without a coat or a purse until 7:00 am?  And how when I sobered up I had no recollection of where all my stuff was?  And how there was an explosion of orange [...]

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Tell me that’s not one of the biggest freaking rocks that you’vever seen? How could I possibly turn something like that down? The second I saw it, I knew that it belonged on my finger.
So I went ahead and asked my girlfriend to let me borrow it for a little while. A little while turned [...]

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As I was holding my plastic cup filled with beer, shouting over the loud music while watching a bunch of young 20-something year olds try to mate with one another something struck me: I miss the place that shall not be named.
Our first attempt at finding a new place to hang out was…interesting. We started [...]

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Guess who I saw tonight? 
And who asked me to come to the bar after we were finished with dinner?
And who came and sat in my friend’s chair when she ran to the bathroom?
And who I had a Key Lime Pie shot with? 
And who’s straw I drank out of. 
And who didn’t care that I drank 1/2 [...]

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I did end up making a bad decision last night, it just wasn’t the one I was hoping it would be.  It happened early in the evening and it made strange and awkward things happen.  Georgia, One Date Wonder, and I were scheduled to meet at 7:30.  Since I suffer from the terrible “perpetually early [...]

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You all know that I make “smart” choices.  Please enjoy my 2 most recent ones:

Agreeing to take my nephew to Day Out with Thomas the Tank Engine.  Imagine several hundred screaming kids all fired up about getting to ride Thomas.  Only it’s not really riding Thomas.  It’s riding Light Rail trains that are so freaking [...]

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There are things that people never tell you as you grow up. Things that you believe will change in your life once you reach your 30’s. We’ll I’m here to straighten you out.
You’ll stop breaking out.
Is there a point when break outs ever stop? I look nothing like a teenager, and yet my face likes [...]

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