and the weekend comes to an end

unfortunately i don't have any wild and crazy stories to share about my birthday fiesta. i had dinner chez krass, then we went to the neighborhood bar for a few drinks. i was home - fatter, happier and just a tad tipsy - by 1am. it was fun and low key - a sign of the times. my days of going out and being wild and crazy are over. there is and will be the occasional rager here and there, but for the most part i am guessing that my future birthdays will mirror this one. and that's not a bad thing, it's just sad to truly realize that the last of my youth is officially gone. poor me.

saturday i discovered the dog beach - it was absolutely incredible. dogs and their owners as far as the eye could see...and of course mopsy made sure she was in the big middle of it. that was my big outing for the day, which was great since we had beautiful weather.

today was the chicago marathon. allie invited me to join her and her clients at mile 15 to cheer on the runners. we cabbed it from downtown to as close as we could get to mile 15. unfortunately, we ended up having to play a game of marathon runner frogger in order to make it to the station, but survived crossing the path of all the runners and it was well worth the risk. seeing the marathon in person (instead of where i've watched it on sara and mike's couch in the past) was a pretty cool. it also reinforced my desire to get fit; not that i'm planning to EVER run a marathon (to me it's a form of self torture), but it still motivated me to keep going to the gym.

the job front is really starting to stress me out. one consulting firm i thought for sure would want to bring me in for an in-person interview after four phoners, but found out on friday that they were passing on me. yep, happy birthday to me. i have a couple of other things lined up, but nothing firm. i really want to find a employment so that i can stay in this great city. otherwise, i'm back in dc at the end of december. maybe in my letter to santa this year, i'll ask him for a job with a great company that will compensate me generously, appreciate my skillset and realizes that the company couldn't function without the likes of me. i don't think that's asking too much - do you?