8.27.12

Last week was a long, hellish week. Especially Wednesday. On Wednesday, there was something wrong with the pull of the universe or a full moon or something because everyone was just off. A co-worker informed the office that she is moving to Montana at the end of the month. Since the turnover rate at my company is somewhere around 0%, the office is jaw dropped and moving with alarming alacrity to start the replacement process. They interviewed a Chinese woman on Wednesday and I was in charge of the meet & greet. I got her set up in the conference room and brought her some water. When I dropped off the water the woman looked at me and said, "Awww, you pregnant?" I shot laser beams out of my eyes and pretty much screamed, "NO. NO I AM NOT," and then ran out of the conference room. Now, I realize that I own a skinny mirror. The purchase was intentional and I actually spent quite a bit of time picking out the perfect mirror that best shrunk my butt size and boosted my confidence. But, pregnant?! I WORK OUT. 

Ben's friend, Chris, was in town visiting from Dallas. He's a chef at Sissy's Southern Kitchen off Henderson and his goal for Portland was to eat as much swanky food as possible. See: Le Pigeon. Chris stauged at Le Pigeon Thursday. He was told to bring an apron, knife and a sharpie. I tried to loan him my Cutco knife, but apparently Cutco's are just too fancy/nice of a blade and he'd make the kitchen green with envy. So, I provided the sharpie. The menu at Le Pigeon boasts Foie Gras, Pigeon, Slow Roasted Duck & Duck Hearts, Beef Cheeks, etc all of which we ordered. All of which, minus the Pigeon which tasted remarkably like pigeon crap, was surprisingly scrumptious. The only food that didn't seem to impress Chris from his culinary tour of Portland was the french fries covered in gravy and cheese curds aka Poutine. Aka dream fries. 

Mom and I bought plane tickets to Florida! We leave late September for the sun & sand. I plan on laying on a beach and eating bagels the entire time. It's going to be heaven. 

Since I found out my boss' pretty much lied to my face about giving me a promotion, I've been casually submitting my application to various companies. Most specifically NW Natural where I have now been calling for the past week and leaving bumbling messages about my interest in the Staff Assistant 2 position. Plan: to leave so many messages that the recruiting department gets annoyed and offers me an interview. I also applied to ScanOne where I passed the phone interview last week and have a face-to-face tomorrow afternoon. It's a good thing Lauren and I went preemptive interview shopping!