The truth is hard. The truth is awkward, and very often, the truth hurts. I mean, people think they want the truth, but do they really? -Meredith, Grey’s Anatomy

This weekend as a Mother’s Day gift I took my Future In Laws to the Spring Release Party Birthday Twin’s winery was throwing. My Future MIL loves wine and BT’s family makes great tasting wines so it was the perfect gift. Unfortunately because of his schedule, once again Match had to miss out on all the fun. I didn’t mention my history with Birthday Twin because I felt like it was something the future in laws just didn’t need to know. This proved to provide for a rather awkward yet funny conversation later that day. (more…)

Blanche: What a waste, Rose Nylund in New York!

Rose: [to Dorothy] It’s going to be a great trip, you wait and see. You’re going to be cured, and I’m going to get to see the Big Potato!

[Blanche gives Dorothy a "See?" look]

Dorothy: I said she was comforting, I didn’t say she was smart. -Golden Girls

This past week Travel Girl, Match’s sister, was in town visiting from Peru. We spent the majority of our time at Match’s parents spending time with his sis and the fam, and also their newest addition to the family, an adorable standard poodle puppy.

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Joey: Her place was really that bad?

Ross: You know how you throw your jacket on a chair at the end of the day? Well, like that — only, instead of a chair, it’s a pile of garbage. And instead of a jacket, it’s a pile of garbage. And instead of the end of the day, it’s the end of time and garbage is all that has survived! -Friends

I think I mentioned in a few posts back that Match and I have started our own company, a little side business. It’s a cleaning company, where we specialize in cleaning apartments or houses after people move out. What’s great about the business is that Match works for his mom’s property management company. So after people move out, they call us to clean up the units. We’ve had a lot of business in these past two months, and we’re starting to generate some real cash. (more…)

Think about it. If you are single, after graduation there isn’t one occasion where people celebrate you. … Hallmark doesn’t make a “congratulations, you didn’t marry the wrong guy” card. And where’s the flatware for going on vacation alone? -Carrie, Sex and the City

Today’s SPT challenge was to gift a friend, with something intangible, following this month’s theme of giving.
I didn’t think I had anything for today, as I didn’t see any friends, busy as I was with work. But towards the end of the day, I got an IM from Match’s sister (who I’ve decided to nickname Travel Girl, because she has traveled all over the world) seeing how I was doing. We got to chatting, and she told me how she’s been lonely, and missing friends from home. I gave her the gift of listening, and being someone she could talk to. We talked about her life, and how she’s doing living in South America (she’s currently residing in Peru), and how she misses stability. It was so nice to connect with her, even for that brief moment.

I didn’t have a picture of our chat, but this is me looking through her pics on facebook, of all her many travels. Her latest pictures are from Argentina, and they’re amazing!