Baby pic and partying?

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He was busy fussing about something so I went and picked him up. It seems he likes sleeping on his stomach on people most of all, so I bought my friend an extra hour while he slept on my chest being super soft and warm. It was way better than cuddling one of her dogs because he didn't smell like dog breath (and I handed him off before he smelled like poo! My timing is excellent.)

I emailed this picture to my mom and said about how its way better to cuddle than a puppy. She said how I was hooked now and the best part of a village of people raising kids is there is always someone willing to let the baby sleep on them.

Yesterday was also the going away party thing for our coffee buyer at work. I didn't want to go because I'm weird about socializing with people from work, I've been disappointed before at other jobs.

I was scared on the drive there, but I didn't really know why. I walked into a group of people who are fairly outgoing all the time anyhow. They were outside smoking (and I just realized that's probably why my throat hurts this morning) and got excited that I came. We went over things socially that HR would probably bug their eyes out at. Is my coworker really an asshat - no he's okay, hey just wondering are you gay - nope. Then they were saying how they really like me because I do my own thing. One of the guys was telling me how he liked one of the things I did for an event, but that another part could have been done better. He manages to be totally unoffensive about this (not that I usually get offended anyhow) and I admit that I didn't care as much about that part, which it true. He was also very concerned and excited that I was going for the new store opening in the area as the signmaker because he is going for the new store in his department as well. THEN I finally made it inside the place.

I found out that I didn't entirely have all the guys from the meat department sorted out name wise. Didn't make a fool of myself, but it was an observational realization. The one guy who happened to also work at the bar we were at turned out to be really nice and friendly. I knew he wasn't not nice, but I had no idea he was just super pleased to be interacting with everyone. His personality make me want to hug him and thank him for being awesome, he even was asking me if I wanted a water or something when he found out that I didn't drink.

That was another awesome thing, everyone was pretty cool about me not drinking. I could kind of tell some people on the fringe of the conversation, when they heard me say I didn't drink, were confused? As though if they had said something it would have been "why would anyone ever NOT drink" because they just didn't get it. People made conversation about it with me sometimes, just asking questions. Once it was pretty established with the few people who were passing out drinks I didn't get bothered about it the rest of the time I was there.

I didn't die, I didn't get harassed about drinking, I got hugged a damn lot which is still super new for me but everyone was super huggy. I also think I made this girl super happy I came because I'm pretty sure she thought I wouldn't. AND the people I work with are delightfully weird.

Oh and no one managed to spill beer on me. Next time I'm going to take a page out of some other awkward people's books and take a seat somewhere. It would be cooler if I had a phone that had internet and crap, then I could totally hang out in clubs and listen to the fantastic bass AND read books without anyone thinking I'm a complete weirdo! (not everyone needs to know). I would be a little worried about my wanting to nap though. I can totally see why my friend's baby likes to sleep on people's chests, warm rhythmic nap time.

It is now time to pay off my fines at the library (so bad at returning books on time) and get my birthday money all cashed out so I can get an oil change for my car. Adulthood is luxurious.

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I've been wanting to take a train trip through the southwest and then up the california coast and back through the northwest. I've played with the trip planner on the train thing a whole lot and it will be well over 1k without many stops. I've been wanting a tiny house, but I'm wondering if I should kind of progress to one and just see about getting one of those teardrop trailers I can tow with my car. THEN I could camp my way across the country and back. It's an idea and I haven't done the gas math or researched this at all. I would get to see lots more things and stop when ever I want to AND when I visited people I could totally have my own place to sleep and not need to impose on others. I know people would totally offer me places to sleep but I feel awkward because I like being self sufficient. Plus drop ins are more welcome when they bring their own home. I'm a turtle!