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• So ….. I got two new lower front teeth …. well, not really new teeth ….. just a new shiny white veneer finish on them ….. looking soooo nice ….. for when I need to flash my pearly whites …. ugh !!!! lol

• It’s really becoming a major pain in the butt for me to switch between boy-mode and girl-mode ……. and much more of my girl personality/mannerism/attitude is seeping into my boy-mode presentation …… the other Amy has noticed the same thing

(which is interesting to me because we’ve been pretty much on the same schedule with ‘mones and trachs and things – so I’m wondering if this is sort of a normal timing with things, who knows) …… in fact, I’ve caught myself frequently thinking …. crap, I’m in guy-mode, I can’t do that !! …. yesterday …… Shaft and I are walking into our office building ….. he opens the door …… and without thinking …… I walk through …… letting him hold it for me ……. thanks 🙂 …….. we get in the lobby and are waiting for the elevator and he says “Dude, when you’re in guy mode, do me a favor …… when I open the door, I’ll hand it off to you, walk through and then you walk through …. you walked through there like a chick” …… and he was right …. but I didn’t even think about it when I did it …….. and that’s happening more and more frequently ….. not to mention ….. Shaft and I are taking more and more risks in some of our comments …… in fact …… I slipped up the other day ….. totally …… not sure if the bystanders have put two and two together yet though …..

• There’s not doubt about it now …… it’s more of an effort for me to get myself in “boy” mode than it is for me to get in “girl” mode ….. part of that is because in girl-mode …… I do go light on the make-up ……. maybe lipstick, always lip gloss, liner, mascara, shadow ….. toodles !!!! But making my hair work for me in boy-mode …. whatachore.

• So about 2 weeks ago I’m walking into our office building and I see this woman, very beautiful, who looks completely familiar ….. she looks like a friend of mine from high school …… someone I hadn’t seen since high school …… so make that …… what ???? ____ years !!!!!! She was a good friend in high school, but we really didn’t have many common friends, which is why we never maintained contact afterwards ….. back in high school, she was stunningly beautiful …. and she had to suffer the fate some beautiful women and girls suffer ….. people assume she’s pretentious, that she’s snobby, that she won’t talk to them, that she’s mean …… in fact, she was shy, sweet and caring, but few realized it ….. I’m not even sure how we became friends, I think it was that I was dating a friend of hers, anyways ….. all MY friends and peers in high school were like ….. “Dude, I can’t believe you’re talking to Loni !! Holy Shit !!” ….. and I don’t know if it was because I was dating someone else, or just intimidated by her beauty, but I never thought of her as anything but a friend ….. and that was sooo cool …. because we could be friends then …. and I think she sensed she was safe with me being a friend ….. so, I’d defend her honor as needed, but …… it wasn’t necessary much, because in my geek-dweeb circle of friends/peers …… I ruled …… and rarely had to smack down any talk about what a fellow dork would like to “do” with/to her …. so we’d talk …. give/receive advice to one another …… and I learned that even gorgeous people could be some of the nicest people around ……

So I look at this woman again ….. gawd, it looks like her …. in fact, I don’t think she’s aged at all …… but what are the odds ….. that a friend from high school who I haven’t seen in _____ years would end up standing in the same office building as I work …… can’t be her …… so I just continued on my way.

But then ….. days later …… I’m coming back from court ….. sort of hurried ….. really not paying attention to things …. and I’m waiting for the elevator …… the doors open and Shaft’s wife (Satan) steps off ….. I chat with her briefly and then see this same woman stepping around us …… gawd, it does look like Loni !!!! So I abruptly terminate my conversation with Satan ….. and say ….. somewhat quietly …. and to her back as she is walking away …. “Loni?” …… nothing, no pause, so I step into the now empty elevator …. well, I musta been wrong …… then she stops, tilts her head and turns around and looks towards me ….. I stick my foot in the elevator door to keep it open and say “Loni” again …… she nods and starts walking back towards me …. I step off the elevator ….. it’s obvious ….. she has no clue who I am !!!!! LOL

But I know it’s her now …… so I introduce myself …… and am thinking …. crap, maybe we weren’t that good of friends ….. she doesn’t even remember me ……. but once I say my name ….. she smiles a warm, friendly smile 🙂 …… laughs and says “oh my gawd” a couple of times …… she says she would never have recognized me (no kidding) …. but tosses out a nice ….. “my gawd, have you ever grown up since I last saw you” …… I tell her the truth ….. she looks just like she did in high school ….. stunning !!!! Anyways ….. we talked for a while ….. it was really nice ….. and get this, she’s been working in my building since December ….. on the floor just above mine ……. we’ll talk and catch up more later …… and now I have a new old friend with whom to make coffee runs !!! 🙂