{"id":1032,"date":"2004-07-14T09:46:26","date_gmt":"2004-07-14T14:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amynews.com\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2015-10-08T17:38:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T21:38:34","slug":"taking-out-the-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amynews.com\/2004\/07\/taking-out-the-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Out The Trash"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had to go into the office the other night …<\/p>\n

Which was the first time I had left my house that day.<\/p>\n

Now …<\/p>\n

I know this might come as a surprise to some of you guys,<\/p>\n

But you see …<\/p>\n

When some women are at home,<\/p>\n

And really not planning on going out at all …<\/p>\n

They don’t spend their day all dolled up.<\/p>\n

I’m one of those chicas.<\/p>\n

Sure, sure …<\/p>\n

I showered in the morning,<\/p>\n

And washed\/conditioned my hair,<\/p>\n

But after that …<\/p>\n

I just tossed in a few barrettes,<\/p>\n

Let my hair air dry itself, and<\/p>\n

Spent the day pleasantly working in an uber comfortable pair of drawstring capris and my Geeks Heart Me<\/i> undersized graphic tee.<\/p>\n

Soooooo comfy ! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, situations later dictated that I go into the office that night …
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\nAnd I sure wasn’t going to spend much time prepping myself for the trip downtown.<\/p>\n

So relunctantly … I changed my top.<\/p>\n

I really don’t think I can wear it in public any more …<\/p>\n

It’s just not the same …<\/p>\n

Since Amanda and Nicole came around.<\/p>\n

It now appears to read …<\/p>\n

Eks Heart M<\/i>,<\/p>\n

And though I think that phrase means nothing,<\/p>\n

I really don’t want to take the chance that there’s a group of Eks out there about which that I might be making a misleading statement.<\/p>\n

So I tossed on a kute collarless, v-neck, 3\/4 sleeve vertical ribbed tee with ruffled edging in a color that I can honestly say I have no phreaking clue where it fell in the spectrum (it was a cute style and I got it on sale at Marshall Fields for $4.99 !!) …<\/p>\n

Did it look good on me ??<\/p>\n

Was I even remotely color coordinated ??<\/p>\n

Heck …<\/p>\n

I didn’t know,<\/p>\n

And I didn’t care. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I then removed the barrettes from my hair and just combed the mess straight, holding it there with a hairband, back exposing full forehead …<\/p>\n

Along with my “more prominent because of tanning other parts of the bod” ffs scar across my forehead.<\/p>\n

Make-up?<\/p>\n

Not a chance, I didn’t even bother with gloss …<\/p>\n

Opting instead to keep my lips kissable soft with Vaseline.<\/p>\n

I slipped on some flip-flops,<\/p>\n

Grabbed my pwus …<\/p>\n

And I was on my way.<\/p>\n

Continuing my lazy trend,<\/p>\n

I didn’t even park in the parking garage …<\/p>\n

Electing instead to park on the street at a meter that didn’t require coinage since it was after 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n

It was pretty dead downtown …<\/p>\n

Very few people.<\/p>\n

After making sure I had everything I needed,<\/p>\n

I stepped out of my car,<\/p>\n

Pressed the lock button a couple of times …<\/p>\n

And started walking around the front of my car towards the sidewalk,<\/p>\n

At which point I noticed an extremely kute, Bernie Grimm<\/a>-except with dark hair, looking man riding a bike up the sidewalk towards me and just smiling a great big smile.<\/p>\n

Now … sure, maybe he read me and was smiling about that …<\/p>\n

I certainly put absolutely no preaking effort into even trying to pass …<\/p>\n

And my mom would probably scold my ass.<\/p>\n

First for using the word ass,<\/p>\n

And then for even leaving the house looking like that.<\/p>\n

But honestly,<\/p>\n

I didn’t expect to run into anybody<\/i> !<\/p>\n

However,<\/p>\n

I really didn’t get the vibe he read me …<\/p>\n

This definitely felt more like a flirt-type smile.<\/p>\n

Which was sort of nicely reaffirming.<\/p>\n

Anyways,<\/p>\n

He continued looking at me …<\/p>\n

Smiling …<\/p>\n

Making nice eye contact …<\/p>\n

As he progressed in front of me.<\/p>\n

Of course I smiled back,<\/p>\n

I smile a lot. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Then after he had passed me,<\/p>\n

He turned his head to look at me again …<\/p>\n

Still smiling.<\/p>\n

However,<\/p>\n

As a result of turning his head …<\/p>\n

He also turned his shoulders …<\/p>\n

And consequently turned the front wheel of his bike.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing he planned on taking just a quick look at me …<\/p>\n

Instead of the slightly more prolonged exchange of smiles that occurred,<\/p>\n

Because as a result of that last look at me for whatever reason he chose to take …<\/p>\n

He steered his bike right into one of those wrought iron decrorative trash cans they have scattered throughout downtown on the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

After quickly recovering,<\/p>\n

Well, it really wasn’t too quickly,<\/p>\n

He sort of fumbled around a bit in an endearing sort of nerdy way,<\/p>\n

He looked back at me.<\/p>\n

I delivered my patented smile\/giggle\/expose my neck\/tilt my head\/giggle\/smile<\/i> move that some guys seem to like …<\/p>\n

And he smiled back,<\/p>\n

Shrugged his shoulders,<\/p>\n

And continued on down the sidewalk.<\/p>\n

I think he was seriously contemplating striking up a conversation with me …<\/p>\n

And though normally in such a situation,<\/p>\n

I would not hesitate to strike up the verbal dialogue myself …<\/p>\n

I was there to get some work done and didn’t want to be the reason for my delay.<\/p>\n

So I wasn’t about to take the initiative,<\/p>\n

But it’s a shame he didn’t take advantage of the opportunity to ask me to join him for a drink.<\/p>\n

Not because I’d have said yes,<\/p>\n

Be real,<\/p>\n

That’s a given.<\/p>\n

He was Bernie Grimm<\/a>-kute afterall (it’s a different link in case you want to know the answer to “Who is Bernie Grimm?”)<\/p>\n

No, I’d have said yes …<\/p>\n

Because I had the perfect response already formed in my mind …<\/p>\n

Sure, but I’ll drive !<\/i>” \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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