Evil Twin #1's A Series of Fortunate Events

When life hands you lemons, you can make lemonade or even better you can completely ignore they exist and wait until next week. The past week was horrific due to a dastardly individual who was supposed to help my scholarly pursuits, but instead decided ethics be damned and to see what would happen if he started researching what I am researching. I am not so great at office politics, so I spent much of the week just sulking.

Luckily, I had planned a Friday night with D&H. What a perfect way to ignore my ever depressing work life. D&H have just recently been married and have moved to an affordable condo in an up and coming suburb of Boston (minutes away from the new IKEA). Just minutes from the commuter rail line, D&H came out to meet me at the station. Friday night in Boston is noisy with college kids, but it was quiet in the cul-de-sac of condos. Inside D&H gave me a grand tour, and H said to me "Do you want to see the best part of this place?" He opened some slatted doors to reveal a washer and dryer. I suddenly had visions of not having to drag my laundry to the next building through the snow. Yes, H, I agree that it is a bonus. D was cooking up quite a storm, and I drank my beer as I watched her slave over a home cooked meal. Delicious healthy soup, rice and turkey gave me a sense of calm and I kind of felt that peace you get when you are home. After eating way too much we settled down for a movie.

"Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events" is a tale of gutsy children who overcome horrible tragedies. Slightly scary, the movie made me realize that my life was the exact opposite. For the most part, my life has been a series of very fortunate events, like being invited for a sleepover at friends' apartment when I needed some distance from work.

The next morning D,H, and I went to IHOP. I know this may sound a little odd, but I had never been to an IHOP before. Denny's, yes; IHOP, no. I ordered the International breakfast mainly so I could tell people I ate Swedish pancakes with lingonberries. (I was tempted to get the Rooty Tooty Fresh and fruity, but chickened out.)

I went back to work refreshed that afternoon, when a different friend D invited me out to lunner. Sure. We went to the ever hip South End and chatted over soup and decadent desserts. In order to burn the inordinate number of calories, we and ingested we walked around window shopping for our mutual friend's wedding. Inside Shreve, Crump & Low, there was a sale on jewelry. Three thousand dollars for a diamond encrusted pendant, what a steal! Except it was hideous so don't think it could be stolen even if the display case was wide open.

Saturday night, I went to the Beacon Hill Pub for my friend's C's birthday. It was quite the reunion as M, who has been hiding in Attleboro after Hurricane Katrina long story, came out to play. Two dollar beers is a great inducer of bad behavior and a little bad behavior is what I was in the mood for. I convinced M to circle the bar with me to hit on the frat boy/ meat head clientele. When that failed, I moved on to helping A find perky blonde girls to hit on. Yes, I am back, kids. I should mention that this was the first time I had ever met A. When all the other coupled people left, it was only A and I hanging out. At some point I was so drunk that I thought he left without me so I took off. This lead me to write the following drunken e-mail to him as soon as I got home.

hi a,
i am slightly inebriated but i thought i should shoot you an e-mail to tell you that i was serious about the hanging out part. i don't know what happened with meagan at the bar but i can only hope for good things.
i hope to hear from you soon becaue it is always nice to meet single people in the city.
-evil twin #1

Luckily, A was not too offended and e-mailed me this Monday morning. Yay, new friend!

Well, it is Monday morning. I know I have to talk to the dastardly individual. I have been bolstered by good will from a good weekend. See when life hands you lemons, ignore them and pelt the SOB with them on Monday.