In which, I explain Take Over Tuesdays

Precisely and I have this thing about reading one another our horoscopes for the day in the morning.  I'm not sure when this started.  Probably when there was an app for daily horoscopes.  Like most of our inside jokes, I decided to take it one step further, and bought a book on Astrology I found for a dollar on clearance at Marshalls as a Christmas present to us.

We celebrated the winter solstice in 2010 by drinking Woodchuck cider, and reading each other information on our respective signs.  Precisely is a Scorpio.  I am an Aries. (duh).*

The book was mostly what you would expect of something that cost a dollar, complete with some wonderful stock photography which we found hilarious.

The thing that stuck, was Take Over Tuesdays.  See, each sign has a corresponding day of the week, which is supposed to be extra powerful, lucky, full of good energy etc.  The day for both Scorpios and Aries (according to the book) is Tuesday.

Upon learning this, Precisely (the writer) immediately deemed this concept "Take Over Tuesday".  (We're both Type A's remember).

So, Take Over Tuesday is the idea that THIS is the day each week, you work really hard, for the whole day.  You take over at your job, in your work-out/training routine, with your social life.  You go big or you go home.

This doesn't mean you get to slack for the rest of the week, but it does ensure that all that stuff that needs to be taken care of, gets taken care of.

We even have a special chocolate coffee we save for Tuesday mornings only.  No seriously, it's Godiva Chocolate Truffle, my Mom got it for me for Easter, and it is D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S!!!

So this morning, I have an important meeting, and then after work, I am kicking my butt into running 12 miles, because I'm registered for the Pittsburgh half-marathon which is in 13 days, and I have been the laziest slacker to ever slack in training (if you can even call what I've been doing training) up to this point.

Try it out world.  Even if you're a Capricorn.  Take over today!

* We do not follow that stupid new astrological chart, with the Ophiuchus sign.  We follow the one we grew up with.  There's no way I'm a Pisces.  Not now.  Not never.

How I had the best break up of my life

I check my horoscope daily. Usually while I wait for the bus in the morning. And given that I check it from an app I downloaded for free, I try to not put too much stock into what it says. I mean really, I am an educated logical person. Especially because it usually in no way prepares me for the day ahead.

Every once in a while though, the Universe, regardless of your horoscope, seems to know what's up. And that certainly seemed to be the case last night when I checked out my Google Reader and saw a new A P O C A L Y P S T I C K post entitled How to Deal With a Break up. This seemed serendipitous because it occurred shortly after a phone call with GIBS, in which it was clarified that we want different things, and that he will no longer be the "Guy I've Been Seeing", but just a "Guy", I guess, from now on.

Anyway, I got ice cream with Precisely because, ummm, that's what you do right away of course, and then started drinking wine, and watched "How to Deal with a Break up" which is absolutely genius, and which I may or may not have spent the majority of last night quoting. Seriously you guys, watch this.

How To Get Over A Break-Up from Almie Rose on Vimeo.

Business Cards!!!

I will say, that while this situation caught me off-guard, and while it certainly sucks in a lot of ways, it's also maybe the best break-up or non-break-up (I don't know, what do you call it when you've ended things with someone who wasn't your bf?) I've ever had. For the first time, I was really honest, both with myself, and the person I was seeing about my level of interest, and what I wanted. I went on more than 3 dates! I went way out of my comfort zone putting myself out there, didn't get what I wanted, and will be ok. This whole experience has restored my faith in dating (at least a little).

I would have done nothing differently, it was an awesome month or so. So, thank you GIBS, for asking me out in the first place. It was really fun.

And bigger thank you's to Precisely, the Lady of Leisure, the Other #1 Big Hurry fan, the Artist, and RubbersoulLess, for buying me beers, listening, saying all the right things, closing out the bar with me on a Wednesday, and being more angry about this situation than I am. Y'all mean the world to me.

I will say this. I have the best friends. And I feel so lucky and a little smug that I have surrounded myself with such amazing individuals.