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buttercream belly // 2003-05-28

i am big. my tummy is spilling over the top of my jeans. my boss took everyone out to lunch today at the cheesecake factory. i'd never been to one before, and was secretly dying to go. i ate a crabcake sandwich and regretted it instantly. too rich for me. also, i don't really like cheesecake, so i suppose the experience wasn't really all i'd hoped for. but the appetizers were good, plus the two hours of not being at work.

did you know that mrs-roboto and i were both at the women's spa in tacoma this weekend? and i don't even know her! the spa was lovely, if not a little abrasive... in more ways than one. for reals: i have a big abrasion on my arm from where she scrubbed me too hard. and i got reprimanded a few times. first for not soaking long enough in the hot tub. my little pink face looked up at her and i whimpered, "but it's so hot!" she also demanded i look at all the dirt she was scrubbing off of me and then yelled, "you thought you were clean, didn't you!?" yes, i really did think i was clean, but i guess not.

on sunday i baked a cake. coconut buttercream and raspberry layer cake. oh man, was it delicious. anika and stephanie came over to eat the cake right after i made it, but it was still too warm so the goopy layers slid all around and it wouldn't hold together. the next day, after being refrigerated, it was quite delicious.

and on monday c bought a croquet set and he, anika, and i went to a park in wallingford to play. we drank gin and tonics discreetly out of a thermos and i won both games.

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