Margo's got Moxie ! : the diary of miss red high heels

Last week, I adopted a dog. I want to pause on that for the initial Ellen Degeneres freak out moment of, "OMG what was I thinking?!" I looked at her photo on the Happy Tails website over and over all day at work, and kept ruminating on it, and how special she looked. I have always wanted a dog, in fact I actually wanted a larger one! Apartment complexes are very uptight about breeds and size, so that wasn't going to happen for me, and my place isn't that big. I was praying and thinking how much this would insanely impact me financially with all the travel I am doing next year. Last Friday, I was told by a coworker to either meet the cutie, or let it go, and move on. I went to the gym, and then met her at the agency in Sacramento and she jumped into my arms and sniffed and nuzzled up to me. I was a goner. I knew if I left and didn't say yes, I would regret it forever. The foster mom seemed a tad sad and distant. She wouldn't look at me hardly, and took off ...

Not everyone is going to be direct and honest. Silent people can be interesting but in my opinion sometimes silence is hurtful and dangerous if gone undetected. Say what you mean and mean what you say. I think everyone does need their space and not everyone responds well to personal attack. However, if they ask for your thoughts, sugarcoating it won't make it any easier. At some point, you will alienate and disappoint people you didn't intend to piss off and those folks who push you away and run for good weren't there to stay to begin with. Or another is, you will wonder if a guy or girl is interested and don't feel you should chase them and think the impersonal mode of texting is nothing but nerve racking. I overthink a lot of things. I have to say we are some of the best minds when we do that, but it takes a toll on our mental and emotional capacity overall if you let it! Funny thing is, I get teased for putting an extra place setting at my table at dinner. People ask...

In Junior High and High School, I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to help people, I wanted to be a hero. I moved around with that idea until I added being a veterinarian as well. I was terrible at Math and Science, and to this day, use a calculator for tips at restaurants and read science books even if I never went to any nursing courses. I guess maybe it was fear I would never pass, who knew. I wasn't too great at foreign language either, but god did I want to be! I wanted to speak fluent and go somewhere and be an interpreter maybe. I had so many dreams. I flipped around with what I wanted, even teaching, but nursing was my goal. I wanted to be a lifesaver and the person at the table when all was lost. I think that show Grey's Anatomy really went to that little head of mine, because I was hooked. I think I was hooked even before that show. I felt like I could do something for people and be a somebody, or what have you. I stuck to journalism later because I decid...