Jeff Billimek’s Journal

I was pretty unproductive the first part of the day today. I balanced my checkbook and did some more research for my home buying project.

I helped Larry out some more with his website. He wanted some links added to the links section, so I added them and emailed him detailed instructions on how to add/change them on his own.

Jen invited me to a party at her place to celebrate Valentines Day in a non-valentines-day fashion. It is called the ‘anti-valentines day party’.

I was running late and didn’t leave my apartment until 8pm. On the way to her house I stopped at a package store and got a bottle of merlot. When I arrived at the party, there were already a lot of people there.

It was nice meeting all of Jen’s friends. I talked to some more than others. I had an interesting conversation with a guy who is from southern France and he explained to me that the southern French are typically pro-American when it comes to the ‘war on terror’, while the northern French are more anti-American. This was an interesting perspective.

I also met Jen’s sister who looks a lot like Jen but is slightly taller. She was pretty flirtatious. Jen’s friend Damon (I wonder if that’s how it is spelled) was there but I didn’t get a chance to talk with him much. Apparently he’s a perl guru which is cool. Actually it seems that a lot of Jen’s friends are in the IT industry.

Jen’s best friend Lisa and her boyfriend showed up later. Lisa’s boyfriend tried to give me advice by saying to loosen up and dance, which I think I am horrible at. I don’t know what it means to loosen up - do you just relax your body? I try that but end up still being all stiff and stodgy.

The party started to die down around 2:30am when a lot of people left. Jen’s sister took a short thirty-minute nap on the sofa. Jen’s friend, Tom, ended up spending the night in the guest bedroom. I spent the night too.

It was a fun party and I’m happy I got to meet everyone. The more time I spend with Jen the more I like her. I have yet to find any flaw or reason to believe that she isn’t perfect. It’s sort of strange to go this long and everything seems so wonderful. I’m really looking forward to see how things will unfold.