March 28, 2008
Winter's Last Hurrah
As I type this, giant snowflakes are hurtling themselves toward a watery grave on the sidewalk outside my window. Little Kamikaze warriors fighting one last battle for my favorite season. I'm touched, really. Because while I enjoy spring, I'm not a big fan of rain. I would much prefer that precipitation fall in the form of snow.
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March 26, 2008
Like You're Floating On Air
I feel really good today.
Not giddy or especially happy, but good. For the first time in what feels like forever, my head isn't throbbing, my digestive system is quietly performing it's normal duties, and my mental outlook could best be described as sunny. Work is still work, but I feel better about my situation and the more realistic expectations we're setting for our team and client. There are reasonable deadlines for busy work and enough creative research to keep me engaged for now.
There's less mess and chaos at home too. Although I wouldn't call it spring cleaning, I've made measurable progress on the laundry, mending, and tidying. I still have a mini shoe pile in the dining room though and the laundry pile seems to grow exponentially, but I'm comfortable with that. Now that I'm working more normal hours, I've been able to cook more. We're also signing another year-long lease on the townhouse, which makes me feel a little more grounded.
And then there's the spring-like weather. I can almost feel the new flowers pressing against the soil to soak up the little bits of sunlight peeking through the clouds. I bought a springy trench coat yesterday in a cheery light red. I love it, partly because it flattering, but also because it looks the way I feel right now.
And I just realized, this is how I want to feel every day.
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March 21, 2008
How Rude!
Gillian: remind me that it would be rude to reply with "UNSUBSCRIBE"
Sarah Jay: it would be rude
Gillian: funny-rude?
Sarah Jay: no. just rude.
Gillian: doh
Gillian: well, isn't it also rude to spam every contact in your address book?
Sarah Jay: probably
Sarah Jay: but being rude back doesn't make it any better
Gillian: you & your logic :-P
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Bloggable
Ever have a really great idea for a blog/journal post and then have it vanish before you get the opportunity to commit it a hard drive somewhere? I feel like that's been happening to me for the last few weeks. It certainly explains the lack of posts here. It isn't that my life is incredibly boring (although some might argue that it is) or even that I don't want to share. It's that I can't remember what I want to share with all of you long enough to actually share it.
This must be a sign of impending middle-age.
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March 18, 2008
Warm Thoughts
I had some trouble getting out of bed this morning. I didn't stay up late and I think I slept fairly well, but it was just so damned cold. I just wanted to stay nestled under all of my blankets and Jon's down comforter thinking warm thoughts. Then my radio came back from a snooze and started playing Jeff Buckley's haunting Hallelujah. I was pretty well cemented in my spot by the end of the song and it took me about one more hour to finally roll out of bed.
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Her Timing is Quite Unusual
You see her confidence is tragic, but her intuition magic...[Train - Meet Virginia]
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March 10, 2008
Springing Forward
Daylight Savings stinks.Rather than lose an hour of scrapping time this weekend, I sacrificed an hour of sleep. And since my sleep schedule will be out of whack for the next week, I figured I would take the opportunity to move back my wake-up time by almost an hour to 6:30 am. Get an earlier start on the day and maybe start getting home at a more reasonable hour.
It seemed like a good idea until the alarm went off this morning and I found it nearly impossible to get out of bed. I hit the snooze button repeatedly and stumbled through the dark to the bathroom where I showered with only half the usual lighting. While blindly pulling clothes out of the closet, I turned the TV on for a weather check. Imagine then my surprise when the weather man announced that it was 6:41 am and not the 7:41 I was expecting. I collapsed into bed out of exhaustion, frustration, and protest.
I stayed in bed for nearly an hour. How on earth did I manage to move the clock forward an extra hour? And just how much sleep have I had in the last three days? Certainly not more than 16 hours. I still can't believe that I was up at 5:30 this morning for no good reason.
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March 6, 2008
Meeting'd to Death
I'm not sure how long I've actually been at my desk today, but it hasn't been a lot. I've gone from meeting to interview to phone call to meeting to lunch to meeting, ad infinitum. My schedule is clear for the rest of the day, but I suspect I'll get pulled into something before I leave. Since I'm out tomorrow prepping for this weekend's scrapbooking retreat, I really wanted to have time to get caught up today. All I know is that the next meeting request I get better be something good or I'll decline it.
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March 5, 2008
28th Birthday Update
- I turned 28 last Friday. Or 7, depending on whether you count birthdays or years. Honestly, 28 doesn't feel any different than 27. It just doesn't have have same significance as say, 18. It does, however, remind me that I'm just two years from turning 30. And that, my friends, is a pretty big milestone and goal year for me.
- Presenting... I received what is quite possibly the biggest and best birthday present ever from Jon on Friday. After making an awesome dinner (roasted chicken and assorted root vegetables) he took me to the Apple store in Salem to pick out a new laptop. I picked out the 13-inch, 2.4GHz MacBook. Not a Pro, but I reasoned that the extra money required for a pro could be better spent on a good copy of Photoshop. The MacBook is lightning fast and just delightful. I had forgotten how simple and effortless it was to use one. I imported my music collection (over 8 gigs) in a matter of minutes and was able to flip through all of our vacation photos without waiting for each single image to load. I think I'm in love.
- Weighty Issues: No positive or negative scale movement lately. Something tells me that it has a lot to do with all of the rich food associated with birthday celebrations. Like that ridiculously tasty Raspberry cheesecake that Jon brought home on Friday. Or the donut I let myself get for breakfast the day before.Or the Indian food a stuffed myself with while we were out on Saturday night.
- Cardtastic! I've really been inspired to make cards lately. And I don't know whether it's all of the great cards I received from my fellow A Muse Addicts or just the weather, but something's infectious. I've been selling a few a week too, but my former boss and big fan just left the company, so I need to find a way to supply her. The obvious answer is Etsy. Just need to find the inspiration and motivation to set it up, as usual.
- Speaking of Motivation... I was incredibly motivated to make beautiful thank you cards last weekend and had 10 of them by the time I was done. I've been carting them back and forth to work, but do you think I've had an opportunity to actually write or address even one of them? Not a chance. I'm going to take them with me on Saturday and force myself to write them before I can start scrapping. This could be the first time in years that I get proper thank yous sent out.
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March 4, 2008
Stampin' Supplies?
I plan to place an order with my Stampin' Up! demonstrator sometime in the next two weeks to take advantage of Sale-A-Bration and get myself a free stamp set. Can you believe it's been five months since my last order? Dropping my demonstrator status really cut back on my impulse purchases. I've been waiting months for Sale-A-Bration and now it's nearly passed me by. Anyone want to piggyback an order onto mine? I can't offer a discount anymore, but I save on sales tax.
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