Saturday Morning

It's 8:37AM and I'm here at work. For a moment, I thought about using the word "stuck" before "at work", but it's actually a pretty cool place to be right now.

I woke up early and took Jenna's dog (I'm puppy-sitting) out for a quick walk about 7AM and watched the sun peek through the low, pink clounds that were in the sky. Had the mosquitos not been swarming around like crazy - it would have been a completely enjoyable walk and we probably would have stayed outside a LOT longer than we did.

When I walked into work, I was the only one here. Grant it, there will only be one more person showing up today besides myself (maybe a couple of stragglers throughout the day because we have to take stupid hurricane precautions today), but in this time - where it's just me and my mint tea (YUMMM!!! Better than coffee in the morning, I swear!) and a little Jason Mraz in the background - I'm completely relaxed at at ease. So, if later today things start going wayward - I will just have to remind myself of this moment.

Seriously - how many times do we enjoy the early morning at work? I'm writing down the date to remember this...

Bringing it back

This is probably one of the most random statements I have said in a while, but:

I'm at work listening to Hootie and the Blowfish - and I am LOVING it!!!

These guys are still around after all of these years. I've got some of their old stuff going, thrown in with some newer stuff they are putting out. The lead singer is coming out with a country album too - which is pretty decent from what I am hearing.

But yeah....fifteen years ago, I never thought I would be sitting around still listening to the soft rock band with a weird name...

I guess it just goes to show you can never predict the future - just enjoy the ride (and bring some Hootie music with you....)

What Do You Think I Should Do?

I have a slightly bad habit of asking everyone's opinion on things before actually going through with them. Well, I take that back - I either ask everyone's opinion or I jump into the decision with absolutely no regard for the consequences. I need to stop doing that.

Not that I have recently gotten in trouble with this, but I just do.

I'm looking forward to getting back into my routine this week. Hopefully I will be able to get to the gym at least 3 times this week - time will only tell if i manage to pull that off!

I love my friends - I really do. I don't know what I would do without Diane at work. I think I would suffocate myself in all the testosterone from all the boys. (I call them boys because they really are...)

I will go back to work now - just a little update for my poor, neglected blog...

The Minimalist (pause...NOT!)

Yeah - I can't make anything simple and clean. Look at the blog! It was clean lines and a white background yesterday and now it's all pink and weird. I need to play with it a little more....

Today I went to lunch with a coworker...

Ok, wait - quick insight: For the most part, all of my coworkers are men. This makes for very interesting lunch conversation when I am actually invited to join in the male bonding time of lunch. However, today, my lunch buddy (Diane) has the day off and I ended up going with a guy in the office. We had to skim around on insignificant facts about ourselves in order to pass the time in order to not make anything awkward. I still grill him on my guy problems though (example: "What the heck was this guy thinking when he said this that way and why would he say it to me?!?!?!") and allow the boys to carry my tray and open doors for me like I'm a delicate flower (well, I AM...sometimes).

Anyway, we sat there and discussed our childhood. It's crazy the things I did when I was younger and think nothing is ever going to hurt me. Or how I used to go to the skating rink on the weekends and thought it was the best thing ever. Now I sit here with a career and mortgage and can't believe I was once that naive child who thought it didn't get any better than cartoons on Saturday morning with red Kool-Aid.

Last night while I was at the gym, I started thinking about where I was a year ago. I was completely zoned out on the treadmill when I realized that last year at this time, I had no idea that I would be where I am now. I mean, I knew I was buying the house then, but I didn't realize how much of a transition I was in as far as my life in general. It makes me wonder where I will be this time next year...

I love where I'm at. I love all of this newness to life. The people coming in and out of my life and having to cease every moment with them. It's exciting!

One thing I'm having to make myself remember right now is to be patient. Even though I want to MAKE things happen, if I wait for when they are SUPPOSED to happen - they will only be that much sweeter! Hopefully...

See...I told you it was impossible for me to be a minimalist....

The Conformist

Yes - here it is....

I once had one of these before (and of course, it was a HUGE hit in Europe and some other outlying smaller countries) and I became lazy and didn't keep it up. Then I had all of these things to blog about and couldn't think of how to arrange them in such a way as to not overwhelm myself or the reader. I quit after that.

So here I am again - I hope whoever reads enjoys because I sure do enjoy posting (was that 1950's enough for you?)! No really, I do like doing this....really....

My day has consisted of printing out Scripture and taping it all over my desk to remind me why I'm here and continuously listening to Sugarland's "All I Wanna Do". The ladder has caused a great deal of pain for the coworkers surrounding me and laughter for me (they have to listen to me oh, oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ohh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, I love yooouuuu for the most part of the day). When it gets too painful for them and I notice their faces turning red with frustration, I read the surrounding Scripture and stop singing for a while (or until they walk away for a little while).