Friday, April 30, 2010

tgif

I was all excited to make dinner and then I got unexcited in a hurry. Next I thought, how about I pre-make my pastry dough for the mixed berry empanadas I'm planning for Sunday night dinner? Didn't take long before I was over that one too. Considered running to the store and picking up some super easy fluff of a novel. Then I simply couldn't be bothered. Just answered a page from the hospital - I diagnosed an upper extremity DVT and want to start anticoagulation on a patient and ortho says "not on my watch." It would appear, fine followers, that I'm now officially in one bad mood.

Monday, April 26, 2010

NOLA

Back almost 24 hours and I'm still beat-down exhausted. But I had such a good time. Amazing food. Excellent music. Super chill atmosphere. And I-can't-wait-until-they-move-back-to-Dallas friends. Happy anniversary, my love:)

(and thanks for the pictures, Brad!)

Monday, April 19, 2010

"Dallas is the new LA."

Went to Austin this weekend with Clayton to catch up with his "tribe." I love that visualization:)

He has a wide network of friends that he's accumulated from high school and beyond. It's hard for me to keep track of how everyone fits into the mix - they all seem like they've known each other forever. They've scattered, as old friends tend to do. But there's still a few here in Dallas. A pretty decent collection in Austin. And an inexplicable focus in the Los Angeles area. I know he misses them - even the ones that stayed local seem to be MIA most of the time. So I'm super glad that he got reconnected.

But, it made me feel kind of ancient. Ya know?

Maybe I'll just pretend that 32 is the new 28;)

Friday, April 9, 2010

what is . . . ?


This chair belonged to my paternal grandmother and it was one of three things that I chose to keep when she passed away when I was in college. I can still picture her sitting in it while she watched Jeopardy:)

For the last 6 plus years it's been sitting in a corner of my small apartment bedroom, covered by a floral sheet that (somewhat) coordinated with the rest of the room's decor. I uncovered it this morning to take a picture to send for an estimate from an area vintage furniture shop. As sort of a housewarming present to myself, I'd decided to get it reupholstered in a new, fun, modern fabric.

After I took the picture, I sat in it for a while and thought about my Grandma Rozelle. I think she would have loved me holding on to this chair but would have been all for me updating it in whatever way made me happy. Grandparents are great that way:)

You know what I think would make me most happy right now? Leaving it as is.

I think I'll give it a trial run here in my current place and see if I can picture it at home in my new home. The thing about new, fun, modern fabrics? There's always something new, fun, and modern around the corner. And for now I'm totally digging the retro, nostalgic feeling of it's orange and brown stripes.

It so makes me want to watch a little Jeopardy!

Miss you, Grandma . . .

absolutely gosh-wow

Currently reading the following 4 books:

Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Stephen King's On Writing
David McCullough's Great Bridge
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

I love having mornings off:)

Thursday, April 8, 2010

mornin' world

Slept in more than I should. Then upon waking moved from bed straight to couch with quilt in tow. Watched a bit of mindless TV in my favorite striped pajamas. Now caffeinating myself with a nice organic breakfast tea. In my beloved I NEED MY SPACE mug.

Let's roll, day. Let's roll.

Monday, April 5, 2010

ugg

This is way, way harder than I thought it was going to be.

Friday, April 2, 2010

yeah, that'll work

Is it just me, or is everyone else in the world ridiculously glad March is over?

That was one hell of a nasty month. Some highlights, for sure. But I think it's going to take all of April for me to truly recover.

Moving on . . .

During my junior year of high school I was on the debate team. I freakin' loved it. Our topic was immigration and my cross-x partner and I argued some ridiculous idea about letting in all the old Soviet nuclear scientists. We were saving the world from WW III!. I got to throw words like oblivion around as if I actually knew something other people didn't. I'm pretty sure my coach hated us, but we won pretty regularly. And when we were on the negative, look out. There wasn't anything I was better at than poking holes in someone else's logic. Unless it was word problems. Yeah, maybe I was better at word problems. Fully aware that I was something of a nerd. But, thanks.

Senior year was supposed to be more of the same. My partner had graduated, but I'd secured another. I was no longer designated a novice. I was ready. The topic came out and at first I was totally on board. My new partner and I actually started researching during the summer and we were pumped. Yes, still aware of the nerd factor. Again, thanks.

Debate quickly lost it's thrill however. And most of the blame lay with our topic. It just wasn't fun. And there weren't any good answers or solutions. So, I quit. Several weeks in, I said no to Debate and secured myself a lazy study hall instead. Best decision I made that fall by far.

The topic of that 95/96 debate year?

Health care.

God. I wish study hall was still an option.