Jenny is a little tired...

I stayed up over 20 hours yesterday.  My class is going to be really impressed this morning when I tell them...  it was pretty much nonstop throughout the day.  I think I sat on the sofa for about a half an hour in the afternoon, but that's about it.

Today I teach and then I have an instructor meeting this afternoon.  I will attempt to do some cleaning tonight in preparation of having people over next weened.

Last night I had a great time with old friends - we ate yummy stuff (including yummy pot stickers made by yours truly) and talked about aging, feet, kids, and life in general... kind of fun.

I think that's all I have to share this morning... now it's time to surf through the Sunday paper!

Here we go!

I made it through the week... now I'm up early and I've already managed to make the filling for potstickers and coffee....  I went to bed before 9:00 last night... it felt good... 

I have a lot to do today and I think I am prepared...  now if my body will just cooperate.... dear feet, don't hurt me too much.

I am crossing my fingers that having such a busy week will have reflected nicely in my efforts to get back to goal...  if it hasn't though I will be okay with it...

Well,  I have got to run.

Here's my shirts...

This is what my t-shirts look like as art...  I will get better shots later, but this will do for now.

Can I just tell you that I am exhausted?  It's been a rough week...  I'm supposed to make dumplings tonight for a party I'm going to on Saturday, but I'm not sure I'm going to be up for it at the end of the day...  Last night I passed out on the sofa just before The Office ended... I guess I'll have to re-watch it on dvr sometime...

All I have in my trajectory is the bath I'm going to take when I get home tonight... 

My mind keeps wandering... I think I shall focus on my coffee and getting to work a little on the early side...

Just when I thought...

I didn't think I could really get any busier than Tuesday but I was wrong...  it's just been one thing after another at work...  but the good news is that I don't have any spare time to shove food in my mouth all willy nilly... that's good.

All I can do this morning is just sit here...  I would really like to go back to bed, but that's not going to happen... it's going to be another busy day today...  we've got a big meeting at our office tomorrow so I've got to get the place cleaned up along with my other work...  ooof...


Tonight I will probably end up cleaning my place... Friday night I am going to attempt to make some sort of dumplings for a party I'm going to on Saturday... of course I have never made dumplings so it should be interesting...  hmmm... I'm always up for a challenge though.

What else?  I'm thinking I should run around Greenlake on Saturday morning... there's a training run for the Jingle Bell Run, I don't think I really need it, but I do need to do some sort of exercise on Saturday morning before the rest of my hectic day...  (WW, running?, Big Brother Clothing party, birthday party...)...  Sunday is going to be busy as well...

I guess that is good...  I'm looking forward to having a short week next week - although it's bound to be busy...  it will be nice to sleep in (although I can't sleep in until Sunday morning - the 27th...)  that's funny... planning ahead a week and a half to sleep in...

I will leave you all with this photo from Vermont (I wish I could go back...).

Gosh darn it's busy!

We've only made it two days into the week and I am ready for a break. 

Last night I found myself with a semi-free evening so I spent it going shopping for the office... what's up with that?

When I got home I did some cleaning around the apartment...  I am going to have some friends over the Saturday after Thanksgiving and I need to get things in order...   I remember when I was growing up I used to help a coworker of my dad's clean her condo... I now know why she paid me... it sucks to do it yourself and it's hard work...  I am almost always exhausted at the end of the day and too stinking busy on the weekends.

What I really need to do is get some help in organizing my studio area...  I have a friend who's an organizer, but she lives in Philly... that won't work...

Tonight I teach and then I come home and collapse...

I'm still digging the new hair - if only I could get rid of my upper belly which has crept on me since my injury plagued month early on this year, I might feel semi-attractive more often...  oh, I would also like it if my foot would stop hurting.  Knee is better, foot still hurts.  Maybe I'll see about drug options for the foot...  hmmm... nothing like getting a shot in the heel right?

Here are some of the t-shirts that made it into the show... I don't know why they are rotated funny and I don't have the energy to figure out how to fix them...  oh well...

carry on.

Too good to pass up.

Check out this video I found on youtube...

I can fight this feeling...

I have been in an incredibly good mood the past few days and hopefully it will continue for at least a few more days...

I like being in a good mood.

Yesterday I felt moderately attractive which is funny... who feel's moderately attractive???

I'm not even going to let the fact that Mr. Clunky woke me up at 3:30 deter the good mood...  he's even clunking around now...  Does he ever sleep?

What else?  I had a full class last night which is always nice.. I don't want them to cancel my class due to lack of attendance...  it could happen.  I think now that it's getting cold outside people will be hitting the gym.

Work is work... the day went relatively fast yesterday and I didn't have time to stuff my face - GOOD NEWS! 

Things are plodding along, I feel good (minus the foot and calves), I look adequate, I am eating right...

I just need someone to come help me clean my apartment and set up my studio...  it's only been a year!

I need coffee!  Talk at you tomorrow!

Here it goes again

This weekend was busy and I'm not really glad it's over, but I'm okay with going back to work if I must.

I successfully trimmed my pot so I am in the ceramics business again... it's not very pretty, but it will do.

I haven't heard how the opening went down in California, hopefully they will post some photos and I can see my t-shirts in all their glory...

I now have cute hair (not that I didn't before, but it finally is at a stage where I feel good about it)...  I have to spend a little bit more time on it this morning...  I can't stick around long.

Who knows what this week will bring... next weekend is going to be another busy one...  What happened to me?  I have a life although it's not exactly the way I always envisioned it...  oh well... I guess this will do.

Oops I forgot.

I didn't post yesterday...  I was too stinking busy.
Gone from 6:30 to 7:30 ish...  I am happy to report that I have cute hair..

here.

I'm a little washed out.

Here I am looking like Kitty Forman

Crazy Eyes!

That's it....  I had a pretty good day yesterday... spent a lot of it doing laundry at momma's house.  I got to hang out with the dogs which was fun and then I went to a card making party... that was fun too...  stretching my socializing muscles...

Today I don't know exactly what I'm going to do but is should involve writing cover letters for jobs.

I will probably also hit up my Dad and see what he needs...  I should also try to trim my pot that I threw on Wednesday...

Too much to do...

But for now I will enjoy my coffee, CBS Sunday morning, and my newspaper...

TGIF

I am ready for the weekend.
The end.

No - Just kidding.  It's been one of those weeks that I'm glad is almost over.  It has been getting busy at work (okay, I'm not busy - one of my co-workers ie bosses is busy)... when "it" get's busy "it" gets stressed out and makes those of us around "it" stressed out.. not always fun....  I'd rather be doing laundry.

Tomorrow is the opening reception of the show in which my t-shirts are in... hopefully there will be some photographs taken so I can see what it looks like.

I will once again attempt to go to yoga tonight... but I really need to do laundry...  maybe I could leave early and go to the 4:30 yoga class!  I doubt that will happen, but you never know.

Mr. Clunky started talking really loud at 2:30 this morning...  grrrr....  I really want to kick his ass.

On Wednesday night I threw a pot which I am trying to get leather hard so I can go and trim it this Sunday...  I forgot how much I like throwing pots...  I need more free time and supplies so I can do it some more...  oh to glaze things and fire things...

oh - to be young again... oh to be beautiful... oh, to be independently wealthy...

Thursday!

Last night I threw a pot.  It's wasn't a really pretty pot, but I remembered why I liked ceramics in the first place...  it's now sitting on my card "studio" table in my living room waiting to become leather hard so I can trim it and then be fired...

This morning I am going to the dentist to get my crown put on my tooth...  it will be nice to chew on the other side of my mouth after two weeks of one-sided chewing...

Tonight I am teaching cycle too... 

I am still thinking it would be nice for a vacation... 

Saturday I am getting my hair cut for the first time in many many months....  It's about time... it's looking scary folks...

That's it.  I give up. 

I finished the book I had on tape - it was pretty good...  maybe I will get another book on tape and continue my streak...

Back to the coffee... see you later!

Oversleepage

I accidentally slept an extra 25 minutes this morning... it felt kind of good actually... If I could I would just take the day off - but I can't.

I don't have much to report... tonight I am going to go hang out with my very first ceramics instructor while he teaches his class....  I'm going to observe and maybe glean some tips and tricks... maybe I will even touch some clay and throw a pot.

Man, sleeping in has left me with only ten more minutes to chill out and drink my coffee...

oh well.

2 out of 4 changed...

I came home last night to two out of four light bulbs changed... and the note I taped on the front of the mailboxes was gone...

Ahhh.... I like progress.

I got a rejection email for a show I applied to... that's nothing new... I'm good at rejection.

I am thinking I might go to yoga tonight.  It's been a while since I've been and I need to get back into the swing of things... however, I should do laundry at some point... oh the decisions to make.

What else is going on... the Duggars of TLC fame are going to have another baby... they have 19 already...  hmmm... at least someone is having sex.  That's good...

Hmmmm.....  last week I was sent a link to a story on barefoot running and I decided to do something that I don't normally do.  READ A BOOK!  okay, I'm not actually reading the book, but I'm listening to it on cd.  It's called Born to Run and it's by Christopher McDougall - it's actually pretty good....  I've also taken to wearing my minimalist tennis shoes to see if that helps my plantar fasciitis...  it seems to not hurt as much.  The idea is that your feet like to have the "feel" of the hard ground underneath them.  When you wear cushy, motion controlled shoes your feet have no idea how to react and they hurt (I don't know if I explained that correctly but I'm sure you get the idea)...  I'm just going to go with it.  See if it works..  at this point I'll do almost anything.

What else?

I don't know - I think that's about it.... I miss the old days of when I was in school and my blog posts would go on and on and on because I didn't have to be anywhere at any particular time...  oh, those were the days.

They are gone.

I am crying on the inside...

Here we go again...

It is Monday!  or should I say monday (in little letters)...  I don't have much to report...  I'm going to do the same things this week that I did last week (pretty much) with the exception of dropping by one of my old ceramic's classes at Shoreline Community College on Wednesday night.  I might even try to throw myself a pot!  I just have to remember to take an antihistamine before I do it so I don't swell up like a balloon.

Is it too soon for me to be wishing it were the holiday's (and time for long weekends?)... don't get me wrong.  I really like my job but I would like a few days off to do nothing!

wouldn't that be nice?

I think that's all I know this morning... it's one of those days I'm not really into typing...

Have I mentioned lately that boys suck.  If I haven't, they do.

What's up?

Today I am going to meet up with a friend of my ww friends in Chicago.  She moved here back in August and we're finally going to meet.

We are going to have brunch.  I like brunch... also, if it's with a new ww friend I'll definitely stay on track...  maybe.

Yesterday I went to Starbucks in the afternoon and organized some of my teaching applications.  Today I am going to do my best to start writing cover letters...  its just hard getting started sometimes.

My feet aren't hurting as much - that's cool...  I've been wearing my barefoot running shoes trying to get my feet fixed.  I think they feel better... 

I'm feeling like it might be a good day...

Weekendish

It's the weekend...

I am having issues with the tummy this morning.

I am looking forward to not doing a lot today...

That is if the crampyness goes away...

maybe I'll troll for men at Greenlake?

Maybe I'll clean...

Maybe I will overcome my social anxiety and go out to an art opening tonight...

Maybe I'll just take a long bath and go to bed at 8:30.

PMS is for lovers...

What?

Good news!  I am still ovulating!  I know you are thinking why is she sharing this?  I don't know - you should all know by now that I don't really have a filter... I think that's why I'm still single... no - there's many reasons why I'm still single... social awkwardness...  depression.... poor self body image...  low self esteem.... fear of rejection...  fear of commitment....  the list could go on and on...  the no filter is just a small part of it...

More good news!  I did dishes last night.  Now I just need go through my junk mail and recycle things and take the garbage out.

I am happy to report that my t-shirts made it to California - here is a link to where they are going to be...
at least I have that one thing going for me... my work in a show...

I have to get my act together and apply for teaching positions... I've got a bunch printed out, but I haven't really had the time to get them all together.  Maybe tomorrow I will gather everything up and head off to the Montlake library and work on applications...  I tend to work better when It's quiet...

I think that's all I have to talk about this morning.

This is the note I taped up by my mailboxes the other day...

Try not to be cranky

I try really hard not to be cranky... it doesn't work most of the time though...

It's just the little things that piss me off...  I finally taped a note up in the lobby of my building asking if they'd change the lights that are out.  I said they could leave them out and I would change them myself..  how hard can it be.

Here's another thing I'm cranky about. 

My calf.

Every morning I wake up and it's so stiff that I can't walk...  it makes me want to scream!  but I won't ... I wouldn't want to wake up Mr. Clunky.

Tonight is First Thursday.  I asked a few of my friends if they wanted to go.  They either don't have time or don't want to go.

I am a social leper.

hey - I'm ranting!  This is the essence of my blog in the first place... woo hoo.... okay, now I have something to be happy about.

Now - I just bought a voucher for a dozen cupcakes at Pinkabella... they won the best in Western Washington Poll for best cupcake (although I'm a big fan of Trophy cupcake)... I figured I'd give them a try.  I have an outing to go to in few weeks.  I think I'll take them there...

Here's the next segue - my gym won the best in Western Washington Washington poll as well...

No Comment.

Happy Thursday.  Go eat cupcakes.

Not much to complain about today - except the lightbulbs

Yesterday turned out to be an alright day...  I got a call yesterday afternoon letting me know what my car was done already... that was fast AND it's beautiful...  it's too bad that the rest of my car doesn't look that good...  maybe someday when I have money saved up (yeah, like that's going to happen) I can get the other dings fixed...

here it is - it's as soft as a baby's bottom!

from the photo it looks like it's a different color, but it's not... in the light is just looks that way... it's really pretty...  hopefully nobody will run into it.

What else do I know???

One of my bosses brought in leftover Halloween candy in and it's that gosh darn tootsie roll mix that contains mini boxes of Dots.  I didn't eat any...  just know they are there is challenging thought.  I've made it nine weeks, I can keep going.

My T-shirts are down in California but they are still in Fedex custody...  Hopefully the curator will be around today to sign for the package... at least I'm not paying for the delivery - right?

hmmmmm.....

It's really only Wednesday?  hopefully today will go quickly...  I'm ready for the weekend again!

What now?

It's November.  Really?  It's hard to believe...

I am going to take this moment to complain (I know - surprise surprise...).... the lights in my apartment buildings entryway are still out.  How hard is it to change a light bulb??  four light bulbs to be exact!  I just don't get it.

Give me the freaking bulbs and a ladder and I'll do it.

I survived Halloween without eating any junk (except a piece of chocolate cake)...  I can only cross my fingers that there are not any left over treats brought into the office. 

Tonight I am subbing the cycle class at the gym... I think this will sort of make up for not teaching last night... 

I just saw on the Facebooks that Danny Bonaduce is moving to Seattle and he's starting a radio hosting job on KZOK... interesting choice.. too bad I don't listen to the radio...

here's some more tidbits...

I'm nine weeks Dot's free.

Kim Kardashian - divorced

Ann Curry - still my favorite

Grilled Cheese for dinner last night - yummy.

I love Tillamook Sharp Cheddar cheese...

I think I will now make myself a mini omelet for breakfast.  Have a great day!