Back at it (and not too excited)...

It is Monday yet again...

Here is what I have going on this week!

Work, teaching, work, teaching, work, teaching...  that's it.

This weekend I get my hair done and I'm going to a party on Saturday evening.  It should be fun.

Yesterday afternoon I walked to and from University Village to check things out (no, I didn't buy anything)... I took my camera along and took some photos... so here you go.

I think I have safely recovered from my chocolate bar incident... my tummy did not appreciate the influx of sugar and fat... it told me so...  note taken.

I tried to clean stuff up around my apartment this weekend... it looks a little but better but not great... I could invite people in and I wouldn't be too embarrassed.. I shall just keep plugging away. 

I think that's all I know at this point in time...

If anything exciting happens I will be sure to let you know.

inside-ness

I am stuck inside for the rest of the afternoon... I got a facial earlier this afternoon and can't go out into the sun the rest of the day... I'm in for day... I have been trying to clean up around the place and sort through crap.  I'm tired of feeling like I don't have any space... I need to get rid of stuff...

Sometimes I feel like I'm stuck.. well, maybe not stuck but bogged down...  I just want to be free from stuff that I don't need...  how in the hell do I get rid of it (I suppose I could just chuck it right?)...

so.... here are a few updates - my friend who was offered the job at my office decided not to take it...
I am incredibly disappointed and thinking she's making a big mistake, but it's hers to make.
I ran around Greenlake with my friend Sarah this morning and then went to breakfast at the Greenlake Bar and Grill (yummy and I put half of it in a to-go box before I started eating it..).. good strategy there...

I did have an issue with some chocolate bars that I had in my apartment (they are gone now - partially through my consumption of them and I put the rest of them out to pasture in apartment lobby)... I did track them all and I don't regret it..

Laundry is being done... I got asked out by a member of the opposite sex (day and time tbd).... I was told I was skinny today AND that I was told that I was an inspiration at my ww meeting this morning - I've got that going for me.

I have to remember the positives... not the negatives.  There aren't a lot of negatives...

I am doing alright.

4:30? I am not a fan.

I am up early this morning because I got a late night request to cover the 5:45 cycle class this morning at Lake City.

I have had issues with the amount of food that has been going into my mouth so I said yes... I can always use a little bit more exercise (and a little more money)...

I have a few more minutes before I need to get ready. 

After six weeks or so of not having to get up early I have a new appreciation of morning time.  I am pretty sure that I am going to crash this evening... I have plans after work so we will see if everything works out.

Okay, I should finish up my coffee and get ready!

No internet, no fun

I was going to do a nice quick post yesterday but I woke up to find that my cable and internet had gone down.  Oh well... I got my important information from my iphone and I did the dishes instead.

What I know this morning is this.

I am taking my car in today to get it serviced and my headlight changed...

I have a preview party for the big brother clothing party line...

Tomorrow I am visiting my friend Tia's studio to talk about a new pair of earrings I want her to make for me.

Saturday I am running around Greenlake and then going to brunch with my friend Sarah...

I'm doing my best to keep busy - it's working I think.

I would like to get out with my camera a bit more... I like taking photos - I just need to find someplace to go... I'd thought about hitting up the arboretum but it hasn't happened yet.

We are still playing the waiting game at work with my friend who was offered the job... at least I think we are playing the waiting game... I don't want to be too pushy, but I know she would love working at our office and I am needing some closure to this whole crazy year...

She should just say yes.

It's going to drive me to drink...

I was going to post...

I was going to post something this morning but I seem to have run out of time... oh well...

I went to dinner with my friend Bonnie on Sunday - I walked to and from the restaurant and I took some photos on the way home...  so for your viewing pleasure here you go... perhaps I will post something more meaningful later this week.

Sunday!

I have a little bit of a desire to go to a beach today... I want to put on my cute swimsuit and take a plunge...  hmmm....

the soccer game yesterday was pretty fun - I got a bit of sun on my arms... they're not burned, but they have some color to them...

I walked a bunch yesterday... I went around Greenlake one and a half times, then I ran from my place to downtown (I was running late to get to the game) and then I walked home... busy busy day....  Today I was up at 5am.. (I did go to bed a bit past 9)...  I think I'm supposed to meet up with my friend Bonnie this evening for dinner (that will be fun)...  Between teaching and dinner maybe I will find a place with some water... maybe I could head out to Magnuson Beach and catch some rays...  it might be fun.

In my art life right now I am trying to rewrite my artist statement and re-work my website... it's an ongoing process...

In additional to all the things I did yesterday I met up with my sister to close out my father's bank accounts... it was fairly painless...  I must admit that even though I like to complain about my family sometimes they overall are pretty top-notch... I need to give some members more credit...

now onto the ongoing saga of cleaning up my apartment... blech... It's still looking like an episode of Hoarders in here... I need to hold a yard sale...  perhaps I shall take a few minutes before I leave to do something about it.

That's it this morning... I'm going to peruse my paper and clip some coupons...

GOALLLLLLL!

Today I will become a soccer fan.

Or at least appear to be one... I am going to put on the sunscreen and get out my big foam finger... okay - I don't think they have big foam fingers but you get the idea...

I should probably not sit around I actually have to get myself put together before I leave this morning because I don't think I'm going to have a lot of time once the day get's going... I have errands beforehand as well...

Okay - I need to get a move on.

GOALLLL.....

um.... what now?

Okay, we've made it to Thursday and I haven't killed anyone...  not that I was going to, but you never know. 

Things have been a little bit slow at work but I don't really mind.  After the craziness of earlier in the year I will take it and not complain.  I take that back - I will complain about they days going slowwwwwww......

Oh well - if that's all I got...

This Saturday is the firm outing to the Sounders Game (soccer)... I haven't been to a soccer game since I was in High School.  I am going solely to look at the cute guys in the stands and on the field.  There's nothing wrong with that right?  Yeah, I didn't think so...

Why do I even post if I don't have anything exciting to share??  hmmmmm......

here's some skittles...

Howdy

Wednesday.

The week is moving along at a semi-glacial pace.  I am ready for the weekend already. 

Our office is going to a Sounders game on Saturday and I am planning on looking really cute because there might be cute men there.  You never know when you might meet the man of your dreams right?  Right!

I've never been to a soccer game but there is always a first time... I might turn into a fan.

Other than that I don't have much going on this weekend.... my nephews are going to be in a play on Saturday (which I have to miss)... but I had already committed to the soccer game... oh well...  I guess I will just have to see the photos of my nephew as Andy Warhol... (funny).

What else...

I feel as though my posts used to be more interesting...  Sometimes I think I should hang up the fingers...

hmmmmm.... that's it for this morning I guess..

one last thing, I need to give up the cheez-its.

Ready to go!

I'm trying to convince myself that I am ready to go this week.

We shall see if it sinks in... 

I don't have much to report from this weekend.  I did manage to go through a box of stuff from my Dad's (my) car.  I am now the proud owner of three cans of fix a flat and a bunch of wet-naps.

I also went through my junk drawer in my kitchen and got rid of a bunch of menus.  I have never ordered anything to be delivered - I don't think I will be starting anytime soon.  Why keep the menus?

I don't have anything planned this week beyond the norm.  Work, teach, sleep... work teach sleep... repeat.

It's supposed to be nice out today - yesterday I broke out the self tanner so my legs won't appear so pasty.  That's good news for everyone I might cross paths with today...

They have yet to send an offer letter to my friend who applied for a job at my firm... I wish they would hurry up.  I love our temp, but I just want to get someone permanent in the position so we can get back into the swing of things around the place.

Yesterday a camper posted some photos from camp... I think I look alright in them so I will post them.

The female counselors/director taking a yoga break

hanging by the lake...

mixing up frosting for cupcakes!

yep I had a good time at camp!

Organize me!

I would love to be one of those people who knows how to expediently get rid of things...

I am not one of those people.

The amount of clutter in my life sometimes slows me down...  I know the things I have are not all that important in the grand scheme of things and it would be nice to do a clean sweep.

A friend of mine from Grad School is an organizer... maybe she can help me long distance...  it's just a thought.  I mean I'm not in a hoarders type situation, but it would be nice to have less stuff.  Maybe I will try to get rid of things over the next few months...

I'm not quite sure why I'm thinking about this right now...  I think I take after my father - he had a hard time letting go of things...  I even have some of his things that I am holding onto...  maybe I'll start with two boxes...  I have at least six boxes of things from his place...  nothing is probably that important in the grand scheme of things...  it makes me feel a little bit anxious thinking about going through them... perhaps I will start with my own crap.

It would be nice to clean out my "studio" in my apartment so I can actually work in there...

Okay - I'm going to hit "publish", finish my cup of coffee and then tackle one box.  Maybe It will be one of my boxes...  we shall see how it goes.

The 4am wake up...

I woke up at 4am.

I didn't mean to...  it just sort of happened.  I guess the good news is that I will get a good night sleep tonight.

I don't have much to report.  I have made it to Friday without too much trauma.

I am ready for the weekend... tomorrow I am going to be meeting my friend Kelli to go to lunch and see the movie The Heat.  I haven't heard any reviews of the movie but it doesn't matter... It's an opportunity to go out and be social.

We are meeting in Renton - hopefully traffic won't be too horrible - there's a bunch of construction going on.  We shall see...

I really have nothing important to share this morning - perhaps I should clean something....

Nothing will improve your mood like shoes...

Yesterday the preview of the Nordstrom Anniversary sale started.  I don't shop a ton anymore, but I do know how to pull out all the stops if I need to... I purchased two pairs of boots in the time span of 10 minutes.. and I have no regrets.  (I did this all before 8:30 am too!).

Two pairs of Frye Boots steeply discounted. (although not cheep)...  I am going to be stinking cute.  Let me take that back - I AM stinking cute.  The boots are going to add to that cuteness.

This week has been pretty quiet... I'm feeling pretty good...

I don't really have much to complain about right now which is good... 

I think that's all I have to share..

Except for this nice photo from camp!

Things are looking up!

My first day back at work was not as traumatic as I thought it might be.

In fact it was almost uneventful... 

Here are a few highlights...

I didn't die when I taught my class (although I had a few issues)...
They are going to make an offer to my friend who interviewed for the position at my firm (yay).
I didn't overeat too much.
I looked stinking cute (this is normal).
A former camper of mine was featured in the newspaper and on the news (yay again).

So far, so good...

While I was at camp I decided to apply for a position at Bowling Green State University. It's a position in their Fine Art Department - Coordinator of Fine Arts Recruitment and Admission.  It seems right up my alley but you never know.  Could a big city gal make it in Ohio?  I'm sure I could... I figure I've been pooping around long enough with working in a non-art related field...  My inactivity in finding a job in the art world has been weighing on me long enough.  It's not that I'm planning on packing up and leaving what I'm doing now but I've got to look further on down the road.

So far, so good.

I think another cup of coffee is calling me...

Here we go again!

It's back to the grindstone again today...

Yesterday was full of cleaning and errands... I did clean my apartment (even though you can't really tell)...  by using the word cleaning I mean I cleaned the bathroom and did dishes and cleaned out the fridge.  I am technically still "challenged" by the amount of papers that seem to be accumulating.  I think I need to take just a few days off sometime and just go through things and recycle a bunch of stuff.

I paid a visit to the puppies yesterday... they are still hanging in there.  Stinky is plugging along... she's a sweet girl... I love her.

This week is already ramping up to be a little different... I am going to go to dinner with a friend of mine on Thursday... we're just going to the Hopvine Pub, but still - me going out on a Thursday night?  Sure, why not.

When we were at camp we had some exercises that we did in regards to resources we have (people we can talk to) and how satisfied we are.  I know I'm not explaining things really well but let me just say that overall and I am doing really well... it has been a bit of a stressful year, but overall I am feeling really good and optimistic.  I really am highly evolved.

Tonight I will teach my first class in a week and a half.  I'm sure it will be fine... I'm sure my butt is going to hurt though...  I didn't get a ton of exercise last week... I only gained 4 pounds last week.. that's alright though - I'm back on track eating healthy (er).

I expect that work won't be too crazy... it was a holiday week last week so things should be manageable...

Okay then... I think I shall move along in my morning routine... maybe I should change my routine? Maybe I should pick up some of those papers that have been accumulating around me???  I think that's a great idea.  I will spend 10 minutes... I will have this place in shape in no time!

progress.