Yoga Journal : Wisdom : Article
it's really a rather interesting article. fodder for thought if nothing else.
it's so nice...and rare...that i actually get a day with no pressing duties. where i can take the time to get out, idly look for something, read a book, take a nap, read some more....
i think the only thing i've done that's been any kind of productive today is to start getting my income tax stuff together. i'm actually taking it to someone this year. i couldn't see doing it and having to sort out my three side business, plus my day job, plus all the other things you can itemize. whew. being an adult is too much work. guess that's why i'm trying to put off growing up as long as possible. :)
amazing how hard it is to come back from a trip, especially when you're coming back before the rest of the group.
i was supposed to stay at my sister's last night, but because she keeps the door to her bedroom locked (she's the manager of the complex) and i didn't have a key or the desire to sleep on the couch, i decided to head home. at this point, i found out that i'd left my dome light on while i was gone...and my battery was completely dead. (stupid, stupid, stupid) thankfully, one of the other people in the complex came home just then and kindly offered to jump start my car. i finally got on my way home...and noticed i desperately needed gas. talk about a catch-22. i stopped, and of course my my car wouldn't start again. another jump start, and i made it home at least. I haven't been brave enough to try it again today.
the flight back from london was long. i didn't sleep much because i spent the longest part of the flight sitting next to a 4 year old...whose first trick was to open a yogurt container and dump it down himself. i was afraid to go to sleep after that, plus he kept kicking me. at least i got to watch love actually, which was a rather interesting movie.
we stopped in chicago, went through immigration and customs, then got back on the plane. i think i left my scarf in chicago. :/ i thought i would be going through immigration and such in houston, so i left a large amount of time for a layover there. at least it was time enough for dinner and some relaxing before i got back on the plane, which is when i completely passed out and didn't wake up until i got into san diego.
i should be posting my trip journal up here at some point...this entry would be the last one in it. not sure where it'll appear. probably linked from both travel and here.
people think i'm strange. i like working late. i get so much more done than during the day, i get to listen to my music as loud as i want, and i can concentrate more. chalk it up to me being a night owl i guess. well, that and i'm stubborn when it comes to problems. i just don't want to let it go until it's fixed, solved, and perfect. perhaps that's why i'm doing pretty good at my new job - there's no halfway.
oh happy day!
it's girl-scout-cookie-delivery day! of course, i've lost about five pounds since i've moved to ca...so like i need the two boxes of cookies that i ordered, but yum. :) especially when you nuke the samoas in the microwave for a few seconds. *drool*
tripping out
one day and counting. i am so not packed. at least things are gathered in and around my suitcase. i really need to finalize what all i'm taking since i leave friday morning. since when have i been organized when it comes to travel, though? not me. not now. :)
i'm finally getting the new database somewhat under control. of course, i had to cut a bunch of checks out of the old one because of the whole maintenance module issue, but at least it should be just changing numbers in the journal entry i've already made. i hope. i've also got to make a je to get the accounts to match bank balances and then...i might actually get to go back to the "real" part of my job. funny how i can put such long hours into this job and still love it. :) i guess it's that i'm challenged and not burnt out. a good thing as the others who have been trying to get this part of the company straightened out are about to pull out their hair.
just a week now until i leave on my trip. at least we've got hotel and train and airfare arranged. if i can get half a minute before we go to figure out what i'd like to do there, that would be great. :) oh, and i still need to pack, but at least i've got stuff to take with me now - boots and pants and shirts and wool socks and a heavy coat and a hat and a scarf...okay. so not all of that is new, but the boots and socks are. comfy!
the funny thing is, i'll probably need all the above for my stopover in texas as well as for tromping around outside in scotland! :)