they go by way to quickly! It’s back to Atlanta tomorrow. I’m assuming the weather will be like it was up here this weekend. That may not be the best assumption. I may want to check that forecast.
Regardless, I’m off again. The days are getting longer, so I’m going to see if I can get some caching in while I’m down there, or on my way to and fro (probably fro, since i cut it close on the to end of it). It will certainly make the trip more enjoyable. It’s gotten boring over the last 6 months. I stop at the same exits for gas and coffee. I can practically get there on auto pilot. I probably am on autopilot when I do that drive in the morning!
I think I”m going to have to start staying someplace different just to shake things up a bit!
Spending Valentine’s Day with my sister, since are both sans valentines seemed like a smart thing to do. It’s also turned into the lucky thing to do. Friday night I won $1.00 on a scratch off lottery ticket. Yes, it’s only $1.00, but I did win!
Saturday we were doing Death by Chocolate. One of the stores sells a game. They have a sample of this out and will give a $5.00 GC if you can find the penny in the came in under 5 minutes. I think I found it in under 5 seconds! So YAY, I won $5 there, which I’ll be spending today to pick up a new flagpole.
I wonder what the Lucky Lady has in store for me today!
I found my way from Charlotte to Portsmouth Va in the dark. The next day I made it to a yarn store and then onto Chincoteague Va. I’d never been to either place, but with my trusty GPS, I was able to find both locations without getting lost, by myself, in the dark (in the case of Portsmouth).
Is there a GPS for my life? I know where I want to be, but I’m not quite sure how to get there. Its someplace I’ve never been before. As with most places in life, probably someplace I’ll never be again. I don’t have a map, and the directions I’ve been receiving from others are like most directions you get from people. They make perfect sense to them, but may sound like a different language to you (turn left at the gas station they tore down 15 years ago).
A GPS may not be perfect, but I think it would get me pretty close. From there, I can figure the rest of the way by myself. A this point, even a good old fashioned map would do. Something that will show me the most direct way to get from point a to point b. Doesn’t even have to be the most direct way, but I just want to know that the next step I take isn’t going to be off the bridge that’s been out for 20 years. Or down the highway that leads to noplace (otherwise known as 219 South out of Somerset)
So when is Garmin going to make that GPS? I’m in the market for it now.
I was thinking about going Geocaching this weekend but I don’t think that’s going to happen. There is a cache just down the road that I am determined to get. We tried in the summer, but it was too overgrown. I’m hoping now in the dead of winter when there aren’t any leaves I can actually find it.
There are a bunch of new ones posted in my area, so I’m excited to get back out there again. I used to have some really good micro mojo. I could walk right up to them. Lately my mojo has been a bit off. I need to find it again!
I also have a travel bug that has been waiting to get placed. Hmm, I think i’m getting excited, maybe I’ll do it anyway. Now, where are my gloves?
Caching is such a great way to learn the area. Even though I’ve been here a year, I’m not an expert. I found so many interesting places in Florida when I did it down there. I also met some neat people. I had been thinking of staring a caching group to meet more people and bring more into the fold of this pasttime.
I think I’m going to take advantage of being in Atlanta to find some urban caches in the city.The only scary thing is what do I do if a cop stops me. Hmm, must think about that.
Next weekend I’m going to be hanging with my sister. We’re already planning to cache. Must make sure I pack my other GPS. I’m going to see if the GPS on my Droid works. With all of the directional help, I should be able to keep from getting lost. I think I’ll start working on my cache list!
My other favorite line from that movie is: ‘You can’t handle the truth’, but I digress.
Tomorrow is Friday and it can’t come soon enough. It’s not even a matter of having to much to do and not enough time to do it, although that’s a consideration, but more of I just want to pull the covers over my head and ignore the world for a few days.
I’ll be back in Atlanta next week – I need to go to the dry cleaner and pick up some clothes! It also starts the craziest three weeks of this year so far! I’ll be traveling for fun (YAY) and then roll right into a services launch. Everyone is already crazy, and go-lives will make them even crazier. I need to start my lists, check them twice and try not to forget things. I’m sure I will, but I’m really going to try not to.
One step at a time is probably the best way to approach the next few weeks. I’ll start the first step now….
We got some snow last night. We got some sleet last night. The whole area is closed! GEEZ, this isn’t that significant. Drive carefully, do only what you have to do, but shutting down most of the state due to a little precipitation makes those of us from the north a little insane.
Its really insane. I’m sure the grocery shelves are bare, but speaking of groceries. I think I may go shopping today. There is probably NO ONE out! May not be a bad idea…..must think more on that.
2009 is pushing into 2010 with all of the grief and ick. I’ve been trying to keep a good attitude, putting on a happy face, doing my job and being normal (not acting, actually being). But sometimes a breakdown is not only a good things, but required and I’m having mine today.
I am pissed off over a variety of things, I am unhappy, frustrated, sad, depressed, optimistic, scared, excited. In other words, completely confused and emotional. Mostly, I’m just numb. Numb is good, it keeps me functional.
Today’s functionality will include cleaning the house, updating my bonus plan and finishing the readiness checklist. It will also include making travel arrangements, making appointments, filing paperwork, doing some laundry and putting clothes away.
I think it will include playing with my new wii and re-arranging some furniture. Since there is a full moon, it could also mean photography if the sky isn’t too overcast. In all of that activity, I’m also going to breakdown and sob. It will be cleansing. Then I’ll wipe my eyes and get a cup of coffee.
According to my calendar, there will be a full moon tomorrow. I can verify that, as the crazies are out en masse already. I had a conference call this morning that started with claws out and slashing.
As much as I think astrology is a bunch of bunk, there has to be something to the alignment of the stars and the universe. There are too many things that happen, all around the same time when certain planets are doing whatever they do. It can’t be all cooincidental. The full moon is a good example. Everyone has been acting stressed and wigged out this week, and that goes for work, personally, the hotel, friends, relatives, take your pick. Everyone is nuts this week! Or nuttier than usual.
Of course, I like full moons. A few years ago, I took some incredible full moon pictures:
I still love this picture!
I took another one a few months later:
I haven’t been able to get any lately, but I’m going to be trying again tonight, tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. By that point i think the moon will have moved beyond where I can get some good pictures.
I drive home from Atlanta today. I just hope the crazies stay away from me long enough to let me get home without any issues!
I am not a small child. I am not quiet and meek, in spite of how I see myself. I’ve been told I have a strong personality, which I think is a polite way to say bitchy, but I’m not sure. With all of that going for me, I’m usually hard to miss, but (and you know there was a but coming) I think my invisibility cloak has been working overtime in the month of January.
At the start of the month, my bright blue car was side swiped on a clear sunny afternoon. It may not be arrest me red, but my car does not blend in with the rest of the current colors out there. Must have had the cloaking device engaged! The following week I stopped in Starbuck’s on my way back from Atlanta. I needed to use the ladies room and get some coffee to finish my 2.5 hr drive (yeah, that’s a little sad, but that’s another story). Since the bio needs were more urgent, I went to the ladies room to find it occupied. I stood back to wait for the current user to finish and leave. Another woman swooped in front of me, tried the door, found it locked and stood there with me, making small talk. The door opened and she just dodged in!
After she comes out, she made a comment about a line starting. I said, uh, I wasn’t standing here for my health, to which she tells me she didn’t see me! HUH? You were just talking to me, you then said you thought i was behind you, how could you not see me when you walked right in front of me to get to the door in the first place? Next time, take your sunglasses off when you are inside, clearly you can’t see too well.
That the next week, Jeff and I are in Ingles. I go up to the deli to get some lunch meat. No one comes over even though there are three worker-bees back there. Jeff comes over and immediately someone comes to help him. He points her to me and she looks at him like he’s nuts, she asks him what he wants, and he again points her to me. She still is looking at him like he’s crazy. Uh, yeah, hello, we’re together, wait on me honey!
I can’t wait to see what this week brings. Will I be invisible or will my strong personality come shining through? Whatever, I just want my freaking coffee!
…….and no new blog posts! One of my goals was to write more and post more. I have it as a daily task on RememberTheMilk but it seems I’m not doing it! Better late than never.
I am keeping up with some of my goals, like working out. Go ME! I’m also trying to declutter the house, which is a never ending saga.
2009 seemed to be a bad year for everyone. 2010 doesn’t seem like it’s starting out for the better, but I’m going to keep a positive attitude that it’s going to improve. My car got hit on January 3rd, but I did get it fixed and got it back! My back it out of alignment, but my chiropractor is located in my gym, so I have a couple of reasons to get my butt there and the motivation is working! Maybe if I keep looking for the silver lining, I’ll keep finding them.
I’m still working on my cat scarf, but I think I’m going to switch over to doing some thread crochet. I have a lot of cotton thread I want to use up! Now to start hunting for the patterns. I think I’ll start that tonight. And away I go!
I still love this picture!
