My Random Thoughts

But I can’t, so I’ll watch mindless TV. I am happy tomorrow is Friday. I can get through to the weekend and get some work done when i don’t have a crap load of meetings.

I’ve noticed something, I think I’ve changed. Something flipped inside. I am not taking things as personally. I seem to have more confidence. Maybe I finally got to that place where it doesn’t matter, its just a job (one that I like, but its just a job). I feel like i’m beginning to separate work from me. Its a good thing, I think.

Oh how cute, the prince is asking for the father’s blessing. How sweet (ick). Can we just get to the end so I can see who he picks already. That’s all I’m interested in.

I think they are just really too stuck on the fact that he’s a prince. blah blah blah.

We braved Black Friday. Not because we had the burning desire to go shopping, but because we felt like seeing how bad it was. And it wasn’t bad at all. We went to Target to get a tree skirt and some garland and we walked right into a checkout. The parking lot looked full, but I don’t know where all of the people were.  We went to Costco after and again, not many people there either.

We put up the tree and decorated today. It looks pretty nice. I need to take some pictures of it. I used to have it between the dining room and living room. I moved the chair and put it in the corner of the living room. I think I like that spot. I liked not having to decorate the whole tree!  The tree skirt is a nice white with ’snowflakes’ on it. It makes a nice back drop for my Christmas village. I’m waiting for one of the girls to be godzilla cat and lay on the village. Sheba was sniffing it earlier, so I may not have to wait all that long.

I have the pine scented candle burning, I can pretend that my plastic tree is acutally real. I’m liking this pre-lit tree thing. I also like that I can put it up the day after Thanksgiving and leave it up until the week after Christmas, but I do miss my real tree.

Happy Thanksgiving. The meal is over and the dishes are in the dishwasher. Its pretty easy to prepare and clean up for only two people. I figure next year we’ll just do turkey sandwiches by the pool, or maybe be on vacation (I’m leaning towards vacation myself.)

I wish I was home with my family. Thanksgiving is a family holiday and somehow isn’t the same with just the two of us. Any of our friends all have family down here that they are spending the holiday with, so that makes it a little lonely. I’ll be home for Christmas. I’m looking forward to that.

But back to thanksgiving. The biggest thing that we were thankful for today was that the Winn Dixie was open until 4pm. I needed butter for the stuffing.  The turkey was good, the cranberry sauce came out nicely and now we’re going into food coma for a little bit.

Jeff and I went out to dinner tonight. I just couldn’t stand the idea of cooking tonight. While we were out Jeff’s mom called him on his cell. She wanted to talk to me about a Christmas gift. She asked Jeff to put me on the phone. Jeff says to her, how do you expect me to do that? I look at him say, by giving me the phone?  He looked back at me like I was brilliant (and I am, but that has nothing to do with this situation).

When we got in the car Jeff started telling me that he just couldn’t process how he was going to put me on the phone. It was his cell phone, how could I talk on it. His brain had crashed!  We laughed about that the whole way home. Something so obvious and it couldn’t be processed. The blue screen. I guess it’s not just for computers anymore.

I re-read my post from early this morning. It seems to me I am a pretty good writer when I turn off that inner editor (which is why nanowrimo is such a great experience).

Anyway - I had a great, yet low-key, birthday. I did meet Juleen for lunch at Brewzzi’s.  Krista was found, but I think she took her daughter to Maimi. I had a good time chatting with Juleen. She’s such an interesting person with a great point of view not to mention an excellent writer.

After lunch I was going to go to Borders, but I couldn’t find a place to park - how rude is that, so I took the long way home and enjoyed just being alone with my thoughts, listening to tunes. I got home in time to watch the Chase for the Cup. Jeff got me a birthday cake (and I got pictures before we cut it). While it may seem kind of boring, after the last couple of months I’ve had, I’ll take a couple of weekends where I don’t do to much. I’ve started my vacation! I’m so excited about having a week off.  By the end of the week I’ll probably be bored, and that’s okay. Three weeks after that, I’m taking two weeks off for Christmas!! Looking forward to really leaving my computer and cell phone at home.

And that is the report out on my birthday.

Wow - I should be sleeping, but since I’m not - Happy Birthday to me! 38 years ago today (in a couple of hours to be exact) I was born. It was a small community hospital in a town larger than the little borough I lived outside of.  I was born to a homemaker and a coal miner. Yes, I’m a coal miner’s daughter. My older sister had that title first.

I grew up in a beautiful rural setting that to this day i think it one of the prettiest places I’d ever seen. My winter header picture is from there.

So back to my birthday……I am going to have lunch with Juleen. Maybe Krista too, if we can find Krista, but at least Juleen. THen I’m going to take myself to Barnes and Noble for a little alone time looking. I’m looking for an uber cool desk calendar. Not the deskpad type, but the sprial bound desk kind where I can note things that have happened. Its leaning towards a dayplanner again!  But no! I keep my calendar electronic. I just want a little place where I can note things that happened that day. Hmmmmm there has to be a compromise someplace and I will find it.  I wonder if I still have a day  planner binder someplace in my closet. I’ll have to look.

Anyway, I digress……38 - the number feels old - i still feel 21