december 12

quick and dirty

[Note: Upped the font size. I could barely read my own entries. I should know better than that.]

Oooh, I'm going to get delisted. I've gone two days without an update. My excuse: busy (what's new?) and depressed because I'm a business trip widow this week. I go home at night and eat cookies and wine in front of the TV. With A*'s new job taking him to the East coast all the time, it looks like this will be the norm for the forseeable future. Just as long as he has a job, I don't care. I suppose those are lame excuses, but it's the truth.

And because I have two hours to do a day's worth of work before a 4 PM meeting, here's my lame, quick and dirty entry, a summary of what's good and bad right now:

What's Bad (let's get it out of the way, shall we?):

1. Painful zit in my hairline.

2. Didn't take the recycling out for the third week in a row.

3. Haven't started Xmas shopping.

4. Don't have any money anyway so that's kind of moot.

5. Cats have fleas.

6. Need haircut, badly, although may be growing hair out. Not sure. Bottom line: hair looks bad.

7. Empty bed means I don't sleep well and keep waking up to informercials at 2 AM. I'm dead tired.

Okay. That's a lot of bellyaching. Three months ago I would never have let myself put that kind of whining to paper. So, on to the good stuff.

What's Good:

1. We kicked ass in our pitch on Monday.

2. Even if we don't get this we have a great presentation that we can take anywhere.

3. Orange Milanos for dinner Monday, and fresh greens Tuesday. Decadant (because no husband to cook for) and healthy (because no husband to cook for).

4. When I started crying last night watching 9/11 coverage on MSNBC last night my old kitty crawled up on the bed with a very concerned look on her face. She then made herself available for petting because she knows that nothing makes me happier than knowing she's happy. ;)

5. I have my health.

6. I have amazing friends.

7. My family is always there for me.

8. WEST WING NIGHT!!!!

And when you put it all out like that, I've got nothing to complain about.

- december 12