Haven't even gotten to school yet, and already slacking a bit on the ol' blog. Oh well. Not much has really happened since our big weekend of boosting the US economy. Dave is away at a conference until Sunday, and I've managed to pack these days full of fun stuff so I don't miss him too much. Last night was my going away happy hour for local folks. We started out at a way-too-loud and way-too-crowded bar and quickly ended up at one of our two default locations where things were slightly less loud and crowded. It was a fun night! Today has been a less fun day as a result of how fun last night was, in fact.
Tonight I am getting a massage...ahhhhhhhhhhhh. I've been waiting for this for weeks!
Tomorrow I head to Baltimore to spend the Friday night and Saturday with my friend down there. I'm hopeful we'll do some more economy-boosting - I need a new purse and some sports bras.
Sunday is my day to do laundry, pack clothes, print out some maps, make a few more lists, amend some existing lists, burn 40 mix CDs for my trip, and retrieve my husband from the airport.
Hi, my name is Adrienne, and I try to cram too much stuff into a day.
Hi, Adrienne.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
New toys!
We had a big weekend, money-spendingwise, with the purchase of my new laptop! It's beautiful. It's a Toshiba Somethingorother with all kinds of impressive specs. The tough part is this means we've finally gone over to the dark side and embraced Vista, which neither of us is thrilled with. But as my wise IT friend said, time to embrace the future...
I had much more fun picking out the new case for my laptop. There were two super-cute ones that ultimately weren't all that great in terms of functionality. So I ended up with a boring black one that will hold not much else besides the laptop and its power supply. And maybe a pen or two.
I also got some kickin' new shoes, they're like what you'd get if sandals got eaten by clogs and then gave birth to sneakers. And they're red! I hope they'll be my all-purpose who-cares-if-they-get-wet-or-dirty-or-peed-on shoes for kennel cleaning and running around with my charges at school.
The best gift of the weekend was from Dave; it's a binder with a great big list of everything - what to pack, what's left to be done, a bunch of maps and phone numbers and important stuff like that. I had been telling him that every time I had a single thought, it was immediately followed by seven other related thoughts of stuff I had to do, and that it was feeling overwhelming to try to keep it all in my head. So he made me a binder. Love that boy!
I had much more fun picking out the new case for my laptop. There were two super-cute ones that ultimately weren't all that great in terms of functionality. So I ended up with a boring black one that will hold not much else besides the laptop and its power supply. And maybe a pen or two.
I also got some kickin' new shoes, they're like what you'd get if sandals got eaten by clogs and then gave birth to sneakers. And they're red! I hope they'll be my all-purpose who-cares-if-they-get-wet-or-dirty-or-peed-on shoes for kennel cleaning and running around with my charges at school.
The best gift of the weekend was from Dave; it's a binder with a great big list of everything - what to pack, what's left to be done, a bunch of maps and phone numbers and important stuff like that. I had been telling him that every time I had a single thought, it was immediately followed by seven other related thoughts of stuff I had to do, and that it was feeling overwhelming to try to keep it all in my head. So he made me a binder. Love that boy!
Friday, June 13, 2008
More getting ready...getting readier?
I've already failed my goal of posting something at least every other day, but the last few days have been a flurry of power outages, doctor appointments, power outages, errands, and craziness, so I'm giving myself a little slack. Did I mention the power went out?
We've tried to buy a few things for the trip, but we keep failing rather miserably. Who knew it would be so hard to find a windshield sun-blocker-reflector thingy for our make and model of car?
I'm trying to decide about the third leg of my trip, which was supposed to land me in Little Rock, Arkansas. I have an offer for a place to stay that's a ways north of there, and would add about 200 miles to my total drive. But I still wouldn't have any single leg greater than 450 miles, so that's not so bad. I think this trip could go one of two ways: I could either die of boredom from all the time in the car and just want to go the shortest route possible. Or I could die of loneliness on the nights that I have to be in hotels. So, not knowing which way it'll go, it's hard to say if the chance to drive 200 extra miles to stay somewhere with friends is going to be preferable to the chance to revive the bloodflow to my ass in a lonely hotel room.
So, three weekends left. Two full work weeks. The temp starts Monday and there is TONS to do with her before I go, so I fear/hope the time is going to fly. Either way I am greatly looking forward to this weekend and throwing myself into preparations.
We've tried to buy a few things for the trip, but we keep failing rather miserably. Who knew it would be so hard to find a windshield sun-blocker-reflector thingy for our make and model of car?
I'm trying to decide about the third leg of my trip, which was supposed to land me in Little Rock, Arkansas. I have an offer for a place to stay that's a ways north of there, and would add about 200 miles to my total drive. But I still wouldn't have any single leg greater than 450 miles, so that's not so bad. I think this trip could go one of two ways: I could either die of boredom from all the time in the car and just want to go the shortest route possible. Or I could die of loneliness on the nights that I have to be in hotels. So, not knowing which way it'll go, it's hard to say if the chance to drive 200 extra miles to stay somewhere with friends is going to be preferable to the chance to revive the bloodflow to my ass in a lonely hotel room.
So, three weekends left. Two full work weeks. The temp starts Monday and there is TONS to do with her before I go, so I fear/hope the time is going to fly. Either way I am greatly looking forward to this weekend and throwing myself into preparations.
Monday, June 9, 2008
First day, new blog
I'm bloggin'! Oh, the pressure to be witty and interesting is mounting already.
I am about to embark on a big adventure: 8 weeks in Hutto, Texas (in July and August, thank you very much!) where I will be learning to be a dog trainer. That's right: dog trainer training. This is something I've been planning to do for over two years now, and circumstances have aligned against it until recently.
To make up for the years of misaligned circumstances, I have now been offered the sweetest deal ever: my current employer is holding my job for me for 10 weeks (including travel time) so that when I return I can continue to have a salary, health insurance, a roof over my head, and other creature comforts, while starting to build my dog training business on the side.
My adventure began this weekend. First, I started making a list of all the stuff I need to do, buy, pack, etc. before I go. Second, I was able to cross my first item off that list with the purchase of a 2008 road atlas. Did I mention I'm driving to Hutto? Third, I put a box in the living room and started randomly throwing stuff in it. Based on the contents of that box thus far, during my time at school I will:
Have beautiful skin
Not get pregnant
Not get a yeast infection
Not get lost
I'm gonna need a bigger box.
I am about to embark on a big adventure: 8 weeks in Hutto, Texas (in July and August, thank you very much!) where I will be learning to be a dog trainer. That's right: dog trainer training. This is something I've been planning to do for over two years now, and circumstances have aligned against it until recently.
To make up for the years of misaligned circumstances, I have now been offered the sweetest deal ever: my current employer is holding my job for me for 10 weeks (including travel time) so that when I return I can continue to have a salary, health insurance, a roof over my head, and other creature comforts, while starting to build my dog training business on the side.
My adventure began this weekend. First, I started making a list of all the stuff I need to do, buy, pack, etc. before I go. Second, I was able to cross my first item off that list with the purchase of a 2008 road atlas. Did I mention I'm driving to Hutto? Third, I put a box in the living room and started randomly throwing stuff in it. Based on the contents of that box thus far, during my time at school I will:
Have beautiful skin
Not get pregnant
Not get a yeast infection
Not get lost
I'm gonna need a bigger box.
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