34 degrees!

We simply won't discuss how it's getting up to 70 today.

Frost on the roof of the car.....having to use the defrost on the rear window for something besides rain and dew......sweater to work again......windows open last night.......fresh, fresh air!

49 degrees

It just figures that I think about neglecting the blog for awhile and the weather goes and gives me something to gush about...

Actually it's 55 out there right now...yes folks, 55 at 1:15 in the afternoon in Florida. I'm in heaven. Wore a sweater to work. Having an attack of startitis and can't wait to go home and start a pair of fingerless gloves or work the blue mittens I've started. Thinking about baking with apples and squash. Fall, for however short a time, has arrived in Jax!

I'm so happy I could squeak. I didn't want to go to work this morning, first day with the boss back, never mind how difficult it's been lately, but the minute I felt that air as I was walking down my stairs, my face got that big goofy cold-weather grin it gets and I felt instantly better. Just ate lunch outside. May have to go out mid-afternoon for a breather >:)

Dry spell

I can feel this blog taking a sabbatical, possibly until I get pregnant...between work and lackolithium, I'm finding it impossible to live up to my own expectations and some things get neglected, like our apartment and this blog. We'll see how this plays out...

Slept a lot this past weekend...not sure how I feel about that...

There's something really poignant about drinking your coffee from your dead dad's thermos.

Yeah, I know...that was random...

Thing is, there's nothing to report of late...been working my tail off (for our living), and rested well this past weekend, so very little got accomplished...plants still residing (and withering) on the front porch, no plans for replanting yet, dining area still a FEMA site...I'm having a hard time these days. Hopefully I can do the ole bootstraps thing and continue to chip away at stuff...one day at a time...

I am back to knitting, which is really nice...almost done with my first pair of real socks for ME, and busying myself with a garter scarf...thinking about other UFOs...it's a comfort.

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Harlot - Delightful! Hysterical! Warm! Haven't laughed like that in ages...

Southern Women's Show - Exhausting! Hilarious! Had no idea the Fireman's Fashion Show was like THAT! More details when I'm more coherent...real Italian ice...great brochures of all the tourist spots in NC, VA, etc...

The stress-level increase at work has me feeling pretty raw...it's going to be a tough week, because the boss is out Thursday and Friday to get hitched...lots of little loose ends to keep from unraveling, when I'm feeling pretty unraveled already...or maybe the term is 'frogged'?

More soon...

The Harlot's coming, the Harlot's coming...

It's the little things. Between the Yarn Harlot event tonight and the Southern Women's Show this weekend, it almost makes up for the fact that it's going to be in the frickin' high 80s today. ::grumblegrumble:: I really hate Florida. New goal is moving out of state January 2010. Might bring the Husby with me... :)

Forgot my camera, and may not have time at lunch to go get it :(

Gotta buy needles too...I've been coveting a set of 10" 13s to start a scarf with the almost-puce-but-surprisingly-not-ugly yarn my Mominlaw got me for my b'day...

Busybusybusy at work...we're crazy behind, because we decided in the middle of the clusterf*ck that is the US economy to revamp our entire style of creating websites so that they no longer look like crap. The upshot is decent looking sites that take twice as long to build, and that's no longer acceptable to the bottom line, so things are ACK-stressful ...

I miss my lithium...

And my husband...been working late every night this week. Bleh!

So Saturday's hanging with Mommie, collecting brochures, entering sweepstakes' and raffles, sampling food...it's a blast. Sunday I have to devote to paperwork :( My new FSA (flexible spending account for medical) requires receipts for almost everything (dorks!) and I'm seriously behind on that, so gotta catch up before they decide to put a hold on my card or something. Bleh again! But I hope to replant the catnip and move my little green guys from the front porch to the back, and maybe even transplant my filing cabinets too. Ah dreams of a weekend...

Hiya!

Definitely been taking a sabbatical of sorts...I got the supervisor position at work, which means steady activity in my workday finally, with almost no chance to goof off. I suppose at 39, that's a good thing. I've been coming home numb still though...will be taking this weekend to finally dig into things a little in my own environment.

The plants are withering from neglect, and I'm kicking myself for tossing all the old plastic sheeting we had when we were clearing out the house...old shower curtains and pool floats and such, because they would've been perfect for securing around my lower porch to keep out the rains, as I'm planning to move my plants out there for the winter. Ah well, plastic can't cost too much. I'm letting the tomatoes go to seed, if they'll even do that, and in the coming weeks I'll be mixing some fresh topsoil with the organic stuff I had leftover so that I can start some fresh herbs. The basil and chives may be the only things that survived the neglect of September.

I haven't been knitting either, and that I'm starting to feel...picked something up the other night finally and the feeling of peace that came over me as I worked was something I didn't realize I'd missed. I've definitely been a pinch more stressed in my new position—although it's nothing I can't handle, it's a reminder once again of how much I miss my lithium...gets me wondering how I'm going to make it another year-plus without it...can't go back on it while trying for babies, and can't go back on it until after breastfeeding if/when a blessed event occurs...I know I can do it, I know it'll all be worth it, but it gets hard sometimes, is all...

Anyway, taking care of me this weekend...Lil Sis is in town too! Yay!

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Simply couldn't think of anything...my brain's still oatmeal.

Mom's completely moved into her new place, but she had a back procedure done last week (which isn't taking AGAIN), which has her unpacking slower than norm. Meara will flip when she comes to visit this weekend; she'll have the rest of those boxes unpacked before she sits down to talk Friday night :) Kid's got some neatness issues...

I got that new position at work, which means no more time to dick around on the Web during work hours. Blessing and a curse. Job security on the one hand, way behind on all my personal junk on the other. Definitely worth it though; can't stand what the economy's going through right now, and getting this new role will keep my wanderlust firmly in check - so I can focus on our next moving goals a year plus from now...

Got plenty of rest this weekend, and let myself grieve a little more for Dad...it was like my brain could finally take a step back from the overwhelming work of the past month, and take in why all that work had to occur. Didn't help that I was watching "Winter Passing"...indie flick from a couple of years back, about dealing with death. Anyway, still feeling a little rumpled up spirit-wise, but rallying...

October's my absolute favorite time of year, and I'm determined to make this a good month.