Monthly Archive for September, 2007

My first day off

I have been working non-stop out at the winery. Today I NEEDED a day off. So I drove out to Sacramento to see Lisa’s new place. It was a great visit! Her house looks beautiful… already unpacked and organized… totally Lisa’s style. We played pool in her apartment’s club house for an hour. It was great to see her and decompress for the day. You know that life is getting hectic when you think that driving two hours each way is decompressing.

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dance like you’ve never danced before

Last night was the Justin Timberlake concert. Guilty pleasure.

I danced, danced, danced, and then danced some more. It was awesome. Even though he might not be all that great of a singer – that boy can move. Man can he move!

I love being comfortable enough in my skin to release and have fun. It is a welcomed change in my life.

p.s. I lost another 2 inches in my thighs! And am sad to report that I lost another 1.5 in my chest. :(

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They’ll be coming round the mountain

Well, the aunties and cousin are in the city and we are taking the trip down to see them. Our house guest is awesome and we totally get along with him, so Winemonkey and he are coming with me and hanging out while I have dinner with the family. I am a little nervous that my family won’t like the restaurant that I chose, but at least I picked a place that I know I will enjoy. What’s the fun of vacation if you won’t try something different, right?

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My lucky stars…

sort of…

Well, I got the government job that I was hoping for. But now I have to figure out a way to make it work. I can’t face 4+ hours of commuting every day. But paying rent at two places? That also seems to suck…

But importantly, I got the job. And now we are just hashing out details.

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Precision

Now, having been a teacher who had to teach the concept of significant figures and precision, I find little things funny that would usually go unnoticed. For example, there is a house for sale not far from me, and the sign says: Approximately 1.170 Acres.

There is nothing approximate about 1.170. That number tells me that they are confident of the acreage to the thousandths decimal place.

Yes. That was super nerd. Welcome to my world.

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every year

i know it is coming every year. it has happened at the exact same time every year. no surprises. yet every year i end up taking on more than humanely possible.

This time of year is spent trying to keep myself busy. So mid-September I start planning things – garage sales, moving, biggest work event of the year, etc. This year has obviously been no exception to the rule – moving, biggest work event of the year, and making a new appearance is freelance work. How do I avoid this pattern for next year? I mean I have already recognized that I do this, how do I now prevent it from happening?

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