after much wrangling, it's been decided that sometime this summer i'll be moved to a new, higher-profile air shift at work. this bodes well for my sanity and makes me joyful. i'm excited.
i think i'm done with all of my tv shows but one. twice this week i experienced the terribleness of simultaneous season finales. that's four shows wrapping up on two nights... and not only that, but being forced to watch one live and while tivoing the other. evil television executives, holding me captive! damn you! i'm really quite glad this season's addictions are almost over... then i can focus on netflix for a while. those little red envelopes have been sitting on my coffee table for ages.
i knitted so ferociously last night that i think i strained my shoulder. it was either that or my attempt to hit a tennis ball against the wall on the handball court in the neighborhood park. or both.
that, and i borrowed a neighbor's pickup truck last weekend... i bought a load of mulch and shoveled it all, with ray's help, onto the driveway. work those muscles! work!
i'm still looking in people's recycling bins on friday mornings. which means i'm still walking regularly, and honestly... i've never felt better. except for the shoulder, i mean.
i have made an appointment with a lawyer to have some legal documents drawn up: a last will & testament, a financial power of attorney, a medical power of attorney, and a living will. now that i'm confronting my mortality i feel very grown up.
i am purchasing a new pool tonight, and will set it up this weekend. my mom arrives for a week-long visit on tuesday; i hope she'll be willing to help me get the water chemistry in balance and then perhaps we can have people over to enjoy the pool over memorial day weekend. interested?
i need to make a mix CD for the "music club" i'm in. (within a group of friends, everyone is assigned one month in which to make a mix and distribute it amongst the club members.) i'm focusing on divaville-esque music (just 'cause all the other participants have focused on rock and alt.country and i want to be different. that and i don't really like rock and alt.country) and am thinking i may make a mix of scat songs. maybe. we'll see. i have been bouncing to ella's "air mail special" every morning and it's soooo groovilicious.
my brother is going to korea this weekend for a business trip. i went to korea many years ago, and it's funny to think that now my little brother is going to be seeing the same things i did, more than 10 years later.
i am utterly addicted to the durham farmer's market. 99% of my produce now comes exlusively from local farmers. how hard does that rock? scat?
oh, and i got three new pairs of shoes, too (and now three old ones are in my goodwill pile). perhaps i'll get around to taking some photos soon.
Posted by xta at May 19, 2006 02:50 PM | TrackBackHey, I remember when you went to Korea, you brought me a CD! We played it at preschool during K week (we had a day about Korea, two of the moms were Korean speakers, and I brought the music--didn't risk feeding the kids bulgogi or kimchi, though).
And inspired by your shoe love, I got a new pair--not at all your style, but in case you're curious, they're here:
http://www.onyourfeet.com/indShoe.asp?id=1781&sess=05190611487179341
Got the turquoise/yellow print version.
Oh, and my CD swap group theme right now is "summer driving"--not so many Divaville-type songs on those (though the pace of the infamous 405 freeway better matches Dinah Washington than anything jumpier), but I'll have to track down that Ella just for myself.
Posted by: Penny at May 19, 2006 04:39 PMI am so glad to hear about your job news! That is so awesome! Congratulations!
Posted by: Susan at May 19, 2006 04:45 PMpenny: CUTE SHOES! :-)
susan: thanks! the new time slot means shifting other things around in my personal life (divaville, for one), so there are some sacrifices... but i think in the end it'll be worth it.
Posted by: christa at May 19, 2006 06:13 PMCongratulations on your new shift!
Penny, I looked at your shoes, and I really liked them. Then I noticed the Graffiti pattern -- the one with words on the shoes -- and I had to buy them. Seriously, $14.99 for cute shoes with words on them -- how could I pass them up? (Background: I'm an editor.) I kinda wish I knew what they said, though.
Posted by: Stephanie at May 19, 2006 10:45 PMgood god...
get a promotion and you're all responsible on our ass.
Dude I was glad to hear about the shoes because with the whole mortality talk I was beginning to worry.......
Posted by: Gidge at May 20, 2006 12:19 PMCongratulations on your increased profile!
I did the whole will/power of attorney thing a few years ago, and there is nothing more sobering than figuring out who will take care of your kid if you kick the bucket.
I love the farmer's market too. You haven't tasted an egg until you've had an egg from the farmer's market.
Posted by: marianne at May 21, 2006 09:30 AMi'm from NC too, so yay! i'm currently in florida though, but i get to go back next weekend for my sisters' wedding, so i'm highly excited.
that mix cd dealie sounds neat :)
Posted by: Laura at May 24, 2006 02:52 PM