11 posts tagged “life”
My throat is starting to itch...I'm coughing!
...and the downward spiral into sickness begins!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOoOoOooooooo
A couple is lying in bed. The man says,
"I am going to make you the happiest woman in the world."
The woman replies, "I'll miss you..."
Day 10, the final day. I think this wasone of the laziest days of my life, aside from any day that I was totally incapacitated by illness.
I slept in for soooo long. Then I sat on my bed in well-heated room reading and writing. I finished the chapter on Christianity in my World Religions book. It described the split of the church into 3 different types: Roman Catholic, Protestant and Eastern Orthdox (which I had never even heard of). I think each types has it's good intentions and serious downfalls. Just when I thought Christianty was a stable, well-rooted and well understood belief that started in one place and leads to one place, it turns out, it's all over the place. And everyone seems to hold their own interpretations within it. It doesn't seem so assuring to me anymore. So the spiritual journey continues...
What else did I do?
I made myself some lunch and watched Little Women, then I tried to work on a project for work, but I really just couldn't get myself in the mood yet. I ended up watching a few episodes of The Office with my roommate/best friend.
I started feeling pretty unsatisfied with life and pessimistic about what lies ahead. I looked at family pictures and how perfect my brother's family seems to be. There were pictures of everyone smiling, my new nephew looking like a little miracle, a christmas tree with presents cascading out from it (they must have covered the whole room), and prefect picture of my niece putting the star on top of the tree. That family is really one of the only examples I have of a happy family. Everyone else I know has got some kind of crisis going on. How do they do it? Looking at the pictures made me wonder if I will ever have something like that. I never really cared too much before but lately I think that getting married and having a family is the most natural thing we can possibly do in our lives. Maybe someday I'll get to do it.
So after looking the pictures I got really depressed and went to bed super early. Not a beautiful ending to the 10 Days of Freedom.
So day 9 was New Year's Eve Day. I went to church at The Resolved. Then I went over to my brother's house for the afternoon. I gave a present to him and my new sister-in-law. Then we went to Friday's for lunch. I ate a huge sandwich and tons of chips while watching the Chargers win!
We went back and then watched that documentary, Why We Fight. Second time seeing it for me, but I didn't mind. There is so much detail scandel in there that you miss alot at first.
I had a very nice New Year's Eve at a friends house. We just hung out and talked about life, government, religion etc etc. Then watched the ball drop in Time Square. After that we went outside on the patio and had a warm fire going in the fire pit. So we just sat out there til about 2:30 when I decided to take off so I could crash in my big comfy queen bed.
When I went home I actually stayed up reading for while, but it wasn't long til I almost dozed off with the book still my hands.
It's hard to remember day 8 now that it's day 10, but let's see.
I got some flute practice in, then went to see a movie called The Queen with my Mom. That was an excellent movie. I highly recommend it!
After that I helped my mom figure out some computer stuff, had some tea, then went to IKEA. Oh yes, now I remember, this was the evening I spent in IKEA. I went in looking for a bookshelf and some bedding. I strolled through the marketplace and took a break in the cafe. I had a delicious plate of Swedish meatballs!
Then I spent the next hour at least trying to find some pillows. It was super annoying and seems very boring to recount right now. But it turned out to be a complete waste of time. All I managed to do is fill my cart just to empty and leave it as I walk out frustration. All I got out the whole evening was that nice plate of meatballs and a bottle of peach sparkling juice.
Once I made it home I watched a documentary called "Why We Fight" It was really good.
I stayed in bed too long today AGAIN, but it feels great that it doesn't matter. I didn't have to be anywhere at any time. After I finally got moving I checked off a MAJOR to-do thats been waiting to be done for months. The simplist of things really. I just need to get some financial stuff looked at by a great CPA I know. It's taken me months to make the time to get the paperwork to him.
I dropped off the papers in PB, and since I was there I did some shopping. I've never seen such as vast collection of ugly clothing in my life. This is, not until I went shopping downtown at Urban Outfitters tonight.
I had a birthday coupon for Victoria's Secret, so I go myself I nice new bra. It's a real treat for a woman to get herself a great bra. I'm thinking it gives the feeling a guy might get when he gets new wrench or something. You smile and take a deepth breath of refreshment, knowing that this item will be enjoyable, practical and right there when you need it.
I also took the opportunity to pick a couple pairs of excessively cute panties which one lucky guy might get to see someday. Well... a girl can hope can't she?
I stopped in the office today to design an email newsletter, but I couldn't concentrate. It was cold in there and I wasn't in the mood to design. So I emailed the file to myself so I can work on it at my place.
I came home and watched Last Kiss. It was really good. All too sad and realistic, but at least it leaves you with hope.
It's 3:30 and I may as well write today's post. It should be a pretty simple day, but only time will tell. I've spent most of the day reading and thinking. Now I am drained!
All I know is that I have a flute lesson at 7, then I think my roommate and I are watching The Office tonight, now that she has season 2 on DVD! Thanks to yours truly :)
I'm gonna make myself something to eat.
Til next time.
And so in the blink of an eye we have day 5. I have a lot on my mind lately and so I spent most of the morning in bed thinking. It was a beautiful morning. I woke up early to the sound of raindrops. I sat in my with my laptop kept things quiet so I could hear the rain.
I finally got up, made myself breakfast and headed to the office. I got some things accomplished, fed the fish and then got out of there. It was cold and the heavy winds kept shaking the windows. I went to Borders and got some gifts. Some for others, and some for myself. I picked up the book on world religions as this is in the forefront of my mind lately. It's beautfully written. I went through the history of Judaism this morning. But I'm getting ahead of myself. That belongs in the next post :)
I then dropped off some gifts at my Mom's and went over to a dinner party. The party was fun, it was good to see some old friends. But I ultimately felt out of place, as I always do. No surprise there.
A nice day all in all.
So here's the conclusion of day 4. I did manage to make a "quick stop" at Target. An hour and half later I made it out. I was just in there to pick up a couple things but ended up doing the xmas shopping I hadn't had a chance at all to do. People got presents coming they didn't expect now!
Then I did some major grocery shopping since I was totally out of food. No more fishsticks for me. It's on to Salmon and Cream cheese on english muffins for breakfast, salami and black forest ham on sourdough roll for lunch and shrimp stir fry for dinner. I really need to eat more. I want to gain 12 pounds this next year. That means I need to gain a quarter pound a week!
Anyway, I went home and put things away, got gifts together and headed to my Dad's for quick visit. I gave him some great "Dad gifts" which he loved. A new Sonicare toothbrush and some slippers.
Then it was off to girls' movie night. So us girls had tons of snacks, a fish dinner, and the ultimate chick-flicks. We endured the sad and all too familiar emotional turns in The Way We Were. Dang, I swear Brad Pitt gets all his charms from studying Robert Redford! Then we managed to make chick-flick history... (well maybe)
We watched An Affair to Remember and then the scene in Sleepless In Seattle when the sister tearfully recounts that final scene when Nicky finally discovers why Teri never made it to the Empire State on that fateful day! It all came together!
