weird dream (surprise surprise)

I dreamt I was marrying this guy that I didn’t even really know, and didn’t want to marry. My wedding dress was really tacky (short skirt that was white, leather-like). I remember saying at one point in the dream, I don’t even remember what this guy looks like.

I don’t know why I had to marry him, but I know I was planning on annulling the marriage the next day. We got to the alter, and it was this guy from college I hooked up with briefly. Then I found out that not only had he abused me, but we had a kid together years ago, and he had told me the girl had died, but she had really been adopted. So I start freaking out in the church, telling everyone what he did and that I’m not marrying him, and that I really wanted to marry Tim.

At least it wasn’t violent.

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Lovin Aveda

Good quality, natural face care products really do work better. We bought Aveda’s sensitive skin cleanser, toner and moisturizer, and I feel like my skin looks better already, and it feels moisturized without feeling greasy — love that part.

You need such a very small amount of everything, that even with the two of us using it, I think it should last a while. It certainly works better than Aveeno moisturizer, which I’ve been using for a while, but it made my face feel oily.

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overall, a quiet weekend

Yesterday was class, then shopping at the Paper Zone for Christmas card making supplies (wheee! Love that store), then almost two frickkin hours grocery shopping. I am thinking strongly about grocery delivery, going to the two or three stores I need to go to is just too time consuming.

Today was my mellow, lounge, crafty day. Made my first batch of christmas cards, and I’m really pleased with how they came out. Read some of the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, third in the Narnia series, and generally lounged about in jammies for most of the day. To my mind, that is exactly how a Sunday should be spent.

Now for some exercising, dinner and then maybe watch a movie with the boy. Purrrrr.

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I am going to make every effort

to not have any sugar from now till the time we are back east, with the exception of thanksgiving day, because we are going to someone’s house for potluck and it would probably be rude to not have any desserts.

We’ve both been pretty good about not having a lot of sugar lately, but we know it’s just inevitable that we will eat like crap back east, there’s no way around it. So we want to make sure we are really good before hand to sort of offset it.

On a side note, I cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week, and then we are back east two weeks after that. Our trip came up fast, but we are both so excited to go back and see everyone (Mik, we can’t wait to see you guys).

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Wheee! mini shopping spree and a fun day

So, I’ve been wanting to spend some money, partly because I really haven’t bought anything in a long time, and partly because I knew our money situation was good. Tonight, we went to the mall and I got some new pj’s from Vic Secret (my pajama situation was rather sad) and then we went to Aveda. I was originally going to get body moisturizer, but we ended up buying a line of facial care products — cleanser, toner and moisturizer. I think we will really like them. I didn’t spend a ton of money, and I didn’t mess up the budget, but it was fun and it cured me of my need to spend money for a while.

Overall, today was a really good day. I didn’t really work today, I worked two hours and was already at 35 hours for the week, so Tim and I just took the day off. The cool thing about being a freelancer is that I can do work on Sunday and get my 40 hours for the week.

We went to Petite Provence for lunch, and managed to squeak in at the end of the time they were serving breakfast. Let me tell you, this place is hands down the best breakfast in Portland. That is not an exaggeration. Tim got french toast with mixed berries, and I got eggs with pesto, tomato and mozzarella. OHMYGOD. Normally I’m not someone who raves about eggs, but these were phenomenal. Picked up the mutt from school, came home and napped for a while, then we headed off to the mall.

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thoughts on working from home

I’m much busier than I thought I would be, which is a very good thing, but it is certainly shattering any illusions I might have had that working from home was easy. I’ve been pretty much non stop all week, and keep getting more projects.

I absolutely love that I can spend so much time with Myra and the boy. It’s nice to see both of them, although Tim and I actually stay pretty separate during the work day. Myra tends to sleep under my desk at my feet, which is a very comforting feeling.

I actually feel very productive, more so than I thought I would, which is also very nice.

One thing that surprises me is that I figured I would have a lot more time/opportunity to clean the house and do laundry, that kind of thing, but I really don’t. I actually feel like I have less time to do that, but maybe that will change depending on my projects.

I like the quiet, and it is very nice to not have constant interruptions from coworkers and such.

So, overall rating: first week is going well, I’m starting to feel set up and settled, and I think it will work out really well.

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WhOOOO!! One down, one to go

I just scheduled The.Last.Payment on my smallest school loan. It feels so good to know it is paid off entirely. And now my other school loan will start going down much faster.

Sweeeet.

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Just 10 minutes

That was all it took for me to feel stressed again at OHSU. I went up today to drop off my contracts, and say hi to everyone. Danielle looked and sounded pissy. Kathleen looked like she was on the verge of crying, and you could see just how thinly she has been stretched, Kelly had a slightly crazed look in her eyes, and I could tell Michele was in one of her bitchy/pissy moods. Until then, I had felt very far removed from all of that, but just 10 minutes there and I was remembering why I left. The very air is toxic and poison with all the negativity there. I was planning on going for a run anyway, but after going up there, I needed to go for a run to clear that stuff out.

Now I like working from home even more. It’s sane and calm and not stressful here. And I have a cute puppy who insists on belly rubs. That’s not so hard to take.

On a positive note for me, I have work coming out of my ears, Kathleen gave me two projects, Sue gave me a quick project, plus the regular stuff I had already started. It’s good to be busy.

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running in the rain

Last week was such a crazy work week, I was working till 6:30 or 7 most nights, so I didn’t get to my exercise classes and didn’t get to exercise or run much at all.

So today I was really feeling like I needed to run, and of course it’s been cold and rainy here all day. But I went for a run anyway, and it was really great. I did 3 miles in about 25 minutes, which means I am pretty much back to my old running shape, and after the first 5-10 minutes or so, I forgot about being cold and wet and just enjoyed how it felt to run. It always feels cleansing, makes me feel more alive and stripped down to just me, the music and the run.

Yay!

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My new office is all set up

I cleaned off my desk, organized all my crafty stuff into cool boxes that now live under my desk, and set up my computer on my new work desk. I also set up my calendar with my to-dos, set up folders on my computer for the different projects I’ll be working on. I’m sure it makes me a nerd that I love that kind of stuff so much, but I do. I need to get a laptop holder, so I’m not looking down and straining my neck, something like this which we will probably order tomorrow.

I also need a printer stand (we essentially got a free photo/regular printer with the new laptop) and some sort of file cabinet/box that I can put hanging folders in. Otherwise, my small desk will get overrun very quickly.

I’m all ready to start working, and I feel like I will be very productive.

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