just when i thought spring was settling in for good, a freak storm has to blow through bringing the temps down to 43 degrees. of course, yesterday was the day i chose to cut back all the deadlings in the yard and had a gardener friend come over to help make the place look alive again. it seems this is going to be the time of year for freak storms to blow through life. better just deal with it.
i've started looking for my new home. made the decision not to stay where i am - i love it and backing up to the greenbelt is really nice but i want more land around me and more of a farm house with porches - like i had in bellville - but already fixed up. i found the perfect house in smithville but it's not on enough land. but, if i found the perfect house on the first day of seriously looking, i figure the odds are pretty good for finding the rest of it before too long. i'm in no hurry to move from where i am so that's good too.
last night a friend of mine went to hear nancy scott play as part of NXNW (north by no wristband) in honor of SXSW. we had a lot of fun and at one point this woman i'd never met came over to our table and was visiting and linda really seemed to enjoy her company and talked with her for the longest time. as we were leaving and walking to the car she said, 'so what did you think?' i asked, 'think about what?' she said "about XXXX" i said, 'what about her?' she rolled her eyes and said didn't you think she was nice looking and fun and intelligent and . . . ' i told her i really didn't even notice. she told me all the things she learned about her thinking i was paying attention at the same time. i guess i'm just not interested. i told ali once that if we ever broke up i wasn't ever going to get with someone else and, to be honest, i believe that's true. if ali and i couldn't make it work, i don't know if i could make it work with anyone. for now, i just need to find my home. that's a big enough project - in fact a bit overwhelming because i'm hoping that where i move now i'll be for good. but, as paula says, if you want to make god laugh, tell her your plans.
i go to phoenix this coming week for the week and will know more about my new job - hopefully a continued job - by the time i come home. i don't think they'd have me coming to phoenix if it were going to be bad news but even the worst news is that i either have to look for a new job at the company or get a "package" - i'm pretty hopeful, however, that i'm getting the job folks have been hinting at and that i've been doing on an interim basis. i do love what i do and the company i work for and, thus far, i've been really really blessed.
the day is bleak and cold and everything is hanging over as if it's carrying the weight of the world - birdfeeders, tree branches, flowers that were already blooming - the sun will be a welcome thing when it finally arrives for good. that won't be today, however, as the temp will drop to 36 tonight. we'll hit the 70s later on in the week, during the day, but back to the 40s at night. this is not my favorite kind of spring.
next month i'm going to d.c. for a week - 4 days of conference and 1 day to visit with some friends of mine; 2 who live there and 2 who are coming over for the day - one from boston and one from maryland. in may i'm going to portland to visit my friend laurie and another friend aimee then in july, it looks like i'm going to hawaii with one of my friends from d.c. she has a time share there (kauai) and invited me to go. i thought she was kidding at first but she wasn't and i have plenty of vacation and it sounds wonderful so i'm pretty sure i'm going to go. that leaves june to find a long weekend fun thing to do. linda and i promised each other and ourselves we would do something fun and different every month this year. so far i did so only in march but the rest of the year is looking up.
i've now lost 15 pounds and, as far as i have to go, it's amazing what a difference those 15 make to the way i feel. linda and i went for a long walk yesterday and i didn't run out of breath, break a huge sweat nor have to stop along the way - felt great. i'm taking my tennis shoes to phoenix so i can exercise at night but i'm sure i'll break a sweat there; just walking outside i'll break a sweat in phoenix.
buddy got his royal nibs snipped earlier this week and is begging me to take "the cone of shame" off but he'd be the first one to rip out his stitches so he's going to have to deal with it a bit longer. he won't even look at shilo as he walks by her - too much pride.
i need to venture out to the store but i just don't want to go out in the cold. putting it off as long as i can - the other option is back to bed with the covers over my head.
by the way, a very happy birthday to my "aunt" polly - one of the sweetest people on the planet and like a second mom to me growing up. i hope she has a wonderful, wonderful day.
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