good morning, you.

it took as unusually large bucket o' coffee to get me up and out of bed this a.m.

now am rocking some trashed-out floods-a-comin' sweat pants and pretending not to know that the shelf 'bras' in tank tops don't really count as bras once you reach my particular cup size or that you really should comb your hair before going out in public.

appointment at 1 to look at some houses and before that am going to go pay someone to rub my achy, abused feet and trim my toenails. also probably stop somewhere and pay too much for another hit of caffeine.

off i go before the skies open and dump out a buncha water.

XOXO

Hi !

A week ago we were on vacation in New Orleans. Spent the first half of our trip being grumpy and worried because I felt like I had tried really hard and planned this trip and we had ended up someplace that was just so ... tired ? Run-down ?

Don't know for sure, but I distinctly felt like I had failed at finding us someplace "nice" to go. Ended up having a great time and by the end of the trip was won over by the cities unique brand of gritty, fatalistic charm.

And all the drinking before noon and strong rum-based cocktails didn't hurt.

Now we are back at home and I am completely fed up with our apartment. Our neighbors are ridiculous and obnoxious, nothing we do will get rid of the damned ants, and there are boxes of shit everywhere as we thought we would be moving by now. The house we thought we would be getting is looking like a no-go so Thursday we are back out looking at more houses.

Bleh !

But don't cry for me yet because I am going to book a Paris-bound October flight, snarf down a taco stuffed with leftover salpicon and panela cheese, and head out into the sun-soaked 60 degree day for a stroll.

Nose is dribbling and sniffling and struggling and generally causing a ruckus.

Ick.

Cold here. Not quite cold enough to need an ice scraper for the car windows though. Love me some Texas.

Love.

At the grocery today filled the cart with things that are nourishing and good and threw in the multi-vitamin the nurse practitioner at my GYN office told me I should start taking two months ago. Feels like a good time to reset some bad habits and try and dig into some new and better ones.

Deluded first week of the new year cliche that I am

The coffee have been using to wash down my oatmeal with rice milk, pecan pieces, and dried cranberries is completely cold and the dish towels from the dryer need to be folded and put away.

Bye bye.

Pssst.

Today I got put on-call for work instead of having a patient assignment and then being on-call.

Have been having a pretty ok day. Reasons why :

The doctor was on-call with over the weekend scored me some points with my boss by telling him what a pleasure I am to work with. ( No, really. Stop laughing ! )

Took lunch to some people who did have to work. ( See ... I'm nice ! )

The last two things made me realize that no only do I not hate this job like the last one, I actually like it. Mostly. When it isn't making me crazy.

Ha.

Also :

mid-afternoon coffee - perfect indulgence for the weather today

hand massage + bright pink fingernails

new mascara

public radio

10 days until VACATION

the giant red hearts on my Birkenstock's

1970's style heating pad that gets hot enough to leave a mark

work-appropriate attire complete with elastic in the waist

window shopping for new furniture

hello new year.

whatcha got ?

don't know about the new year, but right i've now got cold feet and a warm heart.

i know. cheese.

morning started with a call-in right before the switch over from saturday to sunday call.

now am caffeinated and full of a late breakfast that eliminated completely the need for lunch. (side note : i really hate the word "brunch." bleh.) have been cut off from any further caffeine or sugar by the man o' the house and any beverage he offers me will need to be inspected for the melty pink remains of a generic benadryl. all because of a little i-phone ordering victory dance and a quick chase of the cat around the house.

so harsh !

cloudy here and cold. maybe time to give into the nagging exhaustion underneath all that caffeine and adrenaline and take a little nap. or a big nap.

or huge.

happy new year.

hope it's full of naps and love and things that make you smile.

XOXO