Me today...

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
-Virginia Woolf

• Had to break down and buy some new work pants... I seem to be swimming in my old ones
• Settling into my new office... got my photos in frames, my computer set up and clipboards hung
• Most spectacularly not pregnant... even though we had our fingers crossed tightly
• You don't want to know how many outtakes it took to take this photo... let's just say I had to hurry to work
• Writing the essay for my grad school application... thank goodness for Google Docs and a proofreading sister
• Tuesday and Thursday afternoons are pretty much dedicated to labs these days... but at least I get free lunch
• Ready for VBS to be over... yet panicked because there's so much left to do
• Making a to-do list for my day off on Friday... Mostly chores
• So glad that my car just knows to drive itself to boot camp after a long day
• Listening to (and loving!) Joshilyn Jackson's newest book on cd in the car... makes me wish my commute was longer
• After having laryngitis for four weeks, no one can remember what my real voice sounds like
• I've assembled quite a collection of tilapia recipes to pull from... tonight was tilapia with lemon caper sauce, similar to this

Currently...

"Hitch your wagon to a star.” 
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

time: 3:05pm
location: back and forth between the couch and the kitchen
drinking: the last sips of my coke from lunch
eating: licking the mint icing and brownies off of my fingers--I went back to a recipe from childhood... I'm hoping it's as good as I remembered
listening to: my Dr. John station on Pandora, with the sounds of laundry from upstairs
feeling: grateful for finally having a "tribe" of women and excited (maybe overly) about spending the afternoon with them
loving: that it's finally not too early to start shopping and planning Christmas gifts
reading: Interrupted, by Jen Hatmaker for our first book club meeting next week
making: the second letter in my cross-stitch project, at this rate, it may take the whole football season to complete... but it's a great project for the evenings when the last thing I want to do is stare at a computer screen
wanting: to see my mom and sister... I'm going through withdrawals, and can't believe I have to wait until Christmas
anticipating: cooler weather, and the added benefit that it will be too cool for cycling... we've reached the point of the year where I'm tired of being a "cycling widow"

currently...

"He who would travel happily must travel light." 
-St.Exupery

Time: 8:06 pm
Location: Bouncing back and forth between kitchen and living room
Watching: Olympics Swimming Trials... we've been watching all week!
Eating: Taking sneaky bites of the mashed potatoes and Parmesan-crusted porkchops that we'll have for dinner tonight
Drinking: A big glass of ice water... it's too hot for anything else
Feeling: Excited about getting to see my Mama again tomorrow!
Thinking: I can't wait until Rob gets home from his bike ride so we can eat
Wanting: To get started on my Memphis vacation minibook
Needing: Clarification from the TSA website about whether I can take scrapbooking supplies in my carry-on
Making: Our favorite meal for dinner
Loving: My new Baggallini cross-body purse... a great T.J. Maxx find!

currently...

"Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine."
-Anthony J. D'Angelo

Time: 7:30 pm
Location: armchair in the living room
Eating: waiting patiently for sweet potato fries and grilled chicken
Drinking: a glass of water
Listening: Dr. John station on Pandora
Loving: that my husband seems especially tuned in to "us" this week
Enjoying: the wonderful feedback from my new email campaigns (freelance)
Celebrating: I ran for 20 minutes straight this morning (Wk 5, Day 3 of C25K)
Wanting: to dig into the snacks and drinks for our camping trip tomorrow
Needing: a break from freelance work
Preparing: our bags for camping
Thinking: about what extra supplies we need in case of rain
Making: butterfly sugar cookies all afternoon