sorry, mostly to myself for not keeping up with the goal.
off to Wyoming early tomorrow morning. i am hoping chicago o'hare reopens and cooperates so i can make it home! i think i have luck on my side -- i missed Christmas last year with the whole denver airport shut-down, and it would be cruel to have that happen two years in a row.
off to bed right now, hoping for a few hours of sleep before holiday travel chaos begins.
happy holidays!
Not much to say this morning, but I said I would write daily so here I am.
I am in shock that it is already 12/20! Where does the time go?
We have our "Holiday Gathering" at work today. It is basically snacks in the boardroom with a raffle. We don't call it a party because there are no DJs or dancing.
My roommate has a Christmas show at 10pm tonight at Rodeo Bar. Her Patsy Cline band will be performing, and it should be fun. I am really excited for her, but wondering how I can possibly stay up late enough to go to it.
Yep, I really don't have much to say.
I was going to write today about the "Board Meeting" I had last night ... where once a month I get together with three other women who work in publishing. We spend the night talking about our careers, troubleshooting problems, working toward personal goals. It is a dedicated time to constructively tackle issues we have with work and life. Members can request interventions ... we look at time management ... we discuss ethics, how to interview people, anything really that relates to work and life. Most importantly we laugh a lot and enjoy each others company.
Yes, I was going to write a brilliant post about what "Board Meetings" have given me (and I still will). But, this morning I ran out of time.
I also discovered THE BEST 404 ERROR MESSAGE PAGE EVER. I hope you check it out, and read it all because it made me laugh ...
I have been having really weird dreams lately. I only remember bits and pieces of them, but I know they are on the bizarre side. I've been dreaming about people and places I haven't seen in years as well as celebrities I've never met ... you know. I'm not sure what triggers them, but I need to pay more attention.
This morning, I found myself dreaming that I was talking to Ani DiFranco. I apparently "saw" her recently, but she was insisting she wasn't in town. I had tentative plans to see her speak at the 92nd Street Y last week, and I ended up not going ... I am sure the dream has something to do with that, but why is my brain even going there? I did eat REALLY last last night which I suspect makes me dream more. The Ani one was right before I woke up this morning, and I slept hard last night -- so hard that my light alarm didn't have any effect and I was startled awake by my real alarm.
The other night I dreamt about cougars, snow and childhood friends among other things. I sometimes dream I am someone else. My favorite though is when I dream of places that look nothing like their real life counter parts yet I know it is that place. I love that these places come back to me throughout my life so I experience weird moments of dream deja vu where I know I have been here before in my dreams, but can't quite place when or where.
I'd love to keep better track of my dream world, but these days I just get murky bits of them. I guess it will take some ninja training.
I am done Christmas shopping and did my NYC wrapping last night. I am looking forward to heading out to Wyoming next week. I still can't believe it is mid-December, but that's the way my world works.
Countdown to China trip: 22 days, and I am getting nervous about both going, and getting everything together in time!
P.S. My roommate's new Christmas song is available for download on MySpace it's a love song to George Baily of It's A Wonderful Life and I LOVE the song. It is fun and catchy and I am really glad that she decided to do this project. She also recorded a new arrangement of Blue Christmas that I love too! Feel free to check her out at carolynsills.com. The music will be available on iTunes soon!
I never win anything. Ever.
I've won a cake walk or two, some candy, the usual ... the one "big" thing I won was a Jem and the Holograms car with a radio in the trunk from the Moran School Halloween Party when I was like 11. It was a cool car for my Barbies to drive around in, but in rural Wyoming the radio was pointless. There weren't any stations to pick up. I think that Barbie, Ken and friends would have preferred having a place to put their suitcases on long road trips.
My luck has changed. This morning I had an email announcing that I won a holiday giveaway for steaks from Peter Luger. I am SO EXCITED. Peter Luger Steakhouse is probably the top steakhouse in NYC, and it has a long and storied history. Peter Luger has been a chophouse since the late 1800's ... you can read more about it here.
I have never eaten there, but have always wanted to -- and now I get to have some of their porterhouse's delivered to ME! I am having the steaks sent to Wyoming where with my dad's help we can grill them up proper and enjoy.
My mouth is watering.
I win.
For those of you who stop by anxious for witty musings and stories, I am sorry I don't update very often. I am trying to get better.
In fact, one of my goals is to post daily about food, life, work, whatever. Just something to get my brain thinking in a writerly way, and to give the people who stop by here something to read. I have received word from my mom that some people do peruse the site hoping for updates ... so I will try to update more regularly.
The end.
